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Great to see trip reports like this! I enjoy reading about others “cold fear”, and the feeling of that first successful first turn…..
Nice job and great write up. There is obviously lots more to do besides the big traverse underneath all that overhead danger. I should go out next year a few times and see where I can get on some out...
Please post about your experience over there
Unfortunately (sort of) I’m leaving for a week at Whistler, and will be leaving the skin track unattended. A few years ago Mike Rolfs called me in Maui asking for directions for the final 1500’, then...
Yeah the the bottom 2” of the 12” snowpack is basically missing. Didn’t worry me there, but I made an observation that if widespread this could be a big issue later on.
Absolutely. The thing is, where those pictures were taken, the top can be good for a large portion of a normal winter, but the bottom1000’ is crap most of the time. So to have enough base at the botto...
Boot Top Powder! Haven’t seen that since last Spring. Skintrack Expedition planed for Tuesday to a Little Ridge SE of there..Very low expectations…Good job finding that.
Thanks for posting this nice report!
Thanks. Unfortunately the best chance for skiing for a while will be if the crust becomes unbreakable. Someone could
still push the skin track higher on Kings Ridge.. Message if details needed.
Cool…Is that the place that has a Snowcat operation in the winter?
Thanks for report and pictures….
And how are your pictures straight and not randomly sideways? I post with my IPhone.
It really is a nice spot, but I’m always late. So often by the time you can drive close it is cooked. Beautiful pictures.
Great pictures! What a fun trip. So was the Wolverine following your tracks?
Wow! What a blast for late Aprkl!
Great looking day!
Lovely ski of a classic couple of routes.
Thanks John. Those Obs are a resource. I always look locally, but I can see how they could be used for other areas.
i started writing trip reports on Rec.climbing as Avajane in the early days o...
I liked it the way it was. Lots of quick and timely reports to help with choosing where to go. I also always enjoyed the more “high end” reports about steep skiing, big mountains and first or notable...
I skied Monday as well, and it was fantastic cold powder above 4,200’ or so. Grabby down lower, but at least fresh.
Probably 24”. Just working on Saturday. There is a facebook group called tronson non motorized trail workers. Join up with that and we can meet up some other time. Fall is when most
work parties are...
I’m an old rock climber that grew up getting lost on climbs following bs directions that only made sense to the guy writing them. Half the time they were just wrong. The good ol days weren’t tha...
Nice work. We need to encourage people to spread out. Well said. I have looked at this glade for years as well. Maybe I’ll stop by some time.
Love to find new partners Skip. I heard about all that reactive snow up there. I read the NW observations. Absolutely nothing moving at 4600’ where I was easing back into untracked snow. Funny I was w...
Good stuff! Dirty snow shows up well in photo’s!
In about 1978 or so I hiked the summer trail with Jeff Coburn and Rusty Dupree in July or August and skied that same lovely slope. It was the first time I ever did this sort of thing. The hikers were...
But now I live too far away…
Then it’s on!
Yes Zap - Sam is prolofic, a good writer and photographer, and is full of the kinds of Trip Reports everybody likes to see on this site…But you didn’t summit?😉
Great report - Thanks!
Awesome looking trip! Beautiful steep lines….