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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.
    12/30/18 1:04am
    sprice
    December 15, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass
    "Ski quality: Poor"
    Yes, it was a pretty day, but I think you are being too kind regarding the suitability of the current "snowpack" for the fickle activity of strapping barrel staves to ones' feet. We went to yodelin under the mistaken impression that there was more coverage than there is. It was a good lesson in plant identification and woodworking. But there are no kind or socially  acceptable words for the functionality of the spare amounts of the crystalli...
    12/27/18 2:23pm
    Roger Strong
    December 15, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass
    Thanks for the heads up and great TR Charlie.  amazed you got 13+ years out of your Comforts!!
    12/27/18 12:48am
    Markeyz
    December 12, 2018, Alpental
    Hi Roger, thanks for the questions and concerns.  This is a quick response to points 1 and 2.

    I was asked if I carried avy gear and I responded something along the lines of "Yes, but it is not going to help when I'm alone" so at least from my end they were aware of this.  Presumably from everyone else as well.


    I was also asked if I considered developed ski areas to be backcountry at this time in the season and I said yes.  Without bombs o...
    12/26/18 9:06am
    Roger Strong
    December 12, 2018, Alpental
    Hi Mark and thanks for posting the KOMO link.

    I find it a bit concerning when news stations run a report on certain mountain activities and leave out key elements.  In this case, 1) they quoted you as being "prepared with beacon, shovel & probe" but not aware of the fact that you were by yourself and the gear is useless if you're buried in a slide without a partner.
    2) their perception was that you were touring 'in the backcountry' when in fact y...
    12/25/18 1:47pm
    Fall City Brian
    December 10, 2018, Stevens Pass
    Great pic!
    12/25/18 1:12am
    GnarBLane
    December 10, 2018, Stevens Pass
    Skied the trees on the backside with the dog yesterday. The coverage back there was remarkably better than the front side especially the upper 600' or so.  My dog sure had no complaints. Any guess as to how they may treat uphill travel with the new Vail ownership during this opening week? Got a real bad stomach bug, probably won't make it to work this week. 
    12/24/18 11:28pm
    GnarBLane
    December 10, 2018, Stevens Pass
    12/24/18 12:48pm
    dkoelle
    December 7, 2018, Summit West
    Ditto today Pacific Crest perfectly skiable looker's right down to where they park the grooming machine.
    12/24/18 12:24pm
    maximusj
    December 2, 2018, Silver Fir
    Their written policy on their website indicates that you should be able to go up Silver Fir anytime:

    https://summitatsnoqualmie.com/uphill-travel
    12/24/18 8:41am
    lernr
    December 2, 2018, Silver Fir
    That's the policy I know, too.

    Nobody is going to force you to turn around, but they'll probably say something and leave it up to you to comply. At least that's how it was previous years.
    12/23/18 1:22pm
    cumulus
    Dec 3, 2018, Paradise MRNP 181203
    hey thanks y'all!

    It was a bit of a shakedown cruise too with 'new' boots and skis for her so it went really well for all that--tho probably will be baking the new liners... had to stop a few times to completely take off the boots and recirculate the feet (brand new fat scarpa/intuition liners in tlt6 shells)

    One thing to note re upcoming conditions is that before we even hit the parking lot we were blessed with a magical glitter fest beyond disco proportions...
    12/22/18 11:36am
    kamtron
    Dec 3, 2018, Paradise MRNP 181203
    Fantastic, Stefan!
    12/21/18 2:16pm
    kamtron
    Dec 5, 2018, Snoqualmie Pass
    ... and the forecast is for it to arrive fairly cold (2.5-3k freezing level).
    12/17/18 8:00am
    glenn_b
    Dec 3, 2018, Paradise MRNP 181203
    Nice pics, dad!  Kudos to Carl for sharing the love.
    12/16/18 4:16am
    mikerolfs
    Dec 3, 2018, Paradise MRNP 181203
    A+ Dadding.
    12/16/18 3:42am
    mikerolfs
    Dec 2, 2018, Cheam Peak
    author=discostew link=topic=41128.msg162935#msg162935 date=1544063954]



    Looks dreamy! This one says it all!

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