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July 1, 2013, Spider Meadow

Great to meet you guys up there! And thanks for scraping the slush out of the coulior to the summit! Congrats on the final summit - especially in two days!

Anyone know of a splitboard as light as those Hagan skis?? Kyle??

This was my last summit of WA volcanoes over 10k (still gotta go back and ride some of them, though). I'll put up a separate post with links to pics.

7/2/13 8:41am

danpeck

Sweet Trip Mike!

I wanna come next time :)

7/2/13 8:05am

Jonathan_S.

July 1, 2013, Spider Meadow

What a great way to finally finish up our volcano quest!
(Now we can just ski only the places we really want to ski...)

Here's our route overview:

This elevation profile conveys very well the initially flat hiking trail, then the switchbacks, after that the mainly flat and rolling on-ski ap...

7/2/13 7:36am

Chuck C

author=wolfs link=topic=28937.msg121745#msg121745 date=1372753623]
... that could be used to ACTUALLY CONTROL what the hell was going to happen once you got going really fast on snow?

You must have different skis than me then. I've never been accused of control while on mine.

7/2/13 4:12am

wolfs

July 1, 2013, Spider Meadow

Four guys with sleds ... would not have believed you but you have photographic evidence.

Did you point out to them that they had invented these things called skis ... happened about, I dunno, a couple thousand years ago ... that could be used to ACTUALLY CONTROL what the hell was going to happen once you got going really fast on snow?

7/1/13 11:10pm

cascadekid

July 1, 2013, Mt Hood, Zig-Zag Glacier Corn

there some good trad at smith, but it's not granite. it takes skill, ingenuity, and charm to place the gear. Qualities which some washingtonians lack ;D

7/1/13 5:27pm

avajane

July 1, 2013, Mt Hood, Zig-Zag Glacier Corn

author=cascadekid link=topic=28935.msg121736#msg121736 date=1372732909]
NT and I skied up to Illumination rock for some rock shennanigans before skiing back to T-line.

Snow was variable but with a smooth surface, making for fun skiing from 9,000'. Coverage remains intact to the parking lot.

I was glad to see a set of beautiful tracks on the upper white river glacier. High-five to whoever laid it down in such good style.

7/1/13 3:16pm

Gary_H

author=danpeck link=topic=28920.msg121717#msg121717 date=1372712424]
Wow... I saw the same Family last weekend.

Was the line still open Gary and Jeff skied followed by you... the narrow line on the East side of the bowl?

Here's a shot of the line Jeff and I skied a few weeks ago taken on Saturday, it has several feet less snow and is considerably narrower than when we went down it. I didn't look at the m...

7/1/13 2:03pm

flowing alpy

that was a fun day my friend and the kids were awesome booting up those chutes.
thank you for the cinematography on the final lap!
the lot 4 parking area at sunrise was supreme and allowed skinning right from truck.
nice capture of the scary fox on the Kodachrome camera, the wildlife were spooked ::)

lets get the gang together again
bF

7/1/13 1:35pm

danpeck

author=runcle link=topic=28920.msg121731#msg121731 date=1372728001]
Dan: Nice pic! I believe that is the same batch of goats.

Here's a link to more photos, it was a very picturesque day. You may notice two additional goats. One is the typical breed. Another "kid" likes to wear a blue hat and is 5 years old. You may also notice he likes chocolate. He makes me proud :)

http://www.flickr.com/photo...

7/1/13 11:22am

danpeck

Thanks Doug,

I wasn't sure if the photos were of that very spot. I might be jumping rocks a bit, but I think I'll give it a try.

Dan

7/1/13 10:50am

runcle

Dan: Nice pic! I believe that is the same batch of goats. Great shot by Gary by the way taken at about the same time I took mine looking east. I was not able to see the top of the chute when I was out due to fog but as you can see in my first pic the the lower half is melting out. Worth a look though....

Mac: I feel your pain. I have been sidelined for a while thanks to a nagging knee injury that will probably require doing nothing for a while for it to heal. It's hard to do noth...

7/1/13 10:47am

danpeck

cool trip.

7/1/13 10:20am

Kyle Miller

Awesome work!!! I hate that flat bench in the foreground of your 1st photo. :)

7/1/13 9:31am

jtack

That looks like great fun! Makes me lonesome for my kid to ski with, enjoy, they slip away all too soon!

7/1/13 9:17am

jtack

Lowell, thanks for the report, another storied spot I need to ski. I think your boot carry is a little better than binding mounted. Me, I would rather eat dirt than fight my skies through brush, and almost always carry them on my shoulder unless I'm on steep terrain. That also makes room on the outside, back of my pack to put my boots, making them less susceptible to brush snagging as well. There are a few down sides, one of which is cracking your skiing partner in t...

7/1/13 6:41am

telemack

Congratulations; two days for Glacier is a pretty good pace. Those switchbacks are a HUMP in the heat.

7/1/13 6:32am

telemack

Thanks for the post, Doug. I am on the DL list for a while (strained ligament in ankle) and this might now be on my list for July streak-maintenance.

7/1/13 6:26am

rlsg

oops sorry...meant for that Dege Avajane report

7/1/13 6:19am

rlsg

The run out is everything if you aren't sure about not sliding all the way to the bottom--serious consequneces.... Do you really think you could self arrest with axe of whippet...false sense of security? Hummmm

7/1/13 6:09am

rlsg

Thanks for the cool report and pics...

How were the mosquitoes (I hate 'em...)

7/1/13 6:07am

danpeck

Wow... I saw the same Family last weekend.

Was the line still open Gary and Jeff skied followed by you... the narrow line on the East side of the bowl?

I'm thinking of heading up tomorrow morning early.

7/1/13 6:02am

danpeck

Nice carry system. I'm going to try it.

Thanks for the Beta. I'm debating where to go tomorrow and this could be a good option.

7/1/13 6:00am

Pete A

good to see you too Kyle. nice of you to be the waterboy for your crew up there.

7/1/13 5:55am

Kyle Miller

It was awesome seeing you guys up there.

Must admit I had a blast hanging out on the warm rocks and being the unofficial waterboy of camp Sherman.

7/1/13 4:22am

Zap

Great to see you and Ross saw the tumble rather then experiencing. ;)

7/1/13 3:57am

Lowell_Skoog

author=Pete A link=topic=28927.msg121705#msg121705 date=1372681863]....the first skier of the day coming down around 13,000-13,500ft was skiing surprisingly fast given the conditions...

But that's how they do it in the movies!

:(

Sorry. Hot button.

Great report Pete.

7/1/13 12:24am

r1de

Great pics, great TR. Sounds like an awesome trip, glad it went well!

7/1/13 12:04am

Marcus

Yikes - glad the skier was okay. Nice work on getting the monkey off your back for a little while!

6/30/13 11:51pm

Gary_H

June 30, 2013, Interglacier ridin' fine

author=runcle link=topic=28920.msg121675#msg121675 date=1372552930]

Nice to run into you again Gary, Jeff and Jan! It was another great day to be in the Olympics!

We enjoyed seeing you as well. Although our day didn't include skis, it was definitely a fun day in the mountains. Here's another shot of mom and her kids enjoying the great views.

We'll definitely be back up that way before things...

6/30/13 11:46pm

Stuart Ryan

The Emmons is still in pretty good shape for skiing. A couple cautious snow bridge crossings but otherwise OK. Unfortunately on saturday morning a cloud settled on the mountain and left us just shy of the summit and unable to see much of anything until about 12,500 feet where we finally got to ski. Saw quite a few people coming in on skis and splits saturday around midday though, I hope they had some more success with the weather today.

6/30/13 1:34pm

SlowWalker

Hey! Nice meeting you too. That's you crossing the deep sun cups.

6/30/13 12:12pm

chieftaffy

June 29, 2013, Mt. Washington, NW Bowl

Nice meeting / skiing with you

6/30/13 10:09am

samski360

Pretty bad. Not the worst I've seen, but they provided plenty of motivation to keep moving. The only time they left us alone was when we were on the snow.

6/30/13 5:56am

rlsg

June 29, 2013, Mt. Washington, NW Bowl

Nice trip report!

How were the mosquitoes

6/30/13 5:46am

Charlie Hagedorn

June 28, 2013, Sunrise

Yee ha! Glad to see that the rhythm of life has returned! :). Smooth sailing!

6/30/13 5:43am

jtack

June 28, 2013, Sunrise

Crabbing clamming and fishing!

6/30/13 4:10am

chieftaffy

June 29, Old Chute - Mount Hood

Illumination rock as requested - 730 pm this evening

6/30/13 2:19am

BrianT

June 28, 2013, Burroughs

Crew before we headed up

Ant trail up the 2nd Burrough

Rainier Trying to make her presence through the clouds

Me droppi...

6/29/13 4:00pm

Dr. Telemark

South Sister, June 27

Going there next weekend, hope the snow holds.

Dr. Telemark

6/29/13 3:00pm

jasmind

June 29, Old Chute - Mount Hood

Hi .. I did take some photos but I won't be home for a few days to download the photos off my camera. Is there anything specific you are interested in? (I can post the photos on Tuesday..)

6/29/13 2:18pm

Lin

Jun 27, Lassen Pk.

Can you ski all the way back to the uppermost lot?

6/29/13 11:09am

cascadekid

June 29, Old Chute - Mount Hood

You didn't happen to take a photo of illumination rock did you?
If you did I'd love to see it.

6/29/13 10:03am

Jim Oker

You have a great eye, Radka.

We call our camperized Ford van (replaced the aging and simple eurovan with something we can stand in, with heat, fridge, and microwave) "Ramada"

6/29/13 6:26am

radka

Thank you all for your kind comments!

Dave - warming hut on wheels - I LOVE it! I think all of us were secretly plotting where we could take Westfalia in winter. I hope the owner realizes what he got himself into. Now he won't be able to get rid of us ;D

6/29/13 2:01am

Charlie Hagedorn

author=Kyle Miller link=topic=28905.msg121653#msg121653 date=1372443466]Awesome pics!

Indeed!

6/29/13 12:26am

flowing alpy

June 28, 2013, Sunrise

backside of sourdough does have coverage and 4/6 chutes go to valley floor.
most westernly section of ridge held best most continuous skiing but exit fom the bootpack on the east to ski back to lodge.

boating and fishing season begin monday, whew.
bF

6/28/13 5:49pm

Kyle Miller

Awesome pics!

6/28/13 11:46am

Dave_R