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author=Skier of the Hood link=topic=31636.msg132778#msg132778 date=1399260345]
Got bombarded today by shots of overhead pow in the Canadian Rockies. Maybe I should have stayed there....
Whaddyouwant? Sympathy? ;)
Excellent pics, (can you upload them @ about 200K and they'll be BIG.)
^^^^Inherent differences between the sports? Rugged individualists? Age differences? Other demographic differences?
LOVE all your shots, Kenji, and those Goats Rocks, I think they're saying "come visit us!" ;)
Huge shout-out to everyone on this trip for making it one of the best trips ever ;D
http://thesnowtroopers.com/2014/glacier-peak-wa-remote-fields-of-corn/
http://thesnowtroopers.com/2014/glacier-peak-wa-remote-fields-of-corn/
We did not see anything move on Saturday, but it was a pretty cold day. There was evidence of large cornice failures on the final ridge to Earl and still lots of cornices waiting to break.
Great video but where's the towrope? ;D
Thanks! btw, this was Friday the 2nd...
The deep focus on the technical over at CC.com was part of it, but I also noted that the average response here was "respect authority" while over at CC.com the average response was more "screw the park". That to me is an interesting cultural grouping that I would not have guessed existed before this thread/large-scale social experiment. Perhaps climbers (particularly older ones) are more used to breaking the rules to in order to access a line?
Thanks for the tr--might just get down there for that lovely looking slog!
Nice to see reports from this area! I am hoping to camp/ski in the Stafford Creek basin between Earl and Navajo next weekend. Any observations/advice or avy info would be appreciated.
Nice! I am planning to head in to camp/ski in the Stafford Creek area, so the photos and road ifor are very helpful. Looks like the snow is still holding up well in spite of the warm weather.
Thanks for the nice report. Too bad about being stopped by Shasta's infamous winds. It's happened to me at least a half-dozen times around 11000-13400 ft on Shasta. Given the forecast (copied below) of 35 mph winds in the free air at 14000 ft, I wouldn't be surprised if you had sustained winds of 50+ mph and gusts over 70 mph due to the orographic enhancement. The lenticular in your last photo certainly indicates winds in that range.
I was almost tempted to drive down t...
I was almost tempted to drive down t...
Thanks. great photos! Love the clouds in the shots from Cowlitz Rock. Looks like the cornices are still scary up on top.
Gotta love those ski track selfies!
Very cool! Hoping to get back there in the next couple weeks. Thanks for the report.
Headlee is on climbers left and is about the same steepness. I've only been there once and I would think snowpack, wind, cornices would be extremely variable from year to year. Good to be prepared for steep snow climbing and even rock steps if not totally prepared to climb the snow or blocking cornices.
We all drove over Barlow, which is in great condition, freshly graded. The hwy through Oso is still closed as far as I know.
Thanks for the beta. I'll be in the north cascades this week for 4 days and this is a very plausible location for us. Did you drive through darington? Just wondering about road conditions given the land slide.
Awesome vid! Duly inspiring...hopefully we'll get another break in the weather soon.
rad! It looks like you guys hit the conditions pretty darn good. thanks for the video - it was fun to watch on a gloomy gray day at sea level 8)
AWESOME trip report Marcus! I must say I'm jealous of your adventures from a SAIL BOAT! It was so fun following your progress while you were out there, and stealing your ideas when we got out there ourselves.
author=pipedream link=topic=31598.msg132644#msg132644 date=1398885324">
Excellent report!
Now I'm just waiting for the other TR out of Norway from a certain splitboarder and tutu-wearing skier...
It appears that Silas's recovery is going swimmingly.
(Sorry about the blurry pic. It was hard to stay focused)
(Sorry about the blurry pic. It was hard to stay focused)
http://freeheelvegan.com/2012/06/29/vesper-peak/
Vesper has been pretty good to me in early July. We've gone as far as the entry to Wurtz basin in May but were scared off by conditions. I think the cooler to headlee is climber's left. There might be a photo in my link for you to verify.
One of my favorite places for sure.
Vesper has been pretty good to me in early July. We've gone as far as the entry to Wurtz basin in May but were scared off by conditions. I think the cooler to headlee is climber's left. There might be a photo in my link for you to verify.
One of my favorite places for sure.
I would try to get as close as you can to 3800 feet. I not sure of the options, normally this time of the year there is more snow at Marble parking.
Where's the best place to park and start from at this point?
I put eyes on Baker from the Twins on Wednesday afternoon after work but I didn't get boots in the snow to know what it was doing. From what I could tell there were lots of smaller loose wet slides on both Baker and North Twin.
hey neighbor, me and q will be the desired uphill speed you'll want when that time resumes, the down is all you to control.
We were set to ski CD today but after reading the Special NWAC Forecast I pulled the plug around 4PM yesterday. The reported slide on White Salmon Glacier also contributed to the decision.
http://www.nwac.us/avalanche-forecast/current/cascade-west-stevens-pass-north/
It looks like the freezing level will drop again and above 2000m should see 15+ inches of snow. You might get powder instead of corn.
http://www.nwac.us/avalanche-forecast/current/cascade-west-stevens-pass-north/
It looks like the freezing level will drop again and above 2000m should see 15+ inches of snow. You might get powder instead of corn.
Your slideshow brought back some nice memories: thanks for the TR.
World class. Hope to do that some day too.
Couple of beers gave us the proper slerve to enjoy the schmoo at West last night. Just fun to be out in the sun and skiing in T-shirts after work.
Has anyone been up the CD on Baker recently? Looking for current conditions in the last week or so...
author=Pete_H link=topic=31547.msg132431#msg132431 date=1398563478]
Fair enough. But mountaineering, yes. Ski mountaineering (or ski alpinism), no.
Splitting hairs there. I will bet they enjoyed the whole thing. I suppose if you went on the same trip then you would have had 1/2 an adventure +/-.
author=Jonas link=topic=31609.msg132678#msg132678 date=1398959744]
Booted up the clearing but went a little too high and left and missed the shoulder over to the hanging valley that leads to Headlee.
That's real easy to do; following your intuition is so tempting there :). I've missed it even when I knew about where to roll over the ridge.
Sloopy snow needs a sloppy style.
I aspire to be one with the snow.
I aspire to be one with the snow.
yeah, it was a ski cut. the surface under it was very slick but it wasn't ice. should have taken a look but wouldn't be surprised to find a suncrust with graupel on it. more concerning were the ski cuts slides i set off in bounds at Crystal. More like 8-12 inches of propagation running on 45 degree slope under the gondola. The whole of upper exterminator had basically gone in what looked like wet slab from point release and other ski cuts- some running two or three hundred feet...
author=LukerBee link=topic=31547.msg132663#msg132663 date=1398916095]
You may be wright or you may be wrong 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cih0btgJw8s
Bravo! Wonderful report and great job on the trip! I'm going to bookmark this TR for study if/when I get to planning to do that trip. Thanks for all the great info. Love the photos.
And the mandatory Matterhorn shot
Thanks so much for sharing, Marcus! Awesome trip!
How great for Martin and Mike to have a super experienced, stellar crew like yourselves to call clients. Dream team.
How great for Martin and Mike to have a super experienced, stellar crew like yourselves to call clients. Dream team.
Nice one, Pete!
That road's not so bad. The next ten miles, however...
Dreams of hwy 20 dance in my head.
That road's not so bad. The next ten miles, however...
Dreams of hwy 20 dance in my head.
Man the snow looks so good in that last photo. The ski back down the gully is a great consolation.