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Stoked.. I gotta get up there for some easy pickens!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iB6vOpeWw
An attempt to smooth this line out was made the day before. The conditions were similar both Sunday and Monday but a little more icy due to lack of sun on Monday. I'm guessing a few more days at most and Grandma's might be done with.
An attempt to smooth this line out was made the day before. The conditions were similar both Sunday and Monday but a little more icy due to lack of sun on Monday. I'm guessing a few more days at most and Grandma's might be done with.
Good idea with the bike shuttle! Gave me the thought - If I brought four bikes, I could get four laps without having to ferry the bike back down over and over! Laziness is the mother of invention.
Awesome! I may have to go back for round two. Thanks for keeping the stoke up.
Good on ya Sam! Wish I could have joined, but I'm stuck in this office. I hope to someday have as many months of TAY as you, I've got August, September and October to go for my first one-year TAY.
keep gettin' some!
keep gettin' some!
I went up to Camp Muir last Friday and observed two clear signs of a late melt out around Paradise: Abundant avalanche lilies, and not one person asking, "Is there snow up there?" (Give em a couple weeks.)
I would like a t-shirt that says: "YES! I have been or am going skiing. YES! there is snow up there. YES! the snow was or will be fine."
Kudos on your streak. And your optimism and fortitude for hitting those paved trails in ski boots. It still sounds...
I would like a t-shirt that says: "YES! I have been or am going skiing. YES! there is snow up there. YES! the snow was or will be fine."
Kudos on your streak. And your optimism and fortitude for hitting those paved trails in ski boots. It still sounds...
author=Kismet link=topic=25460.msg107603#msg107603 date=1343831932]
Funny. My favorite question at Paradise: "Is that oxygen?" from a little lady dolled up with purplish red hair, fresh off one of those senior citizen tour buses. She was pointing at my camelback tube.
amazing, I think i'd be speachless. I confess though, I have wondered what the weight to benefit ratio on oxygen is, could you make a super fast (if...
Way to keep the streak alive, Sam.
I think my most frequent tourist question while packing skis and a day pack is "did you ski from the top".
After disappointing so many by describing the particular local I line skied, any more I just answer "sure", and they're all joyous :)
Anytime you're looking for a quick steer to skiable snow with the least amount hiking around Paradise, just drop me a line. That's one of my regular haunts.
I think my most frequent tourist question while packing skis and a day pack is "did you ski from the top".
After disappointing so many by describing the particular local I line skied, any more I just answer "sure", and they're all joyous :)
Anytime you're looking for a quick steer to skiable snow with the least amount hiking around Paradise, just drop me a line. That's one of my regular haunts.
author=Kismet link=topic=25460.msg107603#msg107603 date=1343831932]
Funny. My favorite question at Paradise: "Is that oxygen?" from a little lady dolled up with purplish red hair, fresh off one of those senior citizen tour buses. She was pointing at my camelback tube.
Laughing for days.
author=samthaman link=topic=25460.msg107598#msg107598 date=1343793106]
Favorite questions of the day:
"Going skiing?"
"Are those special bindings?
"Where are you going to go skiing?!"
Funny. My favorite question at Paradise: "Is that oxygen?" from a little lady dolled up with purplish red hair, fresh off one of those senior citizen tour buses. She was pointing at my camelback...
dbe- indeed, it was 3 creeks! Couldn't have had a better place to stop after a long weekend on the mountain.
We did the same thing a few days earlier. We ended up hiking the "trail" from the visitor center so the skiing didn't start until above Pebble Creek. On the way down once we got past the rock steps below Pebble Creek, we just "stayed skiers right" and nearly skied down to the parking lot. We found no corn.
author=samthaman link=topic=25460.msg107598#msg107598 date=1343793106]
Favorite questions of the day:
"Going skiing?"
"Are those special bindings?
"Where are you going to go skiing?!"
At least the answer to two of these three questions is a simple "yes".
Stellar report & pics. Thanks for the 10 minute vicarious escape from the slow cubicle death.
author=ryanl link=topic=25451.msg107591#msg107591 date=1343755366]
Y'all are hot. But I don't see any skin shots of you Amar. Pourquoi?
This has to be one of the all time great Baker/Washington/TAY photos. Way to put the bass in your walk Covergirl! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApINqp5ZIj4
Will freezing levels ever be high enough to tempt Amar to shed some layers? That remains to be seen.
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Y'all are hot. But I don't see any skin shots of you Amar. Pourquoi?
This has to be one of the all time great Baker/Washington/TAY photos. Way to put the bass in your walk Covergirl! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApINqp5ZIj4
This has to be one of the all time great Baker/Washington/TAY photos. Way to put the bass in your walk Covergirl! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApINqp5ZIj4
author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=25451.msg107568#msg107568 date=1343687001]
Skiing past the crux c...
Very nice day! Thanks for Don and Fred for route finding in the fog on the lower glacier. That was a very long crack at 8000 feet. A few pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/koelle/ will be up a little later.
inspirational! Love it. Bravo for your daughter, and Bravo for water appreciation.
Nice line! I was scoping that one out myself. I wasn't able to get the whole thing because I had to head back to camp with my group to pack up. I am glad that somebody got it though!
you ski more in the summer than you do in the winter >:(
Astute choice of skiing partners, Amar - a few miles further south we were treated to this wild Spandex sighting . . .
http://www.randosaigai.com/cowlitz072812_0230.jpg
http://www.randosaigai.com/cowlitz072812_0230.jpg
James, yes you are right, I need a 12 step program fast! I even thought of tagging along with Hollywood on Olympus--a definite sign of sickness. No I am not skiing Anderson.
Hi Barbara, that was a fun day at Rainier. I may go back. I wonder if Silas is still down there holding court? Iron Mike took those pix and he is very good. Hope we can ski together again soon.
author=Khanh Q link=topic=25451.msg107575#msg107575 date=1343690580]
I am so sad to have missed out! But I love seeing all the pics with tennis skirts and bikinis! You girls rock! We should do this on every trip!!
I couldn't agree with you more Khanh, especially during the winter.
I am so sad to have missed out! But I love seeing all the pics with tennis skirts and bikinis! You girls rock! We should do this on every trip!!
Art, are you bringing skis to the Anderson Gl. this wk-end?
Hmm. I can picture you considering it - you *nut*.
I wouldn't even *if* I got sponsored skis from dps and fitted my bike w/ ski quivers.
Hmm. I can picture you considering it - you *nut*.
I wouldn't even *if* I got sponsored skis from dps and fitted my bike w/ ski quivers.
Nice! I'm hoping Adams is simalarly still in shape this wk-end. Anyone interested in two or three nights on Adams Aug. 4-7?
Awesome line in your second-to-last photo! Smooth, tasty, just the right angle, and you end up right next to the car. ::)
author=all mtn link=topic=25445.msg107563#msg107563 date=1343677557]
- kicka, you sure get it done (for a new schooler). where did you build a kicker ? I think it stayed good due to the wet snow that fell through June. I caught some fresh corn during the solstice period. *nice rpt.
Haha, thanks. Ya, kickers in the Pow only. It's gotta be soft the older you get... Thanks for the kind words :)
- kicka, you sure get it done (for a new schooler). where did you build a kicker ? I think it stayed good due to the wet snow that fell through June. I caught some fresh corn during the solstice period. *nice rpt.
There were people tenting right beside the parking lot, hilarious! By the mid afternoon oriental touists were poking around their campsite, lifting up pots and stuff like it was some stone age exhibit.
From sun cups to slush cup!
http://youtu.be/C7AOcNMNATk
http://youtu.be/C7AOcNMNATk
I remember the first time I kicked steps in front of my dad. He still talks fondly (and sadly) of that transition. A rite of passage that has lasting effect. Glad to hear the skiing is still good up there. Looked like maybe the skis you are carrying are S7's? No wonder Ben was faster, those are heavy!
Enjoyed this post, as CSN&Y would say, "Teach the children well."
Cheers to you both, I am now stepping in my grandsons steps.
Cheers to you both, I am now stepping in my grandsons steps.
Your song rocks man...don't let anybody tell you different. I often mutter similar yet less eloquent rhymes while shaking off the concrete, in search of the blissful hiss of corn under my edges.
Berg Heil mein Freund!
Berg Heil mein Freund!
I was up there 2 weekends ago. Clouds were in so visibility sucked, only skied the headwall and spray park..
I bet spray park is melted out by now, Flett headwall is probably fun. But if I was heading up there I would focus on the russel glacier.
I bet spray park is melted out by now, Flett headwall is probably fun. But if I was heading up there I would focus on the russel glacier.
Has anyone been up to the Flett since? I've never been up there and I'm not sure if its worth the effort this late...any beta is appreciated!
author=silaswild link=topic=25439.msg107515#msg107515 date=1343440194]
Still good, still skiable within 50' vertical of the car. Cracks starting to open, requiring more careful attention and good visibility.
Glad Paradise was good. Had a great time camping and skinning but the snow was as bad as I've ever skied over on Muir. Sticky, cupped both large and small, and runneled. Short walk to the snow on Paradise? I t...
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Nice photos Art, especially the 1st one. Was great to meet you and ski the Paradise Glacier today!
Thanks for the info. I was thinking of heading up that way soon!
Thanks for the great shot of my groups tents up on Camp Curtis!
I can testify that there were more skiers on the mountain, I can verify that a team of two made it to the summit. I nearly cried when I realized that they were going to ski some wind packed pow around the 13k range while I was forced to plunge step it :(
I can testify that there were more skiers on the mountain, I can verify that a team of two made it to the summit. I nearly cried when I realized that they were going to ski some wind packed pow around the 13k range while I was forced to plunge step it :(
So where's a good point to ski to and picked up by vechile if you ski from the parking lot? Trying to squeeze in a qick ski while taking east coasters up for a gawk at the snow.
The whole point of "no car camping" is to prohibit late night partying in the parking lot, so don't do that. While nobody on this site ever condones bending the rules of august bodies such as USFS or NPS, if someone happens to get to the TH after dark, and happens to catch a few Zs there, that's not camping, that's just good prep for an early AM start.
Thanks for the info! My Bivy sack and I will be tucked out of sight ;)