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Congrats to all the brohams getting it on Rainier this weekend. Luckily for me, my hate is on hiatus despite inability to escape the city - wreck beach was a good change of pace.
It was nice to ski with you yesterday, Ross. What was impressive was the amount of melt compared to last week. A couple of photos:
If I'd known it would have been good, I would have gone with you. Went up earlier and saw so much dirty & boot-tracked snow and avy crowns, I turned around and went home and did a m'cycle ride ...
I have no idea where Hidden Lake Peak is, Ross. Any interest in coming up to Baker this summer? I may head up to the Artist Point area this weekend.
I find that the hardest part of posting photos here is trying to chose only three shots from the 150 pictures that I took during the day. I am a computer dinosaur, so if I can understand the process I am sure that you can too. I have a Mac (it would be appropriate if you also used one ;D). I export my three photos from my I-Ph...
I find that the hardest part of posting photos here is trying to chose only three shots from the 150 pictures that I took during the day. I am a computer dinosaur, so if I can understand the process I am sure that you can too. I have a Mac (it would be appropriate if you also used one ;D). I export my three photos from my I-Ph...
That was a nice line! We noted the schrund huck and spent some time analyzing your turns while we packed up before the ski down. I'll see if I can dig up a pic.
Glad you had a good ski.
Glad you had a good ski.
Wow. Nice TR Lisa. Sounds like you got more than you bargained for. Great effort. The epics are more memorable than the summits it seems.
Folklife tour still went well as of yesterday, and heading out early helped with conditions, though lots of breaks through the day added up and we did find deep mush here and there. The streem from Chair Peak Lake would have gone, sort of, but I was glad we did the small climb to the knoll to ski the slopes below Roosevelt. When we looked back up at the outlet creek, we could see continuous snow, but a clear rotten snow band ust below the waterfall.
Still some great turning to be had...
Still some great turning to be had...
I agree with the one month early assessment. I was a Muir yesterday and there was a 1/2 mile carry at Pan Point. Amazing how much less snow there is this year compared to last year.
Yeah, I'd say conditions are similar to late June last year. Get it while it's there!
Good to hear she got out with you. Is there still as much or more snow on the way up to Chair Peak Basin as at end of June last year? It'd be fun to do that one again.
Nice trip. Nothing like Olympic corn.
I was in the first party to ski down, tracks lookers left at top. We left the top at 11:30 and it was too late then. Should have left Seattle at 3:30 instead of 4:30.
Fun, but a little creamier than I like my corn. Set off a wet slab lower down....certainly a spring wake up.
Fun, but a little creamier than I like my corn. Set off a wet slab lower down....certainly a spring wake up.
Sounds like a great trip, thanks for sharing!!
>>How was your carry over?? I was thinking your party must have been freezing up there with
even more wind?<<
Other than hauling everything to the top in one day (10k ft), the carryover went well. The Ingram Gl actualy had many more crevass proplems than did the Tahoma. Lots of new spin-drift filled crevasses. Also everything below Pebble Cr. on the Muir Snowfield was chopped up pretty badly by the post-holing hords.
No wind to spea...
even more wind?<<
Other than hauling everything to the top in one day (10k ft), the carryover went well. The Ingram Gl actualy had many more crevass proplems than did the Tahoma. Lots of new spin-drift filled crevasses. Also everything below Pebble Cr. on the Muir Snowfield was chopped up pretty badly by the post-holing hords.
No wind to spea...
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... Any hints from regulars on how to find the correct entrance?
Main (middle) Chute Entrance: 46* 49' 8"N; 121* 43' 53"W, (map datum NAD83) Elevation 8200 (msl). You can't miss it, there's a big sign there ;) (look for the "rock eyebrow", the horizontal rock band above the entry which connects to the rocks that form the west side...
Thanks mattT! Come along next time. Cheers.
Hey Robyn: remember from our '07 trip down the Paradise Glacier?
I'll be down there tomorrow solo, hoping for Nisq. chutes. I have a GPS but am not :savvy:. Any hints from regulars on how to find the correct entrance? Thanks
I'll be down there tomorrow solo, hoping for Nisq. chutes. I have a GPS but am not :savvy:. Any hints from regulars on how to find the correct entrance? Thanks
We're gonna do a repeat tomorrow but this time exit stage left down the paradise. Reports of pollen in the tatoosh form dorothea who skied there yesterday.(thursday )
Cool idea on the traverse, always nice to get new slants on things.
Great work on the evac. Best of luck with the recovery.
Yikes! Great work all! Nice write-up on the TR Lisa.
author=telemack link=topic=13465.msg56115#msg56115 date=1243535277]yeah, the drive felt like the biggest "no fall zone" of the trip (some impressive drop-offs along the edge of that narrow forest road).
How 'bout that no-bridge drive? ::)
More trip photos are posted here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/chriscass1/RoyalBasinDeceptionBasinOlympicNationalParkMay24To262009?authkey=Gv1sRgCP-JgO_FwYb5oAE#
Monday was a very nice day indeed. We got a later start than you guys though--Spencerhutch and I started skinning shortly after 9 and got up to the camp by 1. Came down through the Nisqually chute, avoiding both the slide debris and setting off anything new...it was great skiing except for a couple of mushy spots, and of course the sticky snow and pollen down towards the parking lot. Eww. Starting earlier is definitely a good idea.
My camera was dead but Spencer's photos are here: htt...
My camera was dead but Spencer's photos are here: htt...
Wow! What an amazing feat you accomplished as a team. Ashlie, I am so sorry to hear that you are injured! As Jason said, the mountains aren't going anywhere. Take good care of yourself and heal quickly.
I agree completely with Amar. I am so proud and privelged to have such a fantastic team of friends and climbers, such as yourselves.
Lisa, you have so many talents! You'd be an excellent ranger. :) Or writer!!!
I agree completely with Amar. I am so proud and privelged to have such a fantastic team of friends and climbers, such as yourselves.
Lisa, you have so many talents! You'd be an excellent ranger. :) Or writer!!!
awesome looking trip. fantastic photos! I'm jealous
Wow, guess I've been out of the loop completely (and out of the state), I didn't even know this had happened. Great work on the self-evac! It makes me proud to have friends as capable and skilled as all of you.
Ashlie, that's a great photo, glad to see you're smiling through the ordeal. I hope you heal quickly and will be back in the mountains shortly. And skiing down Rainier soon in fine form too!!
Ashlie, that's a great photo, glad to see you're smiling through the ordeal. I hope you heal quickly and will be back in the mountains shortly. And skiing down Rainier soon in fine form too!!
Thank you all so much for the well wishes on a quick recovery, turns out I have Medial Head Gastrocnemius tear, Ankle joint strain (Capsulitis/Synovitis), and Deltoid strain.
And to the rockstar team of the year; Wes, Kurt, Dave, Dave, Lisa, Steph, Crystal, and Cory, I can’t thank you all enough! I agree that your collaboration SHOULD make the news as I am still amazed at how efficiently you pulled together this rescue mission. Lisa, you are definitely missing your calling in life,...
And to the rockstar team of the year; Wes, Kurt, Dave, Dave, Lisa, Steph, Crystal, and Cory, I can’t thank you all enough! I agree that your collaboration SHOULD make the news as I am still amazed at how efficiently you pulled together this rescue mission. Lisa, you are definitely missing your calling in life,...
A couple of pics from the day. The first is Ash harvesting some corn before she decided to challenge the group on the way out, and the second is the SAR assistance near the TH.
First off thanks again for all the kind comments
I hear Amar is a much better writer ;)
We should meet up sometime soon
author=Stugie link=topic=13471.msg56130#msg56130 date=1243550555]
You got any volcano tr's coming up? I've still got your harness too.
I hear Amar is a much better writer ;)
We should meet up sometime soon
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Someday, someday, it'll be my turn, too. :...
Hi all on this post,
Any you South cascades officianatos know if the White River road is open to Owyhigh Lakes TH yet, or Fryingpan? Thinking of heading to Seattle tomorrow and throught Chinook on my way home Sunday with a day trip in mind.
Thanks,
John
Any you South cascades officianatos know if the White River road is open to Owyhigh Lakes TH yet, or Fryingpan? Thinking of heading to Seattle tomorrow and throught Chinook on my way home Sunday with a day trip in mind.
Thanks,
John
Incredible effort you all and impeccably done! I don't know of much in this world more challenging than being in incredible pain, or being the partners who have to witness a close friend experiencing that pain, while being responsible for doing one's best to limit the pain in the face of a difficult evac. And it takes so much courage to face the fear of not knowing when/how one is going to get out while in all that excruciating agony.
My thoughts are with you to heal F...
My thoughts are with you to heal F...
Great work team - a story like this should make the news instead of all the lost/fallen climber crap that gets sensationalized.
There was 2-6 inches of wet snow over very hard snow. I sent all the wet stuff down to the bottom of the mountain (and the diller hw). Once the snow softened more than we had, I could see it going bigger than it did (another layer), especially with all the warm heat of the following few days. It snowed on us during the hike in and we skied before noon the day after. I didn't feel concerned with the conditions we had, but would've in the warmer days to come. So I guess what you saw coul...
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South Sister looked good! Wish I could have gotten up it, but middle sister had to do.
What did you ski on Middle? We saw someone's tracks down the Diller Headwall on Sunday. If they were yours, did you remotely trigger the big slab on the adjacent hanging face?
Sounds like a ripped achilles that window shaded up to the calf. Good work gang.
Dave and Ash, you guys are awesome. Ashlie, heal up soon! The mountains will always be there. Before you know it, you'll be shredding them up.
Jdclimber - you are so right. Despite tearing the biggest of the calf muscle group & a severe tweak of the ankle area, Ash really wanted to try & make it out on her own (I think it's that tough east coast thing that people talk about :)). Kudos also to the efforts of this fine group of ski mountaineers!
Lots of respect to you all. Get well soon Ashlie!
Great work! That was not a rescue, that was a self-evac of the finest form. A non-preventable injury followed by the proudest form of self reliance does not constitute a rescue.
Nice job, Oyvind. 2 observations:
Even if our sons end up not following our turns, they will follow our hearts.
Touring @ Stevens after closing day was when I discovered I had a fine ski dog. woof
Even if our sons end up not following our turns, they will follow our hearts.
Touring @ Stevens after closing day was when I discovered I had a fine ski dog. woof
Wow... Great work everyone you really pulled together and made the best decision in the worst situation.
Well Kyle, if you weren't so lazy and afraid of a little extra vertical, you could have dropped a bike at Cayuse and done the tour in reverse with a nice ride down to the car at the end of the day. ;D Walking all the way back to Cayuse is ridiculous; I would have laid down and died at that point! I especially can't believe you carried your pack and board all that way. Must have been a little delirious ;).
Whoa Joe, what's up with the Dege trip? D...
Whoa Joe, what's up with the Dege trip? D...
Sounds like everyone was well trained, experienced, fit, and worked together well.
Kudos to the SAR team too. Anyone who would volunteer for the slog to Longs Pass knowing that they would be operating in the dark has my respect.
Kudos to the SAR team too. Anyone who would volunteer for the slog to Longs Pass knowing that they would be operating in the dark has my respect.
Good team work Everyone. Glad Ash is alright. Heal quick!
You made the news on KXLE. Good job helping her out, and best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Wow, sounds like a lot of great teamwork !!!!!
Ashlie may you get better real sooooon. Glad to hear there were so many to help on that long day.
Great tour Kyle way to knock the two out in one day.
That Chute off Tamanos is awesome when the conditions are right! Ironically, I skied Tamanos via Cayuse and back the same day Marcus' group did the Chimneys last year. The condition of the snow in the trees from Owyhigh to the white river road get pretty bumpy and sticky as the settlement continues. So I made the decision to backtrack to Cayuse.
It is great to read what you discovered because when I skied Dege last Sunday...
That Chute off Tamanos is awesome when the conditions are right! Ironically, I skied Tamanos via Cayuse and back the same day Marcus' group did the Chimneys last year. The condition of the snow in the trees from Owyhigh to the white river road get pretty bumpy and sticky as the settlement continues. So I made the decision to backtrack to Cayuse.
It is great to read what you discovered because when I skied Dege last Sunday...
Way to go! I can't begin to tell you the amount of time we've spent looking at those lines while working on opening Chinook. Oh yes I can, only a few- but those occasional breaks in the pre-spring weather make it all the better to see.
That's definitely one to get after.
That's definitely one to get after.