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mixin it up again... i love the variety in your videos (even if this time it was both the geography and conditions that spanned the full range).
nice job on lane... i know you've been eyeing that all season. at this rate we better think up some new objectives fast!
nice job on lane... i know you've been eyeing that all season. at this rate we better think up some new objectives fast!
hmm. I wish there was an inconspicuous way to make a first post to figure out how the image-upload thing works.
We did the worm on the 15th (sorry for the late post). We thought there might be a crowd, but there was only one other party, who turned around half way because it was "nuking"- it must've been 50 degrees with just a little breeze. It was that feeling where every sense tells you that it's summer except your eyes. We booted it all the way to the top. There'...
We did the worm on the 15th (sorry for the late post). We thought there might be a crowd, but there was only one other party, who turned around half way because it was "nuking"- it must've been 50 degrees with just a little breeze. It was that feeling where every sense tells you that it's summer except your eyes. We booted it all the way to the top. There'...
Hey! That was us that you were skiing with. What a great day! Here is a shot of your friend coming down that drainage.
author=Gregg_C link=topic=27141.msg114386#msg114386 date=1358971168]
Great trip guys. Alan Kearney, Andy Selters, and a few others did that trip in '87 or so. They raved about it. Always wanted to repeat it.
Good to hear about folks doing the Traverse in the 80s. Rainer Burgdorfer’s book mentions it as a possibility, but I haven’t heard much about it being done lately. Hadley is great summer or early season (October) trip via C...
awesome!
There's so much cool stuff in the Olympics, keep it coming!
There's so much cool stuff in the Olympics, keep it coming!
funny thing I was staring at that logging road on a map last week wondering if it was a brilliant or stupid idea... If you need a partner next time shoot me a pm.
Well Done! Way to take advantage of the inversion!
Well done! I've wanted to do that traverse for some time now. I live on Thompson Creek Road and I've always thought it would be great to travel from the Ski Area to my home. I was back at Lasiocarpa on Monday and saw that someone followed my tracks to the summit of Coleman Pinnacle, must have been you.......Good times!
author=dberdinka link=topic=27148.msg114389#msg114389 date=1358973345">
That's what he said.
Too bad Dynafit has had so many design/production issues in the last couple years.
So many design/production issues? Didn't you just buy a couple of pair of Dynafit bindings and TLT5P boots? ;)
The insert failures...
Awesome! had made plans to the same trip that weekend but decided to put it off until there was more daylight and better snow. Glad you got to enjoy the solitude and the views.
thanks for the pics.
thanks for the pics.
Yo Jaime, had great skiing yesterday east of Badger Mt, near Duffy Creek and today east of the powerlines on Jump Off ridge. Full depth facets both days. 40-60 cm snow depth, ankle to boot top penetration.
Could you mark an approximation of your route on my map? http://goo.gl/maps/ZPJbg
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
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
Xtra nice ! Ive done a trip like that in a day and always regret not doing it in two or even three.
Thanks , I'll check it out.
Thanks , I'll check it out.
badass trip, you guys!
good job z-man for persevering through the mishap, and the rest of the troop being good partners. congrats on your summit+descent!
good job z-man for persevering through the mishap, and the rest of the troop being good partners. congrats on your summit+descent!
Just to chime in on the toe rip. I did the same on a pair of dynafit manaslu's that had inserts. Luckily I was about 5 minutes from the TH.
That's what he said.
Too bad Dynafit has had so many design/production issues in the last couple years.
Too bad Dynafit has had so many design/production issues in the last couple years.
author=dberdinka link=topic=27148.msg114387#msg114387 date=1358971699]
Nice trip. I just read a TR on Wildsnow that involved a dynafit binding ripping out the inserts on a Stoke ski above the Fuhrer Finger this last week. What kind of gear suffered the ripout on your trip?
Dynafit Mustagh Ata. All four toe inserts ripped out simultaneously and completely. Sounds like more than just a coincidence. To be fair, it looks like the...
Nice trip. I just read a TR on Wildsnow that involved a dynafit binding ripping out the inserts on a Stoke ski above the Fuhrer Finger this last week. What kind of gear suffered the ripout on your trip?
Great trip guys. Alan Kearney, Andy Selters, and a few others did that trip in '87 or so. They raved about it. Always wanted to repeat it. Looking forward to hearing more from you at the meeting next week.
Gregg
Gregg
Awesome.
Had my first thigh deep pow turns of the season out there before the nooksack falls rd gate swings shut. Ski terrain out there is incredible.
Had my first thigh deep pow turns of the season out there before the nooksack falls rd gate swings shut. Ski terrain out there is incredible.
Wonderful photos. The wind packed slopes were great to see and not ski. ;)
My place has a view of Jumpoff, Gunn, and Baring. I can't wait to get up there and do some exploring! Thanks for posting.
author=cornRIDE link=topic=27078.msg114163#msg114163 date=1358734165]
we used the chainsaw monday to clear the road... what a great week to be up there! awesome decent and great edit!
Thanks! Rory said someone had cleared the road since he was back there last.
author=Lynden Don link=topic=27078.msg114139#msg114139 date=1358696350]
I absolutely LOVED the video.
PS. Where's "this" Goat mountain at?
Thanks!
It's the large mound between the White River drainage and Fryingpan Creek.
Cool trip - like the shot of the goats shredding the windbuff.
A very, er, "interesting" weekend:
From my perspective:
Highlights:
Lowlights:
From my perspective:
Highlights:
- Running into an old coworker on the way up FS road 7601.
- Mountain goat tracks in various spots along the way
- Sunrise and sunset photo ops
- Running into Jonah and Anne, my new two favorite people in the world
Lowlights:
- Carrying skis up Aasgard Pass on my back. Perhaps a physicist can exp...
Sounds like a great trip Eric and Chuck. Wish I would have been around for this one. I have often wondered how that route would work. Awesome!
Nice one! Perfect place to go for possibly the last inversion day.
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.
author=myikat link=topic=27123.msg114256#msg114256 date=1358836023]
Great descent on perfect corn all the way down.
Nice job! I always miss out on grabbing some big days during these inversions; that four-letter word "work" keeps getting in the way.
author=Marcus link=topic=27130.msg114318#msg114318 date=1358904588]
Ooh, and this one!
This is one of the most unique photos of the upper Enchantments I have ever seen! Very Sci-Fi, as if a glowing diamond fell out of space.
Awesome. I'd love to scoop up some copies for future home page photos...
author=Marcus link=topic=27130.msg114318#msg114318 date=1358904588]Ooh, and this one!
Susan spent a lot more time outside that night making photographs - more and better photos may be on the way.
I love the blue light on the pyramid. Great shot.
Nice trip, Charlie!
Nice trip, Charlie!
Nice tour. The "ridge too far" looks tempting from above but it needs to be real stable cause you always come into this from above with little to no chance to do a good assessment. It does slide often, can go pretty big, and it's "trappy". But I digress a bit here. Did you ski any of the north / north-east facing runs off the wind blown knob & down to the frozen lake back there? Some fun bowls and glades can be had inside a days work there. Not epics or especially lo...
Great report Charlie - sounds like gorgeous weather and sporting travel... Glad you hooked up with Jonah and Anne, they're awesome folks. And South is delicious...
Love this sunrise shot:
Love this sunrise shot:
I love spring skiing.
Especially in Janumay ,Junuary and Januly
author=John Morrow link=topic=27130.msg114286#msg114286 date=1358879763]Hmm, "chunder"--is that a technical snow science geek term, Charlie????
Not sure where I first heard it in an avalanche context, but I didn't invent it. When I did a lot of whitewater kayaking, we referred to getting thrown around violently in a recirculating hydraulic as 'getting chundered'. Seems like a reasonable parallel to the dynamic avalan...
Nope, I was across the valley. I watched two people and a dog put in the track and then drop the South slope on the 13th or 14th.
author=Zap link=topic=27130.msg114297#msg114297 date=1358886762] You and Susan are a great team. While reading the report, I was pleased that you both returned with all the pieces intact. ;)
Sometime over the weekend, I recounted your words from the day you sold me my first ski crampons, probably in 2007. "Now, you use these harscheisen when you're scared... "
This weekend, I used them as much for convenience as...
You and Susan are a great team. While reading the report, I was pleased that you both returned with all the pieces intact. ;)