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Outstanding report. Thank you!
Many thanks for the Cascade Backcountry Alliance link, an excellent summary!This timed reservation system will exclude the 'Three Percenters.' No, not the fascist militia group, rather the last...
Good to hear; thanks, Robie!We used to call blackdog's "Steep trees" - Mazama 'Glades'. The shade and slightly northerly aspect keep powder longer than the adjacent big open 'Mazama Face' or '91...
frankfrank- There's a lot of discussion of your question over on nwhikers, esp. the 3rd & 4th pages:https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8036555
Thanks for the petition link, Andy! I hope everyone signs and contributes if they can.
Since this whole phony closure is supposedly about safety,
I'm a bit concerned about the photo illustrati...
First, I'd like to point out to TAY management that two different threads about the Paradise closure are currently active under 'Trip Reports'. A new section is needed for 'Access.' Also,...
Thanks, kam!Complaining to legislators may let off steam, but i think it's important to understand that this park traditionally leads the league in locked gates. Figuring out which and how many...
Sorry to report the rumor is now official:"The sledding runs at Paradise will not open this year, and sledding is not permitted elsewhere in the park. Winter camping at Paradise will be available Satu...
The rumor in Ashford is that the NPS will soon open Paradise only on winter weekends due to "insufficient staffing". They have over twice the staff (160+) they had in the 70's(~80) and have neve...
Here's a recent photo of the Pinnacle-Plummer patch from above:
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2022-10-12.0533392820
A mile one-way sounds about right, allowing for weaving around brush & boulders. I'd guess about 700 vf on the approach, maybe a hundred-fifty feet uphill on the return. The sun doesn'...
Thanks for the enjoyable TR; your writing is nifty and your knees must be steel.!
Your second & last photos show much lower hanging fruit for a possible TAY twofer. There is still a fairly...
For those seeking 'easy' September turns, the Pinnacle 'glacier' snowpatch near Paradise is looking pretty small. There is a much larger patch in the big gully between Pinnacle & Plummer pea...
Kam-I never learned to alpine ski. Even when lift tickets were $20, I could never afford to go often enough to learn more than a weak snowplow on groomed slopes in a few days per winter. Now I c...
Thanks for the report and photos; rekindled lots of old memories! I agree about the hazards of the Comet Falls trail in winter; this is the most dangerous forest trail on this side of the mounta...
Thanks for the Wait-Gate update, Randy! Sounds as tho the NPS has almost returned to the system used in the 70's and 80's, where one had to hike over to the Longmire Inn desk and ask for the gat...
Nice photo, Frank! The large shadows on the right beneath Little T closely coincide with the most active slab avalanche zones each winter.
Here's another MRNP wolverine report:
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report-2020-09-30-7803462680
Technically, the park is claiming only the first breeding female in over a hundred years. I'm sure there have been other sighting reports besides mine driving down from Paradise in the late 70's...
Hmmm... https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/news/wolverines-return-to-mount-rainier-national-park-after-more-than-100-years.htm
Good report, thanks and welcome back!
Your track photo looks more like wolf than cougar to me, or just maybe...
https://cascadeswolverineproject.org/wolverine-tracks/
https://turns-all-year.com/tri...
Thanks for the photo update - looks surprisingly smooth for July!
Were you able to drive to 4th Crossing?
author=aaasen link=topic=42283.msg165986#msg165986 date=1575321311]Very slow start to winter this year! I thought last year was bad but there was solid coverage of the Paradise area and even the Tatoo...
Wow, indeed! Thanks for the report. This past winter I saw what appeared to be a wolf near Ashford.I was a bit confused by "...they continued down into Edith Valley", tho, since Cowlitz Sadd...
See also:Â http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=41291.from1548863071;topicseen#msg163693
Happy Holidays, indeed:"If government does close, most National Park Service employees will be sent home, or furloughed, for the duration of the closure. Key personnel, such as law enforcement ra...
author=Chamois link=topic=40865.msg162278#msg162278 date=1532362644]Sigh. I will have to plead ignorance again on the landmark Sluskins Chair (?)Â I believe it's technically called the Stevens-V...
Belated Happy Birthday!author=silaswild link=topic=40865.msg162270#msg162270 date=1532188670]We walked in tennie runners to Sluskins Chair, then skinned up the Paradise River and glacier to 8400'...
FWIW, Chamois, '3rd Crossing' (of the Paradise River by the original, now Paradise Valley, road) was miles below Paradise near the 1960's Reflection Lake /Stevens Canyon Road bridge, l...
author=kamtron link=topic=40812.msg162099#msg162099 date=1529339033]Looking forward to the Valley road opening up.The Paradise Valley Road opened ahead of schedule this morning:Â https://twitter.com/...