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Skied it on Monday, doesn't go below Mississippi Head, stops a few hundred feet above. Little Zigzag is washed out, Zigzag is ok, Palmer after all that was sweet! Probably about 1700 on the Zigzag right now....

9/6/12 10:54am

rlsg

September 5, 2012, Paradise glacier west edge

What do you suppose the conditions/run length would be over on zig zag now..would it go down below Mississippi Head?

9/6/12 10:33am

Steve C.

Were you skiing on DPS skis?

9/5/12 2:19pm

telemack

September 3, 2012, Mt. Rainier, Fryingpan Glacier

It was Zap who taught me to use harscheizen (sp?) to crank our way up gnarly soft suncups 8)

I think I remember it being 8-1/2 hours, but that was with all the loop-de-loops. Iluka's TR said they took 2-1/4 hours to get to the Sholes.

author=danpeck link=topic=25595.msg108172#msg108172 date=1346865238]
Mack distracted me so I didn't know the speed limit had changed from 70 to 60. :'(

Hm...

9/5/12 2:16pm

RonL

Good to see you are still getting trips in Donnelly. Whitman Crest is right around 9k.

9/5/12 9:06am

Zap

Telemack, you teaching with week.

TR report and photos were great.

Rusty Knees, your words and Telemack's are getting great. ;)

9/5/12 5:22am

Mtraslin

:D Great thanks for sharing!

9/5/12 2:20am

danpeck

author=ShailCaesar! link=topic=25595.msg108166#msg108166 date=1346823548]
Sure looks like it! Good on you guys. How many hours from car to car pray tell?

Mack or James can correct me, but I think we were somewhere around 8 hours car to car. I believe it was about 9 am when we started on the TH and 5:30 ish when we reached the car.

The good news was that Mack and I made the 10:25 ferry to kingston :) without...

9/5/12 2:13am

ron j

Mack – Much congrads on your five years of year around skiing!!

Dan – Great camera work… looked like a great day.

Don – Nice work on the poem… and thank you for honoring me in it by mentioning me in the same sentence with some of the real greats of our community.

9/5/12 1:33am

knitvt

It looks like it was a beautiful day! Glad to see some hat-wearing action!

9/4/12 3:21pm

ShailCaesar!

Sure looks like it! Good on you guys. How many hours from car to car pray tell?

9/4/12 2:39pm

Atomic

It was an awesome day!

9/4/12 1:49pm

Rusty Knees

I learned long ago, fifty months or so,
to talk no smack around Telemack,
He only smiles and nods, and suggests you follow,
Then he jumps and flips
his telemarktips
And starts linking turns
Jumping left then right, and left and down
Dropping vertical so fast
My fear makes me swallow
But my mouth is too dry, and I hope as I fall (low),
Those twin steel rods
That he calls legs
Soon run out of steam
Cuz I'm out of gas...

9/4/12 1:34pm

danpeck

Mack, James, and Julie... Thanks for the excellent time! It was a true mountain adventure and I look forward to more of it :)

Here are a few pictures:

Mack on the approach

Mack and James approaching Coleman Pinnacle

Are we ski mountaineering yet?

9/4/12 1:28pm

JibberD

Rock on Mr. 60 months, Mack-attack!

9/4/12 11:33am

iluka

Nice work guys! Sounds like it was another fun day out there...

9/4/12 10:56am

James Wells

August 25-26, 2012, Chiwawa Mtn via Spider Meadow

Hooray for Mack's 60 months!

I guess there are two lumps that might be called the Portals. We went to the top of the lower and NE one at about 6450'. The other one is several hundred feet higher and had the very broken steep snow face shown in Iluka's TR.

I well remember going to the top of this "lower" Portal with Telemon, and so we talked about him on the trip and I wore garish shorts in his honor.

On such a nice day out, hopefully th...

9/4/12 9:17am

jtack

A great trip report, tha ski is sure one I want to do! Thanks.

9/3/12 9:33pm

Rusty Knees

Rainier - Muir Snowfield (5x laps)

Brian, it could have been one of two things:
- A Heron,
- or, did you maybe break protocol, and drink your beers before you skied?

9/3/12 12:43pm

mikerolfs

September 3, 2012, (Mt) Bachelor Butte

Nice one Jamie! I was afraid that second photo showed all the snow that was, but the fifth pic shows some good looking snow.

9/3/12 11:49am

Zap

September 3, 2012, (Mt) Bachelor Butte

Nice photos. We were in Bend in August and the snow pack looked healthy.

9/3/12 10:46am

Vince Lamphier

author=Boot link=topic=25576.msg108118#msg108118 date=1346645083]
Vince,
Really beautiful images. Please give Davey an ear scratch for me. My boy Joe is too old to make the trips anymore and it makes me sad. Davey made me smile today!
Boot

Making people smile seems to be one of Davey's top qualities. He really enjoyed that scratch on the ear. Sorry to here that Joe is to old. I know how tough that is.

9/3/12 5:28am

Boot

September 1, 2012, Squak glacier

Vince,
Really beautiful images. Please give Davey an ear scratch for me. My boy Joe is too old to make the trips anymore and it makes me sad. Davey made me smile today!
Boot

9/2/12 1:04pm

snoholic

The fun never ends.

9/1/12 11:55pm

snoholic

August 31, 2012, Squeaston glacier

The Wild man on the loose.

9/1/12 11:53pm

Randito

September 1, 2012, Squak glacier

Despite the clouds that blew in and out, I still had a fun day -- but then skiing the Wild man is always entertaining!

Video of Silas ripping it up: https://vimeo.com/48676964

9/1/12 2:33pm

Vince Lamphier

author=knitvt link=topic=25576.msg108100#msg108100 date=1346559572]
Great, thanks. Any sign of crevasses?

Yes there were definitely a few cracks and crevasses here and there. This is a small hole I was hiking by.

9/1/12 1:41pm

knitvt

Great, thanks. Any sign of crevasses?

9/1/12 1:19pm

Griff

August 31, 2012, Sholes and Rainbow Glaciers

author=-Josh- link=topic=25573.msg108054#msg108054 date=1346289915]
Love the last pic

Yep. Awesome.

9/1/12 10:30am

all mtn

I enjoyed reading your report ! I'm down here in the Lake Tahoe area, and our temps have come down during the past wk., as well. No snow at all, but I'm hangin' at a river.

9/1/12 5:10am

James Wells

August 31, 2012, Sholes and Rainbow Glaciers

Thanks for the TR and photos. Looks like a great place for September turns, and lots of snow still around compared to the typical hunt for a little patch or two.

9/1/12 1:07am

Vince Lamphier

author=knitvt link=topic=25576.msg108078#msg108078 date=1346382858]
Ooh, good to hear how conditions are there. (And, beautiful photos!) Any idea around what elevation you hit snow?

I think it was right around 6000'.

8/31/12 8:43am

knitvt

Ooh, good to hear how conditions are there. (And, beautiful photos!) Any idea around what elevation you hit snow?

8/30/12 12:14pm

runningclouds

August 25-26, 2012, Chiwawa Mtn via Spider Meadow

Thanks for the TR. Good to hear they are fixing the bridge, last time I was there the alternative crossing was a bit sketchy at 3 AM.

8/30/12 10:55am

danpeck

Nice one! Thanks for the details and to Andy for his awesome write up as well and esp. the access notes. This is another amazing place to add to my list ski descents in WA.

8/30/12 7:29am

daveb

August 25, 2012, Mt Baker, Easton and Squak Glaciers

Nice photos Amar, esp. the multiple exposure panorama. Looks like you're getting used to the new Photoshop.

8/30/12 3:54am

telemack

Love the first pic too :) Way to persevere. How many months?

8/29/12 3:26pm

-Josh-