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aha. You're the set of skin tracks I was following through the ski area yesterday. I was up there taking photos and admiring your tracks..
What is the story on skiing the n. side of Lassen? I thought that side and every where else off the summit was closed for skiing this year...
Cool.
Climbed Wy'East 2 weeks ago on bullet-proof ice, I was thinking 1 slip & you'd go a long way.
Interestingly, when the weird, wind-blown ice crystal formations melted off at their bases around 9AM, the gullys on the south side were all running with rivers of ice-cubes., which sounded just like water dripping....truth stranger than fiction...anyway.....I'm rambling........
Must have been a rip-roaring ride! Great!
Climbed Wy'East 2 weeks ago on bullet-proof ice, I was thinking 1 slip & you'd go a long way.
Interestingly, when the weird, wind-blown ice crystal formations melted off at their bases around 9AM, the gullys on the south side were all running with rivers of ice-cubes., which sounded just like water dripping....truth stranger than fiction...anyway.....I'm rambling........
Must have been a rip-roaring ride! Great!
No sled just yet :) and we got home a little too late to sift through the pics but I'll post some tonight.
Should have used a sled. And posted a photo of you sledding. Or maybe you DID use a sled and are just hiding the fact ;-)
Speaking of which, I think I remember you saying you had the same camera as me. Where're the photos dood? Judging from the peaks surrounding Snoqualmie Pass I bet Stuart was spectacular.
Good call on avoiding a summit tag. I've seen that slope go big several times in early spring conditions.
Notwithstanding the strictly human powered...
Speaking of which, I think I remember you saying you had the same camera as me. Where're the photos dood? Judging from the peaks surrounding Snoqualmie Pass I bet Stuart was spectacular.
Good call on avoiding a summit tag. I've seen that slope go big several times in early spring conditions.
Notwithstanding the strictly human powered...
Thanks Amar - I found a report from Sam Lozier of famousinternetskiers.com of the line being skied (with arguably more direct start) by Sam and party. They called it the Roman Mustache as well. The hourglass feature lookers left (walled in by the Roman nose) looks fun too, although I bet the schrund at the bottom opens open pretty quickly in the spring.
Nice work y'all -- glad you got a good ski out of it and thanks to Becky for the text when y'all were safely out :)
Still cant get to the trail head. We skinned 2 miles-ish after parking and walking for about a mile. there's just enough snow to detour most from driving the mile we walked. Thought about exiting via grouse but ended up going in and out on the summer trail. It was pretty fast when we hit it, camp to car in an hour and a half on descent.
looks sweet! Thanks for the report, I was wondering what Baker would be like. How's the access? Road condition to Grouse Creek?
edit: whoops, doubled that question! what Bigtree said...
edit: whoops, doubled that question! what Bigtree said...
ha ha what can I say I'm a slouch, but I brush my teeth before bed!
thanks for mentioning it Rusty - I took another look, and made a small correction.
Vimeo changed its format so I put the vid on YouTube-new account-and applied some of those video "enhancement" buttons. Apparently the "stabilize" feature also crops the video... I reverted it back to the original. Should be a little better now. A little less cut off the top.
thanks for mentioning it Rusty - I took another look, and made a small correction.
Vimeo changed its format so I put the vid on YouTube-new account-and applied some of those video "enhancement" buttons. Apparently the "stabilize" feature also crops the video... I reverted it back to the original. Should be a little better now. A little less cut off the top.
Hi Travis. Thanks for posting. Could you advise on road conditions to trail head at present? Still snow on road 4 miles out from trail head?
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Steffan and I skied a fun line that started on the Roman wall, skied right under the big rime mushrooms near the top, and down the ice-fall lookers right of the Coleman headwall using a big ramp between big ice cliffs. For all we know this is a popular ski descent, but if anyone knows the name of this route I'd appreciate the beta.
As far as I know, that ski l...
Thanks to Ryan and Trav for getting out on the Bugs to Rogers Journey, TR soon to follow
Sorry to hear you guys got weathered out. We got super lucky with a brief weather window with the cloud deck about 200 vf below the end of the business. We had a good full glass of luck yesterday.
The line we skied was just lookers right of the obvious "hourglass" choke line far lookers left on that face. As I was trying to hit the ramp, I skied over to the top of that hourglass line. It was quite the roller and I couldn't see down far enough to tell you if it was a...
The line we skied was just lookers right of the obvious "hourglass" choke line far lookers left on that face. As I was trying to hit the ramp, I skied over to the top of that hourglass line. It was quite the roller and I couldn't see down far enough to tell you if it was a...
My friends and I were looking at that line last weekend but got socked in on the way up. glad to hear it goes, how was the choke?
I love that dusk patrol objective. It has been a couple of years since I hit it. Sounds like tough conditions. Sounds like you hit the one thing you can usually count on, irritated significant others! Classic line!
Reminds me that I did come back from that dusk patrol to something worse than an angry spoise;a busted out car window and missing gear - requiring a call to said irritated spouse to come fetch me a new set of car keys. Fortunately this...
Reminds me that I did come back from that dusk patrol to something worse than an angry spoise;a busted out car window and missing gear - requiring a call to said irritated spouse to come fetch me a new set of car keys. Fortunately this...
First time skiing in the area...
Wow :D
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.450759634941314.123584.100000218445455&type=1&l=00ffefa27f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-VL4goh8kE&feature=colike
Wow :D
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.450759634941314.123584.100000218445455&type=1&l=00ffefa27f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-VL4goh8kE&feature=colike
It was nice out there. Bummer to come back to the big city.
Steve
Steve
Very enjoyable day, good conditions and company.
BTW -- if anybody finds a Scarpa "F1" shim on the lower part of the road -- I offer a six pack of beer of choice or other beverage as a reward
BTW -- if anybody finds a Scarpa "F1" shim on the lower part of the road -- I offer a six pack of beer of choice or other beverage as a reward
Great tr, I laughed most of the way through!
Fun video - could you tip your head up a bit higher?
sounds sketchy and reckless. glad you guys are safe and had a good "adventure". might not get lucky like that again.....
Folks in the Alpy BC reported easy shears too. Central cliffs at Alpy were sluffing all day. Snow beneath the new is wet; tops of moguls were blue and soggy by the end of the day. Light precip through the day, staying frozen or nearly-so at the base until 4pm.
Looks great. If I wasn't solo I would have done the same trip you did.
Thats a nice mini-crown in your first picture...
Thats a nice mini-crown in your first picture...
There was talk of the Crooked but given conditions (flat light and top heavy snowpack), the built in contrast of the Slot's dual walls and reduced square footage (in terms of potential snow entrainment) made more sense.
As for skin track, I skipped the lower booting rigamarole (just trended further N. of the waterfall) and skinned all the way. Worked well (+faster).
must have been nice in the afternoon with all the fat flakes falling...
As for skin track, I skipped the lower booting rigamarole (just trended further N. of the waterfall) and skinned all the way. Worked well (+faster).
must have been nice in the afternoon with all the fat flakes falling...
Nice report--been there done that (from Illumination Rock down thru the Canyon & trees to hwy). Load of fun.
It's the ol' 95% rule, as Tremper would call it- 95% of the time it's fine, even in dangerous conditions; like playing slots at a casino and winning with each pull of the handle, but when you lose, the casino security cronies rush you, throw a sheet over your head, drag you outside, and proceed to (asphyxiate) the hell out of you...
Glad everyone is ok.
Glad everyone is ok.
Never occurred to you guys to turn around when you heard "whomphing" under each step? Kinda surprising nothing slid with all those red flags. Then again I wasn't out there touring with you so my opinion is of little use, and you made it out alright, and got some turns while I was busy working and dreaming of riding pow. Good job getting after it. Glad to hear everyone is okay.
...excellent TR, thx...good luck on the toe nail adventure to come...
so where did you go up? i toured up the phantom in the late afternoon following a skin track, but never saw it tracks down. And I would agree, very reactive snow.
Nice, vid! Good tunes, makes me wonder why the hell I worked all week. Not exactly Eddie Money, but it's cool...
A quick heads up, yesterday I managed generate a point release or two on the way up, on some of the steeper slopes, not much of a problem, but it would be more worrisome with more snow. It was fairly firm this morning.
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I was really impressed with the distance you guys skied down the road,
Pretty sure I heard some chuckling over my shoulder as I made my way to the next patch of snow. ;)
I thought I recognized your dog from the pictures of when you and chainsaw willie (or was it flowing alpy?) went out to the Stemilt. We were happy with what we found too, what a great surprise!
Must have been you guys I saw when leaving the lot. I was with my dog Zeke. Bowl 4 and Outback were great.
Awesome. Will be getting me some Mt. Hood this weekend.
Nice write up and a nice day! We met you guys on the road on the way out, our group had originally planned to ski the same thing, but ended up going out via Prusik Pass and down Aasgard. I was really impressed with the distance you guys skied down the road, snow be damned!
I’ll have to get back over and hit that coulier, looks fun…
I’ll have to get back over and hit that coulier, looks fun…
Today was a little different with 2-3" of new spring snow. The base hadn't frozen solid but it was firm
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Now when I gaze at the Brothers as I wash the dishes at home, I’ll no longer say, “ I wonder what it’d be like to ski that thing?” 8) 8) 8)
I've wondered the same thing--I look at the brothers everyday during my morning run. I'll ski it with you if you wanna try again. What a cool trip.
Nice turns and good coverage in a favorite spot ! Too bad they don't open the road as soon as it's plowed .
I have ridden in there with bike and trailer.
I have ridden in there with bike and trailer.
Cooking over open fires now! Let me guess... aged hickory for that savory yet zest full smokey flavor... or most likely slide alder for that traditional hardwood season.
You are taking this apre parking lot BBQ thing to a whole new level!
Love the cook sticks too :)
You are taking this apre parking lot BBQ thing to a whole new level!
Love the cook sticks too :)
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Did you do anything to get your pooch to tolerate the "doggles"?
Not really, it was our first try, so I was just crossing my fingers. The goal was to have him wear them on the way up, and I'd take them off for him for the descents. In reality, when we were doing any moving he didn't like having them on. He would knock them up his head as so...
Yeah, it is a long haul along gentle forest roads, which although very easy waste time and energy before you get to where you want to be. And then on the return they are too gently to ski down requiring almost as much effort to get back down as going up, especially when the snow is soft. In wnter with the snow remaining firmer the return through the forest roads may be more amenable but you will still have the long approach.
Skinny XC skis could be used to improve the approach but i d...
Skinny XC skis could be used to improve the approach but i d...
Fantastic report. Thanks so much for sharing. Sorry about your ski but what amazing McGyver work.