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Nice work dude! I'm jealous!
Thanks for posting for the mere mortals lurking here!
Wow! I hope ya'll had a safety meeting beforehand. Great pics! Thanks for sharing.
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.
"I'm sure everyone is being careful out there ..... I do know that he was riding alone" ???
Joke, I'm glad your friend is ok.
Yesterday was a pretty picture perfect example of when to not go skiing solo (IMO). Various buried sun crusts and surface hoars, wind, and insolation . No, it hadn't just dumped 3 feet of new storm snow, but all of the components were there. Again, I'm glad he lucked out.
Joke, I'm glad your friend is ok.
Yesterday was a pretty picture perfect example of when to not go skiing solo (IMO). Various buried sun crusts and surface hoars, wind, and insolation . No, it hadn't just dumped 3 feet of new storm snow, but all of the components were there. Again, I'm glad he lucked out.
Wow, great trip Scott and company -- awesome video too.
Love this one:
Love this one:
Way to deal with a challenging situation in a pretty efficient way. I was with the Wildsnow group that had the Dynafit Stoke rip-out on the Fuhrer Finger. Once on more moderate terrain below the Fuhrer Finger, we were able to screw the toe piece into another set of inserts (that hadn't yet been used). A couple thousand vert later, these new inserts ripped out as well. (Granted, the remount was a bit hasty, and there may have been some debris in the threads.) Check out Louie's writeup o...
Cool trip. I had been thinking about an Alp to Granite tour for years. Glad some one has more gumption then me.......LOL.
Nice man. Another great report. I have rock climbed in the Aiguille Rouge, your report brings back great memories.
North Face of the Midi in your plans.........the Mallory perhaps???? Yikes.........
North Face of the Midi in your plans.........the Mallory perhaps???? Yikes.........
Nice pics and report. Not that this has anything to do with your trip Vince, but I had a friend nearly get buried on herman yesterday (not true summit, but the smaller peak most folks ski facing the ski area). I wasn't there, so I don't know all of the details. I'm sure everyone is being careful out there, but remember that sunny days != stability (duh). I do know that he was riding alone, and got flushed down face first and pushed out the end of the slide....
Sheeeit.
This is proabably the best piece of content I've seen in the last couple of years on TAY.
You guys killed it.
This is proabably the best piece of content I've seen in the last couple of years on TAY.
You guys killed it.
Thanks for a well written TR and great photos. It nice to see Diamond from a different perspective.
Very fine video, Scott! Fine way to spend a sunny day!
That is a really cool thing.
Well deserved "Party ski"!
Well deserved "Party ski"!
Awesome trip! Great B&W's. Thanks for sharing!
WOW! Super impressive. And killer weather! Nicely done
The video segment where you point'em over the rocks and let them ride was particularly nice. Strong work.
Thanks for all the comments! I only saw Thielsen from a distance, backlit (it's on the horizon in the "view of true summit" photo), and I have only been there in the summer, so can't say much. And the secret for the photos is to upload them first to flickr (or some other site, like photobucket), then find the URLs for each image, and insert those into the text of the post enclosed in img tags.
Vince, that does not look like creamy dreamy pow/corn! Been the same over here, but the sun above the inversion makes any trip worth the effort. thanks for the TR and pictures.
Nice tour Forest and Trevor! The map is indeed nice to follow the route description
Leave some for me :) I'll be there in a week. Keep the beta coming!
Looks gorgeous, thanks for the tr. How is Thielson looking? I've always wanted to get up there with skis. Also, what's your secret to posting so many pics rather than being limited to three low quality ones?
Very cool! Creative way to string together a circuit out there.
That pic of the sisters is first class. Great trip report. thanks for da stoke.
Love it! Big fan of adventurous XCD routes. Well told.
Great report, very interesting.
Oregon represent!
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Too bad I spent the whole time working!
Same here...but I do appreciate the trip reports and quality photos, they motivate me to find a job with more free time!
Nice pics and a good read. Thanks for sharing.
Nicely done on the videos! I found myself leaning into the turns, and cringing from the rock walls. Cool terrain!
rad couloirs!
glad to see the venture is getting the goods.
glad to see the venture is getting the goods.
Much thanks to Fresh and the rest of our crew for pooling our resources and helping me get out on what was left of my setup.
The shop where I got my setup is helping me with reclaiming some new skis and bindings from Dynafit. I'm not sure what to expect, or demand, from them, but am pretty worried about having to rely on them in the future. The shop suggested I sell the whole rig and get some new stuff...
The shop where I got my setup is helping me with reclaiming some new skis and bindings from Dynafit. I'm not sure what to expect, or demand, from them, but am pretty worried about having to rely on them in the future. The shop suggested I sell the whole rig and get some new stuff...
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Hearing about more and more of these insert failures doesn't exactly make me feel confident skiing my Manaslus in high-consequence conditions.
I ski the Manaslu's. I find when I ski in high consequence situations, my turns are calculated and I make a concerted effort to always stay centered, and have never had a binding rip out even in non release...
Thanks Ben. Unfortunately that trip didn't take it off the hit list....it just made me want to go back when there's deep stable snow so I can point it. ;)
Nice trip report, I really like the three pictures of the sunset on the Sisters. thanks
Nice today Trevor and Forest and the photo and topo are great. ;)
same thing happened to me this past weekend as well, on the wilson glacier, on voile chargers. clean rip right out of the ski. no inserts.
could Dynafit screws serve to be a tad more aggressive?
could Dynafit screws serve to be a tad more aggressive?
Looking forward to your photos.
Hope the weather will be great for the Valle Blanche.
Hope the weather will be great for the Valle Blanche.
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Awesome trip, that looks beautiful.
I remember Amar had a similar incident a couple years ago and salvaged the trip with Voile straps:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=21086.0
But Amar's appeared to be K2 Mt Baker Superlights/Waybacks without inserts ....
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Hearing about more and more of these insert failures doesn't exactly make me feel confident skiing my Manaslus in high-consequence conditions.
Lou Dawson just posted on Wildsnow his advice against using them in high consequence conditions. Anyhow I think the question is moot except for those of us that have a few pair of skis with insert...
nice job fellas... i'm really surprised the Tahoma was filled in so well this early into the winter.
regarding dynafit - they don't exactly have a perfect record when it comes to bindings either.... their Dynafit TriStep binding toe pieces were crap....they quickly discontinued making them but never offered up a recall or exchange, I still have a pair of them sitting in my basement.
Hearing about more and more of these insert failures doesn't...
regarding dynafit - they don't exactly have a perfect record when it comes to bindings either.... their Dynafit TriStep binding toe pieces were crap....they quickly discontinued making them but never offered up a recall or exchange, I still have a pair of them sitting in my basement.
Hearing about more and more of these insert failures doesn't...
Glad to have you two still around.
Amazing what two souls individually unsure in the confidence of the situation can accomplish when they are 100% confident in each other.
This TR hits the alpine heart hard. Thanks for the candid sharing.
Amazing what two souls individually unsure in the confidence of the situation can accomplish when they are 100% confident in each other.
This TR hits the alpine heart hard. Thanks for the candid sharing.
Well done on a route rarely climbed in the winter, folks. I looked at the West Side road on our way out on Saturday and was surprised not to see any cars- I must have overlooked yours.
On the Dynafit ski issue- I know of at least one other person on this site who also had a Dynafit binding rip out of a Dynafit ski in the last year. I'll let him speak for himself if he so chooses, but it does seem to me that their ability to build bomb-proof bindings hasn't translated to thei...
On the Dynafit ski issue- I know of at least one other person on this site who also had a Dynafit binding rip out of a Dynafit ski in the last year. I'll let him speak for himself if he so chooses, but it does seem to me that their ability to build bomb-proof bindings hasn't translated to thei...
Damn, I am jealous! I've been eyeing Lane for a while. Looks like it was a fun day.
That was a really interesting report. Thanks! Lot's of cool trips reported during the recent clear weather. Too bad I spent the whole time working!
Cool trip. Thanks for posting to topo map also, makes it easier to imagine.
Love those clouds over Chair Peak! Cool adventure!!
Cool! I went to Colchuck lake with similar plans on the 21st with a friend, but we bailed on account of some equipment issues. Truly a wildly variable snowpack just now. Nice work!