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I would really call it a three-fer, if you include the quick dive in the lake!

mikerolfs

author=jwplotz link=topic=25494.msg107737#msg107737 date=1344493503]
Great report Mike! I love the two-fers, be it ice/ski, or rock/ski. Full value day for the eastside obsessed.

Thanks, John. I enjoy reading about your multi-sport adventures. I remember one recently that involved ice, powder, and whippet avalanche mitigation.

author=alecapone link=topic=25494.msg107742#msg107742 date=13445...

8/9/12 4:28am

Zap

August 7-8, 2012, Ruth Mountain

Great TR and photos. Do you have the Voile Vector BC ?

8/9/12 3:20am

Zap

Thanks for your first trip report. Nice view of the bowl.

8/9/12 3:12am

alecapone

Kind of surprised Jamie didn't shoulder his skis for the rock climb too.

8/9/12 2:01am

wolfs

First time I recall seeing the "Goat Cirque" designation was this post from 2007. It's apt. Even if you don't see the goats there you smell them. Or smell what they left atop the snow.

8/8/12 4:30pm

mikerolfs

jtack and I pondered your route from the summit of Ingalls Peak today as we had an excellent view of the mountain from the East. We thought maybe it was the crevasse free line just south of the prow above inter glacier, and then we though maybe it was the crevasse free line just north of the prow (from our vantage point). Anyway, we had a lengthy summit conversation about the patience it took for you to get to ski that line and we also were able to admire the length of it from afar.&...

8/8/12 3:45pm

jwplotz

August 4, 2012, Mt. Daniel Conditions Update

Great report Mike! I love the two-fers, be it ice/ski, or rock/ski. Full value day for the eastside obsessed.

8/8/12 3:25pm

mikerolfs

Eyeball lake - looks like you can ski right to it.

Thanks for update. Looks like its good for another trip for me. I love that ski.

8/8/12 2:36pm

holdenj

July 5-9,2012, Circumountaineering Mt. Rainier

Click on the URL to a map of the actual trip.

Click on the mountain icons to see a picture.
Click on the buckets to see a linked video
Zoom and pan the map. You can see the crevasses if you zoom in.
The tents were our campsites.

Map is public on ArcGIS Online. Other maps can be seen in the Skiing, Kayaking Group.

8/8/12 1:50pm

Lowell_Skoog

Thanks for the report. It would have been useful for my son and me during our climb last weekend (August 3-4).

We didn't bring skis. There is still a lot of snow in the White Chuck basin, but it's going fast with all the warm weather now. During our climb, the passage from the Gerdine Glacier to the Cool Glacier was negotiable without crampons, but the snow was getting thin, so you might need crampons by now. The summit snow fingers are melting fast and the snow face on the...

8/8/12 12:57pm

Oyvind_Henningsen

August 4, 2012, Mt. Daniel Conditions Update

Another great one Hannah and Amar !

8/8/12 8:55am

joke

Cool photos. The lake in the lower left of the last picture looks like an eyeball.

8/8/12 5:39am

danpeck

August 4, 2012, Mt. Baker Coleman-Deming

Awesome! Thanks for the beta. I'll be up there on Saturday, so this is just the information I needed.

Thanks for posting.

8/7/12 2:16pm

-Josh-

Great pics

8/7/12 10:26am

Snow Bell

Your patience and persistence concerning that route have now payed dividends to you, your partner and even the rest of us who are ogling the photos.

Thanks for the excellent TR Amar.

8/7/12 9:35am

PowderT

Very good work! I like the clear descriptions and lots of photos. Very inspiring report

8/7/12 8:18am

JimD

Thanks for another great TR!

8/7/12 3:37am

PS44

Aug 3, Table Mountain, Mt. Baker/Artists Point

author=telemack link=topic=25487.msg107689#msg107689 date=1344305405]
Which way did you ski down?

I went straight up to the Whitman Crest and skied down pretty much the same way - on the third picture to the left of the frame, through the gap in the thin band of rocks. From there I dropped down the rollover on the second pictures which leads to the eastern crest of the Goat Cirque (short skin-up required), and then down fr...

8/7/12 1:29am

mtngeek

Not a problem, get it while it lasts!

8/7/12 1:12am

jtack

Mike Rolfs is the sticker maker, he was kind enough to make me one, and that picture is the back of my pickup.

8/7/12 1:01am

Rusty Knees

Very nice adventure, Amar and Hanna. Really inspiring!

8/7/12 1:01am

elliotts

July 29, 2012, Ruth Mountain, North Cascades

Looks like another wonderful trip, Amar! Wish I hadn't been moving, I would have loved to join you two.

8/7/12 12:29am

RandoneeRon

I've climbed Ruth several times via the Hannegan pass route. I've always wondered whether one could just head straight up from the valley though, doesn't seem too steep and would make for a much more direct approach. Anyone tried it?

8/6/12 3:06pm

PS44

OK,
Not quite barely. In my mind, D suncups are really big (almost mogul-sized). C are large, B are not small but not that large and won't bounce you around too much. But it's just my personal scale so don't take it literally.

8/6/12 12:36pm

runningclouds

author=ps44 link=topic=25487.msg107686#msg107686 date=1344302132] Snow was suncupped a bit (size B?)

According to the Official Bra Size website you had barely any sun cups.
http://www.epicfunnypictures.com/funny/define-underwear-bra-size-bikini/

8/6/12 11:53am

runningclouds

I see you did make it. Congratulations!

8/6/12 11:33am

davidG

author=ps44 link=topic=25487.msg107686#msg107686 date=1344302132]
Snow was suncupped a bit (size B?)

??? can you characterize that a bit better for me, please? I'm just not getting it..

;D

8/6/12 11:32am

telemack

Good photos and effort. I loved that area when we first toured there 7/28-29. According to a PM from wolfs, you went up Goat Cirque. He said it's an informal name too.
We skinned your route to the S ridge of the cirque the first day, but couldn't see any way on to the Fryingpan through the clouds. Next day we booted slopes above and R of Summerland to 9000' between Meany and Whitman Crests, which looks like right near where you got. Which...

8/6/12 11:10am

PS44

Greater perspective.

8/6/12 10:20am

PS44

Adding a few more pictures.

8/6/12 9:40am

JibberD

author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=25483.msg107675#msg107675 date=1344274112">
Thanks everyone for the kind words.

This was my 26th Rainier summit, and 22nd ski descent, via the 10th different route that I've skied or climbed.

See this thread (Accuracy in reporting) for more discussion of what counts as a summit on Rainier (and othe...

8/6/12 5:43am

danpeck

July 29, 2012, Ruth Mountain, North Cascades

author=Eckels link=topic=25482.msg107661#msg107661 date=1344197091]
Awesome! I want that sticker!

Yea, where can we get that sticker?

8/6/12 5:32am

Charlie Hagedorn

Up there this weekend, on foot. Lines to the valley floor still go. Upper slopes are cuppy but smooth-enough. Lower lines look possible but possibly consequential. One small crack near Ruth's summit. Traverse to Icy is in good shape, glacier travel straightforward.

8/6/12 5:09am

mikerolfs

I bet that water is cold, with ice bergs still floating around! Polar bear for sure.
I shouldn't have read your report. I'm distracted now and can't keep my mind on work.

8/6/12 3:04am

Amar Andalkar

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

author=JibberD link=topic=25483.msg107669#msg107669 date=1344263376">
What a great report. Congratulations to you and your partner Amar.

How many times have you climbed Mt. Rainier?

This was my 26th Rainier summit, and 22nd ski descent, via the 10th different route that I've skied or climbed. My first climb on foot was in August 1998 via the DC, and first ski descent...

8/6/12 2:28am

mikerolfs

I can't blame you for not waiting for me. Looks like you had the perfect day with the perfect partner. Think I might follow your lead sometime midweek if I can sneak out of work.

Nice report!

8/6/12 2:10am

Andrew Carey

Great report, great photos!

8/6/12 1:42am

ron j

Very impressive work, Amar and Pandora.
Way to work the mountain and stay safe.

8/6/12 1:12am

daveb

Really wish I could have cloned myself this weekend! Damn nice trip you two.

8/6/12 1:09am

ski_photomatt

Looks wonderful! Congrats Amar :)

8/6/12 12:06am

JibberD

What a great report. Congratulations to you and your partner Amar.

How many times have you climbed Mt. Rainier?

8/5/12 11:29pm

Amar Andalkar

For future reference, here is the Rainier forecast and the telemetry from Camp Muir on the opposite side of the Mountain during the weekend of this trip, which brought record heat to the lowlands of Western Washington. Seattle (SeaTac Airport) reached a high of 93 °F on both Saturday and Sunday, August 4-5, with Sunday's value setting a new record for the date. Very interesting to see the overnight lows at Camp Muir not drop below about 50 °F. Despite the warm temperatures, radiational cool...

8/5/12 6:48pm

Marcus

Looks like Mike's sticker is making the rounds!

8/5/12 3:19pm

Eckels