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There are at least two foxes (one almost black, one gray/red) that have been "working" the Paradise parking lot for the last couple of years, using the "i'll look cute and stand still, you throw me some junk food" strategy. Last time I was there in May one of them set up shop in front of my car and I couldn't leave the parking lot until all the tourists had gotten their pictures.
By the way, for you parents out there, I tried saying "Swiper, no swipi...
By the way, for you parents out there, I tried saying "Swiper, no swipi...
Oh yeah, on the drive around the loop road below Edith Creek I saw a large fox on the road. I hit the brakes and he wandered off. I can't recall seeing one before.
Good job Zap.
I went for a "Lunch Break Tour" got there as the clouds were pushing in and started to brush Naches Peak. Was not motivated by the cloud potential and went for some exciting 4 wheeling up the Bear Gap/Morse Creek road. Scouted a couple runs off the backside (east) on pt 6567 from the highway. Went back up to the pass, saw a couple guys skinning under the East end of Naches Pk. as the clouds started to set in to stay on the summits of Naches and Yakima.
Did not f...
I went for a "Lunch Break Tour" got there as the clouds were pushing in and started to brush Naches Peak. Was not motivated by the cloud potential and went for some exciting 4 wheeling up the Bear Gap/Morse Creek road. Scouted a couple runs off the backside (east) on pt 6567 from the highway. Went back up to the pass, saw a couple guys skinning under the East end of Naches Pk. as the clouds started to set in to stay on the summits of Naches and Yakima.
Did not f...
Great to see someone else took advantage of the weather window. Big day !
Thanks, Zapster.
I was wondering how the coverage was holding up at Chinook.
I was wondering how the coverage was holding up at Chinook.
hey Mad_Dog and ron j. great report, and photos, especially the one of Mad_Dog -- good eye. looks like a fun day.
Nice work Justin, glad you got it in! It looked pretty windy up there on Sunday with the lenticulars we saw while on L Tahoma. Thanks for passing along the greetings from Kevin. Glad to hear they made it. Small world.
Paul
Paul
Nice - i went biking instead - which was fun but I know I missed out
Like this shot a lot
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Like this shot a lot
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Nice job. Did you follow a lonely skin/boot track up? Interesting lake crossing!
What a difference a day makes! Sorry to hear about your conditions, things consolidated quite a bit for Saturday. Running the ridge on Crag View turned out to be a couple class three moves, though it appeared trickier on first glance. Photos and details at:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=7320.0
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=7320.0
Very nice, JD! Me and a couple friends skied Mt. Ruth on Saturday... we were probably skinning up it as you were coming down the Inter Glacier.... "ships passing in the night", as it were... if we'd gotten to the summit of Ruth an hour or two earlier we coulda watched you ski down the IG. 8)
Ya, now go clip some bolts for relaxation 8)
Good strong work Justin....very cool 8)...Jerry
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Any info on the Hotlum-Winton?
Hot-tun as Fifth Season calls it is still skiable according to Shasta Climbing Rangers. Check the rpt. -- Shasta Ranger District. The weather will be better this wkend down here also.
Wintun is spelled with a u, Good luck
Sounds like a nice trip. Scotsman and I were in the Chutes earlier in the day saturday. I'm glad to hear the snow corned up in the evening because it was pretty soft when we booted out to Pan point about 2:00 pm.
I highly recommend the area, esp. if you've never been there before. My round trip time was about 10 hr., but I was alone so I cruised easy, esp. when my iPod went dead. I also took nice 30 min. breaks on the two summits, and the heat/humidity slowed me a bit.
Don't know if the bike would be worth it (I love riding up to Monte Cristo) - possible, but a bit of trouble to carry across the fallen trees. Here is a pa...
Don't know if the bike would be worth it (I love riding up to Monte Cristo) - possible, but a bit of trouble to carry across the fallen trees. Here is a pa...
It was enjoyable to read your report, especially that your mom joined you. Those are special times to share. Jill and I have shared a few trips with Jill's sons and those were great memories. I have 5 grandsons in the "Grandpa Zap Sherpa School".
Your middle photo with the shadow of Hood is a classic.
So why weren't you carrying your Mom's skis to the Hogsback ? ;)
Your middle photo with the shadow of Hood is a classic.
So why weren't you carrying your Mom's skis to the Hogsback ? ;)
Finally got pics of the trip up.
http://flickr.com/photos/nickpope/sets/72157600320587048/
As Mr. Doober mentioned, the Cle Elum River road was clear of snow except for one patch of trees two miles from the end. I imagine that is gone by now. Even last week someone had been in clearing trees from the road beyond this point.
The Scatter Creek crossing is deep ( for a minivan) but you�...
http://flickr.com/photos/nickpope/sets/72157600320587048/
As Mr. Doober mentioned, the Cle Elum River road was clear of snow except for one patch of trees two miles from the end. I imagine that is gone by now. Even last week someone had been in clearing trees from the road beyond this point.
The Scatter Creek crossing is deep ( for a minivan) but you�...
Thanks, that one's definetly on the list!
Hey Hefeweizen, check out my TR from hotlum-wintun in May:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=7186.0
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=7186.0
Any info on the Hotlum-Winton?
Thnx for the info. I'm thinking about heading up that way maybe Fri or Sat. Sounds like a strenuous day trip and considering using a bike for the first/last mile. What was your car to car time?
way to go, j-man! that's some pretty gutsy stuff, hucking crevasses and all...glad the weather cleared out enough for you to tag the summit. 8)
Looks like Hummel didn't want to mention when we skied it a few years ago off the summit we got a nice big schrund jump where our line met the glacier. Josh went first, barely landed on the lower lip, avoiding a giant backflip into a massive black emptiness. Which of those smileys is for the puckered sphincter?
Your comment: "They have also not ventured in with skiers in mind, as there are a number of low hanging sections that made carrying skis more difficult than necessary."
Agreed, skis are like petrified tentacles snagging EVERYTHING above one's head. Rangers need to slap on some skis onto a pack big enough to make it impossible to tent the skis. Though, beggars can't be choosers - mother nature did her thing and our skis got to tangle with her work more t...
Agreed, skis are like petrified tentacles snagging EVERYTHING above one's head. Rangers need to slap on some skis onto a pack big enough to make it impossible to tent the skis. Though, beggars can't be choosers - mother nature did her thing and our skis got to tangle with her work more t...
Nice pics Paul & Monika, sounds like a great trip where one of your legs was probably fatigued beyond belief as traverses tend to do! Maybe twin tips have another purpose - backwards traversing in the BC :D Would enjoy skiing that one some time.
Here are a couple of shots from a climb and ski of Stuart via Ullrich's Couloir I did last year on June 18. The conditions appear to be very similar now to then. Although the couloirs look like they may not go when viewed from Longs Pass they likely have more snow in them than it seems. Despite what we saw, we decided to go anyways and I was pleasantly surprised. It is a fun ski. The pics are of the climbing route in red up Cascadian Couloir and the ski r...
I carried my ski boots for the first few miles, then was glad to have plastics to kick steps in the steep firm morning snow of the trail (quite steep and tricky in places). I started skining about 500 vertical feet below Foggy Lake. I got about a thousand feet skiing from Gothic, then ~2,000 from Del Campo until I started booting down. I won't carry skis when I go back, but I had to try it out.
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You may have skied right by us near the end of your return leg.
oh i don't think so. 8700' and what felt like circumnavigating the mountain brought us back to nearly an empty parking lot :)
always fun to explore new terrain ~ thanks Paul.
200' more and a lot less O2 we could have summited rainier that day, but glad i didn'...
Nice job Justin! We've got permits to climb over July 4th weekend -- sounds like the route might be a little *interesting* for skiing by then...
Very nice Justin, thanks for sharing your adventure.
Thanks for saying that Zap, I was thinking the same thing myself, remembering the days when the "geezers" thought 1,000ft per hour was a p...
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"making careful progress at a slow 1000ft per hour"
Justin, 1000 ft per hour is considered a healthy pace for a few of us in our 60's. ;)
Thanks for saying that Zap, I was thinking the same thing myself, remembering the days when the "geezers" thought 1,000ft per hour was a p...
Nice!
From the Prow, I watched two skiers come down Emmons around 3PM on the 3rd. Lower part looked nice. Cloud deck at 12K kept me from seeing the whole route. I recall thinking that the corridor did look pretty damn narrow, narrow enough that ski tracks are going to get pretty bunched up in there.
One thing I shoulda mentioned in my post on the other recent Prow thread: wading the Inter fork isn't really necessary, even thought that seemed to be the herd instinct. Yo...
From the Prow, I watched two skiers come down Emmons around 3PM on the 3rd. Lower part looked nice. Cloud deck at 12K kept me from seeing the whole route. I recall thinking that the corridor did look pretty damn narrow, narrow enough that ski tracks are going to get pretty bunched up in there.
One thing I shoulda mentioned in my post on the other recent Prow thread: wading the Inter fork isn't really necessary, even thought that seemed to be the herd instinct. Yo...
"making careful progress at a slow 1000ft per hour"
Justin, 1000 ft per hour is considered a healthy pace for a few of us in our 60's. ;)
Glad to hear it was an enjoyable roundtrip.
Justin, 1000 ft per hour is considered a healthy pace for a few of us in our 60's. ;)
Glad to hear it was an enjoyable roundtrip.
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Looks like Mad_Dog saw a mad dog.
Hi Doug, at least I didn't have to chase MY breakfast before I got it ;).
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Are you two skiing later in the month or is June in the bag?
Get in touch before you get in town, as long as there's snow we...
Thanks for the report and great photos. Did you have to hike all the way to the lake? Carry boots as well? Can you estimate vertical feet of skiing off the peaks? Thnx.
Great pictures Paul! Looks like Little T is becoming popular these days ;-) !
Looks like Mad_Dog saw a mad dog.
Great report that is a fun read! RonJ with some sweet action shots of some skiing on the PG. Looking good there Jeanette.
Seeing your pics and reading the report is the stuff that makes me homesick. On Sunday here in the former East Berlin we took an underground tour of our neighborhood "water canal." That translates to "flowing subterranean river of sh_t" in English. Wish we'd know the translation before we g...
Great report that is a fun read! RonJ with some sweet action shots of some skiing on the PG. Looking good there Jeanette.
Seeing your pics and reading the report is the stuff that makes me homesick. On Sunday here in the former East Berlin we took an underground tour of our neighborhood "water canal." That translates to "flowing subterranean river of sh_t" in English. Wish we'd know the translation before we g...
Thanks for the report and great pictures showing the coverage or lack of.
Nice pics. We skied the Fortune Bowl (SE flank of Fortune) on Sunday, 6/3. The bowl was in fine shape. There was ample coverage to the glades just above the creek crossing, but not much snow below the creek crossing. We accessed via booting up Ingalls Pass trail, making it a loop trip. The slopes NE of Fortune also appeared to have ample coverage. The turns-to-grunt ratio on our loop trip was not great with only 1600 feet of downhill verts and 3000 feet of cl...
A few more photos here from our Sunday adventure.
Impressive trip, Paul Monika.
You may have skied righ by us near the end of your return leg.
You may have skied righ by us near the end of your return leg.
I've never met you Silas, but congrats!! That's quite an accomplishment. I'm with Sky- excellent excuse for a party....
RedGoesFaster, Nice TR. Remember, breaking trail for old folks is an honor and really appreciated.
Art, Perlin, Pete and I look forward to your skiing with us back at Stevens next season. But you do understand that we don't do TR about that. Plus if you start filming there, I can't guarantee your personal safety. ;)
Silas, ;)
Silas, ;)
I second Andy keep posting away. If I'm ever in Colorado though I'll have to remember to never to ski with you. :) Nice work man!!
Ben knew how to pick them indeed! I still think about his day, in which he skied the Roosevelt Headwall solo and then headed back up to ski the Coleman Headwall solo, as if one amazing ski wasn't enough! Nice job on the route you guys.
Hey Jessica,
Thanks for the pictures, especially of that guy in the orange. I didn't seem to get him in any of my shots. ;) I owe you some of that gal in the hat.
One thing I did get to appreciate was how much more pollen I built up compared to my lighter and wider-skied family members. More pressure equals more smearage and stickage. But still, no big deal to buff off with an old sweatshirt.
What a great evening tour. Dis...
Thanks for the pictures, especially of that guy in the orange. I didn't seem to get him in any of my shots. ;) I owe you some of that gal in the hat.
One thing I did get to appreciate was how much more pollen I built up compared to my lighter and wider-skied family members. More pressure equals more smearage and stickage. But still, no big deal to buff off with an old sweatshirt.
What a great evening tour. Dis...
Great photos as always, and excellent video footage! Congratulations!!