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Apr 7-8, Mt Shuksan Summit, Sulphide Glacier - Vid

when did you hit snow?

Skinned 300ft on the S Side of Cascade Road (mainly last switchback) before starting the bushwhacking at 2400ft. Put skis back on around 3000ft and never took them off :)

4/10/12 3:01am

Pierce

More pictures from the trip can be seen on the link below;

http://www.thealpineobsession.com/mt-shuksan.html

4/10/12 2:35am

kath

April 7, 2012, - Spearhead Traverse day trip

WOW .. so many awesome pix .. but i esp love this last one #59

when did you hit snow?

4/10/12 2:35am

Gregg_C

Great work Pete and Becky!! I was up on the Duffy on Sat. and it was definately the day to get 'er done.

4/10/12 2:32am

dahu

Full set of pictures at https://picasaweb.google.com/104952785231857279993/SnowkingEChaval

4/10/12 2:18am

Charlie Hagedorn

Awesome. Your long TR is great!

4/10/12 2:10am

samthaman

author=alecapone link=topic=24461.msg103329#msg103329 date=1334072339]

question.. what are you all doing with the video footage fom this year? season edit? I would be interested in seeing some...

A season edit is definitely possible, we've even got some random clips from last winter that never made it into anything.

author=bellingham link=topic=24461.msg103335#msg103...

4/10/12 1:28am

bellingham

Hi All - this is Travis England, guy in vest. Go get this while it's in shape, the route holds wonderful fall-line skiing and if it's clear you'll see all the way to Rainier, the Olympics and Vancouver island. We also found the mythical beer spring and a potato-burrito tree.

Thanks Sam and Allen for being great partners for a great glisse!

4/10/12 1:17am

dahu

Another set of 3 :)

4/10/12 12:58am

dahu

An amazing trip in our backyard... vertigo effect looking at all those unlimited untouched lines.
A few pictures to capture our 3 days: from green lush to magnificent white peaks with freaky (or mellow) lines :)

4/10/12 12:56am

alecapone

You guys are gonna be famous! :D

Awesome trip guys...

question.. what are you all doing with the video footage fom this year? season edit? I would be interested in seeing some...

4/10/12 12:38am

alecapone

this is what I meant by less then ambitious...!
40 miles?
Nice one guys!

4/10/12 12:35am

Salal

April 6, 2012, Whitehorse Mtn, Whiteout Glacier

Right on...beautiful back in there. Thanks for the pics!

4/10/12 12:11am

ebeam

Busy place last week. Nice pictures Lowell. Your tracks on Saturday were visible but quite filled in due to a bit of new and/or wind deposit.

Our strategy route-wise - ascend climber’s left (east side) and descend skier’s left (west side) to avoid being exposed to slopes heated by the sun as it moves from east to west throughout the day. Skiing was fun winter snow about 2/3rds the way down, then progressively more wet and mushy. A 200 vf bush belay ski/slide put us on the avy debris w...

4/10/12 12:04am

kath

awesome trip .. snowking looks stunning

4/9/12 11:49pm

chrism

April 7 - A Day at Hurricane

Thanks for sharing the great photos, and for reminding me (and us all) of this area.

4/9/12 11:35pm

blitz

whoo hoo!!! 8)
it was a fun day!

4/9/12 11:08pm

jwplotz

Beautiful! Jaw dropping terrain like you said. Nice tour you two!

I vote for more photos.

4/9/12 10:26pm

skier8484

Nice work guys. That's definitely a solid two day push. Hopefully I can keep up once I'm back up North!

4/9/12 10:22pm

Jake the Brit

Nice woolly hat on top of Kyle's suffering head.
Nice story, how does it end, were you separated by the eternal battle between reason and love?!@#$%&*)*&^(&^%

4/9/12 3:43pm

JoshK

Very nice! I went in to the North twin once years ago and have always thought it would be cool to head back with skis, but I've been too lazy to figure out the various logging road mazes again. :) Definitely looks like some worthwhile payback for dealing with the approach/deproach issues.

4/9/12 3:23pm

Jake the Brit

Hillmap:
http://www.hillmap.com/m/ag1zfmhpbGxtYXAtaGRychALEghTYXZlZE1hcBiYgBoM
the way back was different down the Snowking n side glacier

Parked 1/2 mile from the south side cascade river road. There's a little log on the road buried in 2' of smashed (it's-been-attacked-by-a-big-truck- snow), probably melted now snow.

4/9/12 3:21pm

JoshK

Right on, great TR; I love the Snowking area! It's very remote feeling and so much great terrain. I was in there in February and it was a 6 mile ski just to get to where the S. side cascade river road is blocked. I eyed the way over to Cheval but just getting up all that road took the steam out of me. Could you drive to that point now?

4/9/12 3:12pm

Jake the Brit

April 7, 2012, - Spearhead Traverse day trip

Cheval North Side.

4/9/12 3:10pm

niko

A noble achievement, congratulations. Saturday was definitely the day to do it. N

4/9/12 3:10pm

Edgesport

April 7, 2012, Chair Peak Circumnav

So I am confused - how'd you two get separated?

4/9/12 2:29pm

mattgoyer

Thanks Jonn-E for leading the way!

I was surprised to come home to see the iPhone report that we only did 4600' vertical. My legs certainly thought it was more :).

For the curious, I've got a few more photos and thoughts on my blog.

4/9/12 1:14pm

jtack

April 9, 2012, Hyak dusk patrol

You guys are too much, loose a partner, no problem, a solo trip together. We get a twofer trip report, sounds like it was good no matter what route you take.

4/9/12 12:43pm

Randito

Tia still thought it was a worthwhile workout, despite the lack of bacon treats.

4/9/12 12:42pm

MJS

April 7-8, Snoqualmie Pass, Alaska Lake

author=chrism link=topic=24445.msg103258#msg103258 date=1333998044]
Liz and I were just behind you two.

We saw your turns when we were headed back up. Apparently we passed each other. Nice work heading over Alaska to Joe Lake. I was happy to drop the camp gear at Alaska and call it good.

4/9/12 12:31pm

jtack

Apr 7-8, Mt Shuksan Summit, Sulphide Glacier - Vid

Thanks for the great pictures,video and report, and the wild beater wrecks as well, nice work all round!

4/9/12 12:14pm

chuck

We three (CLo, Jay and I) were heading up around 5am and ran into you two descending on the road. Thanks for the skin track (and for possibly waking us up on that ~4 mile road slog). Great moon shots!

The day was beautiful and perfect for a venture into new-to-us terrain. We made it up to our high point on Heliotrope at ~7300' just after noon. We had a day trip to the summit in mind but were tracking too slow.

For the educational part of the day we built a z pulley, p...

4/9/12 10:46am

Spencerhutch

Nooksack Traverse 4/6 - 4/8, 2012

Couple days late but here are a few photos. Great night with some awesome snow!

Midnight Moonlight

Melting some snow.

4/9/12 10:41am

JoshK

Big serac, little person.

4/9/12 9:15am

JoshK

Nooksack Traverse 4/6 - 4/8, 2012

Quite a tour that I had been eyeing for some time thanks to accounts from when Sky, Lowell, Jason et al skied it years ago. Pics don't do justice to that downhill glide beneath Jagged Ridge; with it constantly eyeing you and tossing crap down its steep ribs and gullies. The avalanche destruction in the Ruth Creek drainage the past 2 years has been quite a sight to see as well...some of those fans look to be over 100 feet deep in places.

Here are a few more photos...

4/9/12 9:14am

kath

Nooksack Traverse 4/6 - 4/8, 2012

pure awesomeness .. your pix are dreamy ... nice work getting out there!

4/9/12 8:58am

Kyle Flick

It was disconcerting skiing down the north face of Mt. Cashmere sans partner. Our intended descent was the north ridge, but from the summit the only feasible way down was the north face. I booted down the first 100' before putting on my skis. I called up and heard John in the wind and mist, but somehow he lost track that I was below him. So he turned around and headed back down to the south the path of our ascent while I thought he might be below me somewhere in the...

4/9/12 8:03am

lrudholm

April 7-8, Snoqualmie Pass, Alaska Lake

Yeah I meant the full moon thing. Also all the surprise creek adventures this year made the approach up the road easier.

4/9/12 4:06am

chrism

Liz and I were just behind you two. We followed your bootpack over the catwalk (thanks for the nice work!) and then spotted you on your traverse around to the high point SW of Alaska Lake. We took a similar line down to the lake, and saw you guys relaxing after your run as we headed on up Alaska Mtn on our way to Joe Lake for the night. There were some decent turns to be had in those trees on the way down to Alaska Lake. Glad you guys got some more runs in there before h...

4/9/12 4:00am

April 7, 2012, Mt. Hood, Tilly to HRM via Gnarl

Cool - that looks like a great trip. I was wondering how doable that would be after touring Tilly Jane and Newton Canyon separately over the last couple weeks - it looks like you guys hit it at a good time to connect it together!

4/9/12 3:35am

TobiasT

April 7-8, Snoqualmie Pass, Alaska Lake

Awesome looking trip, and excellent use of the skis as back country transportation. Inspires me to start exploring some new terrain.

4/9/12 3:18am

jwplotz

April 7, 2012, Bedal Peak

There are two patches of dry road requiring a small bit of walking. But other than that, I'd say it's 85% skiable still.

4/9/12 2:25am

shaman

Yes we were able to ski a good chunk of the open bowl. We wanted to drop from the saddle just right of center in the second pic, but couldn't quite make it there skinning. Looking at the map here we must have stopped closer to 5900'.

The snow in the bowl was oh so good with rooster tails flying. Another lap would have been great, but it was getting late and we didn't want to have to navigate through the trees in fading daylight. Well that and we...

4/9/12 2:17am

kevino

John,

Whats the road coverage like now?

4/9/12 2:15am

alecapone

April 8, Couloir fun above Williams Lk, Taos, NM

That was my idea?

An early spring day on Baker was your idea, and a good one! Or maybe you meant the full moon thing?

Photos please Spencer!

4/9/12 1:48am

alecapone

Ha!

Is that scotsman's dog?

4/9/12 1:44am

samthaman

so cool! some of my best memories from this year were on the coleman glacier in october under a full moon. Sounds like you had even better conditions though.

4/9/12 1:43am

alecapone