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Thanks for the report guys. Thats one for the list. When I first moved to Washington in 1985 we went camping at Cooper Lake and I'll always remember that area's beauty...that approach looks like a fair trade for 3,000 feet of good angled skiing!
Jaime it looks as though you have been making the best of your travels as well. Thanks for the great shots and TR.
Thanks for report. I was curious how it was up there.
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Great to be able to link an errand up with Pilchuck skiing! Thanks John for being another available senior so we had a fun lap in slushy 2-4" corn before returning to the summit for a rendezvous with Pilchuck locals and a gaggle of girls for senior sitting snacks and wine, then a fun run down to the cars for evening BBQ and beverages. Weather, company, skiing, and long daylight hour...
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You have been laying back, I would love to see more of your photography, these are a wonderful collection. Thanks for the report.
I agree!
You have been laying back, I would love to see more of your photography, these are a wonderful collection. Thanks for the report.
Awesome pics, and good write-up! Hoping to be heading up there in early June as well. Thanks for the beta!
Thanks for the info as well, I've been wondering what things are actually like up there. Not all information is precise if you know what I mean...
Thank you for posting this information. Great second photo!
author=Patarero link=topic=28624.msg120422#msg120422 date=1369419115]actually scored some powder in the sw chutes on adams on monday (5/20)
Nice!
But which approach/trailhead did you use?
(Sorry for the thread drift...)
nice, debated going up this week
actually scored some powder in the sw chutes on adams on monday (5/20)
actually scored some powder in the sw chutes on adams on monday (5/20)
Looking good guys!
I'm stoked you got the weather and the snow.
I'm stoked you got the weather and the snow.
Good on you!!! Argh! I knew I should have scheduled this surgery later in year!
Great write-up! Trips like this exemplify what this pastime is all about.
Wow Jamie, you've had quite a week! That ski looks just about perfect. Nice turns Polly!
Wow Vince, what a great line to cross off the list, such an iconic decent. Good for you! Thanks for the report!
Been nearly 30 years for me and wanting to get all the way back there. I can be so lazy.
In fact, a number of times here in the last month I have looked back there and said I gotta go.
Thanks for the great TR. Looks so beautiful!!
In fact, a number of times here in the last month I have looked back there and said I gotta go.
Thanks for the great TR. Looks so beautiful!!
author=mc link=topic=28554.msg120373#msg120373 date=1369346754]btw....is the flume still a go? recall it from my youth....
Yes, the Flume and all of Franconia Notch is still just as dramatic and enjoyable a tourist/sightseeing/hiking spot as ever -- your daughter will love it!
(Well, except that the Old Man collapsed several years ago, but that was always kind of hokey...)
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Our snow melts very quickly out here -- a May 5 TR isn't even worthwhile beta for right now.
As for a couple weeks from now, any skiing will be skiing for the sake of skiing (if you know what I mean...).
Figure ~50' vertical (yes, fifty) easily accessed from near the top of Otto D. Rhoade, or ~500' (or perhaps as little as half that) by hiking up (and down!)...
Awesome guys. Thank you for letting me take that journey through your writing and pictures. I have wondered about it for years.
Awesome! I saw that line on a flight last month. It's beautiful. Inspiring stuff. :D
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headed back to littleton in a couple weeks for a suprise 70th b-day for my mom. now you got me thinking about bringing my split. snow looks thin in some of those cruxes so i'm wondering if it would be worth bringing it.....
Our snow melts very quickly out here -- a May 5 TR isn't even worthwhile beta for right now.
As for a couple weeks from now, any...
headed back to littleton in a couple weeks for a suprise 70th b-day for my mom. now you got me thinking about bringing my split. snow looks thin in some of those cruxes so i'm wondering if it would be worth bringing it.....
thoughts?
thanks for TR!
ciao,
mc
thoughts?
thanks for TR!
ciao,
mc
admittedly, if i saw you two on a glacier i would think it a mirage. i feel compelled to serenade you with a poem, courtesy of edgar allan poe:
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength...
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength...
That's a great trip and a great report, first or 100th.
You two look like you are having a blast.
You two look like you are having a blast.
Love it, you've re-ignited my obsession with that area.
Perfectly awesome steph! Way to go.
Great ski/snowrboarding story. I too especially liked the dry hump anaolgy, though in my pervy mind I was picturing it as more of a reality.
Truely sorry we never got together this winter.
Keep it up rad lady!
Great ski/snowrboarding story. I too especially liked the dry hump anaolgy, though in my pervy mind I was picturing it as more of a reality.
Truely sorry we never got together this winter.
Keep it up rad lady!
Good eye jamie!
Something sweeter about finally getting that last peice of fruit off the tree you weren't quite sure you could reach. Pays to let it get perfectly ripe, eh?
Great adventure and write up guys.
Something sweeter about finally getting that last peice of fruit off the tree you weren't quite sure you could reach. Pays to let it get perfectly ripe, eh?
Great adventure and write up guys.
Awesome work, I think you made the right choice not going to Stuart!
This is the only photo I got of the N Ridge, which appeared to be pretty dry. All the lower pitches were completely dry.
What a great line. I'm sure glad you saw it from the air, Jamie. Thanks for including me on this adventure.
I'll be back to this spot for sure. The meadow below the chute was wonderful; Meandering river, flat valley bottom, towering cliff walls with tall waterfalls, and of course a nearly 3000' ski run at the far end. Good place for a family hike.
Here is a photo in the Becky Guide. We parked at Cooper Lake, but we didn't get this view. The ski w...
I'll be back to this spot for sure. The meadow below the chute was wonderful; Meandering river, flat valley bottom, towering cliff walls with tall waterfalls, and of course a nearly 3000' ski run at the far end. Good place for a family hike.
Here is a photo in the Becky Guide. We parked at Cooper Lake, but we didn't get this view. The ski w...
nice one! i think many of us have spied that big SE couloir splitting the Lemahs and thought about skiing it...good of ya to get it
Quote: "epic (as in Odyssey epic)". That is wonderful.
It was a pleasure to show you fellows around one of the very best places on earth.
This was a strong effort all around--probably about 75% whiteout for the alpine portions of the tour, with heads-up wet slide conditions in the steeps. I think we each had a few pounds of water weight in our gear by the end.
I'm working on my own esoteric trip report, but Dan's will no doubt be better read...
It was a pleasure to show you fellows around one of the very best places on earth.
This was a strong effort all around--probably about 75% whiteout for the alpine portions of the tour, with heads-up wet slide conditions in the steeps. I think we each had a few pounds of water weight in our gear by the end.
I'm working on my own esoteric trip report, but Dan's will no doubt be better read...
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Screw work Dan, we need a report! Looks like a fantastic trip, nice work with the camera as well.
Patience my friend. ;D
The narrative will come. I've got St. Helens planned for this Thursday/Friday so I'm hoping for Sunday writing :)
Funny about the photos--my camera's LCD went out on the first day so I was guess...
Colchuck lake Trail was in good shape on Sunday. Sandal worthy not ski boot worthy.
IMHO.
IMHO.
Scotty, I still have your pics from when you took them of the avy a couple years ago that swept the whole thing.
After Kyle and I hit the CJ (which was NOT the plan for that day, we just kind of went spur of the moment), it will make you reconsider your approach to ski mountaineering. Period. What a line though. ;)
After Kyle and I hit the CJ (which was NOT the plan for that day, we just kind of went spur of the moment), it will make you reconsider your approach to ski mountaineering. Period. What a line though. ;)
Screw work Dan, we need a report! Looks like a fantastic trip, nice work with the camera as well.
I don't suppose you took any pictures of the north ridge. Is it still covered in snow or would it be possible climb right now (well really in a month)?
You should be able to drive all the way by then, lots of snowmobiles on sunday but not a single one on our way out monday.......not sure about the milers?
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Holy glacier-blue OR cirque pants, batman...
Yea, we all laughed when we showed up with the same pants. Definitely awesome pants!
Holy glacier-blue OR cirque pants, batman...
Holy crap that was a big one! Yeah what we saw was nothing close to that magnitude. The portion that made it's way over to CJ was enough to knock a person off their feet if they were in the trough for some reason, but not massive. It was the rocks that scared me.
We did start plenty early, we just had piss poor route planning. Had we of just followed the road to the switch back we would have topped out and been down long before this.
We did start plenty early, we just had piss poor route planning. Had we of just followed the road to the switch back we would have topped out and been down long before this.