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Yeah, it took a little faith to put skis back on after the short carry from the bottom of the dirty face (on which I turned in the white patches). It was hard to see if the next snowpatch went past the first creek constriction, but I decided even that was worth it to save my legs from a little steep downhiking even if not from a time saving perspective. When I saw that it went further... and kept going... SCORE!! Thanks for using the altimeter - I wondered afterwards how low I'd skied. I li...
Nice job - I like Keith's photo of Mack in the fog. Mack, your comment about poles made me go check ours, but nope, we brought all of ours back last week. If the area was new to you, and you want to see it in good visibility, you can check out my tr from last Friday.
Nice skiing shots Keith! You need to twist Mack's arm to shoot some of you next time. I's not fair for him to get all of the "Mackognition". ;)
Nice skiing shots Keith! You need to twist Mack's arm to shoot some of you next time. I's not fair for him to get all of the "Mackognition". ;)
Ryan, Dan, Eric, Sky - super effort - stay safe on them thar steeps.
Kind of late (sorry!), but here are my pics and Greg's TR from June 28:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090628Fryingpan
http://www.randosaigai.com/fryingpan062809.html
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090628Fryingpan
http://www.randosaigai.com/fryingpan062809.html
Kind of late (sorry!), but here are my pics and Greg's TR from June 28:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090628Fryingpan
http://www.randosaigai.com/fryingpan062809.html
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090628Fryingpan
http://www.randosaigai.com/fryingpan062809.html
Jonathan,
Thanks! I really like the picture of the lake. I got distant views of it, but even then the colors were striking.
Alan
Thanks! I really like the picture of the lake. I got distant views of it, but even then the colors were striking.
Alan
Ha! Small world -- I think we were in the chutes at the same time. We took a leisurely lunch at the meltwater tarn near the bottom. Glad you had such a great trip out here.
here ya go (but sorry i can't figure out how to attach my large size photo so you can see -- you on the summit ... and jason's and kyle's turns on disappointment and east of the climbing route -- so go to:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33792231@N00/3698896801/sizes/l/in/set-72157620978750667/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33792231@N00/3698898553/sizes/l/in/set-72157620978750667/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33792231@N00/3698896801/sizes/l/in/set-72157620978750667/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33792231@N00/3698898553/sizes/l/in/set-72157620978750667/
I showed up Saturday afternoon, needing a rest after a 16-hour door-to-door North Cascades trip the prior day, but wanting to get in some skiing, and close to White River Campground.
Sunrise definitely fit the bill.
Some pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090627Sunrise
Sunrise definitely fit the bill.
Some pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090627Sunrise
We were there just six days later, and indeed conditions had deteriorated:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090629UpToEmmonsFlats
Then we were there again going up Thursday, and back down Friday -- seemed even worse.
It's fine for accessing Emmons, but as a ski destination on its own, best to hit it as late in the day as possible to at least make all the suncups soft.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090629UpToEmmonsFlats
Then we were there again going up Thursday, and back down Friday -- seemed even worse.
It's fine for accessing Emmons, but as a ski destination on its own, best to hit it as late in the day as possible to at least make all the suncups soft.
We talked with you on the hike in and out -- here are our pics from that same day:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090626NorthCascades
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090626NorthCascades
author=Jim Oker link=topic=13778.msg57571#msg57571 date=1246734350]There were a few ski carries along the traverse and down toward the creek, but aside from that, we were able to ski down a snow finger along the creek (which is undermined by water of course - and there are spots that won't go much longer...) to something like 6,500 (didn't check an altimeter).
That was definitely the way to do it. Unfortunately, on Saturday I...
author=telemack link=topic=13797.msg57649#msg57649 date=1247000510]
Cool---we skied over your tracks in the fog yesterday.
Did you leave one BD pole and a Petzl axe/pole at the very top of the glacier? They wera t the very top of the snow yesterday.
Those aren't ours - we saw several parties going up after us - one of them must have left it. We also met a party that was climbing Pinnacle Peak; another party go...
I'll piggyback on Silas's thread since our summit ski was the same day.
The skiing above where Silas turned around was indeed just transportation skiing -- on the descent, once we passed that most sketchy crevasse (with the picket in place), it was like passing through to the Kingdom of Corn.
Our pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090703FromTheTop
Also, some video footage from our partner Loren --
Heading up from Camp...
The skiing above where Silas turned around was indeed just transportation skiing -- on the descent, once we passed that most sketchy crevasse (with the picket in place), it was like passing through to the Kingdom of Corn.
Our pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jshefftz/20090703FromTheTop
Also, some video footage from our partner Loren --
Heading up from Camp...
I must have overlapped with some of you -- I definitely remember seeing a Zzero4 + MBSL setup in that big group at the base where everyone was de-skiing (which turns out to be a mistake).
I pulled into Cold Springs ~8:00 Friday night (after skiing off the summit of Rainier earlier in the day). I got a late start Saturday morning at a bit past 8:00, reached the summit at 2:00, was in the Chutes sometime after that, and back at the campsite by 5:00. Some pics here:
http...
I pulled into Cold Springs ~8:00 Friday night (after skiing off the summit of Rainier earlier in the day). I got a late start Saturday morning at a bit past 8:00, reached the summit at 2:00, was in the Chutes sometime after that, and back at the campsite by 5:00. Some pics here:
http...
Sweet TR, Ryan. Burly line. :).
Wolfs,
Bill Doyle here, I'm the skier you met atop the Frying Pan. Thanks for the advice and the tracks, I was really considering retracing my steps over meany Crest and am very glad I didn't.
Bill Doyle here, I'm the skier you met atop the Frying Pan. Thanks for the advice and the tracks, I was really considering retracing my steps over meany Crest and am very glad I didn't.
Nice work gentlemen!! Quite the route to knock off, congratulations to you all!
You are pretty bad ass yourself Ryan, well done. 8)
You are pretty bad ass yourself Ryan, well done. 8)
author=telemack link=topic=13797.msg57649#msg57649 date=1247000510]
Cool---we skied over your tracks in the fog yesterday.
Did you leave one BD pole and a Petzl axe/pole at the very top of the glacier? They wera t the very top of the snow yesterday.
yeah, we were going to take them down to see if we could find the owners but then figured they were probably Ranger Rick's and we didn't want to get yelled at and h...
Cool---we skied over your tracks in the fog yesterday.
Did you leave one BD pole and a Petzl axe/pole at the very top of the glacier? They wera t the very top of the snow yesterday.
Did you leave one BD pole and a Petzl axe/pole at the very top of the glacier? They wera t the very top of the snow yesterday.
Nice! that's a hell of a tour for such a short time! props!
The snow looks so much like yesterday at the Tatoosh but the sky is SO different!
Congrats on a most amazing journey!!!!!!!
Pictures of telemack telemacking it up: Tatoosh in the Rain
Oops--posted this on the wrong page. :-[ Thanks for moving it.
ultradonkey -- miraculously i caught a pic of you standing on the summit (it was unintentional but very cool -- i have 2 shots -- one just b4 w/o and the next with you) ... we were camped below on the ridge and i said hi ... when we have them edited i'll post it and pm you ... now to unpack all the wet stuff ....ugh
o yeah jason ... i forgot ... and some good shots of your killer turns of the day, too ;)
o yeah jason ... i forgot ... and some good shots of your killer turns of the day, too ;)
Great work Ryan. I wish i could've been there with you guys...sort of. Thanks for the story. Sounds like an amazing trip.
Ally and Kam - May your years grow increasingly blissful, skiing, enjoying one another and growing old together.
I certainly wish that I could have taken advantage of your offer to allow me to tag along with your party. I am going to block out a big section of my late June/early July 1010 calendar for a Squak Glacier climb. With the weather forecast of the day, I am surprised that you needed to wear all that winter clothing at the summit.
thanks for the well-wishes everyone! oh, and nice boa kam. :)
Thanks for the report as always....nice to see the extended pics on TT too, amazing to see the change within a month. Now to decide next weeks overnight....there or Sunrise.
It was a great time up there. Nice to meet another skier (I think that was you anyhow). What a great place! I couldn't believe how many people there were in that area though. A shock to us after not seeing anyone for nearly a week.
The photo looking down the mountain is the ascent route I took, with Disappointment Peak in the fore/middle ground. Yeah, I really wanted to get back into those big suncups fast, so I had to cut down on the talking:)
A nap at Piker's and a shot of the chutes -- the exit to the main chute is melting quick, but may last the week if it doesn't get cooked again.
I think you skied right past us as we were climbing to camp Saturday night near Glacier Gap? Great job going from the road to the summit and back to your camp in one day! That's a long haul.
Nice work and thanks for the conditions update. Is that second picture looking back down from Glacier toward the approach route, with the N Fork Sauk valley in the far background?
The leftward traversing exit seems like it would be unpleasant if melted out - I'm assuming it's more of that volcanic talus that we all crossed in our thankfully-short carries this past weekend.
Some of the suncups were insane - I'm sure others here have seen worse but it was the worst I'd seen. Believe me, I stuck to the slalom runs in those areas except for brief moments where I could squeeze a shorter radius turn in thanks to a rare smaller bump/divot. If we&#...
Some of the suncups were insane - I'm sure others here have seen worse but it was the worst I'd seen. Believe me, I stuck to the slalom runs in those areas except for brief moments where I could squeeze a shorter radius turn in thanks to a rare smaller bump/divot. If we&#...
Interesting, jcocci -- we dropped in right around 1:30. We were a group of seven, though we skied it more spread out, to keep things moving. There were spots that were a little scraped off and spots out to the sides that were a little bumpy, but all in all I thought it was excellent skiing. We were just getting out when the first big one came down, though another big one came down about 45 minutes later -- that's the one that hit one of the other skiers.
Jim, I read your repor...
Jim, I read your repor...
Interesting how differently folks can assess the same conditions.
We loved the chutes in late afternoon on the 3rd (verging on 4PM) - fairly smooth, and the corn was wonderful especially if you avoided turning where prior skiers had scraped down to a bit of ice/frozen granular. But we heard later from ascending climbers that some of the folks ahead of us deemed them nearly unskiable. I'm betting this was more than just differences due to time of day, as it didn't sound as i...
We loved the chutes in late afternoon on the 3rd (verging on 4PM) - fairly smooth, and the corn was wonderful especially if you avoided turning where prior skiers had scraped down to a bit of ice/frozen granular. But we heard later from ascending climbers that some of the folks ahead of us deemed them nearly unskiable. I'm betting this was more than just differences due to time of day, as it didn't sound as i...
If you're wanting to know if the entrance to the chute is totally gone, you can just barely see it (when visibility allows) on the Paradise webcam.
Long Story
With all the good weather forecast I decided to forgo my usual style of 'fast as possible' and actually enjoy a trip. With that in mind I drove late Friday night to the North Fork Sauk TH with the idea of getting plenty of rest for the next day. Well, being me, that turned into only 1 hour of sleep, but who cares, the sky was blue and the temps nice and warm.
The NF Sauk trail seems to have fallen into disrepair over the last few years, and while ea...
With all the good weather forecast I decided to forgo my usual style of 'fast as possible' and actually enjoy a trip. With that in mind I drove late Friday night to the North Fork Sauk TH with the idea of getting plenty of rest for the next day. Well, being me, that turned into only 1 hour of sleep, but who cares, the sky was blue and the temps nice and warm.
The NF Sauk trail seems to have fallen into disrepair over the last few years, and while ea...
Hmm...
What time did you guys hit the chutes on the 4th? I was there with a group and we hit them at about 1:30pm and they were crap in my opinion. We also saw a good sized boulder go hauling down the mountain along with a bunch of small ones. Luckily it didn't hit anyone.
What time did you guys hit the chutes on the 4th? I was there with a group and we hit them at about 1:30pm and they were crap in my opinion. We also saw a good sized boulder go hauling down the mountain along with a bunch of small ones. Luckily it didn't hit anyone.
author=iWill
Skied down to the lake for a nice 1500'.
You skied it twice? ;D
Your tracks on Sunday.
Its nice to hear that the SW chutes are smooth
...i thought the rock looked more like a flying television than a pinwheeling refrigerator :)
although the top and the bottom of the mountain were definitely marginal skiing it was nice to finally ski the chutes when they were consistent corn from top to bottom without ever getting mashed potatoey...but yeah, i think that route is just about done for the year.
although the top and the bottom of the mountain were definitely marginal skiing it was nice to finally ski the chutes when they were consistent corn from top to bottom without ever getting mashed potatoey...but yeah, i think that route is just about done for the year.