TR Replies

March 23-25, Isolation Traverse Plus

hey thanks all. Wow i'm super stoked on the feedback. The first pov i made so yeah more to come for sure.

we were the ones that got locked into the parking lot.
For future folks park, youre cars outside of the gate or be sure to get back by 6. we managed to track an employee down but he wasnt too stoked on unlocking the gate.

again thanks and i'm glad a little steep pow skiing can help the normal work week.
lets hope we g...

4/12/13 4:25am

Roger Strong

Outstanding job Erin, Forrest and Kurt! amazing looking variation that is now on the list...thanks for sharing and great catching up at Red Rock Rendezvous Erin!

4/11/13 6:50am

alecapone

Awesome! Great edit adam.

And What a huge day! Cool to see you all that night. You all had stoke written all over your faces.

Your tracks looks sick from table mt! (where I had an equally huge day doing a half lap. Sorry. No go pro. I dont think the public could handle it.)

4/11/13 3:50am

alecapone

Heh..

I was kidding. That was my car parked at the gate. seen you guys pitching your tents when I pulled in. Thought I would see you at some point.

Judging by the shadow line in the first pic, im about at the colchuck col.

4/11/13 3:43am

Charlie Hagedorn

Rewatched the first half again this morning. Compelling; did you have any bail options in the chute?

As a bonus, Stone Walls is my new bluegrass 'o the week. Thank you!

4/11/13 3:42am

Vince Lamphier

March 31, 2013, Mt. St Helens, easter corn

Awesome video and tour man! My head was sideways most of the time watching you come off of the hanging glacier. Sweeeet!!

4/11/13 2:59am

I completely forgot about Easter as well, my left over pizza from Lone Fir was good, but desert of chocolate and jelly beans was even better. Moral of the story, always invite at least one girl per trip, they always think of all types of things you won't. I'm good at shot bloks and rainier, beyond that I'm totally worthless :)

4/11/13 2:39am

Yansen

That was rad! Your video just made my mundane morning coffee way more enjoyable!

4/11/13 1:23am

Jason_H.

Awesome Adam. I felt like I was there. You must do more of these ;) Thanks for sharing. Shuksan is a mountain that gives and gives.

4/11/13 12:40am

JoshK

Wow, this is awesome, really well done man. I'm also not normally a fan of PoV footage all that much, but maybe i'm a convert to it now! The music was awesome, and perfect for the slow and contemplative nature of the steeps. Fading the music out for the suspense of the scary first few turns was a great effect. I felt myself tense up when hearing the sound of the few icy bits, and felt the tension leave when you exit the narrow choke and break in to the faster, wide open turns. Stay saf...

4/10/13 3:25pm

Marcus

Great music in the vid -- who is it? The footage of the drop into the headwall is great.

4/10/13 2:52pm

Good2Go

author=dberdinka link=topic=28238.msg118747#msg118747 date=1365653573]
Extra gnar points for the complete lack of the ubiquitous Whippets.

X2! And extra style points for killing it wherever the snow allowed.

4/10/13 2:25pm

LukerBee

Not usually a fan of helmet cam vids - but that was really good - especially the first part. Nicely done.

4/10/13 1:42pm

jordansahls

Awesome trip! The boot prints you found on the summit of Glacier peak belong to myself and a friend. We did the Dakobed traverse, starting at Tall Timbers ranch and ending in the White river valley (TR here: http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1101570)

That area is absolutely amazing, glad we weren't the only ones to hit GP given the amazing weather.

4/10/13 1:33pm

dberdinka

Extra gnar points for the complete lack of the ubiquitous Whippets. Amazing steeps there on the headwall and beyond.

4/10/13 1:12pm

stoudema

Damned impressive as usual Kyle! Thanks for sharing the stoke and enduring the suffer fest and documenting your adventure with the rest of us!

4/10/13 1:05pm

jwplotz

Cool report and photos but good God, walk the road next time, and don't do it a second time. Much preferable than calling Chelan Co. sheriff's to get rescued had you taken a spill in the creek.

4/10/13 1:00pm

tsuyoshi

author=alecapone link=topic=28241.msg118742#msg118742 date=1365649656]

Is that a skin track on the colchuck glacier?

no skin track on the glacier from what we could tell... we kept thinking we would see someone going up the glacier with such great weather

4/10/13 12:15pm

alecapone

I dunno. That log crossing looks to exciting to miss! I say you got the exit right.

Nice work getting the weather window and great snow!

Is that a skin track on the colchuck glacier?

4/10/13 12:07pm

Kyle Miller

Great work skiing two amazing lines Adam, Eben and Eduardo!

Talk about great conditions.

4/10/13 11:00am

Gregg_C

Adam, I rarely watch clips but I started watching yours and couldn't stop. That was really well done. The headwall clip was scary to watch and then you ended with some high speed GS turns on the Northwest. Excellent! Thanks for putting that together and sharing it.

4/10/13 10:48am

Rowan Stewart

were you the guys who got locked in the white salmon lot? anyway that was so sick. epic. I can't wait to ride the nwc, its at the top of my list...

4/10/13 9:23am

Chamois

Whew - that was steep, now were cruising - aggggg! that's steep and narrow, whew, past that, agggg! Repeat.

Awesome. My toes were curling at several junctions.

4/10/13 8:01am

christoph benells

dude im giving you 2 replies cause that was so sick!

4/10/13 6:03am

christoph benells

April 3, 2013, Indianhouse Chutes, AK

that was awesome man!

the sluff off of hanging glacier shot is so epic!!!

4/10/13 6:02am

jimmyjam

Nice TR, thanks for posting. I probably went by that chute hundreds of times as a kid learning to ski at Alyeska. Beautiful panorama shot of Turnagain Arm, brings back lots of memories.

4/10/13 4:15am

~Link~

March 30-31, 2013, ONP Hurricane Ridge-Deer Park

Wow, Kyle. Very impressive, as expected.

4/10/13 3:22am

Randito

April 8, Dawn Slot pow

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4/10/13 2:57am

ron j

March 17, 2013, Fumbelin

author=cchapin link=topic=27941.msg117584#msg117584 date=1363633343]
LOL!!! Hahahah, that's awesome, thanks for sharing.

This post would not have been possible without the guidance from 'ron j' :)

Out-Fubelin makes life more mellow . ;)
Nice work.

4/9/13 11:32pm

danpeck

Mack! One of these days I'll do that traverse. You know I've been wanting to do that.

I'm just back from a spring break trip to escalante, ut.

We need to tour in April!

4/9/13 2:24pm

Atraslin

Mar 29, 13, Birkenstock Couloir

jwplotz, Next time I will have a rope, falling is not an option. Liam went for it.
Maybe he was thinking of the Shane Mckconkey quote. Don`t just stand there, ski
and jump off something.``

I actually excavated my entrance enough. to allow for the full ski length drop in.

4/9/13 1:20pm

Atraslin

March 31, 2013, Spider Mountain, North Face Chute

Sick line! Looked at that on the S-Loop past July. Looks like you nailed it!

4/9/13 1:15pm

String

25 Mar 2013, Big Four north face climb/ski

author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=28177.msg118700#msg118700 date=1365562148">
On Cascade Climbers: Three Fingers - east face couloir 3/9/2013

Dan posts most of his TRs there now, usually in the *freshiezone* forum, including his version of this trip: Big Four - north face 3/25/2013

4/9/13 12:21pm

Amar Andalkar

25 Mar 2013, Big Four north face climb/ski

author=String link=topic=28177.msg118695#msg118695 date=1365556301">
In one of the pics in the link it says that dan skied the ramp on the Three Fingers. Any chance there is a trip report from that to look at? I went out to scope it in january and had a terrible experience when a snowbank collapsed on me and I dislocated my shoulder miles from the car in squire creek. Would love to see any pics from his adventure out there. Thanks!

4/9/13 11:49am

radski

March 2013, Trip Report- Republic of Georgia, Svane

Generally very safe, other group had a heli so they got security for that. Otherwise most everyone is hospitable, except for some drunkenness. Obviously pre-negotiate taxi rates and destinations and housing prices, but no one will try to gouge you too bad. Not sure what the deal with selling gear would be as I only donated stuff to the local kids, but given that there is only one ski shop in Tbilisi you might have some luck with beater ski gear, though not enough westerners skiing to sell anythi...

4/9/13 11:24am

String

25 Mar 2013, Big Four north face climb/ski

Awesome line!

In one of the pics in the link it says that dan skied the ramp on the Three Fingers. Any chance there is a trip report from that to look at? I went out to scope it in january and had a terrible experience when a snowbank collapsed on me and I dislocated my shoulder miles from the car in squire creek. Would love to see any pics from his adventure out there. Thanks!

4/9/13 10:11am

Eben

April 2, 2013, Chamonix, France, Capucin Traverse

sweet trip, way to make it happen! An access tip i learned from the legendary splitboarding doctor of Darrington is to take the defined ridge just south of fire creek up out of the whitechuck valley to meet the PCT west of fire creek pass. it's a relatively painless way into the N side of glacier though you still gotta deal with the put to bed road and trail washouts in the first mile.

4/9/13 8:59am

Scotsman

Nice.... What a season they are having in Chamonix, incredible conditions.
Can't wait to get back out there.

Great report....but the video is unwatchable....you should have edited rather than just sped it up as I couldn't watch the jerkiness.

Look forward to more reports.

4/9/13 4:25am

Jason4

Apr 7. Artist's Point et al

I popped about a foot deep crown in Oi on Sunday and watched a skier pop a very wide (~100 ft) but shallow sympathetic slide on the Elbow. There were definite signs of instability near the ski area.

Good to hear that you had fun and made it out safe.

4/9/13 2:44am

JoshK

April 3, 2013, Indianhouse Chutes, AK

Holden...I love that place! Big mountains, great riding, cool people, truly incredible scenery. It has it all.

Awesome trip, man, truly awesome!! I never would have thought to go check out out that Beowulf couloir. I was in the same area as you last year, doing a big traversing loop. The ski down from Dumbbell/Greenwood is so scenic, as is that whole Lyman Lakes area, Chiwawa, etc. We went out via Cloudy, and North Star and skied down that area in your picture after dropping back over...

4/8/13 7:13pm

alecapone

Nice day!

Love the sea level start.

Jealous.

4/8/13 12:35pm

alecapone

Yes Jake a while bag of tricks! I even used Kyle's jet boil trick to get my camp fire going.

Don't want to give the impression I am a hard guy or anything. My biggest camp crisis was letting my fire go completely out one night.

4/8/13 12:15pm

alecapone

Brutally Beautiful!!!

Way to keep it together and pull off another one!

4/8/13 12:05pm

alecapone

Thanks everyone! kind of flattered really.

Thanks for the writer position offer as well, but isn't that what we are all doing? putting the free in free-lance. Besides, you would need a staff editor, and fact checker. your old boots served me very well, a lot of miles, but I think they have had it. I promise you they will have a nice resting place.

And beowulf the dog...? I love it, Lowell.

It was solo, but not by design. I invited a few of you. Everyon...

4/8/13 12:01pm

kath

my third read .. and still it sucks me in .. and man o man i love all those pix .. love you kyle and keep it up!

4/8/13 8:48am

avajane

Hot Dam! So you take a cell phone photo of some obscure ice climb Bertulis put up; hop a boat to some weird little town I've never heard; skin up some deserted valley; sleep out by yourself and then solo and ride the ice climb? Then you do it over and over for the next several days until you run out of Whiskey? Who are you???? Very impressed.

4/8/13 7:44am

dirtnerd

Garibaldi Neve Mar29-31

pics:
1) corn harvest high on Garibaldi
2) The Sharkfin
3) Glaciology Huts, Garibaldi Lake, and the Black Tusk

4/8/13 6:10am

dirtnerd

Garibaldi Neve Mar29-31

more pics
1) sat morning
2) atwell peak and howe sound
3) booting just above the schrund

4/8/13 6:05am

jwplotz