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Great trip, report and pics Lowell. Glad it all went so well for you guys. Was interested in your decisions to rope up (or not) for some of the glacier travel after all the recent discussions. Nice choice to go to the top of Sherman. Sounds like great potential for a Mt Paradisio style rando course? :)

6/17/08 1:22am

Jason_H.

Nice trip. Seems like we thought alike for the weekend.

6/17/08 1:03am

brownc9

Incredible.

6/17/08 12:26am

Marcus

Great stuff Lowell, thanks for posting the details of both the old and new orbits...

6/17/08 12:18am

snoseeker

VERY nice trip report Zap, and the ski pole repair shot was magical! It was indeed a magical day and I hope Monday was equal. Thanks again to Jeanette and Garfunkel for route planning and execution. Great day, great company!

6/17/08 12:08am

Stugie

It would have been great to meet you up there! Nice tour, and what a weather window!

6/16/08 11:46pm

Darryl

Jeanette - THANKS for the great trip planning and treating us to a delicious Dad's day dinner.

Only Ron's jokes are more colorful than the beautiful pictures that Zap and Ron took.

6/16/08 11:42pm

Pete A

getting all the way around Baker with a single ascent and a 10 mile long glide must've been a blast! great photos!

6/16/08 10:57pm

JMor

June 15, 2008, Summerland to Cowlitz Chimneys traverse

author=Zap link=topic=10363.msg41786#msg41786 date=1213675784]
Although Jeanette is on the sidelines for a few weeks, we now have a base camp supervisor who is providing the “Masters” logistical support. We no longer need to “vet” trip reports, check the weather forecasts, telemetry or radar sites. She contacts her “sleeper ski cells”, plus folks we are not supposed to even ask about. All this is provided in the spirit of fellowship and camaraderie. Are we...

6/16/08 3:57pm

Nate R

Nice pics and a really scenic tour. It was really cool to explore that side of the mountain. And the snow coulda been worse, that's for sure. Thanks for a fun day. Here are Kirsten's and my pics:

http://www.evilfungus.com/trogs/sarvant08.html

I few of the thumbs here:

6/16/08 2:57pm

Stugie

Cougar Pk, William O' Wilderness, June 14, 2008

Nice pics! Way to hit it Boot!

6/16/08 2:43pm

Alan Brunelle

June 15, 2008, Father/Son Early Winters, Wash. Pass

author=natefred link=topic=10342.msg41768#msg41768 date=1213659278]
Way to get out with your son, I was still riding the rope tow on the bunny slope at that age.

As we were leaving, the climber we had met told us to take it easy on the way out, that we looked tired. Initially, I thought that he was thinking of Nick, since Nick does not climb all that fast. On second thought though, I now think that he was more concerned for...

6/16/08 2:30pm

crustos

June 14, 2008, Rainier, No Nisqually Chute fo Fathers Day

At this rate, every skier on the mountain Saturday will have reported in on these slides. Which is good. Speaking for myself, it's great to have all this data to correlate with my memories of the conditions that day. I expect to be safer for it.

NWAC: It's worth noting that the dire NWAC avalanche warning for Thursday was perhaps more relevant to Saturday, when things actually started to slide. By this time, the NWAC web page had returned to its generic off season message. <...

6/16/08 2:26pm

kam

June 15, 2008, Summerland to Cowlitz Chimneys traverse

yum! nice photos!

6/16/08 2:18pm

ron j

June 14-15, 2008, Mt Rainier, Emmons Gl

Another Stellar report, Zap.
With work like that we may have to elect you to be the permanent scribe ;)
This pic tells us that you may know how to do more than write, however:

Jill

6/16/08 2:13pm

sukiakiumo

And by 'walk-back' Oyvind means 'jog with a seemingly hefty back-pack'. Not only did he pass us on the up, but blasted past us after our team of three (see pics above) on the way back to the car. Un/fortunately we decided to scrap summit plans and head down at slightly before noon. It seems that little altitude training, 3 hours of sleep at Sherman and no time to acclimatize don't help in preventing AMS :( At least we got to 13000+ feet! Next time we won't fall into...

6/16/08 1:49pm

ron j

june 15, 2008, sahale

Welcome back Kam & Ally... we missed you.

6/16/08 1:48pm

Stugie

Victum Romanorum - 6.13-14.08

Thanks Matt! Unfortunately, the following day was a tragic one and the people this happened to were camped not more than a football field E of where Kyle and I were at.

Climber dies on Mt. Baker

6/16/08 1:47pm

ron j

June 14, 2008, Rainier, No Nisqually Chute fo Fathers Day

Here's a shot of the Nisqually Chutes slide from the top of Plummer.

6/16/08 1:43pm

Salal

June 14, 2008, Rainier, No Nisqually Chute fo Fathers Day

I recall now seeing that slide as I was coming down the snowfield and thinking we were in better shape given its angle and the way it faced. I believe all these slides happened within ten minutes. Wind transport from the last storm and the temp hitting a certain point that day seemed to do the trick. Things were very connected at that elevation within that snowpack. I'm glad everyone is ok....what a forbidden fruit that corn was.

6/16/08 1:40pm

DB_Cooper

June 15, 2008, Summerland Mount Rainier

I half expected to run into you up there on Saturday Charles. We had the Crest to ourselves on Saturday but ran into lots of climbers and skiers from Meany on down. The entire Mod Squad was there, Eric, Julie, Pat, Tom, Mary, Allen, and Megan. Great skiing on Saturday as the Firnspeigel was soft and fast. Lots of "whumps" on the Fryingpan as the week old snow settled under the skin track, made the stomach jump a few times. Julie stuck a...

6/16/08 1:21pm

BigRed

June 14, 2008, Rainier, No Nisqually Chute fo Fathers Day

I was up on Muir that day as well shortly after the slide came down at the top of the Nisqually chute. Glad everyone was alright - it looked pretty scary from where we were. Part of it dumped into a crevasse as well.

We noticed minor settling on our hike up on any aspect that was more east facing, even on the lower angles.

Here is the slide from a different vantage:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=10330....

6/16/08 1:16pm

Robie

June 15, 2008, Summerland to Cowlitz Chimneys traverse

double extra nice !

6/16/08 1:15pm

Matt C

Victum Romanorum - 6.13-14.08

Ya Scott, it was great meeting you and Kyle at the summit. No better way to spend a Saturday in my opinion. Our turns down the Coleman were great until we got to the steep slope above the bivi sites...that's where the snow turned a little heavy...beats walking down though. Looking forward to some future surf or turns. Great pics by the way!

6/16/08 1:14pm

allyson

june 15, 2008, sahale

AWEsome. looks like a fantastic weekend with the boys! great pics too.

6/16/08 1:07pm

Kyle Miller

Cougar Pk, William O' Wilderness, June 14, 2008

Nice TR I have always wanted to head in that direction.

6/16/08 1:00pm

CascadeClimber

June 14, 2008, Rainier, No Nisqually Chute fo Fathers Day

I was one of the two who arrived after the slide. From below we couldn't see anyone other than the triggering skier and the snowboarder who was engulfed. The snowboarder got tossed around like he was in a washing machine and finally disappeared from my sight. I was pretty sure he was buried. Then I saw the other two skiers ski around, and I thought they triggered another slide, shown circled to the left in this pic. The two slides seem to be separate. The crowns at least are. I marked Xs wh...

6/16/08 12:45pm

ski_photomatt

June 14, 2008, Rainier, No Nisqually Chute fo Fathers Day

Wow, really glad everyone is OK! Ryan and SPICOLI, thank you for sharing your experiences.

I'd like to learn something from this so I hope no one minds if I ask some questions. Were these two slides on similar aspects? Can someone describe the snow conditions a little more? It looks like in Ryan's case it was all the recent snow sliding on older, dirtier snow? What was the snow like on the ascent? Weak or hard freeze at night?

6/16/08 12:28pm

juan

My father's day present 06/15/08 Stevens Pass

awesome!

6/16/08 12:07pm

John Morrow

Tamanos Mtn via Governor Ridge 6.14.08

author=Joedabaker link=topic=10327.msg41656#msg41656 date=1213511246]
I have wanted to do this in-out tour for quite a few years, conditions finally met my schedule.

Great trip Joe. I am back in hiking land and haven't had the energy to ski, but I am really sorry now that we didn't connect for this one. Looks excellent. Thanks for the pics.
John

6/16/08 11:33am

Pete A

June 15, 2008, Summerland to Cowlitz Chimneys traverse

pics added...

Marcus, thanks for feeding Kam :)

6/16/08 10:41am

ryanl

June 15, 2008, Summerland to Cowlitz Chimneys traverse

C'est bien, slick. You too Eric.

6/16/08 10:21am

Marcus

The line off the back, post cornice shenanigans... Pete, let me know if you've got other photos you want to post and I'll take this one down...

6/16/08 10:16am

Tom_Sjolseth

June 15, 2008, Summerland to Cowlitz Chimneys traverse

Nice Work! There is a ton of snow up there..

Jack is a great place, and I agree with the fact that it has some of the best views in the range.

6/16/08 10:04am

kam

i want photos! feed me now.

6/16/08 9:52am

ryanl

June 14, 2008, Rainier, No Nisqually Chute fo Fathers Day

author=cjm720 link=topic=10337.msg41728#msg41728 date=1213635672]

Does anyone have any reports of the large slide on the west side of the Nisqually glacier? My friend said it was in the middle of a climbers route. It was huge and it looked as if there was some activity below the debris, as in someone got snagged and was being tended to. Here's hoping to everyone's okay. Here's a photo, thanks again to Andy.

6/16/08 9:21am

andyski

2008, June 14, Interglacier

author=Stugie link=topic=10326.msg41711#msg41711 date=1213599928]
Nice shot of Sherman! Me likey. Is Interglacier starting to open up any more than it has already? (1 small crevasse, just below 8400' - 6.6.08)

Still just that one crevasse. Very obvious.

6/16/08 8:39am

skimtner

June 15, 2008, Father/Son Early Winters, Wash. Pass

How steep was the pitch up there ?, Thanks Rob

6/16/08 8:34am

Nate Frederickson

Way to get out with your son, I was still riding the rope tow on the bunny slope at that age.

Also had a friend's dog get mauled by a goat up there while climbing S. Early. We didn't see it happen, but the dog also survived, thanks to a vet in Winthrop who treated him over the July 4th weekend.

6/16/08 8:18am

skierguitarist

WAY TO FULLFILL ANOTHER DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6/16/08 8:07am

Stugie

June 15, 2008, Father/Son Early Winters, Wash. Pass

I don't believe it. That's all just photoshoped. :D

J/k, way to slay it right! That is sick. Unreal sick. Nice work!

6/16/08 7:49am

Stugie

When climbing there a couple years back, my buddy's dog was gored by a mountain goat...survived, but I watched as did he, from the top of the last rappel. Nice pics btw.

6/16/08 7:37am

Teleskichica

June 15, 2008, Summerland to Cowlitz Chimneys traverse

Very cool trip it sounds like. I suspect we were watching you from up above Ruth thinking what a nice tour that would be, too.

6/16/08 7:29am

Marcus

June 15, 2008, Summerland to Cowlitz Chimneys traverse

Another great tour and a fantastic day for it, to boot. I'd love to get back there for perfect corn top to bottom, but what we got was pretty damn good.

6/16/08 7:27am

mzchristy

God, that's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen....

6/16/08 6:59am

Stefan