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Marcus, it was great sharing the summit panorama with your group. If someone had mentioned it was your birthday we would have at least made you a GU spiked snow cone.
The pollen made for easy travel on the valley floor. Better glide than skins & without carrying grip wax.
The pollen made for easy travel on the valley floor. Better glide than skins & without carrying grip wax.
Congrats Silas! Don't suppose you will be slowing down anytime soon. Garth :)
Nice job Jason and Phil.
Two weeks in a row that you knocked off a couple tough climbs and skis that once thwarted your previous efforts.
Cool video to document the ski down the wall.
IMHO-Everyone has a level of comfort and risk in mountain climbing and skiing, none are right and none are wrong they are just levels.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Joe
Two weeks in a row that you knocked off a couple tough climbs and skis that once thwarted your previous efforts.
Cool video to document the ski down the wall.
IMHO-Everyone has a level of comfort and risk in mountain climbing and skiing, none are right and none are wrong they are just levels.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Joe
No worries! As hot as it was, two more beers and I would've been sliding down the hill on my face...
Aaaaah, Ruth. Looks like it was an amazing day. Sorry I couldn't make it on the birthday tour this year Marcus. Next year I'll sing extra loud and carry TWO beers up for you! :)
Joe you where so right! A big crew on that trail would have been murderous.
As I was climbing over yet another obstacle on the way down, I turned to Sidnie and said"lift skiing sounds so good right now".
I will never question your judement again. ;D
As I was climbing over yet another obstacle on the way down, I turned to Sidnie and said"lift skiing sounds so good right now".
I will never question your judement again. ;D
author=runningclouds link=topic=7319.msg29131#msg29131 date=1180937668]
Well done. Awesome line. Where is the video?
Ha. Phil made one...and I'm sure he made fun of me somehow, but in light of it, I imagine it's entertaining. My sound doesn't work so I watched it without and it was cool watching the skiing from the view of a headcam and thusly the skier. The film is here: http://mtnphil.com/Rate.php?ID=62
Scottie-
Good job, Looks like you got the job done!
Now you can do a side by side comparison of the two options we tried to decide last week.
Joe
Good job, Looks like you got the job done!
Now you can do a side by side comparison of the two options we tried to decide last week.
Joe
Good job Telemack, I know you wanted that one.
How long do you think conditions will last on that route?
How long do you think conditions will last on that route?
Great day Michael, and thanks to Spinfast and his buddy whose tracks we followed.
As you say I didn't think about work once during the descent. ;D
Famous last words, " let's follow their tracks, if they can ski it, so can we!" NOT ;)
As you say I didn't think about work once during the descent. ;D
Famous last words, " let's follow their tracks, if they can ski it, so can we!" NOT ;)
Thanks for the post. After reading a bunch of other TRs, I began to gather it must have been the pollen. I did scrape off some of the gunk on the bottom of the skis at one point (that QFC card comes in handy sometimes!) and the nice glide lasted only a few minutes at best it seemed.
Well done. Awesome line. Where is the video?
author=silaswild link=topic=7324.msg29127#msg29127 date=1180936592]
Back on the crest we lounged in the sun and watched an amazing cloud of yellow green pollen blow down valley from Lake Annette. Wish we'd had a camera to document it.
Hmm... neat. My car, parked at the Heliotrope ridge TH, was covered in pollen at the end of the day. What is making the pollen so plentiful this year? When will it stop?
Thanks for the TR! I am inspired again!
I put this image of the SW chutes on my desktop. I must ski Adams again. I must ski...
I think the SW chutes are unique in their sustained fall line. I cannot think of another place that offers the same sustained 30° over 3000 ft run. The South Ridge (South Spur or, really, Suksdorf Ridge) is a fantastic run as well but similar, in profile, to some...
I put this image of the SW chutes on my desktop. I must ski Adams again. I must ski...
I think the SW chutes are unique in their sustained fall line. I cannot think of another place that offers the same sustained 30° over 3000 ft run. The South Ridge (South Spur or, really, Suksdorf Ridge) is a fantastic run as well but similar, in profile, to some...
Wow, that is some different view from six days ago! The "easy" season on Stuart is short.
Nice job, stay safe, grow old. It's not bad, just different.
Saturday sure had perfect conditions all over the hills of Washington judging from the reports posted here on tay, and undoubtedly many more which were not reported.
Saturday sure had perfect conditions all over the hills of Washington judging from the reports posted here on tay, and undoubtedly many more which were not reported.
author=Jason_H. link=topic=7320.msg29118#msg29118 date=1180925238]
Right on! What an adventure that must've been. How many years did it take you?
It depends on when you start counting. 58.9 years of life, 35.9 years after Mt. Baker, my first summit in WA, or 3 years since I learned I had finished 99 peaks of this little known list. The toughest part was remembering that I needed to do it, and in June for the most fun, ski to...
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We went with “Sheispiste” and another teacher.
Way to go RedGoesFaster. Nice job on your first TR. I'd give you extra credit if I could. :) What a great way to celebrate June and the coming of summer. This was a lovely tour with the R's and Sean. We had wonderful weather, great snow (pollen build up was significant but not as grabby as I would have expe...
Nice job on the trip report ,and thanks for letting me tag along with the family. I'll post some photos a little later.
-Sean (aka "the other teacher")
-Sean (aka "the other teacher")
Went up Sunday with my friend Doug. "What a difference a day makes." That's what we heard 3 times from folks who said they had been up the day before and could get up without bare spots. But today it was bushwack city in the clearcuts. Still, snow skiing in June when it's hot enough for air conditioning on the way from and too ain't bad.
Right on! What an adventure that must've been. How many years did it take you?
Looks like someone has a helmet cam ;)
Nice work Silas!
Nice work Silas!
A few more pics online. A long day in good company. And _I_ see the allure of the SW chutes (what's wrong with using all your elevation at once? Ski fast, babe :p).
drC
drC
Hooray for Silas! He's a wild man. Sounds like a good excuse to throw a party....
The views look sweet.
Sounds like you had some a-pollen conditions. I read a post last night that said to use a scraper regularly, to freshen the wax and prevent getting grabbed at by the vegetable matter.
Sounds like you had some a-pollen conditions. I read a post last night that said to use a scraper regularly, to freshen the wax and prevent getting grabbed at by the vegetable matter.
Scotsman is in a way the world's greatest guide: he drags us out AND pays 8)
HI Scott - thank you for your reply. My posting signature is in Norwegian and is based on a list of 9 "sound mountain advice/knowledge rules" that were developed for an accident prevention campaign after a particularly bad Easter vacation in 1967 where 18 people lost their lives.
1. Do not go on a long trip without training/knowledge/fitness
2. Let someone know where you are going.
3. Show respect for the weather and the weather forecast
4.&n...
1. Do not go on a long trip without training/knowledge/fitness
2. Let someone know where you are going.
3. Show respect for the weather and the weather forecast
4.&n...
It was a pleasure celebrating your birthday with you too! From sunrise to sunset -- it was a perfect day (aside from the pollen, of course).
Q :)
Q :)
It was nice meeting you up there Eli (on the trail at least). Glad that you had fun. It was a great day!
Sweet Oyvind! I love that route via the Cowlitz and Ingraham. I posted a link to your TR on my website. That's a big 1-day ascent -- way to get it done!
Hey, what does your posting signature mean?
--Scott
Hey, what does your posting signature mean?
--Scott
Mack,
Nice trip. Glad to see the crags released you long enough to do some skiing. I was really wishing for a belay yesterday with all the security of class 5 rock. Today, I'm trimming the roses while Chris and Sidnie are off to Interglacier.
Michael
Nice trip. Glad to see the crags released you long enough to do some skiing. I was really wishing for a belay yesterday with all the security of class 5 rock. Today, I'm trimming the roses while Chris and Sidnie are off to Interglacier.
Michael
Welcome back to the knee-knockers' club, Michael. :)
Michael -- good to hear you made it to Little T. sorry to have missed you, but i'll see you soon.
Lowell: that's a very nice photograph -- well composed :)
Thanks Michael - it's been a great week! I'm planning on heading south next weekend for a change of scene.
We were able to ski to and from the road just a little below Windy Pass (maybe 100 yards past someone else's bumper - lotsa cars from the Bushwhackers and Mounties groups that were up there along with multiple ski groups). But it involved a little bit of maze-work and 2-3 very short stretches of skiing on branches and logs (worth it for the short drive in my book). It will get rapidly more bare. We managed to still ski 1000vf continuous snow from NW summit ridge down toward the west, but p...
Nice pictures Andy - I see that your busy week on Rainier goes on :)
A little late in coming, but for those that were interested in seeing some pics of the area, I've finally got around to linking Mike's TR:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83798
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83798
Nice to see you're back on "this side" for a bit and having fun, Michael.
Thanks for the report, Michael - Magali told me how "greet" the skiing was. Would have loved to join you on Little T, if not in the creek!
We didn't rope up at all,but that is up to you...You can just hike the creek and skin up to about 6500 feet without getting on the glacier and have a great ski run(or more than one) Ski crampons would come in handy in the morning(if you have an early start) . Have fun,Pred
I'm pretty sure it was you guys we saw up in the basin that evening. We were the snowboarders above you on the ridge. We opted to ride out the east basin over the west for our final run home. Did you guys ski the logging road out or retrace? The best turns to be had are off the ridge where there is less pollen. From the summit the west slope looks iffy. I'm sure theres some fun turns in there but it will be gone in a week or so I bet. I took a photo of you guys at your high point from...
Very cool Michael! I'm slobbering just thinking about that run down the Fryinpan. Killer. It's great to see folks heading up Little T. Yes, the rock is a bit crappy at the top, but it's worth it. As you say, the view is amazing. Especially down the north face!! I've posted a link to your TR on my website. --Scott
Thanks for your tracks Andy and Claudius - they definitely helped us when we went up two days later. What a great mountain!! We were happy not to see any signs of the Claudius indigestion event at the summit ;-)
Looks like you guys had a very busy Rainier week end!
Looks like you guys had a very busy Rainier week end!
Yup, we're still amazed that we had such great weather all day long. Especially considering that we were in a downpour the whole drive home!
You can climb to the cleaver on the left instead of heading onto the Nisqually Glacier. That way should be fine. But it is significantly steeper. I think up that way, then down the Nisqually is a good strategy. Skiing over crevasses seems much safer to me than climbing over them; perhaps I even used equations to illustrate that on this very website once upon a time. Fuhrer Finger still looked pretty good yesterday. As long as you don't mind skiing over ro...
I know that Skykilo was up on the mountain again, and he would surely know better than I do. But...in my opinion it seems to be melting out fast! I think that it will still be pretty good for a few weekends of skiing off the top, although the bridge we crossed on the finger won't be around for long. Maybe if you went climbers left before 12.5 you may be able to find another way to point success. Mike's blog http://www.mountrainierclimbing.blogspot.com/ has good updates on the mountain....
Good timing on this TR as I am planning on heading up to Heliotrope ridge this weekend. Wasn't planning on heading up too high though. How far up is it good to go before we would need to rope up? How's the skiing on the ridge or in that area? Our plan is to head up on Saturday and spend the night and get some more turns in on Sunday. Sounds like the hike in from the TH is pretty good as well. Thanks.