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Jan 28, 2013, Whitepine Divide, East of Stevens

Looks like conditions were quite good! Glad to hear it. Hope to join up with you guys soon. ;D

1/29/13 1:31am

John Morrow

author=kevino link=topic=27227.msg114726#msg114726 date=1359439735]
Looks like a good day out John and Jake. Wish I was back in the cascades...

Kevin,
Please let us know when you come back for a visit so we can set something up!
John

1/29/13 12:08am

John Morrow

Jan 17, 2013, Deadwood Lakes

author=gfunk link=topic=27092.msg114338#msg114338 date=1358919476]
Yeah, Big Bertha is the massive avy path that runs down the west of Crystal Peak. It hits 410 less than one mile south of the Mather Memorial fork.

Hello again,
Another question for you as I am pretty unfamiliar with that area:
Is there a gully break in the west trending ridge off the top of Chinook Peak 6904' that affords a north facing line back to...

1/29/13 12:02am

Kerr13

1/25 hogback wp

you're still skiing those faces? I figured you would have had that entire Caldera skiied out last week with all the high pressure we've seen recently. Give me another week or two to get some decent ski legs so I can keep up with you and i'll hit you up. I just got out on the my hippie stix last thursday for the first time this season. Did a quick run up to about 5,000' on round montain just east of the crest. see you soon filbo.

Aryn

1/28/13 10:56pm

kevino

Jan 28, 2013, Whitepine Divide, East of Stevens

Looks like a good day out John and Jake. Wish I was back in the cascades...

1/28/13 2:08pm

Charlie Hagedorn

Jan 28, 2013, Whitepine Divide, East of Stevens

Nice! The winter skis only spent one day on the rack; looks like it's time to take 'em down again!

1/28/13 1:39pm

myikat

Runcle, thnx for the local knowledge. Nice shots. Your skiing is amazing on the Neolithic gear you sport. Too much work for an old geezer.

1/28/13 1:20pm

telemack

Jan 20, Low Mtn Low Rte - Alpental to Granite

Doug: thanks for the pix.
That second photo looks like I might do alpine turns at times---don't blow my cover.... ;)

1/28/13 11:25am

dwayne

Crispin and the hounds on top of one of the Lowe peaks.............

1/28/13 10:41am

olymountainman

Jan 28, 2013, Mt Hood Newton

Yup, it's gonna get nasty with the systems coming in tonight and tomorrow :/ Hope its stable by this weekend.

1/28/13 10:39am

zwinters

January 21, 2013, Mt Baker b.c., Mt. Herman

author=zestysticks link=topic=27172.msg114677#msg114677 date=1359412475]
What are you trying to imply? That natural selection culls out the weak and genetically inferior? The guy is an idiot or retarded somehow because he went skiing alone?

I agree that the comment was not in good taste, but I don't think he was trying to imply any genetic or mental inferiority, just that skiers with that level of risk acceptance are the ones...

1/28/13 10:21am

zwinters

January 28, 2013, Mt. Baker sidecountry

Thanks for the heads up. Did you see many skiers taking their chances out there? With more snow falling today through Wednesday, and warming later in the week, it doesn't appear that things will be getting any less spicy anytime soon. I'm ready for another cold high pressure like new years week again.

1/28/13 10:04am

harrai

Nice work! Good to see so many splitboarders getting after it!

1/28/13 10:01am

runcle

Mac:

As requested.....

The flat light made for some difficult photo ops... You guys ski pretty well for a couple of old geezers :)

1/28/13 9:13am

Griff

author=CascadeClimber link=topic=27200.msg114667#msg114667 date=1359405739]
It's hard to avoid sometimes...I saw a guy get partially buried in a big slide just below The Turtle on Rainier a few years back. He was going up on foot and two skiers came over a roll above him and triggered it. The climber was swept several hundred vertical feet down the slope. Somehow everyone walked away with only some missing gear.

Seems to me that there is a LOT...

1/28/13 7:30am

counterfeitfake

January 21, 2013, Mt Baker b.c., Mt. Herman

We saw the same soft slabs on some north facing aspects. Curiously it didn't get better as we descended, it seemed to get worse. I was surprised by how wrong the NWAC forecast was, NWS had it right.

1/28/13 6:50am

zestysticks

???

author=T. Eastman link=topic=27172.msg114559#msg114559 date=1359188612]
... Darwin says...

For the past several days I have been mulling over your comment and in the end I must say that I am a little surprised that Marcus didn't delete your comment. Your comment is not in the right spirit. What are you trying to imply? That natural selection culls out the weak and genetically inferior? The guy is an idiot...

1/28/13 6:34am

there wasn't much the group above us could have done with respect to the sluffing. they were just trying to get up over a really steep section. not sure they quite knew where they were though. being that we were coming up from below we just made the call to get out of that area since we were directly below and the only way up was staying below them.

aime--- yes, east. sorry about that. approx 4500'. a couple of the big chutes between chair...

1/28/13 6:06am

meleady

author=mc link=topic=27200.msg114645#msg114645 date=1359394668]
i.e. rapid loading resulted in 30-40' shooting cracks at the end of the day and 6-8" soft slabs mixed with sluffs.

What aspect did you see this activity on? east? Thanks.

1/28/13 5:00am

mikerolfs

I loved the video. Keep it up!

"That's a cool thing" <-- understatement :)

1/28/13 4:51am

CascadeClimber

author=Griff link=topic=27200.msg114652#msg114652 date=1359398084]
Sad to hear of people sloughing other people. That, me thinks, is only gonna get worse until one day there is a tragedy and a group gets killed because of the actions of someone above.

Learn your sport people............

It's hard to avoid sometimes...I saw a guy get partially buried in a big slide just below The Turtle on Rainier a few years back....

1/28/13 4:42am

jtack

You are a hardy bunch! Great report thanks.

1/28/13 4:35am

scott_rinck

author=zwinters link=topic=27174.msg114551#msg114551 date=1359166933]
Well done, that's a pretty heavy looking line! Did you see Jason Hummel and party out there? I'm pretty sure that's about when they were in the Columbia Peak vicinity. Hummel's FB page has a couple sweet shots from their trip.

Yeah, half of our party (Erik Svege and Eric Wehrly) ran into them on the shoulder of Columbia. Brian Fletcher and I...

1/28/13 3:34am

scott_rinck

Awesome to almost run into you guys. Looks like you had a great mission. Love the spot you had down on the lakes. That same spot is awesome in the summer and is teeming with trout that are crazy easy to catch.

1/28/13 3:31am

Griff

Cool, I get carried away all the time when skiing great snow. I was gonna guess you are a tele skier and just were really dipping down low. LOL.

Either way, great to hear the good conditions report. Thanks!!

Sad to hear of people sloughing other people. That, me thinks, is only gonna get worse until one day there is a tragedy and a group gets killed because of the actions of someone above.

Learn your sport people............

1/28/13 2:34am

lrudholm

Whaaaaaaaaatttt!

1/28/13 1:54am

deeper than expected yesterday. almost made the call to stay home but you don't know til you go. great turns in the snoqs area. welcome back ullr!

dumped all day. i.e. rapid loading resulted in 30-40' shooting cracks at the end of the day and 6-8" soft slabs mixed with sluffs. sluffs had some weight and were entraining lots of snow.

a little before dark on my way out the steep chutes and slopes above source lake were letting go r...

1/28/13 1:37am

jwplotz

January 26, 2013, Tatoosh

Meticulously documented! I love reading well thoughtI out reports like this.

1/28/13 12:09am

altasnob

Good skiing in the Tatoosh on 1/27. Not sure how many are venturing out there today but be careful. There is a rain crust to about 5,500 from 1/25 where temps hit 32 at Paradise (about a third of the way up to the Castle). On 1/27 there was only a few inches on top of that crust but it was incredibly reactive. Above 5,500 the crust disappeared, and the skiing was very good and no signs of instability (although we didn't venture to to highest, open peaks that looked wind affected). While on...

1/27/13 10:49pm

JimD

Cooler than a moos & twice as hairy! Who'd a thunk so many people would congregate on Columbia at the same time.

1/27/13 10:04pm

PetraSkis

There were some deep pockets...but I actually meant to write waist deep...got a little carried away there. Now, if you are 6' 5" or taller that would only be thigh deep since I'm really short. ;-)

1/27/13 4:20pm

Griff

January 26, 2013, Tatoosh

Chest deep????

1/27/13 1:00pm

Andrew Carey

I did a ski patrol day the other day on the Mt. Tahoma Trails Association "ski"/"groomed" trails out of Ashford. The MTTA has been trying to get snowshoers and hikers (booters) to stay to the extreme sides of the groomed trail; trails are goomed for skiers according to the grooming coordinator. Lots of laughs. I mentioned this to 2 snowshoers coming down, and one said "I know, I know." I've spotted groups os snowshoers walking abreast, totally across the gr...

1/27/13 12:36pm

Timstirling

January 19-21, 2013, Diamond Peak OR, from North

Great report, I have looked at that route on a map before as it seems like on of the only options in winter. But I am not a fan of long approaches and or over night trips. Well overnight is ok getting to a base camp but I would want good vertical the second day. SW chutes are just so much fun and solid day trip. See my trip report for Phil last year, can't wait for a eat this year.

1/27/13 11:51am

Eckels

Hell yeah! A true Cascadian adventure!

1/27/13 11:39am

filbo

1/25 hogback wp

Went back out today 1/27 and it was better, deeper snow, colder and not a soul in the bc other than me.

1/27/13 11:23am

powhound

Another great report Ben! Looks like you guys had an awesome trip. Way to pull through with the late start, I don't know if I woulda..

1/27/13 7:05am

jacoblmandell

looked like a great trip! after scott posted the photo of twin lakes i've really wanted to get out there. looks like an incredible zone.

1/27/13 6:39am

bs.

January 26, 2013, Tatoosh

author=zwinters link=topic=27174.msg114551#msg114551 date=1359166933]
Did you see Jason Hummel and party out there? I'm pretty sure that's about when they were in the Columbia Peak vicinity.

we saw them hit the summit, but i bet they were too busy dealing with loose hand holds and steep transitions to notice the little specks watching them from the ridge below! nice work guys!

1/27/13 6:24am

trees4me

Yeah, we headed back to our skintrack and saw that the snowshoers had destroyed it. So I started to whine, but then ran into one of them peeing in the middle of the track. ???

Just gotta laugh about that one.

I was pretty shocked that we only ran into 3 other skiers all day. I must've missed the big dump alert? But it was skiing pretty good.

1/27/13 4:19am

Jake the Brit

January 26 ,2013, Mt Rainier Paradise area .

Good to know, thanks.

1/26/13 1:28pm

Robie

1/25 hogback wp

Thanks Filbo ,I took your report and applied it to Paradise Today 1/26 and was not dissappointed .

1/26/13 10:24am

scott_rinck

Jim,

Thanks. I've seen a lot of your photography out there as well. You've definitely covered the Cascades far and wide!

I enjoyed your trip report from your Columbia adventure. Different time of year, similar level of spectacularity. What a peak.

The sled made a narrow crossing in some very shallow water well below the main log crossing.

1/26/13 10:14am

JimD