Encouraging for sure, although the photos, elevations and description all correspond to the south face, not the north. I've backed off that large exposure once or twice, then regretted it just as you...
Thanks Pete and Becky for a trip report which included relevant info on snow conditions, trail and route choices, times of day, crevasses, road issues....all in addition to positive stoke and nice pho...
This is a common problem descending from Muir, and people have gone missing following the fall line in bad visibility. You should be able to find a simple map of the area with compass readings back to...
If I understand the location correctly, this patch is the result of slides, not snowfall accumulation. That means its longevity depends on avalanche activity during the previous winter, which doesn...
The hill next to campus with the firetower is Sehome Hill Arboretum. I suppose the hill itself must be (duh) Sehome Hill. I rode my mountain bike up there yesterday--6-8 inches heavy stuff, packed sol...
This is a wonderful trip report. We go to the mountains in part to search for deeper understandings: of ourselves, our families and communities, of the world itself. Thanks for sharing this portion of...
Nice report! I'm planning to be there on a motorcycle next fall, but will miss the skiing. Hard to say whether that's the right choice, but glad at least that someone's getting it. Mean...
I'm sure the ski was brought to the trailhead by whoever found it, and that it was left in that very obvious place so that whoever lost it would see it there when he/she came back to search. That...
author=Good2Go link=topic=38522.msg155921#msg155921 date=1495554226]....holy crap about the sledders! No pics? http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article152049372.html
author=aaron_wright link=topic=37687.msg152874#msg152874 date=1485401299] What's interesting to me is why they chose to skin up there when there is an obvious route that IS safer, but also why in...
author=Jonathan_S. link=topic=34438.msg142062#msg142062 date=1437942593]"Jill took the lead, since I had by far the most crevasse rescue experience, it was best that I trail in case of a punch-th...
I used to always be planning to get up top during winter but never found the right combination of visibility and stability. Trouble is, when the sun's out the steep (40+) degree face gets soft, t...
Glad to meet you folks out there, and glad to see you got some skiing in. I took a couple of laps on Ptarmigan Ridge--nothing too special, but a spectacular day out there. The whole Barome...
Absolutely, Sky. This guy was doing something very different, using different skills and presumably for different reasons. If I had seriously thought his accomplishment detracted from what...
I hope Adrian has inherited your subtle sense of humor along with your taste in minimalist gear, Charles! Sounds like a great mid-summer tour, with just enough unknown/unknowable so that you both got...
author=Zap link=topic=21265.msg91048#msg91048 date=1308958635] I finally started skiinning around 10:45 which seemed like a rational choice.....Here's to rational choice (although I would have wa...
Todd, this is the second time in a month or so that shared use of that little section of road has come up here: once with snow machines, now with wheels. Usually the people involved sound more c...
We studied those tracks on our way back to the parking lot near dusk. Steep. Impressive. Not a lot of turning involved. Thanks for adding photos to the mix.A surprisingly nice...
author=Splitboard Graham link=topic=18494.msg78793#msg78793 date=1293146989]get explosive handling permit...May I suggest.....Bolivia, where you can buy TNT sticks in hardware stores along with detona...