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We climbed up the Cascadian and skied down Ulrich's yesterday. Was warm and slushy on the descent at 2:30. The road is currently drivable for 5 miles from 29 Pines. Agree there is less snow this year than last, but Ulrich's should stay in shape for a couple more weeks and the Cascadian and S shoulder should go even longer than that. All I had was my cell phone, so not many good pics, but here's what the mountain looked like from Long's Pass yesterday m...

4/30/12 8:03am

lrudholm

Nice work!

Looks like it was worth riding on a snowmobile mandem style.

4/30/12 7:36am

jwplotz

I'm just concerned Eric and Scott may have used a tandem bicycle for part of the approach.

Nice one guys! Spring goodness: powder and corn in the same descent!

4/30/12 7:36am

samthaman

^^ - whats the big deal about a gas station photo, don't you stop there before you drive anywhere too?

ale - PSA: I believe the correct term for a describing riding with a male pasenger on a 2 seated veichle is "mandem"

4/30/12 7:23am

scottb

Its true, I did rip my rando tights, you have any idea how expensive those things are?
If your wives want sleds you should for sure go buy! easy financing available! You are Americans, you deserve it.
Seriously I got no problems how people approach the destination. I will be the first to admit I am a hypocrite(and an antagonist), Hell I just used a freaking Heli to get into the Selkirks. I do question wether we need to see pictures of peoples sleds at the gas station- in what is mostly...

4/30/12 7:12am

Shred

Nice work boys!
Just ignore Scottb, he is just butt hurt because he tried to skin his little skis all the way in there and ended up ripping his 100% organic rando race tights.

4/30/12 6:51am

ryanl

author=Pete A link=topic=24636.msg104109#msg104109 date=1335819720]
...and that's a perfect example why I don't post here that much anymore. have a nice day y'all.

Ignore it Pete. Hating is so passe. It's like wearing stripes in a plaid world.

Awesome trip Scott and Erik. Especially given the uncertainty of the forecasts all last week.

4/30/12 6:32am

Pete A

author=scottb link=topic=24636.msg104108#msg104108 date=1335817792]
Yeah, because what the Northwest needs is more gas powered devices delivering us into the backcountry. Go oil companies!

...and that's a perfect example why I don't post here that much anymore. have a nice day y'all.

4/30/12 6:02am

scottb

Yeah, because what the Northwest needs is more gas powered devices delivering us into the backcountry. Go oil companies!

4/30/12 5:29am

Pete A

wow! nicely done.

(thought i'd share my wife's comment after reading your TR... "we gotta get a snowmobile")

4/30/12 5:06am

esvege

Great write up on the trip Scott. Late april pow in the sun is hard to beat! Here are a few more photos.

4/30/12 4:50am

Jake the Brit

Rocking.
I put the protractor that was lying on my desk on the screen over the last photo. Bob-on 50 degrees, not farenheit!.

4/30/12 3:58am

FairiesWearBoots

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vermontbmx/6968740892/

4/30/12 3:32am

glenn_b

Skied the Beverly/Bean loop yesterday with Michael and Ariel(dog). Despite an impressive number of cars parked at the road, with a 10:45 start we saw only 1 hiker walking down the road and a couple of skiers on Mary's Peak. Skied off that a little after 4, back at the car at 6. Snow was pretty good up high, lower down it was tracked out enough to resemble a sidecountry route.

Regarding the dog, a mixed bag. She briefly chased a Douglas squirrel, mad...

4/30/12 2:14am

alecapone

April 28-29, 2012, Olympics, Brothers/Great Basin

Cool comparative photos Jeff!! Not quite as good as Amar's and mines ski styles, but still good.

4/30/12 1:30am

alecapone

Nice!! can;t wait forsome eye candy.

And yeah. momma doesn't need t know about that stuff.

4/30/12 1:28am

Troy

April 29, 2012, Snoqualmie Mt. / Phantom Slide

Thanks for the report. This helps with my planning for the week.

Cheers.

4/30/12 1:25am

Animal

April 28-29, 2012, Olympics, Brothers/Great Basin

:) :) :) :)
Nice poem! When I get home tonight I will post some pictures of the Brothers Great Basin Ski!
It was nice "threadin the needle" with everone!

4/30/12 1:22am

Salal

April 7-9, 2012, Mt Shuksan North Face, and Summit

Was out that way last weekend having a look at argo and shooting things at my friends. Less snow on the south side of stuart this year than last year on the same date.

4/30/12 12:57am

Eckels

Thanks for all the kind words! Jason your trip reports inspire me to write extensively about adventures in the mountains. As far as the whole first descent thing goes Pat is still just as pumped on having tagged the line, and has gotten Jacob back for always gloating about epic midweek days.

I Finally got around to making an edit from the trip http://vimeo.com/41258955

4/29/12 3:14pm

Lisa

April 28, 2012, Hyak

Great to do some skiing outside of our usual city gatherings with the fun Jessie, Elliot and Kyle. Good times! Nice to run into Manfred again as well.

4/29/12 1:55pm

silaswild

author=mick_scott link=topic=24627.msg104083#msg104083 date=1335757937]
How far could you drive up the road?

Road is drivable to a mile or so past Beverly Creek camp I heard, and that today there were about a dozen snowmobilers running from there.

4/29/12 1:17pm

mick_scott

How far could you drive up the road?
Thanks

4/29/12 12:52pm

Jake the Brit

March 24, 2012, Ruby Mtn, North Side via Happy Crk

I do like your photo, great view onto Stuart. Looks like a plum right now

4/29/12 11:20am

jesski

I enjoyed skiing somewhere non-Volcanic with you Amar. Thank you for documenting, as you often do, with exacting style and excruciating detail, another of your/our trips.

I really hope that some in the community's reaction to this report is not contributing to the fact that you've sort of ceased to post trip reports for the last month. Especially since some of the stuff you've skied is of note on some level, IMHO. And you publish excellent TR's.

re: co...

4/29/12 9:07am

jesski

April 28, 2012, Hyak

Fun day (or half day, or third day, whatever).

Enjoyed skiing with Lisa for the first time, and meeting up with you (Silas) for the first time on purpose!

Elliott & I had a blast.

2 laps on hyak followed by much drinking= The "In Honor of Dave Coleman's Birthday" Tour

4/29/12 7:14am

jesski

April 23, 2012, Kaleetan Peak, WARNING: stability

Nice report and photos, Ryan.

It's already been said, but that E.W. is one good looking dude ; )

4/29/12 7:10am

~Link~

I don't speak GPS, but I believe I know what/where you are talking about. Thanks for the documentation.

4/29/12 12:35am

Amar Andalkar

(Modified) April 27, 2012, Slot freshies

Thanks for the info, definitely helped in our decision-making on Saturday.

4/28/12 3:41pm

niko

Snoqualmie Pass - April 28, 2012

Thanks for the tip, Stefan: you solved my quandary). If it didn't freeze last night it surely won't tonight... N

4/28/12 12:15pm

chmnyboy

Apr 15, 2012, Mt Constance East Face

Holy smokes, awesome line!

4/28/12 1:35am

tabski

Apr 15, 2012, Mt Constance East Face

Dang whippersnappers snagging new routes.

4/27/12 4:52pm

packrat

Apr 15, 2012, Mt Constance East Face

Check this trip report from nwhikers.net. There is a close up picture of Mt. Constance. I don't know if it shows your route.

Link

4/27/12 11:12am

FreeBird

April 23, 2012, Nisqually Chutes

Some video from the day...

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

4/27/12 9:08am

harg

Mount Thielsen: April 14

this may be obvious, but thielsen is well worth returning to on a corn day. another one to add to your list is mt. washington. it's not very big compared to most of the other stuff on your list, but it has some really fun skiing in the west bowl or you drop in on the NE side if you want something a little steeper and narrower.

4/27/12 3:48am

Jim Oker

April 21-23, 2012, Summit West

Very awesome. It is moments like these that make me wish we had one of those silly "band playing" emoticons here :D.

CW used to be that after a stroke, you were pretty much hosed on whatever you'd lost w/in a few days. It is great to see that science is discovering the reality of neuroplasticity, meaning that if you work really really hard you can build new neural pathways and re-learn many of those lost abilities. And science also says that aerobic exercise incre...

4/27/12 3:27am

Jonn-E

April 21-23, 2012, Summit West

Way to get after it Kristina!

4/27/12 1:45am

Eric Lindahl

There is nothing like a sunny day in the mountains for inspiration and motivation. Way to go Zap & Jill.

4/27/12 1:00am

timmyfitz

April 21-23, 2012, Summit West

Great TR. I have eyeballed that point myself each time I am back there. Chair Peak rocks!

4/26/12 11:07pm

skimac

Zap so great to see you got back after it ! WOW, WOHO you go guy !!!!!!!!!!!

4/26/12 9:51pm

David_Coleman

I agree, Mr. Wehrly is the head-turner of the backcountry community. 8)

4/26/12 12:01pm

tabski

Bweeenna, Ryan!

4/26/12 9:15am

scottb

Thats way cool, thanks for sharing!

4/26/12 8:23am

Timstirling

Mount Thielsen: April 14

My friend took the photo just before we got above the tree line, once we hit tree line it clouded over.

4/26/12 7:43am

Animal

author=leadmade link=topic=24599.msg103993#msg103993 date=1335474507]
Nice!. what elevation were you able to start skinning up instead of hiking up? how long did the trip take?

No one brought an altimeter, but we hit snow probably around 2,700 feet. WE started to skin may be 3,100 feet just before the first clearing if you have been up the Monogram / Lookout Peak trail. We reached the west trending ridgeline where we...

4/26/12 7:29am

Animal