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Wow! What a find...must check out...
What's the leaving- ski- area- boundary while riding the lifts?
What's the leaving- ski- area- boundary while riding the lifts?
Thanks for the tr and pics...sounds like a great alternative!!!!!!!
psyched to see you guys are having good times in jhole!
The "I am so envious that you tele" sticker?
Love that one...
Love that one...
I'm staying home on the weekends now, doing chores--firewood, etc. and skiing during the week. It is a popular time of year. Everything get so trashed (and crowded in the first two miles).
A tele specific/appropriate sticker should be seen soon on mine and Chmnyboy's skis ;)
Helluva way to end the trip. One of the finest days I've ever had in the BC. Perfect snow all day, including the bonus south facing powder late in the day back to the car.
The snow in the forecast for the PNW for next week should ease the pain of transitioning from the whiteroom to the workroom.
The snow in the forecast for the PNW for next week should ease the pain of transitioning from the whiteroom to the workroom.
Nisqually Chutes got hammered today--I think I saw moguls forming. People headed up to Camp Hazard, people skiing lower Fuhrer's Finger. I went for solitude to Cowlitz Rocks--pretty good skiing. Minor sluff management on baked slopes in the afternoon.
Pretty heavy stuff in the Chute, some cornices failing, most sluffing was just a few inches. Turns were great with temps in the low 20s the night before consolidating the old snow and making a strong crust and 1 inch of new from each of the preceding two days.
Any more details, e.g. how deep were the stuffs, how were the turns?
author=chmnyboy link=topic=15861.msg66217#msg66217 date=1267852195]
The worst part: he was a tele skier.
Nah, that was the BEST part. 8)
Nice work. Hope to make a similar journey next season, meet up with some old family friends and acquaintances is Utah, bust. Do take pics!
Sorry you're so PO'd Pico but I think posting your rant in more than one thread is not cool. All the sleds I met were polite. Plus I loved the smell of the ones burning the castor oil.
Take a look at my day and you'll see no frowns.
http://picasaweb.google.com/wooley12/HogLoppet2010#
Take a look at my day and you'll see no frowns.
http://picasaweb.google.com/wooley12/HogLoppet2010#
Thanks for the report. I was wondering about Ruth's access and conditions.
My mom lives at Swan Lake. I have been eye ballin some sweet lines (in the summer) to ski there. I would love to have more beta on your tour if you don't mind.
Nice work doing the classic Teton Pass double dip. For years my favorite after work /pre-work routine was to park above Wilson, hitch up, ski to coal creek, hitch back, then ski Elly or anything else right there back to the car. I'd also recommend doing a Run of the Bowls: Glory Bowl, then Little Tucks, then Unskiabowl, then Horseshoe Bowl/Great White Hump.
The Tetons this year have gotten 300", a little below average. But the last 2 years were epic with 700 and 600 inches (...
The Tetons this year have gotten 300", a little below average. But the last 2 years were epic with 700 and 600 inches (...
"WAY" to go Mike and Sid! I'd love to go back. What an amazing little subrange. 8)
As global warming continues, this will be a stronghold of pow-pow.
www.wallowahuts.com/ for yurt and guide info.
www.wingski.com/ for Wallowa huts that you can rent and use w/o guide and catering.
Wallowa Alpine Huts (yurts) is one of the best guided/catered deals I've ever seen.
As global warming continues, this will be a stronghold of pow-pow.
www.wallowahuts.com/ for yurt and guide info.
www.wingski.com/ for Wallowa huts that you can rent and use w/o guide and catering.
Wallowa Alpine Huts (yurts) is one of the best guided/catered deals I've ever seen.
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That's great. We'll definitely have all the normal spring touring gear, but if I can fit everything into my small pack then I probably wont bring a rope...
How was the yurt? Were all the cooking stuff there, any recommendations on miscellaneous stuff to bring?
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That's great. We'll definitely have all the normal spring touring gear, but if I can fit everything into my small pack then I probably wont bring a rope...
How was the yurt? Were all the cooking stuff there, any recommendations on miscellaneous stuff to bring?
How was the yurt? Were all the cooking stuff there, any recommendations on miscellaneous stuff to bring?
author=JimH link=topic=15832.msg66147#msg66147 date=1267726848">
Hey Kenji - how was the access to Del Campo and how high did the snow start? Was it a quick hike in from the road? Seems like a good year to try stuff off the Mountain Loop.
I wouldn't say it's a quick hike, unless you know the path well. The road has no snow, and the trail is snow free.
Hey Kenji - how was the access to Del Campo and how high did the snow start? Was it a quick hike in from the road? Seems like a good year to try stuff off the Mountain Loop.
Good to see you and Meg are out...and back safely. Rich and I had fun too on Del Campo last Sun.
We didn't need any technical gear except for a rope which the quides provided. On some sections of skin track ski crampons might come in handy otherwise just skins and boots. If its spring corn conditions a whippet would be good to have. Most of the high alpine areas are reached by long hikes up valleys followed by ridge scrambles.
oh wait.....did I hear you say you needed to slow down and take a few pics along the way !!? Maybe I can move my camera from my chest to my pocket so I don't have to take them mid stride !!! Glad you finally came to the relization that there is more to life then....perhaps....the moment. Hope you have fun and will rub this in again later......Split
wow, it sounds like a great trip. The photos of the first couple days look amazing.
We're heading up there in about a month, would you recommend mountaineering gear to access more of the chutes and high bowls. We've been undecided and we're leaning away from harnesses and gear... What was your experience?
We're heading up there in about a month, would you recommend mountaineering gear to access more of the chutes and high bowls. We've been undecided and we're leaning away from harnesses and gear... What was your experience?
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Yeah, we're kinda doing that loop backwards - we'd love to stay in jackson, but it looks like UT is gonna get hit hardest by this next storm. From what I gather, the Tetons have had a lower than average snowpack, but they're not hurting like Utah is. Apparently the pass normally has 15' snowbanks as opposed to the 4' banks now.
i hate stopping for pictures,...
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Thanks for the TR. Jill and I just left for an extended Road Trip. Currently at Timberline and we'll be working our way to Anthony Lakes, Brundage, Soldier,...Then down to Brighton for a few days. Then up to Teton Pass, Grand Targhee, Big Sky,...
What's the locals feedback on this years snowback depth compared to LY ?
Yeah, we're kinda doin...
A road trip on the way... During an El Nino year, Idaho? How about the eastern sierra which just got 2 feet of blower pow that will hold with the temps... Keep the trip alive, I'd just head south a bit.
"Forgot the camera at the cabin" = more turns sometimes.
Cool report, Chmnyboy. Hurricane Ridge often supplies good hitching for micro-laps. :)
Cool report, Chmnyboy. Hurricane Ridge often supplies good hitching for micro-laps. :)
Thanks for the TR. Jill and I just left for an extended Road Trip. Currently at Timberline and we'll be working our way to Anthony Lakes, Brundage, Soldier,...Then down to Brighton for a few days. Then up to Teton Pass, Grand Targhee, Big Sky,...
What's the locals feedback on this years snowback depth compared to LY ?
What's the locals feedback on this years snowback depth compared to LY ?
Another lurker outted! Thanks Amar. That was definitely fun and better skiing than expected!
Nice. We had similar conditions in the chute in early Feb. Slid from the west shoulder while we were at Pebble creek on the ascent but the slide path skied well and the east side was stable.
Good to see reports from my old stompin grounds. Just remember that marginal conditions in Alaska are still epic, I miss those Chugach mountains!!
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Sound like you guys are skiing yourselves into great shape to break trail for us when you get back to the Northwest. Keep up the good work! ;)
Have fun and play safe.
Sounds like it's about time you and Jan put Deception on you calendar :)
Thanks for the photo of our tracks, Charlie. It's funny how different my tracks and Ned's look!
The avy debris in the Chute looked scary, but the snow in the Chute was heavy powder and very stable during our run, nothing moved except a few pinwheels and rollers. The snow was even better on the Nisqually Glacier, no nasty mank at all. A great day, and I finally got around to writing a TR:
The avy debris in the Chute looked scary, but the snow in the Chute was heavy powder and very stable during our run, nothing moved except a few pinwheels and rollers. The snow was even better on the Nisqually Glacier, no nasty mank at all. A great day, and I finally got around to writing a TR:
Did you see any signs of the instability NWAC has been talking about? Especially on north facing slopes in trees where there was lots of surface hoar over the past few weeks.
Hello JD,
Great report, caught me by surprise reading down the TR's - yo, Sunburst. I followed the Chugach Aval Cntr's reports through this last cycle you described, reminded me of many weeks at Alyeska & elsewhere in the Chugach's. Keep up the trip reports, good to hear from an Alaskan brother.
Thanks - Gerry H
Great report, caught me by surprise reading down the TR's - yo, Sunburst. I followed the Chugach Aval Cntr's reports through this last cycle you described, reminded me of many weeks at Alyeska & elsewhere in the Chugach's. Keep up the trip reports, good to hear from an Alaskan brother.
Thanks - Gerry H
Sound like you guys are skiing yourselves into great shape to break trail for us when you get back to the Northwest. Keep up the good work! ;)
Have fun and play safe.
Have fun and play safe.
Looks like the road trip is going well, nice warm up for Jackson Hole. Keep the reports coming.
Those are snowmobile tracks - we saw 2 riders up there. I think snowmobilers access from East Gate or father East. Technically no snowmobiling allowed in the Manning Park area, but there is a Cascade Recreation area bordering Manning Park where riding is allowed. Those tracks - I believe are close to the boundary - but, I think within Manning Park. Manning Park Resort has information re: riding access 250-840-8822.
I love those deep blue skies that you can have in the northern rockies. Great day.