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Hey, sounds like a good time in the mountains despite the rain. My brother and I were thinking of touring up the sulphide glacier, and either making a summit attempt or just ski down from the base of the summit pyramid. However, I have never done this route before, or any route up shuksan for that matter, and I don't know just how long of a tour it is. Anyone have a good estimate of how many hours it takes to go from the car to the summit? Unfortunately, my brother and I are both pretty bus...
author=telemack link=topic=16671.msg69913#msg69913 date=1274158758]You are a masochistic exhibitionist.
Not so sure I agree with that. I enjoy the skiing and the sunshine and the feeling of just being up high in the mountains, but not the pain or suffering. Not at all. Some others certainly do relish that, but for me it's just the price to be paid (sometimes) to find and experience all the good things that I do take pleasure in.
Wow! great trip report and pics. We tried same Easton approach on Sat night / Sun morning and didn't make it to the top but enjoyed the great weather and similar skinning and skiing conditions that you and TobyT reported.
TobyT, I am pretty sure I ran into you and Stacy as you were finishing/loading up we were just showing up in my friends truck. I don't think many others were paragliding that day! It was our first time on Baker and you and Stacy's adv...
TobyT, I am pretty sure I ran into you and Stacy as you were finishing/loading up we were just showing up in my friends truck. I don't think many others were paragliding that day! It was our first time on Baker and you and Stacy's adv...
author=John_Morrow link=topic=16666.msg69915#msg69915 date=1274189623]
Great to see Carla on skis, she should 86 the snowshoes!
;D
We went up on Sunday 5/16 and had a good time despite the late start. We saw a couple of slides coming off the E ridge (near those three chutes). When they hit the slope below, they did not trigger any slides. The coulouir had small point releases but again, nothing slid. This was well worth the slog. Even crossing the river was fun (look for the pink flagging)!
author=Big Steve link=topic=16666.msg69895#msg69895 date=1274115065]
Yo John, we saw you descending as 3 of us skinned towards Judy's. Judy's was fun, BTW.
6 of us did Earl yesterday (Sun 5/16), ascending and descending the same lines you did. Your skin tracks were quite melted out, looked to be a week old! It's cooking up there.
Other than your party, we didn't see any other ski tourists on the Bean Basin peaks. ...
You are a masochistic exhibitionist.
And we are all better off for it! 8)
And we are all better off for it! 8)
thought i saw you skiing next to anvil... that was quite the conga line, too! my newbie comrades were incredulous that there might be over 100 people up there, but by noon, my prediction proved quite the understatement! as far as free beer, there actually was a guy named Mike and his friends handing out free Rainier's at Muir... never seen so many people drinking beer up there.
way to be a glutton for the vert! quite envious!
way to be a glutton for the vert! quite envious!
Dan,
Check out this photo.
It must have been from the last cycle, it was not older than a few weeks.
West facing, you can see it here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Mill+Creek,+Snohomish,+Washington&ll=47.984579,-121.36013&spn=0.02028,0.05476&t=h&z=15
Check out this photo.
It must have been from the last cycle, it was not older than a few weeks.
West facing, you can see it here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Mill+Creek,+Snohomish,+Washington&ll=47.984579,-121.36013&spn=0.02028,0.05476&t=h&z=15
wow that crown in your first pic looks huge -- yikes!!
could you tell if it was from that big cycle a couple weeks ago, or more recent? what aspect was it?
could you tell if it was from that big cycle a couple weeks ago, or more recent? what aspect was it?
Sounds fun, John. See my report from the day before in Beverly Crk.
Greg - cool seeing you and your son at Alpy a couple weeks ago. Glad to see a father getting out with his protege!
Dave
Dave
Nice Greg! 4 hrs to Muir for an 11 year old... thats pretty good. I went to Crystal with the dog instead... I hope you got my message. Chugach needed a ski tour!
Yo John, we saw you descending as 3 of us skinned towards Judy's. Judy's was fun, BTW.
6 of us did Earl yesterday (Sun 5/16), ascending and descending the same lines you did. Your skin tracks were quite melted out, looked to be a week old! It's cooking up there.
Other than your party, we didn't see any other ski tourists on the Bean Basin peaks. Odd.
6 of us did Earl yesterday (Sun 5/16), ascending and descending the same lines you did. Your skin tracks were quite melted out, looked to be a week old! It's cooking up there.
Other than your party, we didn't see any other ski tourists on the Bean Basin peaks. Odd.
author=prestonf link=topic=16670.msg69890#msg69890 date=1274110442]
I really don't like the traverse above the lake. In the early morning, on the hard snow, I have to admit that the boot crampons and ice axe came out and I walked around!
O yeah, the frozen ice sheets at a 45 degrees angle along the edge of the reservoir. I usually wear ski crampons but I remember a friend who snapped his ski crampons due to the side angle...
Nice work Preston! Way to get some in Cal-i-forn-I A!
author=Zap link=topic=16670.msg69831#msg69831 date=1273985213]
Jill hates that drainage and the running water adds an interesting water feature. But the options available in the basin are enormous.
I really don't like the traverse above the lake. In the early morning, on the hard snow, I have to admit that the boot crampons and ice axe came out and I walked around!
The terrain in Zig Zag Canyon is very interesting and unbelievably easy to access from Timberline.
Nice pics.
Nice pics.
author=GaryJan link=topic=16682.msg69879#msg69879 date=1274071128]
Hopefully our tracks will cross before all the white turns brown.
Gary and Jan
That would be great. Looks like there is tons of snow on Obs. Point Road for a while. Any idea when that will be drivable?
What about 7 Lakes-HIgh Divide access?
author=Merk link=topic=16674.msg69852#msg69852 date=1274049892]
How was the trail? Able to skin continuously? Road clear to TH? I'm hoping to get to Pilchuck soon... Thanks!
Hi! Can drive to TH. Trail has snow patches from the beginning but mostly I'd say bare for about 2/3 the way up. I hiked it in my tennis shoes no problem. Skied down however to within 75' of the TH--hurray!&nb...
Sorry we missed you guys today. After checking the overnight temps and looking out the window to the west to see dark clouds on the horizon we decided our weapon of choice for the day was mountain bikes instead of skis. We headed west on the Adventure Trail for face shots of muddy water. :D
Glad to hear you were able to squeeze in a short tour, sounds like "cut it and let it run" technique worked well.
Hopefully our tracks will cross before all the white turns b...
Glad to hear you were able to squeeze in a short tour, sounds like "cut it and let it run" technique worked well.
Hopefully our tracks will cross before all the white turns b...
author=gregL link=topic=16668.msg69851#msg69851 date=1274041827]
Looks like little "i" is already showing the trademark smooth family style!
He really ripped it up nicely, killing it on the up and the down- yeah I'm a proud papa.
"old" set up next to "new" set up. The mini-gots /fritschis weigh as much as my lotus 120/ft12's.
The gang of four I was part of added to that hundreds of people. I was amazed by the line. I made it up at 2pm right behind some guy and HIS DOG! That was pretty funny. It was a little grey dog and didn't look so out of breath so I figured I had nothing to complain about as I had boots on and longer legs. We headed down and got to the base area about 4pm whereupon Happy Hour commenced. Pretty nice day for a trip.
How was the trail? Able to skin continuously? Road clear to TH? I'm hoping to get to Pilchuck soon... Thanks!
Sweet. Never too young to get 'em started; I know jonathan_s has had his daughter in Dynafit logo softgoods virtually since birth! Looks like little "i" is already showing the trademark smooth family style!
Some pictures:
Nisqually chute looking good
Crown on the Wilson
Nisqually chute looking good
Crown on the Wilson
Just as we got near the crater rim (14180 ft), I suddenly spotted two sets of skis-on-packs, poking up over a small roll ahead. My other two partners were arriving via Nisqually Cleaver, perfect timing within a minute or so ahead of us.
I was wondering about the tracks that headed west from Muir to below the Nisqually icecliff that I saw Saturday. I didn't realize there was a route that went up the cleaver. Looks serac-fille...
author=daveb link=topic=16655.msg69793#msg69793 date=1273876289]
Yeah Amar!! Congrats on your first skin to the summit. Did you celebrate by showing some skin on the summit?
Just what you see in the summit photo, Dave, sorry to disappoint you.
NOTE: I just replaced the original brief summary report with the full detailed version of the TR, about 4x longer with 7 more photos. Previous replies above were made based on th...
Thanks again Amar. It was a lot of fun to share a few of your spring turns this week!
I put some photos up on Picasa
http://picasaweb.google.com/paresh.kamdar/MtBakerEastonGlacierSki?authkey=Gv1sRgCLjmw67ljr7--gE#
-Paresh
I put some photos up on Picasa
http://picasaweb.google.com/paresh.kamdar/MtBakerEastonGlacierSki?authkey=Gv1sRgCLjmw67ljr7--gE#
-Paresh
Nice TR Amar. You serve up some of the best ones around. Skied the Easton yesterday in similar conditions. We tried to drop in on the Park Headwall but couldn't commit to a second turn (twice!) due to firm/icy conditions. We did ski the upper Roosevelt in a mixture of powder turning to windblown ice. The south side was definitely the best skiing...Stacy got a paraglider flight from the crater, and high speed sled laps on the Easton were a treat! Snow remained good down to 6k for the duratio...
I hear ya Dave. Guess what I'm doing today? That's right, working. And, here it is 8:30 on a Sunday morning!
Way to be getting after it Amar.
Way to be getting after it Amar.
that as Tanner Hall who broke both ankles last year. Something with high kicker but small landing and he overshot it into flat. Cant remember exactly
Sorry I missed you, I left the lot at 10, got to Muir at 12:45, skied to Pebble Creek, back up slowly to Moon Rocks, and out to the car at 3. I'm amazed we didn't see/recognize each other... Glad you had a fun week!
So glad to hear that Philippe and Rachel are back again this year - I wish I'd dropped by the hut.
So glad to hear that Philippe and Rachel are back again this year - I wish I'd dropped by the hut.
Cool I wonder what the conditions would be like now.
author=prestonf link=topic=16670.msg69827#msg69827 date=1273978836]
The road still isn't plowed all the way to the lake, but it's not very far in. It's easy to get in and out of the main basin if you brave the drainage with the running water at the bottom; once up a little ways, it mellows out.
Jill hates that drainage and the running water adds an interesting water feature. But the option...
Glad to see you're getting all these great summits Amar! I was staring out the office windows downtown looking at Baker wondering if I knew anyone up there.
I am glad you posted, Lar. Good thing I missed it until this afternoon or I might have psyched myself out of skiing today. Beautiful out, great views, if less than optimal conditions. Must have been gorgeous in camp Thursday afternoon, I had a nice bikeride home from work. Sometimes the camp experience more than makes up for the snow!
This year in the Teanaway it is a race between the snow consolidating and there not being enough left to ski. There's stil...
This year in the Teanaway it is a race between the snow consolidating and there not being enough left to ski. There's stil...
author=Monika link=topic=16663.msg69813#msg69813 date=1273901288]
...but while carrying my skis I asked myself, "so why am I hiking when I can be skiing from the car???"
I've done that before. Carried my skis once for 3 days... last 2 in torrential rains; all the while asking myself the same question. Made me feel like I just didn't have good sense.
The hikers made it even worse by asking "so how wa...
Jim, Bridgeport is reportedly the coldest location in CA but the Travertine Hot Springs are a wonderful place to relax, suck a cold one and gaze at Sawtooth Ridge and the Matterhorn.
Lundy ;D
The 29th was a fun powder day for Jill and I at Mammoth.
Lundy ;D
The 29th was a fun powder day for Jill and I at Mammoth.
author=Rusty Knees link=topic=16657.msg69775#msg69775 date=1273844730]
... At Alpy we think they're driving the cats up and down to install new lifty shacks.
For the past couple of years the TGR film crews take over/rent/borrow Stevens for a while after they close. I have skinned up past some insane looking jumps; I think somebody broke both ankles last year.
http://live.tetongravity.com/_Stevens-Pass-the-Big-Do...
We skied in there a couple weeks ago, probably one of my favorite places to ski around Mt Hood. We saw signs of what I thought to be marmots, hundreds of tracks and 3 small burrows.
Nice job on the skis.
Nice job on the skis.
author=Jim Oker link=topic=16659.msg69796#msg69796 date=1273884383]
Nice. Did you get a sense of how thick the crust was before getting down into lower density snow?
I'd guess only an inch or two. A deep freeze would definitely go a long way right about now. You definitely want to get up there early if you go; especially if you plan on riding southern aspects.