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Randito

FWIW: I saw a patroller on a snow-machine with a trailer full of snow filling in some low spots last night.

I was a bit peeved that the Pacific Crest lift was closed last night -- as Wednesday is lesson night for the Mountaineers and Washington Alpine club programs, which I help out with. I skinned to the top of PC a couple times and there were some large bare patches right at the top -- but really no more so than the bare patches on the Julies chair.

Since the...

1/31/15 4:41am

Mofro

Thanks for the report Lowell. I visited those ruins back in September but didn't know the back story on the lodge.

1/31/15 3:49am

Lowell_Skoog

Did another skinning session at Summit West last evening. I'm glad to report that the ski area is moving snow around to cover thin spots and the conditions were better last night than on Sunday, despite no new snow. I talked to an employee who said they're prepared to move mountains to keep West operating. Goodonya to the Summit!

1/30/15 1:57pm

chieftaffy

January 25, Table Mt, Mt Baker Wilderness

author=dfhkvs link=topic=33498.msg138750#msg138750 date=1422469667]
Was there coverage all the way back to the parking lot? Wondering whether to bring the good skis or rock skis if we go up this Saturday.

Still plenty of good snow to skin/ski from annex lot as of today - almost 5k descent available via crater rock ish to lowest Tline terrain.
I was very glad to have 105 underfoot for spring conditions sat/sun - not so much the last...

1/30/15 3:11am

runningclouds

LOL, I did not catch that, it is the autocorrection, although I agree the amount of water on display warranted a navy forecast rather than an avy forecast. Have fun with skis and words!

1/30/15 2:16am

danpeck

Let's try posting again. Gentlemen, my hat is off to you this winter. You win all the awards. Thanks for posting.

1/29/15 12:31pm

water

DG: Thanks, yes it felt great. So good for my soul to have some buttery easy turns. I took up skiing about 3 years ago and having had to take a season off (rock climbing injury).. I was just starting to get a good flow when that happened. So the chickenhead ice skiing this fall was not exactly confidence inspiring or anything to work on form--and with the coverage lower paying for a lift day hasn't exactly been attractive.

dfhkvs: yes, full coverage though more hazards below... a...

1/29/15 11:53am

dfhkvs

Was there coverage all the way back to the parking lot? Wondering whether to bring the good skis or rock skis if we go up this Saturday.

1/29/15 11:48am

runningclouds

Awesome. Really well done edit. Nice line and serious "get". I laughed out loud at your misery in the outro. AND he got his pole!

Bruce

1/29/15 8:02am

Stefan

Great vid. Great trip. Great place for a fire.

Awesome you caught the dunk in the water.

It adds to future stories!

1/29/15 6:28am

snoholic

January 25, Table Mt, Mt Baker Wilderness

SUPER RAD!

1/29/15 3:05am

Jason4

author=runningclouds link=topic=33505.msg138701#msg138701 date=1422394117]
the navy danger moderate.

Is this an assumption based on the open water on the lakes? ;D

1/29/15 1:12am

LukerBee

Awesome! You guys are pretty bad. But the TR was really good.

1/29/15 12:26am

Schwerkraft

Awesome video!

1/28/15 1:17pm

Rowan Stewart

author=Good2Go link=topic=33496.msg138720#msg138720 date=1422413095]
Maybe you're just way badder than everybody else I know. I'll try to leave room in my mind for that possibility.

Well, they just adventure skinned through many long miles of poorly covered difficult terrain, braved numerous creek crossings, then rode a steep aesthetic line in powder conditions - which has not been easy to do this winter. ...

1/28/15 12:42pm

String

Fires in the dead of winter under a rock. What's next?!!? Probably going to tell us your granola bars weren't even ORGANIC.

1/28/15 11:39am

Good2Go

I can see making a fire if you're unprepared or if you epic. But, planning to make a fire up there as your warmth strategy is a terrible example. I know a lot of climbers and skiers and I've never heard of anybody advocating such a high impact practice. You guys are truly special.

1/28/15 3:03am

lrudholm

Building a fire in the heart of winter on a weeknight sounds like a wilderness experience to me. Probably a better experience than huddling together near the top of stuart.

1/28/15 2:27am

powhound

January 25, 2015, - Great Scott Bowl

We had to find an ample supply of firewood from somewhere didn't we? Or are you so rad, you can find it at the base of an alpine apron in a boulder field.

Again, go troll on someone else's thread....

1/28/15 1:51am

Chuck C

author=Jonas link=topic=33497.msg138684#msg138684 date=1422338691]

We toured up most of the way to Pineapple Pass, but turned just below due to icy conditions. Looked like there was freezing rain earlier in the week, a shiny shell of ice everywhere.

Yeah, that was from Saturday/Saturday night. Alpental was encased in the same shell until it warmed up and softened. Not surprised GSB didn't thaw so much as Up...

1/28/15 1:32am

Good2Go

"We made it up the apron to the base of the couloir and it got dark. So we rode the apron back to camp, and Leyland began his long journey home. The snow was soft, but had a crust underneath from the rain event, that got deeper as we got higher. Scott and I in the meantime set up a superb camp under a boulder, dried our gear, cooked and got toasty by the fire.

In the morning we awoke and started another fire, cooked breakfast, and had grand plans of riding the NW couloir,...

1/28/15 1:27am

powhound

Looks creamy. ;D

Wish I coulda gone

1/27/15 11:58pm

powhound

Thanks guys. It was good times, and Scott was able to change base layers and laugh it off.

author=Good2Go link=topic=33496.msg138706#msg138706 date=1422403088]
What's with promoting illegal fires in the Enchantments? Are you totally clueless?

Who says we're promoting anything illegal? This is quote from the forest service site

"Fires are prohibited throughout the vast majori...

1/27/15 11:28pm

Good2Go

That's my favorite line on the Chutes. Way to slay it. Looks like you got a ton of vert too. Thanks for sharing.

1/27/15 3:43pm

Good2Go

What's with promoting illegal fires in the Enchantments? Are you totally clueless?

1/27/15 2:22pm

Congrats on getting back at it! Probably felt really good to be back on skis after that long? Yesterday was a lot of fun on slushy snow at Meadows, but it looks more like June up there with running water, rocks, and bare earth showing all over the place. Disappointing to hear that it isn't better up high given the high freezing level storms that came through earlier.

1/27/15 11:46am

Rowan Stewart

Fun video Saign, way to have the camera rolling for the log crossing!

1/27/15 11:32am

Pete A

nice work! very envious of the snow that you scored up there.

1/27/15 11:28am

skier8484

Great video - Scotts head first plunge really was the perfect cap to what looked like an awesome trip!

1/27/15 11:24am

Jonn-E

Awesome video! I'll freely admit I was hoping it ended in an icy plunge, and was not disappointed!

1/27/15 11:22am

jtack

Febuarary better come through, or the Patrol race might be a jog instead of a slog.

1/27/15 10:44am

powhound

Rad pictures Leyland. We definitely felt bad for you while we were sitting by the fire.

Don't feel too bad though, you were the only one who didn't take a dip in the creek

1/27/15 9:49am

lrudholm

January 25, 2015, Snoqualmie - Source Lake area

A few photos!

Many a adventure crosses those marshes/meadow viewpoints. A place of past and future memories.

1/27/15 9:44am

Schwerkraft

Source lake

1/27/15 9:22am

Schwerkraft

January 25, 2015, Snoqualmie - Source Lake area

Got another requests for some more beta pictures. Hope this helps:

1/27/15 7:58am

lrudholm

Awesome Vid! Thanks for following my unbearable skin track out making sure i made it. I'm going to have to rebate it though. Somehow going in and out there in a day for half a run(in terrible light) doesn't seem... complete.

1/27/15 2:41am

Pete_H

Nice job snagging a steep line in the Enchantments during this strange bony winter

1/27/15 1:47am

powhound

It actually worked! I'm completely frozen on firefox. Can't post, log out or anything so I tried safari and it worked...

So a little extra data for the snow nerds.

There was a rain crust all the way till around 7000', then it disappeared and found varying pockets of windslab about 4-6" max, and blower pow to waist deep. Down in the valley in the meadows or mashes there was a ton of new surface hoar when we left, and we felt some sudden collapsing on a b...

1/27/15 12:47am

powhound

Juneuary 14, 2015, Mt. Baker summit

Scott, Leyland and I decided to head up mountaineers creek on 1-20-15. Leyland had to be back that night, while Scott and I were going to stay overnight and bag a few lines. I picked up Scott and his sled to avoid an extra 4 miles of approach (and exit) and we reached the trailhead around 7:30am. Leyland thought he would be back to his car by dark....Moutaineers creek had other plans....

We made good time up the summer trail until it came time to cross the creek. Then it b...

1/26/15 11:13pm

kciari

Awesome writeup as always Johnny. I cannot believe some of those amazing shots you got. Let me know when you start making prints ;-)

1/26/15 3:24pm

kciari

Fascinating look at history as always Lowell. Thanks for sharing. And I'm with Jonn-E, here's hoping we get some snow in time for the race.

1/26/15 2:08pm

Jonn-E

That picture of Brandon walking the PCT in ski boots with no white in sight is the stuff of nightmares.

Maybe the Patrol Race will be best done with fatbikes.

1/26/15 1:41pm

sprice

Kenji

Great to see you up there.

Weather notes:

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

http://graphical.weather.gov/#

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_temp.gif

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_prcp.gif

1/26/15 1:12pm

Kenji

I can count about 40 in one shot:

Where is Silas, must be one of tiny specs:

Spring is here! (was anyway)

1/26/15 12:38pm

c.horton