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May 1, 2011, Groedner Joch/le Mesules (Dolomiti)

Nice everything (accept the approach..). Beautiful pics!

5/2/11 10:54am

rlsg

Simply gorgeous..keep the reports and pics coming!!!!!!!!!!

5/2/11 10:35am

RonL

Thanks for a good mid fork report. I am hoping to get in there soon for some more folly so it was nice to see the snow level reported. I messed around on a couple of smaller chute on the other side side of Garfield from the green ridge lake trail but none of them looked as nice as that one.

5/2/11 9:51am

Ingunn

Født med ski på beina!

5/2/11 8:23am

Charlie Hagedorn

author=cumulus link=topic=20714.msg88334#msg88334 date=1304361677]Were you the car with the 5 lb. bag of Dilettante chocolate covered espresso beans riding shotgun?

Yep - that was us. The friend I bought them from claims that the 6 lb. bags are $26 at Cash&Carry?

The tracks you saw under the slide may have been from folks that preceded us. We saw similar tracks under chunder. We crossed the chunder while it was pr...

5/2/11 5:28am

tobae

way to go Kristoffer! I want to make some turns with you too.

5/2/11 4:04am

niko

First and second photo: superb family diptych! N

5/2/11 3:45am

cumulus

4-30-11, Silverstar Washington

Were you the car with the 5 lb. bag of Dilettante chocolate covered espresso beans riding shotgun?

We were just a little worried - not about the beans - but when we came to the crossing shortly before the trailhead parking area we saw your tracks disappear under a recent slide, and couldn't see if they continued on the other side...

We tra...

5/2/11 3:41am

Koda

L-1200 via Washougal is clear all the way up to Grouse Vista TH. We started out with our skis on our packs, but not far up the trail we switched to skins.

5/2/11 3:25am

Aaron_Riggs

Nice Dave! I was just looking at that on the map 4 or 5 days ago thinking about your bushwhack story. Glad you got some skiing in this time.

5/2/11 2:35am

ryanl

Looks like a wonderful day Oyvind.

5/2/11 2:08am

ryanl

Glad you got that Dave, and glad you're back on snow. Nice job.

5/2/11 2:07am

trees4me

Glad you're able to get back out there.

So is this the solution to the middle fork puzzle? The pics of the upper mountain look pretty nice. Way to go!

5/2/11 1:44am

Charlie Hagedorn

Awesome way to spend the day :)!

5/2/11 1:41am

Gregg_C

Great pictures Oyvind. It is wonderful to share your passions with your children. Glad it was a good day.

5/2/11 1:31am

Charlie Hagedorn

May 1, 2011, Groedner Joch/le Mesules (Dolomiti)

The cave (looks like a little bombhole) is just over Susan's left shoulder in the last photo - NW aspect, 6600', just uphill from where the summer trail hits the saddle. The ridge definitely sees lots of wind effect/loading/etc. The layer of sugar made cave excavation easier, once we found it. Call it 3-4"? Susan spent more time tunneling along the facet seam and may have more insight.

5/2/11 1:03am

Jake the Brit

Great photos.
It's nice to be able to look at all the far flung places. Strudel and all!

5/2/11 1:02am

Oyvind_Henningsen

4-30-11, Silverstar Washington

"4-7' down, we found ~4" of dry 2-3mm facets atop more solid snow"

Hey Charlie - what aspect and elevation were you at when you found this?

nice day out ! thanks for the report.

5/2/11 12:33am

Cornfed

April,30, Muir

Chuck -- Great seeing you up there. Sounds like you made the top -- though we didn't see you the rest of the day. It was colder than it seemed judging by my frozen bladder hose that I left exposed to the weather while we were basking in the warm sun at Muir and enjoying a growler of Manny's that Bob was good enough to haul up. Ditto on the skiing -- the reason to be out was the sun up high and a great workout. Skiing was marginal.

5/1/11 1:54pm

OldHouseMan

Thanks for the report. I did this trip about 8 years ago. I've been eyeing this from Portland over the last several weeks between clear and cloudy days and we were planning to go up yesterday (Saturday) but we opted for a White River Canyon day.

Were you able to drive to the Grouse Vista TH?

I'm planning to go up there this week if you guys want to give it another go.

5/1/11 11:41am

rong

4-30-11, Silverstar Washington

Thanks for the invite to an epic slog Koda. Spectacular terrain, but such a shame that conditions did not allow for much skiing. Next time i will bring shorties to drop the bluebag! 'Twas also nice to be serenaded by a pair of bald eagles. On a side note: I probed the snow pack at a sheltered saddle at 4150' elevation, and failed to find bottom with a 250cm probe, or any firm crusts, yet 1500' down the mountain the snowpack is nil. A link to more photos. https://picasaweb.g...

5/1/11 10:04am

Ross B

May 1, 2011, Groedner Joch/le Mesules (Dolomiti)

Wow! Wonderful ski... hope you're enjoying your trip in Europe!

5/1/11 9:40am

Chuck C

April,30, Muir

Regrettably we descended too late to enjoy the nice creamed up snow and were treated to various forms of "other" snow. Fog was pretty intense between 8500 and 6000 on the way down so we stuck near the wands which didn't help matters. Snow below Pan Point had gotten really heavy and turns had to be worked for. Still it was really nice to see all the people up there enjoying the break in the weather. Here's a couple shots.

There's a lot o...

5/1/11 2:07am

Gary_H

April 30, 2011, Mt Snoqualmie, Childs Play

author=skier8484 link=topic=20697.msg88275#msg88275 date=1304160965]
Nice Gary! Glad you guys had a safe trip. I'm hoping my leg is healed up enough to warrant an escape from the desert to ski some oly corn in June!

Sounds like the Arizona sunshine is helping the leg to heal quickly. Looking forward to skiing with you again soon. Have you been working on your tan? 8)

author=kath li...

4/30/11 2:02pm

Enzolola

Great work Jan and Stig, who pulled Bruce to the top :-)

4/30/11 12:17pm

Robert Connor

April 30, 2011, Mt Snoqualmie, Childs Play

Nice! Gotta love it when you can take the family fun to the backcountry. Way to slay Stig!

4/30/11 12:17pm

glenn_b

April 30, 2011, Mt Snoqualmie, Childs Play

Well done, Jan. My 12 yo preferred to lay about playing video games all day.

4/30/11 12:01pm

hedonaut

April 8, 2011, Mt Baker, Coleman Headwall

This is pretty far after-the-fact, but posted some more pics and brief TR here:
http://skisickness.com/post/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=215

I want to ski this again! With any luck this route will be good to go for months...

Hi Lisa! The weather skunked our intended heli-supported trip, but we did enjoy some fine skiing on Plan B: Mts. Slalok and Matier, posted pics here...

4/30/11 7:46am

Marcus

Wow, that soft slab in action gives me the willies... Thanks for the report Gary. Anastasia was out in your neck of the woods last week, on Ellinor. We still need to get together. Maybe in the next couple of weeks?

4/30/11 1:20am

kath

awesome pix gary .. and dramatic too .. amazing how much fresh just fell since last weekend .. will it every end?

4/29/11 11:24pm

skier8484

April 23, 2011. Alaska and circumnav of Chikamin

Nice Gary! Glad you guys had a safe trip. I'm hoping my leg is healed up enough to warrant an escape from the desert to ski some oly corn in June!

4/29/11 7:56pm

hyak_erik

Hedonaut, thanks so much for the pictures! I look out to Chikamin so often, it is great to get the reverse view for a change.

Gotta laugh at how small my little Hyak (and Catherine and Silver) look from that view!

4/29/11 2:14pm

glenn_b

April 23, 2011. Alaska and circumnav of Chikamin

I usually hate Star Trek, Next Generation allusions but you are strong. Thanks for sharing(pics!).

4/29/11 1:50pm

telemack

April 28, 2011, Gaiskoegel (Sellrain Tirol)

For Silas, the Alps are where it's at.
The slopes are boney but the struedel is phat.

4/29/11 12:40pm

hedonaut

April 23, 2011. Alaska and circumnav of Chikamin

finally caught up and posted some pics. thanks for vision questing, ryan--an odyssey with views.

hyak_erik, while this was a week ago already, there's a link here to a couple shots of the Alta perspective you were looking for...

http://skisickness.com/post/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=214

4/29/11 12:30pm

Mtraslin

April 28, 2011, Mt. Snoqualime

We parked around 2500ft....It added about an extra hour and a half..(Before the usuall star at about 4000ft..I am not sure how many kilometers...

4/29/11 8:21am

snoholic

Thought I would tack on some more info to this thread. We explored up Kendall ridge to above Kendall peak lakes today (Friday). Found 4-6" of nice fluff on top a sturdy crust on N.W. aspects. Anywhere the sun had shone there was generally multiple layers of wet snow with multiple crusts layers. Looked threatening above treeline, lots of recent wet slide activity in sun baked areas.

4/29/11 7:42am

philfort

April 28, 2011, Mt. Snoqualime

I agree, for those without snowmobiles or legs of steel, how long was the road ski?

4/29/11 6:02am

patrick

Thanks for the detailed conditions report!

4/29/11 5:47am

kath

April 15, Tschenglser Hochwand/Croda di Cengles

this is very cool .. but would someone mind adding a little bit more info about the approach .. i know for you guys it's not about that and this is kinda lame .. but .. like how far fm the car do you have to go before even getting to the "trailhead" ?

4/29/11 3:32am

silaswild

Our objective, viewed from near Dusseldorfer Hut.

4/29/11 2:41am

silaswild

April 16, Inn Pedererspitze, Madritschspitz

A couple more photos, always the Koenigspitze in view, beckoning us....

4/29/11 2:31am

silaswild

April 28, 2011, Gaiskoegel (Sellrain Tirol)

author=Jake the Brit link=topic=20675.msg88165#msg88165 date=1304011071]
Mr Wild. Any chance of some photos??

Sir, your wish is my command.....

4/29/11 2:13am

scotteryx

April 19, 2011, Chair Peak, Northeast Buttress

author=tele.skier link=topic=20601.msg87775#msg87775 date=1303399713]
Why isn't there someone out there doing documentary filming of this kind of thing? Perhaps, I am obsessed with both skiing and the mountains in general, but I am intigued by every aspect of this kind of adventure. I find it inconcievable that there is not market to produce and broadcast this type of ski mountaineering on film.

I would love to capture these...

4/29/11 12:28am

Gregg_C