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author=dromond link=topic=17411.msg73411#msg73411 date=1284317254] It went from good to so bad it's good.

Sweet! :).

davidG

Sep 11, 2010, Ptarmigan Ridge

author=telemack link=topic=17388.msg73403#msg73403 date=1284279349]
Yup

Well, Mack, and friends, I've been to Namibia, and I've skiied sand dunes (not there), and while it's a blast, I think the criteria (for TAYing) has to include being on snow (otherwise skateboarding, land-luge, etc. could count). However, must it include strapping on or standing on something between you and the snow? Really? Is there a minim...

9/12/10 12:08pm

mikec

author=Rusty Knees link=topic=17414.msg73416#msg73416 date=1284331547]
Thanks for the encouraging report - I'm heading there next week, but may not ski.

I suggest even just throwing em in the car, in case; there is a sweet line we hit that goes down into the valley, starting at the connection of Ptarmigan and Chain Lakes, i.e. ~20 minute walk from the parking lot (can see the line from the lot). Super easy to get to and so fu...

9/12/10 10:09am

Oyvind_Henningsen

Sep 11, 2010, Ptarmigan Ridge

Congratulations!

Saw you in the parking lot when you came out. We came in at about 7 pm and cheated in September turns - 2 runs of a total of 150 vertical ! A busy September made a sure thing necessary. We spent the day on the coleman glacier doing research on ice anchors in glacier ice. Great views till about noon when it clouded up. Baker looked beautiful with new snow. Saw some skiers ascending Heliotrope.

Oyvind

9/12/10 9:08am

Rusty Knees

Sep 11, 2010, Ptarmigan Ridge

Congrats on year 1! I think that long line you guys did has been informally named the "Goat Throat" by either Jimmy (Lordhedgie) or Telemon, after goats were seen in that area several weeks in a row.

Thanks for the encouraging report - I'm heading there next week, but may not ski.

9/12/10 7:45am

dromond

That turned out to be quite the day and a bit longer than I expected. It went from good to so bad it's good. Either way equals good. Andrew was really sore on the ride home.

I can't wait for the real winter to roll in!

9/12/10 3:47am

lordhedgie

Okay, I lied, I do have photos... but they're not good. Here's the best:

9/12/10 3:20am

Mr_Burns

In spite of the visibility, that was a super fun day. It was terrific to see all the snow fill-in that's occured in the last couple weeks. Skiing down from Muir with no sun cups, running water, mud, grit, etc. was cool. Around 2500 ft continuous vertical in September is pretty great in my book.

Lordhedgie- great to meet you and the rest of the group. Thank you for letting me tag along! Welcome to WA, Josh and Susan, you are going to love it here. Andrew I'll be intere...

9/12/10 1:16am

telemack

author=bcglaxer link=topic=17388.msg73369#msg73369 date=1284093083]
I love it, but it raises an interesting question. This is pretty much the least amount of snow you could possibly ski to get your turns, but would it count if you got some turns on something other than snow? I was in Idaho this weekend and hiked up some pretty cool sand dunes and found myself wishing I had my skis. Do sand turns count?

Yup

9/11/10 5:15pm

GregLange

Anyone know if this thing is still a semblance of it's former self? Is it on the way into Snow Lake? I may need to use it, as an expeditious way to get month 155 in...

9/11/10 1:23pm

Rusty Knees

author=bcglaxer link=topic=17388.msg73369#msg73369 date=1284093083]
Do sand turns count?

I'd say it counts, if you do it the right way ;) You may have seen this before...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKq2WGSrLc8

I bet you never need skins in Nambia!

9/11/10 12:56am

bcglaxer

I love it, but it raises an interesting question. This is pretty much the least amount of snow you could possibly ski to get your turns, but would it count if you got some turns on something other than snow? I was in Idaho this weekend and hiked up some pretty cool sand dunes and found myself wishing I had my skis. Do sand turns count?

9/9/10 1:31pm

telemack

Oh, that St. Pauli girl with her bulging bubbles!
If this micro-patch trend strengthens we'll have to carry skis, boots AND a bouldering mat.

Sorry about this one:

I've skied monthly for many good days
In sunshine and blizzards and haze
The girl from St. Pauli
Has followed my folly
And I love sliding on her snack trays!

9/9/10 1:06pm

Don_B

August 1/10-Mt.Baker-Squak Glacier-Can/US

I was gonna ask if the little tongue at the top would go, and am happy to know you actually were headed for it. Worthy objective, getting out like that, IMHO.

9/9/10 12:52pm

Mtraslin

Thanks Tim!

Sounds good....

It seems to be working again.... The video that is....

9/9/10 7:52am

Mtraslin

Sep 4/10-Ptarmigan Ridge Loop

To be able to ski early September, it does not get much better.....

9/9/10 7:49am

James Wells

author=cascadesfreak link=topic=17388.msg73346#msg73346 date=1284062558]
Also not included in the JOM was the extra vertical feet hiked after the patch ski to scramble up a nearby summit [might have counted it though had I packed my skis up to the summit :) ]

That makes sense (as much as any TAY calculation can make sense). Last weekend when Mack, Telemander, and I scrambled to the top of Coleman Pinnacle (no skis, obvio...

9/9/10 6:37am

cascadesfreak

September 4, 2010, Muir Snowfield

author=telemack link=topic=17388.msg73330#msg73330 date=1284009799]
Would that have unacceptably increased the joy-o-meter?

yes. ;)

Actually, on the approach I thought the nano-patchlet might be the only option for snow turns in the area, until the larger patch emerged into view after topping the last crest. The 20 turns down the larger patch felt like a lot for September ;D No rock removal necessary, j...

9/9/10 5:02am

Merk

Nice meeting you guys as well! That's a bummer about the kite though, better luck next month!

9/9/10 4:36am

davidG

author=telemack link=topic=17388.msg73330#msg73330 date=1284009799]
...
Dare ya to ride the N-Chutes with lunch trays strapped to your boots! Some activites should never be in the Olympics.... ;) ...

If it's all the same with you, Mack, I'd rather see the St Pauli Girl, with her tray full of foaming beer steins, negotiate that terrain ~ something along that line might actually make for a...

9/9/10 1:14am

telemack

Sep 4/10-Ptarmigan Ridge Loop

I was perplexed, or curious. Clearly we TAYers have our own definitions and standards for skiing, for streaks, and for many other activities and values we have in our lives. That is a good
thing (though we should minimize harm, respect others, blah blah). Shaping and expressing our own selves is at the core of what appeals to me about being in the hills.
My streak would be 2 years longer than it is if I hadn't blown off bad Septembe...

9/8/10 2:23pm

davidG

It wasn't lost on some of us that you refer to this trip as an early season outing. Family and friends and a bit of fresh.. Does it get much better?

9/8/10 9:51am

davidG

author=telemack link=topic=17388.msg73310#msg73310 date=1283917958]
???

Mack, perplexed? Or in total disagreement? ;D You know, i queried the tribe on this last month ~ more in fun than seriously. A couple said yea, one said WTF, and you called it a slippery slope... Frankly, I have to agree with all. That said, I've also 'skiied' the Nisqually chutes on only my boots. And sand dunes on real skis, and...

9/8/10 4:52am

trees4me

Sep 4/10-Ptarmigan Ridge Loop

how long did it take you to clear the rocks off? I guess that's why you didn't look for a larger patch...? ;D

9/8/10 2:23am

Mtraslin

Thanks for the day....

Fun as always,and good to see great coverage out there.....

9/8/10 1:29am

telemack

September 6, 2010, - Illumination Rock - Mt Hood

author=davidG link=topic=17388.msg73266#msg73266 date=1283698644]
...boot turns for August....

???

9/7/10 12:52pm

telemack

9/5/2010, P-Patch

author=blitz link=topic=17396.msg73299#msg73299 date=1283889665]
Ron J, what funny little skis you got!!!

Little Skis were small---but their hearts were BIG.

9/7/10 12:37pm

ron j

9/5/2010, P-Patch

author=blitz link=topic=17396.msg73299#msg73299 date=1283889665]
Ron J, what funny little skis you got!!!

Thank you.

9/7/10 8:05am

all mtn

nice "illuminated" 8's through the mtn dust ! I did some sweet 8's on Lassen, in Aug. (w/out the dust). I love that cond. (good for base structure, whatever that is)

9/7/10 7:39am

spltbrdr

September 4, 2010, Muir Snowfield

Good to chat with you guys on the way up - funny we are on the same month! We bailed at 8700 as we realized the clouds were marching upwards at our pace...the snow was better than expected and the winds were light (which was sad for Steve's kite...pretty sad sight seeing a kite plopping to the ground) - who needs sunshine!! Would take those conditions over board swallowing suncups and bare ice any day....

9/7/10 6:15am

blitz

9/5/2010, P-Patch

Ron J, what funny little skis you got!!!

9/7/10 5:01am

Joedabaker

09.05.10, Mt. Shasta, the east side

Nice job boys.
I love the JOM on the watch.
Only Kam would have that custom on a watch. Gotta have a pretty positive mind set when it is below 1%.

9/7/10 3:04am

rlsg

09.05.10, Mt. Shasta, the east side

Thanks for TR...I had a hunch that it was not too cupped out...

9/6/10 10:25pm

rlsg

September 6, 2010, - Illumination Rock - Mt Hood

Thanks for the TR...that looks really good!

9/6/10 10:22pm

James Wells

September 5, Coleman Pinnacle

A few point and shoot pix, most were fogged out.

http://picasaweb.google.com/111924517665004614173/ColemanPinnacleSki?authkey=Gv1sRgCMCroOzQkYP6bQ&feat=directlink

9/6/10 8:58am

James Wells

Why not shoot for 50% JOM? If would have only taken 20 laps. I know, such a pain, putting the skins on, skinning up, taking them off ...

9/6/10 8:22am

cascadesfreak

September 5, Coleman Pinnacle

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?

For me uphill ski only wouldn't count as my definition for "turns" remains one turn left and one turn right (in downhill direction on skis), but for some that count uphill only as 'turns' it would seem possibe to have a 'negative' joy-0-...

9/6/10 8:19am

telemack

James got the TR up before I even got to the Kingston ferry! It wa a pretty mild day for all the clouds and precipitation. We had the whole spectrum, from 100 yards vis. to brief crisp views of Baker, and from sunbreaks to graupel & a handful of snowflakes to a few raindrops.
We got 5 runs of varying lengths and "traversy-ness". Watch out when trying to keep your speed up crossing those runnels! :'(
Since the Ptarm...

9/6/10 3:34am

samthaman

September 5, Coleman Pinnacle

Glad you got out there. Sorry i missed it, it sound like it was a fun day.

9/5/10 1:48pm

davidG

author=kneel turner link=topic=17388.msg73258#msg73258 date=1283636148]
That is so lame it's awesome.

...but no lamer than me claiming 300 ft of boot turns for August... at least he schlepped more weight uphill..

9/4/10 11:57pm

Kneel Turner

That is so lame it's awesome.

9/4/10 6:35am

Kneel Turner

Chris,
Good day out indeed. Glad to see you made the most of it. Been swamped lately, but Scotsman has motivated me to TAY, so keep in touch... I need September. Keepin' my hopes up for another late summer "powder" day.

9/4/10 6:32am

JibberD

This certainly soldifies and verifies the "freak" in your TAY moniker.

Merit badge earned.

9/4/10 3:18am

markharf

Funny, Chris. I walked with a friend up to Snow Lake at a rather plodding pace the other day, which meant I had lots of time to contemplate those tiny, filthy, crusted and cupped patches of remnant snow across the valley. At one point I heard myself musing about some people I know who favor *skiing* such patches for the sheer joy of accumulating the lowest possible ratio of vertical footage to exertion. It made perfect sense to me, but she expressed a bit of perplexity.

Glad you&...

9/4/10 2:38am

telemack

Nice!
So, if you only ski uphill, do you get a total of negative v.f. and still count it for a month?

9/4/10 2:31am

ron j

No doubt a little known talent you and the Kamster developed together, undercover.
Also saves the 2 hr drive and slightly longer hike to get to the Paradise patch.
One can never cease to marvel at the ingenuity of modern man when faced with today's challenges.
High Five.

9/4/10 1:15am

skierlyles

Scott, John, err... Alecapone- thanks for being game to take the skis for a walk.

Silaswild- Definitely thought of the going the easy way to get some turns...instead decided I had to pay a visit to my other volcano (so that she would not get jealous of me spending all my time with Rainier). Plus the skis needed to go for a walk!

Mack- thanks for the inspiration over the past few months

here are a few more pics of the day
http://picasaweb.google.com/christop...

9/3/10 8:15am

telemack

Great "mistake", Scott, and good to see Lyles back in action.

9/3/10 7:40am

Marcus

Man, that's quite the September coverage... Nice work Scott! You too John! ;)

9/3/10 3:52am

silaswild