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June 17, 2006, Klahanie Ridge, Olympic N.P.

all i can say is ugh.

6/21/06 1:44pm

ovrthhills

Hey Mac,
That was so miserable it was fun. 8)

6/21/06 1:11pm

iluka

author=fixiewrek link=topic=4972.msg20965#msg20965 date=1150937080]
Were crampons necessary above lunch counter? We're heading down on Sat. and going to summit on Saturday. Also how far until you can begin skinning or is it easier to just boot up.

I actually used crampons this past Sunday and found them very helpful. It wasn't too bad getting purchase with the boots alone but the crampons lessened all the lit...

6/21/06 12:45pm

altasnob

Here's a few photos from the Sulphide Glacier on Shuksan taken 6/18/06:

summit pyramid

Nooksack Tower

Picket Range

6/21/06 12:13pm

kam

what do you mean you didn't go up? ???

6/21/06 12:01pm

kam

june 18, steamboat prow

it was a nice day. thanks for the company everyone. here are some photos:

more photos...
1. Kelvin
2.

6/21/06 11:13am

kam

author=philfort link=topic=4969.msg20933#msg20933 date=1150838819]
JOM = 0%??? Kam would be jealous!

lucky!!!

6/21/06 10:26am

mcdonagh

author=fixiewrek link=topic=4972.msg20965#msg20965 date=1150937080]
Were crampons necessary above lunch counter? We're heading down on Sat. and going to summit on Saturday. Also how far until you can begin skinning or is it easier to just boot up.

I found crampons helpful but not necessary. 3 people in our large party of 8 were using them. as far as skinning... it there is a good freeze the night before (as ther...

6/21/06 9:44am

fixiewrek

Were crampons necessary above lunch counter? We're heading down on Sat. and going to summit on Saturday. Also how far until you can begin skinning or is it easier to just boot up.

6/21/06 9:40am

no_do_you

I think I owe one of you $10 for convincing me to take the chutes as well. I was sketched by the ice and wind up-top, but it was butter in the chutes after a couple turns.

Thanks again!

6/21/06 9:37am

skip

aka The Waterbed. I know that tent.

6/21/06 7:41am

cascadesfreak

June 16, 2006, Ingalls Peak

Bummer JW; hope that map was still useful in the fog :)

author=Paul_Russell link=topic=4971.msg20951#msg20951 date=1150870885]Reminds me of a recent camp at Sparks Lake in OR
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wuanzinger/157027272/in/set-72157594150661667/ ;D

Who's lame tent could that be? ;) oh yeah, my good 'ole "4 season" shelter.

6/21/06 3:30am

JimH

It was an excellent day!

Thanks for the TR and the apt photography. It was sublime watching the little fronts roll in, dump on us for a while and then part the curtains on things like Stuart, Mt Daniel and the Teanaway area. The scenery just got better as the day went on and the light was great.

The skiing was tons of fun too. We'll have to get back there when the fall lines are a little longer and the flats have fewer suncups (though they weren't bad at all). May...

6/21/06 1:55am

JibberD

Oh yes, good times ;) Thanks for the video report.

Great to see you're getting out though. And good to see Jen too. My Jen and I say "hi!"

6/20/06 3:21pm

Paul_Russell

June 17-18, 2006, Goat Rocks, Wa

Really great video! Thanks for sharing. Reminds me of a recent camp at Sparks Lake in OR
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wuanzinger/157027272/in/set-72157594150661667/ ;D

6/20/06 3:05pm

silaswild

Nice report, thanks for providing useful info about Snowgrass Flats conditions.

6/20/06 2:26pm

littlefrantz

We (crew of four boarders) descended Sunday around 4 or 5 PM and had a similar experience; still frozen toward the top, but brilliant below Piker's Peak. Heard back from climbers who had left earlier that the entire mountain was a solid sheet of ice earlier that morning.

I don't know if you could beat the weather we had!

I think we must have followed your tracks out -- one skin and a boot print on a steep drop off treeline and then heading south to the parking ar...

6/20/06 2:24pm

Telemon

Thanks for the information, guys. It looks good for our trip this Friday, with even better weather in the forecast to forward to.

6/20/06 2:11pm

ron j

Great report.
Great pictures.
Thanks.

6/20/06 2:08pm

ron j

Bummer.

6/20/06 1:55pm

iluka

June 18, 2006, Baker- watsons traverse

Great getting out with you Jon. Awesome corn harvesting in the chutes... much better than that vibratory foot massage of a descent off the summit. Some photos from the chutes added below.

6/20/06 8:21am

joke

Here's one from June 3 that's a little more clear

[Edit: this photo removed. Please adhere to the 3 photos per thread limit. External links to additional, non-displayed photos are OK - see reply by Pete A for examples. --Charles]

6/20/06 7:56am

philfort

I think I've skied that small swath of open in forest, halfway down the back of his neck....

6/20/06 6:53am

cascadesfreak

dude, epic! Looks like some great schwackin'! Say, the peak behind you in the last photo kinda looks like !$#!%!#% from near #!$#@$ ;) Definitely a very cool area in spite of the brush.

6/20/06 6:26am

philfort

You guys are crazy ;)

JOM = 0%??? Kam would be jealous!

6/20/06 4:05am

wolfs

june 18, steamboat prow

Heh. I contemplated that very log, but instead tried a jumpover crossing that was a failure before I even started. (Tried to toss my skis over first, but the current caught one of them and took it for a little ride. I then had to plunge thru where it came to rest, good cross spot or not. Soggy! Good thing I was five minutes away from being allowed to take em off.)

Ruth was good. Actually I think it makes a pretty good up-route because the slightly meandering nature of the fall-line pr...

6/20/06 3:55am

cascadesfreak

June 13-16, 2006, Mount Adams, north side

Splitter, thanks for the photo link of the perspective of the Prow from the Emmons. There was another group of skiers at the Prow while we were up there, which may be the ones standing on the closest edge of the Prow. The group I was in are probably some of those 'dots' on the background skyline :) The upper Inter Glacier definitely had excellent sunny turns 8)

6/20/06 2:53am

Charles

You are all welcome. Too bad this week wasn't my week for the trip, but I hope others can get up there and enjoy good snow AND weather.

6/20/06 2:53am

Lowell_Skoog

June 10, 2006, - Emmons Glacier traverse, MRNP

author=Splitter link=topic=4905.msg20904#msg20904 date=1150778268]Any plans to post a trip report on the Glacier Peak/Cascade Traverse?

Yes, but we need to do the trip first! ;)

Paul's post captured it pretty well: 6-7 hour car shuttle (twice), 6-mile hike (round-trip), a scary river to cross, clouds that wouldn't clear, and an unpromising forecast. We bailed. Of course this coming weekend, when the weather is looking p...

6/20/06 2:52am

Charles

June 7, 2006, Fortune Mountain, Teanaway

Yes, that should be Ingalls Lake, not quite ready for swimming...

6/20/06 2:12am

wood_Ster

June 7, 2006, Fortune Mountain, Teanaway

Is that Ingalls Lake in the background, bottom left of the last photo? Looks cold...

6/20/06 12:00am

Double E

June 18, 2006, Denman Bloody Chutes

Ron, that is too funny.

("mmmmmmmmmmmm.... gnaaarrrly mmmountain bitchezzz....")

Anyway, uh, while I'm here posting in this thread... glad no one got too too seriously injured. :)

6/19/06 10:49pm

Jonathan_S.

June 17, 2006, Mt Washington (NH) runskihikebike

I enjoyed a great view of Airplane Gully while running (okay, more like staggering) up the auto road during the race - still hanging in there with about maybe 100 vertical!

6/19/06 6:19pm

iluka

June 17, 2006, Mt Washington (NH) runskihikebike

Regarding the questionable memory of some suffering along the way... some friends of mine have a great classification scheme for their climbs or bc ski trips:

Type I Fun: Fun while you're doing it... fun in retrospect
Type II Fun: Not fun while you're doing it... but a fun experience in the rear view mirror
Type III Fun: Not fun while doing it... and not fun in retrospect

Great trip... nice TR

6/19/06 4:05pm

peteyboy

Egad, just look at that global warning carnage. Time was when Tuck's wouldn't look that burned out until at least mid-July. Just reminds me why we all moved out here (though it will always have a 55-degree soft spot in my heart, and even our giant glaciers are melting as well). Now don't get all New England desperate and head for the Airplane Gully....

6/19/06 3:25pm

Splitter

Cascadesfreak,

As we were coming down, we saw people standing on the prow. I was thinking 'are they watching us watching them?' We were a party of one skier and one boarder. There was a group of 4 telemarkers about an hour behind us and another skier and boarder a little behind them. It looks like you had some sunny turns at the top. The Interglacier has had good conditions two weeks in a row.

Picture of prow and others: http://www.msnusers.com/EmmonsJune16an...

6/19/06 2:50pm

cascadesfreak

june 18, steamboat prow

Nice trip summary Allyson!

author=allyson link=topic=4964.msg20907#msg20907 date=1150779476">some crossed by log bridge...

With some attempting the crossing without taking off the skis; glad you didn't fall-in Kam, especialy since the 'rescue rope' was in your pack ;D
Other trip photos posted

6/19/06 2:45pm

Zap

Yes, mountaineering memory seems to afflict most of us and it gets worse as you become a senior citizen. ;) The snow conditions you encountered reminded me of our descent from the summit a few years back - crusty wind rippled surface for the top 500', then firm windblown for 2000' then perfect corn for another 2500' then a slush cup to the basin. But the view of sunrise the morning of our ascent stays with me on those early morning climbs. Congrats to you and Rob...

6/19/06 2:35pm

cascadesfreak

June 18, 2006, Denman Bloody Chutes

Nice work! I think I saw your tracks on the Emmons from Steamboat Prow on Sunday (also watched a skier descending the Emmons while at the Prow, or maybe that was your party?).

6/19/06 2:25pm

Zap

So that's what took him so long to get down... I kept wondering why he wasn't there sooner. Thanks again to Darryl and Jeanette for their prompt assistance, and to all of you for your concern. All is well at this end; the goose egg is going down, and the shiner is coming up! No more scary falls for this 'chick on sticks'. -- Jill

6/19/06 1:47pm

Splitter

June 13-16, 2006, Mount Adams, north side

Paul and Zee,

Thanks for the feedback! I'm curious to go back...maybe not all the way to the summit. But possibly within a 1,000 feet of the crater rim. If one was lucky enough to get the conditions, it would be a really great ski!

Next time we'll be checking for higher freezing levels and hopefully not be so driven by the logistics of getting a permit.

Robin (Wife of Splitter)

6/19/06 1:42pm

hipystix

Thanks Charles for the report. I like the idea or driving a car to Takhlakh Lake instead of an old snowmobile!

6/19/06 1:37pm

Splitter

June 10, 2006, - Emmons Glacier traverse, MRNP

Paul,

Was curious if you had more photos. Your trip has inspired me and my husband (Peter aka Splitter) to put this trip on our list for next year.

Congratulations to you, Lowell, Sam, and Bill!

Robin

P.S. Any plans to post a trip report on the Glacier Peak/Cascade Traverse?

6/19/06 1:08pm

Paul_Russell

June 10, 2006, - Emmons Glacier traverse, MRNP

but I'll be sure to check on the car shuttle time before the next trip

Right. So what did i do? I joined Lowell again this weekend for what must be the all time record car shuttle. Over 500 miles shuttling trying to do a climb, ski, traverse of glacier peak and cascade crest despite our better judgement with the weather forecast. We were finally turned back by the Suiattle river crossing which would have involved roping up....

6/19/06 1:02pm

Zee

Great job! I've done it twice- both in early June and I've found the best skiing to be when there's a 12,000' freezing level with a noon or 1pm descent.

6/19/06 12:48pm

Paul_Russell