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author=arcticcat2 link=topic=13697.msg57244#msg57244 date=1245941167]
I see you have found my winter powder fields via 1000cc and a little bit of skining

I was thinking that would be a good way to get there in the winter, considering its a popular spot for sleds anyways. 

btw Adam, the Coombas are working out great!  :D

just three weeks ago tele' steve & i skied all the way down to the first bridge after spending three days touring up there..
cheers

Nice kam.  Great photos.  Your buddy Chip seems like a nutty guy!  :D

Nice report - love that side of the park.

author=wolfs link=topic=13700.msg57234#msg57234 date=1245868763]
...sensitive cows...

Hehe... I knew someone that fit that description -- back in another lifetime  ;)

Nicely crafted, informative report, Wolfs.
Great Pics, too. Thanks.

I put my sleeping bag inside a steel sack garbage bag inside my stuff sack so my bag is guaranteed to stay dry and I do the same with my clothes--inside a steel sack inside a stuff sack. In an emergency one steel sack can be turned in a poncho with 3 cuts to cover the upper body and the other steel sack can cover the legs. Combined with the little waterproof  space blanket I am reasonably assured of staying relatively dry in an emergency.

author=skykilo link=topic=13678.msg57230#msg57230 date=1245866377]
Glad you're all right. Thanks for posting this, Kyle. I'm trying to learn from your experience right now: I'm not leaving this coffee shop to walk to work until it quits raining. ;)

Hummm. 11AM... ::)  What time do you go to work when it's not raining?
Have you been in the coffee shop all night?

Glad you are OK Kyle. I had a similar experience on Sunday while trying to mt. bike Suntop Trail. After reaching the top in good weather I headed down in shorts, shirt and shoes. Within 1/2 hour it was snowing then raining. I was totally soaked and my wet clothes were pulling all my heat and energy from my body. I could not feel my hands or feet so breaking and clipping in was very difficult. I was shivering so much it was hard to control my bike. There were long sections of trail where I had to...

Great photos!  Your buddy Chip sure is a hair little guy.  Next time get pics of him carving some turns! ::)

author=silaswild link=topic=13694.msg57204#msg57204 date=1245773032]
Thanks for the report, yes there are a number of us up here in Pugetopolis who are thinking of escaping our return to normal off and on rainy weather to visit the sunny south, 545 mile drive to Brewer Ck trailhead, at least gas is not back to $4/gallon yet.

Go! :).

skiied it this morning, good corn (except for the suncups down low).

Tarvertine, Thanks for everything!! A great trip, despite the less than ideal weather!!

Slideshow: http://www.the808.net/gallery/slideshow.php?set_albumName=June-2009

http://www.the808.net/gallery/June-2009


Pano stitched from 5 photos on Sunday morning (6-...

Looks like my brother Andy just posted photos on his response above!
Sorry I missed putting them in the original post!

So I hope people can see the photos now.

Thanks for the comments and giver!

I love the cascades!

I started from the unofficial backdoor scrape-up-your-truck-on-roadside-brush shortcut TH at the hairpin turn.  There's some pretty awesome waterfalls along that trail!

Crazy!  I did the traverse back a few years ago.  We took 6 days on the trip.  We did start at Whistler and end at parking west of the Elfin huts.

I know people do the Spearhead in a few hours regularly, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

If you're interested you can check out the TR from back in the day ;)

McBride 2002

It has some pictures of the area too.

I have found that an 8' x 12' nylon tarp has made for an excellent shelter in fairly nasty weather - pretty light and generally easy to set up and doesn't take up much space in the pack. The caveat is that it's not worth much above the treeline unless you do some major snow shovelling.

Glad you made it back - an excellent report of a miserable experience.

Goodunonya!

I've got those same 70's Flashback wheels on my Arbor longboard!  Nice!

Whew!  Brrrrr.  Thanks for sharing and good work getting out.  There's nothing like a soaking wet unplanned bivi to prompt one to reassess gear and methods.  And thanks to Lowell for the info on the Zdarsky tent, my next silnylon project.

Kyle and I (and several others here) were on that search last June when we found Kevin, Devlin and Phillip, the three snowboarders who were buried by a slide in Cement Basin while they slept...  I think that's where Kyle is coming from...  Personally, I use mine and don't have that association, but it's a tough image to shake.

Some of the rock we're working on...


^{The blue area marks what we've cleaned on that particular area.}

Ha! I must have followed your footsteps yesterday. I got to the same "interesting rock scramble" and decided to throw in the towel and grab a beer back in town. I'd had plenty of fun wandering through the forest anyway. I think I might try to play hookey later in the week and try again on the Snow Lake Trail.

author=gravyb link=topic=13686.msg57162#msg57162 date=1245682697]
Is it less cool to call it Great Scott Bowl?  I'd appre...

I know. I kept looking up fear factor, but I don't like rocks and dirt.

Of the several times I've skied that chute that's the furthest I've ever had to downclimb to put on skis. I think the condition of fear factor is pretty representative of the area. I can't imagine Dege doing much better. We didn't really get a chance to check it out. The weather was just too lousy to hike any further down the ridge.

For what it's worth, here are a couple pictures of my homemade Zdarsky tent, packed and in use (click thumbnails to enlarge):

Nice, some really good looking stuff up there!  Nice photos!  I like the ocean shots.