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sorry to hear about yr ankles Scott, healing godspeed and all!

Given pleasant weather Mt. Pugh is always a joy. Once at Stujack and above no matter what direction you look, the views are stunning. A fun and varied trip. Good company. A lot of sun. I've never eaten that much snow; a definite rhythm developed on the way up:  kick step, place ice axe, dip mouth in snow, repeat.   Here's some pics -

So many great memories from so many years ago.  Remembering being sucked into the Venus Flytrap of the Headwall on my first trip in the early or mid-'80's and continuing up as it steepened beyond my comfort zone convinced it was going to faintly bench just ahead - which it never did - until I got too gripped to go any higher, and shaking as I chipped out enough of a ledge to get my alpine skis and pack off my back, I was suddenly startled out of my skin when a dude launched the Li...

Awesome. I was turned away twice on the glacier trying to do that because of Avi and lack of snow. Nice peak. Thanks for the TR.

great TR Andy, glad you guys had a good time.  Am looking forward to getting some turns in when I get back from Peru.

I wanna get rad.


Good write up, thanks.

beautiful!... not even out of the womb and already clockin a 4 month streak.

'sounded like an out of control jet'

I hate it when you here that noise,  your hair standsup, then you realise it WAS just a jet.

Great trip....Thanks for sharing....

I have to set aside some time to go back to the Sierras....

Looks like you had good weather!

author=chmnyboy link=topic=20796.msg88684#msg88684 date=1305092513]Not to be the Sally Sadsack of the day

Let's be honest, this was a foregone conclusion given you were with GaryJan ;)

Regardless, nice work getting out despite the weather.  I'm guessing the snow pack was fat up in Royal Basin!

Beautiful and mysterious area. Doesn't look like a fun escape!

author=Randy link=topic=20768.msg88562#msg88562 date=1304825840]
Near the top caught up with a group of climbers that had come from the Blewett Pass sno-park on snowshoes and where now postholing up the right hand side of the slope -- they were roped up, but also walking in a tight bunch with long loops of rope dragging on the snow -- WTF ?

...i suspect that their collective maneuvers constitute a new form of 'drafting'... ;D

Nice photos and thanks for the conditions update.  It sounds like you guys picked a good day for your return to the mtn - interesting to hear about the change from the last time you climbed it!

Was up doing a crevasse rescue review at Yodelin on the 8th..  listened to releases from across the hwy all day long... 

Thanks for the report Troy.  Going to get warm in the next couple of days.

This is ridiculous, even my car goes skiing more than I do these days.
The summit photo is peachy. Good work getting in there & up there.

Yes - all couloirs are open on South Stuart with good snow coverage, and on the North side even the Ice Cliff might still be in condition.  Issue could be the cornice as it seemed quite large and overhanging when we passed by its exit.  Have fun and be safe!  :)

Victor   

Three of us went up May 1 in very similar conditions (from what the pictures show). We were all on splitboards and were able to skin the entire route. We left the Marble Mt. parking lot just before 8am and were at the summit just after 1:30. The snow softened quicker than we expected so we could have been a bit faster had we left a little earlier. We left the summit at about 2:15 and had the best ride of the year all the way to the car (except for a flat section of maybe 20 yards). The decent to...

That looks fantastic!!  Well done!

Un superbe weekend en montagne!  Here is the link to the pictures:

https://picasaweb.google.com/victormesny/CascadianCouloirStuart#

great trs and photos!

"Not too shabby for being 4 months pregnant-can't wait to head out again. This marked 118 months of TAY"

Wow, not sure which is more impressive! Congrats!!!

Good2Go, we saw very little evidence of your trip, maybe just a little bit of a skin track in the trees below the couloir I think.

Pete A, It's hard to say how far you could get without high clearence. There isn't one obvious bad spot but rather several washouts along the Teanaway road strating pretty early on.  The high clearence also allowed us to continue past the turn off to Beverly creek because we drove through some snow, but that snow should be melted soon.