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author=Garth_Ferber link=topic=19194.msg81596#msg81596 date=1296057586">
Could you shift that last photo to the right a bit? I would like to see the rime on the NWAC wind instruments.  :)

Here you go.. this was solid stuff, more like milky glass than styrofoam in texture. The vane was still moving, the anemometer is quite immobile.

author=trees4me link=topic=19214.msg81587#msg81587 date=1296026714]
a few pics are up.

Lots of good pic's from all over the place.  Thanks.

author=JibberD link=topic=19194.msg81464#msg81464 date=1295968711]
Great photos, especially the second one. Are the ovals frozen footprints?

Yes, you could see the alternating step patterns.

Sweet, I wish we had been there longer, the snow just kept getting better and the avy danger was decreasing!

We did it in a day.  Took I-84/82 both ways and it was about 14 hours.  Hit a rock at 2am outside of LaGrande, blew a tire and bent the front shock so that cost us a couple days.... we did go skin at Anthony lakes which was also very nice (not as much base tho).

Go, it'll be sweet!

Thanks for posting another splendid visual adventure.  During these times of variable weather patterns, it is pure pleasure to read and observe the images.

Loooooooong day !  ;)

awesome ... gorgeous scenery too

Thanks guys,

I'll try to add a few more thoughts later today. One thing new: I finally bought a top of the line parka, the $450 sort. I've always been frugal, and had my doubts about what one gets for an extra 200 dollars when buying a parka. I'm not sure if there was that much difference in the past, in a cold pouring rain  for example, but for me at least, *there sure is now*.  In conditions similiar to this trip, my 3 or 4 year old mid price range Mountan Hardware p...

author=Joedabaker link=topic=19202.msg81431#msg81431 date=1295920939]
Thanks Larry.
Missed your reports!

Me too!

Larry, I especially appreciate when you share your detailed bc snow camping strategies and tactics, like how to stay warm and dry out there...

So have you established homestead rights on Sasse Ridge yet?

Nice to meet you up there, I was the group of 4 that dug the pits near where the vidy starts....it was classic cascade snow that day, but still made for a fun day out.

Steve

Glad you like it, Lisa.  I want MORE.  Guess I just gotta wait for longer days to be able to pack more into a day.

What the heck, the heli-skinners got all the powder??? Still the views were 100% spectacular.   ;D Even though the windpacked snow was on the plus side of marginal, being able to pop around and ski in the North Cascade mountains, landing and flying over knife ridges is unforgettable.

fkn goat show.

Nice Larry -- that kind of weather had to be rough for staying warm.  Got any new systems that you're dialing in this year?

I think one of the toughest things about getting other folks into backcountry skiing (or just cross country skiing in general) is matching the conditions and the terrain to the gear. If the snow is perfect (almost) anyone can do it. If not, it gets really hard. I think Baker is a great area to learn, though. If you get decent snow on a pretty day, then just going up to Artist Point is an easy way to get them exposed to some heavenly stuff. The views are top notch and there is plenty of easy terr...

Sunday was different - totally calm at Muir.

Thanks for the report, glad you got above the clouds and into the sunshine. How strong were the winds at Camp Muir?

Just wondering if the forecast 30-40 mph winds actually happened, since the wind speed remains frozen on the NWAC telemetry.

MOUNT RAINIER RECREATIONAL FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
515 AM PST SUN JAN 23 2011

.SYNOPSIS...MILD AND SOMEWHAT WET WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDA...