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Your TR was excellent and the photos give us a look of some of the terrain. ;)
When we hiked out of our five day summit trip in via the PCT and the Sitkum Glacier on Saturday, we saw your solo ski registered in the trail head log. We indeed were a wee bit jealous you brought the skis. Cheers to your success!
author=Kyle Miller link=topic=28995.msg122032#msg122032 date=1374077051]
Awesome photos and nice ski lines. I camped up on Disappointment earlier this season as well and it did not disappoint.
Thanks Kyle - some of your previous TRs from the Glacier Peak area were inspiration for both the camp spot and ski lines!
Awesome photos and nice ski lines. I camped up on Disappointment earlier this season as well and it did not disappoint.
Thanks for the report - love the stars!
Nice work! Great pictures. I hiked into Mackinaw yesterday to meet some friends coming out from their ski - that old growth is really incredible.
Wow what a weekend! I went there solo once, but all I did was go up and back. Nice work skiing multiple lines and spending an extra night near the top. Great pictures. Thanks for the report.
I had the same experience with my Black and Tan coonhound on Mt St Helens years ago. When we got off the snow a 65 pound hound lay down and let me know we were not moving if she had to do it all on her own. But they are such wonderful ski buddies- couldn't complain.
author=snoholic link=topic=28965.msg121858#msg121858 date=1373251700]
Director of Fun hard at work.
My buddy Brian, the ranger in the middle, reports that this was his most enjoyable run this year. :)
Thanks for your report and pics... Looks reasonable for solo travel it seems (if one sort of minds their p's and q's).
MANY MOSQUITOES?
MANY MOSQUITOES?
Second that - awesome stuff!
A few more pics. Saw a guy just parasailing off the crater.
author=georg klein link=topic=28980.msg122007#msg122007 date=1373937174]
Conditions update for 7/14: Not so great. Wind kept the snow hard all the way down to ~10500', making for really unpleasant skiing, especially on the refrozen bumpy sections when forced onto the bootpack in the chokes. Inter glacier was soft but bumpy with old raised ski tracks.
We heard from two rangers that there had been a bad skiing accident the weekend before, involvi...
Looks like Spade and Venus are melting out nicely this year. I really want to check out those lakes sometime. Should have when I climbed Daniel a few years back.
Wonderful TR and photos. Your Vector BC's have been enjoying your routes. ;)
Yep, good as it gets round these parts rite bout now.
There be cracks on the Cowlitz
Thanks for posin' Bill!
Look for skiers exiting the Paradise
There be cracks on the Cowlitz
Thanks for posin' Bill!
Look for skiers exiting the Paradise
Great report, Mike. Garrett is right, we should have brought the overnight gear.
Garrett getting at it.
Garrett getting at it.
Conditions update for 7/14: Not so great. Wind kept the snow hard all the way down to ~10500', making for really unpleasant skiing, especially on the refrozen bumpy sections when forced onto the bootpack in the chokes. Inter glacier was soft but bumpy with old raised ski tracks.
We heard from two rangers that there had been a bad skiing accident the weekend before, involving a fall from above the top bergschrund. It may have been this incident:
http://www.theprovince.c...
We heard from two rangers that there had been a bad skiing accident the weekend before, involving a fall from above the top bergschrund. It may have been this incident:
http://www.theprovince.c...
Awesome Mike, way to take advantage of the weather.
Inspiring:
Ramble On..... Like Led Zep on skis:
Ramble On..... Like Led Zep on skis:
fun to meet you on the trail, Garrett. We saw your tracks in the exit gulley to Peggy's and followed your line from the top. What a spot!
Nice report and photos, Mike - and awesome trip! I wish we had stayed up there longer to join in on your adventure. The sunset photos are my favorites - great moon shot too! Thanks for taking the time to share.
Cheers to the Director!
https://vimeo.com/70339216
https://vimeo.com/70339216
Good to know the feedback from the ranger. The road closure warning made it sound like being on the road in any capacity was not allowed (and we weren't about to risk a $10k fine and 6 months in jail by walking on it)! If our odometer was correct, parking at the closure sign would add about 10 miles of hiking/biking each way. Would love to hear if you made it there, jtack!
Well it was good today too :) And your TR did indeed prompt some old dudes to go up.
author=alecapone link=topic=28984.msg121987#msg121987 date=1373851489]
Nice. Photos jake!
Hope you used my slippers for the approach.
Maximum steeze on the slippers - they're so Scottish I accidentally ate them.
Nice. Photos jake!
Hope you used my slippers for the approach.
Hope you used my slippers for the approach.
Four years ago, when I began backcountry skiing, I scrambled Observation Rock which is, when the snow's gone, a non-technical 'walk up'.
Since that time, more than once, I've read this excerpt from Burgdorfer's book to motivate me to return to the area and go higher:
The most delightful aspect of this tour is that the top 3,000 feet of the downhill run is...
Since that time, more than once, I've read this excerpt from Burgdorfer's book to motivate me to return to the area and go higher:
The most delightful aspect of this tour is that the top 3,000 feet of the downhill run is...
Great report! A group of 4 of us skied/splitboarded it the day after. I'll piggyback my photos on your report rather than start a new one...
Weather was perfect. Mowich Lake had a surprisingly small number of people, and only a few people on the approach/deproach trail. Continuous snow from Spray Park to the top of the Russell, but you have to find your way through a few small mazes to stay on it.
Snow was pretty good low to middle. The high point on the Russell w...
Weather was perfect. Mowich Lake had a surprisingly small number of people, and only a few people on the approach/deproach trail. Continuous snow from Spray Park to the top of the Russell, but you have to find your way through a few small mazes to stay on it.
Snow was pretty good low to middle. The high point on the Russell w...
I saw on their website, Blackcomb is open till Jul 28. the terrain looks pretty good (sidestash it)
Great meeting you during my last -- and possibly best -- season's tour!
Your second photo (here on TAY) is a shot of our group's star skier, David.
Thanks much for the Starbucks Via and the awesome photos posted on your site -- very nice!
Your second photo (here on TAY) is a shot of our group's star skier, David.
Thanks much for the Starbucks Via and the awesome photos posted on your site -- very nice!
you know how to be free- clouds at camp, and the line of cumulus are very nice. were those frogs pretty loud, peace
Way to go! That's quite a feat for a couple of ole duffers ;)
Nice work. It looks pretty stiff. Glad you had a chance to ski it before it melted out!
I've skied it solo and in groups but I'll pass this on if you do a solo trip. Safest way up is climbers right - the obvious route going up. It's skiing down that I noticed a hazard that develops later in the season. My favorite is to ski the glacier skier's right - best fall line - all the way to the terminus, then hike back up, climber's right, to get to the entrance point from the top of the Flett. The hazard I'm speaking of is if you ski r...
I've seen small cracks on the Russell, but not large enough to fall completely in, just large enough to grab your ski if you don't cross them at an angle. Pretty safe solo ski.
After seeing your post, I tried to find more information about the closure, eventually calling the Sisters Ranger District. The person I talked to suggested that you can use the road, just not with a vehicle. It is ok to walk, or ride a bicycle to the trail head, I think it is around 4 miles, so it adds a long slog to the trip. I ask why the road was closed, and it finally got to just cause I say so (guessing they did not really know). Don't know what the road looked like,...
Way to go Sugaree!!! Will your next dog be named Stella Blue???
Reminds me of a story with my ol black lab. Took her to Adams when she was 10 and getting bit over the hill for this shit. It was 1995 and the road was blocked by downed trees, so it added about 4 miles to the first day.
By the time we made it to camp at 8500 she was exhausted. I literally had to put her food in front of her cause she was getting up. I didn't think she would rally the next day but sh...
Reminds me of a story with my ol black lab. Took her to Adams when she was 10 and getting bit over the hill for this shit. It was 1995 and the road was blocked by downed trees, so it added about 4 miles to the first day.
By the time we made it to camp at 8500 she was exhausted. I literally had to put her food in front of her cause she was getting up. I didn't think she would rally the next day but sh...
Great photos (& write up) The colour palate in that sunrise photo is wicked.
What great photos! (Sounds like a great trip too.) The sunset, those interesting clouds, and the frog/toad are all neat - but the sunrise, WOW! Nice job capturing that.
Wow. Yeah. Scary. Glad you came out of it unscathed.
Just for my reference regarding my own future binder mounts, I'd be very interested in knowing what, if anything, went into the screw ho...
author=JBird link=topic=28927.msg121913#msg121913 date=1373398442]
...Conclusions: I don't believe it was a binding failure or a mounting error, but a combination of conditions that pushed the gear past what it was designed for.
Just for my reference regarding my own future binder mounts, I'd be very interested in knowing what, if anything, went into the screw ho...
Gear failure is scary. Glad you're all right.
Some very familiar-looking terrain!
Here's the route in more detail:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=28932.0
Impressive that you had good snow right off the summit!
(We had horrible glop there on that non-glaciated section for the first half, though the second half was pretty good just before we crossed the dry lateral moraine to rejoin the glacier.)
Here's the route in more detail:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=28932.0
Impressive that you had good snow right off the summit!
(We had horrible glop there on that non-glaciated section for the first half, though the second half was pretty good just before we crossed the dry lateral moraine to rejoin the glacier.)