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Nice! I checked out the Straight glacier from above back in January, I wondered what it would be like to keep skiing it down to the valley bottom. The low elevation snowpack was in even wo...
Thanks for the link John. I just finished reading the book, it was quite engaging. What a crazy storm that must have been, 19 feet in 6 days!Anyone in the know care to enlighten me? I'm trying...
Thanks for the history lesson Eric. I can't help but stare up at that thing every time I head back into the alpental Valley.
Thanks!Mike - on that last photo, we probably could have skinned up and over if we were more determined but booting for 30 ft seemed more efficient. Probably a bit of a weird perspective. ...
Things still quite nice up there today. Skied phantom trees this am, up to ~8" of fresh light atop a firmer base. The top 3/4 from the thunder creek exit skied wonderfully, the bottom...
author=toddball link=topic=38697.msg156631#msg156631 date=1498768977]Did you get a look at the NBC? Wondering if it will be in on the 4th.For skiing? I climbed it on 6/11 and there were already...
author=Scottk link=topic=38627.msg156356#msg156356 date=1497400329]Any chance you spotted a solitary skin lying around on the glacier or the snowfield between the glacier and the trail? I lost one a...
It was actually a tad softer in the NBC than I would have preferred, that route gets hits by the sun early!! The North Face was quite firm though and the Glacier was softer than we expected (aro...
author=Charlie Hagedorn link=topic=38564.msg156112#msg156112 date=1496269863]Susan borrowed a "360 camera" for the tripFor a second when I read that I envisioned her doing the tour with this...
A friend skied it this past weekend and said they parked at the Morrison creek campground
Yeah I was comparing those two routes a couple weeks ago. Seems as if the route described in Volken's book is much better suited for non-skiers as it involves so much flat traversing.I put togeth...
avajane - Thanks!Shred - gotcha, thought I'd solved the mystery when I saw your vid.
Nice video. It looks like one of your party may have left their french press at longs pass (I see it in the first second of the vid next to the red pack). I brought it down with me if the owner...
Think I ran into your party on my way up to longs last night. For anyone who's interested here's a shot of Stuart with Ulrichs (condition) clearly visible. This was taken last night (5/21)...
Hey Pete! I was the guy who was milking you for beta in the parking lot as you guys were gearing up to head home yesterday. We camped at Longs pass last night and skied the Cascadian today. ...
author=kamtron link=topic=38469.msg155765#msg155765 date=1494609772]Only heard about one descent through the big gully:http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=33...
nice! We were the first up Eldo on Sunday and it looked like no one had been to the summit in some time. Didn't have big enough balls to skin along the knife edge but I did have fun kicking step...
author=johnspeth link=topic=38426.msg155669#msg155669 date=1494251098]I climbed MSH on Sunday, May 7. It's been a few years since my last visit. I noticed two remarkable things: First, the FS s...
Nice job getting after it. Making me jealous as I had plans to ski off the summit this weekend which fell through. Sounds like conditions were quite good considering the "spring"...
I would like to corroborate this. Skinned up to Muir and skied down to Nisqually bridge by way of the chutes. Breakable crust on the snowfield, breakable chunderfest in the chutes and sticky mess belo...
author=Good2Go link=topic=38281.msg155137#msg155137 date=1491958726]We went in via the Teanaway Rd. Climbed the Cascadian Couloir, and skied the down the false summit and SE shoulder as that line was...
Nice running into you on the luge track out (I was the skier who stopped to chat about the couloir we skied).I remember your comment from the lot and couldn't agree more - "the key to great...
author=Good2Go link=topic=38281.msg155126#msg155126 date=1491935218]Nice work! Great view of Colchuck from that spot. We were on Stuart that day. Surprisingly cold up high! Isn't it!Was that...
cchapin - You know I actually thought the same thing when I first looked at that picture.I found another photo of Ed that shows the crampon a bit better (attached). I think it's the white/gray ru...
Good stuff. I saw that there was some storm slab activity reported off the back side. What is the diving board? Does that drop you down to highway west of the parking lot?
Kaston - Ha! Didn't know you'd be reading my post. I'll get it right next time :)Martin - Funny to think I was using you post and photos as beta all while camping right next to you.&nbs...
We summited Sherman & Grant via the Squak Glacier yesterday (7/24). We used this report and runningcloud's photos as beta, but were a bit confused about the description of the icefall a...