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Absolutely stunning photos Jason.

Jason_H.

Here's a quick TR I put together with all the pics.

http://cascadecrusades.org/SkiMountaineering/larrabee/larrabee2011sfacewestface/larrabee2011.htm

1/31/11 11:00am

gorp

got to stay in glacier for the weekend. skied both days and it was great. got to tick one off the list and the sun and snow were soooooo good: video here

1/31/11 10:46am

hchagood

Jan 30, 2011, Goat Mountain BLISS - VID

Nice photos folks, we are the group eating lunch on the ridge in the first shot as you all dropped in. Thanks for the boot back up the Pinnacle, it was fun watching you guys ski it. Turns out we had a very similar itinerary for the day and we were glad to share the steep and deep with you! Also, big cheers for that dog to stomp the line through the slough, I was expecting to see a real live dog-a-hawk but the K9 prevailed, nice work.

1/31/11 9:06am

Pierce

Scotty - We started on the TH around 830am and reached our high point at around 2pm (with 20min lunch on the ridge and a few picture stops along the way). We also moved a little slower due to talking through route finding and breaking trail. At our pace I'd say we turned around 30-45mins short of the summit. I'd say we hiked for ~2hrs, and skinned the rest of the way.

We started skiing down around 2:30pm and got back to the car around 5:30pm (with about 20-30mins...

1/31/11 8:20am

Scotty

Jan 30, 2011, Goat Mountain BLISS - VID

I'm planning on heading up that way tomorrow. I will keep an eye out for the missing skin. What time did you guys get to the trailhead and how long of a hike/skin was it?

1/31/11 7:48am

Zap

Jan 30, 2011, Another video from the Barron Yurt

Thanks, I needed that. ;)

1/31/11 7:44am

Jeff_Ward

Jan 30, 2011, Another video from the Barron Yurt

I do feel like a crack dealer at times. Sorry about that...

1/31/11 7:32am

Scotsman

Jan 30, 2011, Another video from the Barron Yurt

Damn you Jeff!
I'm just going to have to hit the credit card again because of this.
It'll be your fault when I'm broke and homeless.

1/31/11 6:59am

Ross B

We were up there too today... skied some fabulous lines off a north face of "Shadow Mountain" (beginning of Ptarmigan ridge)

1/31/11 5:25am

markharf

We studied those tracks on our way back to the parking lot near dusk. Steep. Impressive. Not a lot of turning involved. Thanks for adding photos to the mix.

A surprisingly nice day above 4800 feet, somewhat problematic below. I showed up all prepared for heinous crust, thinking maybe it'd be a good day for a nice logging road tour down in the forest, but instead we wore ourselves out skiing stable powder.

Mark

1/31/11 4:49am

SeatownSlackey

turns in the Biznatch were sublime. Great day, great crew. I look fwd to next sunday and showing up w/ a fully functioning pair of skis :-[

-R

1/31/11 3:08am

jwplotz

Wow, Jason. Blown away by the images! And love seeing you huck with 30 lbs of camera gear and a broken binding! Thanks for posting this!

1/31/11 3:00am

gbogh93

author=Eli3 link=topic=19381.msg82086#msg82086 date=1296500042]
How was traversing from the back side of pineapple over to melakwa lake?

Not as fun as coming down from Bryant Peak Col would have been... ;-)

The traverse was fine... Nice turns just off the back of Pineapple, traversed most of the rest of the way with one quick skin to get up over the final ridge before dropping back down to Melakwa.

1/31/11 2:59am

Eli3

How was traversing from the back side of pineapple over to melakwa lake?

1/31/11 2:54am

GregLange

Thanks for posting this incredible day's journey. Great shot looking down the Biz-Natch! See you soon...

1/31/11 2:28am

Jason_H.

Wow, I made some really sloppy turns! Ha. Anyhow, good film, story and pics guys. Nice to meet you up there.

Lots of images. Here's a few...

1/31/11 2:04am

gorp

so good

1/31/11 1:27am

Zap

Great photos and location selection.

1/31/11 1:26am

Scotsman

Very Nice.
PNWBrit( Banned) and I got a few slackcountry runs yesterday as well. Hiked Hemisphere and dropped off backside with nice pow leading to virtual cliff out the Brit skillfully negotiated by traverse through avy debris. Then we skiinned up and dropped Blueberry Chutes. What a day... what views....snow great.

1/31/11 1:21am

PS44

Jan 30, 2011, Granite Pk

Nice day on the face of Granite Mt. despite weather being quite warm and soggy. Skinning up the SW rib was a workout!

Two clips of Peter (Splitter):
http://vimeo.com/19372709

http://vimeo.com/19373180

1/31/11 1:20am

Scotsman

author=alpymarr link=topic=19340.msg81957#msg81957 date=1296336402]
The only thing thing that really sucks is the heli-ski/tourer comingling. Just yesterday I was skinning up a bowl and a chopper landed on the ridge about 200 ft away from me, dumped their clients and shredded the choice line.

I have empathy but it also depends on if you are in the heli or not. Last week we landed at the top of Blue Lake Col just as a group of skinners...

1/31/11 1:17am

kath

sweet ..

1/31/11 12:39am

kath

Jan 22-30, 2011, Campbell Icefield Chalet, BC

great video .. fun to see hummel on the other side of the camera too ..

1/30/11 11:37pm

Zap

Jim, Sorry to hear that you only had 2 days in the alpine with all that fresh powder. I'll bet you had to suffer getting that white stuff flowing over your knees, up onto your waist and then regrettably on your face. Geeeeez, you must have had a terrible time. O yeah, you really missed some great weather and storm cycles here in the PNW while you were gone.

We are jealous but glad you are back to share our misery. See ya Wednesday evening - it should be blower powder. ;)

1/30/11 3:51pm

Jim_Clement

Jan 22-30, 2011, Campbell Icefield Chalet, BC

Two more photos:

1/30/11 3:30pm

Splitboard Graham

post a pic of the farmed furrows off facebook :) see you in march

1/30/11 3:13pm

chrism

Awesome work! I've wanted to ski that line for years.

1/30/11 3:07pm

allenat@ylor

I just finished the video to go with this TR

Click on the picture to go to it:

Enjoy!

1/30/11 2:07pm

nedski

I understand the preservation idea in a popular place...but I do not go into the back, or side, country to 'follow rules' or other peoples turn size. I go partly 'cause their ain't nobody tellin' me what to or not to do.

1/30/11 1:15pm

Erick Heyl

Wow...heavy duty!

1/30/11 11:34am

kath

January 29, 2011, Commonwealth basin

great report .. love the pix .. the axe (or whippet) is a really cool shot .. so is the one where you're almost near the hut .. so are the peak shots .. your american border is awesome .. nice work .. beautiful photography!

jason (ha i see you caught him in action) has posted his stuff on flickr .. i thought it looked crowded in the lookout lol .. anyhow someone of that party will prob be posting a report somewhere ..

1/30/11 4:24am

TheJuice

The new snow at 5500' was of mashed-potato quality, and generally not bonded well to the underlying crust. The sluffs we did trigger propagated until they reached flatter terrain below. In our case, since we were in the trees on rolling benches, none of these went far or had the chance to get going very fast.

There was a lot of evidence of natural slide activity in the chutes we passed on the way, both older debris and snowballing/pinwheeling of the new snow. L...

1/30/11 3:15am

Zap

January 29, 2011, - Snobirthday Pass

Thanks for the TR and beautiful images. Powder and sunshine, hmmmm. We'll be there late February.

1/29/11 11:56am

glenn_b

Happy birthday to you!

1/29/11 11:18am

alpymarr

Glad you guys enjoyed the TR. Come get some. Farming has its place, and this spot is one of them. The sheer number of people skiing around there warrents its use. A few big gs turns by 10 people would definitly change the appeal of the bowl. I remember talking of spooning turns at Paradise a while back and started a sizeable sheetstorm..Anyways keep on spooning there Joeda or else Scotsman may issue you a citation. ;)

1/29/11 10:02am

Joedabaker

author=alpymarr link=topic=19340.msg81957#msg81957 date=1296336402]
Powder farming is huge and nearly every line is farmed with precision. It makes sense because sometimes there can be weeks between good dumps and people want to leave some for the next day or even week.

See all you nay sayers, I'm not the only one who believes in powder turn preservation. 8)

Thanks for the report, gotta love Utah snow and it&...

1/29/11 9:38am

Scotsman

Sounds dreamy... thanks for the perspective..Glad you are having fun. Please post regular TR's.

1/29/11 6:15am

alpymarr

Jan 27, 2011, Spring on Red Mountain

The scene is more open. Tons of folks out in the BC and everyone seems to be nice and willing to answer my noob questions on routes, aspects, etc. Also, most people I see are great skiers. Out in LCC most people are ski bums and live up there and ski everyday and have the general ski in day drink in night attitude. I like that. Powder farming is huge and nearly every line is farmed with precision. It makes sense because sometimes there can be weeks between good dumps and people want to leave som...

1/29/11 5:26am

jpLingo

More video of turns. Silas this time.
http://vimeo.com/19327899

1/29/11 5:24am

Scotsman

Nice Alpymarr.
Whats the scene like down there and how does it differ from the PMW scene?

1/29/11 4:53am

alpymarr

Glide cracks....

1/29/11 4:29am

Tom_Sjolseth

author=alpymarr link=topic=19321.msg81945#msg81945 date=1296330184]
Nice sunset pics...making me wish I was up there for a visit. Anyone thought of skiing Fuhrer Finger during the nice window going on up there?

Attempted to do just that on 1/27. We experienced 65+MPH sustained winds from the W, gusting higher. The winds had scoured everything down to bulletproof ice on the Wilson Glacier. We wanted to climb the W...

1/29/11 4:18am

alpymarr

Nice sunset pics...making me wish I was up there for a visit. Anyone thought of skiing Fuhrer Finger during the nice window going on up there?

1/29/11 3:43am

Salal

Jan 27, 2011, Spring on Red Mountain

There are actually two locks on there. One with the "code" and the other one looked just like a padlock.

1/29/11 1:32am

Clarence

What a nice day it was! We saw some of you on our way out. We hit it early so I could be at work in Seattle by 2, but it was just soft enough to be enjoyable.
A few pics:
http://www.alpineevolution.net/2011/01/red-mountain-ski.html

1/28/11 11:28pm

silaswild

Jan 27, 2011, Spring on Red Mountain

Boarding into the trees: http://vimeo.com/19318433

1/28/11 1:41pm

silaswild

January 22, 2011, Snoqualmie Pass

South facing slush: http://vimeo.com/19318322

1/28/11 1:34pm

Gary Vogt

That poor road ranger probably had more to do than just lowering the flag. It's been quite awhile, but I'd sometimes have to close up as a volly, when the rangers were otherwise engaged. This included locking & checking the buildings for vandalism or B&E's; comparing the remaining license plates in the lot to those signed out overnight & passing that list to dispatch; and leaving the current Longmire gate combo on the vehicles of late day-trippers. Also securing the...

1/28/11 1:09pm

Robie