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1/25/19 2:41am
avajane
1/19/19 Blewett Heaven
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
1/23/19 11:31pm
PS44
January 19, 2019, Snoqualmie Pass
Thanks for reporting!  Beautiful picture.
1/23/19 2:25pm
Micah
1/19/19 Blewett Heaven
Thanks for the 411!
1/23/19 12:54pm
avajane
1/19/19 Blewett Heaven
Rest of the pictures...


https://share.icloud.com/photos/04gfl2j2Da_QqMaUyCZz0LcOQ#Sunnyslope,_Peshastin_&_Wenatchee
1/23/19 12:44pm
sprice
1/13/19 Mt Townsend
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.
1/23/19 12:33pm
telemack
1/13/19 Mt Townsend
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.
1/23/19 12:28pm
Jake the Brit
January 12, 2019, Snoqualmie Pass
Thansk for the report aaasen, also great (&useful) photos. I look forward to seeing many more of your exploits.
Rock on Dude.
1/23/19 9:13am
kamtron
Jan 13, 2019, Crystal BC
Photos
1/23/19 4:43am
joshc
January 13, 2019, Snoqualmie Mountain
Nice conditions report. Love the photos. Thanks for sharing.
1/22/19 4:25am
coldseagull
12/21/2018, Will Paradise open if the gov is shut?
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?
1/21/19 11:20pm
Chamois
January 10, 2019, Blewett Pass (Kings Ridge)
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.
1/21/19 11:14pm
avajane
January 10, 2019, Blewett Pass (Kings Ridge)
https://share.icloud.com/photos/02bvZ_h_gsGcAx84uOQ3zphzg#Peshastin_&_Cashmere
1/21/19 11:26am
haggis
Phantom Trees, West Face Mt. Snoqualmie
Ha, those smiley faces and skull and crossbones were you guys then!  We set out just behind you around 6 this morning.
1/21/19 6:11am
cumulus
Phantom Trees, West Face Mt. Snoqualmie
author=Roger Strong link=topic=41318.msg163383#msg163383 date=1547001079]
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?
1/21/19 4:33am
danpeck
Phantom Trees, West Face Mt. Snoqualmie
:)
1/20/19 9:59am
jtack
Jan 6, 2019, Mission Peak
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.
1/20/19 1:04am
Zap
January 7, 2019, Summit West
author=telemack link=topic=41315.msg163373#msg163373 date=1546930185]
5-6" of heavy fresh with light to steady graupel during the day.

I love the tailgate click-ins on weekdays at the Summit.  :D  Makes me wish I lived closer!




;)
1/19/19 11:53am
mikerolfs
Jan 6, 2019, Mission Peak
This is the best photo I got from across the basin. The crown extended north (right) over that haystack rock to a cornice, but I didn't see that until later and never took a photo showing the extent. This is between the reservoir cliffs and Mission Peak on East aspect.

1/19/19 9:22am
glenn_b
January 5, 2019, Snoqualmie Pass
Thanks for your bridge work for the community.  Best wishes for the New Year!
1/19/19 8:12am
John Morrow
January 5, 2019, Snoqualmie Pass
author=kamtron link=topic=41297.msg163336#msg163336 date=1546736136]
Good report. Not disappointed I'm in Chicago. 40s and sunny


Going to a ball game tomorrow?
1/14/19 11:51pm
kamtron
January 5, 2019, Snoqualmie Pass
Good report. Not disappointed I'm in Chicago. 40s and sunny
1/14/19 11:38am
mvkazit
January 1, 2019, - Kendall Trees
yeh, snow far from ideal
1/14/19 12:15am
cpcoldsmoke
January 1, 2019, - Kendall Trees
I think I saw you guys descending when I was coming out of the lake. Pretty crunchy in there. Usually skis a little better than that.
1/13/19 11:29pm
Charlie Hagedorn
January 1, 2019, Snoqualmie Pass
Aaawesome. Thanks for the report, and welcome to TAY!
1/13/19 11:34am
John Morrow
December 31, 2018, Stevens Pass Backcountry
author=coldseagull link=topic=41280.msg163302#msg163302 date=1546541606]
That bowl with the slides(I think it's actually called highland bowl?) has some weird convexity that always spook me. Would you just tour back up to the ridge and head east along it until you could drop into yodelin? I've haven't had good luck skiing that zone, due to all the bushes.
I switched to tele the last few years and it is soooo fun. I did get a light AT setup...
1/11/19 11:09am
coldseagull
December 31, 2018, Stevens Pass Backcountry
author=John Morrow link=topic=41280.msg163301#msg163301 date=1546527013]
Back in early December we found much the same conditions on a much thinner snowpack. Skier triggered point releases and small slabs in the exact area of your pictured slides. I've been out of the PNW for three+ weeks and assume warm rains have erased any deep instability that we found (shallower at the time, obviously).
Great to see a teleier!
We're thinking that a tra...
1/11/19 12:04am
John Morrow
December 31, 2018, Stevens Pass Backcountry
author=coldseagull link=topic=41280.msg163291#msg163291 date=1546479600">


  • Some photos


    • snow degrading in quality as we got into the trees.
    Small creek crossing to get to the nordic trail then an easy skin out. I think in the future I'd just lap the top and traverse back into resort as the trees down low are a bit to tight to be fun.
    ...
    1/10/19 4:14am
    peteyboy
    December 31, 2018, Stevens Pass Backcountry
    Man, steeps, big ascents/descents, adventure tours all have their value. But that's what it's all about right there. Nothin' beats the cold smoke flow. Thanks Devon!
    1/8/19 12:45pm
    Roger Strong
    December 31, 2018, Crystal backcountry
    Great weekend and thanks Silas!
    1/8/19 11:32am
    Roger Strong
    December 30, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass
    Awesome Charlie and thanks!
    1/8/19 10:58am
    Roger Strong
    December 31, 2018, Stevens Pass Backcountry
    Love the video!
    1/7/19 11:53pm
    Charlie Hagedorn
    December 31, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass
    Way quicker to pull a low-thermal-conductivity greenback from my pocket than to wait for the warm crystal card in my pack to thermalize :)!
    1/7/19 11:04pm
    Pleasure Horse
    December 31, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass
    Bringing out the big bills huh? 
    1/7/19 12:08am
    cumulus
    December 31, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass

    thank you for the report!
    1/5/19 1:31pm
    avajane
    December 20, 2018, Montana/Wyoming
    Nice
    Light snow!
    1/5/19 9:25am
    mikerolfs
    December 20, 2018, Montana/Wyoming
    Those are fun pics!
    1/5/19 8:55am
    cascademystic
    December 20, 2018, Montana/Wyoming
    Air Jordan
    1/4/19 3:31am
    cascademystic
    December 20, 2018, Montana/Wyoming
    More photos
    1/3/19 11:15pm
    cumulus
    Dec 23, 2018, Snoqualmie 18.12.23 and 25
    Pretty picture Dallas, appreciated hearing about the layering details


    ___________________________________Christmas delivered today



    thank you jesus!
    1/3/19 2:11pm
    silaswild
    December 23, 2018, Stevens Pass
    Superb performance for the weight. Just another tool for trying not to lose sight of the kids. https://blisterreview.com/gear-reviews/2017-2018-scarpa-alien-rs
    1/3/19 3:41am
    myikat
    December 23, 2018, Stevens Pass
    Silas, other than weight how did you like the performance of the boot?
    1/3/19 2:53am
    cumulus
    Dec 23, 2018, Snoqualmie 18.12.23 and 25
    funny, just checked NWAC... now I know what that first picture above, looked like a day later -

    1/2/19 10:50pm
    cumulus
    Dec 23, 2018, Snoqualmie 18.12.23 and 25
    yeah thanks, Merry Christmas!  May head up tomorrow if you're not holed up at the cabin you should come...


    Was anybody up today?  I imagine there's been some sun effects? A bit of tree bombing? A bit of crust on south aspects? I'm just guessing here... 

    so if you went let us know, how's the snow?
    1/2/19 10:34pm
    snoholic
    Dec 23, 2018, Snoqualmie 18.12.23 and 25
    Fun pictures
    1/2/19 2:47pm
    cumulus
    Dec 23, 2018, Snoqualmie 18.12.23 and 25
    heading up for a second lap with localized fracture in background, elicited first lap down, circa 4300'




    fun 1



    fun 2




    1/2/19 2:46pm
    Randito
    12/21/2018, Will Paradise open if the gov is shut?
    Probably a great time to Sno-Mo to Steamboat Prow

    JK
    1/2/19 2:44pm
    Gary Vogt
    12/21/2018, Will Paradise open if the gov is shut?
    Happy Holidays, indeed:

    "If government does close, most National Park Service employees will be sent home, or furloughed, for the duration of the closure. Key personnel, such as law enforcement rangers and those needed to keep the power on to buildings will remain on the job. Concessions will continue to operate, and visitors will be free to enter.

    "Parks must notify visitors that the NPS will cease providing visitor services, including restrooms, trash...
    1/2/19 2:13am
    Chamois
    December 16, 2018, Mt. Rainier, Paradise
    Ha!  Glad to see someone is brave enough to venture beyond the ski areas!
    1/2/19 12:47am
    Charlie Hagedorn
    December 15, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass
    :). Glad it was better down there -- there's a chance that open slopes would have skied well up higher, too, but we essentially didn't touch them.  The trees held a scratchy and slightly-breakable crust. That, combined with low snowpack height and substantial tree bombing, kept speeds slow.  I just saw a social-media video from yesterday that suggested reasonable ski quality on open slopes up high at Snoqualmie.

    More careful study of photos did turn up a sizeable c...
    12/31/18 11:26am
    kamtron
    December 15, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass
    Ski quality was pretty good on the private resort groomers at Central. They were still prepping for an opening, so it was just the tourists out for a skin and ski. And, honestly, with fatties the low angle off-piste skied surprisingly well.

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