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2/27/13
WA Cascades East Slopes Central
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Thanks Robie and Will,
I appreciate the replies!
John
Jim: "Over the years many of us quit doing detailed and photo filled TRs and just posted a quick conditions report for a general area (north slopes around Stevens Pass, etc.) to help others in plannin...
That's probably about correct timing for N Fk to be melted at Beverly turnoff, Fish Lake open to Camp Creek, give or take a week
kinda low, call CERD for status
The 4315 Road is, in fact, driveable to this day to the divide and is gated in the summer. Known as the "Storey Road". As is the Howson Cr Road a few miles to the south. it is short...
Hi Kyle,
One of the reasons the area between Jolly and Hawkins has remained so quiet for so long is it takes a really strong skier to reach all that in one day. Though there are more and more o...
In so many respects I think the majority of long time Cascade BC skiers are protecting their stashes. I am open to hearing criticism for this, but it seems that some folks are using NWAC Recent...
This is superfun with a 2nd vehicle at Annette TH! When I had a larger radius backcountry community it made the shuttle stuff easy to meet someone coming from the westside, rendezvousing us east...
I've always appreciated that, Randy. The trail portion especially. Though haven't been back in more than 6 or 7 years. I've never informed my boss, by the way. Kyle M's m...
The bowl used to see much high marking snowmobile wilderness poaching. Was the evidence of that still as apparent as in the past? it is a long way to drop in and climb out of it from Smith...
I appreciate the discussion. My two cents is that I am glad I was skiing the I-90 and Hwy 2 corridors in a time when there was scant information out there. Mostly the Burgdorpher guidebook...
Hmm, there's a lot more lines on your attached map than I seem to be able to bring up on CT. I chose "all data" Oh well, just curious.
Wow, someone even uploaded the NE trees. I'll check out the "shared maps". Thanks!
Hello Waz,
Thank you for the report. I have a quick Q for you, how do you search CalTopo for trip reports? I've found the scrolling down takes forever and is completely limited to...
author=AntonioB link=topic=41415.msg163626#msg163626 date=1548604562]Thanks for sharing. I have not heard of this. There are so much history in the region! I like how this story is tied to the great f...
Been trying to convince partners to tour out there for years and can't get anyone excited about it.March 1, 2010 I seemed to finally get everyone interested. 100 years to the date of and site of...
author=kamtron link=topic=41297.msg163336#msg163336 date=1546736136]Good report. Not disappointed I'm in Chicago. 40s and sunny Going to a ball game tomorrow?
author=coldseagull link=topic=41280.msg163302#msg163302 date=1546541606]That bowl with the slides(I think it's actually called highland bowl?) has some weird convexity that always spook me. Would...
author=coldseagull link=topic=41280.msg163291#msg163291 date=1546479600">Some photossnow degrading in quality as we got into the trees. Small creek crossing to get to the nordic trail then an easy ski...
Boulder Creek bridge is weakened by undercutting and has a reduced load limit. The toilet pumping truck cannot make it across to pump out the full toilets at the TH due to the weight of the truck.&nbs...
We may have got a glimpse of you Jim. Too bad we didn't get a chance to talk. Noticed your skin track. Those skied nicely, too. My teles didn't scrape on the lower angle stuff wh...
author=jbmccrar link=topic=39681.msg159823#msg159823 date=1518650519]Not a back country report, but we still earned it. ;)We started skinning just before 6am and headed up Hyak face. On the steep sect...
author=alecapone link=topic=39589.msg159495#msg159495 date=1517080115]Darn it. I knew you hippies looked familiar. It's them pants! I wish I came up and said hi. We where in the two blue vans j...
Carry the water, remove the water....
Hello Radka,Did you think the crowns were from Friday? When we saw them from the lake yesterday we opted not to go to either summit either. Your skin track was mostly snowed in but very helpful once...
author=kamtron link=topic=37751.msg153086#msg153086 date=1485805453]Good to see Wright peak getting some love. I discovered it for myself this season and have enjoyed skiing from summit to Gem, off th...
author=Jake the Brit link=topic=37751.msg153069#msg153069 date=1485795644]Ha. I can imagine.....Nice TR & pics, very evocative I'm know i should know, but I don't...what is that lump of...
author=telemack link=topic=37614.msg152445#msg152445 date=1484624479]Nice pix, and it's good to hear conditions are normalizing. Two knee droppers = Traders of the Lost Art! :) All four of us,...
author=kneel turner link=topic=37381.msg151531#msg151531 date=1482550842] I said "You're missing out". There's something special about ski tips pushing through soft snow.Best quote...
We found similar on Silver, Charlie:https://www.flickr.com/photos/23557848@N03/sets/72157665921320540We were down by 2:00PM and the storm was late in develpoing, so we only had a few inches of n...