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I'm taking pictures of my tracks and thinking that's cool and then you do this!
Jim,
I love the drone footage. I have skied there and know some of the trees you skied by. ;)
I love the drone footage. I have skied there and know some of the trees you skied by. ;)
Thanks for the link John. I just finished reading the book, it was quite engaging. What a crazy storm that must have been, 19 feet in 6 days!
Anyone in the know care to enlighten me? I'm trying to place the event on the map but I'm not sure I've got it right. Does the arrow on my map indicate the correct slope?
https://imgur.com/a/RS8hsCj
Anyone in the know care to enlighten me? I'm trying to place the event on the map but I'm not sure I've got it right. Does the arrow on my map indicate the correct slope?
https://imgur.com/a/RS8hsCj
triangle to chute has long been called pie in the sky
Weird about the "fort" issue. Wondering about those snow ramps all over the place, too. Are they owned by the builders? Is there a responsibility to remove them after use? Normally, people digging snow pits are encouraged to fill them in so people don't ski into them.
I posted at TR on FB about 6 weeks ago of some skiing shots of Mt. Herman. Someone objected to my skin track. He said Hermans Saddle backcountry skin tracks had devolved over time. The implication was I wa...
I posted at TR on FB about 6 weeks ago of some skiing shots of Mt. Herman. Someone objected to my skin track. He said Hermans Saddle backcountry skin tracks had devolved over time. The implication was I wa...
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Language Johnny. Don't you just love it...keys & phone, bitch!
Language Johnny. Don't you just love it...keys & phone, bitch!
That looks pretty nice from my desk. Wish I was out there on this sunny day!
You may ask yourself, where does that highway lead to?
...bag with phone and car keys, or "phone" and "car keys"??
Thanks for noticing! I am hoping to inspire more from the OR region to post on here. There's a lot of great routes to be had, but hard to find current beta.
Thanks - yeah, that's what I was thinking of. Have looked over at that chute from w/ in the trees to looker's right. It didn't look pretty on that particular day.
Jim, Strainght down the vertical line between the obviously different tree-growth patterns.
The top triangle+chute is also known as the martini glass.
Don't tell anyone, or put it on the internet or anything!
The top triangle+chute is also known as the martini glass.
Don't tell anyone, or put it on the internet or anything!
Thanks for the report! They are rare from your region. Here come old flat top.
Is this the chute that comes down between the cliffs down into the open area that you can get into if you follow the (brushy) road up from near Gold Lake? The open area that's bounded on looker's right by some nice mature forest (with hellacious xmas tree farm at the bottom if you drop too far)? Just trying to connect your description with the terrain a bit...
..yes, bag was miraculously perched at the chute entrance.
I think I need a clarify the conditions. It's really the worst I've ever skiied it, with a ~8' vertical drop at the bottom fo the chute with a rock in the center-top & blakc ice on the lip. The cute itself has some 6"snow in it but it's mostly dry-slid out & left an ice crust/ bed plane. I don't thiink a guy (or gal) could get into it from th ebottom up without ice ax & boot cram...
I think I need a clarify the conditions. It's really the worst I've ever skiied it, with a ~8' vertical drop at the bottom fo the chute with a rock in the center-top & blakc ice on the lip. The cute itself has some 6"snow in it but it's mostly dry-slid out & left an ice crust/ bed plane. I don't thiink a guy (or gal) could get into it from th ebottom up without ice ax & boot cram...
This report makes me want to quest into the vortex myself some day, thanks
Did you get your bag back? That thing does flush like a toilet bowl. Sounds sporty right now. I booted up that last year in jeans. When I got to the trailhead I realized I left my snow pants at home. I guess its a vortex in a way.
And we found decent turns even in the forest down to 3500 or possibly a little below. Not as nice as sheltered snow in the open but very fun nonetheless!
Wondering if we found your tracks today. Two skiers. Unclear where they ascended. The suncrust we found was not bad - didn't interfere with fun turns though it changed the dynamic slightly. Mostly boot top penetration while skinning, though there was a bit of extra "sink" while stepping forward and sometimes my tails would disappear deep into the snowpack. But trailbreaking wasn't heroic. Just work.
I'm guessing there are very few people who ski the road the whole way (from the car) and even fewer that attempt skiing the trail. I suppose you could ski some of the upper parts, but even half way down it would be a challenge. It is one thing to ski a couple inches of snow on the north side of a paved road, it is another thing to ski a very steep south facing trail.
Based on my backyard I'm certain of it.
Mt. Walker is not exactly a fall-line tour. Runcle and I did the road last winter in a cold snap and started with really icy walking carrying skis. There was fresh snow up high same as for you, but only survival skiing on the descent. I wonder if anyone has ever skied the hiking trail? It would need coverage like this last week.
At least you can count on a nice bench or two while eating your sandwich and peering into the clouds!
At least you can count on a nice bench or two while eating your sandwich and peering into the clouds!
That big snow has consolidated and is a good protective layer now. It's super fun to ski lowland stuff. I bet you can ski above your house in Wenatchee now!
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Cool looking rock!!!
From the right angle it looks like Woodsy Owl.
Mend up there Mark!
Good winter here in Vermont, enough snow to survive the thaws.
Good winter here in Vermont, enough snow to survive the thaws.
The hill next to campus with the firetower is Sehome Hill Arboretum. I suppose the hill itself must be (duh) Sehome Hill. I rode my mountain bike up there yesterday--6-8 inches heavy stuff, packed solid on the roadway but pretty traction-ish where only bootpacked. Hard work. Wished I was on skis, which are out of the question until after knee surgery.
Lookout Mountain is outside town, adjacent to Galbraith. If the OP really took a ten-year-old up there, that's one rugged kid. Th...
Lookout Mountain is outside town, adjacent to Galbraith. If the OP really took a ten-year-old up there, that's one rugged kid. Th...
Awesome!
Is lookout mountain the hill between campus and Bill Macdonald parkway with a lookout at the summit? I spent a couple years in Bham in the 80's and it never snowed, but I went up and down that hill a whole lot. Would have been super awesome to ski it!
Although it never snowed while I was there, I do remember a 30 day stretch when it rained every day and I-5 shut down for flooding. If it ever gets cold there, it could be DEEP!
Is lookout mountain the hill between campus and Bill Macdonald parkway with a lookout at the summit? I spent a couple years in Bham in the 80's and it never snowed, but I went up and down that hill a whole lot. Would have been super awesome to ski it!
Although it never snowed while I was there, I do remember a 30 day stretch when it rained every day and I-5 shut down for flooding. If it ever gets cold there, it could be DEEP!
Thanks for the report.
I had the pleasure of about the exact same Monday, so good up there. Unreal refills.
I don't remember the last time I skied pow that deep.
I had the pleasure of about the exact same Monday, so good up there. Unreal refills.
I don't remember the last time I skied pow that deep.
Made it to North Bend in the noon convoy. But we snuck in two touring laps of Central. The snow is creaming up and getting heavy. There were some wet loose sluffs and roller balls starting when we left. Monday was certainly “the day†of best snow quality and very fun laps all around.
Avy danger is certainly high at the moment. Hopefully with the less cold temps things will settle out quickly. Take it slow if you head out touring. (You will be forced to anyway with the excruciatin...
Avy danger is certainly high at the moment. Hopefully with the less cold temps things will settle out quickly. Take it slow if you head out touring. (You will be forced to anyway with the excruciatin...
nice! Too much snow to ski... makes those of us on the other side feel a little less FOMOing, heh.
Thanks for the report Kam, must be beautiful up there.
More school closure snow days down here in the lowlands than can ever be made up now...
3 Days, 4 tours, 14 runs until it went bad with the warming / heavy wet snow Monday. Hope a few pic's attach but it snowed almost the entire time I was out so very flat light....mostly.
Power came back for us at 11 pm last night, which makes cabin life deluxe!
Oh, and Dru Bru was running on generators and had a full house enjoying the brews and ability to charge their devices.
Oh, and Dru Bru was running on generators and had a full house enjoying the brews and ability to charge their devices.
Kamtron, agreed! Crazy Deep. Toured up Silver Fir Tuesday am. If not for the groom path, never would have made it to the top of Outback. Transitioned there, and other than straight-lining Outback, it was too deep to move. Took the groom back down, which was great. Luckily caught the 3:00 pm caravan back down, since the power was out.
Nah bro, I just cut the cornice at the top of 27th ave hill. Nothin' went, so it was game on!
PS. I didn't see your tracks today. Too much blower out there for ya?
PS. I didn't see your tracks today. Too much blower out there for ya?
Even better urban turns were had on Feb 11. Surprisingly, I even saw someone using climbing skins to go uphill for a run that was max 150 vert feet. Most people hiked up. I think waxless was the ideal equipment.
Not necessarily. Yesterday's light snow still had me hitting bottom.
We went up smithbrook road sunday. Same stuff. 4-6" of light fluff on hard ice crust. I', sure today would have been very different after 12" of new.
It looks like you got better skiing from your house than many of us did after driving to the mountain! So awesome.
I rarely even think about the City, but this thread both reminds me the big snow I experienced during my time in Edmonds in the early 90's (lawn chair at my driveway to watch the mayhem on the road), and even makes me a little jealous to miss out on this amazing urban comaraderie!
This sounds fantastic! Awesome that you found it and skied it!
1000 feet of city skiing is a legitimate ski day! Nice work and great photos.
LOL this reminds me of a trip report I did once for a 3" total snowpack at Mission Ridge and I think it was TonyEastman who asked me if I'd dug a pit! That stuck with me as one of the funnier comments I'd ever received.
Did you dig a pit?
Did you dig a pit?