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OMG what an amazing trip! And your packs look TINY!

Got any pics from Dakobed trip ?

I *think* it was skied with no rappels, but can't recall the details.

It really does look like the sill glacier ice is nearly gone. Kind of nice to think that if I ever decide to try the CJ that those ice blocks might not be above me.

Cool to see a report from this area, thanks

Fair enough! I was not aware that there are well established name for those lines, and there's little trace of them on the internet other than the report Sam just published. No disrespect intended to the first parties.

Nice work, sounds like a successful weekend.

Can't say I agree with advocating for renaming, altering, or adding to the names of lines tho.

Both those Cascade pass lines already have names. One a common name, as far as I can tell, NE Couloir on Mixup, and another, a given name by the first party. There's no AKA.

Thank you for posting this TR....so great! Love the psyche.

I'm continually impressed by the volume of high quality skiing you pull off, season after season.  Sheesh!

@markharf you are 100% correct, this is the South face, not the North. 

@mark-p: Hannegan ridge, do you mean Hannegan pass, peak and Ruth Mtn? Yes, great spring skiing in particular, though the approach via trail can be a bit obnoxious. Lots of good trip reports out there for this area.

Super lame. I hope they contacted you. Glad you got some great runs!

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 did; gotten waylaid by the half-buried alder before finding the trail, too. 

The Straight Glacier is a great ski and unique area. Way to get out there! 

This is gonna be fun to watch unfold.

Thanks for the great trip report, Alisse! I think that knowing where to go and then doing it in October are plenty creative! Let's face it, options are quite limited. I've been dreading going up Thursday for my least favorite ski month, now I am quite excited 😁

😔Mike, thanks for the report. What do we call in it now, the Spider Couloir? It joins the list of glaciers that aren't glaciers...Crescent, Inter, Unicorn, Lyman, Lynch, Sarvant, Conrad. 

Mike, thanks for the report. Of course this is old news to most of us, but so shocking to see a reliable old friend gone. A few years ago we skied on the Lyman side and Mike told me the first time he walked past it when he was a little kid the glacier was 40 feet tall above the lake, now of course there is nothing. 

Such a good lollipop! Looks like a really fun day despite the haze and blue ice for the skis. Nice squiggles.

Congrats! Will you have a 27-year tayaniversary celebration? I'd haul beers to celebrate that!

Thanks for the trip report. I honestly wouldn't have thought to do the Inter glacier this late in the season but hats off to you for hoofing in up there and getting some turns. Is there a climbers boot track from Glacier Basin up to the glacier or did you just pick your way up until the snow started? 

Also, thanks for the history of mining up there. I've seen the old machinery along the Mt Ruth summer trail but didn't know how extensive the operation was.

Sick double inversion in photo #1. What time of day was that taken?

I appreciate the report.

It sounds like you went up the ridge, or did you take the glacier center?

Bummer to not succeed, but good call. The mush this year is gnarly!

Awesome, nice work! I was literally just wondering how the NFNWR was and bam, here’s your TR (gotta say, also impressive work on some of those linkups in your TR archive, I’m happy just to get ONE lap in a lot of those spots and you’re doing multiple like it's NBD!). It’s interesting how that face seems to be a little different each year. Here’s how it looked last time I was there, shit like 10 years ago now 😱 (7/7/14):

Kyle,

The link to your site provided the Trip Report. It was wonderful to read the conditions and the photos to see the environment. 😀

Thank you.

Zap

Solid Show!

Did you stop for a pilsner at Paradise cafe patio?

Thanks for the report!