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June 29-30, Rainier Emmons Route, Summit Ski

Third pic is pretty cool too :)

7/10/13 12:46am

kciari

Wow - thanks everyone for the kind words! Really flattered you took the time to read my write-up. I generally post blogs about trips but never thought to post them here before. I will definitely keep sharing in the future.

7/9/13 11:10pm

garrettww

6/30-7/1/2013, Mt Baker Circumnavigation

Very creative use of the Prezi medium! Thanks for sharing.

7/9/13 10:25am

jhamaker

6/30-7/1/2013, Mt Baker Circumnavigation

What a spectacular trip.
It was realy nice having the entire N side to ourselves.
Fantastic snow untill it softened up on Sun. after noon on the S side.

Thanks David for putting together the trip and the mapped photo presentation!

7/9/13 7:36am

all mtn

Emmons Glacier 7/2

- J D, in that first pic, could you bank a turn off that ice bulge. looks fun

7/9/13 6:04am

Pete A

June 29-30, Mt.Rainier, Emmons climb/ski

Very interesting getting all the info from what happened… thanks for posting.

First off… I’m very glad you’re okay- when that happened, I thought we were about to witness a serious crevasse fall accident…. thank god for whippets.

I hope that no one took my report as insinuating that I thought you were skiing out of control…as I mentioned in my original TR, I was just surprised to see anyone skiing at that speed above a crevasse, but obviously everyone has thei...

7/9/13 5:36am

runningclouds

July 5, Glacier Peak via the Cool Glacier

The second shot is a classic!

7/9/13 5:19am

runningclouds

Thanks for the report. Where did you start your hike to White Pass?

7/9/13 4:55am

runningclouds

Emmons Glacier 7/2

Thanks Jim, you sure know what to do with the Canon S90. Another proof the operator is more important than the camera. Happy shooting!

7/9/13 4:54am

JBird

June 29-30, Mt.Rainier, Emmons climb/ski

Conrad pointed me to this TR and since people seemed interested to know what went wrong, I thought I'd share my experience. Sorry to hijack your TR, Pete (great pictures from the day by the way), with another dynafit toepiece discussion. Here are some photos of the toe pieces and my observations of what happened.

•Bindings were Dynafit Vertical FT 12 with 60+ days on them. DIN set to about 10 or 11. The binding screws do have some rust so there could have been some rot or...

7/9/13 4:35am

jhamaker

<<You just wanted it to keep going and going.>>

We did.

We camped Sat. and Sunday at Echo Saddle. Had plenty of time to to ski many runs, explore, sunbathe, read, watch the clouds form and dissipate, ski . . .

Yesterday we had a notable run down the Russel from around 9200 ft strait down to 7800 atop the moraine below the toe of the Carbon Gl.

We had had a continuous ski from camp down to Spray Park.
Jeffrey will try to post some...

7/9/13 4:34am

Marcus

Awesome report - next time go back with a PFD for the pond skim.

7/9/13 3:57am

Great report. We camped in that basin last September and I was wondering if anyone ever skied up there - looked like some nice slopes for it. Should have known that you guys would sniff it out!

7/9/13 3:05am

David_Britton

Nice line. I need to find that one!

7/9/13 1:34am

iluka

Split Board? Too slow in transition for those trying to form a new government. I think they knew that to free themselves from the shackles of British tyranny, they needed to free their heels.

While my times on the Russell have only been in the first month after the Mowich Lake TH opened, I'd say that glacier is safe to ski solo. There are some crevasses on the far eastern aspect as it drops down towards the Carbon but on the aspect that gets skied heading down towards Echo...

7/9/13 12:49am

rong

June 30, 2013, - Eldorado Peak

Real fun trip Stoudema. It's always good when reality beats expectation. Next time we need to save some time to ski that line above the tarn. I think I will drag along the whippet, helmet, and crampons as I felt a little neck-ed on that steep pitch. Although, with my pack hanging open (the first picture) who knows where they would have ended up.

Sure beat the heck out of Hood south side. Thanks

7/8/13 11:02pm

Lowell_Skoog

author=Jonn-E link=topic=28924.msg121798#msg121798 date=1372958751]
Somewhat related question for everyone: in the hideous boulder field there is a distinct "step". The cairns lead to a wet bedrock step that is a bit treacherous to descend with skis on back. I tried a different way up the step while going uphill that turned downright dangerous for 2 moves. The question is, if you stay in the woods can you climb easily above this step and enter the...

7/8/13 10:54pm

Lowell_Skoog

June 30, 2013, - Eldorado Peak

author=rlsg link=topic=28924.msg121888#msg121888 date=1373329984]
WAS HOPING FOR A MOSQUITO QUANTITY/ISSUE REPORT...

No mosquitos on June 30 that I recall.

7/8/13 2:51pm

wolfs

author=Charlie Hagedorn link=topic=28954.msg121895#msg121895 date=1373339568]
Haven't skied the Russell myself, but gazed upon it in several Septembers/Octobers.

Charlie: love those photos. The black/white plus the season gives them a great mix of rough and smooth textures.
The shadow in the second pix looks kinda like a humpback salmon, and he's about to eat the poor subpixel climbers. ;)

7/8/13 2:41pm

Zap

Nice TR and the photos of the headwall and worms were great. ;)

7/8/13 2:36pm

davidG

pretty sure they would have been dirt-baggers ~ if only on principal..

7/8/13 1:11pm

r1de

Yes, great report. Will be heading up there this weekend, hope the lower continuous holds out.

7/8/13 1:01pm

davidG

that second shot.. nice layout of the toes of those glaziers.. 8)

7/8/13 1:00pm

ron j

Great report, wolfs.
Thanks.

7/8/13 12:57pm

Charlie Hagedorn

I think Jefferson would've been quite taken with the mechanical elegance and efficiency of the early Low Tech binding system.

Patrick Henry?

Freeheeler!

Jake - I'd send my mom up the Flett, no problem. Look for cracks, but the Flett (comes down from Observation Rock) is really more of a remnant.

Haven't skied the Russell myself, but gazed upon it in several Septembers/Octobers. Avoid any steep rollover, and you're apt to be...

7/8/13 12:14pm

mikerolfs

Wow what a great area! Thanks for the report and photos.

7/8/13 12:12pm

Jonn-E

The downed trees are from a monster avalanche that occured sometime in the spring of 2012 and caused the trail to be closed all summer. We walked by those downed trees on Labor Day 2012 and there was still 40' of snow covering the creek. Also, on that weekend we tried climbing the Kautz and realized the further climbers left you get the worse the rockfall is. Just stay east once you gain the alpine.

7/8/13 11:48am

Jake the Brit

June 30, 2013, - Eldorado Peak

It seems to me that the Founding Fathers would have been splitboarders, based on the general new, cool and groovy nature of the nation emerging in opposition to the status quo.
Obviously, later, once they made their decision as young wippersnappers would they discover the inherent problem which plagues both splitboarding and American democracy: the lack of separation of the powers. HA HA Ha

On a different note, are Flett & the Russel active, or can they be solo skiied w...

7/8/13 11:17am

rlsg

WAS HOPING FOR A MOSQUITO QUANTITY/ISSUE REPORT...

THANKS FOR THE SEATTLE MOSQUITO UPDATE THOUGH - ::)

7/8/13 10:39am

rlsg

July 7, 2013, Mt. Adams, SW Chutes

NICE! Glad you had a cupless run!!

OK---HOW WAS THE MOSQUITO SITUATION?

7/8/13 9:33am

Lowell_Skoog

author=rlsg link=topic=28960.msg121880#msg121880 date=1373320620]
Any tricks or best times for driving up through notorious Seattle traffic coming up from Portland, Oregon?

Best bet is between 10 AM and 3 PM.

Or during the dark hours of summer, say 9 PM to 6 AM.

No mosquitos anytime. ;)

7/8/13 9:30am

rlsg

July 6, 2013. Mount Baker. Squak Glacier

Thanks on that pass information---

Any tricks or best times for driving up through notorious Seattle traffic coming up from Portland, Oregon?

7/8/13 8:16am

rlsg

Thanks for your report.

NO 'SKITTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PERFECT

7/8/13 6:57am

PS44

NW Forest Pass is good there.

7/8/13 6:52am

rlsg

Also, will the NW Forest Pass suffice or does one need to pick up a permit away from the trail head somewhere (where is that 'somewhere'?).

Thanks in advance.

7/8/13 4:38am

rlsg

If I can get a mosquito report, I might make the drive from Bend this weekend....

7/8/13 4:25am

Jake the Brit

Thanks Wolfs for the affirmation, it looked knarly lookers left & mellow & stagnant on the right.
And BC'...wow, you wouldn't want to be there if the avi poured off the slopes above/ left/ right of the falls. Powerful stuff.

7/8/13 4:23am

danpeck

Aaaa, I'm jealous.

I tried hard to find a partner to go July 1 and 2 but had no luck. It's looking good. I might miss the squak this year. Hopefully I'll get it next year.

7/7/13 3:36pm

danpeck

Nice work gary and Jeff! Good choice too :)

7/7/13 3:35pm

gregL

author=Robie link=topic=28965.msg121861#msg121861 date=1373259158]Ran into Silas as we were heading up from 4th crossing he stopped to say hello this morning.

He must have made the rounds more than once . . . we saw him in the 4th crossing lot too!

7/7/13 3:30pm

Robie

Ran into Silas as we were heading up from 4th crossing he stopped to say hello this morning. He was leaving after 9 straight days of skiing and sleeping in his car. I almost didn't recognize him because he was so dark brown and his lips were burnt beyond bad. He looked like a escapee from devils island.
Kudos for a job well done ! His info was top notch .

7/7/13 2:03pm

snoholic

Director of Fun hard at work.

7/7/13 1:52pm

PS44

July 4 , 2013, Mt. Rainier, Muir Snowfield

Indeed Paradise Glacier might be of the few places remaining (if not the only one) skinnable directly from car. Adding a picture of Silas and his crew (Art, Carl and his wife) skiing a nice line. Thanks for letting me tag along!

7/7/13 11:48am

MNMike

Fixed it! Sorry haha, my bad.
Anyway, yeah, hoping to make 4th of july ski tours a tradition. I did one last year too. It's a great way to kick off summer right.

7/7/13 10:56am

bc_skier

June 29-30, Rainier Emmons Route, Summit Ski

The first photo and comment "blitzed by blow-down before the falls" looks like it could be avalanche debris.

7/7/13 5:42am

Pete A

great write up! very nice to meet y'all on the mountain that weekend.

7/6/13 9:22pm

wolfs

June 29-30, Rainier Emmons Route, Summit Ski

Re: the non glacier terrain I went up one of those snow lobes in foggy disorientation about 5 years ago. Probably the one just one rib to the W of the correct snowfield but walled off from it. Was indeed steep, getting steeper, couldn't skin. Along the way there were rocks all over the snow, hmmm. Popping up out of fog in what I then knew to be Not The Turtle I could see why, the whole snowfield is headwalled by crazily unstable choss of the disintegrating Wapowety Cleaver. On way back down...

7/6/13 11:04am

ron j

Impressive first post :)
Nice work.
Welcome to TAY :)

7/6/13 2:49am

rlsg