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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
11/7/18 12:36pm
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10/20/18
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
10/20/18 2:27pm
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7/14/18
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
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6/24/18
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
6/3/18 12:03am
2942
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5/26/18
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
5/26/18 1:10pm
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2/10/18
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
12/16/16 11:31am
3487
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7/2/16
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
7/2/16 1:06pm
6910
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6/26/16
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
6/27/16 1:22am
2713
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6/17/16
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
6/22/16 1:27pm
6953
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6/12/16
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
6/12/16 12:45pm
4160
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5/7/16
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
5/7/16 1:58pm
3193
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6/21/14
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
6/21/14 1:38pm
3569
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2/1/14
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
2/1/14 11:51am
3471
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7/20/13
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
7/20/13 1:22pm
3333
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7/4/13
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
7/5/13 12:50am
4413
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8/12/12
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
8/12/12 11:24am
3773
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I was up there yesterday (May 27) and the approach was pretty much as described in the original approach, although I did not look at the river approach/deproach. Coverage is continuous from the basin...
A bit of an update on the crossing of Frying Pan Creek. The creek has changed its normal channel near the bridge. The bulk of the flow no longer goes under the bridge and instead, goes between the bri...
I usually approach Spray Park via the Wonderland Trail so didn't get a look at the climb to Knapsack Pass. Both times I came through Spray Park on the trail the clouds were hanging low and I didn...
author=snoholic link=topic=40775.msg161985#msg161985 date=1528145384]Let me know if you need any help with that mission!I'm a bit concerned this quest, if achieved, might have some adverse conseq...
author=ps44 link=topic=40750.msg161869#msg161869 date=1527533124]Nice,Thank you for reporting. Did you do it in one day or did you overnight? How long do you think the approach following the creek w...
An update from a trip up there yesterday:- Snow patches start shortly after the switchback where the trail is very close to the river bank but they are discontinuous for a while after that and not wor...
No helmets?
We found great skiing by going out along Mazama Ridge and up on the Paradise Glacier. Firm, smooth, carveable surface above 8,300 ft. The lower 1000 ft was perfect soft snow on a firm base that skied...
It was a good day for skinning up and skiing down the groomers at Hyak today...
Not me in the video...I was up there this past weekend. The photo was taken Saturday morning. I think the continuous snow started at about 5,000 feet, if my watch was calibrated correctly. From the VT...
An update on conditions: Continuous snow starts above Comet Falls at about 5K. Possible to ski from there up to Van Trump Park although just as easy to boot as well. There's a lot of water runnin...
Brief conditions update from Sunday June 11:Some patches of snow before the big area of avalanche debris but not worth putting skis on until a few hundred meters after getting through the debris field...
Thanks for the comments! We saw old tracks the entire route... were those yours?Tyler and Dave got a look at the Swath the night before we skied out and didn't think it was in shape any more. Ty...
Some photos from the area today giving a sense of what the Flett looks like, sun cups on the way to the Russell Glacier and the poor shape of the upper Russell Glacier. Earliest I've ever skied t...
author=silaswild link=topic=32619.msg136320#msg136320 date=1415508065]The number of words in that post is diametrically opposed to the number of people on the snowfield yesterday.
Hey Mack!The first time I was out there two years ago later in August you could ski further down the Rainbow than I was able this time. It was only about 700 feet or so of descent this year and the bo...
An update on the upper Russell Glacier from our trip today... can't say much about the approach to it as we were in pea soup until about 7K and couldn't get a good sense of the coverage belo...
Great meeting you out there Steve.... the skin track was payback for the helpful beta! :D
The photo was taken Sunday around noon. The skiers are on the summit ridge, to the right of the big rock buttress, right where the ridge starts to flatten out as it approaches the true summit.
Good to hear from you Mack!I did Ruth last October and the slope you climb (which is due north facing) was getting little to no sun and stayed really firm... so much so I walked down it with crampons....
Split Board? Too slow in transition for those trying to form a new government. I think they knew that to free themselves from the shackles of British tyranny, they needed to free their heels. While my...
On our way out of the parking lot Sunday, we found a pair of AT boots that appeared to be left behind. We brought them to the Lone Fir Resort Cafe in Cougar (where you register for permits) and the w...
On our way out of the parking lot today, we found a pair of AT boots that appeared to be left behind. We brought them to the Lone Fir Resort Cafe in Cougar (where you register for permits) and t...
author=telemack link=topic=25756.msg108944#msg108944 date=1349997978]Was your E slope the sunlit face on the left of the first pic? We've looked at that in past years. Hopefully we won't H...
We ran into that exact same navigation snafu on our trip there at the end of August. It's very inviting to just head out from Camp Kiser and cut over to the saddle between the Sholes and Rainbow...
Nice work guys! Sounds like it was another fun day out there...
To get to Mowich Lake requires traveling on gravel road for about 15-16 miles but it easily covered with any car. Just some big potholes and washboard here and there but you don't need high clear...
Update on Conditions From May 26: Good snow coverage the entire way with very little if any new snow from the systems earlier in the week. The skin up to Blue Lake Col was very firm in the AM. S...
PaulPalf and myself were out there as well... we got all the way out to the basin below the north side of the Pinnacle and found some great skiing with much longer runs available than off Ptarmigan Ri...
Nice meeting you and your brother up there yesterday, Eric. Lots of suncups and runnells down below but scenery and the nice corn turns up high were well worth the effort!