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Again, another great TR Jason. Those shots, like the Can. Rockies, were in a league of their own. You definitely managed to catch the exposure well!

1/20/10 4:16am

gibbycu

Did you track yourself with your Android phone? How do you do that?

1/20/10 4:15am

Jason_H.

Awesome trip Sky. Thanks for convincing me to go.

Here's a link to my TR.

Mount Hector and Fairview

1/20/10 3:25am

BigRed

Jan 18: Paradise

We had a tremendous day up there as well... we skied a couple laps in the golden gate bowls then head over to the mazama back bowls and had another nice lap. We didn't notice any major signs of instability even with the sun baking.

I'm too lazy to resize my pictures right now, but here are a few videos my buddy took that sum up the day pretty well. I'll definitely call it powder given what we have been skiing for the last few weeks.

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1/20/10 12:52am

alecapone

Beautiful!!

1/20/10 12:34am

savegondor

Jan 18: Paradise

no forgiveness. I want my pictures!!!!!

1/19/10 3:41pm

alpymarr

Jan 18: Paradise

Nope. Pictures are gone partly because I hate my picture software, and I because I dont know how to use it properly and accidently deleted them from my recycle bin ???

Bottom line...lots of new cascade snow and bluebird...we've all been to Paradise right? WHo needs pics anyhow. Ha! ;)

1/19/10 3:02pm

Stugie

Glad someone's getting some good riding in! Nice work guys, sweet trip!

1/19/10 2:33pm

joepa

Nice photos, Jim. Good to see you out there again.

1/19/10 1:11pm

NWBCer

Looking good Lee! You're coming up this way pretty quick eh?

1/19/10 12:58pm

NWBCer

Great job guys, wonderful photos. It makes me very jealous, and a bit irritated that I didn't really get into touring until I left that part of the world ;)

1/19/10 12:56pm

jcocci

Wow, looks liek a great trip. Great photos. Don;t get too close to the edge on that one of Kyle on the sub-summit huh?

1/19/10 10:14am

Big Steve

Schweet! ;D

1/19/10 9:53am

ema

darn it - i keep misspelling the name. Toby - its the trees just to the east of the slide path. The path had some debris.

1/19/10 8:49am

silaswild

author=Scotsman link=topic=15194.msg63706#msg63706 date=1263942072]
Silas obviously trying to rub my nose in it regarding my heli-trip.

Nah, just jealous, but not enough to return to paid employment to fund heli life. ;)

1/19/10 8:35am

Scotsman

author=silaswild link=topic=15194.msg63647#msg63647 date=1263882752]
Looks pretty good for non-heli skiing! ;) Way to get it, you don't know if you don't go.

very nice Chris.
Silas obviously trying to rub my nose in it regarding my heli-trip. your snow much cheaper than mine. ;D ;D ;D ;D

1/19/10 7:01am

bobS

author=skierlyles link=topic=15194.msg63643#msg63643 date=1263880419]
And yes, those were our tracks further up.

Nice work Chris (et all). It would have been fun to run into you up there- or at least in the lot for the post ski beers. Next time.

Looks pretty good for non-heli skiing!

Yea it was pretty good. Plus we got t...

1/19/10 6:48am

savegondor

nice shots Jim!!!!

1/19/10 6:00am

David_Coleman

Hell yeahhh! Nice work fellas. Good to see something "big" on here. I knew you would deliver. ;D

1/19/10 4:25am

Monika

Looks Incredibly beautiful and super cold !
Any other day tours from your Rockies trip?

1/19/10 1:01am

Joedabaker

Just flippin amazing pictures.

1/18/10 10:49pm

JimD

We met you on top of 5476. Much better conditions than I'd anticipated. It was hard to find uncut snow (but we managed to hit a couple shots), there was a lot of pent up powder energy waiting to be unleashed! A beautiful day with new and old friends.

1/18/10 9:42pm

silaswild

Nice and simply excellent report!

1/18/10 2:42pm

silaswild

author=Scotsman link=topic=15187.msg63604#msg63604 date=1263847683]
Conditions up at WA pass are superb at the moment despite the lackluster conditions down here.

author=bobS link=topic=15194.msg63564#msg63564 date=1263757196]
Surprisingly good conditions yesterday. Above 4600 about a foot of fairly light snow on solid thick crust.

There was some...

1/18/10 2:32pm

skierlyles

Saturday was definitely the good day out at Steven's. Bluebird skies and light pow waiting to be found sure beats the trap crust and widely variable conditions we experienced Sunday. Both very nice days out, maybe someone will post a tr. Here are a few pics of our (moscawulf, alecapone and my) day out on Sat.

And yes, those were our tracks further up. Surprisingly good low density snow and well bonded to the crust below. And best of all, did not ever feel bottom above 4,500 feet...

1/18/10 1:53pm

skierguitarist

COOL TRIP...THANKS FOR MAP AND VIDEO!

1/18/10 1:36pm

ema

It's "Duffey" Lee. Nice trip! Is that the equinox slide path extending down towards the clearcut in your first pic?

1/18/10 12:49pm

savegondor

Jan 15, 2010, Heather Ridge/Moonlight Bowl

LOVE the andriod phone!!!!!!! soon our GPS toys will be obsolete, very soon.

1/18/10 12:40pm

cascadianwarrior

We were out from about 10:30 until 2:30 and you're spot-on about being soaked. Amazingly good snow considering the weather!

1/18/10 5:10am

bobS

author=alecapone link=topic=15194.msg63579#msg63579 date=1263793851]
It was a great sunny day, eh? Lot's of people up there enjoying the day.

Did you happen to get any more shots of Tye with the lines a little more lookers right?

Alecapone- Here's a wide angle view that I cropped down a bit. The tracks in the previous pic are off the little knob far left of this view but they are hard to see as its overexpose...

1/18/10 3:01am

jwplotz

author=alecapone link=topic=15196.msg63580#msg63580 date=1263794639]
Another nice one from the icicle creek!

Glad to hear the slide was just a minor lesson.

Thanks Ale! In retrospect the slide really wasn't that big, but you certainly don't realize it when you're in the middle of it with no control anymore. Sure feels much bigger.

Chris: The road is closed, meaning a 3 mile approach t...

1/17/10 3:26pm

Charlie Hagedorn

Jan 15, 2010, Heather Ridge/Moonlight Bowl

Glad you all got home safely - looks like a beautiful day.

1/17/10 3:25pm

alecapone

Well played. I was just down the road, wet to the bone, and turning around at 4500'.

What time did you guys get started?

1/17/10 2:11pm

alecapone

Another nice one from the icicle creek!

Glad to hear the slide was just a minor lesson.

1/17/10 2:03pm

alecapone

It was a great sunny day, eh? Lot's of people up there enjoying the day.

Did you happen to get any more shots of Tye with the lines a little more lookers right?

1/17/10 1:50pm

chrism

Sounds like a fun trip. Glad the scare was only a scare. Are you able to drive to the parking lot on 8 Mile road?

1/17/10 5:35am

jwplotz

Runout

Looking back up

1/17/10 4:21am

gkunz

Jan 9, 2009, Hurricane Ridge

I was up there for a few laps in the afternoon. Saw 10-15 people not including the mtneers. Excellent snow for about 300 feet of vertical, then it was character building to say the least below that. My rockered skis seemed to combat the breakable crust in a way that made it almost fun.

1/17/10 3:53am

telemack

:D A whole new meaning to being buried by your work.

1/17/10 2:10am

danvon

We ran into the Mountaineers but they were digging pits, doing beacon practice etc. so were not going up high. They missed all the good stuff. Saw maybe a dozen other people-more than usual. I think the water-in-the-desert theory is exactly right.

1/17/10 1:08am

gwarm

Sounds like you got some fairly good snow and missed the Mountie's. How was Lyra's trail breaking?

1/17/10 12:54am

HappyCamper

We (2 skiers, 2 splitters) got up early and got a few laps in before the groups showed. But they seemed more focused on instruction than getting a lot of turns in.

Sunny for most of the day and the conditions were nice up top. In the trees, I'd even say great, but that might be the talk of a man wandering through the desert and finally being given a glass of water. The crust more or less went away until right before we got back to our uptrack.

1/16/10 11:48pm

alecapone