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That rocks.
I think it is great when spouses share backcountry skiing.
Much congrads to Mrs. Alaskier :)
I think it is great when spouses share backcountry skiing.
Much congrads to Mrs. Alaskier :)
Inverted means inverted. Aha, I get it. Not too quick on that one. Just knew that it didn't look right.
author=skykilo link=topic=17563.msg74075#msg74075 date=1286142199]
Is the Wilson Glacier really that dirty!? I would not have guessed, given the winter/summer/weather.
I inverted white/black to make the skier's tracks stand out. Success Cleaver looks fairly normal because it's so stratified and still well-covered with snow.
Here's the positive view of the same contrast-enhanced image. The telemarker pho...
Wow, that last picture is spectacular. I hope you don't mind me appropriating it for my desktop until I get a good "first snow of the season" shot.
Charlie, I can't understand your first photo. Is the Wilson Glacier really that dirty!? I would not have guessed, given the winter/summer/weather.
Thanks! The key to the last one was carrying a spare and fully charged camera battery in the first aid kit.
Great TR guys, thanks. Interesting find in the snowboard -- it appears to be "pre-internet", at least in as much as Google comes up blank for her story. I wonder if someone here will know.
Beautiful day....
Respect to this fallen snowboarder..... :'(
Respect to this fallen snowboarder..... :'(
October first summit.....Good one.....
That was my initial objective,but the brother and I were running late....
That was my initial objective,but the brother and I were running late....
Very nice report, as usual, with great photography. ;)
Sorry I missed you, Silas - someone told me about a guy who had just skied the Paradise side as I was skinning up. The thin border of new snow at far skier's left from the shelter at Muir also skied very well.
author=Zap link=topic=17560.msg74056#msg74056 date=1285992405]
Nice photo of the Paradise glacier. Are you carrying a camera these days or has your Iphone camera been enhanced ? ;)
these are iphone photos, as was the teletips homepage with Kenji at Muir.
Nice photo of the Paradise glacier. Are you carrying a camera these days or has your Iphone camera been enhanced ? ;)
Thanks for the report! Love this area. The colour of the lakes up there is amazing.
author=FreeBird link=topic=17553.msg74016#msg74016 date=1285898958]
Quite a difference from last year.
No kidding.
Last year ==
You must have been the snowborder hooting and hollering on your way down.
Sounded and looked great!
We saw you as we were crossing over to the Paradise where we also found smooth fast snow :)
Sounded and looked great!
We saw you as we were crossing over to the Paradise where we also found smooth fast snow :)
Welcome to the fold! Nice pix. Way to snag an excellent day just before month's end...
That really is a remarkable picture.
Thanks for the report. October's coming quickly, and Hood's likely where I'll be heading.....
Great capture! Looking to head that'a way soon...
Can't get that picture out of my mind.
Almost firn spiegel-ish
Nice, Nice, Nice
Almost firn spiegel-ish
Nice, Nice, Nice
author=alecapone link=topic=17481.msg73903#msg73903 date=1285688602]
Which way did you exit?
Went back down the trail this time. Grouse is more or less melted out; definitely not worth the bushwack anymore.
author=alecapone link=topic=17493.msg73901#msg73901 date=1285688211]
Only mine, YMMV. ;)
Congratulations Alecapone. I feeling motivated by your report.
I think Im going to start my new streak real soon.
I'll take my cues from you, since I last skied in July
excellant!!!
Which way did you exit?
Which way did you exit?
Okay, we'll make it official. New ski season has started ;)
Great to hear. I've also climbed a similar route in early September many years back. Keep that streak alive!
author=Jason_H. link=topic=17483.msg73839#msg73839 date=1285532932]
Great skiing...loved getting turns yesterday in the sun.
When you put it that way it sounds like fun!
My things found and being mailed to me by the Park Service! I'm Uberaugaed.
The things we do. Love it Greg.
author=airpoppoff link=topic=17483.msg73850#msg73850 date=1285561664]
Met alot of nice TAY'ers, It's pretty nice when they go down the trail in front of you and fend off all the people asking if we actually ski'd :)
You're welcome. ;D Me and the other guy you two where talking to at Pebble Creek checked off every box discussed: "did you ski?" "where did you ski?" "is there skiing...
I was perfectly fine with drinking my way through the weekend until I read this.
author=freightrainer link=topic=17483.msg73845#msg73845 date=1285554299]
Lots of running shoes, gym shorts and loafers on the snow - as well as the straw hats and dresses.
Great day to be out there though.
I also spotted the same just hitting the snow...
It was a great first time for me and my bu...
Great day out! Good to see some old friends and meet a few new ones too. Always somebody from TAY to bump into up on the snowfield. Good to hear you holler Silas, too bad we missed you in the lot.
Here is a pic of Holly dropping a knee in celebration of the great snow conditions:
Here is a pic of Holly dropping a knee in celebration of the great snow conditions:
Peter and I skied down at about 2:00 after a really great PBJ on the bench at Muir. Peter promised smooth snow for this trip so I opted for my tele skis which I haven't been on for a long, long time. It was a good call though since the skiing was really nice - almost creamy. I would agree that the new stuff lower down did get sticky but the glacier wax with a pretty aggressive profile was the right call - skis were pretty fast top to bottom.
It was a little bit of a zoo on the trail b...
It was a little bit of a zoo on the trail b...
I had a great time climbing up, yakking with all kinds of people. It got windy up high. Lent a shell, stocking caps and poly gloves to a young German Baptist couple, the girl hiking all the way up in her long cotton dress, bonnet and tennis shoes. They left them at the ranger station for me but some NPS employee thought she knew the owner and took them before I got there. Any ideas on who to contact to get them back? Shell is a yellowish Marmot PreCip jacket with bl...
Great skiing...loved getting turns yesterday in the sun.
Nice Brian,
Sounds like I should have headed north from the Hood Canal Bridge instead of south yesterday morning. Heliotrope is a beautiful area and a fun ski.
I can't complain though, had a fun day climbing and skiing the Muir snowfield. Like you describe, it was windy, there was lots of company and some good skiing. What more can you ask for?
Gary
Sounds like I should have headed north from the Hood Canal Bridge instead of south yesterday morning. Heliotrope is a beautiful area and a fun ski.
I can't complain though, had a fun day climbing and skiing the Muir snowfield. Like you describe, it was windy, there was lots of company and some good skiing. What more can you ask for?
Gary
author=andyski link=topic=17483.msg73827#msg73827 date=1285474445]
Much better than expected day up there. White snow was findable almost the whole way above Pebble, and the old stuff was pretty smooth down low. I started down at about 2:30, and by the time I got down to 8,300 feet or so, the new snow was a little sticky, but still fun. Windy, but not bad. Great day.
I will second that Andy. I was about an hour ahead of you skiing...
even if it's in your car or on a train (or with a fox or in the rain)
Someone is warming up their Dr. Seuss brain muscles.
I'll take the name change under consideration... :)
author=telemack link=topic=17388.msg73252#msg73252 date=1283621493]
So, if you only ski uphill, do you get a total of negative v.f. and still count it for a month?
Using that logic, wouldn't all our backcountry days result in total v.f. of zero? ???
Until the governing body that monitors feats of turns-all-year issues a position on what qualifies as a turn, or someone can produce some qualitative histor...
Things had locked up pretty well by the time I headed down from anvil rock around 3:30, making for loud and in the clouds turns. The bottom 1,200' or so was soft enough to carve, and the bottom 800' was below the clouds. Probably could have found better turns if I wasn't trying to stay so close to rocks or the boot pack. Oh well. Goodbye, summer skiing. Here's to fall and winter. Cold and nasty till spring suits me just fine.