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There are similar signs elsewhere where DOT does artillery-driven control work. If you tour the NW margin of Stevens, for example, you'll find them. I think they're effectively "Warning, we have a howitzer (or a tank) and we will use it against this terrain. We don't want to shoot you with it, but we can't tell if you're there. Please find somewhere else to play, so everyone can have a better day."

can you post a picture of the pocket you skied?

Yea,  Good beta.  Better not ski CJ until that is nicely filled in  ;)

Skinning up and down is classic.

so the DOT warning is about spent shells from avi control?  does that mean some didn't go off and are potentially live?

also, ever done the north face of Rock?

Way to hit it, Dave!

Holy crap thats huge! Im sure the multitude of slides will fill it.

HIgher elevations didn't disappoint - heavy pow was harvested on north-facing slopes above 4.5k. We arrived at the leisurely hour of 10am to an almost full A lot which spilled-over into lots B and E in the afternoon. Lots of folks out playing in the snow; easily two dozen folks skinning around the frontside throughout the day.

Made it up to the top of Skyline before noon and took a lap down to the breakover towers on Brooks. Went back up for another and opted to plod the rest of...

https://vimeo.com/79004860

Ha, road laps are a nice slice of humanity. Day 4! I better catch up.

Fall,
the bottom of the CJ couloir on wide-angle
& the bergshrund

Well that looks fun!!!

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you are welcome everyone.... i spent last weekend in california so that the season could finally start in earnest!  rock is looking good.

Where? California rock always looks good!

brilliant.  Nice work!

A bit softer than Heliotrope Ridge, looked good. The Rossis like figure 11s :-)

I think Ale Capone has an inner sensor for when the snow is ready… and for where the crowds will not be.  It was an excellent adventure and we were the only 3.

Hey great photos, we were in the group right below you guys. It is good to see that you found some good snow up there.

Stevens definitely got lots of snow Sat night, and it fell pretty hard at times while we were out Sunday. 

Wow!  A friend and I skied part of the Emmons glacier in about a foot of fresh powder, but I'm still amazed at how much more snow the north side holds.  It looks like there was a few extra feet on your side. 

...don't see the need to start a whole new thread... would certainly echo that the group stoke was alive and well. My only observation that differed was the road condition... a little spicy with the Subaru, mostly from the cold temps. Chains on, and it was no problem.

More pictures and thoughts can be found here.

Nice, Dan and Scott.  You're right - that looks like a great playground!  Thanks for the inspiration.  Good pictures - I've been wanting to get up there for a long time.

Great to see the nice line !

As of Nov. 3, Colchuck Glacier is loaded with new snow. It would have made a wonderful ski today, but we were wallowing up to our waists trying to climb Colchuck Peak. The boulder field on the other hand is pretty miserable, with just enough snow to make things very tedious.

We backpacked up to Colchuck lake last weekend. Looked pretty thin up there.

Great rpt

O NO!!!!

I had originally planned on skiing somewhere in the stuart range the day we skied daniel. I am now very glad we didn't! We thought it might be a bit too far east and too dry.

Way to get after it and check it out anyway. I feel like its days like you had that make the good days so much better!!!!

And, I'm still jealous of you because I was at work.