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Silas, looks like great fun. I don't know how you could convene a quorum, with all the folks from the west side skiing at Washington Pass, but it looks like you did. If you make a trip over this way give a shout.

5/26/14 10:00am

Jim Oker

Great day, with the perfect balance of road melt and tour cover! And good fun with old friends as well as new. I recall this tour being pretty quiet on a typical weekend back a decade or so ago, but with the internet starting bell becoming more ingrained, it has become quite festive as soon as the road clears! This is also nice for getting any bumpy lines smoothed out, having a hacked in highway of an uptrack up onto the steeps of the ridge, and a killer stairway of kicked steps up the west slop...

5/26/14 5:38am

jtack

It was a nice day of skiing, knowing the temperatures were going to be hot we might have started a little earlier, it was truly mush on the way out, but it was kinda satisfying to be watching the conga line make its way up the Birthday tour, and have the other side all to ourselves. And it is of course nice to sigh your name on a peak, and be able to get down and admire your work. Nice pictures Dan/Mike

5/26/14 4:33am

flowing alpy

May 13,14,15, 2014, Washington Pass, Kangaroo Hunt

your photo stream has a nice shot of mofro and his companion nash dog.

5/26/14 3:21am

FreeBird

And another!

http://thesnowtroopers.com/2014/15842/

5/26/14 1:34am

mikerolfs

HA! Dan shared this video of me eeking out just a few more turns on the exit. Thanks Dan!
http://youtu.be/t8Fq5EutGHw

5/26/14 12:20am

snakeman

Thanks for taking the pictures. Glad someone got to the beer before the bears had a chance. They can be angry drunks after hibernating

5/25/14 11:08pm

Norseman

May 24-25, 2014, Mount Adams

Yes, excellent.

5/25/14 11:06pm

Norseman

Thanks for the report, man. Been thinking about this one recently.

5/25/14 4:07pm

jackal

Great set of pictures Snakeman. You captured the Silver party. Skier with the yellow jacket is Eric who drank the ale. Skier 3 is me who took your JW pics. Nice meeting you!

5/25/14 3:51pm

watsonskipsmith

May 24 - Van Trump Park, MRNP

Nice ski action pics thanks Snakeman!
No one drank that good looking Fremont beverage you generously left nicely cooling in the snow!
It was still there solo bivouacked at the saddle when we left, I bet it did not make it thru the night.....

5/25/14 2:29pm

Norseman

I was one of the four that you met on the mountain that day. Thanks for the brief hello.

We continued for a while past the point we met you to about 6200ft, but did not climb any higher due to lack of visibility. We were a few hours too late!

5/25/14 11:42am

AndyMartin

May 24 - Van Trump Park, MRNP

Hard to see with the clouds but Cliff Mass says the snow depth at Paradise is 10-20% above average for the date. I'd say everywhere above 5,000' is looking pretty good.

5/25/14 11:17am

mikerolfs

May 24, 2014, - Dragontail Peak loop

Looks like a great trip Lowell! Thanks for the fun write up. I like the photo of Tom skiing on Aasgard Pass with the lake in the background. That track photo on Snowcreek Glacier is great too.

5/25/14 10:57am

flowing alpy

Alpental may 25

both each time

5/25/14 10:29am

rlsg

May 24, 2014, - Dragontail Peak loop

LOVELY!

5/25/14 8:51am

mtneer ordinaire

This is on my to-do list for next Spring. Appreciate the photo captions including the description of the ascent up Pandora's Box.

5/25/14 8:03am

danpeck

May 24, 2014, - Dragontail Peak loop

Cool TR and Photos. That was my "plan B" in my head for the day... It looks like the sun was shining and the skiing was good all over east of the crest! I happened to steal of couple of Wenatchee locals and convince them to head north. ;D

5/25/14 7:41am

mikerolfs

May 24 - Van Trump Park, MRNP

A fabulous day! Thanks for the invitation, Dan. Your interpretation of "30% chance of rain" was completely accurate. Here is a bit of video from the day:

https://vimeo.com/96455699

Jamie and I counted 32 cars at the Blue Lake trailhead as we were leaving. Another 23 at the hairpin. It was a busy day on Madison Avenue. Amazing that we were alone so close to the crowd. And speaking of crowds...

Traffic Jam in Winthrop

5/25/14 7:14am

blackdog102395

How did the coverage look on Copper, Iron and Pyramid?

5/25/14 5:03am

GregSimon

Skiing off the back side was very nice. But the melting seems to be about 2 weeks earlier than last year. It was great to see Silas filling all of his usual roles in the Silver Peak clan: party host, cheerleader, DJ, chocolate dispenser, and drill instructor. Seeing him cruise up the bootpack made me wonder: Is it possible that broken ribs make you go faster?

5/25/14 4:24am

watsonskipsmith

11-14 April Liberty Ridge with Partial Ski Descent

lots of rib therapy yesterday!

5/25/14 2:38am

wooley12

Better that I discovered this thread AFTER I lent them my pulk. Looking forward to their next TR.

Godspeed gentleman.

5/25/14 2:11am

snoholic

Alpental may 25

You must have fed the flux capacitor some plutonium today, or was that tomorrow?

5/24/14 4:11pm

Pete_H

Indeed! Have been very much enjoying the reports of your various adventures this spring.

5/24/14 11:19am

tabski

May 22, 2014, Pilchuck puppy romp

Booyah Pete!
Hopefully there's still time for us to get out for a slide this year.

5/24/14 2:05am

Pete_H

That's a big puppy!

5/24/14 1:55am

Norseman

May 14, 2014, Birthday Suit Tour (content warning!)

Awesome!

It makes me smile when folks get naked for normally non-naked activities.

5/23/14 11:59pm

Merk

May 14, 2014, Birthday Suit Tour (content warning!)

Well played! As a former birthday suit tourer, I can vouch for the freedom of skiing in such a way, nothing can match it!

5/23/14 10:56pm

gfunk

author=tabski link=topic=31762.msg133415#msg133415 date=1400865428]
Nice link up!

Wondering if you climbed back onto the Turtle higher than shown in your picture?

Man, that upper headwall dropping from Pt. Success down the Kautz looks like the $ shot. Sweet!

Thanks Tabski. We felt pretty darn privileged! Good question on the Turtle, a pice I left out but is important beta for anyone wanting to access the to...

5/23/14 1:01pm

gfunk

May 18, 2014, Paulina Peak, Northwest Chutes

author=Jonn-E link=topic=31762.msg133409#msg133409 date=1400856896]
Solid trip!
Did you loop back to Muir to pick up your stuff or just run light and hump it?

In some ways the big R looks more filled-in now than it did a month ago.

Hey Jonn,
We went light and carried our gear. There were several decent options on the table and we wanted to ski to the car, so the only option was to carry. Worth it!

T...

5/23/14 1:00pm

wickstad

April 26, 2014, Vesper

author=avajane link=topic=31609.msg132987#msg132987 date=1399745784]
Headlee Pass skiing in June

https://vimeo.com/68019658

Freeheelvegan and I just watched that together. That is fricking awesome! Loved it!

5/23/14 12:42pm

rlsg

Done it a few times but like the reminders for sure.

5/23/14 12:19pm

hedonaut

right on, Pete, was wondering what you'd be slaying in those parts.

5/23/14 9:02am

hedonaut

Sweet steeps tour fellas.

Also had my eye on that Colfax line, must check it out more closely one of these days.
I guess an attractive, yet easily-accessed line + visibility + good conditions = shralp shralp shralp

5/23/14 8:59am

Pete_H

Does look steep. Nice work!

5/23/14 8:57am

samthaman

well that looks fun!

5/23/14 6:47am

r1de

May 2, 2014, Mount St Helens via Blue Lake Mudflow

Great pics. Just looking at that bootpack makes my toes sore.

5/23/14 5:27am

tabski

Thanks for writing this up, Amar! Poor Shoestring Glacier accumulation zone.

5/23/14 4:17am

mikerolfs

Awesome Awesome Awesome! Beautiful pics. Makes me wish I was there right now (of course right now I think it is raining up there). Awesome.

5/23/14 3:21am

tabski

Nice link up!

Wondering if you climbed back onto the Turtle higher than shown in your picture?

Man, that upper headwall dropping from Pt. Success down the Kautz looks like the $ shot. Sweet!

5/23/14 3:06am

ebeam

May 22, 2014, Silver slopes

author=Lowell_Skoog link=topic=31756.msg133396#msg133396 date=1400814532]
If you ever find out who else was up there, I'd be interested to hear about it.

I’ve always looked at that line … so visible when climbing the CD. I believe it gets skied/ridden occasionally. A couple of years ago a local (Glacier) splitboarder (Woods, or something like that) told me he had done it.

Last week (May 13) was the first time I had...

5/23/14 2:17am

snoholic

A strangely quite bluebird day on Silver (a rare treat). Let the party skiing begin ;D. There is some $ to be made on the approach with various types of aluminum debris melting out?

5/23/14 2:15am

Gregg_C

author=Jonn-E link=topic=31756.msg133410#msg133410 date=1400857707]
Looks like a pretty big 'schrund to air out at the bottom of the Thunder Glacier Headwall.
That's some mighty fine steep skiing you're doing!

Myself and others have noted that the alpine (above 6,000 ft.) this year is much more open and exposed than normal. It would be wise to be careful in the alpine in the Baker area as the snowpack cov...

5/23/14 2:02am

Jonn-E

Looks like a pretty big 'schrund to air out at the bottom of the Thunder Glacier Headwall.
That's some mighty fine steep skiing you're doing!

5/23/14 12:46am

Jonn-E