TR Replies

Yo PowderT, mind if I send this shot to WDFW? Send me a PM with your name and I can give you credit. They're after any and all pictures we took and yours is a good one.

6/12/12 6:30am

Mtnmanb

Hey, I was there too ya know ;) Granted, my slow arse missed actual sighting and I only saw tracks.

Great ski tour, funky snow conditions from the ridge to bench. Sorta opposite of "regular conditions". Flatten the ski to slow down, carve/skid a turn to speed up, odd....

At under 5 hours car to car, that was haulin'!

B)

6/12/12 5:15am

teledavid

Awesome sighting! Wolverines are so cool. I'm glad you let the wildlife guys know, they'll be interested. (I used to do wildlife surveys for the FS.) I've only seen one in my life and it was on a ski trip too.

Cheers, David.

6/12/12 4:29am

Big Steve

Good to hear from you, Travis. I'll send you a PM.

Randy reported the wolverine sighting to WDFW. We are in touch with the wolverine expert.

6/12/12 4:23am

peggieh

May 26-29, 2012, Ballard and Azurite via Swamp Creek

author=Splitboard Graham link=topic=25066.msg105901#msg105901 date=1339523723]

Very true! Carrying beer is good for weight training. Make strong legs and back.

6/12/12 3:29am

Charlie Hagedorn

What a fun loop. If the Mill Creek trail actually existed, I'd recommend it to friends who don't mind carrying skis long distances. But, the Mill Creek trail isn't really there. Set expectations to "Alaskan Bush", and you'll have fun. Trail would be invisible with more than 1 inch of snowcover. In many sections, a divining rod would be handy, except that it would get hung up in the brush. The trail and mine areas are Federally closed for the min...

6/12/12 3:00am

Splitboard Graham

oops. i swear beer and/or herbs had nothing to do with me putting all of that in quotes!

6/12/12 2:56am

Splitboard Graham

author=peggieh link=topic=25066.msg105899#msg105899 date=1339522437]

You don't have to worry about hitting a tree or something like you would if you were drunk.
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I have seen some immoderate herbivores skiing/riding who were crashing into stuff, eating it in deep pow, and getting lost in trees... but you're point is still a good one ;)

however, liquid refreshments (unlike herbs) do have a calorie content! and it...

6/12/12 2:55am

Pavel

It wasn't exactly a straight line ...
Good Memories thou =)

6/12/12 2:34am

peggieh

author=Splitboard Graham link=topic=25066.msg105876#msg105876 date=1339478345]
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.

LMAO thats why I always bring dank herb skiing!!!!

1. Its light 2. It won't soak your pack if it spills. 3. You don't have to worry about hitting a tree or something like y...

6/12/12 2:33am

peggieh

June 10, 2012, Reynolds Peak

author=Snitter link=topic=25066.msg105874#msg105874 date=1339474889]
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?

Plenty of snow still up high! Its all skiable right down into the woods.

6/12/12 2:30am

Zap

Susan, Great photos of the trip.

6/12/12 2:27am

r1de

June 11, 2012, Chinook pass

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.

6/12/12 2:18am

Zap

May 26-29, 2012, Ballard and Azurite via Swamp Creek

Great trip memories. ;)

6/12/12 2:10am

TobiasT

June 10, 2012, Reynolds Peak

Wolverine. Awesome. I've seen tracks up there, and other places. Never seen one before.

6/12/12 2:06am

cumulus

Reynolds is a wrap...
the bulger bagging pattern just occurred - looks like it took you to the right place!

6/12/12 1:33am

Andrew Carey

June 10, 2012, Reynolds Peak

very cool.

6/12/12 1:27am

Susan Ashlock

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...

6/11/12 3:55pm

Pierce

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...

6/11/12 3:30pm

PowderT

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

6/11/12 3:12pm

Splitboard Graham

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.

6/11/12 2:31pm

Splitboard Graham

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.

6/11/12 2:19pm

Snitter

June 10, 2012, Klahanie Ridge North Bowl

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?

6/11/12 1:21pm

Gary_H

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...

6/11/12 12:58pm

andyrew

June 11, 2012, Chinook pass

Fun sounding tour. I'll have to put that one in my playbook.

6/11/12 12:43pm

Marcus

June 9, 2012, Fryingpan Glacier PICTURES ADDED

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.

6/11/12 7:52am

Splitboardist

June 9, 2012, Fryingpan Glacier PICTURES ADDED

The link I am trying to use is from an online gallery in Dropbox... I retried them all and still not working.

6/11/12 7:51am

Pete A

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...

6/11/12 7:00am

Marcus

June 9, 2012, - Bandera Mountain

Yikes -- high-stress terrain indeed -- great TR and nice work navigating safely.

6/11/12 6:57am

peggieh

Thats great. Its incredible people would be so bewildered to see your equipment! What? They never saw someone ski outside of a ski resort?

6/11/12 5:20am

peggieh

June 3, 2012, Mt. Angeles Skiing in a cloud

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...

6/11/12 5:16am

peggieh

June 10, 2012, Muir

Wow thats a big hike! Good for you and congrats!

6/11/12 5:13am

all mtn

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.

6/11/12 3:57am

Marcus

June 9, 2012, Fryingpan Glacier PICTURES ADDED

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!

6/11/12 3:04am

danpeck

June 8, Kaleetan with Chair Circumnavigation

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...

6/11/12 1:05am

telemack

June 8, 2012, Rainier Muir snowfield sun and powder

Good TR, and welcome to TAY, Mr flyer.

6/10/12 10:43am

RonL

June 10, 2012, Mt Defiance recon -fail

Good job. Someone has to keep all those hikers wondering on trails that don't typically see skis.

6/10/12 9:58am

runningclouds

18-20 May 2012, Glacier Peak

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...

6/9/12 12:06pm

old guy

June2-3, Baker, Coleman-Deming

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...

6/9/12 10:09am

Markeyz

June 9, 2012, Silver Peak

Was just wondering the other day about that road. Thanks for the update.

6/9/12 9:36am

Eckels

June 8, Kaleetan with Chair Circumnavigation

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?

6/9/12 8:48am

bellingham

Thanks for the conditions update Forest. Glad to see your back safe and sound from the Logan trip!

Cheers,
Travis England

6/9/12 7:59am

runcle

May 26, Hurricane Environs

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

6/9/12 1:28am

silaswild

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.

6/8/12 9:37pm

Eckels

June, 11 - 14, 2012, North Cascades

was the new snow moving around much?

6/8/12 5:48pm

Jsper

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!

6/8/12 3:29pm

Chris