TR Replies

author=telemack link=topic=19908.msg84288#msg84288 date=1298872296]
There's no such thing as too much replying and photo posting!

Where is this place across the valley you referred to?

author=Tangerine link=topic=19908.msg84388#msg84388 date=1298953023]
Gary and Jan,

Sorry we missed you! It was a good day for powder, but I would rather ski the back side of Maggie�...

2/28/11 1:43pm

blitz

wow this sounds like good fun! good work all.

2/28/11 1:27pm

Tangerine

Gary and Jan,

Sorry we missed you! It was a good day for powder, but I would rather ski the back side of Maggie's anytime and avoid that flat slog out and back.

2/28/11 12:17pm

Robie

Yes I know that bridge and it can get weird . Gives me the creeps .
Liz ,Thanks for relaying your experience.
,One thing I try to do is to get my ski partners to carry a couple carabiners , two or 3 slings
With one fitted to thier size/length as a diaper harness. A small rope,a couple prussick loops and belay device .
This is not a full crevasse rescue kit but a enough gear to handle your situation, belay for ski cut, snowpit or short rap.

2/28/11 12:12pm

Ross B

Next time, next time :) There's a big ditch below that one though...

2/28/11 12:01pm

mccallboater

Good! You discovered one of the other not-so-secret playgrounds, up the Lick Creek Road. Stuff like this (pics from two seasons ago, but similar conditions to right now)

The upper half of one of my favorite runs.

The lower ha...

2/28/11 10:14am

Rusty Knees

Was it a snow bridge, or an actual bridge with snow piled up on it? Good job you had dry clothes with you! I usually don't carry enough for that kind of misfortune. Welcome to TAY.

2/28/11 9:28am

md2020

Feb 23, 24 North Cascades East Side Face Shot Vid

author=JibberD link=topic=19884.msg84252#msg84252 date=1298854637]
Then to another bridge below Bundy's, another pucker crossing for the Jibber.

I assume that's the one. I do not like that bridge. We usually figure out a way to cross higher up the creek.

2/28/11 7:38am

Scotsman

Nobody seems to comment when Adappen makes a post and links to Wenachee Outdoors a non-profit, anti-mechanized website that contains commercial advertising.?????
I like reading both Adappens and Jeff Ward's and can't see the difference myself.
Inherent TAY bias against mechanized skiing???

2/28/11 4:14am

gliding

Feb 23, 24 North Cascades East Side Face Shot Vid

Reading trip reports during lunch time is hit and miss for me. The entire office is quiet....except for me blurting out laughing at the funny things that I read on TAY. This was the third time this lunch break; I had to say something.

2/28/11 3:50am

J.P.

Thanks for posting Jeff, the stoke is appreciated, and it is always nice to get the conditions reports that you share here and you guys post over on NWAC.

- J.P.

2/28/11 2:39am

NickAA

I went down the slot with my little brother Tony and Dave. There was another group of two who already had two laps and there were already two tracks in it before they got there. So, six tracks before we hit it.

It was definitely windblown on top, but opened up to what would have been really good snow (first tracks) well before the dog leg and awesome from the dog leg down.

We climbed out, gained a little more vert, and then dropped through the Phantom. Props for "skii...

2/28/11 2:39am

jwplotz

Look for Scott's major Youtube debut with a gopro vid, downskin from Colchuck Col to Icicle road. Sick!

2/28/11 2:14am

alecapone

glad you all had a great pow day!

I've noticed the more I babble, the faster my partners will break trail to get away from me.

2/28/11 12:21am

alecapone

ooops,

Yes Marcus, those are most of the new boots you gave me. missing some buckles, straps, some fiddling with the walk ski mode, differant tongue, and dremel work on the shell..

They work great for me, thanks!

2/28/11 12:15am

alecapone

Haha.. still a fun day.

I don't know what's worse.. five minute pov videos of the tips of someone skis or the 15 seconds of me trying to put my jacket on.

I never took my camera out all day, so here is a picture from the saturday before.

now selling limited editions of my guide book, "50 classic teleboard-skin-ski decents in the PNW"? Most...

2/28/11 12:07am

velillen

It was great skiing thats for sure! Just glad the "local" we met had already put in the skin track! And of course Sidnie's critiquing of the guys kick turns at, well, every kick turn we did the whole day made the skin fun.

2/27/11 10:07pm

Mattski

Agreed! I dropped my daughter off at 9:30 for lessons, toured up 2,200' and skied great knee deep, occasionally blower back to the car with friends!

2/27/11 4:24pm

lrudholm

Feb 25, Mt. Gunnshy

Dev rd 6310.

2/27/11 3:54pm

cumulus

gale force winds, maniacal laughter... and one big white wha... ice cliff.

I don't even want to show you my vid from the same day

2/27/11 2:40pm

ski_photomatt

February 27, 2011, Snoqualmie Pass

Great video Ross! That waterfall always intimidates me, great job skiing it! I was in the group of three just ahead of you on the first climb. Good to see you, Chris and Curt as well as some other familiar faces in the other groups. We ended up skiing the slot for our last run after talking with another party who had skied it earlier in the day. The top half was OK, the bottom half better but the snow was better on the phantom side. Overall some of the nicest snow I've skied in Washin...

2/27/11 2:18pm

Splitboard Graham

chair two devotees were experience those tree bombs en mass as well :D

2/27/11 2:07pm

telemack

There's no such thing as too much replying and photo posting!

Where is this place across the valley you referred to?

2/27/11 1:51pm

Andrew Carey

thanks for the post Liz. There is some confusion. The road from Paradise Parking Lot to the Stevens Canyon Road is the Paradise Valley Road. The Stevens Canyon Road is the 1st right above Narada Falls Parking Lot going up hill. The "normal" ascent to Mazama Ridge from the Paradise Valley Raod is just across the 4th crossing bridge, beginning up along the right side of the Paradise River which is the "creek" the flows over Sluiskin Falls and conti...

2/27/11 1:45pm

Gary_H

Sorry we missed you all,
Glad you found the goods, that slope is a fun ski and more often than not holds good snow. We found similar conditions across the valley. Any aspect which had been exposed to Friday's sun had an unpleasant, but skiable crust. North facing slopes held good powder. If you can excuse a little post jumping, here are a couple pix from our day. ;)

Gary

2/27/11 1:15pm

ski_photomatt

Feb 26, 2010, Cave Ridge to Kendall Lks (variation)

Awesome! I just spent a week in McCall in early Feb skiing with my brother who moved to town last fall (he loves it:). Great terrain and excellent snow you have out there. We used sleds to access the skiing, highlights included Sawtooth and some beautiful couloirs above Twin Lakes.

2/27/11 1:01pm

Feck

Here's a link to a Scribble map I put together.

Guye Peak

2/27/11 12:15pm

myikat

Sorry i missed it. Will dream of those turns while i'm having my knee scoped.

2/27/11 12:06pm

telemack

A mediocre poem for a good photo is definitely a fair trade :D

2/27/11 12:02pm

mccallboater

I don't see why not. The N facing chair isn't open this winter, so those runs should be good. The actual stand of Tamarack that gives the name to the resort is on the N boundary of the area. Sweet tree skiing with no tree wells to worry about. Plus one can skin up from the westside road on the way to the resort. That's what locals have done for years before the resort was a gleam in a real estate developer's eye. McCall is about the souther...

2/27/11 11:58am

ovrthhills

Feb 26, 2010, Cave Ridge to Kendall Lks (variation)

Nice to meet up with you and Nick and share the pit work. The bond to the MLK crust was strong on our NW aspect. Hopefully the strength of the bond of all the new snow to the Feb 7 crust will strengthen and we can visit some of the open slopes in the near future. Some of the best Olympic skiing we've seen. Thanks for the Haiku.

2/27/11 10:19am

andyski

Feb 26, 2011, Yodelin

Hey Fresh. Good talking to you at the bottom of the old growth a couple times (I was in the party of 7 that included the WAC connection). My decision to ski inbounds today was clinched by seeing a ~2 foot deep, 7 foot wide slab break in a small dip below the upper lift tower on the way out Saturday. Slid on the crust layer. The skiing was incredibly good.

2/27/11 10:19am

andyski

Nice find! I take some responsibility for Friday's Kendall pillage :). I was surprised to find sun crust near Stevens on Saturday as well considering how cold it was.

2/27/11 10:15am

savegondor

Feb 25, Mt. Gunnshy

SWEET!!!!!! and yes, Gunnshy is just North of Gunn.

2/27/11 9:53am

Zap

Feb 25, 2011, Mt Rainier, Lower Nisqually and ...

Thanks for the TR and photos.

Seeing Tamarack is now open Thursday thru Sunday, can you tour there when the area is closed ?

2/27/11 9:38am

Robie

thanks again for another nice report
We were 150' short of Foss peak when when the real snow began.With reduced vis and windpack left above us we turned around also. Our consolation prize was the powder ski on exit . Sluff mangement on steeper pitches was our only " problem ?" Not a lot of skiers in some of the best powder of the year. I noticed some ski tracks at exit of Nisqually at the bridge. Hard to imagine enough glide out in the deep snow on lower glacier.

2/27/11 9:25am

JibberD

February 26, 2011, Snoqualmie Pass

Nice video Silas, and some strong skiers making some sweet turns!

2/27/11 9:11am

JibberD

Feb 25, 2011, Mt Rainier, Lower Nisqually and ...

Hmmm, I am confused about which bridge this is. The standard route to Mazama Ridge via the Steven's Canyon Road begins at 4th Crossing and I am not aware of any required bridge crossings on that route?

Taking the high route from the Paradise parking lot would take you over the Edith Creek log bridge (a sometimes edgy crossing for me). Then to another bridge below Bundy's, another pucker crossing for the Jibber.

Can someone help clarify for me?

LuckyL in...

2/27/11 8:57am

mick_scott

I could see your squiggles on Mazama when I made a break for the parking lot from above pan point. I wish I would have gone that way from the get go!

2/27/11 8:52am

Jeff_Ward

Feb 23, 24 North Cascades East Side Face Shot Vid

I'm glad some of you liked the video. I've been playing around with different angles a bit. For this shot I just mounted it to my ski pole with a ski strap and held it out in front of me. Pretty simple....

I apologize if these posts seem too commercial. Maybe I should have gone with an alias. It would have probably made things easier. I just wanted people to know where the information was coming from.

It seems like someone has issues with me personally (or...

2/27/11 8:46am

LuckyL

I'm the woman who fell in. Liz, not Cecilly. I was ascending toward Mazama Ridge following the usual route up from the big bend in Stevens Canyon Rd. Not sure of the name of the creek there. The bridge had 5+ feet of snow on it. I was following a track right down the middle of the bridge where others, including my husband just a few feet in front, had passed. In an instant, the snow fell out from under me and I found myself laying on my back in the creek below. I'm generally pre...

2/27/11 7:54am

Andrew Carey