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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.

11/4/13 2:42am

r1de

Nov 3, Chinook Pass

Thanks for the intel!

11/3/13 2:11pm

steveski

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

11/3/13 9:47am

jwplotz

Oct 26, 2013, Heliotrope Ridge

Rolfs, your drive never ever fails to impress! Nice effort getting you and your kit up there for some dubious turns. Thanks for the conditions pics!

11/3/13 4:21am

all mtn

Great rpt

11/2/13 10:54am

jtack

So Mike, as kind of a general statement about pursuing skiing the year around, and with you report of crappy snow. All I could think about all day long, was that you were out skiing, and I was home not skiing!

11/2/13 8:50am

tsuyoshi

October 27, 2013, Mt. Rainier above Pebble cr.

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.

11/1/13 11:41am

mikerolfs

author=jtack link=topic=29433.msg123661#msg123661 date=1382975303]
...but with the crack of noon start...

HAHAHA! Did you say "crack of noon?" I know those guys who ski at Rainier start comfortably late, but Jamie, I think they mean 9-ish :)

Sure would have liked to join you on this one. One of these day's. Sunny ski from Muir to Paradise. It's in the cards for sure.

11/1/13 10:29am

mikerolfs

October 30, 2013, Mt Hood - Palmer - 60 Months

60 months. Congratulations on an impressive run!

11/1/13 10:01am

chieftaffy

October 30, 2013, Mt Hood - Palmer - 60 Months

Nice Hawthorne!

11/1/13 8:43am

mikerolfs

October 25, 2013, Mt. Daniel

A+ Bravo! Nice work skiing off all three summits!
Love the third photo.

Very nice.

11/1/13 7:16am

mattd

October 25, 2013, Mt. Daniel

Great trip and pictures! This is one of my very favorite skis in the spring.

The fall seems a bit too much booting around for my taste, but then again, the spot is awesome.

EDIT: Here's a shot from June 04, you had a lot more rocks to navigate.

Photo by Charles Eldridge

10/31/13 1:26pm

spionin

t a y, the Sierra, Mt lassen 10/27

author=mtngeek link=topic=29386.msg123692#msg123692 date=1383012201]
I assume you are wondering about the ice climbing conditions?:) Cosley-Houston is not in, the upper pillar is super thin and has not touched down, the lower pitches look pretty thin too, same on the Polish route...

indeedy.
thank you guys for replies. -veronika

10/31/13 11:54am

Oregonist

Lassen was one of my favorites on the volcano tour last spring. Can't wait to get out there this winter and hit some of the smaller peaks. I read the Shasta was one of the few places in the world where glaciers are actually increasing in size, thanks to increased precip.

10/29/13 6:45am

mtngeek

October 27, 2013, Llao Rock, Crater Lake NP

author=spionin link=topic=29386.msg123685#msg123685 date=1382999575]
nice photos!
did you, by chance snap any of colfax (just a liiiiiiiitle to the right of baker)??

thanks.d

I assume you are wondering about the ice climbing conditions?:) Cosley-Houston is not in, the upper pillar is super thin and has not touched down, the lower pitches look pretty thin too, same on the Polish route...

10/29/13 4:37am

Oregonist

Yikes, I won't argue with that!

10/28/13 11:03am

spionin

October 27, 2013, Llao Rock, Crater Lake NP

nice photos!
did you, by chance snap any of colfax (just a liiiiiiiitle to the right of baker)??

thanks.

10/28/13 8:53am

GregLange

Nicer than what we found yesterday at Stevens Pass, WA...

10/28/13 7:32am

Amar Andalkar

July 14, 2013, Rainier, Whitman Glacier Avalanche

Just some late-season follow-up on this avalanche, which occurred at the start of July 2013 near 8000 ft on the Whitman Glacier.

For reference, here are a couple of photos copied from the first post above, showing the still-fresh avalanche site on July 3:

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10/28/13 6:59am

MtnPavlas

Mt Rainier - Muir - 10/26/2013

Happy first TAY, Belinda! Way to go!

10/28/13 4:00am

jtack

October 20, 2013, Front Range, Colorado

That looks too good to be true! first turns of the winter in POW, that's a good start!

10/28/13 12:27am

mattd

Oct 25, 2013, Hidden Lake Peaks

author=Marcus link=topic=29420.msg123641#msg123641 date=1382892420]
Beautiful pic Matt, and welcome back to the snow-sliding.

Thanks Marcus, I am glad to be back. Looking forward to the white stuff this year, especially come April and the corn harvesting can begin!

p.s. eventually we will connect via email!

edit: another pic just for beauty's sake

10/27/13 1:25pm

Marcus

Oct 25, 2013, Hidden Lake Peaks

Beautiful pic Matt, and welcome back to the snow-sliding.

10/27/13 7:04am

Marcus

Awesome! All skis are rock skis. Love it.

10/27/13 1:47am

jtack

You have a wonderful disregard for rocks! You and my skiing partner need to get together, he has no fear of them as well!

10/25/13 3:40pm

MtnPavlas

Nicely done, guys. But Carl, you're slacking... where's the vid?

Edit: Gee, never mind... right in the first post :)

10/25/13 3:25pm

all mtn

Man, you had great photo light at both day and night

10/25/13 12:40pm

all mtn

Nice sluff turns, you scored

10/25/13 12:16pm

Charlie Hagedorn

Nice! I really wouldn't have guessed that the chute would be in right now.

Thanks for showing a glimpse of freedom to an officedweller!

10/25/13 12:05pm

FreeBird

author=wolfs link=topic=29404.msg123597#msg123597 date=1382727345]
What about getting through the lower angle moraine part, had enough snow collected in the lee?

After the rocky sections on the top we where able to ski the rest of the way out. Just enough on the lee...We skinned out earlier than usual cause the lower moraine part was full of sharks ::)

Here are a few pics...

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10/25/13 6:27am

wolfs

ocTAYberfest October 12, Skyline Divide near Baker

Nice. For the snowfield part you were often about where I was a day before. I had looked at the Chute both on approach and from the top and didn't think it would go without a lot of threading through the rocks (hadn't seen any tracks down it either, I guess nobody wanted to be the first P-Tex Poodle). Your video didn't exactly change my mind about the rocks, but the turns on the quarterpipe windlip did look nice. What about getting through the lower angle moraine part, had enough...

10/25/13 5:24am

danpeck

Woohoo!

Wish I could have made it. Nice to see pics of mac getting low.

10/25/13 3:55am

kciari

October 19, 2013, Occupy Camp Muir

(kciari, I parked next to ya'll at paradise, chatted at pan point area. Props for sticking with the tutu, I thought for sure you'd ditch it. Congrats on 24)

Thanks much MattT! Good chatting with you too. And of COURSE I stuck with the Tutu. That thing is a skiing staple my friend.

10/24/13 9:02am

Jonathan_S.

October 19, 2013, Mt Adams, Southside

author=Jeff Huber link=topic=29379.msg123501#msg123501 date=1382390205]Fantastic ski day. The day also marked my 10th year of continuous TAY.

Congrats!
This would have been such a perfect way to reach that milestone, and it would have been such a perfect reenactment of our October 2007 Adams summit ski, except for one missing element: me. (Sigh...)

Oh well, snow guns are blasting away at Killington for a weekend lift-served...

10/24/13 8:07am

Spencerhutch

author=Rowan Stewart link=topic=29386.msg123531#msg123531 date=1382423200]

The leftmost track was my doing

I can take claim to that center track, getting a little playful, and that mess of skin tracks...

We were up there on the 19th during the day in the sun.
Sounds like the same conditions you...

10/22/13 10:30pm

Bird Dog

Nice. Beautiful night/moon shot

10/22/13 1:31pm

runcle

Yea!

10/22/13 11:01am

glenn_b

Thanks for the report. Feeling blessed by whatever cosmic lottery that brought me this enjoyable place. For those languishing in the fog-bound nether regions of the Puget Sound basin(like me last weekend in Lakewood), respite is only a drive toward the passes away.

10/22/13 10:49am

bs.

October 19, 2013, Mt Adams, Southside

sounds like a damn fun trip! it's always a pleasure to be out under a full moon.

10/22/13 10:42am

Randito

author=Patarero link=topic=29379.msg123543#msg123543 date=1382466618">
PS If anyone is interested 'The Logs' in BZ is for sale or lease (I miss the bbq)

At $750K that listing might take a while to move

10/22/13 10:08am

Patarero

October 19, 2013, Mt Adams, Southside

Cool, how thin is was it, catch any rocks?

Yeah the station has good food, really good breakfast. Can be sloooow though.

PS If anyone is interested 'The Logs' in BZ is for sale or lease (I miss the bbq)

10/22/13 4:07am

elliotts