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Did you catch the person in the first pic just as he was about to eat sh*t? What is going on there?

Nice work on Stuart, a worthy destination no matter how many times you've been there.

stoudema, Great report from Mt McLoughlin.  Standing on top of Diamond gave me a whole new list to check off including McLoughlin, Bailey, Thielsen, etc.  Nothing like a long bushwack to make you feel like you earned it!

Sweet!  Diamond is great!

Hey Chris!  Glad you made it back up for a NW fix.  Good trip report, pretty cool to combine two "cool" hobbies.

Great to run in to you again Todd. I think you may have meant to have May 10/11 as the dates. We skied from the summit at about 2:30 after a 1.5 hour shoes off break/nap on the windless warm summit. The Roman HW skied great as well with soft snow on the skiers left to the col then perfect 2" pow over a edgable firm layer back to the Black Buttes. Heliotrope and Grouse Creek were perfect corn all the way to the drainage flats. The C/D route is in great shape for car to car skiing. We were ab...

Over 1000' of skinning, yeah!  I can only hope I have the enthusiasm and determination to follow in your footsteps when I face similar obstacles.  Way to go, hats off to you my friend.

Hi Zap. I don't know you, but you are an inspiration. I did the same route today with my wife and it was beautiful. Best wishes.

That seems about as natural as I could imagine Jill -- Crystal should be great with this weather.  Go get it! :)

Thanks shred, appreciate the info.

Thanks for the excellent trip report. Always a pleasure to tackle another peak with you Susan. Great trip.

Nice Chris!  Looks like you scored the goods and timed it perfectly.  I need to get on that route sometime soon!  I disagree with you on one thing though - Oregon sucks, especially in the spring, and anyone thinking of moving here should reconsider because all it does here is rain ;)

Oh, and if you are ever in Woodland and need to get a tire fixed, I know just the place.

Finally had time to edit some video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1kiSKmSg4A&feature=colike

Cool pics!
Looks like fun

Looks like a good mission. Having surf and turf on the menu is hard to turn down. Its very relaxing surfing out at shi-shi.

Corn bliss ;D ;D ;D

Congrats to Yoshiko!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIQqkSY1keA&feature=colike

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Thanks for the photos!  Can you provide a little more info re: road access for those of us who don't know where the gate is?

Nice, had some good skiing in the Methow, but no better than that.........no need to drive for snow!

amazing photos, both the professional panorama, and the up to the waist one! What approx elevation was the up-to-waist one taken at?

It warmed up significantly the 6th, 7th, and 8th, and the Fischer Chimneys are west facing.  Now it looks like it has cooled back off.  I think you'll be fine there now.  Not likely to be any pow on that aspect (or anywhere really).

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The lake being "Rainy" and the summit being "Preacher"?

Somehow you cracked the code  ;)


There's good ski terrain up there.  Though, I wasn't expecting so many large cliff bands.  That was a nice surprise.  I might have to go cragging at the lake later this year...

Hey guys, I've got a tiny condo at Alpental and would be happy to go out on a short backcountry trip with Zap.  Your description of how time on skis helps with difficult situations really resonates with me.  PM or email me anytime if Zap wants to get out and Jill can't.

Cheers.

I got a feeling that the Zapman will weather this storm with flying colors.
Go get 'em Zap & Jill  :)

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acceptable company

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Seconded.

From personal experience I think you are both right..............  ;)

Have fun in Ireland Brian, sounds like a great opportunity!

Gary