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author=freeski link=topic=37687.msg153009#msg153009 date=1485629320] I would say that anyone dropping that line from the top still has the responsibility to ensure that they are not placing anyone bel...
author=saltydog link=topic=37687.msg152954#msg152954 date=1485498687]that.s the great thing about it... no rules. only your own rules. you can chose not to be there if it looks like trouble.... You mi...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152933#msg152933 date=1485483665]Ha! You keep missing MY point: It's not "lucky" if you made the correct stability/safety assessment. And, if you ac...
author=Gregg_C link=topic=37687.msg152941#msg152941 date=1485490095]After skiing in the Baker backcountry for four decades I notice an interesting trend. Every 5-7 years a new group of skiers come al...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152935#msg152935 date=1485484461]Saying things like "people getting away with stupid choices" is hardly being respectful IMO. And, this is not a plat...
author=T. Eastman link=topic=37687.msg152931#msg152931 date=1485483216]Hop,Most of the big Alpine routes were skied in summer or early-fall conditions where there was no issue with winter snowpack. Th...
author=David_Lowry link=topic=37687.msg152928#msg152928 date=1485480626]Thanks for the correction. "always climb the couloir" does not mean always, it depends on whether it is extreme. Didn&...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152917#msg152917 date=1485472893]I first bought a snomo 11 years ago and had a lot of fun learning to ride it. I went to most of the snomo version of ski areas in WA...
author=Jim Oker link=topic=37687.msg152862#msg152862 date=1485391557]We can describe our own thoughts. We can ask others to describe theirs. That's all good stuff. Totally relevant to the thread...
author=Jim Oker link=topic=37687.msg152860#msg152860 date=1485388177]I find the discussion of what other posters may or must be thinking to be much less interesting than the discussions of our own tho...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152857#msg152857 date=1485384879]My point is that you seem to think you know something I don't, and I keep waiting for you to reveal it. Safety is secondary?&nb...
author=Scotsman link=topic=37687.msg152852#msg152852 date=1485381213]It should be noted that the most recent avy death in Washington involved a friend of mine and occurred while she was skinning not...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152844#msg152844 date=1485377435]Question for the Bagley Police: Would you have raised this fuss if the OP had placed that track 300 yards to the lookers' righ...
author=z-bo link=topic=37687.msg152831#msg152831 date=1485374505]Good2go needs to move his chronic dissension to tgr where he can fully expound his patriotism for alternative facts and anti-agreement...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152830#msg152830 date=1485373452]If it was dangerous, you shouldn't have skied it, right? if it was safe, you could skin it, right? Which is it? Personally, I...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152825#msg152825 date=1485368611]It was stable Hop. The pictures and report tell the story. You can keep throwing out red herrings about "10cm wind slabs"...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152821#msg152821 date=1485366590]That slope was unequivocally stable on the day they skied it, right? Hop is saying you should ALWAYS come in from a different slope...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg152802#msg152802 date=1485311197]I'm confused. How would these guys "hurt innocent bystanders" by lapping that bowl? What was their mistake again? S...
author=kamtron link=topic=37687.msg152760#msg152760 date=1485238874]Great resource and constructive comments hereWhile I knew (or was aware of) many of the things he covers in his podcast, for some re...
author=brainbrian link=topic=37687.msg152753#msg152753 date=1485234032]That skin track was bad, agreed, but I think the tracks on Herman were even worse. At least with this track this group who decide...
author=dberdinka link=topic=37687.msg152739#msg152739 date=1485223899]Oh yay! The annual "SEATTLE SKINTRACKERS $&@#%!&@& URGGH GLAGG! dRRRR...."Curious if you have anything cons...
author=kamtron link=topic=37687.msg152730#msg152730 date=1485219749]This argument has happened before.Or is it annual?I brought it up a couple years ago. http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboar...
Please, pretty please, with sugar on top...NEVER put that skin track there ever again, no matter how stable you think it is. The life you save may be your own. If you're going to ski that area,...
author=thatcherk1 link=topic=37073.msg150569#msg150569 date=1479628393]That dog was precious. I was sad I didn't bring my Sammy up there. Did the clouds sock in completely, or did they stay high?...
I was there too - part of the group that thatcherk1 skis by towards the end of his video (we were a combined group of five, plus a dog).Snow was much better than I thought it would be considering the...
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I know of two parties that reached the summit via the Coleman-Deming route yesterday. Looks like it was pretty good up there!
Nice work. My party saw you guys up there. If only our alpine start didn't begin at 10am we might have joined you higher than Heliotrope ridge. Oh well, the rain crust was fun skiing. Hiking up t...
author=Kyle Miller link=topic=31403.msg131781#msg131781 date=1397302016]#AWESOME #WORK #MAN!!!!!!wtf are you doing checking TAY from Norway???!?!? Get back in your kayak.
Nice! Arolla's a gem. Another great contact is Dede Anzevui - he's a local guide and badass (first descent of N. Face of Matterhorn in 1989) and all around great guy. See what Dede can do...