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Hey Dan - wake me up next time!

Brad and I are talking about an afternoon trip after work up there midweek sometime.  Maybe the crustiness will be softened up by then.  Let me know if you're up for that, too.  Your pup must be getting big now!

No pictures - still haven't replaced your lost camera eh?  We looked for it at Yodelin last month.  At cruising speed... 8)

The last photo is priceless!  Presume you finished with a handstand on the railing & a backflip onto the snow?  8)

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Pow



Some steeps that didn't quite go




and some steeps that were deep

Sorry to cause you such pain Vogtski; well, not really  ;).  We crossed well before the Falls at about the 3300' level.  This was our first time up, so no haven't crossed the saddle from Eagle.  I think the travel and turns are much better staying on the north side, but if the gate was closed and you wanted a real early start, that would be a good option, but you'ld miss the chance on the way out to jib the bridge over the Nisqually  ;D!

Looks like corn season down there Zap!  Nice TR, thanks.
However, with some of those place names somebody with an evil mind could rearrange and edit some of your sentences to make it sound almost pornographic. ;D

Just great, Boot...now every drive down the road below Canyon Rim, i'll see yur bodacious line and feel even older    :)  Did you cross the Paradise River below Carter Falls?  Ever dropped north from the col at the top of Eagle Pk trail?

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...Tom thought it was his best powder this year, even better than Canada heliskiing.

Couldn't resist adding that little tidbit, eh?  ;)

Now when that becomes a bankable sort of event in Europe, there will indeed be little reason to ponder the whole "BC huts versus eurotour?" question.

But seriously, are you ever coming back!?

awful, huh :D  Although the slot has INFINITE pics and tr's, I really enjoyed your photos, some of the best I've seen of slot and crooked.  Nice!

I was up there as well...one of the splitters...great day indeed. I keep running into brenda and md2020 everywhere I go...there stealing all the lines out there ;)

Yes, it was avy debris free.  I too had noted the line from various peaks and was excited to finally get after it.  Trying to be vague in a post with such a line is not easy, I figured many folks have seen and skied it, but it's always fun to add a little mystery. 

The only surprise on the trip was the buzzing of 2 stroke engines high marking around Mirror and Cottonwood lakes.  We even saw a sled on the road to Windy Pass while atop the chute.  I didn't know that area...

Cool...did you take any photos?

Russ, I was up there last Monday on a recon and we did go up over Hyak and followed the road down to Cold Creek which I felt took more time and covered more distance, although it was fun to ski the road down to Cold Creek.

I had read your report and referenced it in my trip plans which was very helpful.  :)  By the way, nice work doing it in much less snow coverage, your photo made it look really narrow.

Having done the road slog as well, I thought going over Hyak and Nordic Pass was more interesting....

Not knowing the "official" name last year, we called in Mother's Day chute, in that thread some else called it "Twin Lakes Couloir". No matter what you call it, it's fun ski!

http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=7108.0

Day 3 - http://www.leelau.net/2008/kokanee2008/day3/ - for more

There's very little out there that can top a chicken fried steak after a long hard day. Jan's, in Buena Vista, CO, makes an excellent one.

As for corn, I'm ready for it. The variable stability I encountered didn't make me a happy camper. April is thought provoking. We'll have plenty of corn for you when you get back!

Scott,  You had a great week in Tahoe.  Jill and I are in Tahoe and have been downhill and backcountry touring during the past couple of weeks.  You're right about Kirkwood and Alpine.  We have a midweek pass at Kirkwood and a spring pass at Alpine.  Both ski areas have backcountry access gates and are backcountry friendly with lots of complex expert terrain available outside the area boundary.  Tallac is a classic and you skied a great line.  Elephants Ba...

After the last time we saw Robie, we went down ridge and skied some glades, upper slopes had nice powdere but totally unbonded to a slick ice layer; cause us to avoid the steepest & tree-less; I had my skis slip out from under me in the trees and had a hard time getting up, because as I would rise slightly, me & the skis would simply slide down further.  Mid slopes had a crust about a foot or so down that could catch and edge and send skis in different direction, not much of a probl...

Nice tour, Lisa.
Thanks for sharing.

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It was cold and truly like a mid-January day.

except that we're skiing out at 5:00 pm and I'm not worried about driving home in the dark. :)

great weekend in the Tatoosh. Every weekend should be like that.

Hope you guys had fun too - from your downtrack, it looked like not enough of you ran down/snowshoe teled the powder! :). I liked your route up from the backside to the ridge - it was safer than mine today. Did you come in from the Talapus trailhead or Granite's?

If a quick analysis of your flickr account is correct, then I believe you're in the first photo above.

I was in the Tattosh today with Snowbell, Skierlyles and Dave. Unbelievable powder, very deep on the north facing slopes and stability fairly good but some worrisome windloading and potential slab near the top of the Pinnacle/Plummer col( we backed off near the top).
Dave and MD2020 dug a couple of pits and there was a fairly easy shear at 18".
Ski pen was at least 10-12" at times .Visibility was a problem at times so we went lower and skied steep trees . There was loose sno...

Day 2 complete writeup

http://www.leelau.net/2008/kokanee2008/day2/

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awsome picture of jeff! too bad you can't see what his skis say :)

Summer sucks, doesn't it? 

awsome picture of jeff! too bad you can't see what his skis say :)

Great skiing with you guys and thanks for the excellent introduction to the whistler backcountry.  Managed another good day yesterday though you had to be a bit more thoughtful to find that awesome fluff after a windy night.