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7/11/07
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Nice report. I made some turns with you on Marys this past season and also have the BC's. You were getting after it that day and looks like you have not stopped. Looking forward...
Nice early diamond corn harvest. Did you go in via Corrigan Lake? No topo handy here at work, but how far from TH did you park -- seems like it must have been close to two miles, or did yo...
Stoudema. Just looked at your photos again. My previous post was an injustice to you for not mentioning how stunning they were, as usual. Thanks for doing Marys justice. Still...
10-4. I tend to be spur of the moment when I have a spouse/kid window -- seems like before dawn or after dark of late, but if I have a more defined window I'll shoot you a pm. Feel fr...
I'm a Corvallis resident, married to a power scholar, and father of a two year old. The latter two realities have limited my opportunities into the Cascades the past few years. I woul...
Nice! I'll be heading up to Hood tomorrow. My wife has a conference in Tennessee and is bringing our 17 month old along for 6 days -- I'll miss them terribly, but I've got a...
We got lucky at Diamond Peak. Went in Saturday afternoon in cloudless skies, and skied it Sunday in beautiful weather. Did not start raining until we got back to Eugene. FYI, Diamond...
Nice work guys. I plan on hitting it Wednesday, hopefully. Park indicated a somewhat committing washout crossing was possible close to where the timberline trail used to cross. He re...
East side via the PCT and I think Diamond will yield. I'm going to be mountain biking up in Oakridge on Wednesday and I'll get some beta. Evan and I may try and attempt snowdome...
Nice work guys. Hopefully we can hook up soon -- been back east. Evan and I, along with another friend, skied off the summit two weeks and a day ago. Apparently far better coverage,...
I agree. The way was virtually a straight line on the map, making for an easy compass bearing, and saved us a bunch of time. It is more challenging than the road in route finding, but if y...
You can get to Morrison Creek Campground -- I believe that is 3.5 miles from Cold Springs. With a GPS, map and compass, and not minding a bushwhack, I recommend the direct line up the drainage,...
Our party skied Adams on Wednesday and Thursday (25th, 26th) and had good conditions. We elected to follow the drainage rather than the road and saved a bunch of time to our 7000 ft camp. ...
Awesome trip. I'm heading there next week for four days with WAH. Snowpack permitting, some steep lines sound great. It seems most ascents are ski/bootable -- any reason for cra...
There is not any snow to speak of below the Crescent. I kept on my trail runners until the top of the lunch counter. There is less snow below 8000 feet presently than I've seen in the...
We skied snowdome a week ago as well. Awesome conditions overall. The Eliiot creek washout is worth checking out -- pretty serious. Just stay on the south side of it and head up the...
I guess I should have more properly said that the "ablation hollows" were disconcerting. I think I'd like to write a summer grant for more thoroughly expanding the breadth of rese...
I'd go with approach shoes and leave the skins. I've done the traverse before and did not much enjoy it. I know some people prefer it, so maybe I just did not pick a good line.&n...
I was planning a more detailed report today, but this should suffice. Did the SW chutes yesterday -- awesome. Weekdays are great. No skinning bw CS and Lunch Counter -- I ended up pa...
Howdy. I emailed you direct, but then just saw this post. I'd recommend camping at Corrigan if you're feeling at all social. Should be a fine assortment of folks, with a nu...
There may be some folks up as early as Friday. Myself and the people I'm going with will be there Saturday. I think we are going to do some pre-ski biking on the middle fork trail tha...
Howdy. We met last summer at Snowdome. At any rate, a couple of us were up at Diamond on the 12th. We by no means had an alpine start and were in thick pea soup above treeline. ...
I'd go back if I could, especially since I did not do the bowls. Unfortanately I'm off to Michigan for 10 days. I'm hoping I can find some reasonable early August turns when...
Nice report and nice meeting you at the trail head. What a good day to be on Snowdome with almost no one else 'cept us Eugene folk. Is it just me, or did that road seem even more jarr...
I was up on Snowdome Friday (14th) and had a great day. We followed Eliot Creek up to where it was coming out of the glacier and crossed there. We saw the the seasonal bridge on shore wait...
Good to see you too Telemon and glad that you enjoyed the turns. It sure is nice to get to ski from the top.As for Michael's question about the chutes...Perhaps I'm getting lazy, but I...
Our group was also asked about our permits as we neared Cold Springs on our way out by a ranger who was a bit lost. We saw a female ranger in the rocks above the lunch counter who appeared to be...
I was planning on heading up South Sister for some turns this week, but your trip report on Middle is swaying me in that direction. I've not done it and the Hayden looks enticing. I&#...
I was there last weekend and skied the top of the zig zag -- surprisingly mellow suncups and not too dirty. Unfortunately it was dawn and rock solid when I made my descent. The Palmer was...
No pics unfortunately Hambone. Wish you and Z-man were up there with. I did not spend the night. Actually, I left the pre-wedding party I was at to go to Timberline. Needless...