No TR's yet : (
11/10/02
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
11/12/02 12:17am
3393
3
No TR replies yet : (
Aaasen, I speak mostly to the additional wear and damage the poor old structure has seen in recent years as word has spread. The winter visits are particularly rough on it. I've made it a point t...
Eh, I can see cumulus 's point. The HLLO has sadly become more and more gangbanged over the past 10 to 15 years. It's one of those places where in sure a lot of folks would rather see people...
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave your skis and poles outside the lookout next time. The window panes are incredibly fragile and I've had to patch up several over the past several years to avoid winter...
Guys...he was flying it over the EASTON. As somebody pointed out, they allow snowmachines there. Those are a million times more annoying than a hobbiest UAV. Wildnerness areas...that's different,...
author=avajane link=topic=32865.msg137057#msg137057 date=1417581172]So you heard second hand from your friends that there were no tracks prior to theirs? I think I'd question them about how much...
Odd...there were no ski tracks off Green mountain yesterday (or from the tiny lake onward for that matter), until my friends put them there on Nov 30.I was hopeful the fact that this destination was n...
It's the dickheads of any demographic that ruin the good name of the rest of them. Most of the sledders I have come across are totally cool, slow down when they pass, wave, and are respectful. Th...
author=flowing alpy link=topic=31014.msg130041#msg130041 date=1394038977]not many reports of starting a trip up the slot before skiing it first.bI'd say that this is mostly due to the approach ea...
Very cool. I really need to make it down to White Pass one day. I've always wanted to check it out, and it seems like a neat, less mainstream area. Is the sculpture building a yearly event? If so...
Wow, those snow sculptures are amazing. Maybe that needs to be my new hobby for horrid breakable crust days.
Thank you for sharing this. Please tell your friend thank you for writing this up (I found it an excellent piece of writing) and glad they are all relatively ok.Digging my pit tests I felt confident i...
author=flowing alpy link=topic=30926.msg129918#msg129918 date=1393882352].....and were back to flaunting high risk maneuvers for interwebz adulations, hope that anyone below the cornice is as lucky as...
author=powhound link=topic=30926.msg129909#msg129909 date=1393874872]I've thought of going up safe routes that lead to the tops of avy terrain and dropping some big cornices, and see where we sta...
The crust seems to be everywhere right now. Judging by the soreness in my lower back today, I'd liken skiing it to what I imagine riding a bucking bronco is like. It's a wonderful workout, b...
author=Floater link=topic=30926.msg129813#msg129813 date=1393699688]This was overall a bad ski year due to the rotten start. I rate it in the bottom ten of my 50 years of skiing for various reasons....
author=Lowell_Skoog link=topic=30908.msg129685#msg129685 date=1393536331]I haven't bought tights yet, but it's tempting. I think buying racing skis this season may have started me down a sli...
CookieMonster's analysis seems spot on to me. It probably reflects well what several of us have been trying to convey, but he communicates it much better.His same analysis seems applicable to wha...
author=Brandonee link=topic=30908.msg129636#msg129636 date=1393514103]Hmmm...just because you wore a baggy jacket doesn't cancel out the fact you were wearing tights for pants....sorry Josh to di...
Thanks for stepping up and providing this write-up, knowing that there would be people who would criticize, some productively, others not. It was a very helpful write-up, especially that map, which is...
The rando racing thing isn't really my cup of tea, but dude...you are my new hero for laying waste to a couple of speed-suit wearing weenies. Way to prove you can move fast while not looking like...
Blewett was most excellent today. The complete and total lack of wind was the best part! I skied down the E aspect of Diamond Head and did a bunch of exploring of all the XC trails which I had always...
We were up at Blewett today. It's amazing to see how much snow is there now compared to when we visited on Friday. It looks like mid-Winter now instead of late fall!! The snow was great, but we j...
Yeah, wind can move an amazing amount of snow very quickly. An area like Blewett (dry side of crest, lighter snow, shallower snowpack) can showcase this well. My GF and I were up there on Friday and i...
Damn, I.wish the subjects of my outdoor photography dressed even half as colorfully as yours. :)
Were you part of the group of 4 I ran in to? I was there with the 2 other guys who left that morning. If so, great to meet you all! It sure was a nice day; I ended up doing 4 laps yesterday before enj...
author=Seth link=topic=28750.msg120948#msg120948 date=1370615057]I’ve always been puzzled why more Washingtonians are not interested in speed touring.Probably because most Washingtonians have no inte...
Haha, the photo of the guy half embedded in the mush says it all, eh? :)
Yeah, that "event" off mixup arm seems to be a yearly event. I've never witnessed it, but have seen the aftermath and have avoided going up mixup arm in the Spring for that very reason....
Thanks!! At least I know I was eyeing the right thing now. Looking at my pictures, the bottom is definitely much more melted out now, but I'm sure the line is still skiable just fine. I should ha...
So I went up to give Ulrich's a go yesterday. It's pretty amazing how much melt can occur in 5 days on south slopes in that part of the range! It probably can still be skied, for the most pa...