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Really nice trip! The sun gods worshipped you on this one. That's a great line down into Green Lakes. Good work.
Jake's rocks, man. That rolling terrain has such great flow, surfing down through the spaced manzanita trees as Emerald Bay gets bigger with every turn. Jake's is on the short list of the best roadside tours in the country.
Late Start. Way to get in there anyway!!!!!! Sounds like the pow was good!!!!! I've only done T in corn but have thought how cool it must be in pow including the lower mountain as the archetecture is so lovely!
Thanks for the TR......
Thanks for the TR......
It was a good start, but definitely not as much skinning as the rest of our trip...
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This looks like a really fun tour, thanks for the TR. Do you think that there is a possible to navigate a good route to drop down and catch 542 at some point farther west where some very smart planner has stashed a car? This might require more snow than is present this winter.
More snow would certainly help, but even with this year's snow, you could descend...
We have plenty of snow, doofus. It's all relative.
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We then skinned through forest (some of it old growth) to the ridge leading up the south side of Barometer Mt. Once on the ridge, several mountain goats greeted us. When the ridge got steeper and thin on snow, we booted up the winter goat path to the summit. We saw more goats further north and west of the summit in vast S and W facing open areas.
The goa...
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navigate a good route to drop down and catch 542 at some point farther west where some very smart planner has stashed a car? This might require more snow than is present this winter.
There is such a route and not the one referred to as the Sweet, Sweet Death Couloir. From the picture labelled "looking north to Tomyhoi", you drop down north from the so...
author=Travertine link=topic=12406.msg51850#msg51850 date=1235327444]
This looks like a really fun tour, thanks for the TR. Do you think that there is a possible to navigate a good route to drop down and catch 542 at some point farther west where some very smart planner has stashed a car? This might require more snow than is present this winter.
Great idea! I've been hitting the aerial photos for that possibility myse...
This looks like a really fun tour, thanks for the TR. Do you think that there is a possible to navigate a good route to drop down and catch 542 at some point farther west where some very smart planner has stashed a car? This might require more snow than is present this winter.
Well, Gary, now I know why they call you Mr. Rainier ! With apologies, however, for any appearance of association with management... ;D
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...I've never been over there as it seems a bit of a truck and haven't come to the idea of skiing the Cowlitz, which I guess is what's over the top. Do you head over there by skiing the Mazama back bowl followed by that longish looking traverse, or stay high with the skyline trail and then cut over ? If you explored over the top of Stevens Ridge, how does the north and northeas...
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Here is some pictures from the trip http://picasaweb.google.com/chrispy/HurricaneRidge#
Welcome to the club! :)
Here is some pictures from the trip http://picasaweb.google.com/chrispy/HurricaneRidge#
Not much snow around Hurricane, but many roads are blocked far from the skiing due to the wierd lowland snowstorms. I think someone should investigate.... 8)
We had 1 night. Ranger-Ranger is one of the three high points of the area and it connects directly to Mccue ridge via ridgeline...more or less.
The peak wasn't named on USGS but it was right on a division mark that said "ranger-ranger"
The peak wasn't named on USGS but it was right on a division mark that said "ranger-ranger"
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JimH and I did this a few weeks back and opted to just drop into Rainy Creek and ski across to Jove. It was actually pretty quick from Rainy Pass to the base of the climb up Jove with easy navigation along the way. Skins off and on again only once from Rainy Pass
Yeah, I think that's the most efficient way to go when the W side of Jove is the objective. I...
JimH and I did this a few weeks back and opted to just drop into Rainy Creek and ski across to Jove. It was actually pretty quick from Rainy Pass to the base of the climb up Jove with easy navigation along the way. Skins off and on again only once from Rainy Pass
Funny you bumped into Ed (kneelturner) he recommended my girlfriend and I try and book a weekend up there, we did not get the booking, but seems he did. Glad you all had a good time. One of these days I will get to go too.
Chris
Chris
good to see folks out there getting the goods in the olympics. I want to ski some lines out there soon, sounds like they need a bit more coverage.
Chris
Chris
looks like a beautiful line guys- well done.
Chris
Chris
Good to see the goods gettin' gotten at Scottish Lakes. Did you have 1 night there or 2?
Where is Ranger-Ranger from McCue Ridge?
Where is Ranger-Ranger from McCue Ridge?
Glad you had a nice day on Tallac. A couple years ago, Jill and I summited Tallac on a sunny, windless day with about 8" powder. The summit views certainly are beautiful of Lake Tahoe and Desolation Wilderness. We also descended The Corkscrew.
We drove back Saturday. Looks like a powder day starting Tuesday in the PNW. ;)
We drove back Saturday. Looks like a powder day starting Tuesday in the PNW. ;)
What a great day and amazing weather to boot!
Exciting Pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/petey5287/KaleetanSki22009?feat=directlink
Boring narrative:
http://p-bloggg.blogspot.com/2009/02/kaleetan-peak-ski-descent-22009.html
Exciting Pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/petey5287/KaleetanSki22009?feat=directlink
Boring narrative:
http://p-bloggg.blogspot.com/2009/02/kaleetan-peak-ski-descent-22009.html
Nice job, way to get the gnar! Super asthetic, nice work!
Yes, from the back bowl it looked like a direct traverse might drop one into the gully from hell... thanks
Once on top of MAzama ridge the best way to get there is by heading north up the old paradise glacier bed skiping,bypassing the rim of the back bowl. Stay high right and diverge right and cross Stevens Creek. We chose to take a long up traverse. One could set a track sooner or boot up depending on conditions.Our original intent was to tour further down on top the ridge. But I got greedy for some turns after noticing a slight shadowing in a slight bend of the ridge.
Younger legs might...
Younger legs might...
Very nice. Letty and I skiied the back bowl yesterday and noticed a couple of sets of tracks on the south slope of that ridge ~ guess they were yours. I've never been over there as it seems a bit of a truck and haven't come to the idea of skiing the Cowlitz, which I guess is what's over the top. Do you head over there by skiing the Mazama back bowl followed by that longish looking traverse, or stay high with the skyline trail and then cut over ? If yo...
here's some of the scope of Stevens ridge in Jeff's pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jeffs1950/StevensRidge#
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http://picasaweb.google.com/jeffs1950/StevensRidge#
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Cesaro, Saw a lone skier skinning up Great Scott Bowl from our perch on top of the Tooth. Was that you? Sounded like a bit of scraping on the way down. Not many skiiers up there for a sunday. Saw a pair coming over from alpy but that was it. not that much cover this year although the bowl looked quite skiiable.
Beautiful photographs. Thanks for taking the time to share this report. Much appreciated.
That looks spectacular! Nice use of a hooky day!
right on bro, wish I coulda been there.
Nice work guys- I could not pull myself out of the resorts, it was simply fantastic! My friends mentioned at the end of the trip that they felt they had not seen me in four days. Four days of powder= me off the grid skiing it!
Let me know if you ever head up this way.
Chris
Let me know if you ever head up this way.
Chris
Yeah Pierre, scaarry.
Just a note. We had two parties of two out the Mt. Baker side of Colman Pinnacle over President's Day wk-end (Feb 14-16).
We got snow all three days and most of it was blown over to the N side of the ridge, so we stayed high on the S side on the way back. Other option would have bee to ski way down to the flats on the N side then back around Table Mtn. somehow.
Just a note. We had two parties of two out the Mt. Baker side of Colman Pinnacle over President's Day wk-end (Feb 14-16).
We got snow all three days and most of it was blown over to the N side of the ridge, so we stayed high on the S side on the way back. Other option would have bee to ski way down to the flats on the N side then back around Table Mtn. somehow.
Wonderful line. Looks like a georgous day to be out there! Thanks for sharing.
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Nice pictures and a terrific solo effort!
Thanks. It's a great, straightforward outing!
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How long did this tour take, car to car?
I left the car at 6.45am, and got back at 4.30pm. Being able to ski the entire road on the way down sped things up. The bare patches are now covered again.
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Any idea of origin and type of critter bits?
Signs of struggle with bigger/faster/stronger critter?
My guess was a dog, judging by the teeth?? The errie part was, this wasn't there in the morning on the way up. Also strange there was no sign of struggle, nor any other body parts. There were what looked like cat prints around it though.
BREATH TAKING--THANKS FOR THE TR!!!!
Nice pictures and a terrific solo effort!
How long did this tour take, car to car?
Any idea of origin and type of critter bits?
Signs of struggle with bigger/faster/stronger critter?
Signs of struggle with bigger/faster/stronger critter?
Just goes to show that great trip reports are recession proof. Thanks for the escape - makes me want to move to Wenatchee!
That shot of the NE face looks super sick.
Thanks, Blitz,
Jerry ran the creative on the legendary Dege North Face Assault. I was mainly a roady in that expedition. Nonetheless I'm honored to have this trip incident description compared to Jerry's handiwork. ;)
Jerry ran the creative on the legendary Dege North Face Assault. I was mainly a roady in that expedition. Nonetheless I'm honored to have this trip incident description compared to Jerry's handiwork. ;)
Maddog - very exciting TR, and RonJ - brilliant imagery, reminiscent of the assault of North Face Dege.
Im glad you all survived to share your story! ;D
Im glad you all survived to share your story! ;D