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The lower Gunsight looks gnar! Those rocks mean a short carry to the lower snowfield? I was meaning to get up there after work this week.
How long is it going to be "do-able"?
Way to stay safe! The top portion of gunsight is always a bit harry with the exposure this late in the season. Always nice when everyone comes back unharmed.
How long is it going to be "do-able"?
Way to stay safe! The top portion of gunsight is always a bit harry with the exposure this late in the season. Always nice when everyone comes back unharmed.
Joe ,Nice report! Dreaming of smooth snow here . Which road system did you use ?
You selected the perfect ascent/descent day. Glad to hear someone had smooth corn recently. I think I loosened a filling on the sun cups this weekend - really. ;)
Way to nail it Joeda! Lunch counter is looking really melted! thanks for the info!
Hey Jim, Zap & Jill, thanks for great company on another fun day out on the snow. Thanks Zap for finding the smoothest of the suncups.
Jim, the aircraft carrier dispensation sounds OK by me---maybe jumping off the deck at least once in the month would count as an alternative. Of course you'd have to do it with skis on ;).
I found out I need to be back in Seattle by 6:30 on Thursday evening; maybe that day could work for the Heliotrope trip. I could play hooky on...
Jim, the aircraft carrier dispensation sounds OK by me---maybe jumping off the deck at least once in the month would count as an alternative. Of course you'd have to do it with skis on ;).
I found out I need to be back in Seattle by 6:30 on Thursday evening; maybe that day could work for the Heliotrope trip. I could play hooky on...
Thanks for the report Joedabaker, Do you think Adams will still be skiable the third weekend of this month? You're description and pics lead me to think it won't be...
Not hard, but most of the night. We were warm and dry. I see you made it to Baker and worked for some good turns, too!
Looked like an interesting weekend.
Way to work the weather, sorry there was not better weather on Adams.
Good job, it looked like fun, I was looking at the Snow Dome on Hood and that looks ripe for the picking.
Way to work the weather, sorry there was not better weather on Adams.
Good job, it looked like fun, I was looking at the Snow Dome on Hood and that looks ripe for the picking.
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Thanks for the great info! I'm planning to head up there with some friends this weekend. I'll be on skis. They'll be on foot. How firm was the snow? Did it freeze overnight? I'd hate to take them up there only to watch them wallow in thigh deep slush!
Thanks!
It was nice and firm, with only a few centimeters ski penetration. Booti...
Thats a awesome area I've passed it in the summer on the PCT thinking it had amazing skiing potential.
Thanks for the great info! I'm planning to head up there with some friends this weekend. I'll be on skis. They'll be on foot. How firm was the snow? Did it freeze overnight? I'd hate to take them up there only to watch them wallow in thigh deep slush!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Good to meet you Trumpetsailor and your merry band of skinners. I didn't get to see anyone ski. I could hardly see my partner! We hung out for about 2 hours just getting colder and wetter. We left right after saying bye to you at the rock ridge. The snow was nice however.
Fremont Propers North side is okay but the look out area is gone.
Nice punishment for missing all those powder days last winter, Mac. But a day in the mountains is always better than a day underwater.
author=Andy link=topic=10587.msg42970#msg42970 date=1215462151]And Becky, we saw an artic fox so that probably contributed to the 95% rating. But then again, Anastasia emptying out her ski boot was probably a more significant contributor the other way.
In brief explanation and with a nod to Kam, Kelvin, Cass, Allyson et al..., the J-o-M is a purely mathematical expression of feet climbed vs. feet skied. All in all, certainly a 100%...
In my defense, the sun did peek out on Mt. Adams near 2200m. It disappeared shortly thereafter but that wasn't stipulated in said proclamation.
And Becky, we saw an artic fox so that probably contributed to the 95% rating. But then again, Anastasia emptying out her ski boot was probably a more significant contributor the other way.
But the upper White River Glacier section on Mt. Hood definitely had the goods. That was about as perfect corn conditions as one...
And Becky, we saw an artic fox so that probably contributed to the 95% rating. But then again, Anastasia emptying out her ski boot was probably a more significant contributor the other way.
But the upper White River Glacier section on Mt. Hood definitely had the goods. That was about as perfect corn conditions as one...
Definitely - I always thought it was just a great area to backpack in to, but seeing it with snow only made me appreciate it more!
I'm not sure exactly where the west rib is, but this picture taken yesterday from the trail may help. It shows the northwest side of Jefferson including Jeff Park Glacier, Russell Glacier basin, and the upper west face...
I'm not sure exactly where the west rib is, but this picture taken yesterday from the trail may help. It shows the northwest side of Jefferson including Jeff Park Glacier, Russell Glacier basin, and the upper west face...
Heh -- yeah, that was a theme for the day.
He was right about Sunday morning though, to our great surprise.
He was right about Sunday morning though, to our great surprise.
Nice job guys! The sunshine on Hood must have felt soooo good after skiing in the rain on Saturday -- what a nice reward. :) Can't wait to see pics and/or viddy.
Oh, and I like this, " It would burn off by 2200 meters, said Andy." He, he .... ;)
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Oh, and I like this, " It would burn off by 2200 meters, said Andy." He, he .... ;)
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Beautiful...BTW, were you able to tell if the W. Rib on your drive in had good coverage? Jeff Park is the place isn't it!! Nice to be away from the crowds to... Thanks for the TR.
Sounded like like some good turns for a Hikefest. Did it rain much in the evening/night?
Stewie, nice TR. Good call on moving to Baker on Sunday. As we were on I-5 returning from Table Mtn, I said to Jill - "we should have checked out ..."
Cool trip.
Great report, good info.
Thanks, Marcus and crew.
Great report, good info.
Thanks, Marcus and crew.
Nice work you guys! Way to push through on Adams and rally for Hood. It's great that Adams still managed to pull off a high rating after such a wet climb. I guess 6,000' of corn can offset quite a few negatives.
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We had much better conditions the 6th on Heliotrope Ridge. See TR from Stewie.
Grrrr.
So who wants to explore Heliotrope with me? I'm free just about every day except Wednesday.
Scotsman-I held back from gnawing it........
OR
"Dear TAY, I Never thought it would happen to me..." cue bass guitar.
Scary stuff, a great reminder of the infintesimal line between you and the mountain's grasp. The hunter became the hunted,
OR
"Dear TAY, I Never thought it would happen to me..." cue bass guitar.
Scary stuff, a great reminder of the infintesimal line between you and the mountain's grasp. The hunter became the hunted,
Nice! Way to push through in the drizzle!! We on the other hand, not wanting to hump our skis up the El Dorado trail and sit on the Inspiration Glacier in a cloud for three days, took our skis for a day hike up to Cascade Pass on Friday where we achieved a Joy-o-Meter rating of approximately 12%. However if you add in the number of cute marmots we saw, then my personal Joy-o-Meter goes up to at least 50%. :) Glad you guys got in so many turns!
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2 big days in a row. Just to be clear: Can you now drive to Cold Springs CG on Adams?
Absolutely, without a problem. Road's 100% clear.
2 big days in a row. Just to be clear: Can you now drive to Cold Springs CG on Adams?
The trail to Heliotrope Ridge was shorter than I had thought, although there were several messy blowdowns. We saw 2 skiers on the trail and were on their tracks, too. Who were you?
The snow was silky on Heliotrope & Coleman. We climbed to 6850' just above the first crevasses, did turns down to our sneakers at the first campsites, and cut skiers's left to run the longes line that linked to the central creek. The only cups were below treeline---but...
The snow was silky on Heliotrope & Coleman. We climbed to 6850' just above the first crevasses, did turns down to our sneakers at the first campsites, and cut skiers's left to run the longes line that linked to the central creek. The only cups were below treeline---but...
Nice report -- too bad the weather didn't cooperate for you.
That's the stiffest telemark binding I've seen, I think. ;)
That's the stiffest telemark binding I've seen, I think. ;)
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Marcus,
Were you the group in the silver/gray Astro Van? My wife and I were the ones on the White VW Vanagon right next to you if it was. I was wondering how you guys were doing. As my previous post said we didn't even leave the car. Every time we went to leave it started raining and a little harder each time. Made it hard to motivate leaving the car.
Marcus,
Were you the group in the silver/gray Astro Van? My wife and I were the ones on the White VW Vanagon right next to you if it was. I was wondering how you guys were doing. As my previous post said we didn't even leave the car. Every time we went to leave it started raining and a little harder each time. Made it hard to motivate leaving the car.
Were you the group in the silver/gray Astro Van? My wife and I were the ones on the White VW Vanagon right next to you if it was. I was wondering how you guys were doing. As my previous post said we didn't even leave the car. Every time we went to leave it started raining and a little harder each time. Made it hard to motivate leaving the car.
On the 5th Scotsman, Stewie and I climbed the central line on Table above upper Bagley Lake in steady rain, blowing wind, and small but hard suncups-pretty miserable. So much for the
"Better in the North Cascades" forecast/hope.
It was an unpleasant surprise to see how much backpackers'-type trash there was in Bagley Lakes Basin from snow campers.
We had much better conditions the 6th on Heliotrope Ridge. See TR from Stewie.
"Better in the North Cascades" forecast/hope.
It was an unpleasant surprise to see how much backpackers'-type trash there was in Bagley Lakes Basin from snow campers.
We had much better conditions the 6th on Heliotrope Ridge. See TR from Stewie.
Nice trip! It was a soggy weekend all 'round, that's for sure. It made for some nice corn-surfing though...
Trumpet, did your group of four arrive at Piker's right behind another group of four? Two guys, two girls, all wet? If so, pleasure to meet you. I was the wet one on the left. ;)
You might ask Garth ;) Hope you don't get a ticket in 6 months!
Jill and I met Jimmy and Jeff in the upper Mt. Baker Ski Area parking lot. As a side note,the footings for the new lift are being poured and the parking lot has the new lift towers. We let the boys skim the sun cups while we enjoyed an early lunch. The sun cups are getting BIG. We put on the skins and ski crampons which helped the sun cup bridging. We were able to stay on snow until joining Jimmy and Jeff above the chutes. But the route from the parking lot is very serpentine. The chute we...
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Miss Olga Bolstad won it, beating all the men who entered.
well ain't that the kicker!
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But a passing Ranger told us it was illegal to build kickers in the National Park. That so? I never knew.
Boy, I'd sure like to deconstruct this rule, if it exists.
Is it illegal to shovel snow in a national park? Does that include building igloos? Is it illegal to jump over a naturally occurring pile of snow? Or is it only illegal to jump over a pile...
Stewie here, accidently posted in my dads account.
In future, when posting beautiful pictures of snowy mountains on blue bird days, Put a Mature rating so that I know to check them first before i let my father see them and get any ideas.
By the way nice flowers! :D
In future, when posting beautiful pictures of snowy mountains on blue bird days, Put a Mature rating so that I know to check them first before i let my father see them and get any ideas.
By the way nice flowers! :D
Sorry about that Stewie ;). At a little after 6 on Saturday, our party connected by phone and agreed that the National Weather Service's newly depressing forecast warranted a change of plans, and so instead of heading up to the Baker ski area, we headed east for a hike (yes, no skis :-[ :'(), which turned out to be really nice and full of flowers and all, but I kept wondering what the day was like up your way. Thanks for letting me know.
Based on your post, it looks like we were parked a couple cars down from you. Though she doesn't know me, I've seen Dorothea skiing twice now this year (the other time down @ Eagle Pk) and hope to be out skiing at that age! Very impressive.
We also saw the, uh, back-country traveler in jeans and had the same reaction.
We also saw the, uh, back-country traveler in jeans and had the same reaction.
We didn't even leave the parking lot on Saturday. Well at least with skis/boards. We bailed on that idea and just hiked up to just below tree line. Then headed out and hung out in Hood River for the rest of the weekend.
Nice meeting you in the parking lot buell.
Nice meeting you in the parking lot buell.
Sorry we missed you. As Stewie says, Table mountain on Saturday was pretty wet and slopes where surprisingly hard but steeper stuff was not too suncupped although you had to be careful as if you fell you where going for a ride. We skinned/booted up on of the central colouirs on the main Table mountain face ( past the Blueberry chutes). We got above one rock band and decided to proceed no further as it was pretty firm.
Helliotrope Ridge and lower Coleman Glacier was really nice. Hazy s...
Helliotrope Ridge and lower Coleman Glacier was really nice. Hazy s...
Great Geezer glacier going! Thanks for the info on the crevasses .