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Awesome stuff guys.

Alecapone, wow, that's cool stuff right there. Bet that was a cool air show!

Awesome to get the Raindawg in winter. When I was over on Whitman Crest, I counted 11 people in this image of the Emmons. Pretty cool to watch you guys while having breakfast.

Thanks, Oyvind, it was great to see you, too! And thanks all for your comments.

Here is the rest of the pictures:


http://radkaandchris.smugmug.com/Skiing/Coleman-Pinnacle/21365478_4VPmxJ#!i=1704202585&k=VCpk7WL

Now I know what to get Andy for Christmas  ;)

Watch it with the Enya smears! Some of us on the edge of dementia have trouble with things like words and love all the ahhhs.

Fantastic writing too Becky :).  Glad you guys took advantage of the good weather.

Man, would I love to do this in good snow.  Mike and I contemplated whether or not you can catch the trifecta of good skiing, safe conditions, and an adequate lake crossing/road ski for a day trip on skis.  Mike's chin up attitude and excellent photography downplay the survival skiing element.  The ridiculous became the sublime, however, on the finale - 3.5 miles of snomo tracked FS road that had been in the sun during the day and now was an FIS course with runnels downhill i...

Good tour, good info.  What date? 

TOUGH SNOW HAIKU
Take note:  a bad day
Ski touring is better than
A good day elsewhere. 

That was one of the best reads I've had in a long, long time. 

I started with a group of four up the NW couloir yesterday. Then Dansanity showed up and dragged me up the
North shoulder and down the North Face. Very scary and firm but manageable. Ben from Glacier counted 27 switchbacks from the creek. The skin out was almost as gnarly as the ski.

Nice work! Last year we only had a 50m, I think, and we were sure it wouldn't touch down; it's nice to know that a 70m is likely the best tool. Good on you for enduring those winds for so long on the approach!

I think its pretty close to the same route, but I think the lost kid may have gone up to the arm sooner than Don did, but don't know for sure.

Helluva trip!  Na gnar-gnar.  Totally gnar.

I must say. You get high originalty points for the angle on that cliche' bridge shot! I'e got it fromt both sides and below in all kinds of lighting. But never from up there. Bravo! Route details?

That gulley looks bonier then when we rode it on the summer soltice this year.

Thanks for the nice comments on the photos! That's all Pete's skill! :)

Wow, thanks for the great pictures, the turns look wonderful as well.

Really great photos!

Mike, you're taking the county thing to the next level. I don't think anyone will  look at a map to surmise our best snow was in King County, our next-best snow in Snohomish, and our absolute worst snow in , ahem, sunny Chelan County. No matter, we can keep the myth alive (ala denial of climate change) through misinformation.

Dicey, fun running into your group. Gabriel seems to have figured out something that eludes us in finding such charming travel companions. Nothing char...

Great looking tour. Thanks for posting

Here's a map of the trip for those who are interested.

Check out this guy trolling at the top of Hurricane Hill! I wonder if he caught anything (:

Busy day up there!

Nice seeing you guys out there. Great skiing, eh.

Just to confuse you, we doubled the pitch of our normal geriatric skin track. Did you end up skiing out Smith Brook or Yodelin?

Whew. Had to go nearly to the bottom, but did find the mandatory clam picture.

I'll echo the compliment on the photography - well done!