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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.
Like the enthusiasm - keep goin' after it.
Awesome! Have any pics worth posting? I'm pretty curious about the Obstruction Peak area for summertime turns. I see there is lots of snow left, from 101.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Ha! I do know that! But I've never seen it thawed out. Looks like you all had a good party up there. Cheers.
author=Chamois link=topic=40865.msg162278#msg162278 date=1532362644]
Sigh. I will have to plead ignorance again on the landmark Sluskins Chair (?)Â
I believe it's technically called the Stevens-Van Trump Memorial, It's located at about 6000', a bit over a mile above the 4th Crossing trailhead, just above where the Mazama plateau actually briefly narrows to a ridge, and just east of Sluskin Falls.
A mortare...
Considering the time of year, that looks like an awesome ski. I skied the Frying Pan earlier this year but this looks like a good choice as well
Sigh. I will have to plead ignorance again on the landmark Sluskins Chair (?)
Sigh. I will have to plead ignorance again on the landmark Sluskins Chair (?)
Belated Happy Birthday!
Just a safety / navigation reminder for those unfamiliar with the classic Paradise Glacier tour. Paradise Glacier does not drain to Paradise River, rather to Stevens Creek. Â One crosses the obscure Puget-Columbia divide at...
author=silaswild link=topic=40865.msg162270#msg162270 date=1532188670]
We walked in tennie runners to Sluskins Chair, then skinned up the Paradise River and glacier to 8400'.
Just a safety / navigation reminder for those unfamiliar with the classic Paradise Glacier tour. Paradise Glacier does not drain to Paradise River, rather to Stevens Creek. Â One crosses the obscure Puget-Columbia divide at...
Thanks everyone, he was found on Monday.
https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/news/7-16-18-spray-park-sar-update.htm
https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/news/7-16-18-spray-park-sar-update.htm
An epic way to celebrate a milestone birthday. Glad I could make it!
Thanks Mike for the report, I have missed some of Mikes tries at this, and while I always wished him good luck, I would have been sad to miss this trip. The skin onto the Overcoat glacier was very exposed for my liking, Mike was concerned that I was out of gas, but the reason I had that deer in the head lights look, was me being scared. For most of the way we were exposed to “the Gaping MAW†slipping was not an option. The ski down the finger was wonderful, perfectly smooth, perf...
As of yesterday, I figure there is one to two more days of continuous snow on the main run. Distance from continuous snow to the parking consisted of a walk of about 250 meters.
Hi Silas. Thanks for sharing the day with my son Stig. He called me Sunday evening and was stoked to have bumped into and shared the day lapping Baker with this older dude that knew me named Silas. Sounds like you all had a blast. Thanks!
That's good news.
Just called Rainier dispatch. They say he's found. Expect an update tomorrow.
I saw you two fellas on the way out, when I was headed in for two nights (Hi again!). I saw your turns, and skied much the same aspects you guys got, albeit on saturday and sunday.
Nice photos! I got some too, I think. I got buzzed good by a helicopter sunday morning as I was packing camp (after an ok morning ski on the upper reaches of Russell - fast, icy in patches, but short and sweet).
The headwall above observation rock was a lot of fun, but skiing the Flett headwall...
Nice photos! I got some too, I think. I got buzzed good by a helicopter sunday morning as I was packing camp (after an ok morning ski on the upper reaches of Russell - fast, icy in patches, but short and sweet).
The headwall above observation rock was a lot of fun, but skiing the Flett headwall...
arrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhh nice.
so hard to be sitting a desk right now. although this provides stoke for later.
so hard to be sitting a desk right now. although this provides stoke for later.
Susan and I just returned from a Saturday overnight on the Russell. Did not see him. Long and extensive heli search this morning; must have been the full tank of avgas.
When checking in for our alpine-zone permit, we were informed that NPS was short-staffed due to a search in the park, but not that we were going to pass through the search area.
Good luck and good searching to the backpacker and everyone looking for him. The weather couldn't be more optimistic for a sea...
When checking in for our alpine-zone permit, we were informed that NPS was short-staffed due to a search in the park, but not that we were going to pass through the search area.
Good luck and good searching to the backpacker and everyone looking for him. The weather couldn't be more optimistic for a sea...
I sent a detailed reply to your PM.
We were in the area but did not observe this individual.
Good luck with the search... I hope he's found and in good health.
-S
We were in the area but did not observe this individual.
Good luck with the search... I hope he's found and in good health.
-S
Thanks for the soulful photographs. Photos with heart stand out.
I enjoyed the photos and TR that provide the condition update. ;)
Holy smokes you are killing it this summer! Thanks for the report and photos. Keep it up you are inspiring to me!
That looks like a fantastic trip! Love the photo with the corn spray.
nice photos! making me miss WA out here..
looked like an awesome trip!
looked like an awesome trip!
I kept half way joking that we have to find a cave to sleep in on our last outing where it rained both nights, and you actually found a cave to sleep in! Way to go... nice snake pic too!
I wouldn't have thought to do Overcoat this late this season, given the skis on the back ratio, but obsession is obsession, eh? ;)
I wouldn't have thought to do Overcoat this late this season, given the skis on the back ratio, but obsession is obsession, eh? ;)
author=mikerolfs link=topic=40850.msg162223#msg162223 date=1531407357]
Is that a parachute? Was anything attached to it?
Congrats Mike and Jamie! That's persistence.
AWESOME!! The snow finger is such a fun ski descent.