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looks like you got it with primo conditions!
Funny. We toyed with the idea of going after the Black Hole yesterday too but settled on another objective. Looks like great conditions.
Spent yesterday, 12-30-12, skiing all around Sunbeam basin. It was very good. One of those rare days in which the four key variables came together for me: day off, great visibility, solid stability and superb snow.
Due north from the peak definitely has many cliff bands, but also some amazing looking couloirs and routes that look relatively doable in stable conditions. Did you ski down to Valhalla???
droppin knees on the north face of shuksan
Sorry for your loss Jamie. On my next time out I will make some turns in the name of your friend. Looks like you had a peaceful day of reflection out there. I didn't know your friend, but I bet that is the kind of tribute he would have wanted .
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Jamie.
I share your sorrows, even if I only had the pleasure of climbing with him once. Some individuals are so full of life and good spirits, the make a lasting impression on how we should be living. love that last photo.
I reached out to a mutual friend of Scott's and mine and asked him along for some mt therapy. H\Sadly he couldn't make it. On the trip, I told my friends about wick. He was on my mind all day but I tried to keep the mood up but not talking...
I share your sorrows, even if I only had the pleasure of climbing with him once. Some individuals are so full of life and good spirits, the make a lasting impression on how we should be living. love that last photo.
I reached out to a mutual friend of Scott's and mine and asked him along for some mt therapy. H\Sadly he couldn't make it. On the trip, I told my friends about wick. He was on my mind all day but I tried to keep the mood up but not talking...
Jtjack, although you were solo, maybe you weren't alone. Perhaps your friend was there too.
Must have been a great high from this one, congrats.
Someone was just telling me second-hand that the Wenatchee Mountains have an extremely large snowpack for this point in the season, which certainly jives with skiing this line. The idea of skiing a line like that in the Stuart Range at this time of year by default loads three ASCII bytes (WTF) onto the heap in my head; way to capitalize.
Someone was just telling me second-hand that the Wenatchee Mountains have an extremely large snowpack for this point in the season, which certainly jives with skiing this line. The idea of skiing a line like that in the Stuart Range at this time of year by default loads three ASCII bytes (WTF) onto the heap in my head; way to capitalize.
Nice work guys! Looks like a great time. I won't lie, I'm always a bit jealous of the terrain you have up there, especially in the winter!
Doh! I never would have guessed that. Good for you guys. Fickle mountains. Just goes to show you never know unless your there.
Funny, I was just thinking about Black Hole while touring yesterday... thought it would be a great day for it, and that someone should be out doing it. And you were! Hope to see some pics...
Scott, your with Plotz getting the big lines, thanks for the pictures........it did happen! thanks
yeha it is!!! from that vantage point it's clearly obvious you can ride the ICG to axis mt gully direct. looks fun! ;)
Great shots John. thanks. that nw face of cannon looks just tad boney for the phat snowpack you have out there?
Great shots John. thanks. that nw face of cannon looks just tad boney for the phat snowpack you have out there?
Hippies!!
I am enjoying a chill day reading trip reports... thanks!
I am enjoying a chill day reading trip reports... thanks!
Pic number six.. the hills have eyes! scrolled through and it was staring atme.. or maybe I am still seeing things..
looks like a great day though. I love finishing up with a tour across the bridge to beers
looks like a great day though. I love finishing up with a tour across the bridge to beers
awesome Photos Brian! the lighting is great in pnw? great fun..anytime my friend.
Kenji. it was a few years ago, and I am not sure if we took the exact same route.. close enough though thank you. I've done it several times now.
you did highly recommend it ;)
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=9464.0
Too bad about the snow Phil. Kind of silly, but I just do it so my friends know where I am ta...
Kenji. it was a few years ago, and I am not sure if we took the exact same route.. close enough though thank you. I've done it several times now.
you did highly recommend it ;)
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=9464.0
Too bad about the snow Phil. Kind of silly, but I just do it so my friends know where I am ta...
Nice work and way to avoid the crowds!
It was a busy day out there with more skiers and shoers than I have seen all season!
It was a busy day out there with more skiers and shoers than I have seen all season!
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Any idea how Zig Zag/ and or 'Lum Rock area might be?
We skied from Crater Rock on Sunday, 12/30 and it was amazing, probably the best powder skiing I've had above Timberline.
Rootsman, Thanks for twisting my arm. That was a really good day.
I'm guessing 8 miles or so round trip.
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Good on you guys! I knew I should have circled back with you about this tour. What was the round trip tour mileage?
I'm guessing 8 miles or so round trip.
RIP SW. The northwest ski community has lost too many good ones in the last couple years.
Dave, Thanks for sharing the Mt. Rainier trip. Everybody is back and wiser.
I enjoyed your Mt. Tuckerman Ravine tour. Reminds me of 30 years ago. ;)
I enjoyed your Mt. Tuckerman Ravine tour. Reminds me of 30 years ago. ;)
Thanks for the rare winter-season Rainier TR and the useful conditions report on the upper mountain, Dave. Any photos?
Just a few comments regarding budgeting time. For any given party and set of snow conditions, the time from Muir to the summit will (in general) always be greater than from Paradise to Muir, usually about 30-50% greater. It's a useful rule of thumb for calculating one's expected time to the summit, given the time it took to get to Muir.
So a party...
Just a few comments regarding budgeting time. For any given party and set of snow conditions, the time from Muir to the summit will (in general) always be greater than from Paradise to Muir, usually about 30-50% greater. It's a useful rule of thumb for calculating one's expected time to the summit, given the time it took to get to Muir.
So a party...
Surprising you would hit a rock in seven inches of snow! You fun hogs!
Thanks Mike. Yes let's get out. I have to say, my heart skipped a beat when Andy hit that rock and took a forward tumble in your foothills video.
John, you do get after it! Great line, and wonderful pictures. thanks
We were up there today, in the bowl north of the north bowl of Thunder. Beautiful cold sunny day, but the wind has had its way with the snow out of the trees, at least where we were. Variable crust. Still enjoyable skiing, but required being on your toes :-).
Best snow was down in the trees, and also for the first few hundred feet below the ridgetop at 6500ft. Everything in between was crusted.
Best snow was down in the trees, and also for the first few hundred feet below the ridgetop at 6500ft. Everything in between was crusted.
Great photos and nice report. One of these days we'll share a summit snack. I like coffee too.
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It was a fun tour for us and helped me get a better sense of adventures to be had in the region.
Well said!
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Any idea how Zig Zag/ and or 'Lum Rock area might be?
Anything above or near alpine is hammered as are the open faces east of Hood ( Barlow, Bennet). Low sun protected trees seemed best.
Good on you guys! I knew I should have circled back with you about this tour. What was the round trip tour mileage?
Any idea how Zig Zag/ and or 'Lum Rock area might be?
I guess I should clear up that the dear shots were shot from afar with a zoom. I wasn't really chasing the dear.
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also, thank you Kenji for your initial inspiration, and route for the first part of this perfect day.
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You are welcome, though not quite sure how. could be another "Kenji"??
Anyway, looks great. It's time for me to go back in there!
Pics or it didn't happen right? Thanks for putting together a big, killer day Scott!
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One ridge over, we had great skiing both in the open and under the big trees above ~4K from west through south aspects - the turning conditions were holding up much better than I'd expected/hoped in fact! Only a few random bomb craters that were easily skirted in bouncy snow. It was nice not to feel a bottom even in the deep forest. No signs of instability, even on a few ski cuts of 35-ish degree convex humps, save for 2-6" of very small reactive pockets of snow blown into the lee of w...
Definitely class 5 terrain. If it weren't for the nice snow pack we would have needed a rope to traverse and rap down where we were. As it is, we had nice cascade concrete to get excellent purchase with our boots. :)
I'm sure we were skiing scree fields. Definitely lots of fun little couloirs that open up into small aprons and treed skiing along this ridge. I'd like to approach it from the other direction next time, and probably bring a sma...
I'm sure we were skiing scree fields. Definitely lots of fun little couloirs that open up into small aprons and treed skiing along this ridge. I'd like to approach it from the other direction next time, and probably bring a sma...
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Mike,
The video seems to indicate that you are hunters ! ;)
Yea, I like the scenes where you seem to be chasing the elk.
Nice rock scene too! Looks like a fun adventure.
Mike,
The video seems to indicate that you are hunters ! ;)
The video seems to indicate that you are hunters ! ;)
Three of us followed you guys up on Friday (the 28th). Was a stellar day out - The full moon and stars, and then the sun was out and shining from the start. We carried on beyond the notch in the East Ridge of Chair and stomped on some steep slopes to test stability and dug a pit under the North Face of Chair. The storm layer 6" - 12" down was very well bonded so we skied first tracks down to Snow Lakes. There is now a "min" glacier forming at the West...