TR Replies

NICE!!!

2/21/12 9:52am

pabloson

Feb 20, 2012, Delancey Ridge west of Mazama

Thanks for the info.

Looking at Google Earth and Topo it seems like there would be some good turns off the back side too (east side of the ridge).

2/21/12 8:44am

Marcus

There's also a ton of info on snowmobile mods/tips etc. over at WildSnow.com:

http://www.wildsnow.com/category/snowmobile-backcountry-skiing/

Thanks for the TR -- sounds like a great first BC trip with your boy.

2/21/12 8:16am

Marcus

Feb 19-20, 2012, Sasse Ridge

Hey Larry! Thanks for the PM -- sickness and other events conspired to keep me from trying to catch up to you two on Monday. Great pics :)

2/21/12 7:24am

OldHouseMan

February 18, 2012, Denny Mt.

I've skied this area twice over the last couple years, both times on a deep snowpack. The first time we simply parked along Hwy 35 where the Hwy crosses Hell Roaring Creek and went straight up the creek drainage. If the snowpack is deep this is a very direct route with very little route finding. Last season we parked at the Pocket Creek Sno-Park and approached via Gunsight Ridge, this route is very easy, but much longer.

Great photos of a great area.

2/21/12 6:03am

hedonaut

;)

Early trip reports suggest the "overcrowding" is long in the making.

2/21/12 5:43am

dkoelle

I met the owner whilst up at a "worK" conference at Banff maybe 2 years ago. Very nice guy, I think his name is Larry. He seemed quite young but very experienced as a guide, businessman and also general contractor. He described paying heli companies to ferry stuff in during the summer so he could do construction. This place is an example of an interesting business niche. They also have a summer hiking and climbing instruction season I think. I was lu...

2/21/12 4:17am

Koda

author=pabloson link=topic=23801.msg100788#msg100788 date=1329852585]
Ambitious! Way to go.

I was thinking about doing this, but heading up Gumjuwac Trail (my map calls it Lookout Mnt trail) and then doing laps on the clearcut off the saddle down into Hellroaring creek. I guess we would still hit the terrible bushwhack on the way home, but wondering what you think of this approach?

tx

The Lookout Moun...

2/21/12 4:08am

pabloson

Ambitious! Way to go.

I was thinking about doing this, but heading up Gumjuwac Trail (my map calls it Lookout Mnt trail) and then doing laps on the clearcut off the saddle down into Hellroaring creek. I guess we would still hit the terrible bushwhack on the way home, but wondering what you think of this approach?

tx

2/21/12 3:29am

danpeck

Feb 13 thru 16, MRNP, Crystal Peak and More

Wow. So, I'm new to the NW, not to mention Canada. How does one begin to make a reservation for such a fine place?

2/21/12 2:01am

VerticallyInclined

Too much fun. I'd kill for a day like that.

2/20/12 1:50pm

hyak_erik

February 18, 2012, Denny Mt.

I don't know about that ski area idea. I heard that Jim and Lou Whittaker hiked that mountain and decided it was too steep to ski...

2/20/12 12:22pm

larry's sister

February 19 , 2012, Thar peak Coquihalla highway

This looks like a real paradise and such good weather! Gorgeous scenery. Brings back fond memories of skiing in places like that. Not anymore for these old bones. We were happy to make it up 700' to our new "low" campsite on Sasse Ridge yesterday in all the fresh new snow.

2/20/12 11:55am

author=josborne link=topic=23807.msg100738#msg100738 date=1329793233]
Thank you so much for your report."So we bailed." It shows strength and skill to make the decision to pull the plug and get home safe, and glad you did, and took the time to post it. Cheers

Our crew is pretty cohesive and there isn't any group dynamic things that get in the way of making decisions like that. We have bailed lots over the years and...

2/20/12 11:44am

josborne

February 19 , 2012, Thar peak Coquihalla highway

Thank you so much for your report."So we bailed." It shows strength and skill to make the decision to pull the plug and get home safe, and glad you did, and took the time to post it. Cheers

2/20/12 11:00am

stoudema

Nice work guys! Looking forward to getting back out with you again Ron on another outing soon.......

2/20/12 10:31am

sledsurfer

Nice work, that's an ambitious trip to do on foot power alone!

2/20/12 9:07am

Koda

February 18, 2012, Denny Mt.

Excellent summary Ron, I'll have to add that while I've scoured the map for a direct route to Lookout from the hwy I'll pass on anything other than the Gumjuwac trail until we get a winter with a much deeper snowpack in lower elevations. The intense bushwhacking otherwise not worth it, and I think I added a few new profanities to my vocabulary at times, especially that traverse out.

I loved the adventure and routefinding though, and the ski terrain up there excites me...

2/20/12 8:56am

Lowell_Skoog

Thanks for the report. I needed that.

author=Jonn-E link=topic=23783.msg100636#msg100636 date=1329686062]
I'm starting to think this peak is getting too crowded.

Yeah, so much for my powder stash.

If you wanted fresh tracks on Saturday, you had to take a number. In fact most of the tourers I saw up there did have numbers. And they didn't seem to be paying attention to them. I paused at the top for...

2/20/12 7:27am

lrudholm

2/15 Surprise Creek

I'm not sure what you mean by the deep col. But the angry man rock formation does stick out from thunders south ridge.

2/20/12 5:25am

eskinmo

Feb 13 thru 16, MRNP, Crystal Peak and More

WOW! that is a really great looking cat... :D

2/19/12 10:56am

tomtom

Bad news up near Stevens and Alpental... prayers..

http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=23784.new;boardseen#new

2/19/12 8:57am

peteyboy

Have looked across at that area so many times from the Adamants/Esplanade and always naively assumed it's too cold/shallow/windblown/persistent weak layered despite its incredible beauty and terrain. Glad I was wrong.

2/19/12 3:08am

VerticallyInclined

Incredible area, thank you for sharing.

If you have more photos, don't be afraid to share!

2/19/12 12:48am

Jim_Clement

Two more photos

2/19/12 12:10am

Shred

2/15 Surprise Creek

Lrudholm, we skied a little couliee off of the Nimbus side of Thunder. This angry man that you speak of, is it the small pinnacle sitting in a deep col on the south ridge of Thunder?

FreeBird

Lookin good!

Chrols

Such a cool place, I like that people have been getting up there. How long did the trip in take (to the lake)? Somebody let me know the next time your going up :)

2/18/12 8:37am

Chainsaw_Willie

02.15.12 Chair Peak environs

Thanks kath!

Yes, that was me. I dislocated my shoulder and tore the labrum on NY eve at Crystal. At the time I thought it would put me out of commission as I could hardly use it for a couple of weeks thereafter but the rehab exercises are really helping. I have to be careful with my left arm, I don't arrest any left falls with it and can't lift my body weight with it so no climbing, but otherwise so far so good.

2/18/12 5:43am

Jim Oker

Great pics. Thanks.

2/17/12 3:14pm

lrudholm

2/15 Surprise Creek

Was the shoulder you guys rode by the angry man or on the nimbus side of thunder?

2/17/12 12:54pm

hedonaut

02.15.12 Chair Peak environs

nice. thx for the update from snocrummie. been wanting to check out that 1st area.

2/17/12 12:03pm

Charlie Hagedorn

02.15.12 Chair Peak environs

:).

2/17/12 7:18am

christoph benells

Zig Zag Canyon Mt Hood Feb 15

whatever floats your boat to get out of the canyon
you can go strait out the canyon wall skinning or most likely bootpacking , or skin to the to top of the canyon at mississippi head. if you go up to the head, you get an extra bonus run.

either way getting out is the crux of the trip

2/17/12 6:22am

acinpdx

February 11, 2012, White River Canyon, Mt. Hood

nice shots! thanks for sharing!

2/17/12 5:09am

acinpdx

Zig Zag Canyon Mt Hood Feb 15

way to bring the hood stoke!

2/17/12 5:08am

watsonskipsmith

Feb 15, ONP Hurricane Environs

road closure update posted in random tracks section!

http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=23765.new

2/17/12 3:19am

Zig Zag Canyon Mt Hood Feb 15

Awesome photos - looks really nice through there! To get back from the canyon, do you usually head overland roughly via the Timberline Trail, or skin back up to the glacier and ski out?

2/17/12 3:03am

kath

February 11, 2012, White River Canyon, Mt. Hood

great pix .. love the pooch ..

i thought you injured your shoulder and would be out for a while? someone else? anyhow great to see you ripping it up ...

2/17/12 2:18am

Jsper

Feb 15 Rock Mtn

Yeah C. W.

2/16/12 3:40pm

solwara

these as well.

2/16/12 3:33pm

Chainsaw_Willie

Niko - Chris went to N. Dakota in October, just got home last week. I've been around but haven't skied much this season 'til now.

altasnob - thanks!

Robie - other than not going specifically to Paradise, not sure I went against everyone's advice. Stayed above 6K! Some other folks I'd talked to said conditions were good above 6K around Stevens and on the East side of the crest too, so figured 6K would be the magic number and it sure...

2/16/12 2:42pm

niko

Good to see you on the slopes, guys (and dog): someone told me you had gone to Wyoming. N

2/16/12 1:07pm

~Link~

Well said, CSW. It was great meeting you guys! Always game to break trail. What a day!

2/16/12 12:11pm

altasnob