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Was wondering where you all ended up; how did you get back to the car - hitch?
We stayed in the Yakima/Naches area and just got a bunch of sweet lines in.
We stayed in the Yakima/Naches area and just got a bunch of sweet lines in.
Wolverine. Awesome. I've seen tracks up there, and other places. Never seen one before.
Reynolds is a wrap...
the bulger bagging pattern just occurred - looks like it took you to the right place!
the bulger bagging pattern just occurred - looks like it took you to the right place!
I'd add that scrambling the wet, sometimes-slimy-with-wet-lichen and sometimes-snowy class 3 summit in ski boots made things interesting/exciting at times. But much better than May 8, 2010. :)
The ski down was fun, but the views and sun on the summit were sublime.
For what it's worth, I found the blowdowns and overgrowth of the trail much less frustrating on the way down, perhaps because gravity was on my side and less weight on my back (I wore my boot...
The ski down was fun, but the views and sun on the summit were sublime.
For what it's worth, I found the blowdowns and overgrowth of the trail much less frustrating on the way down, perhaps because gravity was on my side and less weight on my back (I wore my boot...
author=Pete A link=topic=25068.msg105865#msg105865 date=1339452017]
i hadn't been over to the south side of Rainier since November...was up on the snowfield yesterday too. I was surprised by the quantity of crevasses right up the gut of the Nisqually (I've exited the FF in years past right down the middle of the glacier too)...I thought that given the relatively cool spring we've had that things would be better covered up.
And...
Hey Steve, this is Travis... i met you at your camp, the parking lot, and on the summit of fortune. I got to the top just as you guys were headed down and you let me look through your binos to try and find the wolverine. I wanted to let you know I DID SEE IT!!! it was running acrossed a steep snow field headed towards south ingalls peak. What a cool day, see you around
wow. i've navigated through that part of the glacier to avoid the point releases, too, but it wasn't anywhere near that tricky! maybe after two big snow years the glacier is moving more quickly?? weird, indeed. glad you guys made it out alive.
sweet! i think i know that bowl... i call it Corona bowl after a 24oz can of Corona burst in my backpack on the way up...
thanks for the road report.
thanks for the road report.
Glad you guys made it up there and took advantage of the opportunity, I was stuck admiring the view from Olympia that day. Was the snow pack on the winter route up (S facing) still decent enough to ski at this point, or did you only ski the N facing area?
author=spresho link=topic=25058.msg105844#msg105844 date=1339387016]
Thanks to Gary from Port Angeles for the help finding the way.
Enjoyed meeting and skiing with you guys yesterday, the north side conditions were, as you said, very enjoyable. The snow quality on the south side was actually better than expected. It was a bit challenging to find a continuous line almost back to the cars. Not bad though for the mi...
Fun sounding tour. I'll have to put that one in my playbook.
Post the link (or links) here without the IMG tags (or PM me with it, if you prefer) and I'll take a look at it.
The link I am trying to use is from an online gallery in Dropbox... I retried them all and still not working.
nice pictures!
i hadn't been over to the south side of Rainier since November...was up on the snowfield yesterday too. I was surprised by the quantity of crevasses right up the gut of the Nisqually (I've exited the FF in years past right down the middle of the glacier too)...I thought that given the relatively cool spring we've had that things would be better covered up.
And yeah, the west edge of the Nisqually with all those point releases didn't lo...
i hadn't been over to the south side of Rainier since November...was up on the snowfield yesterday too. I was surprised by the quantity of crevasses right up the gut of the Nisqually (I've exited the FF in years past right down the middle of the glacier too)...I thought that given the relatively cool spring we've had that things would be better covered up.
And yeah, the west edge of the Nisqually with all those point releases didn't lo...
Yikes -- high-stress terrain indeed -- great TR and nice work navigating safely.
Thats great. Its incredible people would be so bewildered to see your equipment! What? They never saw someone ski outside of a ski resort?
author=Big Steve link=topic=25064.msg105856#msg105856 date=1339442071]
Approached via Ingalls Pass and upper Headlight Basin. A few inches of new schmoo >6000' or so. Funky turns up high, but fun enough and a few days of sun will cure the funkiness. No sluffing. Great corn below the schmoo. Coverage still good. We skied down to the trail <1 mile from the TH.
Randy, Anita and I saw a wolverine on the N flank of Fortune E ridge on our...
nice, Mt Angeles. nice pic, & I guess your an 'Angeleno' skier. As thats what people who live in Los Angeles are called. I grew up there - & there is some good skiin' in the 'Angeleno' mtns.
Nice first post, welcome to TAY!
That error seems to be a problem with a malformed or incorrect link in the "IMG" brackets, though I'm not sure exactly why it happens -- smarter folks than I on here may know.
Try pulling out one image at a time, to see if a particular one is causing the problem. Sorry for the hassle!
That error seems to be a problem with a malformed or incorrect link in the "IMG" brackets, though I'm not sure exactly why it happens -- smarter folks than I on here may know.
Try pulling out one image at a time, to see if a particular one is causing the problem. Sorry for the hassle!
Very nice forest--I agree that there is lots of good skiing out there still. We'll have to join forces again.
Our 90% chance of showers on Mt. St. Helens (see my TR), turned into solid snow with decent, smooth powder.
Also nice to here you made it back from Logan...
Our 90% chance of showers on Mt. St. Helens (see my TR), turned into solid snow with decent, smooth powder.
Also nice to here you made it back from Logan...
Good TR, and welcome to TAY, Mr flyer.
Good job. Someone has to keep all those hikers wondering on trails that don't typically see skis.
author=Splitboard Graham link=topic=24878.msg105221#msg105221 date=1337989300]
Hoping to press my kids bike trailer into service if I get to this trip this year to make those extra miles less brutal :)
There was another group that we caught up with on our way out. They started a day later and made it a little bit past the shelter. Anyway we met them around mile 4, they were fixing one of their bikes. They passed us a little while...
I noticed your posting in the Random Tracks section "Climbing Coleman Deming Un-roped" where you were asking people's opinions about doing this route unroped. There were a number of answers in the discussion from being roped to not being roped. Thankfully you now know the answer - if you are walking on a glacier PUT A ROPE ON! If it was so simple as to walk safely without one and use it only when you see dangers then there wouldn't be a need for roping up.&n...
Was just wondering the other day about that road. Thanks for the update.
good to hear! that was the train of thought, planning on going a thousand feet higher tomorrow in the same vicinity, was it fun snow to ski?
Thanks for the conditions update Forest. Glad to see your back safe and sound from the Logan trip!
Cheers,
Travis England
Cheers,
Travis England
Well blow me down!
author=Gary_H link=topic=24914.msg105705#msg105705 date=1338956040]
Nice................ Popeye would be proud of you. ;)
You might want to consider growing your hair out, getting some flashy duds and taking your show on the road....... It seems to have worked for this guy............
Gary
No, it was well glued where we skied: International and Debbie's. . If the NWAC alert makes you ask, I'd guess we were at low enough altitude that there was too little new snow. Also the weather was cloudy and cool.
Hey man , welcome !! You might wanna
think about moving your post to "partners wanted".
It's currently in "trip reports". Maybe that was
your strategy;if so , well played! Good luck!
think about moving your post to "partners wanted".
It's currently in "trip reports". Maybe that was
your strategy;if so , well played! Good luck!
Fun morning skiing with you Silas, thanks for going.
Nice meeting other TAY'rs on the hill today too.
Nice meeting other TAY'rs on the hill today too.
Nice! Looks very fun. Glad to see that new KWilds are in the wild!
thanks, had no delusions about it being just on the other side of Snoqualmie :) - I meant close to Kam's home; Silas filled me in, that'd be Reno
Sweet last minute descision! Sounds like something our crew would do! So was that runway of snow to Paradise parking lot the last of the snow to be skied to the lot?
author=runcle link=topic=25021.msg105737#msg105737 date=1339048886]
I wondered who left that permit pinned to the shingle :) Thanks for the report!
We wondered who made the extra set of ski tracks ........... now we know :D
Nice TR, Whitey,
That was our trio parked behind you on your return and arriving back to the car shortly after you guys.
That run down from Foss is a sweet one. It's good to see you Oly folks up getting up to get the Tatoosh goods.
Thanks for the report.
That was our trio parked behind you on your return and arriving back to the car shortly after you guys.
That run down from Foss is a sweet one. It's good to see you Oly folks up getting up to get the Tatoosh goods.
Thanks for the report.
author=cumulus link=topic=25028.msg105740#msg105740 date=1339056988]
Is this close to home?
Mt. Conness is in Yosemite National Park in CA, just east of Tioga Pass. Same continent, but not exactly a weekend trip.
(Couldn't be up here; look at that bluebird sky! ::) )
video from the day here:
https://vimeo.com/43624040
https://vimeo.com/43624040
Good choice of activity. When I'm in there I can never decide if I want more to ski or to climb.
author=Rusty Knees link=topic=25021.msg105746#msg105746 date=1339082109]
Mack flies like Raven
He genuflects like a priest
Is he man or god
I think we both know the answer to that. :)
Nice pictures - a Haiku
Mack flies like Raven
He genuflects like a priest
Is he man or god
Mack flies like Raven
He genuflects like a priest
Is he man or god
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Yeah - I don't know how to fix that. It works on my smart phone, but not on my old computer. Oh well, there's no cool skiing pictures anyway.
Yeah - I don't know how to fix that. It works on my smart phone, but not on my old computer. Oh well, there's no cool skiing pictures anyway.
author=telemack link=topic=25021.msg105728#msg105728 date=1339030107]Check the NW-NE aspects of Eagle Peak.
Skied these aspects with Chmnyboy last February in blower, bluebird pow ;D Definitely a lot of cool terrain out that direction if the weather and snow cooperate!
funny... glad the crevasse only swallowed body parts!
indeed there are some very ripe rocks around there... you slept in back I presume?
btw yr pic link has "This content is currently unavailable...
author=Rusty Knees link=topic=25027.msg105735#msg105735 date=1339046534]
Our little wind swale was very protected, though probably a bit too close to the eroding rock face. Oh well, you gotta go sometime.
indeed there are some very ripe rocks around there... you slept in back I presume?
btw yr pic link has "This content is currently unavailable...
wow, looks gorgeous! nice pics...
Is this close to home?