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Found similar conditions up near the Pass. Light East wind was streaming over our N-S ridge at ~10-15 mph at 2PM. Lapping wasn't an option for us, but I wish (from the bottom of my soul) it had been. Minimal to no instability noted, despite the antics of a number of folks in other parties.
A decidedly non-textbook Rutschblock (small, weighted more in a shearing than weighting action by the skier) failed in a Q2-3 fashion with a little pop ~6-8" at a moderate hop below Monda...
A decidedly non-textbook Rutschblock (small, weighted more in a shearing than weighting action by the skier) failed in a Q2-3 fashion with a little pop ~6-8" at a moderate hop below Monda...
Thanks for the TR Nick. Was the bottom/exit of the Crooked Couloir filled in?
Chris,
Con't worry, there will be freshies when you return. In the meantime be careful, eh.
Con't worry, there will be freshies when you return. In the meantime be careful, eh.
Nice to see a report from an out of the way location.
thanks for the update, sounds like i will be able to take my dog up tomorrow. were there hoards of people? i figured there would be....
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I didn't have a ski buddy so I just took scenic pix of the views and the ski slopes.
If you are looking for a ski buddy on Fridays--I'm often available every other . . .
PM me if you like.
If you ever want to trade secret or semi secret stashes give me a shout.
I'm in Portland and mostly ski around Hood.
I'm in Portland and mostly ski around Hood.
If you're gonna forget your skins, Chris, you should do it in July so you can boot it like I did on Unicorn last summer. ::)
Nice TR Nick! Let me know if you want to make some turns sunday or monday
We went out one ridge west of that first cirque. We didnt like the way the normal route looked, so we opted to explore that other side. There was a little boot packing involved, but mainly to stay out of the way of some steep, quite loaded aspects.
Oh and I forgot to add that sun exposed slopes were baking like potatoes up there when we headed down around noon. Pinwheels spontaneously rolling past you, that sort of thing, so factor that in any equations you have.
Sounds awesome Scotsman. Can't wait to see some pics.
I have to admit that the reason we where unable to ski Cats due to latness of the day was I had left my skins at the house and had to go back to town to get them ( 1.5 hrs return) before we started the tour. My Canadian partners where very patient with me but soon everybody knew what a goof I was. Last night everybody I met said, " are you the American who forgot his skins?.
I will try and do better in the future and be a better TAY ambassador. :-[
I will try and do better in the future and be a better TAY ambassador. :-[
We saw your tracks at the bottom - which way did you go out?
Because I lived out of state for a few years, yesterday was the first time I have been in Pineapple Basin in at least three years. Well, I had this same thought yesterday, that the bowl below the Tooth used to seem big, but yesterday felt so small. Funny how our perspectives change with time.
Yeah thanks Matt. I just remembered you were the guy Mike and I skied Kaleetan/chair peak circ with years ago. That was like my 5th time on tele skis and I thought it was sooooo big. Ha ha.
Thanks guys, and to Matt for the info. I am heading up with some folks in an little bit.
Thanks for bringing in that stellar day gang 8)
Ed & Joe - If you have any interest in getting a copy of our gps track for the day on a topo shoot me an email -- I didn't have your addys.
Ed & Joe - If you have any interest in getting a copy of our gps track for the day on a topo shoot me an email -- I didn't have your addys.
Thanks for letting me tag along. What a great day w/great company! How lucky we are to enjoy the mountains w/friends. NIce pic of Holly rippin' N-face, BTW. Hope to see you all again soon. -Ed
Stevens Pass staff members discussed some of the topics in this thread at the Mountaineers Headquarters last night:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=8822.0
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=8822.0
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3 of us toured Chair Peak Basin 1-17-08, pretty beautiful tour. We skied east facing terrain, dug a pit on 38 degree slope east facing. Hard rain layer at about 8-10 inches. R block test showed non-consolidated break on 1st jump above the rain layer, 5 + subsequent jumps failed to break any deeper layers. Skiing had some small crust higher with soft pow conditions down b...
I just got news from friends in Innsbruck that they still experience the Föhn. So it does not look too good in Tirol right now, unfortunately.
Glad you've been having fun...hope things are well slut. Catch you later.
You guys rock!! Good memories from this winter break will not soon be forgotten...
Drop me a line if you find yourselves in Tahoe for any reason this winter. Now that there's actually snow here, my backyard is full of possibilities for adventurous shredding!
Drop me a line if you find yourselves in Tahoe for any reason this winter. Now that there's actually snow here, my backyard is full of possibilities for adventurous shredding!
I don't know what the scale is - I would guess better then 1:50,000 and definitely not 1:100. The garmin mapset works well
looks like a fun trip - how do you like the garmin canadian mapset on the GPS? Is the 1:100,000k series good enough for anything? I have the 24k series for the us parks (which is fantastic), but those candians need better topos!
That looks amazing!!!!!
Nice job kids!
Nice job kids!
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I'm a photoshop guy too, ;D
I thought you may have added some snow to my face and gogs in those 1st pics....I'm on to you Engel....
I'm a photoshop guy too, so I figured you might have used it to "enhance" Chris' riding abilities. It's all about smoke and mirrors, right?!!
;D
;D
Dan,
With PhotoShop I can make anybody look good...accually we all know Chris is good on that splitboard!
I know I am exceding the photo limit but had to be fair and post a shot of Dan. I hope I do not get put in the Turns-all-Year jail for posting to many photos. May be you guys can bail me out if I get locked up!!!
With PhotoShop I can make anybody look good...accually we all know Chris is good on that splitboard!
I know I am exceding the photo limit but had to be fair and post a shot of Dan. I hope I do not get put in the Turns-all-Year jail for posting to many photos. May be you guys can bail me out if I get locked up!!!
Jack wrote:
Without a doubt a fun group, except those skiers that kept falling down hill and poached our cliff line that they didn't even hit. Refer to pic of unsafe bc travel.
<Bottomline>Robyn effin charges!</Bottomline>
Jack wrote:
Sunday was a fun group Robyn is a rippin' skier too.
Without a doubt a fun group, except those skiers that kept falling down hill and poached our cliff line that they didn't even hit. Refer to pic of unsafe bc travel.
<Bottomline>Robyn effin charges!</Bottomline>
Jack wrote:
That snow was sooooo goooooooooood!!!!!
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Nice report.
I'm glad we don't typically have to worry too much about depth hoar in WA. During my one trip to CO in the winter in '93 (when I incidentally took a level 1 avy class with a few well known experts including Tremper teaching - good stuff!!), they had something like 3+ feet of depth hoar with just a little over a foot of newer snow on top. It was a ve...
Nice work guys, looks like everyone had a good day out except for me (stuck doing homework). Chris- we gotta get back up to Sahale and get some turns one of these days. Maybe this spring? Will be in touch.
Nice faceplant, l think your beard needed some water- he must've been hungry for some pow too!
-the other Chris
Nice faceplant, l think your beard needed some water- he must've been hungry for some pow too!
-the other Chris
All I can say is wow! Joe- I dropped those classes and am skiing all winter, no more homework on beautiful weekends for me! Decided I needed to get my priorities in order- Let's ski!
See you all out there soon.
Chris
See you all out there soon.
Chris
Sunday was a fun group Robyn is a rippin' skier too.
Hopefully we will get some more good terrain in soon.
Hopefully we will get some more good terrain in soon.
Thanks for the pictures you guys, it's nice to have reminders of the wonderful conditions. The snow, sun and company sure came together. ;) I am glad to have learned some new terrain and to have met Holly, Jen, JW, and Ed. I appreciate the opportunity to plod along with the geezers and pick up a thing or two along the way. I hope to do it again soon. Thanks again to JW for the lift up to Paradise for the last run. We made it down to Narada just before dark and enjoyed some of the ni...
That's a great shot of Rainier. You can see a line up The Fuhrer Finger that looks sweet.
Don is tha MAN, Dan! Don't be hatting because I got hella tight steeze!
Don, you sure are making Chris look pretty good. What kind of deal have you guys worked out? ;D
Nice report.
I'm glad we don't typically have to worry too much about depth hoar in WA. During my one trip to CO in the winter in '93 (when I incidentally took a level 1 avy class with a few well known experts including Tremper teaching - good stuff!!), they had something like 3+ feet of depth hoar with just a little over a foot of newer snow on top. It was a very weird snowpack - lots of whoompfing VERY tricky to ski especially with the much-skinner telemark ski...
I'm glad we don't typically have to worry too much about depth hoar in WA. During my one trip to CO in the winter in '93 (when I incidentally took a level 1 avy class with a few well known experts including Tremper teaching - good stuff!!), they had something like 3+ feet of depth hoar with just a little over a foot of newer snow on top. It was a very weird snowpack - lots of whoompfing VERY tricky to ski especially with the much-skinner telemark ski...
Hi all - great to have Cass here for a few days for some skiing in my new backyard...you are all more than welcome to do the same ;-)! Kam - we'll come check out the Virginia backyard at some point ;-)
Paul posted more pictures here.
Paul posted more pictures here.
And a few more to add to the photo album.
Highly recommend the following action shot of JW "Oof . . .", but don't forget to view a short clip of Legdragger, "Yeah, Baby!".
Great day of...
Highly recommend the following action shot of JW "Oof . . .", but don't forget to view a short clip of Legdragger, "Yeah, Baby!".
Great day of...