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Feb 19, 2011, Chair Pk and Mt.Roosevelt's backside

Looks like Cornbiscuit :)

2/19/11 2:49pm

ski_photomatt

Nice job getting after it! That one been on the list for a few years, would love to get back there sometime.

2/19/11 1:31pm

haggis

Feb 19, 2011, Chair Pk and Mt.Roosevelt's backside

Fabulous! Hope it lasts until Monday.

2/19/11 12:59pm

Pete A

Turnagain Pass I presume?

2/19/11 12:48pm

Joedabaker

Awesome pictures!
You have anything to say about it like where and how?

2/19/11 11:34am

hypermartyr

2/19/11 11:05am

hypermartyr

2/19/11 11:04am

hypermartyr

2/19/11 11:03am

hypermartyr

Feb1 Sloan, Bedal, Pugh, White Chuck FAIL

2/19/11 11:02am

savegondor

and finally...

2/19/11 9:19am

gravitymk

Feb 18, Snoqualmie Pass Dawn Patrol

Looking at the pictures it looks like you were up on Bryant's?

2/18/11 11:25pm

Gregg_C

Feb 18, 2011. Baker Slack.Powder day for Ryan

He did a lot of smiling yesterday.....

2/18/11 10:49pm

Snow Bell

Feb 18, 2011, Chair Peak Circumnav GREAT SNOW!

That third picture sure hurts!

Way to get at it Runcle.

2/18/11 3:24pm

Gary_H

Sounds like a great day Alisa. :D
Looking forward to the Pix.

Gary and Jan

2/18/11 2:26pm

Gary_H

Feb 18, 2011. Baker Slack.Powder day for Ryan

Sweet! :D

2/18/11 2:24pm

Lisa

Great to see a smile on Ryan's face.

2/18/11 1:52pm

Moscawulff

Feb 18, 2011. Baker Slack.Powder day for Ryan

damn!

2/18/11 12:31pm

Amar Andalkar

Looks sweet! Nice turns, Gregg and Ryan.

And apparently it was a lot sunnier up there than expected based on the "FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS" forecast.

Looking forward to skiing some of that deep pow in the sunshine tomorrow!

2/18/11 12:19pm

haggis

Feb 18, Snoqualmie Pass Dawn Patrol

Video clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8rP7idINic - Rob needs to forget about weight and bring the big skis for mornings like these!

Part way down

Job done

2/18/11 11:10am

Ross B

Feb 17, Smith Brook, Lichtenpow

Great TR! I'm heading up to a cabin underneath the Lichtenberg (across from Yodelin), so it's good to hear that the conditions are good!

2/18/11 9:08am

andybrnr

February 17, Slot+Crooked+East Peak Snoqualmie

Nice... weather pattern looks like it'll be staying good and wintry, too, with the large scale pattern switching to Northerly flow early next week ( http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?mm5d1_x_slp+///3 ). Looks like good possibility for snow in the middle of next week, as well ( http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?mm5d2_x_snow24+///3 ). Nice to have a return to conditions conducive to good touring options within a shorter drive from SEA.

2/18/11 5:30am

ron j

Feb 17, Smith Brook, Lichtenpow

Nice write up.
A good read and has useful info as well.
It may approach the quality of the reports of the world famous and renowned Markharf.

2/18/11 12:06am

chmnyboy

awesome!

2/17/11 11:47pm

Jason_H.

Awesome trip Forest. Thanks for the invite. You know how to pick those windows! Cool story and pics as well!

My pics and story will be soon if I get my act together! Here are a couple I've gone through so far.

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2/17/11 3:37pm

Mtraslin

Feb 17, 2011, Kendall Area

Thanks....

Yes you would enjoy it....I am sure.....

2/17/11 1:53pm

snoholic

Nice work. We were in the chair peak basin early this morning and found similar conditions. Wish I could have stayed out longer, but duty called.

2/17/11 11:55am

Splitboard Graham

June 29, 1996 - Feb 10, 2011, Rainier, Muir x 100

glad to see the religion does not lose appeal after so many pilgrimages! though i certainly do not have anywhere near 100 ascents to muir, or cloud camp, as muir called it (your picture reminded me), i have debated with friends the virtues of muir many a time when deciding where to go for a tour. now i can cite a reputable source with histograms to make my case ;) see you on the skin track!

2/17/11 10:22am

Susan Ashlock

February 12-13 - Burn Crk/Fisher Lake/Tonga Ridge

Have pictures been posted yet?

2/17/11 8:57am

Robert Connor

That first photo looks so nice. I think I need to make a trip up north.

2/17/11 5:16am

Mtraslin

Thanks for sharing Andy....

Lsd..... Long sustained distance...... Just to clarify!

2/17/11 2:49am

bobS

Feburary 12-13, Kendall Circumnavigation

author=Atraslin link=topic=19652.msg83496#msg83496 date=1297925337]
This would turn out to be a good LSD training day for the vertfest. [img]

I’ve never heard of this kind of training for skiing. (But it seems to be working.)
Is it legal in Canada?

2/17/11 2:07am

Robert Connor

Feb 16, 2011, - Slot

Nice choice for a dawn patrol. Good work. ;D

2/17/11 12:55am

Snoqualmonix

author=trumpetsailor link=topic=19589.msg83376#msg83376 date=1297831309]
:). Snoqualmie may not always deliver powder, but it's always an adventure. Nice work!

Well said.

Nice vision guys, thanks for sharing.

2/16/11 2:04pm

Atraslin

February 7, 2011, Red Mountain, Remembering Monika

Monika brought it every time to the Alpental race and seem to be having a blast.
I was hoping to do a trip with Monika up to Glacier Peak this past spring,it just
didn't work out with timing.It was really cool to see all the friends out there with
the stuffed cats putting the hammer down in Monika's honor.

2/16/11 1:54pm

Amar Andalkar

June 29, 1996 - Feb 10, 2011, Rainier, Muir x 100

author=andyrew link=topic=19542.msg83358#msg83358 date=1297821002">
Actually, I think that's just a barchart, rather than a histogram since the abscissa is not cutpoints of the ordinate. But now we're getting pedantic ;D

Andyrew, your comment made me think and do some reading (which is always good), to try to see if I had misused the term "histogram" -- after all I'm not a statistician. But in the end, I d...

2/16/11 1:02pm

Zap

author=Zap link=topic=19611.msg83440#msg83440 date=1297871797]
Holden is a wonderful access point for day trips or extended adventures.

Sky, In the past Jill and I have spent a few days staying in Holden and then doing day trips from Holden. Yeah, you lose a half day traveling each way. But when you are retired . ;)

2/16/11 7:24am

skykilo

^^^Which still means starting from the westside before daylight and not getting to Holden before afternoon.

(Sorry, not really trying to start an argument here.)

2/16/11 6:00am

glenn_b

Actually, they use the fast boat in the winter, departing Chelan at 10, Fields Point at 10:50 and at Lucerne before noon. Still a long haul for wetsiders.

2/16/11 5:51am

skykilo

Nice writeup, Forest. Glad you and Jason had a good ski.

Inexplicable? Seattle <==> Holden: a full day either way, not available every day of the week, must be in Chelan ready to go circa 9 am to catch the Lady of the Lake. Would that I had enough time not to bump it off my list based solely on these facts. Some day.

2/16/11 5:25am

Zap

A great TR and photos. Holden is a wonderful access point for day trips or extended adventures. The village staff are friendly. Jill and I have had some great spring tours from the village.

2/15/11 11:56pm

John Morrow

Feb 13, 2011, Red Mt -Salmon la Sac

author=arcticcat2 link=topic=19600.msg83374#msg83374 date=1297830682]
TRIP DETAILS

Park at gold pond, gold creek trail head
tour past gold pond
take a right at a over grown road on right with a broken gate
take road up around 500' switching back and forth
get to a clearing go up and stay to right
at 3700' you are at the base of some large cliffs and one arrow couloir that start at 5400'
stay to the right...

2/15/11 10:39pm

John Morrow

author=Jim Oker link=topic=19585.msg83395#msg83395 date=1297836228]
Nice. Lots of terrain up there. I've only been up there once, but we spent a full day with a few ascents/descents for extra verts, never crossed our own track, and never crossed your track either. That north basin that you skirted below/around on your ascent looks intriguing, at least on the map (I've not looked at it in person). If it were a bit more stable, would you have skied it?...

2/15/11 9:57pm

dromond

Feb 13, 2011, Red Mt -Salmon la Sac

Happy B-day! Hopefully the needed snow will arrive over the next few days.

2/15/11 3:29pm

fwb

Themes? Well, we did watch the movie "Frozen" before doing Frozen and id watch RED before doing Red... Sure there are other themes, looking for sunshine, having fun runs...

Plenty of options from Red west and east. With more coverage could get down a modified way we came up. the route SE looked nice and steep, not thrilled with the snow conditions. The bwl to teh north had me intrigued with wanting to ski it. Looked like could head NW and around...

2/15/11 2:25pm

Jim Oker

Feb 13, 2011, Red Mt -Salmon la Sac

Nice. Lots of terrain up there. I've only been up there once, but we spent a full day with a few ascents/descents for extra verts, never crossed our own track, and never crossed your track either. That north basin that you skirted below/around on your ascent looks intriguing, at least on the map (I've not looked at it in person). If it were a bit more stable, would you have skied it?

2/15/11 2:03pm

Jim Oker

Sounds like the xmas trees at the bottom of the big trees up high aren't growing up enough to cause any real problems (it's been a few years since I got up there). Nice to know...

2/15/11 1:55pm

Rusty Knees