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Yeeesssss!
Nothing like some firm Maine Noisy Corn in near June to make your day!!
A good half inch of edge purchase for carving is all that a guy needs... Shush... Shush... Shush... on and on... this Rocks. Opps, didn't see that wind ridge coming up. Visibility sucks. Exciting. Should find my uptrack for some depth perception…
Better slow down. Damn... busted through... almost bought on that one. Huummm. Better side slip a bit and see what's comin' up....

5/30/10 10:24am

silaswild

Silver Peak, May 30

author=teledavid link=topic=16791.msg70489#msg70489 date=1275260583]
I thought i would try to hit the narrow weather window this morning and got to Hyak this morning at 9 am.

Sounds familiar, Silver was our intent, at about the same time. We headed for Alpental instead, shorter drive, quicker altitude gain. Thanks for the report, how was the condition of the road?

5/30/10 9:22am

Joedabaker

author=kneel turner link=topic=16755.msg70486#msg70486 date=1275252535]
I'd rather carry skis than snowshoe... And I hate carrying skis ;)

But if you find a pair of skis I would even tele with them on my pack down, ;D
If I found a pair of snowshoes I would probably leave em,

5/30/10 6:28am

Kneel Turner

I'd rather carry skis than snowshoe... And I hate carrying skis ;)

5/30/10 5:48am

ErikT

Anyone been up towards Snow Lake recently? A friend wants to showshoe it... worth it bring the skis along, or am I just going to get drowned in some concrete?

5/30/10 4:40am

Don_B

Thank you, redshift! Very nice.

Photos make it look like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" flying, but I think of it actually as Vegetarian skiing: lots of plants, little carving.

5/29/10 11:57pm

Zap

May 29 Stevens Pass

Thanks for sharing your experience today. I kept looking at the webcams and telemetry and decided to catchup on some other projects.

The webcam images from Bachelor and Shasta looked very sunny. ;)

5/29/10 2:28pm

lernr

wow, redshift - this is very good!

5/29/10 1:29pm

sconey

Skiers, blessed, dance with gravity
Witness the face plant
Ecstasy

5/29/10 1:27pm

Don_B

We 3 did laps there, too and probably saw you. Not too heavy to ski, but a bit too foggy to see well. The photo is not photoshopped and gives a good impression of sense of where the surface was. Quite a few plants of various sorts for us, too. Saw lots of skier and boarders at the lower lot as we went up to the Yakima Pk lot. East facing slopes were easier than west facing. Be careful if the sun comes out tomorrow. The snow is really saturated.

5/29/10 1:03pm

Rusty Knees

"... One of those rare times where the dirty snow was what you wanted."

Wolf - I love it when you talk dirty to me!

5/29/10 4:43am

altasnob

Looking good. Heading out to the Enchantments tomorrow. May is the new January.

5/28/10 1:10pm

wolfs

author=JoshK link=topic=16778.msg70424#msg70424 date=1275080962]
Any idea how the Ingalls valley bottom looked? could one ski all the way down then skin over to Stuart, or is it melted out at the bottom now?

Didn't get a direct view, I'd say it's 50/50 on whether still snow in valley immediately below Longs. But there's definitely enough for skiing into basin and below the treeline.

5/28/10 9:27am

glenn_b

Last Sunday we skied from Long's Pass on a descending traverse to the valley bottom and could cross the creek on a snowbridge to the bottom of Ulrich's. There was continuous snow up into the couloirs.

5/28/10 7:08am

JoshK

Thanks for the report, Wolf. The south side of Stuart still looks good. Any idea how the Ingalls valley bottom looked? could one ski all the way down then skin over to Stuart, or is it melted out at the bottom now?

5/28/10 6:09am

Alan Brunelle

Thanks Stoked.

Your first photo shows a pretty "evolved" cornice, but it looks like others I have seen in the past, including shed blocks. Still scary though. I would assume that lots of the snow that constitutes the full roll on that thing is a result of the new snow, especially since the cornice already discharged lots of blocks.

Alan

5/28/10 2:48am

stoked

author=BigSnow link=topic=16570.msg70328#msg70328 date=1274983528]
yikes! That cornice looks a lot bigger than normal. Is it just the perspective of the shot?

Alan

Looks bigger to me.

5/27/10 10:05pm

Joedabaker

May 22-25, N Fork Entiat River Valley, May powder

author=CookieMonster link=topic=16744.msg70363#msg70363 date=1275017592">
For JoeDaBaker: I have a PDF copy of the Chinook Pass Avalanche Atlas if you're interested. Also, do you actually bake?

Yeah that's the name of it Thanks Cookie for the reminder. I got a copy online once you reminded me of the data sheets. Anyone interested can find it here

5/27/10 3:29pm

mike checka

Tatoosh May 22, 2010

we hit those same spots the prior day and pretty much flushed all those bowls. however, we had anywhere from 4" to 10" and the 1st / 2nd turn sent each slope we ripped.

slabs consisted of the last two days' worth of snow and were slow moving heavy snow slides. firm bed surface. they did run long and had 3-4 ft tall debris piles. heavy doses of sun radiating thru the clowds even while it snowed.

manageable but you had to watch the bowls to the left or rig...

5/27/10 1:22pm

runningclouds

Inspiring! My To Ski List just got a bit longer.

5/27/10 12:42pm

CookieMonster

May 22, 2010, Xtal BC fantastico

There is a large amount of alpine terrain from ~5500 ft upwards. Alpine areas, being devoid of vegetation and completely exposed to wind and sun, make wonderful avalanche starting zones. Avalanches that start in the alpine are often large, and unimpeded by ground cover, can accelerate rapidly and descend into the trees below.

Once a path is established, frequent avalanching prevents regrowth. Paths gradually enlarge because the return period of Size 3 avalanches is often shorter than...

5/27/10 12:33pm

Zap

Wonderful TR and powder photos. It's hard to believe it's the end of May. The photos are an inspiration for Jill for next season with her new hip.

5/27/10 4:22am

Scotsman

May 22-25, N Fork Entiat River Valley, May powder

author=CookieMonster link=topic=16744.msg70207#msg70207 date=1274853792]
Great photo of the avalanche on Goat Island Mountain. The avalanche terrain in this area is really interesting.

There are ~50 avalanches paths on Goat Island Mountain; many are slowly enlarging. It's utterly fascinating to imagine that decades of future avalanches will slowly strip the trees from large sections of the mountain. The large bowl where the avalanche was shown...

5/27/10 4:07am

trees4me

Every year I tell myself this is the year I check out the entiat... way to go! Thanks for the inspiring TR!

5/27/10 4:02am

Alan Brunelle

yikes! That cornice looks a lot bigger than normal. Is it just the perspective of the shot?

Alan

5/27/10 3:05am

stoked

Looks like a fun time earlier in the month. We drove up the Cutthroat road last w/e to check it out and the snow was almost down to the highway but then a local gal said there were lots of bare patches on the trail lower down. We decided to give it a pass this time around.

Went up the Birthday Tour sans Traverse. Nice cornice threatening the route.

5/26/10 9:35pm

Andrew Carey

yeah, saw you up there :-)

The snow was nice from Muir Snowfield down to Edith Basin:

5/26/10 2:18pm

knowsnow

That shot of the Tats from what must be lower Mazama Ridge Rocks! Those clouds, rocks and snow with blue splats here and there say it all...Well done! ;D

5/26/10 1:22pm

mtneer ordinaire

May 22-25, N Fork Entiat River Valley, May powder

Nice TR and video. I may head up there in a couple of weekends.

5/26/10 12:10pm

jeff_s

Thanks for the TR and pics. Sounds like a great area; I'm inspired!

5/26/10 11:41am

Mtraslin

Feb 19-22, Gerdine Glacier, Glacier Peak

Good one!

I tried last year ,thanks for the report.

I hope the weather gets better, I am looking for people who are heading that way in the near future....

5/26/10 11:24am

GregSimon

I thought that was a John Travolta Saturday Night Fever pose.

5/26/10 9:08am

Scotsman

Nice. I like the Usain Bolt pose especially in your last photo. very cool. :D

5/26/10 5:35am

Boot

What, no coyote pictuer?

5/26/10 3:48am

lrudholm

Well Done. Solitude is priceless.

5/26/10 1:16am

Joedabaker

author=CookieMonster link=topic=16744.msg70207#msg70207 date=1274853792]
Stimbuck, do you know how often paths such as Kempers, Big Bertha run large? Do you guys have size/frequency/runout data ( a:b ) estimates for paths in this area?

There is a PDF file online someplace, I can't find my own copy (yet) that gives the history of all the avalanche zones that could possibly effect hwy 410 and 123. It is an old copy by WSDOT pre...

5/26/10 12:42am

CookieMonster

Great photo of the avalanche on Goat Island Mountain. The avalanche terrain in this area is really interesting.

There are ~50 avalanches paths on Goat Island Mountain; many are slowly enlarging. It's utterly fascinating to imagine that decades of future avalanches will slowly strip the trees from large sections of the mountain. The large bowl where the avalanche was shown has a very obvious flattening in the runout zone that prevents must prevent most avalanches from descending i...

5/25/10 3:03pm

NickD

Very sobering picture from John S. When we were first in the basin Sunday I saying to RichB and DarylW that the steep (appr 40 degree) north slope one climbs to get onto the Frying Pan could get very touchy if the sun gets too warm on all the recent fresh. The poor viz did us a favor in selecting other options. It seems a good deal less consolidated on the more northern aspects and that picture sure amplifies that!

Regarding that inquiry about White River CG road being open--when we g...

5/25/10 1:56pm

Kenji

May 24, Bullion Basin

Here are David's photos (no, I didn't go):

5/25/10 1:42pm

Charlie Hagedorn

author=Stimbuck link=topic=16744.msg70190#msg70190 date=1274830814">
NWAC may post a photo, if not I'll reply with one later this week.

It's posted. Thanks! :).

Does anyone have suggestions for ways in which NWAC can make some of its deeper resources more visible on the web? For lots of resources on their web page, you have to look through a couple layers of li...

5/25/10 9:01am

Stimbuck

5-12-10 Mt hood white river

Is your photo from Sunday? We observed a large crown (~5') in the E bowl, likely from a cornice drop- we have seen a similar sized slab in Morse Creek from Cornice drop on a NE slope. NWAC may post a photo, if not I'll reply with one later this week.

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5/25/10 8:40am

steve_f

Wow Ron, those look great! Are you already thinking of making another set, maybe more of a manaslu size?

5/25/10 8:17am

silaswild

author=Jim Oker link=topic=16755.msg70179#msg70179 date=1274813525]
I'm wondering how cover for the Chair Peak circumnav might be looking for this weekend

Folklife festival this weekend, perfect timing! Alpental road was closed yesterday at the covered bridge parking lot, so you will have to glide out that far from Source Lake most likely.

5/25/10 5:41am

GregSimon

Iwas out to pineapple pass Saturday. Coverage on the traverse back in was still OK (only a few small dirt patches to step over). But it was certainly thinner than the week before. We did say a few times "This flat part might not be any fun in another week."

5/25/10 4:52am

Jim Oker