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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...
Big props for your relentless pursuit of the goods.
Great photo's too. Rock on dude!
Great photo's too. Rock on dude!
Looks like 3 more days of sun. If you have a fast car you should come up! Running solo up here...
Looks like your timing was perfect, don't know that country but it looks like a great ski!
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?
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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
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.
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? It is...
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? It is...
kudos to your creativity, Matt. Awesome. Wish I'd thought to be curious about this. Now I need to go see this slide path!
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
Good to see you having fun no matter what
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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...
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That first picture... is it really that steep? Looks like you'd fall right off!<...
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!
That first picture... is it really that steep? Looks like you'd fall right off!
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Thanks for the report! That story did not go where I expected! I haven't seen anything crazy compared to that!
Love your stories. Keep 'em coming
Wow light and fluffy for sure!
Let's send some of that to Snoqualmie
Let's send some of that to Snoqualmie
It was so awesome how the cold air took the stiffness out of the surface snow! The skiing and lighting was fantastic!
And then by lunch time the next day...
52 degrees on top!
And then by lunch time the next day...
52 degrees on top!
Sounds great but your pics are private to me
Oh man! You can't post this without flooding us with more photo porn!
Nice! How was it to get up into the park? Did you tour from the gate near town? If so, that's quite the approach.
Amazing just how much north facing means around here.
I can confirm that there is great skiing to be found on N facing slopes even to 3500'.
Sorry - can't seem to get all my pictures to load. I'll just try one showing bottomless deep at 3,800'
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0zxOQwV-zI4PRazibjv57mGJA#Sunnyslope,_Peshastin_&_Wenatchee
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0zxOQwV-zI4PRazibjv57mGJA#Sunnyslope,_Peshastin_&_Wenatchee
Rest of the pictures...
https://share.icloud.com/photos/04gfl2j2Da_QqMaUyCZz0LcOQ#Sunnyslope,_Peshastin_&_Wenatchee
https://share.icloud.com/photos/04gfl2j2Da_QqMaUyCZz0LcOQ#Sunnyslope,_Peshastin_&_Wenatchee
Upper trailhead off of road 27. Some snow on the short access road off of the wye. No snow on road 27 (which is paved). I bet a lot of trail heads are accessible. The townsend trail was packed by hordes (22 cars when I returned at trail head and wye). Don't know about other trails. But kicking steps in the untracked involves lots of postholing. It is rotten winter snow, not consolidated spring snow.
Cool. Which TH did you go to and how far could you drive?
Seems like the Oly roads could be passable farther than normal this winter.
Seems like the Oly roads could be passable farther than normal this winter.
Thansk for the report aaasen, also great (&useful) photos. I look forward to seeing many more of your exploits.
Rock on Dude.
Rock on Dude.
Nice conditions report. Love the photos. Thanks for sharing.
Private vehicles prohibited beyond the Nisqually Entrance
Beginning at 3:00 pm on 1/6/19, the park is prohibiting all public vehicle access into the park via the Nisqually entrance near Ashford. This closure to public vehicles is expected to continue until further notice.
Seems closed now?
Beginning at 3:00 pm on 1/6/19, the park is prohibiting all public vehicle access into the park via the Nisqually entrance near Ashford. This closure to public vehicles is expected to continue until further notice.
Seems closed now?
That looks pretty nice, considering the up and down snow levels. Lucky to catch a cold day - and great to see a report from outside the ski areas!! Akkk - work getting in the way.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/02bvZ_h_gsGcAx84uOQ3zphzg#Peshastin_&_Cashmere
Ha, those smiley faces and skull and crossbones were you guys then! We set out just behind you around 6 this morning.
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by cutting the suspect cornice guarding the top of the the Exit Shoulder
sounds fun! Nice work! Did you use a wire? A rope? Cornice interiors can freeze quite solidly, making cutting a challenge...
Also... Did it crater, disintegrate or cause anything else to move?
Mikes picture inspired me to go have a look at the bed surface, the whole area has been so altered by wind it's hard to tell for sure what the weak layer was, but based on where it was, Id say it was the Dec. 9 PWL. Also hard put a time on the failure, but it did happen befor the last rain event, 3-4 I think. The whole area is clad in that rain crust ~1/2 inch with the odd patch of blown in lighter snow.