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I wondered who left that permit pinned to the shingle :) Thanks for the report!

Gary_H

June 6, 2012, Cayuse and Chinook passes

Definitely fun times Mack! Your buddy Yukon Jack was much nicer to me on this trip than the last time he and I spent some time together............ ;)

Here are some pictures, I will post some additional ones on Picasa soon.

1. Mack on the summit of Obstruction Peak
2. Mack dropping a knee
3. Jeff on our last run

Gary

6/6/12 2:31pm

r1de

Good report. Sorry I had to bail on it just before reaching Chinook. :(

6/6/12 12:11pm

telemack

author=WhiteyWhite link=topic=25021.msg105727#msg105727 date=1339028358]
Nice! That sounds fun. How far from the road to your camp? And once you were at the camp were you able to keep the skins on the whole time for your different climbs? Thanks! Hopefully I make it out there next week!

Fun trip with amazing cloud formations and not much precip. until we bailed Monday. Waterhole Camp is 4 miles from the paved road. You can't sk...

6/6/12 9:48am

WhiteyWhite

June 5, 2012, Chinook Pass

Nice! That sounds fun. How far from the road to your camp? And once you were at the camp were you able to keep the skins on the whole time for your different climbs? Thanks! Hopefully I make it out there next week!

6/6/12 9:19am

ron j

Nice viddy.

6/6/12 8:20am

joppler

May 26, 2012, Plummer Denman Plummer

It was a great day and good times had by all. Sorry for the late picture post, I forgot my camera in Mack's car!

Clearly there will be snow for a little while in the Tatoosh...

Mack dropping off the west side of Plummer on our way over to Denman

Mack booting up Denman

6/5/12 2:18pm

jtack

May 26, Hurricane Environs

Mike, I did not watch your video until today, you just keep making them better.

6/5/12 1:35pm

Gary_H

author=runcle link=topic=24914.msg105565#msg105565 date=1338696593]
Quite the opposite. Here I am after a little bit of spinach ;)

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

6/5/12 1:14pm

wickstad

June 2, 2012, Mt. Rainier, Paradise Snowfield corn

Very cool Mike.

I saw that bowl four line in another tr.

Nice to see it from the top down. (shot from the lower lot fom cascadian warrior I think.). Good season for you guys over there.

We've been biking.

6/5/12 12:05pm

Vince Lamphier

June 4, 2012, Mission

author=jtack link=topic=25013.msg105664#msg105664 date=1338875600]
I'm going to declare the low hanging fruit at Mission is officially gone, I hiked/skinned to the top today, yes in the rain, and the skiing was fine, but it is hard (maybe impossible now) to ski off the top and get 1000 vert. without taking off your skis once or twice. I hate to see the easy turns gone, maybe I need to get my bike out, and at least see if the tires will hold air.

6/5/12 12:37am

cascadianwarrior

June 4, 2012, Mission

Yep, I was up on the 3rd and felt the same way. As much as I love the snow I decided it was time to switch to summer mode. Hell, I even took the ski racks off my car, just to make it official.

6/4/12 11:01pm

JibberD

June 3, 2012, Alpental

Way to get after it Zap!

Also pretty amazing to see how much snow is still up there. How much longer do you think that tour will be covered top to bottom?

6/4/12 10:54pm

ron j

Welcome to TAY, nestorv,
Glad you had a successful tour out of Paradise.

6/4/12 9:42pm

mikerolfs

May 30, 2012, Shasta, North Gate

author=Marcus link=topic=24984.msg105580#msg105580 date=1338736158]
cute dog too :)

Thanks, Marcus. He's a good partner.

6/4/12 3:41pm

jibmaster

Saw your tracks. Looks like you came down to the lower Bolam and crossed our tracks. Awesome area, eh?!
Nice video!

6/4/12 3:06pm

mikerolfs

June 4, 2012, Mission

author=jtack link=topic=25013.msg105664#msg105664 date=1338875600]
...officially gone...

always hard to say good-bye to a good season. I'm not giving up yet though. Come October we'll be thinking 500 foot runs are something special, so I'll see you on Windy Ridge for some shorties over the next couple weeks!

6/4/12 3:01pm

jtack

June 2, 2012, Birthday Tour via Spires Gulley

Vince, nice to see you again, I enjoyed your pictures as well..

6/4/12 2:57pm

mick_scott

Viva Cascadia!

6/4/12 2:08pm

bs.

June 3, 2012, Fryingpan, Goat Island circumnav

so a midnight departure is "leaving in the dark" and 4 hours of treacherous, exposed bushwhacking is "a bit of an exit fee"? scott my friend, you are a master of understatement! or maybe i've still got a ways to go before i can call myself a true cascadian snowboarder. either way, it sure is fun to see how many superlatives and unprecedented events can be packed into a single tour.

a good tour starts with a good bbq.

6/4/12 1:49pm

PS44

Hillmap:
http://www.hillmap.com/m/ag1zfmhpbGxtYXAtaGRychALEghTYXZlZE1hcBj-4yUM

More pics:

6/4/12 1:45pm

hedonaut

Cool trip in a neat (and rugged) area--am familiar with those fees you paid!

6/4/12 11:08am

lrudholm

Solid! Thanks for the invite as well.

6/4/12 10:34am

Mofro

June 3, 2012, Alpental

Great job working through the set backs Zap, I think my son and I skied past your group on your way up the groomed part of Lower I. Still solid coverage top to bottom, though the chair one side below the gunmount has some spots opening up.

6/4/12 8:50am

jwplotz

may 25-27, white river area adventures

Nice one Scott! Don't tell me you have a hut up there too! Any plans for heli access?

6/4/12 7:12am

christoph benells

author=JoshK link=topic=24962.msg105638#msg105638 date=1338838965]

That's a pretty cool mod you've got; always fun to see a science project.

not quite a mod, there are lots of dynasplitters out there and manufactured plates to switch out between soft and hard boots.

the boiling water trick should work well, id imagine there are plenty of professional bootfitters out there near you too.

6/4/12 5:54am

wolfs

June 3, 2012, Fortune SE Bowl

I was up there too solo, later in day such that by time I summited after a presummit lap (4PM) everyone else was already gone.
I didn't think the Headlight Basin snow was funky, I thought it was excellent. Maybe a difference in timing of warmup. Much smoother surface than in SE bowl, and less tracks.
Rather than exit via SE bowl I decided to drop into Headlight again and exit via Ingalls Pass, to hit the slopes to the E that looked tempting from a distance and appeared to get you...

6/4/12 5:11am

JoshK

may 25-27, white river area adventures

author=bs. link=topic=24962.msg105637#msg105637 date=1338837478]
i think it's funny that the most notable aspect of this TR was that i put dynafit bindings on a splitboard.

not getting eaten by the bear was a much more memorable aspect from my perspective!

but it sounds like i may be able to heat mold the boot shell to better fit my foot, so i might not have to write this off as a very expensive failed experiment. it would have been...

6/4/12 4:42am

bs.

may 25-27, white river area adventures

i think it's funny that the most notable aspect of this TR was that i put dynafit bindings on a splitboard.

not getting eaten by the bear was a much more memorable aspect from my perspective!

but it sounds like i may be able to heat mold the boot shell to better fit my foot, so i might not have to write this off as a very expensive failed experiment. it would have been nice to have hard boots yesterday, if only for the muddy, exposed, side-hill bushwacking.

6/4/12 4:17am

andyski

June 3, 2012, Fortune SE Bowl

Some of those snomo tracks went in on Saturday. No evidence of them in the morning, mucho evidence in the afternoon.

6/4/12 3:31am

Lowell_Skoog

June 3, 2012, Fortune SE Bowl

Busy day on Fortune Peak on Sunday. We were surprised to be able to ski all the way down to the Esmeralda trail via the SE basin. Just barely though, and the amount of walking will increase rapidly.

Based on tracks across mud, dirt, meadow and snow, it appeared to me that snowmobiles had run the Esmeralda trail within the past week. (Two weeks at most.) I think they should stop riding up there when any part of the trail is bare. Just sayin'.

Fun day of skiing with...

6/4/12 3:25am

Splitter

June 3, 2012, Fryingpan, Goat Island circumnav

photos:

glacial tarn
snow blowing over cliff
good turns

6/4/12 3:05am

Salal

Glad you finally got down that on your skiboard!

6/4/12 3:03am

ryanl

Hah! I came within a few seconds of heading there yesterday before ending up further east. That would have been fun to run into you. Great trip Scott. I'm surprised that you can still across Blanca lake

6/4/12 2:47am

Kyle Miller

RIGHT ON!!!!!!
Solid work guys

6/4/12 1:55am

Joedabaker

Sorry to miss out on it with you guys, next time.
That was where I was thinking of going. Nice mind read.
I did have another run like that in mind almost as long ski that is much closer in but medium walk out and a little tighter ski in the main area.
Funny you called to have me pick you up! There are two TH of that trail to exit, one South and one North.

6/4/12 1:28am

alecapone

June 2, 2012, Chinook

Yeah, Marcus..

happy be lated brithday!

6/4/12 1:28am

Joedabaker

June 2, 2012, Chinook

Happy b-lated b-day Marcus.

6/4/12 1:22am

Rusty Knees

June 3, 2012, Alpental

Looking good, Zap! That area is steepish, too - good job climbing AND skiing it.

6/4/12 1:06am

JibberD

June 3, 2012, Washington Pass

Great video FreeBird.

6/3/12 10:50pm

RossMac

Nice report. Did the Birthday Tour today with Carter, Matt and Kevin. Beautiful views, mixed snow. A few pictures. http://rossmac.smugmug.com/Skiing/Birthday-Tour-June-2012/23346555_fFggWt#!i=1884651042&k=scHcTZT

6/3/12 1:59pm

niko

June 2, 2012, Birthday Tour via Spires Gulley

Very informative: a great way to finesse the two-car issue. Wish I could follow your track tomorrow, dogs and all (I have two, too). N

6/3/12 1:27pm

Chris

June 3, 2012, Washington Pass

you two sure get out and ski a lot! thanks for report and vid/pics.

& thanks for letting me tag along to pilchuck the other day. good times.

6/3/12 1:18pm

Vince Lamphier

Good to here your day went well! Nice picks! Love the one of the boot pack to the col.

6/3/12 1:13pm

mikerolfs

June 3, 2012, Washington Pass

Looks pretty nice. Keep the reports coming.

6/3/12 1:08pm

DOD

May 26, 2012--Goat Mountain, North Cascades

video here:

6/3/12 12:32pm

FreeBird

Lucky with the weather :)
And the ride back to the car :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LQZnNTW6s8&feature=colike

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.475642769119667.126789.100000218445455&type=1&l=05c80a1a69

6/3/12 10:33am

jtack