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Awesome. In this day and age I wouldn't be surprised if someone ski based right off the ice cliff.
lots of terrain back there that makes it a good idea to go at a slower pace... next time I do the trip, it'll either just be a one-day jaunt so we can skip the camping gear or take the extra day or two to allow some yo-yos. We just didn't trust the weather was going to hold Sunday, so we did the two day itinerary.
FYI- for those who are thinking about doing the trip soon, we heard the Singing Pass Pass trail still has plenty of snow the whole way, so its not necessar...
FYI- for those who are thinking about doing the trip soon, we heard the Singing Pass Pass trail still has plenty of snow the whole way, so its not necessar...
WOW, that was a quick trip. You had beautiful weather and the photos are great. When I did the traverse, we had an extra day which allowed time to ski more. It's great that you were able to ski to the base with the fat snowpack. I remember having to hike down from the lower gondola station. :'(
Tremor Glacier:
View south from above the Diavolo glacier:
Overlord Glacier:
celebratory poutine:
View south from above the Diavolo glacier:
Overlord Glacier:
celebratory poutine:
Wow that line is so filled in.
Great work on a line so many people have been waiting to slay.
Great work on a line so many people have been waiting to slay.
Great work guys SUCH a epic area!!!
Another drool worthy line for sure.
Another drool worthy line for sure.
Nice work guys! Can't wait to see pictures! :)
Many people, including myself were admiring your ascent route from the ski area.
As native guide Sluiskin said in the Chinook jargon trade language after the reputed 1st ascent of Rainier by Stevens & Van Trump: "Skookum tillicum! Skookum tumtum!" (Strong men! Brave hearts!) Impressive feat, Bravo!
Nice capture guys! Congrats on getting the route in such fine shape...better than I've ever seen it and I've been keeping an eye on it for years with the intent of skiing it. Very cool!
Great work you all, skiing one of the few remaining unskied routes on the Mountain. (If someone has skied the Ice Cliff before, I'd like to find out about it!) In all the years that I can recall, the route has never had as clean and direct a ski line as it does this year.
And it was really nice to run into you at Pebble Creek afterwards, fresh off the big descent, and chat for a bit. We were headed down the Nisqually towards the bridge anyway, so we ended up following your tracks...
And it was really nice to run into you at Pebble Creek afterwards, fresh off the big descent, and chat for a bit. We were headed down the Nisqually towards the bridge anyway, so we ended up following your tracks...
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Another view yesterday on our way to Roosevelt...
Great pic as usual, Kenji. Thanks.
First descent, really, Lowell? Figured some Alpentalic might have done it back in the day.
Great TR and the first photo is fantastic.
If we had known, we'd have skied more neatly!
That first shot is MONEY!!!!!
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so, is that a first ski descent of the full length of the route (with rappel)? maybe it's a stupid question but i've only heard of sky sjue skiing the upper face and bailing due to conditions. any other record of ski descents? lowell?
First ski descent that I know of.
that begger fox at narada almost got me killed when some idiot stopped on a blind curve and i almost tailended him as a giant SUV swerved around me into the oncoming lane which fortunately was empty. when i hit my horn the fox climbed a ten foot vertical snow wall with no problem.
Did that same tour last weekend. We spent a night just NW of the North peak. You definitely got MUCH better weather, we once saw a glimpse of blue sky between the snowing and blowing. But the snow was great!
Another view yesterday on our way to Roosevelt...
Sweet! Nice work. Still looking wintery up there.
Another beautiful day coming up in the Sierra on Monday:
NWS Reno: AN ANOMALOUSLY STRONG JET MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH 700-500 MB WINDS 3-4 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. RIDGE WINDS IN THE SIERRA WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP SUNDAY WITH GUSTS PEAKING ON MONDAY ABOVE 100 MPH. AN INCREASING SURFACE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH THESE STRONG UPPER LEVELS WINDS MAKING MONDAY A WINDY DAY ACROSS THE REGION. HAVE CONTINUED TREND OF RAISING WINDS THROUGH THIS PERIOD WI...
NWS Reno: AN ANOMALOUSLY STRONG JET MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH 700-500 MB WINDS 3-4 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. RIDGE WINDS IN THE SIERRA WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP SUNDAY WITH GUSTS PEAKING ON MONDAY ABOVE 100 MPH. AN INCREASING SURFACE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH THESE STRONG UPPER LEVELS WINDS MAKING MONDAY A WINDY DAY ACROSS THE REGION. HAVE CONTINUED TREND OF RAISING WINDS THROUGH THIS PERIOD WI...
Beautiful photo. A great day in the mountains.
Looks like a beautiful day for touring. Nice TR, photos and video clip.
so, is that a first ski descent of the full length of the route (with rappel)? maybe it's a stupid question but i've only heard of sky sjue skiing the upper face and bailing due to conditions. any other record of ski descents? lowell? very jealous btw, nice job.
Sweet trip Oyvind ... living through other's TRs this week.
Nice Oyvind, thanks for the report. Dave was trying to lure me along yesterday -- glad you got the good weather.
Just plain awesome. Thx for sharing.
author=climberdave link=topic=20598.msg87822#msg87822 date=1303502073]
"I agree with you JJS, those fees are bollocks. Mt St Helens National Monument is Federal Land, collectively owned by the people. Charging someone $22 to walk through their own backyard is ludicrous and very much unconstitutional."
Where in the Constitution does it forbid the use of fee's for access to Federal Lands?
it doesn...
"I agree with you JJS, those fees are bollocks. Mt St Helens National Monument is Federal Land, collectively owned by the people. Charging someone $22 to walk through their own backyard is ludicrous and very much unconstitutional."
Where in the Constitution does it forbid the use of fee's for access to Federal Lands?
Where in the Constitution does it forbid the use of fee's for access to Federal Lands?
I'm very sorry to hear of David's death. I didn't know him well, but I went to school at UW with him and always felt we had similar personalities. I admired his unconventional way of thinking.
Micah
Micah
The road is Marble Mountain snow park will re-open to vehicle traffic on Friday, April 22 at noon.
http://mshinstitute.org/index.php/climbing/index
http://mshinstitute.org/index.php/climbing/index
There is about 3' of snow at the Silver Star gate. Gate is closed , and clearing underway , so skiing up is an option. Be aware that D.O.T. crews are working M-Th and may halt your advance . Please respect there directive. Thanks , X
Did you ski up from the east side? Just wondering where you hit snow. I biked from the west side the other day just to see how far in i'd have to bike and still hadn't hit snow a mile shy of the easy pass trailhead.
Great! Been looking at that one on the map for years
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hoping it would soon part.
suckered us onwards,
things sure look different in near whiteout,
could not see drop-offs right next to my skis,
Classic ... and all too familiar to my few experiences out there.
Strong work, men! Nice job.
Glad you lucked out with the weather, and found sun and powder up there unexpectedly, Carl.
Just a heads up to others though: that powder is ALL GONE. Skied from Muir yesterday April 20, no powder left, all breakable trap crust. Not really skiable, except by long traverses linked by cautious turns.
Better snow above 9500 ft (solid supportive frozen crust) and below 6400 ft (inch of softened snow atop firm supportive crust, decent turns). But the middle 3000 vert was nasty c...
Just a heads up to others though: that powder is ALL GONE. Skied from Muir yesterday April 20, no powder left, all breakable trap crust. Not really skiable, except by long traverses linked by cautious turns.
Better snow above 9500 ft (solid supportive frozen crust) and below 6400 ft (inch of softened snow atop firm supportive crust, decent turns). But the middle 3000 vert was nasty c...
Your first TR on TAY last week... and now you're gone, Dave... hard to believe.
Here's the text of the news story that has the most details:
Here's the text of the news story that has the most details:
Climber falls to his death
Man with physics degree had climbed in Alps
By Courtney Vaughn
Hi-Desert Star
Published: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:16 AM CDT
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK— A 33-year-old rock climber died here Monday afternoon. David Pinegar, of Loomis, was...
Rad! Is that a plastic shovel in pic #2? Good work guys!
HAHA - Low Hanging Fruit. I tell you, I used to eye that stuff outside of Chelan/Wenatchee areas when I lived over there, but you'd have to deal with cattle fencing to get there.
That's a great pic, Charlie. I was on that trip to Chikamin; it was his parting ski tour from Seattle. I wish I could dig up pics of him skinning in the valley in his 1-piece black Lycra suit, it was hilarious. He certainly had a unique way of making people laugh.
RIP Dave. Hopefully you find whiter pastures beyond the journey down here.
RIP Dave. Hopefully you find whiter pastures beyond the journey down here.
Agreed on photo #3. Steep face that rolls off steeper to empty space :-)
Pure awesome. Photo #3 is perfect.
Thanks! incredible,....
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.
Instead, our television gives us a bunch of pimple face kids with their pants falling down, holding up cans of 'M...
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.
Instead, our television gives us a bunch of pimple face kids with their pants falling down, holding up cans of 'M...