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Sounds like another great outting up North!!!!!!! Nice pictures..what an area!
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Hello Pot....this is kettle........you're black.........over.
That's Mr. Frying pan to you bub.
Parts of me have been referred to in those terms. ;-)
Way to go get some Steve. Yah, it deteriorates fast this time of year huh? I don't suppose you saw a Blackberry laying around on the top of #1?
I saw your trip request, but I seem to be done skiing for the season. Would love to hit it with you next year. Gunsight ridge, Gnarl ridge looks really interesting, Mt Defiance? My soon-to-be wife is complaining that I ski alone too often. Of course, she is right...
I saw your trip request, but I seem to be done skiing for the season. Would love to hit it with you next year. Gunsight ridge, Gnarl ridge looks really interesting, Mt Defiance? My soon-to-be wife is complaining that I ski alone too often. Of course, she is right...
Way to get the turns in and congrats on your newborn!
"I climbed toward Silver Saddle, passing a group of climbers descending on foot. They were apparently a class, since they were roped up on terrain that didn't require it. "
Today is the first I have checked TAY in a bit and I found your post. The group of climbers descending was indeed a class. I am teaching a bunch of boy scouts basic mountaineering techniques and doing physical training for a planned climb of Mt. Rainier in July. We all admired...
Today is the first I have checked TAY in a bit and I found your post. The group of climbers descending was indeed a class. I am teaching a bunch of boy scouts basic mountaineering techniques and doing physical training for a planned climb of Mt. Rainier in July. We all admired...
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You're turing into a interweb nerd. Ha!
Hello Pot....this is kettle........you're black.........over.
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Host them on photobucket or a similar site.
You're turing into a interweb nerd. Ha!
Host them on photobucket or a similar site.
Thanks for the report. Think I'm gonna head that way.
How do you post pictures that are over 100KB? I've got a couple of photos fm this morning, but they are 400KB and I can't post. Yes, I am technologically inept.
A friend and I took a tour up on Cannon on Sunday, and there were some great turns to be had, but the snow was very unstable, we stuck to the ridges, and it was fine, but pinwheels from our turns started several slow mo sloughs. I saw another Post from this weekend were someone was in a slide. I think it will be awhile before that new snow is welded to the pack. We are probably are getting new to add to the mix.
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Hey Cornfed, I'm the lone path maker from this morning's dawn patrol. Thanks to you for the trail from top of Armstrong to the top of Chair 2. I ran a lap on Debbies Gold and then a lap from the top-down the Fan...all stellar. Nice to close-out April with some early morning faceshots.
Round 2 tomorrow?
Dave
Nice track.
Hey Cornfed, I'm the lone path maker from this morning's dawn patrol. Thanks to you for the trail from top of Armstrong to the top of Chair 2. I ran a lap on Debbies Gold and then a lap from the top-down the Fan...all stellar. Nice to close-out April with some early morning faceshots.
Round 2 tomorrow?
Dave
Round 2 tomorrow?
Dave
This is the jealous emoticon :j: ...and it's way green! :)
Sometimes visual help is needed. Top of 2 today.
Up at the Pass last night (post-work), for 2-3" of fresh. Sounds like you had a *much* fresher time!
Looks awesome. My friend Dave and I tried to ski this over MLK weekend this year but windslabs at the base forced us to reconsider. Nice long steep route.
Way to go Matt! Great picture of the face shot.
The missing climber is Kevin LaFleur, one of my best friends and one of my two main climbing partners. He called a friend around 10am on Saturday to say hi, but we're not sure if he was high enough on the mountain for cell reception or if he was still driving there. Either way, he would have been on the CD/Roman Wall area way after John Scurlock was flying by, hence no tracks.
If anybody who was skiing off Glacier Creek Rd. has any info whatsoever on any solo climbers they saw or...
If anybody who was skiing off Glacier Creek Rd. has any info whatsoever on any solo climbers they saw or...
And my fool ass, sitting on the frozen chairlift with a bottle of suds, thought the IPA might actually be the highlight of the trip. Proven wrong once again.
I will never again tell you that I have a light workload when snow is in the forecast. I'll be leaving early, tomorrow (yes, this is my formal, in-writing request). You know where I'll be if anything comes up at work. Don't expect me to answer the phone.
Have fun at your night mee...
I will never again tell you that I have a light workload when snow is in the forecast. I'll be leaving early, tomorrow (yes, this is my formal, in-writing request). You know where I'll be if anything comes up at work. Don't expect me to answer the phone.
Have fun at your night mee...
Face shots on April 29th!!?? Crazy! That's worth drooling over...way to get the goods!
Weather has bad up there today; 50 mph winds and poor visibility with an estimated 12-18" of new. Needless to say, the helicopter flown by Customs and Border Patrol couldn't make it in. SAR teams did OK searching in the trees, but their search area was limited, and with all the new snow, it makes it hard to find any clues. If things remain the same tomorrow (Wednesday), ground crews will be on hold.
If you pray, pray for a break in the weather so the...
If you pray, pray for a break in the weather so the...
Awesome TR and your pics are amazing as usual.
If your skin track was the one zig zagging toward the top of the White Salmon just before the plateau, then the crevasse was much lower down (fairly close to fall line from your skin track up high). I think it is a 'shrund associated with one of the rolls (aprons) climber's right of the Hanging Glacier. I've gone up the gut in February in a crappy year & know the crevasse danger doesn't exist there; however, our party chose to go climber's left of the mai...
Hello, that was us above you that day except we didn't traverse in from the arm - we ascended the ridge on climber's right and then traversed across at about 2/3rds of the way up when we decided it looked easier to get to Winnies on that side.
Where on the track did you find that crevasse? Was it before or after you joined our track? I'm glad to hear you came out ok. Crevasses were the last thing on our minds - we had neither ropes or harnesses! If you look at the p...
Where on the track did you find that crevasse? Was it before or after you joined our track? I'm glad to hear you came out ok. Crevasses were the last thing on our minds - we had neither ropes or harnesses! If you look at the p...
I did that tour this year - with a detour into Crystal Lake Basin - had a great time. Some photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/87385602@N00/page3/ - Wish I'd known about this forum sooner or I'd have toured more when I was in Washington.
1.21 gigawatts? 1.21 gigawatts? Great Scott!
Nice trip guys! I really want to get my skis on that mountain.
Wow! Thanks for the tr and pics. And congrats on the summit! In the '80's I was intending the summit but got stopped at the Vallot hut do to wet/frozen? (could not feel them.....) feet and the toe plates of my Asolo extremes had torn out (was condidering a ski from the summit...). Twas a great trip anyway and so cool to read your trs!
Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks everyone for the discussion. Ryan, I really like your picture since it shows just how much that slope gets wind loaded. I think the snow on this exposure was generally unstable this day -- we were able to easily get other much smaller test slopes to slide on the way to Prusik Pass. But, this slide was certainly avoidable by better terrain selection. My second picture was taken where the rest of us skied down to the lake out of view to the lookers left in Ryan's photo. The terrai...
Wolfs, was that you in the parking lot when I left in the morning? If so, nice to meet you. We'll have to actually introduce ourselves if we bump into each other like that again.
Sending some positive vibes ~~~~~~~~~
Hoping all is well. Keep us posted, you're all in our thoughts.
Hoping all is well. Keep us posted, you're all in our thoughts.
Thanks Jason.
The sheriff has indicated at this point that they want to limit the number of people on the mountain and let the SAR team do its job.
However, they will let us know if the search continues and they need more help.
We'll post updates if we hear anything.
The sheriff has indicated at this point that they want to limit the number of people on the mountain and let the SAR team do its job.
However, they will let us know if the search continues and they need more help.
We'll post updates if we hear anything.
Bean Creek and Beverly Creek have some nice summit-chaining options. You can go Earl-Bean-Marys-Judys without too much trouble. Or Marys-Bills-Genes-Iron. I've done the former but we did it "wrong" by doubling back for Earl @ end of day rather than starting there. The Crystal Quartet does have the notable advantage that you're touring in the sun and descending on the north sides so getting the best of the snow; that's harder on those Teanaway tours which have lots of sou...
Saw your tracks on Sun.
As soon as the sun hit Silver Basin the top 6" of snow started pinwheeling. Skiiers set off sluffs 6" down to the last wet crust. Heavy skiing.
S face is melting off fast but only has 3" snow over the wet/icy crust.
As soon as the sun hit Silver Basin the top 6" of snow started pinwheeling. Skiiers set off sluffs 6" down to the last wet crust. Heavy skiing.
S face is melting off fast but only has 3" snow over the wet/icy crust.
I hope all is well. Let us know if you need anymore info. Many of us have been in the area a lot and know it very well and can surmise places to look or places to get lost or hunker down, etc.
There's a nice aesthetic bonus when you get to the summit lodge after skiing the other three peaks. In the foreground you see Silver Queen, then behind it and a little to the left is Silver King, and behind and a little to the left again is Threeway Peak. The north sides were untracked when I skied them Saturday morning, so it was nice to look back at the three descent tracks, all in a row. I can't think of another tour quite like that, off the top of my head.
Gotta love those alpenglow shots with no one else there! That hut location is pretty unique, too.
Thanks, Michael!
Thanks, Michael!
I went up Glacier Creek road also to see how much snow was on the road. I just saw the one car like Andrew describes, simmilar to a Geo Metro (red), that was the only care parked there around 1pm Sunday.
Thanks Andyrew. At this point everything helps. We believe that he may have left his car Saturday evening intending to summit on Sunday. Were there any other cars on the road that looked like they may have belonged to skiers?
Thanks all for the comments! It's a route I would highly recommend to anyone in the winter as it is beautiful and also much safer then the two other main winter routes (3 mont blancs or direct ascent from the grands mulets hut which are both exposed to serac falls). It was really quite amazing to be alone at the Gouter hut and break trail for most of the time going up...
More pictures are available he...
More pictures are available he...
wow, that's an inspiring trip! Those are some great shots! Looks like one heck of a good time!
My buddy and I drove up Glacier Creek Road to the snow line and saw a red hatchback (I think a geo?) parked there. That would have been at 3PM or so on Sunday, April 27th. We had just driven up there to see how far we could get up the road for a recon for Baker next weekend, so we didn't get any farther than that. I don't know if that helps at all. I hope everything turns out...
**positive vibes**
Let's hope this has a happy ending...
Let's hope this has a happy ending...
Thanks for the report Lowell. I hadn't thought of that trip, but what a nice tour with lots of options (ascents of the Throne, Snorting Elk, and Northway Peak all beaconing too). Especially good now with the great snow coverage and on a sketchy weekend for avy conditions.
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That's the Lillooet nation's word for themselves. So did you guys make a Duffy - Downton - Brew pilgrimage this weekend or what?
You bet Lee. I half expected to see you roaming around somewhere up there. Maybe next time.
His car was found on the Glacier Creek road so he was likely skiing up the Coleman-Deming route.
Cool. Looks like a great trip!
Next time we'll have to schedule a few extra weeks in Cham.
Next time we'll have to schedule a few extra weeks in Cham.