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Awesome work! I assume pooch wasn't with you for all of that? Didn't see any puppy tracks in your pictures.
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Did you go up and down east of Snow Gulch? How did you cross it down low?
Sounds like Forest was west of the creek...
Appreciate the trip reports. I've been wanting to do Whitehorse for a while but had only ever thought about the climbers route through Lone Tree Pass.
Edit: Just read Beckey and believe that you were east of Snow Gulch.
Nice trip report Lowell. Great pics too! I still can't believe that crown...that would have been an incredible sight to witness from afar. We hit Mazama a few weekends ago and brought back some good times of touring! ;) Whitehorse is still on the tick list, however, I'm guessing it'll be yet another year wait! Way to nail it.
Awesome - I love that area. Hard to believe all the goods that Snoqualmie holds, sometimes.
Did you go up and down east of Snow Gulch? How did you cross it down low?
Sounds like Forest was west of the creek...
Appreciate the trip reports. I've been wanting to do Whitehorse for a while but had only ever thought about the climbers route through Lone Tree Pass.
Edit: Just read Beckey and believe that you were east of Snow Gulch.
Sounds like Forest was west of the creek...
Appreciate the trip reports. I've been wanting to do Whitehorse for a while but had only ever thought about the climbers route through Lone Tree Pass.
Edit: Just read Beckey and believe that you were east of Snow Gulch.
author=snow_crystal link=topic=24347.msg103186#msg103186 date=1333898117]
Skied a few laps yesterday morning and the snow is still good. Snow was a little heavy and grabby on the upper part of the slope but the lower half was powder, especially where it was a little protected by trees. Everything was super stable.
Were there others up there? I was kinda wondering who put in the skin track. Far far climbers right there is a nice...
Skied a few laps yesterday morning and the snow is still good. Snow was a little heavy and grabby on the upper part of the slope but the lower half was powder, especially where it was a little protected by trees. Everything was super stable.
I've been the puppy "dad" on the other side of that scenario... thanks for taking care of the pooches! Bonus exercise for you!
Thanks for the report, Forest, and for the tracks you guys made on Thursday.
I initially posted a few pictures from Friday here, but decided I should start a different thread:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=24431.0
I initially posted a few pictures from Friday here, but decided I should start a different thread:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=24431.0
Wow. Way to get it. I was eyeing it on the drive back from down south. That crown is a mind****.
That trip sounds just as nuts reading it as it did hearing it. Nice to meet you today, Forest.
Just to stir the pot a little, I too think MHM management assumes too much ownership of the public land on which it's licensed to operate the ski area. It's public land, plain and simple. Read these two documents regarding the rules under which they operate:
http://tinyurl.com/86ux293
http://tinyurl.com/7qsdwe2
They are bound to these rules. Unfortunately the Hood River County sheriff and an officer of the Forest Service seems to side closer to MHM than ot...
http://tinyurl.com/86ux293
http://tinyurl.com/7qsdwe2
They are bound to these rules. Unfortunately the Hood River County sheriff and an officer of the Forest Service seems to side closer to MHM than ot...
Great TR Amar, thanks for sharing. You are one of the few old school TAY posters who used to make this site great.
A good comparison is old climbing guidebooks vs modern topos, Roper's Yosemite guide had a few paragraphs to describe the 30 pitch Salethe Wall when I did it - now detailed topos describe every inch of El Cap and even give advice on gear for each pitch. We used to debate whether to even read the guide or to have a 1st ascent adventure (which I often chose on e...
A good comparison is old climbing guidebooks vs modern topos, Roper's Yosemite guide had a few paragraphs to describe the 30 pitch Salethe Wall when I did it - now detailed topos describe every inch of El Cap and even give advice on gear for each pitch. We used to debate whether to even read the guide or to have a 1st ascent adventure (which I often chose on e...
Fabulous Doug...your kiting career is yet to launch...hopefully Pete's enthusiasm rubbed off...
Ditto!!!:-)...sorry, don't now how to make the fancy smiley thingy's...
That 2nd image looks so suspicious Doug...sure that wasn't a grainy archive photo from the leather boot era?...so glad you chose that private stash over the other 25+ trade routes in the corridor. Wish we had the time and energy to join you after the Phantom anniversary...missed you and the rest of the crew big time...so nice finally putting the demons to rest and ripping the Slot with a great posse. Boot deep, stable, and 40 seconds of joy in lieu of the 3k, bullet proof approa...
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John-
This line is located somewhere in the North American backcountry, hope that helps.
Whoa! Hold on there Doug. Beta overload! You don't want take all the adventure out of this gem.
Damn that Amar.
Now everyone's gonna be making fun of my stashes. ::)
Now everyone's gonna be making fun of my stashes. ::)
well there goes another perfectly good isolated locals-only stash... cue the masses, the MC is over.
Looks like fun for after work, did you have consistent snow down around the RR grade or lower?
Looks like fun for after work, did you have consistent snow down around the RR grade or lower?
I enjoy the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest. Ruby Mountain is a beautiful destination. Thanks for sharing Amar !
Just saw this. Nice tracks on Crystal.
That makes it look pretty tasty. Nice.
Nice work, much better conditions that I found it in 2 weeks ago. I found some combination of mush, breakable crust with knee-deep penetration, and avalanche debris.
"Dust Patrol" seems mighty appropriate given the 1/4" snow squall I got at Hyak last night, probably was like that in the lower couloir?
drooling over the photo.
author=kuharicm link=topic=24405.msg103108#msg103108 date=1333690243]
As long as you misspell McClellan no one will know!
I did think the spelling was weird too but blame it on Martin Volken (another non-local) cuz that is how he spelled it in the instruction manual.
John-
This line is located somewhere in the North American backcountry, hope that helps. I am trying to keep it a secret because other than the...
I'm asking that you remove this TR.
Uh, where is McClellan anyway?
Uh, where is McClellan anyway?
As long as you misspell McClellan no one will know!
Now that is a trip report! Fun reading and gaping! Thanks, Doug.
When you get to be Silas's age, they are all girls
Glad you got some of the sun too! One question though, were the "School Marms" Women or girls? :)
Here is a better photo with morning light on the two runs.
Scott did both, I only did the one on the right.
Scott did both, I only did the one on the right.
Nice line! Did you guys pull into the Casa de Scott. I was in there a couple of weeks ago, figured I would pull in and the place was covered in three feet of snow.
Fun day. I wish my body was up for that second lap. This cold is lingering for far too long.
Saw lots of tracks up there. We started up a few minutes before 6PM. One backside run. The front side had set up a bit on our descent at dusk.
Great route, and thanks for the thought inspiring read Ryan.
Perhaps the akwardness in our meeting had something to do with my ambivelence towards you...look forward to telling you about it someday.
Perhaps the akwardness in our meeting had something to do with my ambivelence towards you...look forward to telling you about it someday.
nice!
hoping to see the moon this weekend. friday is forecast for a full moon and clear night!
hoping to see the moon this weekend. friday is forecast for a full moon and clear night!
Missed you Silas. We did the 9:30-1 shift. Not too hard crust early with just enough top dressing to carve -- sun softened up all morning with best snow around noon.
Good one.... I think I briefly ran into you guys that weekend...
Cheers.
Cheers.
On your panorama shot I can see the glacier I spent many weeks on doing glaciology research. I was there in summer, wondering what it would be like to ski in winter. Now I know...... 8)