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author=PNWBrit link=topic=17009.msg71700#msg71700 date=1277660536]
Joe is the bear picture from CRR? Hear they've been around a bunch recently.

No the bear was alongside the road past the Frying Pan TH. He or she's been seen frequently there.
It's not a big one, about the size of a large dog. Seemed quite unperturbed by us although I wasn't going to get out of the car and take up Joe's suggestion tha...

6/27/10 3:01am

Joedabaker

June 26, MRNP DegePk

Glad we finally hooked up for a couple runs. Good job on 4 off the top!
Nice videos and glad you and Scotsman family came over for post ski homewreckers.
Awesome day to be followed up today!
Now hope to see Tara with you.

6/27/10 2:50am

PNWBrit

June 26, 2010, Muir snowfield and Nisqually Chute

Joe is the bear picture from CRR? Hear they've been around a bunch recently.

6/27/10 2:42am

Lowell_Skoog

I skied the Muir snowfield with my wife and son yesterday. We noticed a few recent wet slab releases over in the Wilson - Van Trump area. There were ski tracks over there in the afternoon. I wonder if anybody can report on the conditions.

6/27/10 1:27am

dkoelle

June 26, 2010, Muir snowfield and Nisqually Chute

Got up there early and took a run down the Paradise glacier margin about 10:45. It was fantastic, with slight verglas and totally untracked on some steep rolls below Anvil. I was solo and did not have the guts to drop onto the Paradise glacier proper. The crevasse systems to the L and R of what I think is the usual drop in point were impressively beautiful. I climbed back up to Muir and reclaimed by lunch (left sitting there). The snowfield was absolutely jammed with hike...

6/27/10 12:41am

blackdog102395

6-25-10, Circumnavigation of Pinnacle Peak

Yes, my 11 AM start made the south side quite suspect, so I cautiously made a high traverse heading directly west toward the Pinnacle-Plummer Saddle. Along the way I triggered a few small pin wheels and hissers. When I reached the shoulder of Pinnacle, I headed down a fairly conservative line on skiers right with nothing but small sluffs. Again, I was very surprised at how smooth and fast it skied given the time of day and it's unconsolidated nature.

As an aside, the coverage...

6/26/10 1:40pm

Snow Bell

That looks like a great ski guys. Good work on waiting out the clouds. It seems to usually work the opposite way for me. I climb up to the top of the line in clear skies and the clouds set in while I prepare to drop.... maybe I need to climb faster ;)

Thanks for sharing your photos Sam. It's nice to have some famous internet skiers around to show us the best lines.

6/26/10 11:53am

Zap

6-25-10, Circumnavigation of Pinnacle Peak

Great TR and photos. I was bummed yesterday when I learned about the opening on the 25th seeing we were near Paradise on the 24th. It's very sunny near The Sisters in OR. ;)

Stokes - 2lbs lighter than Kailas with skins, hmmmm. You are now the "official traibreaker". ;D

6/26/10 8:50am

Zap

Glad to hear you had a pleasant tour around Pinnacle. On the 24th when I climbed Castle, I was originally planning to orbit Pinnacle and ski the same route you skied. I found the south slope snow quite unconsolidated on the 24th and decided to traverse to Foss and descend down Sunbeam Creek. Jill was waiting for me at Reflection Lakes and I knew that she knew the better choice on the 24th was the traverse. :)

6/26/10 8:41am

Joedabaker

Yes good tour to test out my new Stoke skis, boot liners and Frankentongue design. Awesome skis and great turners. But the Scot keeps saying their to short for me because he knows I like to sell off my fat skis. They weigh less about 2lbs less than my Kailas skis with skins on!
Anyhow great day, on the tour back we were able to hide out in the trees to keep out of the heat-lots of snow. Be kind as to watch not to tromp where flowers are starting penetrate the winters icy cover. Also watch o...

6/26/10 12:32am

Keith_Henson

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Can't wait to head up to Sunrise next week.

6/25/10 10:21pm

skierlyles

Nice work gents, it sure is beautiful country out there- glad you got it.

Chris

6/25/10 1:11pm

Mtraslin

June 22, 2010, MRNP Fryingpan

Good ski....

Looks like anouther great day in the mountains..... :)

6/25/10 11:51am

FreeBird

The vids are quicktime files so they should play on a mac ???
Going to Sunrise tomorrow?
We should hook up in the morning if you are.

6/25/10 10:22am

snoseeker

Hey Keith. That was me and my son out there. Your yodeling was awesome! It came out of no where and capped off the day. We were on our way over to Peak 6567 and it skied really well on the North side; no sun cups and firm. I can't yodel, but I clapped madly hoping for an encore. You probably couldn't hear me. Well done, the yodeling and the skiing! Thanks for the pics. It was a beautiful day.

6/25/10 10:11am

PNWBrit

Bandwith nazi is going to get you. ;)

Looks like a fun day.

6/25/10 8:13am

Double E

Thanks for the report! Have a trip planned for this weekend, so this really helps. :)

6/25/10 5:49am

Pandora

June 22, 2010, Burroughs - Sunrise, MRNP

Oh man, I was feeling so over skiing before this trip; it was exactly what I needed to fix my attitude. Thanks for a great day, Amar.

6/25/10 5:18am

Jim Oker

MORA says the road opens today...

6/25/10 3:17am

ron j

June 24, 2010, Castle-Foss Traverse

That's a great trip.
I'll bet you enticed your non-skiing ski buddy to move the rig and pick you up at the sunbeam creek pullout, you sly dog.
It's always fun to find new lines and you can't know too many :)
Have a fantastic trip south with your ski buddy and here's to her rapid return to the snow.

6/25/10 2:49am

Joedabaker

June 22, 2010, MRNP Fryingpan

Sorry to miss out on this tour.
Pictures looked great, I like the chute ;D
For some reason the vids are not working for me on my Mac ???
Hope we can hook up before it's gone.

6/25/10 1:37am

snickers

Hey, thanks for the TR. Off to get some turns in that basin tomorrow AM.
I love that view and that haaaaa! feeling when you drop out of the trees and turn the corner into the basin. The McCall beckons you with that huge bitch-slap "Here I am, come and get me" attitude.

6/25/10 1:30am

mick_scott

Thanks for the report. great images!

6/24/10 3:49pm

maryg

Thanks for the info and pics, we did a week backpacking there last Fall and planned to get in there to ski this spring. Doesn't look the same with all the snow, and to think we were desperate for water, gets pretty dry around there.

6/24/10 10:59am

The Snow Troopers

Good to see you out! Was wondering when I might see your Chinook posts again.

6/24/10 6:12am

Jason_H.

I've pretty much gotten up into the goat rocks every year for the past 15 or so. Not this year. That's why this TR is especially nice. Thanks for sharing! (OMG, there is a TON of snow).

6/24/10 6:02am

rootsman

Not sure about Snowgrass, we considered it as well. The issue is that the road spends a lot of time above 4000' on the way the to TH and it only takes a shady corner to screw you.

If you do make it in, here's what it looked like the other day...

Goat Lake is in the upper right of the first shot, the second is the Flats and lower valley.

6/24/10 5:58am

JoshK

Nothing at all fail or "attempt" about that, looks like a success any way I look at it! Great pictures in on your web page of the ice fall collapses too. I love Drew's hat in that one picture - is that what I am missing to take it to the pro level? ;)

6/24/10 4:50am

maryg

Thanks for the TR. Do you happen to know if you can get to the Snowgrass Flats trailhead?

6/24/10 4:30am

Lisa

Looks like you guys did the Headwall adjacent to the Roman Nose. Here is the link to Jason's photos. I figured that's what got Drew's attention.

Jason Hummel Photography

Drew is a humble Pro Skier and all around great guy who easily blushes. ;)

6/24/10 3:25am

samthaman

author=tabski link=topic=16990.msg71625#msg71625 date=1277396876]
Pleasure skiing with you, Sam. What a killer first outing together!

I was talking to Sky and he said he, Jason, and Ben skied the couloir under the seracs in 2003.

Looking forward to more!

Oh and Lisa's making me blush.

Likewise, I had a lot of fun, thanks for the phone call.

I knew someone had to have skied it (or...

6/24/10 1:39am

tabski

Pleasure skiing with you, Sam. What a killer first outing together!

I was talking to Sky and he said he, Jason, and Ben skied the couloir under the seracs in 2003.

Looking forward to more!

Oh and Lisa's making me blush.

6/24/10 1:27am

md2020

author=Keith_Henson link=topic=16991.msg71621#msg71621 date=1277386765]
First day out since the lifts closed.

???

6/24/10 1:15am

James Wells

Holy cow Sam! What a line! Glad you did not make like the ice.

6/23/10 3:39pm

samthaman

author=Lisa link=topic=16990.msg71613#msg71613 date=1277337412">
Nice ski!! Just saw Jason Hummels photos of the same line he and the Traslin brothers just did.

Drew knows how to pick the goods and skis them like the professional freestyle skier he is! DrewTabke
Nice pick for a day out in the mountains and knocking off an exhilarating line. 8...

6/23/10 1:51pm

skier8484

June 22, 2010, Silver Peak; An indecent proposal?

Way to get after the good weather (finally), and bag a sick line!

6/23/10 9:46am

Aaron_Riggs

Hey gravyb, That was Dave P and I drinking the best ski beer in the world up on the ridge. Nice eye ;) We saw you go down from the saddle and followed your route later in the evening. We had a fantastic ski most of the way down to Lake Annette until the snow pretty much ran out. We skinned and scrambled up to the actual summit, which amazingly we skied from literally 10 feet below, then skied the East chute back into bowl.
AR

6/23/10 9:12am

Lisa

Nice ski!! Just saw Jason Hummels photos of the same line he and the Traslin brothers just did.

Drew knows how to pick the goods and skis them like the professional freestyle skier he is! DrewTabke
Nice pick for a day out in the mountains and knocking off an exhilarating line. 8) 8)

Thanks for posting Sam, keep it up Drewski!

6/23/10 8:56am

Nate Frederickson