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Exceptional piece of work! Thanks for sharing and great photo's too.

author=samthaman link=topic=25223.msg106589#msg106589 date=1340809649]
Awesome! I love the twins

I got my first idea for the tour from your trip report. Thanks!

Thanks for the TR! Good recon mission. IMO, the Western Cabinets are a little hard to access, unless you hit the western flanks; i.e. Scotchman, Bee Top, etc. Looks like you got a variation of that! I have also reconned that area some, but end up elsewhere, as it is a pain. Further south, in the main Cabinets, the Rock Creek area has some good stuff: i.e. Chicago/St Paul, Engle, etc. Should be still somewhat ripe for the pickins'. I am going up to do the Selkirk Crest this weekend...Twin Pe...

We've climbed the Lynch and down the scramble route before (not skiing) in maybe 12 hours.  Hard to remember.  This is not a super human day trip.  We were not that fast and took breaks (plus that side trip).  Usually Wood figures the stats from his gps--I'll post if I get them.

Love the video Mike!  Walker?  Enchantments looked like fun as well.

Sweet trip report! Thanks! I am definitely going to have to investigate that route/area for further exploration skiing of Rainier. Any idea on the pitch of the finger (looks pretty damn steep)? Also, any other clutch/crux parts besides the gaping crevasse and serac garden that you mentioned? Thanks!

author=chrism link=topic=25191.msg106530#msg106530 date=1340702512]
About what elevation was the large crevasse that you mention?

i'd say somewhere around 13k ish... couldn't really see it until we were right under it.

memorable trip - what a great route! what great company! Snoqualmie Pickets indeed... definitely a solstice well spent. Still amazed we pulled it off so smoothly, spur of the moment as it was. This trip covered a lot of ground in two days. wow!  beautiful country, so much left to ski out there...

Mount Thomson's north couloir would not have been possible without an earlier exploratory excursion with Rob--it was a shared obsession (would it go?). Wish he could have been there. We&...

author=jesski link=topic=25207.msg106500#msg106500 date=1340654087]
Cold springs? Road open?

The road was drivable to Morrison Creek.
Could be a few weeks until Cold springs depending on weather.

author=lazzara link=topic=25180.msg106461#msg106461 date=1340575865">
Words and more of Sam's sick pic's here for those of you who are "into that kind of thing" . . .

Wow! Nice work...stepping out into space on a couple of those shots! As one of those who is "in to those type of things!" Thanks!

please tell this is going to work

author=peggieh link=topic=25169.msg106493#msg106493 date=1340649038]

OMG that pack looks like it weigh 100 lbs lol.

Yes, pretty close...We all were flirting with at least 60-80 lb packs for that slog! 

Dang, I'm kicking myself for not snooping down below the patch of trees to find the good snow patch on the west run Sunday morning.  Motivation was pretty low after getting rained on for 85% of the skin up though...

Everybody kept tellin that horse not to poach their line.  >:(

Well played, Bird!

author=peggieh link=topic=25206.msg106496#msg106496 date=1340649258]

Well one good thing about the snow being gone..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................NO SNOWMOBILES raping the MTN!!!!!!


just sayin.

Cold springs? Road open?

Nice talking with you guys on top.  What a glorious day with equally good turns. The next day was also nice, but the snow was not as good on Frying Pan.  Shortly after coming down Meany Crest we saw one of the helicopters circling Emmons.  Very sad.   Weather took a turn for the worse on day three during our attempt of Double Peak/Chimneys. We aborted due to steady rain and low visibility.  We found a little redemption on day 4 on Naches.  I think you guys managed to hit the best weather of the...

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Sweet.
Looked like a perfectly executed trip.
Well done.
Nic pics and viddy.

Nice pics... That first pano looks like a wall hanger. Last time I was down there I drove all the way up and couldn't even see the lake!(forest fire). Cool place though.
  Cheers!

Awesome report and great photos - thanks for putting the TR together.

What a grand idea!  Thanks for the report.  I liked this over the traditional sisters link up.  What amazing weather and views!  I'm bookmarking this one for future reference.  Thanks again.

Nash dawg and my son agree, Sunday sublime slushified slopes skied superbly.

Nice to see you and the rest if the crew, Silas.

Beautiful.  When I first started reading the TR about planning how to get to the trailhead, I was thinking it was driving around some construction or something, sheesh.  :)  That's really inspiring, though, and sounds like a great trip.  I bet some of the looks you get on the city bus are pretty funny when you are loading your bike, skis, and gear on board?