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Did you dig some pits? Did snow stability seem good?
Excellent day... We saw y'all parked at the turn out and were stoked to see an Alpental hat. We found similar conditions and some great turns along klahhane. Our goal was to do Angeles Sunday but upon arrival we were informed the road would be closed for the day.... Access can be a real bummer.
author=rlsg link=topic=31547.msg132424#msg132424 date=1398532002]
Now the Park Service is going to be looking for a PAIR of 'hoods' with ski masks and bolt cutters (Avajane and Dave..)--The new DYNAMIC DUO!
Snuck into the backside of Stevens Pass but was by myself. The Nordic road had been groomed the day before! Will be skiing with Dave soon. Just couldn't meet up this time.
author=niko link=topic=31573.msg132484#msg132484 date=1398644789]
Congratulations: you made pretty good time (and wise decisions) considering conditions and the late lift start. My partner and I skied Pattison on Friday (I'm the last of the four dots on flickr #194 trudging toward the N col): the snow looked great but much of it didn't ski that well, esp S facing slopes cooked by the sun. Great photo-op conditions, though. Niko
Wow! That is some amazing scenery! Thanks.
I'm comfortable in steep terrain, but those pics over at skisickness.com still made my palms sweaty!
Chalk up and don a huggy!
I'm comfortable in steep terrain, but those pics over at skisickness.com still made my palms sweaty!
WaHOO! Here is some of that graupel:
Thanks for the report and the photos, Ben. I agree. One of the best days of the year. (I'm pretty sure you were part of all of the other best days of the year too).
Thanks for the report and the photos, Ben. I agree. One of the best days of the year. (I'm pretty sure you were part of all of the other best days of the year too).
author=tabski link=topic=31562.msg132435#msg132435 date=1398565289]With the rope in place "just in case," I was able to finish the route without its assistance.
Sick indeed. Nice one, Tabski.
Congratulations: you made pretty good time (and wise decisions) considering conditions and the late lift start. My partner and I skied Pattison on Friday (I'm the last of the four dots on flickr #194 trudging toward the N col): the snow looked great but much of it didn't ski that well, esp S facing slopes cooked by the sun. Great photo-op conditions, though. Niko
The first day we found some pretty good pockets. The second day was skiing on hard crust and caaaareful turns with heavy packs… things changed overnight. A few edges caught and heavy packs with significant momentum sent us rolling more than once. But… once again, it was fun all around and a great adventure.
Right on Pete, sounds like a rational, enjoyable venture. That's an attractive line--next time.
Nice write up DT. Insanely fun jaunt; wanted this line for a long time.
Haha Gregg; the only laws broken were on the drive up as I got a little overstoked in the sport-cart. "Oops, I'm going over 90".
Jonn-E: unfortunately, it was impossible to get set up for a good pic of the final impressive send. A few more pics and details here: http://skisickness.com/post/vt533-26-apr-2014-chair-peak-ef-and-neb
Thanks altasnob for posting those pics! Thou...
Haha Gregg; the only laws broken were on the drive up as I got a little overstoked in the sport-cart. "Oops, I'm going over 90".
Jonn-E: unfortunately, it was impossible to get set up for a good pic of the final impressive send. A few more pics and details here: http://skisickness.com/post/vt533-26-apr-2014-chair-peak-ef-and-neb
Thanks altasnob for posting those pics! Thou...
Nice TR, thanks. The Spearhaed is a classic, maybe for another year before the hut(s) are built and change the area forever. From the videos on flickr the skiing looks pretty good, better that described.
Nice man. I was trying to ride the NE face of 8 mile on the 25th but a string of bailing ski partners forced me to go climbing.
Nice Pete. That is a fun area.
Hope that gate opens up soon before I move.
Hope that gate opens up soon before I move.
Nice pictures, Scott, and it looks like good pow in some pics
Looks like one sweet tour, thanks for the report.
Yikes! Cool report, and thanks altasnob for providing a bit of extra visual perspective.
I am pretty sure I will not be emulating you guys, but it's fun to read/see from the comfort of home.
Wimpy old Snoqualmie Pass has quite the variety of recreational options!
I am pretty sure I will not be emulating you guys, but it's fun to read/see from the comfort of home.
Wimpy old Snoqualmie Pass has quite the variety of recreational options!
author=altasnob link=topic=31562.msg132457#msg132457 date=1398616435]
Thanks for the captions. I was wondering what these weird squiggly lines in the slope were. Some climbers who really like their switchbacks??
Cool descent! Thanks for posting your trip.
Insane line. Fun watching you guys from the ridge
Now that is cool. Been wanting to ski that route since 1990. Very nice!
Any locks cut or trees cut??.... Had to check first.
If not nice work gentlemen.
If not nice work gentlemen.
yeah, you win again! that was humbling impressive given the conditions and exposure etc etc etc....
praxis under foot?
praxis under foot?
mmm... begbie IPA - the taste of Selkirk powder!
Color me impressed.
Any media of the "final rap" decent?
Any media of the "final rap" decent?
Ooh. Nice find. Was at the pass for the long weekend and found deteriorating conditions, going from decent pow on top of slop on Friday to horrifying trap crust on Saturday to begbie IPA at Village Idiot on Sunday.
Not fessing up to the bolt cutting off the bat was your biggest blunder. Had you just claimed you did it for the cause, hell, you'd go to jail for the cause, everyone would be cool with that. You'd might even pass Scottsman as TAY's #1 poster.
There is no good reason why the road isn't open to wherever the snow line is. The road is paved, so less risk of ruts like on dirt roads. And they could post a sign that says you have to display your Rainier Park pass, and m...
There is no good reason why the road isn't open to wherever the snow line is. The road is paved, so less risk of ruts like on dirt roads. And they could post a sign that says you have to display your Rainier Park pass, and m...
author=ski2fly link=topic=31547.msg132410#msg132410 date=1398481234]
This is a story of a great adventure.
Fair enough. But mountaineering, yes. Ski mountaineering (or ski alpinism), no.
sweet--THANKS FOR THE TR- gotta check it out sometime...
Thanks for the tr and pics--LOOKS AWESOME!!!!!
Now the Park Service is going to be looking for a PAIR of 'hoods' with ski masks and bolt cutters (Avajane and Dave..)--The new DYNAMIC DUO!
Sorry to miss your injury and glad it wasn't worse. You weren't lying about that 20 feet! Quite the photo evidence of too much speed in bad light! Last year I told an old friend that I had caught big air and he just looked at me and said "flat light?"
Like Charlie said, we are all too old to jump in the backcountry in the fog. The good news is that you will give your sore knee some time off! See you at Sunrise.
Like Charlie said, we are all too old to jump in the backcountry in the fog. The good news is that you will give your sore knee some time off! See you at Sunrise.
author=freeskiguy link=topic=31547.msg132421#msg132421 date=1398521539]
you mean the east doesn't have Bc skiing? No ice with exposure? My point is that you reach a comfort level with the conditions you are raised on. The Bc skiers that i know from the east make really bad snow, like ice and wind hammer,look easy to ski.
This is so true, Samthaman is said to actually hate powder and smooth corn, preferring wicked hard crust...
Good thing there's no wind loading around there,eh?
BTW good pickin!
BTW good pickin!
Just like Tabke said...better than TV...especially when babysitting on a Friday night.
LR skiing TR's over the last few years seem to fall into two camps - the mid-April/early-May attempts, and the late-June/early-July attempts. The later attempts seem to find better conditions and have better luck with the skiing. If you are too late, this can happen:
http://mountrainierconditions.blogspot.com/2010/04/liberty-ridge-2010.html
Too early and you get gray pa...
LR skiing TR's over the last few years seem to fall into two camps - the mid-April/early-May attempts, and the late-June/early-July attempts. The later attempts seem to find better conditions and have better luck with the skiing. If you are too late, this can happen:
http://mountrainierconditions.blogspot.com/2010/04/liberty-ridge-2010.html
Too early and you get gray pa...
Alex, don't sweat it, ski-mountaineers struggle with identity issues. Consider yourselves "Fun hogs" and be done with that.
The lock is a different deal and that is done...
Keep climbing smart and have fun.
The lock is a different deal and that is done...
Keep climbing smart and have fun.
Just to clear one thing up - we snowmobiled from the end of the plowed road at the White River Ranger Station, to the Glacier Basin Trailhead at the White River Campground (where the "No Snowmobiles" sign is).
Here's my gpx from the TH where we started skiing to Thumb Rock: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?q=http://sites.google.com/site/acleone/gpx/2014-04-11_LR_TH_to_Thumb_Rock.gpx&ll=46.885500,-121.715739&z=13&t=t4
My two cents about t...
Here's my gpx from the TH where we started skiing to Thumb Rock: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?q=http://sites.google.com/site/acleone/gpx/2014-04-11_LR_TH_to_Thumb_Rock.gpx&ll=46.885500,-121.715739&z=13&t=t4
My two cents about t...
I have nothing glib or amusing to add--others have done so well. Sky's, "Let your freak flag fly" comment had me nearly spitting beer out my nose. And I put in my vote for Scotsman as being his best post ever. Funny, clever and with that edge of sarcasm we have come to expect.
My boring droll comment is to ask why a road that is open for sledding is locked for road access. Why not let folks drive to the snow and unload? I recently used sleds to do the Forbidden T...
My boring droll comment is to ask why a road that is open for sledding is locked for road access. Why not let folks drive to the snow and unload? I recently used sleds to do the Forbidden T...
author=WillD link=topic=31547.msg132393#msg132393 date=1398455622]
ripping icy groomers at sugarbush is entirely different than skiing an icy, exposed, 5,000-foot line on a volcano. :D
In the OP's defense.. it's not that different
This is a story of a great adventure. Dave thanks for posting and including so many pictures. As for the lock, and though it might be a $5 lock I am guessing the Feds paid $150 for it. I don't see anywhere Dave actual says he cut it.
score! on the pink flip-flops. What's that on your big toe, a japanese fog monster?
We need a Snoqualmie report, and the TR's are blank. except for that bolt-cutting ice-tromping one, which seems to be growing by the hour... it's a manly thing.
hope you get well soon!
We need a Snoqualmie report, and the TR's are blank. except for that bolt-cutting ice-tromping one, which seems to be growing by the hour... it's a manly thing.
hope you get well soon!