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6/24/18
WA Cascades West Slopes North (Mt Baker)
6/25/18 3:29am
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6/22/14
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
6/23/14 3:08am
8514
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6/15/08
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
6/28/08 5:17pm
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I've seen overflow parking at that trailhead even some years ago in summer, though not running more than a few hundred yards down the road. Between the increase in...
Nice. I opted for a less turn-efficient loop around Table on Monday, coming back via the route that skirts just north of the true summit before dropping the Table Mtn Glacier back down to Bagley Lakes...
author=aaasen link=topic=42790.msg167291#msg167291 date=1585675976]I acknowledge that this was not the right time to be in the lookout. A couple weeks ago it seemed somewhat reasonable; the seriousnes...
Yeah Cold Creek road is a long way up or down for sure. Great for classic or skate XC endorphin burn though. As to snowmobiles I could swear we saw tracks up in the upper basin from the highway...
We found great conditions nearby particularly on sun shaded west as well as south slopes above 4K yesterday. I noticed that new snow that was only slightly slabby on the uptrack in the early morni...
Nice shots. From the way the rain featuring shows up in that shot of skiing to toward the lake, it looks like that 4" must have fallen with little or no wind.
Or like two weeks ago...
Thanks for the update and the memorializing of two great spirits. Lowell - I had a similar experience on the NW ridge of Arrowhead, and took it as a haunting and sobering but very cheap lesson i...
Nice video! Does Vimeo still scan for copyrighted music like that and yank the video when they find such music? I know they used to do that...
Thanks - yeah, that's what I was thinking of. Have looked over at that chute from w/ in the trees to looker's right. It didn't look pretty on that pa...
Is this the chute that comes down between the cliffs down into the open area that you can get into if you follow the (brushy) road up from near Gold Lake? The open area that's b...
And we found decent turns even in the forest down to 3500 or possibly a little below. Not as nice as sheltered snow in the open but very fun nonetheless!
Wondering if we found your tracks today. Two skiers. Unclear where they ascended. The suncrust we found was not bad - didn't interfere with fun turns though it changed the dynam...
Good additional data. My thought is a route that is quite likely to have "snowmobile groomed" escape hatch options :-)
THanks. Seems worth investigating then. I have low expectations but don't love the sort of breakable crust that can cut my face when falling :-) Your comments leave me mildly hopeful for so...
Thanks for the report. Do you think not-steep or beneath-steep south aspects that have gotten sun will have a supportive crust in open areas below say 5K or so? Or still breakable? Pondering some &q...
Where'd you park? I read that DOT has posted no parking now at any of the roadside options and that to avoid towing risk you need to walk the highway from the Nordic cente...
Having missed the prime time window for Silver due to a few trips to other states for non-skiing fun, I decided to join my friend Skip yesterday to see how bad those road carries had gotten. We did...
author=PhilH link=topic=40776.msg161986#msg161986 date=1528153268]The snowfield always has been crowded on a sunny Saturday in June but I've never seen so many skiers as part of the mix. There we...
Nice! You had better weather than us but sounds like the same mix of snow. Branca hut rules! As do the roman baths in Bormio, btw...
If I'm not mistaken you need the federal pass (I.e. NW forest pass or America The Beautiful Pass) rather than the state pass (Discover) for that lot...
You are making me nostalgic for my last tour with the dog we had before our current one. He was a great outdoor partner but had somewhat gimpy hips so generally he didn't go touring...
nwhikers.net instituted a "no spray zone" in their trip reports section years ago. Seems like a good idea. Forces people who have issues that get triggered by a...
It was. I recommend it to anyone who wants to check out some Alps touring - great food AND terrain. And these guys have a nice approach, including spending multiple nights at a couple of the hut...
Looks like a stellar outing. Larry is a great guy/guide, eh? Spent 6 nights/7days in the Ortler Alps with him.
author=kamtron link=topic=39742.msg160000#msg160000 date=1519254338]Good skiing out there, although persistent slab is worth staying cautious. Not seeing does not equate to not existing.Mellow pow in...
Yes, would have liked to have made the connection in person. With careful edging I didn't even get to much crust contact on a moderate line down the Rampart chair.
I was there from late morning into mid afternoon. Chose to ascend via one of the blue runs that tops out at the Rampart chair instead of on the face, as I figured the tracks&nb...
Sounds like a trip my wife and our dogs and I did many moons ago. Dogs were good sports in retrospect. Especially getting up over the Lichtenstep for the bigg...
Good snow with crap visibility and vice versa. What else could you ask for!? :DThe little bit of fracturing was up near that 5200 high point - just the top inch or maybe two cracking in a very...