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We did the Squak over May 23-24, and will second the recommendation from RafMax. Great moderate skiing from about 9800' to 5800'. Very direct, very filled in right now.
Very, very nice, Don. Glad you two finally made it. :)
thanks Oyvind, Joe and Richard for a fantastic trip. The photos hardly do justice to the scenery though.
My partner was up on Thursday with her friend, they came upon a pair of skies lookers left of lower Nash in the tree's... Probably the result of a double eject. She said it looked like evidence of an alien abduction.
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one ski track visible from the summit going off the ENE side of the peak.
;D
Nice work guys that approach must be way less brutal then from pole creek.
author=Kyle Miller link=topic=13419.msg55861#msg55861 date=1243129437]
What route did you take.
Kyle, after skinning up to the col west of devil's hill, we skinned up the red line then skied the green. It makes for 2000vf of uninterrupted fall line skiing, then about 1000vf of semi-traversing turns, then another 1000vf of tree skiing after crossing the long plateau. There were many other groups picking their own combination o...
author=Kyle Miller link=topic=13419.msg55861#msg55861 date=1243129437]
What route did you take.
We took the standard southside route from Devil's Lake.
Thanks for the report - I'm headed to Green Lakes tomorrow. Looks like it should be good. We're hoping to do the South Sister and Broken Top on Monday and Tuesday.
Good job Rusty!
First time down the Chute is always a memorable experience.
Stewie and I camped in the Tatoosh last nigh 5/22 and had a great view of the chutes.
Skiing was not great today but we got some turns in.
First time down the Chute is always a memorable experience.
Stewie and I camped in the Tatoosh last nigh 5/22 and had a great view of the chutes.
Skiing was not great today but we got some turns in.
Tons of coverage on the north aspects, all the way into the valley. not so much for the south facing side. This is the best pic i can find of the north facing side, taken from the top of obstruction pt:
yeah, great day and thanks for all those who joined us. i think i've avoided south sister for so long due to her reputation as a beginner's mountain, but after today's ski i regret that i hadn't skied this mountain long ago...what a blast!
p.s. i found a climbing helmet on the standard climbers route. pm me if you know who's it is.
p.s. i found a climbing helmet on the standard climbers route. pm me if you know who's it is.
We started our ascent from the meadows parking lot, then up to the top of cascade. There were a few large shallow wet slides on the face set off from the day before, and we set off a few more slow moving slides, but no real avy danger.
We avoided the southside route because of memorial day traffic, although from the crater rim we only saw about 30 climbers. There were 2 good looking ski tracks that appeared to venture to west crater rim then down the zigzag though...props to whoever p...
We avoided the southside route because of memorial day traffic, although from the crater rim we only saw about 30 climbers. There were 2 good looking ski tracks that appeared to venture to west crater rim then down the zigzag though...props to whoever p...
A friend skied it today and said the lower 1/3 was real mushy and a fracture line & avy debris to skier's left. We went to Reflection Lakes to skin to Castle but at 0830 there was a wet easily breakable crust over 6+ inches of sugar snow over another breakable crust on the first 100 yds up, we turned around and went home.
Don ,
Nice report . think I'll try buy my way out of mush with some elevation.
Nice report . think I'll try buy my way out of mush with some elevation.
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Rusty Knees -what was your start time? What time was "corn o'clock?" Thanks.
Hi Sltbrdr, We started skiing from Anvil around 2:30, I think. We didn't hit real corn till the bottom of the chutes. Up higher, it was jsut a soft film of soft new over the firm base. Top of the chutes it was 2-3" of soft, mushy, snow. I...
Rusty Knees -what was your start time? What time was "corn o'clock?" Thanks.
author=gravitymk link=topic=13406.msg55837#msg55837 date=1243087910]
Yes, but what about the meltout swag? ;)
Nice pair Oakley goggles, lens intact and in fine shape. EMP-style metallic lens, that *bling* look that only a snowboarder would wear ;)
Sweet - we were going to do the face last weekend but did the soutside instead due to Avy danger. Love to see the pics............
Robert--biking on the road was pure suffering and added about 4 hours to our approach time. We probably would have skied the Easton if we had realized how much work that would be... On the other hand, you'd probably have Heliotrope Ridge and the Coleman all to yourself!
David--I only noticed a few spots with the telltale sag of a hidden crevasse. I think that the big snows in March and the the cool temps in April and May have kept the bridges solid and only the big crevasses are an issue right now. By my estimation the route was very safe, however this was my first time on the Coleman Glacier.
Thanks for the report. How were the conditions in Badger Valley?
Nice trip, you guys! We did that same route last August, didn't get quite as high, but also on several inches of new powder. Ahhh Baker!
Cool tour and photos! The only time of the year when the Crapcadian is tolerable...
Try the squak glacier...probably the best of the 3 common baker ski routes. You get to just bomb rollers for about 4k after you get off the roman wall.
Clarence - Can you tell me if there are any crevasse issues either above Heliotrope Ridge (the 1st steep slope of the lower glacier) or higher up on the route? Looks very filled in with fresh, which would tell me there are some hidden bridges loooooming.
Nice work travis. Mt adams next weekend?
Chris
Chris
Thanks for the TR. I am thinking about this for next weekend. It looks like it is a longer trip than when I have done it before. It looks like you guys hit the timing perfectly.
Thanks for posting, I try to get up there at least once each year. I do not have the right equipment for telemark or rondonee skiing, but ski the chutes with down hill skiies I rarely have seen marks for other skiers. Last weekend I skied Sonora pass and hope to get up to Ebbetts this weekend.
Here is a post from last year- Go to the bottom
http://www.telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=34908&highlight=ebbetts
Here is a post from last year- Go to the bottom
http://www.telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=34908&highlight=ebbetts
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Was up around Norse Pk on Monday. Could feel the blasts in our bones.
Video?
Here's the link I included in my initial post. It gets kinda lost if you skim the post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPxS03YqAyA
author=Marcus link=topic=13398.msg55804#msg55804 date=1243005348]
Nice! Did you get a look farther east, at all? I'm wondering how far out Gold Creek has melted...
Sorry, don't know. Pictures show everywhere we "looked".
Nice! Did you get a look farther east, at all? I'm wondering how far out Gold Creek has melted...
Was up around Norse Pk on Monday. Could feel the blasts in our bones.
Video?
Video?
Thanks for sharing this Lowell. The education does go a long way. And I'm glad to see the guys recognized for the hard work they do. Interestingly enough, we were discussing this several weeks ago and wondering who the "lucky guys were" that got paid to spend their day ski cutting and detonating for Chinook Pass... had no idea you were one of them Aaron. :) Thanks so much.
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Sorry the weather didn't cooperate.
I've never enjoyed the approach to the col up Spire Gully, direct but tiring.
I think the skin from Blue Lake TH gives a more relaxing start to the day.
Get right back on the horse, it'll be good this weekend!
I've never enjoyed the approach to the col up Spire Gully, direct but tiring.
I think the skin from Blue Lake TH gives a more relaxing start to the day.
Get right back on the horse, it'll be good this weekend!
Oh, bummer. This was our second thought for the day, glad we went with Pineapple instead... Hope you enjoyed your new boots at least.
WHAT! No food pictures?????????!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all for your kind words. I'm glad to see that a little outreach and education goes a long way with our BC community.
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Really enjoyed the writeup. Thanks Lowell (and to John for offering this kind of access).
A note to John-
This would be a fantastic addition to WSDOT's public blog!
A note to John-
This would be a fantastic addition to WSDOT's public blog!
I'll third that. Great TR Lowell. What a cool opportunity, to witness the crews doing their work.
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Lowell, thanks for the insights into what John, Aaron,Kevin, Lee and the crew do to open Chinook Pass.
Yes, Thank you, Lowell.
And, John,
Thank you so much for going out of your way to help educate the bc ski community on what you folks do at Chinook Pass. Education always seems to me so much better than mandates.
I believe I am not the only one that really appreci...