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Thanks for the write up, was looking at doing Hood on Thursday. Glad you made it out ok.
We were at west around 10:00am Enough sun came through that the lower lift and magic carpet roofs were dropping their snow cover quickly. kiinda screwed our second run.
Don't know what your objective is but you might shift to a more shaded one. North facing worked for us. If i could go back tomorrow Id go for Hyak or some big trees or something else shaded.
My guess is Silas was some place secret and spooky deep where the sun never shines ;)
Don't know what your objective is but you might shift to a more shaded one. North facing worked for us. If i could go back tomorrow Id go for Hyak or some big trees or something else shaded.
My guess is Silas was some place secret and spooky deep where the sun never shines ;)
AWESOME Johnny! Although I'm not upset I missed this adventure. i will, however, always remember this math equation, as I think its entirely too perfect:
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As we headed up the Coleman the suffering really began for me. I started running into my personal wall easier and easier as my legs felt the cumulative effect of a formula that goes something like (distance traveled)...
Access is 2wd low clearance if it hasnt snowed during the weekend. Need 4wd and high clearance if it has snowed more then 10cm pretty much. They log on weekdays so do NOT go there without a radio on week days. Even on Sunday they were running some equipment on the road so a radio is always a good idea.
Turn onto Lybarger rd in Malakwa and head up the first logging road on your right.
The mountain you ski on is North Queest Mountain. The classic parking is km 15. I like to...
Turn onto Lybarger rd in Malakwa and head up the first logging road on your right.
The mountain you ski on is North Queest Mountain. The classic parking is km 15. I like to...
You guys are my new heroes.
Was there any sun up there at all today? The slightest bit will ruin my dawn patrol objective and I'll change for a different one. Was planning a SW aspect figuring there wasn't any sun today.
Thanks
Thanks
How's the acces to get in there. Do you beta or directions.
Nice work guys, now that's fn extreme.
Pain Mckshlonkey would be proud.
Pain Mckshlonkey would be proud.
author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=31147.msg130697#msg130697 date=1395109280]
Umm, what the heck are baller G turns?? Not sure which tracks you're asking about.
Anyway, the large-radius turns are mine, the short-radius turns at looker's left are Kristen's and those at right are Theresa's.
Yes, the large radius ones. Those look real nice.
West was definitely wind affected and picked up some sun that you might have misssed in the trees . Tried it for a couple runs and then moved on to Hyak which was much more sheltered and more to our liking.
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Who made those baller G turns in the first photo? Theresa?!?
Umm, what the heck are baller G turns?? Not sure which tracks you're asking about.
Anyway, the large-radius turns are mine, the short-radius turns at looker's left are Kristen's and those at right are Theresa's.
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Savegondor- Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry ;D
wish I had that sled. tomorrow looks great. a friend and I may head to crystal instead.
Great to meet you guys. Good to get the weather window.
Awesome! Fun times. Is it easier on the front or the back.
Thanks for the report and posting your track! Granite is on my list.
Who made those baller G turns in the first photo? Theresa?!?
Thanks for the nice read on a rainy evening, Amar!
I recall a larger avalanche on the Nisqually back in the mid 70's. It followed a windy weeklong mid-winter storm and ran about as far as this recent one, but not to the terminus of that time. The normal Wilson Crossing of Nisqually Glacier was covered in debris almost from one side to the other. The crown fracture ran from Gibralter to the cleaver across the top of Nisqually Icefall and looked to be several tens of feet high f...
I recall a larger avalanche on the Nisqually back in the mid 70's. It followed a windy weeklong mid-winter storm and ran about as far as this recent one, but not to the terminus of that time. The normal Wilson Crossing of Nisqually Glacier was covered in debris almost from one side to the other. The crown fracture ran from Gibralter to the cleaver across the top of Nisqually Icefall and looked to be several tens of feet high f...
Cool dude!!!! I was curious whose tracks those were down from pebble creek onto the nisqually.
Hopefully they keep the gate open a little later soon with daylight savings and all that.
Hopefully they keep the gate open a little later soon with daylight savings and all that.
(Split from previous post due to TAY's 20,000 character limit per post.)
March 11: The snow on the Nisqually Glacier was smooth and fast, especially by hugging the skier's left edge which had gotten the least sun. But there was something very unusual under the smooth surface: Roughly one-quarter of the lower Nisqually Glacier was covered by the remnants of a truly monstrous avalanche, well up in the D5 class, a wet slab which ran from somewhere above 10000 ft all the...
March 11: The snow on the Nisqually Glacier was smooth and fast, especially by hugging the skier's left edge which had gotten the least sun. But there was something very unusual under the smooth surface: Roughly one-quarter of the lower Nisqually Glacier was covered by the remnants of a truly monstrous avalanche, well up in the D5 class, a wet slab which ran from somewhere above 10000 ft all the...
We all nailed the weather window, good to meet you guys up on the mountain. I've climbed and skied Baker over 20 times. Every time as day trip. It was good to relax at camp. But I still like going light and fast as day trip. Day 1 was a bit of a slog with the big pack, well worth it for sure.
Nice, it was cool seeing you guys up there. Such a great day up there!
Dave
Dave
Sweet!
I was the guy (with Daver) that skied over and said hi when you 4 were just above the col. I believe you make a brief appearance in our video that Daver posted here. Your lines down the west face look awesome and I will have to try that next time I'm up there.
I was definitely jealous on the way up when I kept looking back and seeing you guys enjoying your morning in the sun on top of Heliotrope!
I was the guy (with Daver) that skied over and said hi when you 4 were just above the col. I believe you make a brief appearance in our video that Daver posted here. Your lines down the west face look awesome and I will have to try that next time I'm up there.
I was definitely jealous on the way up when I kept looking back and seeing you guys enjoying your morning in the sun on top of Heliotrope!
Awesome write-up, you really had me laughing. Sounds like you came at the race with a great attitude and most importantly had a lot of fun. I just got me feet wet with racing this winter so your tr was very inspiring. Keep it up!
Really fun and enjoyable post, thanks. Love those zones!
Looks way fun. Beautiful terrain up there.
Here they are, like them or not. More here
Our entrance at the low point:
David dropping in:
Best run of the day!
Going back up,...
Our entrance at the low point:
David dropping in:
Best run of the day!
Going back up,...
nice to know conditions. Sounds like a good adventure
Savegondor- Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry ;D
hate. you. hate. you. wish. i. was. you. hate. hate.
Well done, sirs. I glad some folks got to enjoy the beautiful weekdays!
Dave,
Awesome video! Glad you thought to bring and use it! I cringed when you hit the rime ice on the Roman Wall, and then again when you went into the frozen slide debris.
Amar,
thank you for the weather analysis, that really is helpful. I have never heard of multiplying free-air winds by 1.5 with gusts to 2x but that does seem to match up well. As you can see in Dave's video the wind is quite strong when we start at the top of the Roman wall, and lessens signifi...
Awesome video! Glad you thought to bring and use it! I cringed when you hit the rime ice on the Roman Wall, and then again when you went into the frozen slide debris.
Amar,
thank you for the weather analysis, that really is helpful. I have never heard of multiplying free-air winds by 1.5 with gusts to 2x but that does seem to match up well. As you can see in Dave's video the wind is quite strong when we start at the top of the Roman wall, and lessens signifi...
Well done!!!
Doing the road approach plus the rest of that mountain is quite the big day, but so worth it.
Doing the road approach plus the rest of that mountain is quite the big day, but so worth it.
thanks for the writeup and sweet pictures - that sunset photo is amazing! Such a great view from up there...
Thanks Johny for an awesome day out and sticking it through. The footage is below. Work was rough yesterday...
Dave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJASv__FEM
Dave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJASv__FEM
We watched two serac falls off baker around 3pm on Tuesday.
It was impressive!
It was impressive!
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That's a great story. You should write the extended version and publish it. Dave Wag's magazine just did a three part fiction adventure story about a snowmobile assisted tourer named Zed who, in part two, got buried and dug out, and then in part three, was eaten by a Yeti. Was a fun read. I'd spend the effort to read your story in three parts.
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Toured up Creek Run @ East with XCD gear, approx. 4 PM, getting the last goodness out of that sunshine. Snow was at perfect softness then both for turning and for up-traction with scales only. Scooted to Grand Junction and back, and down Kendall. very few others had made tracks on the XC system, in sections mine were the only. Snow noticeably mushier on areas exposed to the west eg around Rockdale.
Odd that at Hyak even though we are now supposedly normal snowpack, there's a big...
Odd that at Hyak even though we are now supposedly normal snowpack, there's a big...
Wow Zap, great minds think alike, sorry to miss you. Corn harvest at West 230-345PM today was beautiful, sunny and windless. The only missing element was Amar's bikini girls, they were still recovering from the 6hrs of driving to and from Paradise yesterday. :( Great to see JD today returning to better health! https://vimeo.com/89081362 https://vimeo.com/89156673
Lift assistance beginning at 4PM provided another half dozen sunny runs on the untracked corderoy with the...
Lift assistance beginning at 4PM provided another half dozen sunny runs on the untracked corderoy with the...
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A couple hundred feet above the col I slammed into my wall for what felt like the last time. It was time to institute my last trick, play Plan F, whatever you want to call it. I rummaged around my pack until I found the coveted Espresso Love Gu, snarfed it, put in the headphones, and cranked The Glitch Mob's new album: Love, Death, and Immortality<...
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And this is why we do what we do :) Happy Birthday!
I actually stopped on the way down the Coleman as it hit me that I was actually enjoying myself, and quite a lot at that! Once we were clear of the crevasses we opened it up and ripped some huge GS turns!
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BS, did you lose a red buckle?
nope. green buckles on my snowboard ski boots!
but there were a few other parties on the north side of baker enjoying the sun and pow on tuesday...
Rylan's photo was from Tuesday. Not sure what time. The debris field is visible from Glacier.