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author=dberdinka link=topic=27148.msg114387#msg114387 date=1358971699]Nice trip. I just read a TR on Wildsnow that involved a dynafit binding ripping out the inserts on a Stoke ski above the Fuhrer...
Nice work dude! That's a sweet line. Snow conditions sound a little tricky, but still looks like you guys had a good time. How was the coverage on the cascadian and ulrichs?
author=Good2Go link=topic=23628.msg100247#msg100247 date=1328926465]No rope on the way up? Reminds me of this Hummel gem from way back when: http://www.cascadeclassics.org/MountRainier/IngrahamDirec...
Amar - thanks for the additional info! We hadn't examined the forecast quite to the same level of detail but it certainly seems reasonable that higher elevations might not experience the east-wes...
author=BeckyB link=topic=23628.msg100095#msg100095 date=1328735180]AWESOME! Well done Doug and team!Thanks Becky! Looks like you had slightly nicer snow down lower on the mountain. Definitely a nice w...
We saw a big black dog at the Yodelin parking lot on Sunday morning and wondered if that was Tundra! By the time we were booted up he'd already headed off in search of powder. Looks like sweet co...
Alpental actually had some surprisingly nice snow in a few spots. Snake Dance had some fluffy on top of bumps and the first pitch off the high traverse was actually kinda powder like! By 2pm though it...
author=jhamaker link=topic=22402.msg95716#msg95716 date=1321829677">We followed tracks in to Miner's Basin above Gold Hills.We skiied 6k ft E face w/ surface sluffs then tried 6k ft W face and ne...
Nice video. What a great day! Really didn't expect it to be as good as it was. Blue sky, temps were perfect, snow stayed light. Pretty amazing for the first day of the season. There was a bit of...
Looks like good conditions, and perfect timing getting in there before it melts out. Nice work, Crystal!-Doug
author=Scotsman link=topic=20623.msg88036#msg88036 date=1303835231]Yes.. nice to meet you. Great campsite. Yes..we went straight down the Macbeth. It was an icy death ski over frozen avy debris and co...
Nice work, Becky and Pete! You nailed the weather window. We were a day behind you... Saturday was gorgeous, Sunday dawned nice but clouded up quickly. The snow stayed crusty all day but at least the...
author=rippy link=topic=18802.msg79609#msg79609 date=1294116153]Great pic's & looking fun up there. wondered if you noted the crater like hole on the back edge of the ridge?. Not too slidey l...
I checked out East Peak today with a couple of coworkers and the corn was just as good as the reports suggested. We tagged the summit at about 1pm and enjoyed the view before heading down. The snow on...
Sounds like no fun! Sorry your friends had such a poor experience. Hopefully they can work something out with guest services.Now, full disclosure... I work at Crystal. There are actually a number of c...
Thanks guys! I thought it was a pretty cool route. A good challenge but never too scary. Though I was definitely nervous about the sloppy snow on the ski down. Luckily the sluffing in the Finger was f...
Sounds like a great trip, Nate! The Pete and Becky summit photo is classic:Hope you're doing well!-Doug
Nice running into you and Pete up there on Saturday :) And then we chased you all day on Sunday. Amazing tour! That run down to Melakwa was pure bonus... we couldn't believe how nice it was. Some...
No pictures?!? Give us the stoke, Aaron!
Hi Dave, I think we (party of 4) met you at Bryant Peak col on the way to Kaleetan. We followed you out there and then looped back around to Alpental. Great day! Posted a few of my pics here.
The snow was NICE today... up to knee deep and light! The crowds were out at Kendall Stump, but we had no trouble finding untracked lines. Plenty of sunbreaks, and mild temperatures for a change.The a...
author=mosetick link=topic=8937.msg35962#msg35962 date=1201301484]Did you make it to the summit on your way up?We stopped at the false summit (~6600ft). The true summit involved traversing a corniced...
Sweet idea to head up there Ty. There's a lot of fun terrain up there to explore. The only bummer is that below 4K or so the snow cover is pretty thin, so it would be hard to ski out to the car....
Thanks for the excellent tour of the area guys! We were pretty impressed with the quality of the lines and the amount of coverage. I'm definitely hoping to get back up there soon -- looks like lo...
We were up there too for the birthday tour on Saturday. Big crowds at Blue Lake col, but everybody was having fun and the skiing was great. We must have skied Madison Ave after you guys, but it was pe...
Thanks for keeping an eye out for us! The camera thing was a bit of a bummer, but hard to complain about such a nice day of skiing. We enjoyed sharing the chutes with you guys -- you were making some...
I was up there as well with some friends on Sunday. Couldn't have asked for nicer weather! Our trip sounds almost identical. We mostly just booted it since the South Route was so well trampled. S...