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author=NickD link=topic=28837.msg121379#msg121379 date=1371698225]
Anyone else get much pollen on their skis?
Yes. Our skis were gumming up way above Cascade Pass. I took a few pictures of the cleaning process when I got home.
Before scraping:
"Cascade klister" on a scraper:
author=NickD link=topic=28837.msg121379#msg121379 date=1371698225]
Pretty lucky for me avoiding the pollen all spring.
Nick, it was good to see you up there. My Vector got heavy coat of pollen this time. The extruded fish-scale seems to pick up more even though it's not porous like the sintered. Time to take my old Atomics, i guess.
Thanks, Amar.
Quite a display that day! The luckiest experience I've had was skiing through a rainbow (at least it felt like we went all the way through) in the Cascades one spring day.
Quite a display that day! The luckiest experience I've had was skiing through a rainbow (at least it felt like we went all the way through) in the Cascades one spring day.
author=NickD link=topic=28837.msg121379#msg121379 date=1371698225]
Nice job with the line to Doubtful Lake for Mr. Bird and partner. Tough climb out? I always wondered how it would go.
NickD,
The climb out from Doubtful was no problem. We were able to skin up about 650VF, to the base of a steep little Rock/Snow head wall, that we booted up. The ski down to the lake is definitely worth the short walk back up to the Arm ;)
author=FreeBird link=topic=28837.msg121357#msg121357 date=1371652123]
Great day to be out 8)
https://vimeo.com/68665683
Nice job with the line to Doubtful Lake for Mr. Bird and partner. Tough climb out? I always wondered how it would go.
Anyone else get much pollen on their skis? I suspect it was from the final run in the Basin. Pretty lucky for me avoiding the pollen all spring. Final spring ski of the year. This weeke...
Select the image you want, then pick "Export" from the File menu, choose the "File Export" tab, and select Kind: JPEG, JPEG Quality: High (or Medium if necessary), Size: Custom with Max dimension of 800 px.
That should produce files that are small enough to upload to TAY.
Hart Mountain is pretty cool, I've driven through the area twice in years past on the way out to Steens Mountain from Klamath Falls. Not much snow those times though, in early summ...
That should produce files that are small enough to upload to TAY.
Hart Mountain is pretty cool, I've driven through the area twice in years past on the way out to Steens Mountain from Klamath Falls. Not much snow those times though, in early summ...
Ugh, that sucks - sorry about the cold injury. I'm planning on upgrading my splitty boots very soon, but not ready to go with hard; about to order the Deeluxe Spark XVs.
Unfortunately, all of my image files are way too big. Anyone know any tricks for making picture files smaller on iphoto?
author=shred link=topic=28837.msg121366#msg121366 date=1371668972]
Nice, Bird!
It was great to see old and new faces up there! Got to love the TAY community!
The skiing was so good... I think I will head back this weekend :)
As my wife and I were skinning up the Arm, I looked at the slope to the east and thought it looked like the best run off Sahale, by far.
A moment later you guys skied it. I'll have t...
author=r1de link=topic=28855.msg121363#msg121363 date=1371666852">
You running TLT5s on a splitty?
i was using TLT5 boots for awhile.... but then during the 4 day osceola traverse they gave me frostbite on 3 toes. after that, i get excruciating pain whenever i wear them. so now i'm trying out a pair of the dynafit...
author=Kyle Miller link=topic=28851.msg121360#msg121360 date=1371662820]
On a side note, HOLDEN HAS BACON NOW!!!!!! :)
pretty sure that's not *just* a side note ;)
Nice, Bird!
It was great to see old and new faces up there! Got to love the TAY community!
The skiing was so good... I think I will head back this weekend :)
It was great to see old and new faces up there! Got to love the TAY community!
The skiing was so good... I think I will head back this weekend :)
author=Don_B link=topic=28836.msg121354#msg121354 date=1371618587">
Here is a photo of a tangential pair later that day, looking high in the sky west over Puget Sound from Seattle at about 7 pm, so one may have been at the zenith and the other at 22 degrees?
Don, the upper halo certai...
rad.
can't wait to hear some stories about the 16 day "approach".
glad your bacon didn't run out.
can't wait to hear some stories about the 16 day "approach".
glad your bacon didn't run out.
author=cumulus link=topic=28851.msg121359#msg121359 date=1371660747]
is this is where that giant pillow size pack of shot bloks we saw you with by the side of hwy 20 got you?
Far out!
Nothing better than living off the lands and a fine assortment of Clif products for 16 days. It was an honor and I can't believe the weather turned out the way it did.
Would love to hear about your adventure.
is this is where that giant pillow size pack of shot bloks we saw you with by the side of hwy 20 got you?
Far out!
Far out!
Great day to be out 8)
https://vimeo.com/68665683
https://vimeo.com/68665683
Amar,
Thanks for the TR and all the info on halos. Here is a photo of a tangential pair later that day, looking high in the sky west over Puget Sound from Seattle at about 7 pm, so one may have been at the zenith and the other at 22 degrees? What do you think? Amazing displays of sun dogs, halos til sundown.
Thanks for the TR and all the info on halos. Here is a photo of a tangential pair later that day, looking high in the sky west over Puget Sound from Seattle at about 7 pm, so one may have been at the zenith and the other at 22 degrees? What do you think? Amazing displays of sun dogs, halos til sundown.
From Muir Camp on Rainier on Saturday I also noticed the 22* halo as well as the circumhorizontal arc, although like Paulina referred to them as 'rainbows in the sky' having no idea what I was actually looking at.
Very informative TR. great to learn something new!
Very informative TR. great to learn something new!
Well done young fellas! Glad it was a couple of born and raised Washingtonians, and cool to be both a skier and a boarder. Great to see Kyle out partying tonight, and already planning to return to Glacier Peak later this week for more lines. As I heard the world's most interesting man mimic'd: "stay thirty my friend."
Nice work, I was up there as a group of 4 on the 8th. We descended at 11 and the snow was already sloppy. A couple of big slides had already occurred from previous day and looked skier triggered and we triggered most of the rest of the slope, though they were manageable wet slides. I found the rock to be mostly solid, with a section or two of loose rock that got my attention. We camped below the bootpack, so did a few evening laps on the slopes below meany crest an...
author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=28839.msg121330#msg121330 date=1371583585]
Thanks for the detailed answer and photo, that's useful info to know that rocks are loose at times in basically the same spots where everything has seemed solid on my trips.
Could this perhaps be f(x) of temp?
Thanks for the detailed answer and photo, that's useful info to know that rocks are loose at times in basically the same spots where everything has seemed solid on my trips.
On my future Little T summits, I'll make sure to retain the high degree of caution I had the first time up there, and not trust the rock blindly just because it has seemed to be solid on previous trips. Might as well retain the typical warnings of loose rock in the guidebook too.
On my future Little T summits, I'll make sure to retain the high degree of caution I had the first time up there, and not trust the rock blindly just because it has seemed to be solid on previous trips. Might as well retain the typical warnings of loose rock in the guidebook too.
As Silas identified, we were the old skiers and tourists in the UK. ;)
The FreeBird video entry at the West slopes was great. His segment on the falls was awesome. Great time being there. ;)
The FreeBird video entry at the West slopes was great. His segment on the falls was awesome. Great time being there. ;)
Nicely done, Amar. Thank you for posting about solar halos; I definitely learned something (as per usual) from an Amar Andalkar TR.
Thanks all for your comments!
author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=28839.msg121312#msg121312 date=1371535961]
The way that I've gone each time does not aim straight towards the summit, but instead goes up and right to the top of the east ridge near 11100 ft (the summit is 11138 ft). It then traverses west toward the summit on entirely solid rock, intersecting the final chimney to the summit only about 8-10 ft below the top, and the rock remains soli...
Thanks Chris,
I forgot to put sunscreen on my arms and now they are darker than my daughters! She was impressed until she saw how it turns white just below my shoulders.
Awesome pics as always Kenji!
David
I forgot to put sunscreen on my arms and now they are darker than my daughters! She was impressed until she saw how it turns white just below my shoulders.
Awesome pics as always Kenji!
David
We spent 4 days touring around the area. Coleman pinnacle was a mank march on rainy Thursday the 13th, certainly not the best choice to introduce the area to my guest from Europe; steep line to skiers right of prow below Table was great, Friday the 14th. Herman up the SW side and down E SE was wonderful Saturday after a hard freeze. Opted out of Fathers day march up Herman saddle but heard it was pretty runneled.
Big cornice broke off above blueberries sounded like thunder, shown in...
Big cornice broke off above blueberries sounded like thunder, shown in...
author=FreeBird link=topic=28824.msg121253#msg121253 date=1371403863]
We were up there on the 13th. The new snow made things sticky so we went for a walk and ran into some kayakers :D
That is pretty intense. Pretty fortunate to see that action. Didn't know that they dropped that falls. I would have had the phone already dialed 91 and ready to push the last 1!
author=Zap link=topic=28824.msg121238#msg121238 date=1371343168]
There were tourists out looking at the old folks skiing.
Hopefully the old folks skiing were tourists too, at least by the google definition :) :
"tour·ist
/ˈto͝orist/
Noun
A person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure."
Yup, halos, saw then over Shuksan while rollerskiing up to the ski area at Baker, fairly common...
author=cchapin link=topic=28839.msg121289#msg121289 date=1371494525">
After the rock step, the summit ridge still seemed so far away. But eventually we made it. We knew the true summit had to be tagged or it would bother us. I was already vowing never to come back to the summit ridge. Little T is the most rotten PoS I have ever been on - worse than Formidable was last summer. The class 3 scramble to the true summit is not confidence inspiring when the han...
Very impressive Radka and Chris,
you guys Rock!
... you too, Jeff ;)
you guys Rock!
... you too, Jeff ;)
Judging from the time of your descent, i think I watched you guys ski down the upper Easton from my perch on the summit of Lincoln.
Sigh. Way to rub it in.
Sigh. Way to rub it in.
Class 3 + rotten rock = Class 4
Class 4 + ski boots = Class 5
awesome photos
awesome day
thanks for the inspiration.
Class 4 + ski boots = Class 5
awesome photos
awesome day
thanks for the inspiration.
Very impressive work sansa skins. That summit scramble photo is awesome. To imagine doing that on such crappy rock is heart stopping.
Thanks for organizing a great trip, Brian. It doesn't get better than this. What a great group.
This day will long be remembered as the day of the halos.
This day will long be remembered as the day of the halos.
Sounds like a great trip. Glad I opted to Sahale, that was hard enough for me ;D
Great photos and nice work! David is too cool tele'ing with shorts and shades 8)
Awesome report. Awesome photos. Makes me really want to go up there.
Nice work!! I was there 2 weeks ago, I was still able to ski all the way to the PCT at that time. I had the unconsolidated mush as well, a bit spooky! The boot up the wets face is surprisingly fast, I think easier than slogging in snow along the north ridge. Get the corn while you can!!
Seems like there was a lot of color everywhere on Saturday. These were the women we had a chat with on Paradise Gl
Just looks like a bunch of UFO's to me.