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5/25/06
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
5/25/06 2:41pm
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I found the Inter fairly slushy this same day, even at midmorning. What time did you top out?
I could have sworn it was more than 48 degrees.I am grooving that 3 photo drop-in sequence. Nice escalation of dramatic tension.
Sweet.
Thanks for the post. That Pirsig quote digs down to the kernel of the mountain experience.If anyone is looking to paddle, I have a Pygmy Osprey Triple that's straining impatiently to reente...
author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=19542.msg83056#msg83056 date=1297468694]June 29, 1996, Mount Rainier, Muir Snowfield: 1st Time The essence of the Cascade Range, a sublime marriage of disparate element...
Hey Amar. Thanks for sharing a gripping account of your ordeal. Well managed. Hats off to you and Hannah for getting down safely.author=Mr.Doober link=topic=10009.msg40416#msg40416 d...
I skied the Slot for the first time this year, a few weeks ago, and when I think about it I'm still exhilarated. I was lucky enough to hit it in just the right frame of mind, with a couple...
author=brownc9 link=topic=9816.msg39677#msg39677 date=1208821736]Is there a way to ski off the summit to the right sky line in your first picture, then skiing those couloirs down to the snowfield belo...
author=David_Coleman link=topic=9776.msg39368#msg39368 date=1208211659]Nice work you two. Too bad my balls have shrunk to nothing :'(Just don't say the P word.
Dave, I was feeling a little sorry for you on Sunday because you had to work while I got to be lazy and nurse my sore muscles from Vertfest.Imagine my feelings as I sit at work today, pondering the bl...
:D Nicely done. Reading your TR I can almost smell the fresh air myself.
Well done, Amar. Glad to see your persistence paid off.
Welcome back to the great NW.
Rocks fell every minute or two from Steel Cliff but there was no rockfall at all on the route, only occasional flakes of rime ice.
Nice work. Edging down the crux on rock gives drytooling a whole new meaning. 8)
What happens if you summit via Timberline, then ski down Wy'East? Long traverse required? Does approaching from Mt Hood Meadows save time and trouble?
Man, I just knew that a certain someone would be after the E. face of Mystery after having seen it from Deception. As little attention as this peak receives, I knew that ski line (which I climbe...
Several times this season I have gazed eastward from the Snoqualmie, or Red, or Kaleetan, and pondered what secret descents lay hidden deep within the range. My life seemed the less full for no...
The chute on the left is looking lonely.
Those same 4 inches had me biting my nails at that same hour, on descent from Chair Peak basin-- I sent one big heavy sluff straining through trees and over a small declivity, fortunately not with mys...
I was in that group of 4 descending the dunes. author=Splitboard Graham link=topic=6630.msg27106#msg27106 date=1175316169] Amazing wind deposits, not dry exactly, but better than slush, and easy to t...
Hey Dan, nice work. I wouldn't have thought to bring a 10 meter rope but it sounds like it simplified the ascent.How cold is it up top in March?
I'd be pleased to join you for any of the remaining tours.
Cool.I love that Poudre Canyon drive and the Never Summers. One of my favorite corners of Colorado.
It wasn't all bad. I was annoyed to miss summit views again-- both of my visits to the summit plateau have been whited out. This time I turned back at about 14K, being too far to the north and...
Sure looked like doggie paw tracks to me. Could have been coyote tracks, but they paralleled the boot track. Maybe it was a lone wolf stalking the lone boarder.The approach is a long haul...
I took the same tour yesterday. Conditions varied widely. I started quite late, heading out from the parking lot at 11 AM. Crust was supportive and a little suncupped heading to Pine...
Once again, I could see the remnants of the skier who had also skied this bowl this week, and this somehow comforted me. That doesn't sound very comforting.
Thanks, y'all! ;D
I will have the chance to drive past Hood next week (i.e. not driving all the way down just to ski, but will be in the area) and have a couple of questions.Any routefinding difficulties for one who ha...