May14.2006,:Nisqually Chutes
5/15/06
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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We left seattle a tad before 7am with excellent blue bird skies and plenty of sunshine....and we left the paradise parking lot around 9:30 or 10. I wasn't watching the watch today so all times are very approximate ;D
Nisqually chutes from the just past pan point
It looked like we were timing things just right though. Lower down the snow was beginning to soften up.......in fact the skin up pan pt was very interesting and we ended up loading the boards up and boot packing it about half way. We reached the chutes just after noon and had a leisurely lunch in the sunshine.
Myself, Chris & Chuck traversing towards the chute entrance
Once we were ready to drop in there was maybe 2" of corn goodness on a firm base. The snow was fast and the run was prime. We headed down towards the nisqually moraine and booted back up to glacier vista for the ride back to the parking lot.
Josh dropping the cornice on the west side of nisqually chute
Nisqually chutes from the just past pan point
It looked like we were timing things just right though. Lower down the snow was beginning to soften up.......in fact the skin up pan pt was very interesting and we ended up loading the boards up and boot packing it about half way. We reached the chutes just after noon and had a leisurely lunch in the sunshine.
Myself, Chris & Chuck traversing towards the chute entrance
Once we were ready to drop in there was maybe 2" of corn goodness on a firm base. The snow was fast and the run was prime. We headed down towards the nisqually moraine and booted back up to glacier vista for the ride back to the parking lot.
Josh dropping the cornice on the west side of nisqually chute
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