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Getting me psyched to break out the skinny skis, strong work!
How was the trail before snow line? Lots of blowdowns/shwacking on the trail or was it smooth going?
Beautiful photos. The Cloud Wave is surreal. What sort of camera did you use?
Hey thats me head down in your second image. Haha
Was a great weekend to get out!
I'm always looking for partners in the Hwy 20 area. Shoot me a message!
Thanks for the report. That is indeed rarely visited place. Would love to see your GPS track.
Looks great, I think you scored the best day of the week!
Yep its skins on from the car/across from the pullout. There is still good coverage for this approach and believe it will have continuous snow for 2+ weeks - the Chinook pass road will probably be open once this no longer makes sense
Hey Zap thanks for this TR! I've been irritated that Stevens has been closed to uphill travel. I just called their uphill hotline and learned that as of 5/29 it's okay to ski there! I'm going to go make a run at Stevens today because of your report!
WOW good trip! That is an awfully long approach. You guys must be tough travelers. I've walked down the slope you skied and wished I had skis. Thanks for the report!
Aye, that gate is a trip killer for most people (includimg myself a week prior). You might have the first ever May TR for this area as most others either use a sled in April or auto in June.
Aye, that gate is a trip killer for most people (includimg myself a week prior). You might have the first ever May TR for this area as most others either use a sled in April or auto in June.
sw-ash, I do not have GPX of the tour but would be happy to provide route beta if needed.
Snowboy, the route we took up is the summer route up until Peggy's Pond.
I biked up to Phelps TH on the 26 (I was planning on doing about the same trip as you starting the following day) and was doing a recon on road conditions first. I could see your bike tracks and was trying to solve the mystery of why the tracks did not go up to Phelps and what kind adventure you were on? Strong work, and it's a bummer about those gates on a perfectly passable road.
That traverse to Mesachie is sketchy. The one time I went in there, we'd finished the traverse and were skiing S facing corn laps down from the notch. My friend had a ski slide away from him down a 1000'+ run that we thought was lost forever. But it miraculously speared itself into some heather ledge above a cliff.
I like the video and also your homie's style with the jacket-skirt and hat.
FOMO has struck...
Thanks for the good TR. How far did you have to carry the skis before putting on the skins?
thanks for sharing - cool shots as well. Peaks look like islands in the sky. How much longer do you think that route is in before it makes sense to haul up on the summer trail?
Beautiful! I’m buying an old mans ebike for such things!
awesome! we went up Daniel yesterday. road def goes! sloppy snow due to heat.
do you happen to have a gpx. of your tour?
Great trip! Looks like you guys about skied out the Lynch Glacier!
Thanks for the report. I was wondering about the road.
Holy smokes you guys are travellers! Nice work. The gate on the road would have stopped me!
Thanks for the report. That cloud wave photo is so sick!
That's a big day for sure. Cool to see how it's changed in a few months.
It was excellent day, I hit sheep lk couloir, peak above sourdough pass and joes badass shoulder each run stellar, things seem to be firming up well.
Hi there! Thanks for the post. We tossed around the idea of trying for this on 6/7. Wondering what your thoughts are if the skiing would still be good.
We got to the lot Saturday AM, so probably not our crew.. that’s so sweet you got the Thayer in pow!! I probably saw your tracks, looked pretty dang dreamy. I can’t wait to ski that line soon! First spring here trying to get out as much as possible!
Nice! Saw some nice tracks on Hayden through the binoculars from my house that Sun, probably yours. :) When did you go in? Were you at the TH lot Fri eve? If so I might have seen your party... I was just coming out and catching up with some splitboard friends who were also in the lot camping and heading out early Sat, and saw a couple other folks in the lot. (I was coming out from a N Sister mission that day, Thayer headwall in pow, unreal...)
Thanks for posting - was wondering what things looked like in the Chinook area. Can't wait for the road to open 😃
Strong work guys! Anthony and I had been eyeing that line last few times we toured down there. Man, that slot on Dragontail sure was fun last year!
Nice Mike and Jaime! That's a really fun ski. I can't think of a more satisfying run (in our neck of the woods) within 10 min of a trailhead. No slogging required!
Sweet link up! Hopefully that heli gets to stay parked at home base for a bit.
Cool TR and video. What an amazing area, enjoyed the BOC track as well
Ah, you found the "wall chute" that's a fun line that definitely saw some action this season😉. In the spring of '18 we happened upon the twisted remenents of the sleds as they melted out at the bottom of that low gully. It was sad and amazing to see what the funneled power of that avalanche could do to snowmachines.
Nice adventure. Thanks for the update...Hard to breakable to mashed...Sometimes you just can’t win. I’m sure looking back it’ll be more fun! Nice pictures.
You get the epics, Mike and Jamie! Looks like an amazing trip - thanks for the TR to get our stoke going!
Looks like a great day on the mountain - thanks for posting, and congrats on the 10th "anniversary"!
@seanyboy There was a trickle of a stream over the road, but any SUV or Crossover would clear it with no issue. We were in a Toyota Highlander. All the brush had been cleared from the road by a really great guy who lives close by. This guy is a damn fine american and allowed us and a couple other cars to make it all the way to the trailhead.
Looks you got the Cool Headwall in primo conditions. Last I saw, Sauk River road was reported to be washed out 0.5 miles in. What was is it like for yall?