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author=samthaman link=topic=17717.msg74791#msg74791 date=1288110407]
those were my friend allen's praxis powders, i was on the vintage explosives. I didn't expect it would be as deep, so i brought out the rock skis.
Glad everyone enjoyed the photos.
As for depths, there was at least 6 inches everywhere, and over 3 feet in places. We hit bottom every now and then, but it wasn't too bad, no damage.... we also left at 2 PM a...
Awesome, Sam. Get used to big skiable dumps around these parts. Say what you will about Rocky Mountain blower, cascade powder is denser and can be skied well even when shallow (especially uphill). Of course, snow snakes can be an early season/frontcountry hazard wherever you are.
So why don't you tell us a bit about being a Famousinternetskiier (.com). How does that work? a lot of guys around here are famous for one thing or another. Is it a cl...
So why don't you tell us a bit about being a Famousinternetskiier (.com). How does that work? a lot of guys around here are famous for one thing or another. Is it a cl...
author=andyrew link=topic=17715.msg74801#msg74801 date=1288118958]
Noooo!!!! Paradise and Baker are too far of a drive :'(
Just be aware that after the first significant snowfall of the year the NPS usually struggle to get the road open fast and a lot of people are investing in going to Paradise/Muir tomorrow. I long wait at Longmire gate could ensue but given the fact that my loathing for Ubegrugagaga is well known, he will...
author=KrimmelMoore link=topic=17715.msg74795#msg74795 date=1288113520]
Nice work. I am hoping to get up there tomorrow but I see that WSDOT is planning to close the pass today at noon with no opening date listed.
Noooo!!!! Paradise and Baker are too far of a drive :'(
That looks very nice and multi-denominational as well. ;D
author=dromond link=topic=17715.msg74790#msg74790 date=1288110327]
Scotsman, check your camera manual for "exposure compensation." It should be set to between +2/3 and +1 1/3 stops for snow. That's why your photos came out so dark.
I usually do just the opposite on days like that or you won't be able to make out the ski tracks.
author=KrimmelMoore link=topic=17715.msg74795#msg74795 date=1288113520]
Nice work. I am hoping to get up there tomorrow but I see that WSDOT is planning to close the pass today at noon with no opening date listed.
Any signs of WSDOT doing avy work while you were up there? How was the road?
Road was fine and was bare in places by the time we left. Snow plows working continuously while we were there.
It is the...
Nice work. I am hoping to get up there tomorrow but I see that WSDOT is planning to close the pass today at noon with no opening date listed.
Any signs of WSDOT doing avy work while you were up there? How was the road?
Any signs of WSDOT doing avy work while you were up there? How was the road?
author=dromond link=topic=17715.msg74790#msg74790 date=1288110327]
Scotsman, check your camera manual for "exposure compensation." It should be set to between +2/3 and +1 1/3 stops for snow. That's why your photos came out so dark.
^^^^^^^ I have no idea what you are talking about. ??? You should think yourself lucky I actually brought a camera as that is very unusual for me. ;D
Read my " camera manu...
author=Scotsman link=topic=17717.msg74770#msg74770 date=1288062057]
Are those your 138's?
Looks epic, well played.
those were my friend allen's praxis powders, i was on the vintage explosives. I didn't expect it would be as deep, so i brought out the rock skis.
Glad everyone enjoyed the photos.
As for depths, there was at least 6 inches everywhere, and over 3 feet in places. We hit botto...
Scotsman, check your camera manual for "exposure compensation." It should be set to between +2/3 and +1 1/3 stops for snow. That's why your photos came out so dark.
Now that's what I'm talking about....SNOW! Thanks for sharing the stoke.
Nice Sam. Hopefully we can make some higher elevation turns on Wednesday...
author=samthaman link=topic=17717.msg74763#msg74763 date=1288056501]
Well, I'm pretty excited about all this snow. I'm not used to seeing snow totals like these out of a single storm... well, ever.. much less from the first storm of the year.
Welcome to the Cascades Sam. Especially Baker where the numbers in a storm can get mind blowing deep!
Sam, the ski area's not open and the telemetry site is not working (imagine my surprise). Can you give one or two estimated snowdepths with their location or elevation and time of day? I'm thinking about Wednesday. Thanks much.
Mark
Mark
Wow...that's even more snow than I figured was falling. Sweet!!!
Are those your 138's?
Looks epic, well played.
Looks epic, well played.
I seriously considered a sick day today for precisely this purpose.
Letty and I were just admiring your fluffy adventure today. Nothing ventured, nothing gained - great call.
author=Pete A link=topic=17715.msg74760#msg74760 date=1288051337]
well that looks okay for october :) how deep was it?
i'll keep my fingers crossed the pass stays open till the weekend...
18" generally, 24" in others, even 30" in some places. No rocks or logs were hit but you didn't want to open it up too much.
You have to know where the grassy slopes are and where the unicorns graze. ;...
well that looks okay for october :) how deep was it?
i'll keep my fingers crossed the pass stays open till the weekend...
i'll keep my fingers crossed the pass stays open till the weekend...
Thanks for the welcome, yesterday was actually my first turns-all-year experience. I've now been skiing since Nov. 2009 with a tally of 79 days so far in my first year. Bring on year # 2. I think we may have passed you on our way up Merk, by the time we were skiing down, there was just enough snow to get a couple of turns, and the paved section was almost like a groomed run (with concrete just below the surface). I'm gettin stoked!!
We went up to see for ourselves as well, and yup! Big snow and even bigger wind. The 3 of us skinned up to near Pan Point before turning back. The skins never came off. But it was great to see old man winter once again and tool around in the snow. Gonna have to claim my October turns next weekend...
Glad you were able to get out and check what many of us suspected. Welcome to TAY Jmiller it's good to have you.
Thanks for the investigative photos and input there, E_N.
On our climb up the snowfield a giant lenticular cap showed itself a few times. Didn't look like a very good time.
In the late morning/ early afternoon we made two laps from about 8500 and 8000. It was a bit difficult to tell how much snow was falling and what was being transported by the wind. A thick windloaded slab of new snow was beginning to form on the west edges of the ridges and made for some great October powder. Several hundred feet of 8+ inch snow held steadily...
In the late morning/ early afternoon we made two laps from about 8500 and 8000. It was a bit difficult to tell how much snow was falling and what was being transported by the wind. A thick windloaded slab of new snow was beginning to form on the west edges of the ridges and made for some great October powder. Several hundred feet of 8+ inch snow held steadily...
It looks like wednesday will be good.
Hopefully someone posts so us weekenders know how this storm pans out up there.
Hopefully someone posts so us weekenders know how this storm pans out up there.
author=telemack link=topic=17667.msg74696#msg74696 date=1287878242]
It was a fine weekend and your drive must have been heinously long.....
I'm guessing your trip to Ruth required an equally serious commitment ..................... ? ;)
Gary
Nice TR. The new snow is here! Next weekend up there looks like it will be great.
It was a fine weekend and your drive must have been heinously long.....
10.21.10 PGMRNP photos. Follow the link below. Happy skiing tho it's time for new snow......
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=289606&id=685673209&l=44af58fe7d
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=289606&id=685673209&l=44af58fe7d
A zoomed version of image showing P. glacier and environs - hope it helps.
author=Snow Bell link=topic=17667.msg74595#msg74595 date=1287596219]
So sorry that I missed out. All day I was cognisant of where I was not.
Did you note the locations of the crevasses? It's gonna start dropping snow here pretty soon so we'll need your keen memory to be safe while poaching powder on the Paradise.
I am getting anxious, this is the longest that I have gone without skiing in several years.
(I think about it...
So sorry that I missed out. All day I was cognisant of where I was not.
Did you note the locations of the crevasses? It's gonna start dropping snow here pretty soon so we'll need your keen memory to be safe while poaching powder on the Paradise.
I am getting anxious, this is the longest that I have gone without skiing in several years.
(I think about it enough that it should come back to me quickly)
Did you note the locations of the crevasses? It's gonna start dropping snow here pretty soon so we'll need your keen memory to be safe while poaching powder on the Paradise.
I am getting anxious, this is the longest that I have gone without skiing in several years.
(I think about it enough that it should come back to me quickly)
author=cornRIDE link=topic=17667.msg74572#msg74572 date=1287503954]
it was an awesome day! a pleasure to get some riding in on such a stand out october day.
i was curious what it was looking like on the paradise glacier. thanks for posting the picture. is there anything steeper over there to ride than the muir snowfield?
Yes, it was a great day to be outdoors. :)
We stayed skiers right most of the way down,...
sure was a gorgeous day! We ended up not leaving vancouver until about 9pm on saturday night and camped up at Twin Lakes.. woke up to the north face covered in snow! Definitely not enough to ski, but sure did get us excited :)
Coleman region was beautiful.. loads of people, but the snow was covered with up to 5cm of snow in areas. We skied one of the larger patches near the end of the hike before hitting the north side, which was fully blanketed with new snow. Dust o...
Coleman region was beautiful.. loads of people, but the snow was covered with up to 5cm of snow in areas. We skied one of the larger patches near the end of the hike before hitting the north side, which was fully blanketed with new snow. Dust o...
Ooohhh, very nice! I was enticed to stay closer to home for cycling and climbing but certainly hope to join you next time.
it was an awesome day! a pleasure to get some riding in on such a stand out october day.
i was curious what it was looking like on the paradise glacier. thanks for posting the picture. is there anything steeper over there to ride than the muir snowfield?
i was curious what it was looking like on the paradise glacier. thanks for posting the picture. is there anything steeper over there to ride than the muir snowfield?
ps44-
we we're the two splitboarders and a skier wearing orange and blue
. stayed on the muir snowfield the whole ascent and were curious about descending the paradise glacier.
couldn't believe how the weather held up. sunshine and NO WIND!
good soft turns for sure.
we we're the two splitboarders and a skier wearing orange and blue
. stayed on the muir snowfield the whole ascent and were curious about descending the paradise glacier.couldn't believe how the weather held up. sunshine and NO WIND!
good soft turns for sure.
Excellent Gary! Looking forward to heading out your way sometime this winter.
Nice work guys; I wish I could have joined up. Your Paradise turns look a little softer than my Heliotrope turns were on Saturday.
Thanks ps44 -- the thumbnail function isn't working at the moment. Still trying to figure it out.
I think I saw you guys, couldn't quite catch up - forgot my lunch and run out of steam.
Just a view of overall conditions (can't figure out how to post a thumbnail).
Just a view of overall conditions (can't figure out how to post a thumbnail).
Nice! Right under the Coleman was the best and finding the pockets where the wind had blown the latest snowfall. The biggest excitement was watching hikers on top of the pinnacle cause rocks to fall right where i was going to traverse in the next five minutes.
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Did the phrases "better than your ass cheek" or "can't see d***" come to mind? Maybe we should invent a new sub sport called suncup slalom ya crazy mother...Let's get some turns soon!!!!!
I've never made it to the Sholes yet either, but in Sept. we got a lot of laps off Coleman and on the way to/from it.
We skied off the Coleman pinnacle a few times, I can't believe we didn't hit up the sholes glaicer / portals area. It looked so good, but my buddies were just not up for it. I do give them credit for hiking all that way with heavy 120 mm underfoot skis.
It was nice to make it out that way since i usually don't go that far in the winter.
It was nice to make it out that way since i usually don't go that far in the winter.
author=lrudholm link=topic=17650.msg74536#msg74536 date=1287353068]
Nice, I was out past artist point that day getting my turns in.
Where did you ski? We could see Artist's and Table from Ruth and there are still plenty of patches and lines left.
Nice, I was out past artist point that day getting my turns in. While probably not as good as Ruth it was a simply a gorgeous day to be out there.