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author=ShailCaesar! link=topic=25426.msg107491#msg107491 date=1343324236]
So it's ok to leave your car at Artist's Point overnight, but you shouldn't be in it, is that it?

Yep. I think Joke is right about the forest service pass. I have one and usually forget to put it up when I'm up there but I'm pretty sure I'll end up with a ticket at some point because of that. I'm not real...

7/26/12 4:46am

joke

7/21-22, 2012, Goat Rocks Old Snowy, Curtis Gilbert

author=Jason4 link=topic=25426.msg107490#msg107490 date=1343323133]
You're ok to park overnight but there are no improved camp sites anywhere near the heather meadows area. I don't think sleeping in your car is approved either but there is an unimproved campsite at Lake Anne that would be hard to use if you couldn't leave your car in the Heather Meadows area. :D

I guess that makes sense. What I meant to say i...

7/26/12 4:21am

danpeck

Amazing. I've been wanting to get there too... this TR serves as good motivation and excellent beta on what can be had.

Thanks!

7/26/12 3:05am

ryanl

Glacier peak ski, July 21

Nice one Louie. seems like you're having a pretty good summer...

7/26/12 2:45am

ShailCaesar!

So it's ok to leave your car at Artist's Point overnight, but you shouldn't be in it, is that it?

7/26/12 2:37am

Jason4

You're ok to park overnight but there are no improved camp sites anywhere near the heather meadows area. I don't think sleeping in your car is approved either but there is an unimproved campsite at Lake Anne that would be hard to use if you couldn't leave your car in the Heather Meadows area. :D

7/26/12 2:18am

joke

Glacier peak ski, July 21

author=ShailCaesar! link=topic=25426.msg107478#msg107478 date=1343255500]
Does one need a Northwest Forest Pass to park at Artist's Point can anyone tell me? Ok to park overnight? Please and thanks!

You do need a forest service pass to park, and there is no overnight parking or camping in the heather meadows area or at artist point. The closest camping (car camping, that is) is about 10 miles before artist point near th...

7/26/12 2:11am

-Josh-

Great TR, been thinking about this one for awhile now.

7/25/12 11:46am

jtack

July 14/15, 2012, Middle Sister, SE Ridge

Thanks for the great report, I have been sitting in Redmond OR for the last few weeks looking up at all the great skiing to be had on the Three Sisters, and no time to do it. The report might be just the motivation I need to make the trip!

7/25/12 11:27am

azimmerman85

July 14/15, 2012, Middle Sister, SE Ridge

You couldn't quite ski from the summit down the SE ridge, but from about 200 vertical below it was no problem. If you went straight off the summit into the East bowl the slope was definitely over 50-55 degrees with plenty of very large cliffs to navigate...It looked like there could have been a chute or two that would have been doable, but given the conditions and not knowing the lines, I'd vote against going down that way.

7/25/12 8:00am

ShailCaesar!

Does one need a Northwest Forest Pass to park at Artist's Point can anyone tell me? Ok to park overnight? Please and thanks!

7/25/12 7:31am

Donnelly_M

Cool, some turns to be had within an hour's drive!

7/25/12 7:21am

David_Britton

re: suncups, very, very minor.
where we were skiing, mostly on zig zag, between 7 & 10K, very smooth.

re: lift ops, ski out to parking lot was fine , though with the usual slop on the lower flat stuff. I think ski out to parking lot will be good for another week or two. pistes/groomers were in great shape as of Sunday the 22nd

7/25/12 5:21am

pipedream

Nice report! The coverage up high looks excellent for late July.

Slightly off-topic, how's the coverage over @ Timberline? I'm on the fence about joining some friends down in Govy for the weekend to do some summer park laps - can you still ski back to the T-line parking lot? What about the Mile, can you ski to that? If not, about how long of a walk is it now?

7/25/12 5:01am

rlsg

I agree with the trip routes picture..thank you! What do you think of the sun cup situation at this point? Just skinned and skied Paradise gl to Camp Muir with a ski the same way. Snow was really pretty nice down to 7000k after that-- fun but cuppy..

Bach has been pretty smooth up to a few days ago at least.

7/25/12 4:52am

Markeyz

Coverage on 7-24:

7/25/12 3:59am

Zap

I nice picture of your ski/return route. ;)

7/24/12 9:35am

skier8484

Nice. I will be going Thursday after work (leaving Bham 5ish) to make some laps. Shoot me a PM if you want carpool.

7/24/12 9:27am

David_Britton

Glacier peak ski, July 21

I was curious about this area so took a photo the next day from down below and 'shopped in my route. This is a tricky area to ski in low vis as you tend to get drawn away from the lodge.

Also added couple of photos from a retread of upper part of route we did on Saturday the 21st. No suncups, firm hero corn.

7/24/12 9:13am

r1de

Outstanding. 8)

7/24/12 4:05am

mikerolfs

I thought of you on the trip, Jamie because one of your trip reports got me out there last year. One of these times we'll have to ski Daniel together. Should be good for a while. I promise, no more singing.

7/23/12 12:28pm

jtack

Mike thanks for the report, I came home on Saturday, and had a fair amount of work around the place to catch up on. But I was contemplating my next ski, and thinking Daniels was a good possibility, (Big Steve's TR helped).

I think that marching song needs work!

7/23/12 11:56am

ski_photomatt

July 5-9,2012, Circumountaineering Mt. Rainier

Hey Mike,

Good to meet you yesterday! Classic Cascadian weather and terrain plus some soft summer snow made for an enjoyable day. By the time we got close to the east peak the marine layer had billowed up enough to engulf us and rather then continue on to the main peak in the alternating white out/sun we skied down. We were hoping to take a run on the Daniel or Lynch glacier but the weather dictated otherwise.

7/23/12 9:13am

Manacus

Awesome trip and adventure. Here are a few pictures, possibly of your tracks, taken from Steamboat Prow on July 7th. I could see your nice line across the Emmons, with a little routefinding across the rock ridge in the middle of the glacier. I could also see the place where it looked like you retraced your steps a bit just after Camp Schurmann. There are two figures in the 3rd photo, but it may be a climbing party headed in the same direction to climb something on the north side.

7/23/12 8:44am

powhound

July 22, 2012, Paradise glacier

We were there as well and kept running into Kyle and Travis. We saw who they said was Silas, who seemed to be doing laps around us, and came down to meet the seniors in the parking lot for a beer. Ended up giving Kyle and Travis a ride back to their car after a ranger gave em bogus directions.

All in all it was a great day, and saw way more people than I expected to on that route.

7/23/12 8:26am

snoslut

author=silaswild link=topic=25412.msg107416#msg107416 date=1343016409]
snoslut suffered on the many flats with his board. :(

Gotta practice my crosscountry splitboard technique. The skooch leg is in development. Able to walk in half circles now. Also working on split skiing with skins on but kinda hard with the skooch leg forming. I can only make right turns. Should be ready for a Muir descent shortly.

Otherwise...

7/23/12 6:44am

Don_B

July 22, 2012, Castle/Pinnacle saddle

Here's a view from Faraway Rock, across Reflection Lake, on Sat 7/21.
Any predictions on melt pond development?

7/23/12 6:20am

Barbaros

July 21, 2012, Naches Peak scramble

Thanks! It was a great day!

7/23/12 2:11am

mikerolfs

July 21, 2012, Naches Peak scramble

Love that first picture with the sun-splash, sun cups, blue sky, skier on horizon... very nice.

7/23/12 2:07am

ron j

July 21, 2012, Naches Peak scramble

Good to see there's still turns to be had up there.
I'm not sure I've ever recalled skiing there in late July.

7/23/12 1:50am

Andrew Carey

We finished the birthday ribs at my house yesterday! Great ribs!

7/22/12 11:51pm

Andrew Carey

Nice meeting all you folks? LOL I usually ski solo in solitude! This time I brought my wife because I expected lots of people. Here is a poorly directed video of the somnolent skiing on the Paradise Glacier Saturday amongst the maddening hoardes.

Dreamy skiing in Paradise

credits to those geezers appearing in the video besides me (65 yr) and Regine (69 yr) according to Silas Wild (64 yr): "1:42 to 1:54 in...

7/22/12 11:44pm

jds

Saturday was our first trip to the Paradise Glacier. Shortly after we headed up we had the pleasure of meeting Andrew Carey and Regine on their return, and farther along met Silas and Friends. Thanks to them and various others for advice about the route. At 7600 ft (±) we turned around and enjoyed smooth skiing most of the way back.
Judith + David

7/22/12 3:54pm

PowderT

Hey Silas. This is Travis of "kick turns" (Kyle and Travis). Good to run into to you up there. We skinned up to the Cowlitz rocks after we saw you going back for your third run. Pretty cool views from that perspective, and it was fun to watch people ski down throught my binos. Also, I was the guy that asked Andy if his legs were burning after 78 consectutive turns. Funny stuff... here is a couple pics. The last one is of Andy and Regine

7/22/12 2:57pm

wolfs

author=Lowell_Skoog link=topic=25406.msg107408#msg107408 date=1342992067]
"I know the D is the biggest. I based my whole life on knowing that the D is the biggest!"

Heh.
My conceptualization of cups is imagining how much water the thing could hold at deepest if it was horizontal. But your proposed model would surely lead to more lively onslope debates and comparisons ...

mtneer ordinaire : hi to you to, should&...

7/22/12 2:55pm

mtneer ordinaire

Nice meeting you (I think) yesterday afternoon. Our group of four (1 hiker and 3 skiers) were descending just as you were nearing the summit. Fantastic day on a modest peak with eye-popping views!

7/22/12 2:17pm

RyanPete81

July 16-17, 2012, Silver Peak, 2 min walk to snow!

We had a similar experience with the potholes and the creek crossing a few weeks ago.

There's a subaru in there:

7/22/12 12:10pm

gwatson

Nice job getting to it on Silver. I drove up a few days ago to check it out and it looked toast from the road.

Silas: nice running into you on Rainier yesterday, It was a great ski from the anvil. We never found your cheesecake though.

7/22/12 11:09am

Lowell_Skoog

Thanks for the report. Makes me want to ski Ruth Mountain some time. I've never been up there.

author=wolfs link=topic=25406.msg107397#msg107397 date=1342942149]
For the ski down - snow for top thousand feet was big grain corn, really no cups...

Next thousand cups about an inch but was soft enough that they barely mattered..

The nicest surprise was the last thousand at the bottom.... although there were maybe 2" cups...

7/22/12 6:21am

Oyvind_Henningsen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SILAS !

7/22/12 6:20am

Don_B

Wolfs,
Love seeing your evening shots of the places you go. and the generous descriptions.

7/22/12 5:54am

Zap

July 21 Rainier, Camp Muir (Look if u go tom)

Really enjoyed the TR and photos. ;)

7/22/12 5:27am

gregL

Hope you blue bagged it.

7/22/12 4:01am

FreeBird

July 21 Rainier, Camp Muir (Look if u go tom)

What a day! ;D
Thanks for the brisket Silas!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X2pXIPb9i4&feature=colike

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.502729733077637.132529.100000218445455&type=1&l=5be51338c7

7/22/12 3:22am

skykilo

Congrats on escaping Lone Star status.

7/22/12 1:17am

Don_B

Happy birthday, Silas. Nice to meet you at the Paradise lot on Friday AM and see the preview
video. We stuck with our plan and slogged up the Muir route mostly in whiteout with our hiking friend Janet, for a special day for her. Specaily foggy and wet, too. I'll do a separate TR to avoid hijacking yours.
Don

7/21/12 12:19pm

jtack

July 16-17, 2012, Silver Peak, 2 min walk to snow!

Happy birthday Silas! Sounds and looks like a fantastic way to celebrate a birthday. Let me count some of the good parts of that trip; good company, whiskey, food and turns, seems like that's a great start on another year! Best wishes.

7/21/12 12:12pm

silaswild

Awesome Tim. If anyone can find summer lines at Silver, you are that man. Thanks for sharing your local knowledge and enthusiasm.

7/21/12 12:08pm

RandoneeRon

Happy birthday Silas!

7/21/12 11:25am

Andrew Carey