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Don, Brad and Holly hit it July 31st, followed by myself, Kyle and Jill. Lots of suncups, but still lots of fun. Hiking out on Saturday was incredible...not only how much of that area is in full bloom right now, but also how many hikers there were on trail. We probably passed near 40 people on trail on the way down! Yeah, I've taken to calling it the Flett snowfield as well!
A super rewarding experience to say the least. I'm still living in Montana but like I said, I couldn't resist the temptations after seeing the earlier post from the Mowich to drive and sample myself. Here's a couple of other shots from the trip. Can't wait to get back next year and hopefully a little earlier when the conditions are really good!
Outstanding backyard for all of you living in close proximity to these gems.
KE
Outstanding backyard for all of you living in close proximity to these gems.
KE
I LOVE IT .. I LOVE IT .. I LOVE IT!! thx for the awesome revisit kyle .. fm our glacier peak trip and jason's most excellent earlier tr .. you guys are totally amazing .. but a little sick!!! ;)
btw the mysterious dakobeds have been on my radar ever since ...
btw the mysterious dakobeds have been on my radar ever since ...
author=Lahar_Dar link=topic=13881.msg58115#msg58115 date=1248963095]
Nah, just keep telling yourself you have a legend in your back yard! No need to come out to the PNW. FWIW, Sierra corn is the cob-nobbingist!!
sierra corn? so i have heard. furthest south i have skied is in the bend area of oregon.
rog
author=Jonathan_S. link=topic=13881.msg58112#msg58112 date=1248960022]
I think the record USFS count of people in Tux on a single day is 4,000.
that would be a day with a very crowd drawing race event that take place up there most april's on a weekend at the peak of most folks once a year annual pilgrimage to ski the legend. i think the most people a saw in there this season on the many occasions i passed through as an access...
author=Don_B link=topic=13888.msg58108#msg58108 date=1248931395]
...from one Don to another, can we just go confirm my suspicions?
That's clearly the easiest solution, Don, of course after, you "cross your heart and hope to die" with the Stash Mantra :)
I think the record USFS count of people in Tux on a single day is 4,000.
Crowds in New England? Unbelievable.
OK, between JW's "corrupted" part of a video, the well-cropped Picasa pix, and meeting Amar when he let it slip that some of these characters were in the vicinity at the Stash a couple weeks ago, I think I'm getting this pretty well triangulated, right between Mt X, Mt Y and pt Z. But from one Don to another, can we just go confirm my suspicions?
Kyle, it has been great reading about your summer adventure and great quest of the volcanoes. If there is reincarnation, I hope to follow your tracks. Last time I was at Old Snowy was too long ago, and it was a dry pile of rock in late summer, and we were scrambling up in during a 50 miler backpacking trip when I was leading, or chasing, Boy Scouts. i remember camping at a lake called Mosquito Lake, and realizing too late that there was probably a reason. No waterfalls to drink from, just still...
author=Kyle Miller link=topic=13894.msg58101#msg58101 date=1248921700]
I would jog until my knees couldn't take it anymore then hike for a few minutes then presume my jogging until meeting up with Alex about a mile from the trailhead.
Dude - Kyle, you're an animal. Nice work getting out and still getting some turns. I was oogling that area from the east side of Rainier earlier this month. Looks like beautiful cou...
author=Jonathan_S. link=topic=13881.msg58085#msg58085 date=1248840877]
I fixed it for you (hee hee):
I was a Met fan in Boston (since 1984), so I don't bruise easily. ;D
author=Jonathan_S. link=topic=13881.msg58085#msg58085 date=1248840877]
I fixed it for you (hee hee):
hey jonathan! :D
rog
I fixed it for you (hee hee):
author=andyski link=topic=13881.msg58022#msg58022 date=1248582539]
Tons of traitors here[...]
Hey,
Thanks for the report and I definitely love the first pic!
It reminds me of a very good time there too, last year. We saw that line too, but we went on the left side of it, to first ski the NE slopes and then the N couloir that zig-zags under the spire leading to the summit.
This is were I learnt what summer skiing really is in the Cascades, with a pefect corn on steep terrain at 12pm in the end of J...
Thanks for the report and I definitely love the first pic!
It reminds me of a very good time there too, last year. We saw that line too, but we went on the left side of it, to first ski the NE slopes and then the N couloir that zig-zags under the spire leading to the summit.
This is were I learnt what summer skiing really is in the Cascades, with a pefect corn on steep terrain at 12pm in the end of J...
Nice imagination. Maybe the next time Sky gets chilly I'll coax him into dropping a different aspect and rejoining me while I wait at the top. Or maybe I'll join-sounds pretty rewarding to experiece that much of a mountain in such great ways. Anway, I saw a slide show by you (Kristoffer) years ago in Bozeman. You living out here now, or just sampling the goods?
The Glacier Peak is a special area. I've enjoyed these photos & trip report along with the recent one from the Olympics. There's just a real "soul" your trips instead of the agro CascadeClimbers TRs.
Certainly not a bad photo in the bunch but the photo of turns with the lillies @ White Pass is tops. Just awesome!..
Certainly not a bad photo in the bunch but the photo of turns with the lillies @ White Pass is tops. Just awesome!..
wow!
great stuff. loved the pics. looks pretty darn smooth from where i sit. loved, the just hangin out pic especially. nice pace to be.
rog
great stuff. loved the pics. looks pretty darn smooth from where i sit. loved, the just hangin out pic especially. nice pace to be.
rog
Robie, do you mean the "Margarita ala glaceau" or the relaxing pace? Both of which I could really get used to. Besides, you and I can never quite get our dance cards synched up :( Let's keep trying...
author=danhelmstadter link=topic=13887.msg58054#msg58054 date=1248728280]
thanx for all the cool vids - i like the one of you skiing the diagonal in huntingtons. i really want to check that ravine out some time.
i definetly got a lot of good memories on that hill starting from a very early age - the views of the endless decidous forests (magnificantly green in the summer, golden and red in the fall, and ghastly sticklike and somewhat individually de...
be careful, Don the ways of Jarvis /MAdog can be addictive. See looked what happened to JW ! Do not let yerself get spoiled in this fashion!
Hmmm, no, although we did hike down "en echelon", Ron didn't tell that one. Maybe you could "show me that joke" some day. ;)
author=Rusty Knees link=topic=13887.msg58060#msg58060 date=1248741868]
Fun videos - love the shot of you hiking up that trestle... or is that an east coast escalator for back country skiers?
that is a pretty cool shot. the cog railway still takes passengers via steam engine up the west side of mt washington to the summit. it also offers very easy, as in, over 3000 vert in about an hour or less, on foot, to access to one of the mos...
Why do I even attempt to write up my little day trips? Kyle and Jason, you guys are really amazing. Thanks for sharing with the old wannabees on this website. Just so you know, this was a three beer armchair ski mountaineering trip for me, and I enjoyed every picture, every phrase (especially " a stillness only broken by the overwhelming roar of Boulder Creek."), and every cold sip of it. If I had more brews in the fridge, I'd read it again! An inspiration. I hope wilder st...
Artist Point is open.
I am sure someone can comment on the nuances of sun cups ... but in the case of where I skied on Sholes they were definitely firm (not frozen hard) even though it was a rather warm (and humid) day. Sometimes sun cups can be slushy and you carve through most of each cup on each turn so it doesn't matter (to a point) how big the they get. This was not the case on Saturday - you bumped along reducing the fun of each turn. The steeper areas of the glacier were m...
I am sure someone can comment on the nuances of sun cups ... but in the case of where I skied on Sholes they were definitely firm (not frozen hard) even though it was a rather warm (and humid) day. Sometimes sun cups can be slushy and you carve through most of each cup on each turn so it doesn't matter (to a point) how big the they get. This was not the case on Saturday - you bumped along reducing the fun of each turn. The steeper areas of the glacier were m...
Fun videos - love the shot of you hiking up that trestle... or is that an east coast escalator for back country skiers?
- I'm wondering how the cups got firm. It seems a bit early to become firm, as you guys have been getting hot weather. I could see if a cold front came through, and cooled the West Coast down (which it eventually will).
author=Rusty Knees link=topic=13888.msg58047#msg58047 date=1248674900] Regarding the dirty jokes... I can't tell you... but I can show you! ;)
Not.....the folded towel tour de force....?
thanx for all the cool vids - i like the one of you skiing the diagonal in huntingtons. i really want to check that ravine out some time.
i definetly got a lot of good memories on that hill starting from a very early age - the views of the endless decidous forests (magnificantly green in the summer, golden and red in the fall, and ghastly sticklike and somewhat individually defined in the winter) sprawling over the rolling hills below and beyond to the rocky coast of the atlantic, the...
i definetly got a lot of good memories on that hill starting from a very early age - the views of the endless decidous forests (magnificantly green in the summer, golden and red in the fall, and ghastly sticklike and somewhat individually defined in the winter) sprawling over the rolling hills below and beyond to the rocky coast of the atlantic, the...
Nice work Kyle -- I'll be picking your brain next spring for this one :)
Thanks for the TR. Is the Artist's Point road open?
Jerry - your stash viddy file that Marco linked to must be corrupted (it stops). You may need to reload it. I have a copy if you can't find yours ;)
author=Scotsman link=topic=13885.msg58044#msg58044 date=1248659707]
"even wilder stuff next year". Holy cow what are you planning Kyle as you and Jason have done some amazing stuff this year?
As you well know its all about funding ???
but I would like do something grand maybe in the Tetons ;)
"even wilder stuff next year". Holy cow what are you planning Kyle as you and Jason have done some amazing stuff this year?
Congratulations to you both. Great read and pictures.
Almost makes me what to take my skis for a hike.
Congratulations to you both. Great read and pictures.
Almost makes me what to take my skis for a hike.
I am planning on following a similar route on August 1st. Hopefully this heat wave will not destroy the snow pack significantly.
Killer TR Kyle, nice work! sounds like a helluva suffferfest.
fkna! HARDCORE!! nice work fellas.
Day 4 A Hope of a better tomorrow
I was awoken by the noise of Jason getting his gear together; he had woken up early in the morning to watch the sunrise alpenglow over Glacier Peak. The day before we had both showed interest in skiing the massive aesthetic colouir on Ten Peak that hovered above us and he asked if I still wanted to do so. I knew that the conditions were going to be somewhat ske...
I was awoken by the noise of Jason getting his gear together; he had woken up early in the morning to watch the sunrise alpenglow over Glacier Peak. The day before we had both showed interest in skiing the massive aesthetic colouir on Ten Peak that hovered above us and he asked if I still wanted to do so. I knew that the conditions were going to be somewhat ske...
soft ice
does not compute ;)
Holy crap, nice work y'all. Thanks for sharing it.
does not compute ;)
Holy crap, nice work y'all. Thanks for sharing it.
YESSIRRRREEE!
that be some darn good stuff right thar. snow looks purdy good too!
rog
that be some darn good stuff right thar. snow looks purdy good too!
rog
author=MW88888888 link=topic=13881.msg58026#msg58026 date=1248621914]
Loved the video. Suprised you didn't hit the bridge gap.
thanx, ya fun day for a few turns in the sun on a beautiful day. the snow was so delicious! one thing we generally don't get here is less than stellar corn snow.
the snow bridge was fun to look at, but would've been super sketch to cross.
maybe i'll post a vid or...
author=andyski link=topic=13881.msg58022#msg58022 date=1248582539]
Tons of transplants here, so tux isn't exactly an unknown quantity. Glad you got some good summer turns in. Every once and a while I miss watching naked drunks in rear entry boots do the headwall, but then I realize I get to ski real lines in July and quickly recover.
transplants out there from here? no! ;D
ya, tux can be quite the $hit show at tim...
Hey cool! Obviously I didn't recognize you....
Loved the video. Suprised you didn't hit the bridge gap.
You're preaching to the choir, Tucks is the boss.
You're preaching to the choir, Tucks is the boss.
author=Rusty Knees link=topic=13829.msg57788#msg57788 date=1247712126]
A six mile approach is nothing for a guy who is willing to dig trenches for two days ...that's earning your turns! Good on ya.
The work wore him out a lot more than any mountain has I think! ;D Fortunately, you can't slow the guy down!
author=ale_capone link=topic=13829.msg57796#msg577...