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We fasley believed the Forest Service's automatic message saying FR 23 was open. As of 7/3 9:00pm around mp 30, it is snowbound and didn't look to be opening anytime soon.
author=Gregg_C link=topic=21367.msg91408#msg91408 date=1309798674]
or a lowering of the collective intelligence of the ski mountaineering communitu
This had me rolling on the floor! Fun to climb through the night with you guys, I won't forget the trip any time soon.
Great first post/TR.
Welcome to TAY. gfunk.
Welcome to TAY. gfunk.
not sure about the traverse but didn't craig kelly ride both in 24 hrs?
nice try,
i'd love to do this but with some shut eye in between.
nice try,
i'd love to do this but with some shut eye in between.
Excellent photos. That part of Oregon is out of this world. 8)
7/4/11. It was nice up there today. Thanks for the advice to take tennies
Thanks for the Broken Top update..Nice to have so a great snowpack to start the up-coming winter season!
author=stoudema link=topic=21358.msg91394#msg91394 date=1309749826]
Looks like fun. Nice shot of the Sparks and Mr. Chomps too!
Was thinking the same thing.
Was up there a few weeks ago and we saw 3 small-ish bears on the drive out. One just as we were leaving the parking lot, one about a mile later and then another about mile after that.
That was good fun - much better frankly than I was expecting as I succumbed to "volcano slog stupor" on the fairly and depressingly horizontal slog across the tops of 1 and 2 on our way out. There was definitely a point where I was regretting not having pushed to play on the slopes much closer to the parking lot.
Yes, views were awesome the whole way to be sure, but returning the way we'd come would not have yielded much in the way of interesting turns. I'm glad w...
Yes, views were awesome the whole way to be sure, but returning the way we'd come would not have yielded much in the way of interesting turns. I'm glad w...
Man that looks good!
Thanks for the recap.
Thanks for the recap.
We headed out to Burroughs 3 for the views then came back via the bowl between B3 & B2 (does it have a name?)
We call it Burroughs 2 1/2, a small pocket glacier that hangs in there. The route you did is my favorite.
it was somewhat cool! until we sat in the snow.. and then it was cold
Marcus... the man! Thanks for the tip!
A great day to be in exploring the hills with blue skies and a sustained cool breeze. Glad to have joined you, Boot. By the way, those burgers looked tasty!
Nice one Boot and Brian.
I've been eying that one for some time. Looking at the many options, but man that is a long way out of the hole once you get down there. It would be cool to see those pictures from the bottom looking back up. Great day of hard work! Always wanted to do that thanks for the beta. Yeah the trip from Eleanor side seems like good idea, maybe if you left a car there and went from Sunrise, Skyscraper to Eleanor?
I've been eying that one for some time. Looking at the many options, but man that is a long way out of the hole once you get down there. It would be cool to see those pictures from the bottom looking back up. Great day of hard work! Always wanted to do that thanks for the beta. Yeah the trip from Eleanor side seems like good idea, maybe if you left a car there and went from Sunrise, Skyscraper to Eleanor?
Pic 7: Looking back from our launching zone.
Pic 8: The upper north face/bowl down to the meadow goes.
Pic 9: Beautiful Lodi Creek and the way home.
Twas a beautiful day!
Pic 8: The upper north face/bowl down to the meadow goes.
Pic 9: Beautiful Lodi Creek and the way home.
Twas a beautiful day!
Looks like fun. Nice shot of the Sparks and Mr. Chomps too!
Pic 4: Third Burroughs and Big R.
Pic 5: North ridge to Grand Park.
Pic 6: Little down climb always fun with a board on the back!
Pic 5: North ridge to Grand Park.
Pic 6: Little down climb always fun with a board on the back!
Lowell, nice seeing you and your lovely family on the ridge yesterday. It's great seeing the passion of backcountry skiing being passed down to the younger generation, your son Tom. I think the park now realizes what we where talking about when we said, "get it open" by the 4th of July weekend. It was great seeing all the people enjoying the snow and the beauty of Sunrise at Mt Rainier Naitonal Park. And yes as the snow melts we must be careful of the resource as we also enjoy the...
Thanks Joe.
I understand the Park's concern about resource damage as the snow melts at Sunrise. Right now there's lots of snow, but as it melts (and it will happen soon), skiers and hikers will need to be careful to follow designated routes and avoid damaging the meadows. I'm confident that the TAY community can help spread the word and model good behavior. If you or anybody else has ideas on how we can help and how we can increase Park Service support, I'm e...
I understand the Park's concern about resource damage as the snow melts at Sunrise. Right now there's lots of snow, but as it melts (and it will happen soon), skiers and hikers will need to be careful to follow designated routes and avoid damaging the meadows. I'm confident that the TAY community can help spread the word and model good behavior. If you or anybody else has ideas on how we can help and how we can increase Park Service support, I'm e...
Oh BTW....
We did have a great conversation about the Firnspiegel zone on the mountain too. It was quite the interesting sight, thanks for posting the picture!
By the time we hit it small moguls were starting to form on the upper ridge side of the half pipe.
Sorry Lowell to digress on your thread...
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We did have a great conversation about the Firnspiegel zone on the mountain too. It was quite the interesting sight, thanks for posting the picture!
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You're welcome! 8)
By the time we hit it small moguls were starting to form on the upper ridge side of the half pipe.
Sorry Lowell to digress on your thread...
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Such a fine day to be on the Mountain. After a short lunch, just down the aisle from the Skoog family at the Sourdough Ridge Cafe, LR and I decided to extend things over to Third Burroughs. The second shot is heading into the valley (Berkely Park?) paralleling Burroughs Ridge just to north. We ascended the bowl just to right of Second after getting an extra run and avoiding ups and downs of the Ridge.
Encountered some folks heading out to Third after 6pm!
A few tricky connections on t...
Encountered some folks heading out to Third after 6pm!
A few tricky connections on t...
author=Joedabaker link=topic=21352.msg91369#msg91369 date=1309703746]
Thanks to the sticky snow sweepers who cleaned out Dege before we skied it.
You're welcome! 8)
Walked the road. It didn't suck that bad thanks to tennis shoes. We talked to a pair who went directly down the creek drainage from the chutes, and they said route finding was difficult, but they were able to stay on skis just below 5k. They also didn't beat us to the car by much.
So did you hike the road up to Cold Springs or bust a move through the trees as a direct approach?
Yes a very nice day indeed! Thanks to the sticky snow sweepers who cleaned out Dege before we skied it. I thought it to be fantastic!
It's nice to be able to skin right from the parking area.
Last year and this season the park has had to open Sunrise without facilities and portable johns. Based on the number of visitors (nearly full upper lot) yesterday there is no reason that they should not have it open when the upper lot is clear. Granted the weather was perfect so there...
It's nice to be able to skin right from the parking area.
Last year and this season the park has had to open Sunrise without facilities and portable johns. Based on the number of visitors (nearly full upper lot) yesterday there is no reason that they should not have it open when the upper lot is clear. Granted the weather was perfect so there...
author=Jeff Huber link=topic=21335.msg91305#msg91305 date=1309497419]Jonathan was able to skin from Bunnny Flat the entire way to the summit except for a small portion near the top of the summit pinnacle while I ended up cramponing most of the route.
And excluding the rather substantial portion from about 1k above Helen to Red Banks!
(Still can't believe I even skinned that portion once...)
Some additional pictures here:...
Definitely snow covered, and as I recall the remains of cornices made the top prety steep.
I would have loved to but that one will have to wait until Monday. How did the north face of Fremont look?
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I887 people have viewed this thread. I can't wait til 1887 people bump out these chutes. Thanks a lot.
...the # of curious that have read the thread is now up to 2497...an unknown # would know how to get to norse peak in winter or summer...an unknown # would know how to find the gnar chutes #1-5...the first time i strolled through was during a routine summer hike...
That's funny Marcus, I was expecting the same from Silas. ;) Thanks for sharing some photos Zap, wondering what the area looked like. Enjoy the rest of your adventurous vacation!
Awesome -- here I was expecting Silas to get the first TR of July and you went and scooped him. :)
Oh yeah, thanks for asking Tobae. This trip was my first time skiing on the new Volkl Amaruq, which I'd just purchased two days earlier (link to older thread with info). I guess I forgot to mention them in this TR, since almost two weeks have passed since the trip before I wrote the TR, and I now have 8 days skiing on them. The new Amaruq certainly started off in style, with...
amazing place, and lucky you. How do you like your new skis?
Rad dudes!
Sounds like some fun climbing.
Sounds like some fun climbing.
Wow! That's some pro level stuff right there. Impressive.
AMAZING! I cant believe how much snow is down there still! I made the trip the 2nd week of May and it still looks the same.
I'm ready to go back!!!
I'm ready to go back!!!
Such a good day - super casual start at 7:30 but hey, you need a truckload of faith to get by, and sure enough, we still soc'd for an hour on the summit (thanks to Dave B's girls for the PBR) before heading down a now empty Roman Wall and Coleman G at 4:30 and finding it -- perfect!
Beautiful!
Congrats on the hero corn.
;D
Congrats on the hero corn.
;D
Nicely done and glad you missed the wind too. Two days earlier at Helen Lake I recorded wind gusts on a handheld wind meter of 46MPH. All climbing parties were turning back (including us).
Wild line.That traverse looks scary.Photos I'm sure don't even do justice on the steepness.
Great trip Amar! Glad we got such great turns & visited Mud Creek Canyon.
- from a firsthand rpt a couple wks back, before the road opened. they said it was 23 miles of skinnin'. talk about a great slog ! Mammoth closes the Fourth; so its b/c for more turns. Saddlebag Lk has good access (if the road's open).