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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Excellent! That route has the appeal of possible elegance combined with certain obstacles... That very same patch of 'thorny biomass' did me in on an old scouting run, so its great to hear t...
Excellent!I made a foray in that direction years ago, got beat back by brush, never made it above timberline. Looks like your line is a better choice. That north facing cirque is attractive, a good mo...
A few more photos here:https://plus.google.com/photos/108020093464137779979/albums/5745953443065185569It was nice to link so much terrain in one push - passing by familiar ridgelines, then checking ou...
Excellent - thanks for sharing! I think that view of Sloan from the top is one of the best summit views in the area. The easiest access to Sloan for skiing, is possibly via the Bedal Basin TH, c...
Thanks, Amar, for exposing a constructive dialog -- I agree, there is no such thing as a 'secret stash', especially not on such a large, prominent, and obviously accessible peak as Ruby! It...
Very nice :)author=altasnob link=topic=23105.msg98204#msg98204 date=1326123259]Road is going to be tough to drive for the remainder of the Winter. We used a sled to get to the TH.Can you clarify how m...
Excellent! Great to read others heading up there - a great spot to ski before the NCH opens (which will be late this year). When we did it in 2009, we took a more mellow series of ramps, though the co...
Ahh... snowsnakes.... love thy snakes - for they really have no choice but to follow in awe the tracks you lay ;)Rather than hide from and despise our serpentine bretheren, should one feel instead hon...
Thanks for putting that together for sharing! Holden truly is a unique point of convergence, bringing together so many more communities than at first glance. I like the part about carrying the shards...
Some of those pixels very well could have been me up there. I bumped into another team on the summit, who had came up from the other side (I took the east ridge, both up and down) -
Nice route for such a great day!I do wonder where you id the names of all these features... We just sort of google-earthed a route, which turned out to be Wallaby Peak.http://picasaweb.google.com/kevi...
Thanks for the report Jessica! Here is a link to my photos from our trip last week and our return this week for another round.http://picasaweb.google.com/kevinsteffa/10_04_WaPass- Kevin
Aha, Del Campo Norte is indeed quite aesthetic, well worth the approach in my opinion!I dont remember the bushwhacking being too bad... I think that the owner of those skiis is really walking on the o...
I have not been on that particular ridgeline (Whistler), but it looks possible, at least a little easier closer to the local knob. Turn left 90 degrees and it should look something like this:http://pi...
Cool... that spot looks familiar! skiing the cascade crest is a dream -- one of the best area vantage points I have found yet...http://picasaweb.google.com/kevinsteffa/08_05_Cutthroat#
I didn't get as far as the hairpin... though looking at the shoulder of mt. hardy, its looking a little thin there, bare on the lower 500' of the shoulder next to swamp creek. Pictures comin...
We started out on the nature trail. This boardwalk trail through the 'happy creek flats' definitely lulls ones senses about what a typical north cascade ski approach should be like. This of...
Thanks for the invite, and a great day out!A few corrections, the road number is 4096 - easy to remember, it is 2^12Definitely will be an easier approach next month with a little more melted out on th...
I have made some initial inquiries, yes... there is some strategy behind the dreams. However I will not really make any serious efforts unless things come back positive at multiple levels. One of the...
Nice!I was wondering when someone would get up there - Here are a few of my photos from the west ridge a month earlier (the road was not open to the overlook quite then and the ski conditions were not...
Excellent, I had been curious about that basin too... and it looks like there are good bivi spots on the NW ridge of Pinnacle. Look forward to any more photos there or of Ruby too.I was on ruby by sno...
Yes, the North Cascades are always an adventure, the stuff of dreams! So... what general area did you go into? We all look forward to at least a few tantalizing photos of snow covered behemoths from r...
The cascade river road is generally plowed at least the first 6 miles in where there are settlements. I have generally seen signs of plowing in the past at least to the Monogram Lakes / Lookout mounta...
Probably a little more difficult to get there now -- I just noticed that it is currently snowing in marblemount, at last!However, the road was a fun glide, cross-country style, and there are no down t...
Added map for bedal access info - see topic:http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=10193.new#new
Added Map: (FS 4096 does not appear on some maps)Updated from scouting in Nov '08, The trail is also in good shape up to at least 3000' (near the start of the glades). There has been sporadi...
Good to see some attention to the Darrington area! This is some amazing country, but surprisingly does not get many tracks. Of course starting below 2000' makes a long day, but well worth the eff...
author=John_Morrow link=topic=10202.msg41041#msg41041 date=1212280993]Access and Approach Notes:Pico and I thought we'd try Skookum Peak having been told that Paris Creek was as far up the Fish L...
Just added a few more details (see top)
Where did you go? (or attempt to go?) The darrington area is one of the most impressive areas to explore, but it tends to suffer from the ravages of nature and more difficult access than other areas....