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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Nicely done! Rainier in winter is a true Pacific Northwest mountaineering accomplishment.
For others...one can reverse the climbing route from the the top of Gib Rock (Camp Comfort), then traverse no...
author=kamtron link=topic=38725.msg156757#msg156757 date=1499727937]What you cannot see in these photos is the (apparently) wall-to-wall bergschrund below the Edmunds headwall nor the full extent of t...
I hope you get your gear back. I lost a ski in a blizzard on the Muir Snowfield years back. A full year later I struck up a conversation with a random person on the Snowfield person who turned out to...
I have tried and failed for years now to effect some external influence on the spending choices made by park management to absolutely zero effect.As near as I can tell there is zero accountability of...
Some things cannot be unseen...
author=Chuck C link=topic=28876.msg121507#msg121507 date=1372036917]Aww, so close to meeting the legend.Ha!I suppose if I were more social.That's my line.By the way, we liked your skis.Thanks! I...
My poles made it into your summit shot, I think. The skiing might not have been optimal, but it was infinitely better than downslogging in knee-deep slush.My TR is here:http://www.cascadeclimber.com/b...
author=andyski link=topic=28515.msg120098#msg120098 date=1368720176]It's funny how those most allergic to structure and regulation seem to gravitate to exactly the "wild" places that ha...
author=philfort link=topic=28515.msg120051#msg120051 date=1368587123]So filling out the survey might be better than complaining on TAY about the process :-).Thanks, Phil. I chose not to complete the s...
I got an email today asking me to fill out a survey about my 'characteristics' and attitudes toward leave no trace.I didn't ask for this or tell them they could use my email this way.Si...
author=Oyvind_Henningsen link=topic=28515.msg119942#msg119942 date=1368414210]and skied to within 52 yards of the trailhead ;-)It's going away fast this year. And the warm downpour we're get...
There was an official of some type stationed at 4800' checking permits when I passed through. I wonder how much of the $15 per person ($7 is a 'transaction fee') is spent on enforcement...
The upside is that there were lots of pretty women-folk in skirts :)
I skied from Muir down to the lot between 8:50 and 9:20 this morning. The snow from the base of Pan Face to the lot was light, dry pow- the best I've ever seen that section.
When I read the actual lease a few years back, what it said was they the ski area operator could exclude anyone from the area for any reason at any time (in almost those exact words). This was during...
I tried to day-hike up Alta that way one time in August. NOT recommended.
Finally finished up my typically wordy TR last night. Lots of pics, too.http://www.cascadeclimber.com/blog/2013/01/28/mt-rainier-gibraltar-ledges-january-18-19-2013/Spoiler alert: The TR does not cont...
author=Griff link=topic=27200.msg114652#msg114652 date=1359398084]Sad to hear of people sloughing other people. That, me thinks, is only gonna get worse until one day there is a tragedy and a group ge...
Well done on a route rarely climbed in the winter, folks. I looked at the West Side road on our way out on Saturday and was surprised not to see any cars- I must have overlooked yours.On the Dynafit s...
Hey, it was cold. Don't you people know about shrinkage?? ;)
author=bramski link=topic=27107.msg114206#msg114206 date=1358793040]That's a bit of a change in the ID from around new year's. Have some crevasses opened up? Or just tough to ski through?T...
author=Jake the Brit link=topic=27095.msg114160#msg114160 date=1358733082]...was there a Frenchman involved in this trip....?Can you say "chocolate-covered ginger"?
Some of the LEs up there seem to be on a total power trip. Had a friend get into a driving incident up there a while back and they were more interested in throw the book at him than making sure he was...
One of the three(?) groups...
author=sprice link=topic=21056.msg90022#msg90022 date=1307382993]And I couldn't believe the number of people on the Kautz route. The lower Nisqually was overrun by multiple mountaineering classes...
A couple more pics of the cliffed-out group.I think we ran into you in the flats above Paradise. I was with Hannah.
There was another incident on Sunday, below 5000 feet on a '3' day.My point is that you cannot just check the NWAC report, maybe dig a pit, and declare the area safe. Someone got whacked in...
Stupendously poor day to be in the back country.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011571723_apwasnoqualmiesearch1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rssGlad you got out and back okay, and th...
Good job Amar and Kyle. The top of that thing is really effing steep (50+ is convervative) and scary. Falling above the constriction would be a bad thing for sure. It was soft when I skied it, but tha...
author=ash_j link=topic=10622.msg43141#msg43141 date=1215727896] I'm not sure why they are so drawn to unstepped snow instead of using the more direct cowpath...For pretty much the same reasons t...