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Thanks for the picks Jerry!!! ;D It didnt hurt too much it was fun sliding down and I hope that footage works out for you!! :D
I'm hooked now so i will see you soon! 8)
I'm hooked now so i will see you soon! 8)
Here is Stewie in action 8) Glad to have you along Stew and thanks for letting us drag you across the snow ;) It didn't hurt that bad did it?
Welcome to TAY, Stewie. I'm impressed that you survived Mr. Jarvis initiation rite and lived to write this TR!
Too bad we missed you, Jeff. You would have been excited to see Michael, Patrizia, Rick and I together, probably the highest concentration of Trab users in North America yesterday (and two pair of F1's "to boot")!
Phil: There was some evidence of new snow higher up, mostly just mucking up the trail to make your shoes wet, though. Looks like it melted fast during the warm weather Thursday and Friday.
Phil: There was some evidence of new snow higher up, mostly just mucking up the trail to make your shoes wet, though. Looks like it melted fast during the warm weather Thursday and Friday.
Hey GregL - You were on Muir too yesterday? We were there as well. Were you not courting your F1s and Trabs with you? Despite the vast size of the Muir snowfield, I'd like to think I would not have missed seeing or feeling the presence of an F1 user. My mind/Dynafit receptors may be getting a bit rusty given the early season.
Hmm... what happened to the 3+ inches of rain that fell at Paradise this week? ???
Doesn't sound like it resulted in much snow higher up...
Doesn't sound like it resulted in much snow higher up...
Conditions like that call out for the proper equipment: rock skis . . . and not just any old rock skis, but the wife's rock skis.
(As my brother memorably said while back East over one Thanksgiving for some truly horrible conditions on skis I had borrowed for him: "These skis are perfect: they're old, soft, and somebody else's.")
(As my brother memorably said while back East over one Thanksgiving for some truly horrible conditions on skis I had borrowed for him: "These skis are perfect: they're old, soft, and somebody else's.")
Lots of stuff going on at Paradise yesterday - St. Helen's spouted off, lots of big serac falls on the Nisqually, and our friend Magali saw a mother bear and her two cubs foraging just down from Alta Vista!
Well done, Jonathan! Am I correct in assuming you didn't use your new Duo Sint Aeros on that 7" of unconsolidated fresh?
hee hee, thats why I moved west last year for good. :)
glad to hear your ski season has begun.
glad to hear your ski season has begun.
My old stompin' grounds. Good to see the early season stoke out of the Never Summers. Send some our way ;)
Bony is a legit excuse in Jan but not Oct! Hope Ullr throws the PNW some bones soon...
the first on tay to have have a 1000 veiws, thats surpriseing considering some of the descents that skykilo has made, it is an awsome pic though!
it would be a crime for any skiier not to ski it?
Wow.
Another first, Skipper.
There should be an award here, somewhere. The first fiction works on TAY to hit 1000 views. That outta be worth something.
I got it - I think you've won a free chance to buy the (two sided!!) TAY shirt of your choice.
Just go HERE to select the shirt of your choice.
Another first, Skipper.
There should be an award here, somewhere. The first fiction works on TAY to hit 1000 views. That outta be worth something.
I got it - I think you've won a free chance to buy the (two sided!!) TAY shirt of your choice.
Just go HERE to select the shirt of your choice.
i thought that the Arapahoe glacier was part of the City of Boulder's protected watershed and was off-limits to public access. just curious if that restriction has changed...or was this a sneaky sneak ski trip ;) ?
looks nice...hopefully the rainy weather in the pnw today will produce some worthwhile conditions for the weekend.
looks nice...hopefully the rainy weather in the pnw today will produce some worthwhile conditions for the weekend.
I was completely disoriented on the date ??? because I was so totally excited about the new snow and coming winter - Ive almost forgotten how cold my fingers were in my soaked gloves too.
Bet those sun cups will all be gone next weekend
Hi Dougie, we will miss you this season.
Bet those sun cups will all be gone next weekend
Hi Dougie, we will miss you this season.
Damn, someone got the first freshies... Nice job. I plan to go out next Sunday and it better snows by then...
Silly kids!
Hey, some German guy just told me that there isn't any skiing here in Berlin and that the only mountains in town are massive mounds of WWII rubble collected around flak bunkers from the same era.
Jennifer didn't tell me anything about the lack of skiiing here when she suggested we live here for the year ???
Thanks for the early season report Alisa. And keep sticking those mule grabs Chris, whatever those are...
Hey, some German guy just told me that there isn't any skiing here in Berlin and that the only mountains in town are massive mounds of WWII rubble collected around flak bunkers from the same era.
Jennifer didn't tell me anything about the lack of skiiing here when she suggested we live here for the year ???
Thanks for the early season report Alisa. And keep sticking those mule grabs Chris, whatever those are...
hmm, yeah...i thought i recognized those pictures from elsewhere. i was ALMOST jealous, for a second... ;D
Korup and Blitz, thanks for the company. It was actually Sunday Oct 15th and not the 13th as posted.
It certainly was a stormy day and much fun to be out when nature is at her fiercest.
I'm going to try Lincon Rolls with a switch landing off the tops of the sun-cups next time so make sure your camera is working guys. ::)
It certainly was a stormy day and much fun to be out when nature is at her fiercest.
I'm going to try Lincon Rolls with a switch landing off the tops of the sun-cups next time so make sure your camera is working guys. ::)
Wasn't it the 15th? :) Well, I have never started out hiking to go skiing in a serious downpour before- it definately wasn't a gentle PNW misty rain. The skiing alternated between glorious freshies and sun cup edge skating, but felt fantastic to see fresh snow blowing through the tip cutouts. Accumulations on the way down appeared to be at least an inch per hour, so I suspect almost all of the nasty cupping should currently be filled in (unless it all just gets windscoured). Combined w...
You two get my vote for the TAY TR "Creativity" and "Entertainment Value" awards. Excellent pics. (even Cass's patch shot) Nice try picking a spot with no telemetry station... but... sadly, Paradise is close enough :)
Attached are a couple pictures of Scotsman walking up towards snow... Still a fair amount of vertical to go before we can think about skiing: Rainier is pretty bare now. As he said, it was a gorgeous day, and I had great company. Can't beat that!
That earthquake near Mt. Rainier must have rattled Skip's brain.
Everyone loves a kidder, nice way to start your winter cardio training program :D.
Nice try Skipper! I'll let you know if Sky & I have it that good on the Coleman-Deming midweek. 8)
That snow was sooooo fantastic, I'm still amazed! I must say I was rather concerned that we'd only be skiing a relic snow patch in the rain, but that unexpected deep powder treat made it all worthwhile! ;)
Huh? ??? How high did you go? I could not ski cuz the kid had a soocer game in Sunnyside, but there was warm rain going over chinook this morning. The pics you had were amazing considering the weather at the pass. If you're not snowing us, kudos for the freshies!
Looks like it was deep! Nice report!
I myself was turned back due to the climax slides thundering down around us in the Glacier Peak area.
;)
-Matt
I myself was turned back due to the climax slides thundering down around us in the Glacier Peak area.
;)
-Matt
I am flattered,as a relative newbie to the turns all year world,that a patch of snow should bear my name. And to be so designated by a nine year veteran increases the honour. I am not very familiar with Rainier, but there has to be a number of runs affiliated with Ron Jarvis, since I've heard that he is familiar with every skiable nook and cranny on the mountain.
Zaba zaba zaba zoo. Secret white room alakazoo!
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i made 18 turns total...
You've got everyone in Midlothian beat except maybe your roommate. That guy in the Corvette has a lot of nerve parking next to a group of backcountry skiers!
Kam - GREAT pictures! Beautiful colors! We missed you and Allyson at the course improvements workshop for Glacier Skiing/Snowboarding and Crevasse Rescue course. I'll send out a summary of the accepted improvements.
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... Say hi to Kam and the deep south!
hi Marcus. the South says 'Hello!', and 'Come visit!'
Congrats on you 24th month and thanks for the report! Sounds like conditions were pretty good. I almost went up to T-Line on Sunday, and probably should have after reading your report. It looks like I won't be able to get October turns in for a couple of weeks. I'll have to wait and see what the weather looks like. Hopefully we'll get some snow between now and then. It sounds like there is still plenty of snow on the palmer snowfield. It&#...
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i made 18 turns total...but hey, october is in the bag!
Nice, Allyson! 18 turns is way better than no turns ;). Will look forward to seeing you in the future.
Nice -- glad you cats could make the whirlwind tour again. Hope to catch up with you sometime this winter. Say hi to Kam and the deep south!
Way to "get 'er done", Ally.
Hope to see you and the Kamster, next time you're in town.
Hope to see you and the Kamster, next time you're in town.
another great day linkin' patches guys! glad to have been able to make it back JUST in time, and to celebrate with skip on his big day. 8)
Way to knock out your turns everyone ;D.
Nice Pirate ensamble Greg!
Nice Pirate ensamble Greg!
Well, here's another picture of the group doing their synchonized skiing act . . . and a few more at http://www.randosaigai.com/paradise093006.html
Thanks Kam for making us even more ridiculous then we already are...it was a fun day in the mountains. As a mega dork, I managed to delete all my pictures before downloading them to the PC, so no pix from me this time around :-(
You guys are my heroes. ;)
No, really. I'm serious. Those pics have a lot of joy in them. :D
No, really. I'm serious. Those pics have a lot of joy in them. :D