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Thanks for reminding me about the icicle removal.. That year I worked for Alp Patrol just doing hill maintenance and avalanche hazard mitigation. Morgan was one of my closest friends, and I was so psyched when he told me we were going to be working the same hill! I wandered into his office to shoot the shit and to see if he wanted to take a break from ski school duties to throw heavy things at the big ice dagger.. of course he was interested. We had a great time demolish...
Ah, thanks for the beta! I recognize your name as having put up a climbing route on Mamie - am I correct?
I don't suppose you have any pics you could share of when you traversed it? Was that in summer then?
I went to Hannegan Peak from Hannegan Pass a few winter's back and it was super mellow, but sounds like I'll want to do some Google Earth work before I head back.
Cheers,
Peter
I don't suppose you have any pics you could share of when you traversed it? Was that in summer then?
I went to Hannegan Peak from Hannegan Pass a few winter's back and it was super mellow, but sounds like I'll want to do some Google Earth work before I head back.
Cheers,
Peter
Regarding your first photo of the summit cornice, I've become more wary in recent years about cornices on rocky ridges and I've come to think that I should avoid walking on them at all, even when it feels like you're well back from the danger. So in that first picture, I would suggest staying on the rocks to just a few feet to lookers right of your partner. Because you can't predict where the cornice may break and how much it will take with it.
I came to this concl...
I came to this concl...
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This avalanche path might be the only one like it in the world. An active fumarole right next to a steep 7,000' slope that gets absolutely blasted with snow during the winter.
It's remarkable to me how that serac can fall off and scour the glacier below, and just a few years later build back up again (50ft+ thick?) to repeat.
I get the willies...
I've done that traverse! And it's was gloriously beautiful and full of blueberries....in September. Obviously getting around Mamie Peak will be the crux of your mission. Pretty deep and steep gullies on the north side will need to be negotiated. Skiing the 4th class knife edge ridge crest will not be an option.
I need to get down there one of these years. Some pics would help inspire me even more.
Anyway, congrats - sounds like a good spot to be right now!
Anyway, congrats - sounds like a good spot to be right now!
Awesome! Looks like great coverage despite the low snowpack in the North Cascades right now.
Did you get any photos looking towards Cache Col, Magic, and Pelton you could share?
Did you get any photos looking towards Cache Col, Magic, and Pelton you could share?
So rad.. thanks for sharing! Trips like that are major tests of equipment.. wondering what lessons you learned, or specifically what you brought and valued, didn't bring and wished you had, etc..
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It is still possible to get in the zone. 1.5 million of vertical for the season to go along with 151 months of earned turns.
Woah! Whats the boundries of a season for yall?
Younger brothers do what ever it takes...it's in our DNA
What a great trip, thanks for the report, thanks for figuring out how to make your pictures work, keep the good stuff coming. TAY needs you! THANKS!
ha, funny Porter. I met another Porter M. on Shuksan this season and jumped to a conclusion. Congrats on finishing school anyway!
I added a link to a google album so hopefully that works and satisfies your picture request.
Thanks guys for the comments. You are right, probably just downhill from here. But I like downhill.
I added a link to a google album so hopefully that works and satisfies your picture request.
Thanks guys for the comments. You are right, probably just downhill from here. But I like downhill.
Nice work boys! Wow, that slide off Sherman is something fierce!
seriously. first trip report? well, everything is downhill.
Good news is my schoolwork wound down a few years ago, however the bad news is I'm a different Porter than you know... Haha funny coincidence though in a relatively niche hobby
Those photos are great! Would love to see any others you're interested in posting. Amazing part of the Cascades
Those photos are great! Would love to see any others you're interested in posting. Amazing part of the Cascades
Hey Porter, this is Peter! You and I need to get another good ski in this season. Hope your track/schoolwork is winding down soon!
I think I worked out the pics, maybe I'll do a public album as well.
I think I worked out the pics, maybe I'll do a public album as well.
Heck of a trip! Pics aren't showing on the two devices I've tried though
Thanks for the info- gonna try to squeeze this tour in!
Thanks for the day. I thought we were skiing one line that day..... I was happy finally skiing the main ski line in the center. But to ski four more lines in a day was a bonus. Classic younger brother sandbagging the older brother moment..... Glad I can still hang in there some days. It is still possible to get in the zone. 1.5 million of vertical for the season to go along with 151 months of earned turns. Thanks for the day.
Thanks for the conditions report Stefan, and the reminder of our friends who have left us too soon, never to be forgotten.
Morg, balls deep on a big pow day...
Morg, balls deep on a big pow day...
great news! glad to know your getting the fun
Was up there yesterday. The approach via sled had a LOT of dry road and was a lot slower than we were planning because of it. The Cascadian itself is nearly melted out. It's quite narrow in spots with rocks poking through. We ended up turning and skiing from the top of the Cascadian because it was 2 pm by the time we made it there, and my leg was cramping something fierce. The upper Cascadian had about 6" of newer snow which skied somewhat funky, but the lower part held great corn.
Micah, thanks, I'll try and get it straightened out this evening,
jtack: if you email the pictures to me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) I will get them up. I can't see the pictures at the urls you have now (maybe permissions on your google??). In any event, I don't think those urls will display inline on TAY. Shoot me a pm if you want help massaging your pictures. (Ditto for everyone else.)
Yeah, looks like it was triggered by the fumarole to me. I don't see how else it would glide off the rock like that and leave glacial ice debris.
This avalanche path might be the only one like it in the world. An active fumarole right next to a steep 7,000' slope that gets absolutely blasted with snow during the winter.
Scrolling through John Scurlock's photos I found this one of the Park Headwall in October: https://pbase.com/nolock/image/69174842
This avalanche path might be the only one like it in the world. An active fumarole right next to a steep 7,000' slope that gets absolutely blasted with snow during the winter.
Scrolling through John Scurlock's photos I found this one of the Park Headwall in October: https://pbase.com/nolock/image/69174842
very cool photos! Pretty sure Scurlock has taken photos of a very similar release zone in years past. Fumarole induced weakness?
Off topic... Perhaps used by OP Dickert himself on the Goode FA in '36? Fantastic photo of NF Goode, and recent Black Pk carving.
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The day started out with perfect, windless bluebird skies and switched to a low cloud deck with few openings around 11 and then light snow by noon.Â
Always seems like the approach has the best damn weather!!!! Beta well received. Thanks for sharing
Such a fine tour, and a great TR. Thanks! Amazing power displayed by that Sherman Peak/Boulder Glacier growler. Perhaps worthy of a fly-over snapshot by Mr Scurlock? Maybe from high elevation rain-on-snow event on 4/18-19?
See https://pbase.com/nolock/image/65041891
See https://pbase.com/nolock/image/65041891
Ed and I harvested some delicious sweet corn in Crystal Lakes dropping in from the Bench. In prime shape. Lots of spontaneous wet slide activity below cornices and point releases.
Thanks, Lane.
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Go for it. I'm the skier (Lane Aasen) and my friend Matthew Koppe took the photo.
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I suggest a caption contest.... or at least OP let me know if it's not cool to use as cover photo.
Go for it. I'm the skier (Lane Aasen) and my friend Matthew Koppe took the photo.
I suggest a caption contest.... or at least OP let me know if it's not cool to use as cover photo. I concur that the photo is one of many really nice shots aaasen has recently posted.
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I nominate picture #2 of the next cover photo on Turns All Year. Second?
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Thanks for the photo complements, my friend Matthew took it. It's a special shot for me because Goode is in the background and my great grandfather was on the first ascent of Goode in 1936. Black Peak was climbed a decade earlier, but back then it was probably a multi-day expedition from Lake Chelan, not a roadside day trip. It's a spectacular part of the Cascades.
Thanks for the photo complements, my friend Matthew took it. It's a special shot for me because Goode is in the background and my great grandfather was on the first ascent of Goode in 1936. Black Peak was climbed a decade earlier, but back then it was probably a multi-day expedition from Lake Chelan, not a roadside day trip. It's a spectacular part of the Cascades.
The whippet was nice for prying the window open, but if you need to smash the window a real ice axe is the tool...
The whippet was nice for prying the window open, but if you need to smash the window a real ice axe is the tool...
Heck yes that is a good shot. Agree that the S slope of Black down to Woody Cr skied great!
We also noticed you guys problem-solving on the lockout earlier in the morning, and congratulated you. At one point it looked like you were going to find yet another use for a whippet.
We also noticed you guys problem-solving on the lockout earlier in the morning, and congratulated you. At one point it looked like you were going to find yet another use for a whippet.
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I nominate picture #2 of the next cover photo on Turns All Year. Second?
Second! Magazine cover worthy.
I nominate picture #2 of the next cover photo on Turns All Year. Second?
Picture number #2 put a smile on my face. Thanks for sharing - If you are ever looking for an extra tour buddy hit me up!
Whippet real good. Looks like you guys had fun :)
Awesome work there. Great video too, it made me jones for snow...