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I will say that the lower 2/3rd of Nash gate skied as bad as I can remember yesterday, the stuff you can cut your face, break your leg, slide forever on and of course forget about turning on it either.

2/9/19 2:20pm

Jim Oker

THanks. Seems worth investigating then. I have low expectations but don't love the sort of breakable crust that can cut my face when falling :-) Your comments leave me mildly hopeful for something that might be more fun than hiking down Mt Si with the right route choice.

2/9/19 1:34pm

kamtron

Jim, the best skiing we had was the return slope above Source Lake. At lower elevations that didn't recieve much new snow, things felt kind of like "rain corn." But without yesterdays warming, it is probably firm and bumpy now. I think you can count on a pretty frozen but at least supportable surface on S slopes that warmed up yesterday.

2/9/19 12:21pm

Jim Oker

Jan 29, 2019, Paradise report from rangers

Thanks for the report. Do you think not-steep or beneath-steep south aspects that have gotten sun will have a supportive crust in open areas below say 5K or so? Or still breakable?Â Pondering some "hike onÂ skis" thoughts and the potential for at least skiable dust on crust in some spots (i.e. able to stay upright even if it's not truly fun turns)...

2/9/19 11:03am

runcle

Jan 27, 2019, ONP

Ridge rd. is scheduled to open Friday but I wouldn't count on it. I talked with the plow crew which were just about done plowing Sunday and was told they had to plow to keep the road open for emergency purposes despite the shutdown. I'm going to miss owning the place. Nice granular turns again today above Switchback!

2/9/19 10:51am

telemack

Jan 27, 2019, ONP

Yay for climate change ::)
Was the HR road open last weekend?

2/9/19 10:24am

Gary Vogt

See also:Â http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=41291.from1548863071;topicseen#msg163693

2/9/19 6:08am

Jan 26-28, 2019, Mt St Helens, Worm Flows True Summit

Amar,

Thanks as always for the detailed report. I thought about heading to Mt St Helens on Saturday but opted for some southeasterly-facing terrain on Mt Hood (white river canyon environs). It was near windless there and the sun was shining strongly enough to develop great spring-like snow conditions between 5 and 9,000-feet. I was thinking along similar lines to what you found Monday, that seeking spring this time of year is fickle, if the high clouds are a little thicker or th...

2/7/19 2:41pm

CliffedDoubt

Jan 27, 2019, St. Helens, Heat Beatin' Worm Flows Jan 27

Amar, Thank you kindly for the tutorial, I knew there must be some simple step to which I was oblivious...

Thanks also for the extended info on the route conditions, glad you got out and got so much of it! I too was surprised at the amount of trail melt-out during just the few hours elapsed between ascent and descent. Sounds like the weekend was the window for maximum fun/effort.

2/7/19 12:14pm

Amar Andalkar

Jan 27, 2019, St. Helens, Heat Beatin' Worm Flows Jan 27

Hi CliffedDoubt, thanks for the report. In order to get the images to show within your TR, link to each actual image file on Imgur, not the webpage for each image. To do this, change the first pic's URL inside the img tags from https://imgur.com/jLmKBCO to https://i.imgur.com/jLmKBCO.jpg instead, and similarly for the other 2 pics.

Like so for your 3 pics:

2/6/19 11:55am

runcle

Jan 27, 2019, St. Helens, Heat Beatin' Worm Flows Jan 27

Great! Thanks for the stoke!

2/6/19 11:16am

ron j

January 28, 2019, Snoqualmie Pass, Granite West

Helpful report.
Thanks.

2/5/19 1:55pm

CliffedDoubt

Jan 27, 2019, St. Helens, Heat Beatin' Worm Flows Jan 27

author=avajane link=topic=41423.msg163662#msg163662 date=1548743711]
Maybe not on the link.

Great call.

Thanks for the tip-off... Less than tech savvy. Tried imgur and TAY's internal photo stitcher to no luck. Modified the link to a "shared file" in the google's terms, should all be visible now.

2/5/19 1:05am

avajane

Jan 27, 2019, St. Helens, Heat Beatin' Worm Flows Jan 27

Maybe not on the link.

Great call.

2/4/19 3:08am

aaasen

Yeah, that was me, nice to meet you. Lapping that corn was a good call - that was the best snow we skied all day. We took a detour up Lundin on our way to Red and by the time we got to Red it was too mushy so we bailed.

2/3/19 6:47am

PS44

Jan 26, 2019, Jim Hill Mountain

Thanks for your reports and beta. I think we met you up on the Snoqualmie Mtn East. We did one more lap in that nice corn before joining the luge track down the valley.

2/3/19 6:26am

AntonioB

We parked in area west of the gate, as labeled "park here" by NH-S in this thread We looked for signs in that area and did not find any. That area starts out wide enough to park cars perpendicular to US 2. I took into consideration precipitation forecast and whether we would impede snow plowing. When we were walking away from cars in the morning, plower went by, but i though the...

2/3/19 5:58am

Jake the Brit

1/27/19 Whistler Flute/Obeo

Big props for your relentless pursuit of the goods.
Great photo's too. Rock on dude!

2/3/19 4:19am

avajane

Looks like 3 more days of sun. If you have a fast car you should come up! Running solo up here...

2/3/19 4:03am

jtack

Jan 21, 2019, Pow in the Wonder Gully

Looks like your timing was perfect, don't know that country but it looks like a great ski!

1/30/19 2:24pm

jtack

1/27/19 Whistler Flute/Obeo

Cobalt blue sky looks good to me!

1/30/19 1:58pm

Good2Go

Jan 21, 2019, Pow in the Wonder Gully

So fat! Well played.

1/29/19 11:48pm

Micah

Jan 21, 2019, Pow in the Wonder Gully

Thanks for the very useful reports!

1/29/19 7:30am

kamtron

more pics

1/29/19 2:46am

Jim Oker

Jan 26, 2019, Jim Hill Mountain

Where'd you park? I read that DOT has posted no parking now at any of the roadside options and that to avoid towing risk you need to walk the highway from the Nordic center. What did you see there?

1/29/19 2:38am

AntonioB

Jan 26, 2019, Jim Hill Mountain

Few more pics

1/29/19 12:49am

John Morrow

author=AntonioB link=topic=41415.msg163626#msg163626 date=1548604562]
Thanks for sharing. I have not heard of this. There are so much history in the region! I like how this story is tied to the great forces of nature, with lesson for skiers like us here.

Great Read:
"The White Cascade" Krist, Gary

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88365.The_White_Cascade

1/29/19 12:42am

AntonioB

Thanks for sharing. I have not heard of this. There are so much history in the region! I like how this story is tied to the great forces of nature, with lesson for skiers like us here.

1/28/19 11:48pm

John Morrow

Been trying to convince partners to tour out there for years and can't get anyone excited about it.
March 1, 2010 I seemed to finally get everyone interested. 100 years to the date of and site of the US' largest avalanche disaster in history. The concrete snowshed below (built after) is said to have ghosts. Then strange paranormal stuff started happening in a couple of our homes and we decided not to ski it. For real.
So visible to everybody, why do so few ski there?Â It is...

1/28/19 2:35pm

mikerolfs

January 26, 2019, 52F East of Mission Ridge

kudos to your creativity, Matt. Awesome. Wish I'd thought to be curious about this. Now I need to go see this slide path!

1/28/19 6:34am

cumulus

definitely a bit of an inversion over here. Looking forward to glop-less skinning and real powder, but a peek at the extended forecast seems to indicate it may still be a while...

Good to see you having fun no matter what

1/28/19 1:11am

cumulus

Jan 24, 2019, Snoq-CWcrkd

author=mikerolfs link=topic=41408.msg163614#msg163614 date=1548546364]
That last picture... imagine that ski and boot sliding unnoticed toward the lip...

yeah, that would suck! pretty well anchored with skins and semi-gloppy snow tho...

author=mikerolfs link=topic=41408.msg163614#msg163614 date=1548546364]
That first picture... is it really that steep? Looks like you'd fall right off!<...

1/28/19 12:12am

mikerolfs

Jan 24, 2019, Snoq-CWcrkd

That last picture... imagine that ski and boot sliding unnoticed toward the lip...

That first picture... is it really that steep? Looks like you'd fall right off!

1/28/19 12:08am

cumulus

Jan 24, 2019, Snoq-CWcrkd

in reverse order:

1/27/19 1:54pm

OregonDead

Pure gold!!!!!!!

1/27/19 1:35pm

jtack

Thanks for the report! That story did not go where I expected! I haven't seen anything crazy compared to that!

1/27/19 1:31pm

avajane

That looks beautiful.

1/27/19 10:04am

telemack

The Mike n Tack show plays again

1/27/19 9:04am

mikerolfs

Love your stories. Keep 'em coming

1/27/19 6:03am

kamtron

Downright psychedelic

1/27/19 5:51am

kamtron

Wow light and fluffy for sure!
Let's send some of that to Snoqualmie

1/27/19 12:40am

mikerolfs