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Thanks for the inspiring report,
It does not look as much fun as skiing in the rain at Crystal today. ;)
It does not look as much fun as skiing in the rain at Crystal today. ;)
When I first read these metal posts were sticking out I thought lashing some bamboo to them would do the trick. I'll help dig 'em out if that works - my schedule is open this week..
about the fox problem at the park .. go here to the mt rainier climbing blog and scroll down to "Terminated" to read about it:
http://mountrainierclimbing.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html
http://mountrainierclimbing.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html
The park has had problems with conditioned foxes for a number of years--people keep feeding them. This year we implemented winter food storage regulations in the Paradise area to help. There are lots of people who "just want to get a picture", which is the cause of many of the problems.
Andy, we just missed you this week--we were out the day you headed to Mazama--we got shooting cracks, lots of whumpfing, and easy shears. Spooky times.
Andy, we just missed you this week--we were out the day you headed to Mazama--we got shooting cracks, lots of whumpfing, and easy shears. Spooky times.
Thanks for the thorough snow report. Where were you exactly?
I couldnt help but try to get a picture of the bird. As far as the fox goes.. I went to grab my camera from my pack and it came running over. So I think they're pretty conditioned. I've never heard of the park having a fox problem though
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Nice pix. Did you see the "don't feed the wildlife" sign at the parking lot? And were you notified of the food conditioned foxes in the area?
Hey Mason, I was notified by the fox in the parking lot following all the people around :-) Lot of fox and even marten, and 1 set of weasel tracks in the snow in the bc.
Thanks for the report Lee. Thinking of heading up there soon... Good to have complete snow science in reports. Maybe you will start a good trend... And to answer the inevitable question...It's in BC and it's off the Duffey Lake Road.
Nice pix. Did you see the "don't feed the wildlife" sign at the parking lot? And were you notified of the food conditioned foxes in the area?
Awesome 2nd photo, sometimes the scenery is worth it even when the skiing isn't. It's always nice when the two coincide though:)
Yep. James of Tacoma, Jennifer of Seattle.
Marcus,
For the first time in eons I didn't take any pictures. Sorry. Right now I am struggling with how to organize my 8,500 pictures, a bit overwhelming with my lack of computer savvy.
Jane
For the first time in eons I didn't take any pictures. Sorry. Right now I am struggling with how to organize my 8,500 pictures, a bit overwhelming with my lack of computer savvy.
Jane
you must have been the guy with the gal I met on Mazama ...
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Nice Larry! Got any pictures?
Just a couple of pics of the tracks should the RD office want them. Jane might have a pic or two.
Nice Larry! Got any pictures? We were thinking of heading out Blewett way, but it sounded pretty thin this weekend.
A group of us snowshoed up the Nordic pass route last night for a solstice party at Hyak Lake. There was light mist at Hyak then some fog. Snow is very heavy but most logs are covered. Met a groomer on the CC trails. It woud be pretty thick for skiing.
Hi Holly,
Nice to hear that you and Peter stopped by. I assume Silas will be taking you out near Crystal or Paradise or Baker on Friday/Saturday with the weather break. Enjoy the PNW views before the next cycle begins Sunday.
Jill and I may stop by Tahoe late spring. I'll email you if we are around Incline.
Zap
Nice to hear that you and Peter stopped by. I assume Silas will be taking you out near Crystal or Paradise or Baker on Friday/Saturday with the weather break. Enjoy the PNW views before the next cycle begins Sunday.
Jill and I may stop by Tahoe late spring. I'll email you if we are around Incline.
Zap
...this thread is tied for most TR posts in December. Yeah Windy Pass!
The snow quality improved noticeably above 3500' level; there it had a thin freezing rain crust atop 8-12" of midweight powder, much better than we expected. We were told the skiing was excellent at Alpental in the morning, and unfortunately chair 2 broke down midday.
Yep, check your owner's manual. I believe this is specifically addressed.
nice report.
my guess is that silas stopped in at the admin office and tried to get his pass too ;) any luck? funny that he dug his gloves out today. 2 days ago it was a ski from his yard sale. :)
enjoy the rest of your stay!
my guess is that silas stopped in at the admin office and tried to get his pass too ;) any luck? funny that he dug his gloves out today. 2 days ago it was a ski from his yard sale. :)
enjoy the rest of your stay!
last winter I toured with a friend who was using a Tracker and during a beacon check I could not pick up his signal until he was about 4 feet away. He could pick up my signal though. He replaced his batteries with his spares and it worked great after that. Thus our conversation was about beacons and batteries... he informed me to never use Lithium batteries in a beacon. The reason is something about when they run out of juice, the go all at once with no gradual fade out indicating to the user th...
Damn, still? I posted about those a month ago -- can't believe we've gotten so little snow. They're holding up the landslide fabric that they put in last summer. A recipe for injury, for sure.
Hyak alert. Watch out for metal spikes holding up some fence material on the cat track/landslide area. There is only about 12-18 inches sticking out, but when they are barely covered with snow and someone falls on them it's going hurt REAL BAD.
so... got new batteries in and the tracker still didn't find anyone in search. Previous batteries were standard alkalines, and were reading 89 in the warm indoors. Looks like he's gotta get ahold of BCA. The beacon is 4 years old, so we'll see what their response is.
...wish I was up at Hyak now...
...wish I was up at Hyak now...
Looks like a lot of fun! I really like the cam perspective off the back, too, with the blue sky and buddy in the background.
Believe me, I'm not spurning Hyak... but the groomed trail only bears so much chat.
My wife's first tracker eventually stopped turning from Tx to Rx (or some similarly large issue) -- it was out of warranty, but BCA offered her a new beacon at cost when we sent it in to them. Pretty good deal.
My wife's first tracker eventually stopped turning from Tx to Rx (or some similarly large issue) -- it was out of warranty, but BCA offered her a new beacon at cost when we sent it in to them. Pretty good deal.
Hyak is a quick ride from Seattle, it's nice to warm up on the groomed runs and then go off to Silver peak or Catherine depending on conditions - this is a great no brainer solo destination..to continue drifting: I bought a tracker from a craigslist ad two seasons back - it was new in the box and worked fine. I never registered with BCA or sent a warranty card. I recently pulled it out of its summer resting place and the on/off switch was broken off in a way that did not seem logical, I ha...
Ha! No worries -- how interesting can a conversation about the logging road between Hyak and Windy Pass possibly be? This is perfect.
Sorry for the thread drift Marcus.
Rusty, that sounds like exactly the same symptoms. I'll ask him what batteries he's been using. Thanks.
Rusty, that sounds like exactly the same symptoms. I'll ask him what batteries he's been using. Thanks.
That's a great shot of it Boot, thanks!
Unfortunately, I could see more of the top of Baker than of Glacier!!!! The top was in a cloud, but I could see the flanks and all around from Pugh to Lost Cr Ridge to Black Mt to White Mt to Indian Head...
Here's a panorama looking towards GP (on left) and around to the SE towards Indian Head (on right).
Unfortunately, I could see more of the top of Baker than of Glacier!!!! The top was in a cloud, but I could see the flanks and all around from Pugh to Lost Cr Ridge to Black Mt to White Mt to Indian Head...
Here's a panorama looking towards GP (on left) and around to the SE towards Indian Head (on right).
trees4me: I added pic above. It was actually last May that I was up there. The couloir definitely caught my eye ;). Did you get a good shot of Glacier from top of Painted?
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GaryJan:
I was skiing at the Ridge both yesterday and again this afternoon. Flurries today did not amount to much in the way of new snow. "Steep and Icy" is steep and icy and inspired at least two pinners to take off their skis and walk it. Maybe an inch or so of snow on top of ice there. Still signs of the trail winding up to the top the Hill with predictable ice, grass,...
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Yeah, we were really surprised. It didn't seem to be picking up anything, so we'll definitely check it out with fresh batteries. We had 2 other beacons there, so we were able to test all the beacons, and all 3 were transmitting just fine. Hopefully it's not the death of the beacon, they're kinda pricey to be malfunctioning after 3-4 years...
Best line in the area? I'm there...Have always wanted to ski it...
Nice work Toby....glad you and Sylvie got out for the day. The pic of Sefrit reminds of a North side line that we need to ski in March when things fill in....best line in the area!
Funny ~ I actually liked the noise with the boot cam. woof
Looks like you guys took the long route to Cayoosh.Too many days slogging in the Cascades.Cool to see the view from that side of the mountain.
Yah guys... The idea of the raw clips were to let you have a quick listen, and most of all I didn't bring the helmet!
Peace & hope tonight's storm brings a lot more that today's 6 inches of blower on crust which was a nice change of pace, but still was hitting bottom on steep off piste slopes!
Peace & hope tonight's storm brings a lot more that today's 6 inches of blower on crust which was a nice change of pace, but still was hitting bottom on steep off piste slopes!
No problem -- it's important stuff and "beacon use" was pretty much the theme of the day :)
I've had radios/GPS throw off my beacon, giving ghost signals when doing searches in patrol drills. Haven't seen it with phones, but there are so many models with so many different bands/frequencies, that it seems prudent to shut down ALL electronics (iPods, radios, GPS) in avy terrain, or at least get them as far from your beacon as possible on your body.
I've had radios/GPS throw off my beacon, giving ghost signals when doing searches in patrol drills. Haven't seen it with phones, but there are so many models with so many different bands/frequencies, that it seems prudent to shut down ALL electronics (iPods, radios, GPS) in avy terrain, or at least get them as far from your beacon as possible on your body.
I have heard, but not verified that cell phones can throw off the waves and disrupt the ability receive a signal.
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Sorry to heist your thread Marcus, but can this be verified with some other data within our community?
Read This
Sorry to heist your thread Marcus, but can this be verified with some other data within our community?
Nice Tim -- good to see you on Saturday. We had a good intro-tour for our friends. Made it to just shy of Windy Pass and did a bunch of beacon practice. Thought it best, for their first full-ish day tour, that they should have to suffer through that last mile+ slog to Hyak :)
*edit* Oh, and the boot cam, while an interesting perspective, doesn't work as well for me. A little pukey. :) It'd be cool to have a waist-attachment, if you could make it work.
*edit* Oh, and the boot cam, while an interesting perspective, doesn't work as well for me. A little pukey. :) It'd be cool to have a waist-attachment, if you could make it work.
That is one of the noisiest skiing videos I have ever watched.
Not sure the ski boot cam action really works for me!
Don't mean to criticise but I think it would be better higher up.
Thanks though! ;D
Not sure the ski boot cam action really works for me!
Don't mean to criticise but I think it would be better higher up.
Thanks though! ;D
Nice one! Way to get it while its there.
skiied a few laps on tables north side friday the 11th and made this video. variable conditions, but not all that bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elBInZXNSb0
i would be up there today if my truck hadn't broke down this mroning, causing some distress, but luckily a passing good-sumaritan/mechanic stopped and reconnected the accelorator linkage with little trouble.
sounds like it's going to be pretty dangerous up there this week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elBInZXNSb0
i would be up there today if my truck hadn't broke down this mroning, causing some distress, but luckily a passing good-sumaritan/mechanic stopped and reconnected the accelorator linkage with little trouble.
sounds like it's going to be pretty dangerous up there this week
Boot - Yeah, I was lucky to have that trail since the snowline was so high. Above snowline I basically followed the summer climbing route as there were occasional pink flags.
Great views of Spring Mt and Pugh. Did you experience similar snow levels on Spring? I considered going up the trail to Bingley Gap...
Great views of Spring Mt and Pugh. Did you experience similar snow levels on Spring? I considered going up the trail to Bingley Gap...