TR Replies

What a gorgeous aurora! I really enjoyed your timelapse, too. Thank you for reminding me to watch out for the elusive auroras in the night sky and to experiment with timelapses.

It was really nice to meet you all on the mountain! I will post some pics later tonight.

6/11/14 1:53pm

not-very-clever

How far do you have to hike to reach snow and start skinning for the easton glacier route?

Thanks!

love the time lapse photo

6/11/14 12:50pm

JimD

Wow, excellent time lapse! What camera were you using? Does it have a time lapse function built in or did you use an attachment? Fresh battery?

6/11/14 12:48pm

skier8484

author=Norseman link=topic=31901.msg134148#msg134148 date=1402492328]
Really enjoyed the time lapse. Nice work!

Seconded. Killer capture!

6/11/14 12:46pm

Norseman

June 8, Mt Hood, west crater rim

Really enjoyed the time lapse. Nice work!

6/11/14 7:03am

rlsg

I'm sounding like a worn out mp3 (record in my case...) however you were pretty close...

6/11/14 4:38am

Lowell_Skoog

Watson Traverse, Mt. Baker, 05.31.2014

author=Jason4 link=topic=31831.msg133904#msg133904 date=1401914600">
*running off to start a new thread*

For future reference, here's a link to the new thread.

And here are links to my trip report commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first traverse in May 1939:

http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_s...

6/11/14 2:54am

telemack

June 8, ONP Obst. Redux

author=runcle link=topic=31881.msg134050#msg134050 date=1402288908]
...nice corn but a trudge out of the basin.

Ain't that just the way they say it goes.
What kind of minimalist ski setup were you on?

6/11/14 1:34am

rlsg

June 8, Mt Hood, west crater rim

Any idea how Leuthold"s might be? Thanks for the tr...it is another one of the cool spots on the hood.

6/11/14 12:50am

Snoqualmonix

June 7/8, Mt Baker Easton - Car2Car x2

Strong work & great attitude, congrats!

6/11/14 12:19am

BrianT

June 8, 2014, Mt. Hood,South route to Wy'east face

I was originally wanting to do Furher Finger this weekend, but I could not find a partner for something that large. So, I sent out a few feelers for doing Baker car2car. Danny could only go Sunday so I pinged Jake and we locked in on Sunday. A day later, Loren asked me if I wanted to go up Saturday to Baker, so having already plans for being up there, I agreed and the thought of a 2x car2car came up.

Saturday morning around 3am, Loren and I left Issaquah, met up at the trail hea...

6/10/14 11:55pm

PS44

June 8, 2014, MRNP Van Trump Park solitude

author=Jake the Brit link=topic=31885.msg134111#msg134111 date=1402378762]
Top knackers. I reckon #3: the sideways-slider with the brakes on is the $$ shot.

Yep - Peter was enjoying the ride, hooting and hollering.

6/10/14 12:36pm

Jake the Brit

June 8, 2014, MRNP Van Trump Park solitude

Top knackers. I reckon #3: the sideways-slider with the brakes on is the $$ shot.
Great report.

6/10/14 12:33pm

NickD

June 8, 2014, MRNP Van Trump Park solitude

Good to intersect with you and David, Kenji. BTW, nice hands forward form David in those shots!

If one had the energy to haul overnight packs in, there could be some fun fixed base skiing up there now.

Thanks to the BoeAlps folks for putting those steps in the headwall just in front of me. Pace adjusted to allow the job to be completed. ;)

6/10/14 11:12am

Splitter

Some of the best snow I have had in a while. Thanks for talking me into it Pavel.

6/10/14 6:21am

Snoqualmonix

June 6-8, 2014, tourists in Paradise and Little T

Yay ski mowtentouring!

Those were a lot of big 'baller G turns' for your second ski post-op 8)

Paradise Glacier warmup

Skinning up Little Tahoma at 9am--the slopes were probably good to go by 8am as it was hot and the sun was on them by ~6am. We hung out above until ~4pm, by which point all of those on foot had vacated (and th...

6/10/14 4:29am

kamtron

June 6-8, 2014, tourists in Paradise and Little T

Not light

Summit happiness

Shredding the slush

6/10/14 2:27am

blackdog102395

author=Kenji link=topic=31882.msg134066#msg134066 date=1402331369]

We wondered if the traverse track was by a goat chasing some skiers...

No goats sighted, but we certainly were not alone:

6/9/14 2:39pm

flowing alpy

June 7, 2014, Mt. Adams, SW Chutes

125" up top

6/9/14 10:41am

kamtron

author=heinzsd link=topic=31890.msg134081#msg134081 date=1402350585]
Skiing was too good to stop for the Photo Ops

I love this, it's how I feel every powder day! This is how we know who the true skiers are at heart. It's about the turns, not the media.

6/9/14 10:21am

rlsg

May 30, 2014, Wy'East Face

More pictures!!!

6/9/14 8:18am

Kenji

author=Norseman link=topic=31882.msg134058#msg134058 date=1402318091]
How was the approach? Did you walk in via Fryingpan creek?

Frying Pan trail is pretty much bare all the way to the last log bridge with some snow patches. In general, much less snow than usual up until about 5000'.

author=blackdog102395 link=topic=31882.msg134062#msg134062 date=1402324911]
...we skied from Banshee s...

6/9/14 7:39am

blackdog102395

Those were our tracks on the Savant. We entered and exited via Owyhigh. In between we skied from Banshee saddle and then booted up the adjacent steep face and skied to the bottom of the glacier. Your sixth picture is a great shot of our line and the black and white in the link is a nice shot of our tracks. Great, smooth, steep turns. From there, back up and over the ridge leading to Tamanos and out. Picture is from the top of the steep face. Spectacular day!

6/9/14 1:29am

telemack

author=runcle link=topic=31878.msg134048#msg134048 date=1402287912]
Tele down Mon! How's that knee holding up?

It holds up when I get down ;)
Walking the skis back downhill was a good test too.

6/8/14 11:41pm

Norseman

Thanks for sharing.

How was the approach? Did you walk in via Fryingpan creek?

6/8/14 10:14pm

r1de

May 31 - June 2, 2014, Glacier Peak

Been staring at this blank white space for minutes trying to put thoughts to words, but words like "epic" and "awesome" don't deliver. Double victory, totally inspiring, very well done.

6/8/14 9:48pm

kylesw

Thanks for the stoke!

We just made the trip 6/6-7. Conditions out there are certainly prime. Truly 'hero' corn from 10,000' down to 7,500'. Plus, you can still ski down to ~4700' from the col west of white mountain on the exit if you utilize a short "dry ski" to connect snow fingers leftover from avalanche debris.

6/8/14 3:50pm

Donnelly_M

June 8, Mt. Baker, Coleman-Deming

Your group must have been that large group I past at around the 8,500 foot level. Visibility turned out much better than I was anticipating.

6/8/14 2:50pm

runcle

June 7, 2014, Steamboat Prow - Corn Heaven

Tele down Mon! How's that knee holding up?

6/8/14 2:17pm

SilverFoxIV

author=r1de link=topic=31877.msg134043#msg134043 date=1402262931]
Good report. One thing I'd add is that the snow up high was clean, smooth and fast.

Some vid from Chuck's and John's group:

http://youtu.be/st705PrM85c

Nice video, looks like you guys had a blast.

6/8/14 1:25pm

JibberD

June 7, 2014, Steamboat Prow - Corn Heaven

Way to get in the 81 months Mack. Amazing!

6/8/14 1:21pm

r1de

Good report. One thing I'd add is that the snow up high was clean, smooth and fast.

Some vid from Chuck's and John's group:

http://youtu.be/st705PrM85c

6/8/14 12:20pm

z-bo

really cool man. i'm super impressed.

6/8/14 6:28am

flowing alpy

June 7, 2014, Steamboat Prow - Corn Heaven

you have put together the two best things a bunch of these cats dig!

6/8/14 6:19am

rlsg

June 6, 2014, Paradise

LOOKS NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

6/8/14 3:11am

flowing alpy

June 6, 2014, Paradise

frank looks 10 years younger!

6/8/14 3:07am

rlsg

NICE!

6/8/14 2:59am

freeskier

Love it! Thanks for the inspiration. Hybrid trips are the coolest!

6/8/14 2:54am

chmnyboy

June 7, 2014, Naches Peak, West side

Oof. Univega frame with a Brooks saddle, loaded up with ski gear. That's pure style. I love this report.

6/8/14 1:29am

Marcus

Awesome to hook up Silas, if only for the beverages, cupcakes and sausages. Zap & Jill, sorry we missed you - great weather up there, with good enough skiing to scratch the itch before the party started.

6/7/14 2:40pm

silaswild

June 7, 2014, Naches Peak, West side

Great to see you out and about Zap and Jill, the skiing was so so but the girls were awesome! I arrived at 9AM, drove up and down from Cayuse to Chinook a couple times searching for the birthday boy Marcus, and on one ascent passed three road cycling girls and told them there would be dulce de leche cupcakes at Chinook. Unfortunately they made the top while I was chatting with folks east of the crest, but on return I found them descending at 35mph, the speed limit. I passed them, stopped by T...

6/7/14 12:04pm

GregLange

Jake and Frank's Excellent Adventure! Well done, gents...

Boys and girls; can we say, 'MONSTERS"? In a good way, of course!

6/7/14 11:27am

Jake the Brit