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Thanks, Amar! Thank you for taking the time to write this up, too -- it's apt to help future parties avoid the same experience.
I haven't been up there since August, but there were a couple of crevasses that appeared as sags at roughly Amar's marked location. It was the earliest in any year (since ~2005) that I've seen sign of cracks in the Snowfield.
I haven't been up there since August, but there were a couple of crevasses that appeared as sags at roughly Amar's marked location. It was the earliest in any year (since ~2005) that I've seen sign of cracks in the Snowfield.
GREAT work, Amar! They were very lucky to have you to assist them.
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Several factors contributed to the good outcome of this incident, some of them purely lucky and others not so at all. Chief among the latter set was the remarkable ability of this inexperienced party to self-rescue themselves from the crevasse, which had to have just been determination and adrenaline. And obviously they had made an effort to properly prepare themselves for the alpine environment of Rainier, by buying and carrying appropriate g...
Several factors contributed to the good outcome of this incident, some of them purely lucky and others not so at all. Chief among the latter set was the remarkable ability of this inexperienced party to self-rescue themselves from the crevasse, which had to have just been determination and adrenaline. And obviously they had made an effort to properly prepare themselves for the alpine environment of Rainier, by buying and carrying appropriate g...
Yep..resort skiing is fun but one always wonders about making it through a day without getting hit...and some of the folks ability to safely get off the lift...pretty touch and go sometime....think quads are max for me..
author=rlsg link=topic=40903.msg162466#msg162466 date=1537909776]
Awesome...keep em coming..keep getting after the good life!!
Thank you. I wonder what I will think of regular winter resort skiing after these past few months. I am guessing, I will be wishing it was like I was back on the glacier not having to worry about dodging other skiers/riders. Unless I am on a closed course or racing, I will now have to limit myself to early...
Awesome...keep em coming..keep getting after the good life!!
author=peteyboy link=topic=40923.msg162461#msg162461 date=1537752300]
Heels still free
Thanks for the beautiful pics, Mike, and as always, the STOKE
Bring it ON!
Pete we need to make another ski trip together!
Heels still free
Thanks for the beautiful pics, Mike, and as always, the STOKE
Bring it ON!
Thanks for the beautiful pics, Mike, and as always, the STOKE
Bring it ON!
That was a great day to be out! Way better than expected ;D
You must have been the two headed up as we were headed down.
https://www.facebook.com/100000218445455/posts/2350800441603881/
You must have been the two headed up as we were headed down.
https://www.facebook.com/100000218445455/posts/2350800441603881/
I'll tell you the story at Octayberfest. Torn quad tendons- both knees, double surgery Jan 30. TAY streak also severed at 135, missed February. New streak is 7 months :-)
author=Don Heath link=topic=40924.msg162448#msg162448 date=1537463074]
He lost his head with a little fresh snow
His uptracks soft, down turns sublime
Soon found his head but lost his mind.
Nice verse for someone with such Rusty Knees....
BTW Don, what happened with your accident last spring? Fractures? Surgery? Blown TAY streak? I have heard nada, except you said once you are back in action.
author=telemack link=topic=40924.msg162440#msg162440 date=1537402177]
What happened to my head???
He lost his head with a little fresh snow
His uptracks soft, down turns sublime
Soon found his head but lost his mind.
Not bad for September. Well worth the crossing.
Mike, sounds like we had similar conditions but you had an excellent campout and two days' new on old.
I enjoyed the pix of your ski buddy's freewheelin' freeheelin'.
I enjoyed the pix of your ski buddy's freewheelin' freeheelin'.
Thanks for the post Mike! Great pictures, as always. Especially as I'm sitting here chained to my desk.
New snow on old snow. What a treat.
Thanks for the report!
Thanks for the report!
I've been fighting a cold, but if I get over it I'll try to make it up this weekend.
Good job not letting that black jacket enforcer become a barrier to progress!
author=ShailCaesar! link=topic=40903.msg162392#msg162392 date=1536080284]
75 km on firm suncups! Lolz you gotta admire that chutzpah :D
I have had more satisfying ski moments skiing this hillside this year alone than ALL the times I have skied at any resort the past 35 years! Conditions were so good, I had to make a revisit again yesterday. As long as we do not have a major heat wave, Heliotrope should be sufficient to provide f...
75 km on firm suncups! Lolz you gotta admire that chutzpah :D
Thanks for sharing your adventure!
Impressive! I didn't think there would be snow this late.
author=HappyCamper link=topic=40897.msg162377#msg162377 date=1535472343]
Really.
REALLY! That looked like a pretty long ski!
Nice. Creative August ski.
Great report, and appreciated the insight into your thoughts and decision making process. That NE couloir of Castle looks nice, the Whitetail a little too sketchy for me in those conditions.
Spectacular looking terrain.
It was actually quite crowded, but most people seemed to ignore us. A few stared for a few moments, and I talked to them about what we were doing, but nobody approached us. That's pretty strange for Artist Point, where I'm frequently stopped by incredulous tourists.
I remember unpacking the car one early July, when the snow still towered twenty feet over the parking lot, and having a woman ask me if one could still ski. I had to look at her dumbly and say "It depends o...
I remember unpacking the car one early July, when the snow still towered twenty feet over the parking lot, and having a woman ask me if one could still ski. I had to look at her dumbly and say "It depends o...
Great report! Thanks for the photos. Looks like a totally worthwhile trip. Sounds scary on day two though.
I bet you got some funny looks! Thanks for sharing. Wish we had snow near the car on the Wenatchee side.
Good info. This next hot spell won't help, duh.
Soon we TAYers must "embrace the suck" of a lean September. Last Friday Cliff Mass predicted a moderate El Nino for the start of the winter. October could be old snow rather than freshies up high :(
Soon we TAYers must "embrace the suck" of a lean September. Last Friday Cliff Mass predicted a moderate El Nino for the start of the winter. October could be old snow rather than freshies up high :(
Thanks for the update on conditions and nice pictures. September turns will be "hiking with skis".
Okay, thanks for the update! I'll have to go check it out once I get some time. Runcle messaged me and will send pics soon. It'll be nice to check it out. Thank you
author=Hubert link=topic=40876.msg162318#msg162318 date=1533588894]
To follow up on your June post, the toilet at the TH is still locked :(
I did stop to check out why the low load rating on the Boulder Creek bridge. It's a robust wood structure. I didn't see anything wrong with the bridge itself, but the foundation has been scoured and the abutment is undermined on the southwest corner. I don't know how you put an...
author=mikerolfs link=topic=40876.msg162317#msg162317 date=1533584338]
Awesome, Hubert! Thanks for the photos!
No worries! I saw your tracks on the way down and got jealous. Whereas my non-skiing climbing partners were puzzled who would carry their skis so far in, and why :)
To follow up on your June post, the toilet at the TH is still locked :(
Lower Lynch photo credit goes to Elaine Erwin.
author=mikerolfs link=topic=40876.msg162313#msg162313 date=1533403582">
Continuous skiing from the East peak down is over. It's still a nice walk, but the Hyas Gl. is just about isolated now. On the left in this photo, you can see a snow ribbon that connects the upper snowfield with the lower (Hyas Gl is the lower snowfield). I didn't go to the top. I bet skiing on the Daniel Glacier on the north side of the mountain is still worthwhile, but more eff...
Micro patches trump no patches AN time! Well done, Tele...
author=slacker link=topic=40867.msg162303#msg162303 date=1533144700]
It's interesting that I have experienced a real decline in my enthusiasm for resort riding as the years have gone by. Skiing has become about the peace and quiet, the solitude, the slow burn of the skin track, and of course the endless untracked pow. Resort riding by comparison seems frenetic.
Nice vid!
I think that Summer time trip reports must be the heart and soul of TAY...
Hi Neilforreal, just saw this. What you are looking at from route 101 is probably Elk Mountain, most visible from east of PA near the cinema, Deer Park road, and between PA and Sequim. runcle and I were just out to Obstruction Point yesterday. The Elk Mountain "chutes" now have only a couple hundred feet of continuous snow. They are 1-2 miles hike from the end of the OP road.
There are similar patches closer to the OP ro...
There are similar patches closer to the OP ro...
It's interesting that I have experienced a real decline in my enthusiasm for resort riding as the years have gone by. Skiing has become about the peace and quiet, the solitude, the slow burn of the skin track, and of course the endless untracked pow. Resort riding by comparison seems frenetic.
Nice vid!
I think that Summer time trip reports must be the heart and soul of TAY.
Nice vid!
I think that Summer time trip reports must be the heart and soul of TAY.
author=Charlie Hagedorn link=topic=40868.msg162295#msg162295 date=1532981864] When using the dog-sizing metric for suncups, the size is that which is sufficient to entirely hide the canine.
The canine metric for suncup measurement is more likely than Silas' women's undergarment metric to survive moderator scrutiny, although it's not nearly as titillating from a literary standpoint.
author=Charlie Hagedorn link=topic=40868.msg162295#msg162295 date=1532981864]
* When using the dog-sizing metric for suncups, the size is that which is sufficient to entirely hide the canine.
Im usually long gone at Malamute size
author=Blizz Mountain link=topic=40867.msg162293#msg162293 date=1532837777]
Like the enthusiasm - keep goin' after it.
Was up there again the day after and it's melting out fast! Gotta get to the snow while it's still around with this heat.