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WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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author=Randy link=topic=42685.msg166923#msg166923 date=1582660442]The $50/per person/per night fee is a bit hard to stomach for what these camps provide. lol...let's just call the accommodations...
author=Randy link=topic=42685.msg166918#msg166918 date=1582638899]On my trips we always found the most enjoyable snow below timberline. We spent 4 days at the McCully Basin yurts a few years ago. Our...
Micah, According to the NWAC report it was triggered by a pair of skiers. No one was injured but they had to retrieve some of their gear that went over with the cornice when it collapsed. The spooky t...
author=toddball link=topic=42574.msg166655#msg166655 date=1580766463]-It feels like powder skiing if you don't make any turns. We made turns, though....too funny. Someone should make a meme with...
author=kamtron link=topic=42502.msg166512#msg166512 date=1579626252]Blewett is still such a mystery to me.Geez, amen to that! I'll check out the suggested Wenatchee Outdoors site. "Hope spri...
It would be interesting to have someone read every trip report ever posted of Muir and create a pie chart showing those who said "it was good from 9200 to 7200" and those who said "it w...
author=Donnelly_M link=topic=42145.msg165672#msg165672 date=1569503655]I did not bother to check it out as I wanted to make sure I followed the set of ski tracks and avoid any potential issues. Read:...
author=Lowell_Skoog link=topic=42050.msg165376#msg165376 date=1561390617]Carrying eleven days of food? That's hard core!If I had to walk 11 days AND keep to my self-imposed pack-weight limit I�...
Pic #4 Big RPic #5 Looking toward Mt. Ruth
Younger brothers do what ever it takes...it's in our DNA
author=peteyboy link=topic=41860.msg164876#msg164876 date=1556149067]I nominate picture #2 of the next cover photo on Turns All Year. Second?Second! Magazine cover worthy.
Lots of people post skiing videos, many are interesting, but few rise to the level of ski porn. Nicely done.
author=westseattle link=topic=41457.msg163773#msg163773 date=1549432525]If you only knew the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow...Is that an African or European swallow?
Great report. I know from reading the visitor log at the Snow Peak cabin that skiers visit in winter. As an aside, my bride and I hiked up Chewelah Mountain (49 Degrees North ski area) on Sunday in 2...
As always, Amar, very thought provoking. You drive home the point of how critical it is to make observations of the conditions on the ascent. But, what really struck me, was how important it is to be...
author=Charlie Hagedorn link=topic=40868.msg162295#msg162295 date=1532981864] When using the dog-sizing metric for suncups, the size is that which is sufficient to entirely hide the canine.The canine...
How long will a thread discussing cup size survive the censorious moderator?
I assume you started up the summer trail. How was the creek/river crossing?
Saw your tracks on my way back to Yaki-Vegas from “mixing with the masses.â€Â The east-side bowls look good, did you make it over there? Do you mind sharing the details of your secret sauce for po...
author=Robie link=topic=40776.msg161954#msg161954 date=1528048564] Slop happened right at the pitch break crevasse 8000' Thanks for the TR. I followed your tracks down to the slop then skinned ba...
author=myikat link=topic=40247.msg160459#msg160459 date=1520969943]Strong work- 3 hours to Muir! Woof, no kidding, they'd have arrived at Muir an hour and a half ahead of me!
author=iluka link=topic=39448.msg159197#msg159197 date=1516149134]No helmets?My grandmother used to assure me when I went out I was safe because I was "covered with prayer." I'm guessin...
I saw video on Insta of that 7-year old skiing the snowfield. I'm betting that not one of his buddies back home can say they've skied a volcano. Here's to hoping yesterday starts his TA...
...using literature (gathering the glisse) and science (prime factorization) you've spun a superb trip report.
author=kenhard link=topic=38694.msg156662#msg156662 date=1499017485] And we found Amar there....LOST AMAR FOUND!
Skiing the Chutes at 13 and 14? Oh man - that's top-shelf bragging rights. Too bad most of their friends won't have a clue of how cool that truly is. But the girls know and that's what...
A group of 7 of us stayed in the McCully yurts last winter and had a very nice 4 days of skiing. There is plenty of terrain out there, and as our guide told us "the snow is always good snow...
Thanks for the beta. ;D
author=telemack link=topic=36818.msg149909#msg149909 date=1473789832]You know it's short when you can ski back up without skins...I used the tiny snowfield just past the outhouse. This, my friend...
Definitely a tip of the hat to you for carrying skis up Aasgard and out Snow Lake - that's a long haul. The core is a special place and trying to take in the scenery is like drinking water out of...