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We got lucky with this one - To think we almost went to Snoqualmie! (sorry guys) :)
I'll add that the lower slopes were pretty trashed by rain, full of runnels that when frozen were no fun to climb or ski on. Bring your ski crampons!! Good news is that these conditions only existed on the lowest 600' or so above the creek on the eastern aspect and could easily be avoided by s...
I'll add that the lower slopes were pretty trashed by rain, full of runnels that when frozen were no fun to climb or ski on. Bring your ski crampons!! Good news is that these conditions only existed on the lowest 600' or so above the creek on the eastern aspect and could easily be avoided by s...
Scott; I here "turtle" soup is quite tasty. Not as good as "Shark Fin" soup, though... ;D
Griff; That is a Rad page! You can use the pic, if I get 50% of all royalties produced by said picture. :D Actually, my friends took way better pics...
Here's a shaggy little video edit:
https://vimeo.com/84618730?utm_source=email&utm_medium=clip-transcode_complete-finished-20120100&utm_campaign=7701&email_id=Y2xpcF90cmFuc2NvZGVkfDVmNTE5MGY4ZDBmOGRhOWRlZ...
Griff; That is a Rad page! You can use the pic, if I get 50% of all royalties produced by said picture. :D Actually, my friends took way better pics...
Here's a shaggy little video edit:
https://vimeo.com/84618730?utm_source=email&utm_medium=clip-transcode_complete-finished-20120100&utm_campaign=7701&email_id=Y2xpcF90cmFuc2NvZGVkfDVmNTE5MGY4ZDBmOGRhOWRlZ...
Great shots, Chris! How high did you ski from? Looks like there was little wind ( with the wing pic).
That looks great. Long drive from Wenatchee, but it's on my list. You guys sure hit the weather right.
I took a little adventure ski starting from Silver Fir to check things out. I started from the nordic trails Silver Streak to Grand Junction to White Rabbit, and then I tried to ski the upper cross over. Things were nicely groomed on the nordic trails, but once I got to the cross over it was all crusty lumpy. It was warm enough that the snow softened a bit. Wasn't too hard to make careful turns, but it was tedious to get back to Hyak including two creek crossings.&nb...
Thanks for the report, great to hear that you had good skiing.
Thanks for sharing and the great pictures. That sunset snowboard shot was so pretty and I shared it on my Freeride Facebook page. Let me know if you want credit ;)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shot-8-Freeride-Team/561702940520155
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shot-8-Freeride-Team/561702940520155
All vehicles were retrived that evening :)
Awesome day everyone!
Here are a few more pics from the day...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.797981960219078.1073741912.100000218445455&type=1&l=171bdf8515
Awesome day everyone!
Here are a few more pics from the day...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.797981960219078.1073741912.100000218445455&type=1&l=171bdf8515
it was cool running into you guys up at the trailhead. what a day for a first tour of the year.... that was some crazy heavy snow!
i still think you guys missed out... the real fun of the day was wading across smith brook on the way back to the car!
i've never heard that glitch mob tune with those vocals before, but i like it. the time lapse at the beginning was especially rad.
i still think you guys missed out... the real fun of the day was wading across smith brook on the way back to the car!
i've never heard that glitch mob tune with those vocals before, but i like it. the time lapse at the beginning was especially rad.
David, Great news on conditions. Glad you could get out. I'm jealous I couldn't join you as I'm imprisoned for the entire weekend in doors. :'(
Rad!
Much better then turtle soup.
Much better then turtle soup.
Great photos! Makes me stoked to get back on skis this weekend.
I made half-a-go at Pineapple pass across the way, similar results. Very little is not worth skiing, but this chewed-up, concrete rain-crust is in that category.
Yeah the guy with the "groomer" has had some fun, but he/she did get the play area groomed for the weekend.
Good corn with some icy patches (especially on wind affected ridges).
Nice to see someone got some good snow. Way to go.
Thanks for the report and great photos!
Saw the ranger stopped at your Glacier Bridge vehicle after he barked at us for being seven minutes late leaving Paradise. I'm curious if you retrieved the Paradise vehicle that evening?
Saw the ranger stopped at your Glacier Bridge vehicle after he barked at us for being seven minutes late leaving Paradise. I'm curious if you retrieved the Paradise vehicle that evening?
Thanks for Nisqually update.
Yeah, we saw Tara and Carl's car parked at the bridge and figured a big ski was up!
Way to pick it man! That's one great looking sunset cruise. I'm pretty open for the next couple of weeks if you have anything going on. I still don't think I have any snow at my cabin on 97!
Beautiful day. Looks like the Northwest wind machine has been doing the grooming! Was the trail in to Pan Point?
Any update on the snow? good corn? what time of day?
Yea the parks avalanche page has some stuff but they stop being publicly accessible at 5pm at night till the following morning!?!? You used to be able to use ARFI (http://webapps2.ucalgary.ca/~asarc/arfi/) to get the info from the data loggers during all times of day with the added bonus of snow depths and 24hr snow accumulations. Sadly the links for GNP have been broken since Decemeber. Perhaps I will try and bribe someone for the updated working link that is available 24hrs. Parks Canada also...
That looks darn good from the perspective of central WA! Wondering what data loggers you use? The Canadian Avalanche Center, or do you have other options. thanks.
I did a dawn patrol on Hyak on Thursday between 6:30 am and 8 am. Opted for the cross country trail to climber's right of the Oly can, which had been plowed, but even there it was shallow and refrozen with open streams. Saw a lone coyote, heard a larger pack close by the trail.
I can personally attest conditions did not improve after the sunset. A very pleasant evening to be out nonetheless though.
Nice man, keep skiing. I broke my fibula skiing down to Pineapple Pass in 2007, then skied out down Great Scott, Big trees and the traverse out. LOL.
Someone had to do it. Thanks for reporting back on the outing.
yeah dude, that was sick! thanks for documenting the day - all that time lapsing paid off :)
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Perhaps we should take the advise of Ptor Spricenieks and "put sweet smelling smoke into the atmosphere on which the snowflakes can form."
bobby and I have been trying that for years now with mixed, if not outright inconclusive results ;D
savegondor:
see this TR for whitechuck road update: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7997806
it's basically gated and decommissioned a few miles in.
see this TR for whitechuck road update: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7997806
it's basically gated and decommissioned a few miles in.
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I guess I'll go back to burning skis in hopes of more. Help us Ullr!
LMAO...my extra fire and excess sacrifices of skiing in the rain as much as possible seems to not be having the desired effect/affect(?).
Perhaps we should take the advise of Ptor Spricenieks and "put sweet smelling smoke into the atmosphere on which the snowflakes can form.&qu...
Nice video. It sure was fun to get a few days of winter. I guess I'll go back to burning skis in hopes of more. Help us Ullr!
Inverse conditions today.
Rain reached to 5,000' well into monday night... i know since i camped at 4,999. ::) Nasty crust on mush today. 1 to 4 inches of solid, sometimes unbreakable. 4,000 down was ick, but could be ok in the sun, maybe?
Decent riding above 5k, especially east and south aspects. Moderate terrain that didnt require hard edging was fun. Dog loved it!
Felt more like spring.
Rain reached to 5,000' well into monday night... i know since i camped at 4,999. ::) Nasty crust on mush today. 1 to 4 inches of solid, sometimes unbreakable. 4,000 down was ick, but could be ok in the sun, maybe?
Decent riding above 5k, especially east and south aspects. Moderate terrain that didnt require hard edging was fun. Dog loved it!
Felt more like spring.
What are current Stevens Pass conditions like? Friday had good coverage with soft snow, but reading about the rain on Sunday I am wondering if it is still good.
Thanks for any info!
Matt
Thanks for any info!
Matt
you didn't happen to gps your tracks on the way down did you? :)
also i'm assuming you went up the road marked 4081 as i see it on google maps? and then on up the bedal creek basin?
side question: do you know if nf 23 white chuck road was ever repaired? (or nf 49?)
-jayme
also i'm assuming you went up the road marked 4081 as i see it on google maps? and then on up the bedal creek basin?
side question: do you know if nf 23 white chuck road was ever repaired? (or nf 49?)
-jayme
On the 13th I went for a look in Clara Lake Basin, to see what the snow was like, and check avalanche conditions after the big blow. The snow was completely wind hammered mostly breakable crust with the occasional stretch of wind board. In protected areas, I found shooting cracks and settling, but nothing moved (I was on shallow angle terrain). The skiing was generally challenging. Mike and a friend met me and we made a lap together, and I'm starting to think h...
Well written T.R.!!
Every run was a blast! It's going to be hard to beat this weekend this winter.
Every run was a blast! It's going to be hard to beat this weekend this winter.
It's moments like this when I wish we had one of those bands-playing emoticons on the edit form for this site!
Mike has been known to travel at relativistic speeds
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...time-travel...
Doh!
That is a miracle break. The recovery included time-travel back to 2013! Enjoy. ;)
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A good deal of road traffic even before 7:30am with the lots nearly full already as we passed by. Deep and deeper between 5500-3800ft, we never found the crust or anyone else all day.
chilled with your bro yesterday for awhile bef
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wet at the exit.
wet exits should be confined to kayaking ;D
Glad to hear you got some good turns in despite the afternoon warmup
Echo what others have noted. Found good fluffy snow approx. 3500 - 5000 just east of the crest. Still suffering from coverage in the trees but skiable lines. A bit spooky in the open with fast moving propagating surface slides within the storm layers. Heavy and wet by the time we left around 2:00 p.m.
And then the rain sucked the life out of the fun. Raining hard at 3,500 east of the crest, and at the pass around dusk to early dark.
Had a simularly good day, but it was pretty wet at the exit.
Waste deep pow to waste deep creek fording.
Had a simularly good day, but it was pretty wet at the exit.
Waste deep pow to waste deep creek fording.
Great write up Ben. Fun weekend for sure. Thanks to you and morgan for the location selection and invite. Really fun crew, with an awesome extended group. Thanks for the food and whiskey!
Sick edit and solid riding, Rowan!
Im still trying,, both with the editing and riding. I did get quite a bit of good footage from all of us.
Sick edit and solid riding, Rowan!
Im still trying,, both with the editing and riding. I did get quite a bit of good footage from all of us.
Thanks for writing this up ben, and for the rad photos!
here is my footage from the weekend: https://vimeo.com/83737614
*fixed the URL - Marcus*
here is my footage from the weekend: https://vimeo.com/83737614
*fixed the URL - Marcus*