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author=Libteched link=topic=25173.msg106381#msg106381 date=1340351728]
A video from Wednesday - http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tr18ursNPDY

How come I am always in the same place as Silas but I never see him?

Nice! Saw your tracks and wondered who did it. Fun video!

6/22/12 1:10am

Mofro

Festive evening for sure, we had a few people show up a couple miles away.

6/22/12 12:15am

Alan Brunelle

author=Libteched link=topic=25173.msg106381#msg106381 date=1340351728]

How come I am always in the same place as Silas but I never see him?

Funny. I only ever make it out a couple times a year (maybe) and I always seem to bump into him. I just assume that he is everywhere.

Alan

6/22/12 12:07am

Libteched

June 21, 2012, Sahale-ish, Quien Sabe glacier

A video from Wednesday - http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tr18ursNPDY

How come I am always in the same place as Silas but I never see him?

6/21/12 4:55pm

Libteched

Thanks for the access update. Photos?

6/21/12 4:10pm

bcjunkie

June 21, 2012, St Helens, Warm flows

Good job on bagging St Helens!!! Stellar trip you have going, Michael! From kayaking with Orcas, to the San Juan's, to Rainier and Helens, you are truly getting some of the best of what we have to offer in the Great Northwest! Smooth sailing, to you and Christian, my friend! Will have to come ski some of your sick terrain in the Alps! Take care, and go git' it!!!

6/21/12 4:09pm

bcjunkie

June 20, Solstice skiabout. MLH/Snoq pass.

Wow! Love that third shot! That is about the best BBQ shot, with beverage, I have ever seen! Kudos to you!!! :D

6/21/12 3:47pm

Rusty Knees

June 21, 2012, Silver Peak

Wolfs, I was thinking the same thing. Last year I remember more snow on the west side, but thinner snow on the main east facing bowl. This year just the opposite.

6/21/12 3:27pm

wolfs

June 21, 2012, Silver Peak

I was up there in the evening. Several other parties about. Nice consistency corn. Still nice day but interesting clouds building west and south as sun set.
What I haven't seen mentioned in any of the Silver reports thus far is that the slopes down to Annette are already BAKED. 90% talus. Definitely no continuous way to get from ridge to anything more than few hundred feet long. Kind of odd because last year they lasted long enough to be really fun at the time the road was open and for...

6/21/12 2:59pm

Oyvind_Henningsen

June 20, 2012, - South Face, Colfax Peak

Happy belated Lee ! Just back from Garibaldi - nice tour, 3' pole penetration 300' below summit, baled.

6/21/12 2:03pm

mik68

6/15-16/2012, Mt Adams, Promenade des Glaciers

Hi Splitboard Graham, hi bcjunkie,

nice trip report and pics. It was a pleasure to be on a trip with you!!!

I do ski mountaineering since quite a few years now, but from you I learned something on skins. It was also very interesting to see the differences in the way the gear used for a particular use case between US and Europe style.

I will provide some more pics as soon as I get them from my SD card.

Mik68

6/21/12 12:56pm

Nick-BC

Thanks for that trip report Lowell I enjoyed it so much. I was actually directed to it from an interminable, but very enjoyable thread on Ttips, on XCD technique. Some of the views you showed reminded me of my two visits to Mount Adams with telemon. Bob is sorely missed.....

6/21/12 10:48am

Rusty Knees

Here's a picture of the highlight of the day for me.

Weaver (Paul) and I met this nice young couple as they were coming down off Silver Peak.

6/21/12 10:36am

Fletcher

June 21, 2012, Silver Peak

Thanks for posting that photo Mike! Nice meeting you as well.

6/21/12 9:58am

r1de

Great day to be up there. It was my first visit to Silver Peak, and I went with Wook. We were both on splitties, and made a hike up to the summit. I got some decent footage, I think; will post later today or tomorrow.

Edit: here is the video: http://youtu.be/QmKFh83vNUU

6/21/12 9:04am

jwplotz

author=spionin link=topic=25152.msg106351#msg106351 date=1340318615]
NOOOO! not again!

oh, whew! close one.

Yes V, I hate close calls like that.

6/21/12 8:28am

~Link~

Hell yeah! That's a feel-good TR! Sounds like a trip of a lifetime. Good work, fellers!

6/21/12 8:15am

~Link~

Welcome back, Zap!

6/21/12 8:07am

~Link~

Shot up there after work with Alta Snob for a summit and twilight ski out. Still laughing about Silas's verbal ques regarding skiing in the dark; I'm glad to know I'm not the only loon-bin on the hills. Good times.

6/21/12 8:06am

spionin

author=jwplotz link=topic=25152.msg106204#msg106204 date=1340070473]I was completely out of smoked salmon

NOOOO! not again!

author=jwplotz link=topic=25152.msg106204#msg106204 date=1340070473]he had two shrinkwrapped smoked salmon filets waiting for me.

oh, whew! close one.

looks like a great trip! :)

6/21/12 7:43am

avajane

Wow! You guys sure nailed the timing of that trip. Great shots

6/21/12 7:17am

Libteched

Had a killer time out yesterday. Didn't get to meet anyone but there were quite a few folks up in the bowl. I ended up putting in two laps up to the true summit then descended off the east ridge via a nice steep little col.

6/21/12 6:56am

mikerolfs

author=Rusty Knees link=topic=25176.msg106325#msg106325 date=1340261800]
Did you need permits,

Yes, permits required. I picked the dates in February for the lottery process and it turns out I picked poorly as far as coordinating with my wife. Worked out okay for skiing though :)

author=Fletcher link=topic=25176.msg106340#msg106340 date=1340304841]
Hey Mike, I wondered if you posted...

6/21/12 6:01am

danpeck

Which boots are you using with your TTS binding? Are those the scarp a F1's? Also, what cable system did you use? I'd like to build a TTS with the O1 cables underfoot.

Inspiring report. I was actually up there June 14-15 on a hike with my wife, no skis, but I saw ski tracks and was wishing.

If you ever need someone to tele with... I'm new to the area, looking for people to ski with. Send me a PM.

6/21/12 5:54am

Jake the Brit

YES
I knew you were a genius......I'll stand behind you the 1st time!

6/21/12 5:20am

jwplotz

Bear Tipping, Jake.

6/21/12 4:36am

Fletcher

Hey Mike, I wondered if you posted over here. You guys sure did seem to be having an awesome time up there. I really enjoyed watching you guys ski down Aasgard. Now I am seriously regretting leaving early.

6/21/12 3:54am

Jake the Brit

author=jwplotz link=topic=25152.msg106233#msg106233 date=1340113502]
Thanks! The devil club shoots was Scott's beta. We tried several shoots in various stages of bloom, and concluded that the tastiest ones still had the purple shell around the green buds. The older shoots without the shell were still edible but quite bitter.

Damn I am chuckling; now not only do we have to aim to ski the most rad line, as far away as possible....b...

6/21/12 3:27am

Charlie Hagedorn

Bummed we missed you guys - last dash in the evening. Beautiful day!

6/21/12 3:03am

Jim Oker

That was a blast. Great party at the top - nice to meet you all! The evening skiing was quite nice - carvable corn.

6/21/12 2:49am

Big Steve

Fun up there. Glad to hear you got out. Via headlamp?

6/21/12 12:03am

Big Steve

Yeah baby! Happy Solstice. Sorry we missed you two. We had brews with RustyKnees and Weaver at the cars, then skinned up to the ridge for more beers with Silas, Jim O, et. al. Lovely up there.

Keep on zapping it, Zap!

6/21/12 12:02am

ron j

June 15, 2012, Skyline Divide, Mt. Baker

Zap and Jill
Rock on ;D

6/20/12 11:45pm

petermoran

Nice pics. Those look like bear prints in the snow. Do we need to bring bear spray on our belts?

6/20/12 3:58pm

Rusty Knees

Great trip report, Mike! Did you need permits, or does that start later? Great pictures, boy,did you get the weather!

6/20/12 3:56pm

bcjunkie

Thanks, Graham! Also! Here is 3 more pics that gotta be shown...

1)Graham, Mr. kitted-out and ready for action, tearing up the crazy debris on the way up Interglacier...
2)Me, newby and all, ready for action on summit morning...
3)Splitboard Graham tearing it up in good fashion

6/20/12 3:00pm

Splitboard Graham

Sourdough Traverse

nice work. been eyeing that from crystal for years, too.

6/20/12 2:33pm

Boot

You are both awesome and inspiring.

6/20/12 2:29pm

Splitboard Graham

Determination! Inspiring. Thank you.

6/20/12 2:24pm

Splitboard Graham

Thanks for the pics bcjunkie! and the good company to all in attendance!

below are some more pics:

6/20/12 2:07pm

bcjunkie

And finally, 3 more for the road... ;)

1) Michael and Christian skiing the Upper Interglacier Basin
2)Michael and Paul skiing the Lower Interglacier Basin
3) I scared our poor little bear up a tree, on the way down the trail...didn't even notice until Michael told me as he was catching up to me...must have been the huge pack with skis on it.

As this was my first time on Mt. Rainier, I am awed and inspired! I will be back to try it again....soon! Thank...

6/20/12 1:08pm

bcjunkie

And in addition to...here are some more pictures for your viewing pleasure:

1)Skiing the Emmons Glacier
2)More skiing on the mighty Emmons Glacier
3)Last but not least, more skiing on the Emmons Glacier

The snow conditions were a bit icy and crusty, but was pretty skiable with some serious power turns and a good attitude :)

6/20/12 12:57pm

bcjunkie

They just keep a coming....more pictures :D

1)View looking over at the Emmons Glacier, Frying Pan Glacier, and the Cowlitz Chimneys in the early AM, on summit day.
2) Right before we embarked on our skin up, the winds up on Mt. Rainier started to pick up dramatically.
3) Near the crux of the route, with a falling serac blowing out a snow bridge, critical to our attempt on skis, just ahead...

6/20/12 12:49pm

bcjunkie

Here are some more pictures from the trip:

1)Our group skiing into the Upper Interglacier Basin.
2)Our camp at Camp Shurman.
3)Looking up the Emmons Glacier in the early AM before our attempt to summit.

6/20/12 12:39pm

bcjunkie

I figured I better add to the trip report, as it is my first here on TAY. Here are some pictures from the trip:

1) Looking at Mt. Rainier's Emmons/Interglacier route from the highway the day before we embarked.
2)Our group getting ready to hit the trail from the White River Trailhead.
3) Not even a mile up the trail, we had company...a black bear! Right in the middle of the trail!! Fortunately, he didn't seem to mind us one bit....

6/20/12 12:34pm

Splitboard Graham

author=ps44 link=topic=25169.msg106304#msg106304 date=1340229242]
Good effort. We watched the weather over the Rainier summit from Fryingpan Glacier and it had a big cloud most of the day. I wonder whether any climbers were getting through after the bridge collapse as I am planning to go up there in a month or so (on foot, not skis).

Thanks for any info.

Thanks. No one summitted while we were up there. The g...

6/20/12 10:55am

PS44