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Great photos Jim. I saw some tracks on the ridge while skiing Stevens with my 5 year old and was glad to see somebody getting into the BC. I think a lot of people picked the safety of the lifts. I have never seen so many people on tele and AT gear riding the lifts as I did yesterday.
Robert
Robert
I would love to try the cinnamon rolls, but unfortunately I am gluten free. Just rice cakes and melted snow for me.
that was really an epic day for me and Brenda. Thanks Don and John for the trail breaking, it would've been tough if we hadn't run into you guys. Too busy skiing to get many photos, but I managed a few. The first is of Brenda the day before during the dumpage around Nordic Pass area. Skiing Catherine in the second. The last is climbing up above Twin Lakes with endless turns below.
Another great day with Silas and Wolfi! Couple more pics:
A little Google Earth drawing.
Wolfi, the "old campaigner" in heavy wind below the summit:
The rest in a Flickr gallery here.
--Michael
A little Google Earth drawing.
Wolfi, the "old campaigner" in heavy wind below the summit:
The rest in a Flickr gallery here.
--Michael
Thanks for the Silver Pk tip. We went to Catherine via Nordic Pass, skied the north side, then pushed on back through Nordic Pass to about 4800 ft on the east slope of Silver Peak. What a wonderful fall line down to Twin Lakes! We skied 1400 vertical and there was 400 to 600 more above our start. Best snow of the season for me today by far!
Play hookey, call in sick, do whatever it takes to ski tomorrow!
John
Play hookey, call in sick, do whatever it takes to ski tomorrow!
John
Since I know you are game, I'm doing a quickie dawn patrol tomorrow morning since I went sledding w my daughter today instead of skiing -- need to be in Seattle at 9:15 so I think we might ski the Phantom, or if there is a decent re-fresh tonight Alpy is always closed Mondays so that might be even better.
A few more pics.
Wolfi is an amazing guy:
More pictures in the gallery here.
Big thanks to Silas and Wolfi for the fun day!
--Michael
Wolfi is an amazing guy:
More pictures in the gallery here.
Big thanks to Silas and Wolfi for the fun day!
--Michael
Good to see that you are still alive and kicking,Ross. I haven't heard anything from you all winter.I will likely make one more trip down to Stevens Pass in the next month; I will let you know when and maybe we can hook up on the mountain.
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Laps on radio and catherine and off of silver down the east face to twin lakes out cold creek to hyak..so I guess almost all of the south side of the pass ;) Sorry I don't own a gps with the software for route overlays.
Wow, nice, that's strong work!
J
Excellent. Way to get out and cover some ground! It was an amazing day to be out. :D
Laps on radio and catherine and off of silver down the east face to twin lakes out cold creek to hyak..so I guess almost all of the south side of the pass ;) Sorry I don't own a gps with the software for route overlays.
Where'd you go? Or did you ski ALL of Snoq Pass (as the title implies)? ::)
Thanks Andrew for the write up and the company this morning. :)
Photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/djbenno/20090306KendallStumpDawnPatrolAplentalBC?feat=directlink
Photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/djbenno/20090306KendallStumpDawnPatrolAplentalBC?feat=directlink
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Thanks for the report Andy, I have been wondering all day what snow conditions might be up there. I hope we get some more cold snow this weekend over the crest and I can convince Larry to go out early next week.
Jane
Hi Jane,
I found mostly 12 to 14 inches of super light uncohesive snow (from yesterday), on top of 5 to 7 inches denser settl...
Temps were in the teens most fo the morning, but I suspect the strong sunshine may have begun to impact south facing slopes. Top of the ridge was wind affected with one or two spots down to the crust. Winds appeared to have come mostly from the south because drifting was to the N/ NE. We saw very stable conditions with one small sluff on a short but steep road cut which was close to 45 degrees.
The powder was VERY light. Haggis - sorry we missed you this mornin...
The powder was VERY light. Haggis - sorry we missed you this mornin...
Thanks for the report Andy, I have been wondering all day what snow conditions might be up there. I hope we get some more cold snow this weekend over the crest and I can convince Larry to go out early next week.
Jane
Jane
I used to peer over the ropeline into that area when I skied there in Junior High....but it was permanently closed terrain back then. Glad you got to ski it! It's a great line. Someday I'll get back there. I hope you tried the cinnamon rolls at the Alyeska Bakery! Best in the world.
Nice photos of your Tirolian Ski Tours! I spent a year of college in Munich and toured quite a bit in that area that year. I have some fond memories of the village of Gries and the Westafalenhutte. Pretty amazing skiing and the access is just amazing. Add the food and beer and it is an intoxicating combination. Enjoy!
I hear ya... I already miss Alaska, and it has only been a few days!
Very cool, looks like a great trip.
Thanks for posting the video - I miss that place and it was nice to have some of my memories stirred.
cheers
Thanks for posting the video - I miss that place and it was nice to have some of my memories stirred.
cheers
just like a European...all apres-ski no actual skiing. bet those other shots were just photo-shopped....
Perfect timing. Thanks for the fresh report! and with photos.
jee, my guess was mudpie, brownies and cool whip, and jello pudding with corn...
'Twas the drop into Christmas
when all through the chute.
Not a sound could be heard
not even a shout.
The passes were hung
on our jackets with care.
In hopes that Ski Patrol
would not be there!
The skiiers were nestled
all snug in their boards.
While visions of sugar-snow
danced in their gourds.
With Ry on his teles,
and me riding randy.
We contemplated
some sweet Christmas candy!
(ok....
when all through the chute.
Not a sound could be heard
not even a shout.
The passes were hung
on our jackets with care.
In hopes that Ski Patrol
would not be there!
The skiiers were nestled
all snug in their boards.
While visions of sugar-snow
danced in their gourds.
With Ry on his teles,
and me riding randy.
We contemplated
some sweet Christmas candy!
(ok....
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What exactly is dessert1? Looks something like what my folks like sometimes: ball of ice cream with some of those dutch choco crumbles and Bols Eierlikor spread over generously. Except yours (unless it's an optical illusion vs the scale of the hand) is 10 times as big as any human should ever attempt eating.
It is a sweet dumpling (Germknoedel) with poppy seeds. It i...
What exactly is dessert1? Looks something like what my folks like sometimes: ball of ice cream with some of those dutch choco crumbles and Bols Eierlikor spread over generously. Except yours (unless it's an optical illusion vs the scale of the hand) is 10 times as big as any human should ever attempt eating.
Some of those look more like an eggs benedict dish than a dessert.
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Nasty looking slide on the RHS of the photo too!
Good eye! In fact there was some big warming a few days ago, and lots of windslab avalanches everywhere, so we had to choose carefully where to ski yesterday. Russ, the plan is to ski two weeks in Sudtirol and Dolomiti, not sure if we will get there, then two weeks in North Norway (Lyngen alps) and two weeks in...
Nice, thanks for sharing. If we head down to OR again, we'll have to look you up.
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Day # 2 - Spend the day at Alyeska resort in Girdwood... best lift service experience of my life. Skied North America's longest and most continuous double black diamond: Christmas Chute. Not the Christmas where everyone gets presents and turkey... no, this is the kind of Christmas where the tree catches fire and burns the house down: a 2400 foot, 40 degree, underwear soiling couloir....
Silas - thought you were starting the trip in Norway - plans change?
Thanks all! Hopefully there will be more reports to come. There is still plenty of winter left
Wow!
Nasty looking slide on the RHS of the photo too!
Nasty looking slide on the RHS of the photo too!
And so it begins! Have fun. :).
Hey! I thought you were going to call me when you headed up to the mountains! ;D
Nice zipper tracks coming off the ridge. Have fun over there, Silas.
Nice zipper tracks coming off the ridge. Have fun over there, Silas.
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Hey there....i was the narrator on this TR. Thanks for all the good comments, I find it very helpful to analyze TRs after the fact and learn from other folks' insights. Our group has some descent miles under it's belt: one ex ski patrol from Squaw and the other two have toured for 6+ seasons. Regardless, i think we missed the call on this one. I concluded that the upper slide resu...
Hey there....i was the narrator on this TR. Thanks for all the good comments, I find it very helpful to analyze TRs after the fact and learn from other folks' insights. Our group has some descent miles under it's belt: one ex ski patrol from Squaw and the other two have toured for 6+ seasons. Regardless, i think we missed the call on this one. I concluded that the upper slide resulted more from the poor bonding to the slide bed than from wind loading (the initiation point only had 2-3&...
Thanks Scott -- just to be clear, I wasn't there, just posting it for my friend. And yeah, I think they did a great job handling the situation.
Dang Marcus, glad everyone is okay. Sounds like despite the scary emerging circumstances, you guys handled the situation well. Props and thanks for yours and your friends' wellbeing!
Apparantly I'm the wanker that jimmyclimbs if referring to, although I have never forgotten anyone at the yurts. I can't remember exactly his issue. Yes, the yurts have been a little rough over the last three years as I moved from a guided/catered operation to a self catered and self-guided operation where I don't have as much control over the experience. I could not find much information about jimmyclimbs except for this email: I tried your card to place the 25% deposit for the b...
Very nice! Thanks for posting and all the good info etc....
Hey John,
You must be the guy with the gal that my two buddies and I past that was having problems with his binding? if so I hope that got resolved. We decided that since the wind was primarily from the east we would head to the west of west granite. none of us had ever been to the area so we were extremely excited when we came across this beautiful glades with open slopes and about 800-900' lines. We did the stability test at the top and s...
You must be the guy with the gal that my two buddies and I past that was having problems with his binding? if so I hope that got resolved. We decided that since the wind was primarily from the east we would head to the west of west granite. none of us had ever been to the area so we were extremely excited when we came across this beautiful glades with open slopes and about 800-900' lines. We did the stability test at the top and s...
We've had extensive email discussion about the particulars -- the general consensus seems to be that the lower slide was likely effected by the ice layer. Pictures from the slide made it look like it was probably the bed surface, or at least very close to the top, perhaps facilitating depth hoar formation, or just lubricating the snow above. They said they couldn't ski about a 1/4 of the couloir due to ice/inadequate snow cover.
Another theory of mine (I've...
Another theory of mine (I've...
Looks like the north side of Chief Joseph. Did you approach from Hurricane Creek? I was there three weeks ago also (down from Walla Walla) and it was a glorious weekend to be sure!