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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
author=mc link=topic=28554.msg120355#msg120355 date=1369338459]
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.
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Eager to read your story.
Looks like you went south to north.
Doh! Your right. I just edited the text. A little brain fogginess from the trip I suppose.
the Sierra (Mammoth, Tioga Pass areas) - ditto. As we've had a few inch storm, the past few wks.
Eager to read your story.
Looks like you went south to north.
Looks like you went south to north.
Ha! Got me! I've had Anna stop and turn around, and require some MAJOR encouraging (read shouting, swearing, threatening). Looks like she had a great time, all in all, though.
Aaron was not rocking the Beegees (unfortunately), but he was rocking some pretty sweet shades..
I was actually thinking what a lucky group of gals, getting to hang out with the wild one. time to get myself some yoga pants.
I'm in Jeff. I've got a boat load of mostly empty jetboil cans saved up for such an occasion.
(and kyle, you would have gotten your invite if you made it to Ben's bar-b-q the night before.)
I'm in Jeff. I've got a boat load of mostly empty jetboil cans saved up for such an occasion.
(and kyle, you would have gotten your invite if you made it to Ben's bar-b-q the night before.)
well, you where there, i wasn't. on sight observations trump some tool on the internet. besides, I'm the last guy who should be giving safety lectures. ;)
you are observations are correct though. looking at my photo, there looks like there was more snow. this was the morning one. still cant find the bigger one from the afternoon that i think came from the cascade side.
you are observations are correct though. looking at my photo, there looks like there was more snow. this was the morning one. still cant find the bigger one from the afternoon that i think came from the cascade side.
nice, Jim
jeff's clone
Lander
jeff's clone
Lander
This was a dusk patrol boys, some of us actually went to work earlier in the day. The real question is how does Silas get all these beautiful women to carry wine and cheese up for him!
Armchair away! :) I'm not going to disagree with you, there is serious potential in the bottom section of that couloir and I don't think I'd ever assume it was completely "safe" any time of year.
We figured that with the extreme heat and sun during the week the heavily loaded snow would have gone already. The big stuff had, comparing runout sizes what we witnessed was far less then a 1/4 of what happened earlier in the week. It was still enou...
We figured that with the extreme heat and sun during the week the heavily loaded snow would have gone already. The big stuff had, comparing runout sizes what we witnessed was far less then a 1/4 of what happened earlier in the week. It was still enou...