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Thanks Marcus. I just talk to Voile and they are sending me a new set of toe pieces. He said i had the first generation of switchbacks which were not heat treated. The new ones are and that's what he's sending me. Shouldn't break, i hope not.
Take care
Take care
I thought they might be a more recent hardwire -- mine are an older pair, no tour mode. It would be a poor substitute (though not being broken at the moment, maybe not). Let me know if you want them.
Thanks for the discussion guys!
That's very keen Dick, i like it, let's say that's what i meant! Thanks for the extra pics.
NTN... hmmm Kenji, i know it's a good opportunity to switch but i'm still not sure about all the pieces in the NTN binding, seems a little too complex and hard to fix in the field. I figure i'll have to do that eventually. ;) I'll look forward to reading the thread on NTN bindings.
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That's very keen Dick, i like it, let's say that's what i meant! Thanks for the extra pics.
NTN... hmmm Kenji, i know it's a good opportunity to switch but i'm still not sure about all the pieces in the NTN binding, seems a little too complex and hard to fix in the field. I figure i'll have to do that eventually. ;) I'll look forward to reading the thread on NTN bindings.
Marcus,...
I forgot to post what a great trip report from an area I never get to. Those chutes look awesome on the other side of the drainage. Bedal looked great too!!
Thanks for the beta. Now that you mention it, I think it was your trip report that originally put this area on my map.
I had read some not so nice TRs on the bedal climb, so I figured I'd try bedal creek instead...
Bedal Pk is still on my list, and hopefully I'll get back to it via the nels lake route soon.
I had read some not so nice TRs on the bedal climb, so I figured I'd try bedal creek instead...
Bedal Pk is still on my list, and hopefully I'll get back to it via the nels lake route soon.
Thanks for the report - it's always good to see something from the Wallowas!
author=telemack link=topic=19473.msg82685#msg82685 date=1297057519]
Hey Kenji, do have the NTN? I just bought in last month and like it a lot so far. I'd love to compare notes.
I bought into NTN last season -- on day nine I busted one -- right before a hut trip as well. Rottefella replaced it under warrantee -- but it took weeks.
Now to be fair -- I was landing jumps that day and I'm big guy -- but in the o...
David, thanks for leading the trip.
I know it was a typo in your post, but I like to consider the possible meaning of "Prey for snow." Why else would I enjoy skiing in 36 degrees and rain?
I know it was a typo in your post, but I like to consider the possible meaning of "Prey for snow." Why else would I enjoy skiing in 36 degrees and rain?
Mack, I've been using mostly NTN this Winter. Kinda by accident, but I haven't be able to quit it yet.
Let's start a new thread. I think we could use a NTN support group.
Let's start a new thread. I think we could use a NTN support group.
Nice Mack (edited -- too many "telenames". I just bought NTN myself, but haven't mounted them yet. How do you like them?
Incidentally, David, if those are Hardwires and you'd like a replacement pair, let me know. I have a set in my basement.
Incidentally, David, if those are Hardwires and you'd like a replacement pair, let me know. I have a set in my basement.
author=Kenji link=topic=19473.msg82684#msg82684 date=1297056468]
Maybe, it's time to try NTN?
Hey Kenji, do have the NTN? I just bought in last month and like it a lot so far. I'd love to compare notes.
Good job, guys. I was wondering if you actually went.
David, you are hard on your gear: broken skis, bindings, etc. Those SS wrap-around bails are not supposed to break like that. At least, they should give you a new one. Maybe, it's time to try NTN?
David, you are hard on your gear: broken skis, bindings, etc. Those SS wrap-around bails are not supposed to break like that. At least, they should give you a new one. Maybe, it's time to try NTN?
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I never met Monika, but I imagine that she was an amazing person. It's such a tragic accident to have happened. I really feel for those who knew her...
Cool that you found this out of the way place and that driving conditions cooperated.
Bedal is a beautiful mountain especially in the alpine. This 2008 TR http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=10193.0 from Kevin Steffa shows a sneaky route to go over near Nels Lake and then up into alpine. The trail is no picnic with downed trees and a somewhat flagged fishing trail, but once you get up to the glades it's not bad, and then up in the alpi...
Bedal is a beautiful mountain especially in the alpine. This 2008 TR http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=10193.0 from Kevin Steffa shows a sneaky route to go over near Nels Lake and then up into alpine. The trail is no picnic with downed trees and a somewhat flagged fishing trail, but once you get up to the glades it's not bad, and then up in the alpi...
author=Amar Andalkar link=topic=19411.msg82250#msg82250 date=1296625531">
Just another typically beautiful, sunny, mid-winter day up on the Mountain.
Well, it turned out not to have been just another typically beautiful, sunny, mid-winter day.
It's still hard for me to comprehend and come to terms with what happened on this day -- as I was enjoying the sunshine alone at Muir that afternoon, my friend Monika was do...
Yea, I'm just teasing because I'm jealous. Sounds like everything you could ask for in a b/c trip, especially during a winter like this. Just tell me something went wrong, like a wrinkle in your sock, or maybe your ipod battery went low on the last day. Seriously though, nice report and pictures, I'm sold either way.
As always JP, a well written report. Great to hear that your back is allowing you to hit the hills again. It's awesome that you guys hit the great powder when everywhere else around the state looks bleak. Thanks for sharing. I like those at NCH too-no advertisement, just a shout for good people. :)
author=Malamute link=topic=19461.msg82637#msg82637 date=1297015169]
Wow that looks fun, I wish I was there but is this a trip report or an advertisement?
Malamute - Welcome to TAY.
My report was intended only as a trip report, and a relfection upon the impact that being in the mountains has on me as someone who feels so fortunate to get to live and ski here in Washington.
That said, as this was my first-ev...
Wow that looks fun, I wish I was there but is this a trip report or an advertisement?
A wonderfully written TR and photos. Your TR was a bright light during these recent days of sorrow. It reminds me of how fortunate we are to live in the PNW and what draws us to the mountains. Thanks.
Hey freebird.....I'm skiing the cycle down here in Silverton....18 new @ 4% yesterday 9 back on thursday......Its been a great.........K I R ...cu guys soon james
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Great looking turns!
Not truly important either way, but I am curious about those "spooned looking turns". Is it the local custom to spoon for pow preservation? Or is there something about the nature of the snow that leads skiers toward a certain turn shape for maximum personal pow stokage?
Placing each decent close together or "...
Thanks Amar for the info. I appreciate it!
Great looking turns!
Not truly important either way, but I am curious about those "spooned looking turns". Is it the local custom to spoon for pow preservation? Or is there something about the nature of the snow that leads skiers toward a certain turn shape for maximum personal pow stokage?
Not truly important either way, but I am curious about those "spooned looking turns". Is it the local custom to spoon for pow preservation? Or is there something about the nature of the snow that leads skiers toward a certain turn shape for maximum personal pow stokage?
Very nice! That's a great area, and seems to be about the best bet in driving distance right now. Glad you found some good turns in this crazy winter!
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Was thinking of heading up there soon. Heard the MLK rain event also hit Jackson...reaked havoc in the Wasatch...is this the scary conditions you speak of??
The crust from that event must have bonded quite well because stability was bomber! I should have explained the "scary" better. The higher Southern facing aspects of sun crust and wind sl...
Sweet pics as always, I'm envious. Solo trips have their risks but are inevitably more fulfilling.
Was thinking of heading up there soon. Heard the MLK rain event also hit Jackson...reaked havoc in the Wasatch...is this the scary conditions you speak of??
Sick. Glad to see folks hitting huge things in the current state of affairs up there. One good thing about midwinter high presure in the NW.....some of the sickest alpine lines found anywhere are skiable....nice trip ya'll.
Totally. Its never a bad decision to bail. Been a few times when I should have. Live to ski another day....its more fun that way.
Thanks guys! I am very fortunate that this experience only ended up as a learning one, and not worse. From now on whenever I travel on glaciers, especially ones that I have never been on, I will carry rope and insist that my touring partners stay at least within sight and hearing distance. It sucks to yell out for help and hear no reply. Thankfully though luck was on my side this time and I was able to yank myself out, followed by a nice semi controlled slide down the hil...
Hey Dan, really glad you're OK. Thanks for the report.
The White Salmon is deceptively dangerous in winter (or winter-like) conditions, as I discovered firsthand 3 years ago when I similarly punched one leg through into a crevasse on skins. That was in April, after a LOT of recent new snow:
April 26, 2008, Mt Shuksan, White Salmon + Crevasse
(note that the thumbnai...
The White Salmon is deceptively dangerous in winter (or winter-like) conditions, as I discovered firsthand 3 years ago when I similarly punched one leg through into a crevasse on skins. That was in April, after a LOT of recent new snow:
April 26, 2008, Mt Shuksan, White Salmon + Crevasse
(note that the thumbnai...
The stuff of nightmares right there! Glad you avoided the drop.
Allen glad you got the NW couloir in better conditions...seems like that is a better line since it is most likely sheltered from constant winds.
Good to hear everyone is ok from yesterday, didn't even think there were open crevasses to fall into where the skin track went up the WS. We carried ropes/harnesses the entire time but didn't have them on over that area at all...ignorance is bliss?
Good to hear everyone is ok from yesterday, didn't even think there were open crevasses to fall into where the skin track went up the WS. We carried ropes/harnesses the entire time but didn't have them on over that area at all...ignorance is bliss?
author=ski_photomatt link=topic=19419.msg82386#msg82386 date=1296753653]
One note of caution: a skier (not in my party) punched through a crevasse on the White Salmon while following the skin track yesterday. He said he fell a few feet into the hole and was caught by his backpack and managed to climb out. Similar to Amar's story from a few years ago. In the three separate groups of 7 skiers, no one carried a rope yesterday.
7 of us (three separate groups of 3, 2, 2), plus a solo skier ahead of everyone headed up there on Wednesday with thoughts on the NF or NW Couloir. Unfortunately we were a day late as a persistent cloud deck from 7-8K covered the top of the mountain and everyone turned around at the top of the White Salmon except the solo skier who disappeared into the fog on the Upper Curtis.
One note of caution: a skier (not in my party) punched through a crevasse on the White Salmon while followi...
One note of caution: a skier (not in my party) punched through a crevasse on the White Salmon while followi...
up at paradise too with some friends .. but just one of the groups of snowshoers you prob passed .. honestly though .. i wondered if i'd see you blowing past us .. then when i saw some turns on the nisqually i wondered again .. and then when we some skiers coming off what looked like a fuhrers finger descent i wondered again lol .. l8r they popped up fm the glacier and confirmed they had done it but that conditions sucked .. being icy at the top
anyhow it was a stellar day on th...
anyhow it was a stellar day on th...
awesome .. you got some great images too .. way to go guys
Hi Scott,
It was nice to meet and chat with you. The north side looked good from above - will keep that in mind.
Pavel
It was nice to meet and chat with you. The north side looked good from above - will keep that in mind.
Pavel
I bailed off the N face before you guys got there prob 300 vert down into it, a little too icy for me. I was worried it would be icy like that for quite a long way. I'm glad you got past it without too much trouble. I found the NW couloir to be much less icy, I only punched though the windbuff on a few occasions. Other than that it was just a little sloughy. The run down the north face has to be one of the coolest looking runs I have ever stood on top of.
Cool trip report, about how long is the approach skin up the creek? I assume you have to park at the hw during the winter?
Great pics on your blog! I'm going to have to ski this one soon. Were you guys tempted to climb the n. face to see what you were in for? That's gutsy to drop in blind on such a committing line. Nice work!