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Holy Crap - I had a friend on Facebook tell me, and another buddy confirm, that the Mountain Operations Manager at Mission jumped into this skinny slot in 1996. I remember having a lot of snow that year, but that seems terrifying to me!

Anyway, I guess our claim to first descent is false. (Dammit  :) )

Very nice - especially the pictures from the high perch!

Beautiful!! Nice work!

Wow one day winter tour! Nice.

Great photo Frank.

Thanks!

Mike - on that last photo, we probably could have skinned up and over if we were more determined but booting for 30 ft seemed more efficient.  Probably a bit of a weird perspective.  I shot the photo looking down at my two partners who were attempting to follow my poorly set bootpack...it was deep.

Thanks for the great write-up.
Gawd that last photo. I can't even tell what manner of twisted up happened. Feels like we shouldn't be able to see the guy's skins!

author=markharf link=topic=40282.msg160556#msg160556 date=1521450380]
Sure looks fun.....but I've got an alternate soundtrack for you:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G_RiJsG3GZw

Ha! Perfect!

Downright Cascadian!

Thanks, I am digging the trip reports from up north. So much exploring to do... there is treasure everywhere.

author=myikat link=topic=40247.msg160459#msg160459 date=1520969943]
Strong work- 3 hours to Muir!

Woof, no kidding, they'd have arrived at Muir an hour and a half ahead of me!

lurv me some st helens, great to see some touring beyond the south side.

kapman, can you shed any additional light on the crater wall FA? curious to know where it was and who did it. cheers

Hey nice pictures!

author=Jake the Brit link=topic=40247.msg160464#msg160464 date=1521004693]
That's a a killer photo Mr Kamtron: Gib ledges, NIsqually stuff, dude skiier, I could go on....nice one!

Thanks! And a lady skier coming in hot

author=kamtron link=topic=40247.msg160433#msg160433 date=1520883896]
I thought the snow was pretty good, considering we are in a big warmup after > 1 foot of fresh Thursday night! Snowfield had not-too-sun-kissed powder, and the schmoo was luckily only the last 1-2 k to bridge.

Don't get me wrong, it was still fantastic skiing!! But always room to improve.  ;D

Nice job guys. Three FS personnel did pretty much the same route except the contoured the crater wall around above the old dome. This was a couple of years before MSH was opened back up to the public. There purpose was to scout the crater wall for the first ascent which happened a few years later. They opted to cross the Plains of Abraham then over which is arduous. I have circumnavigated Loowitakla twice, once solo. Even down low it is endless canyons and gullies.  Requires lots of route f...

A little bit of poorly shot video.

https://vimeo.com/259806584