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Your tracks looked really sweet from lower Ptarmigan Ridge yesterday, way to get some sweet July corn.
looks like it was an awesome day, you guys! very nice, very nice. great pics too greg. :)
skip--looks like you and the wipe had a sweet day connecting patches! glad the choss didn't make you take your skis off. ;) crazy about the shrinkage of the glacier...
Yep, Just above pebble creek for the start of the skinning. Lots of people in various forms, some dressed like they are about to summit Everest and some in jeans and tee-shirts, but that's what makes it so much fun.
Send me a PM JibberD when you want to go up again.I'm
planning on going up one afternoon and spending the night at Muir so I've got fresh legs for some serious yo-yoing next day! you want to try an overnighter and yo-yo the good stuff at the top?
Send me a PM JibberD when you want to go up again.I'm
planning on going up one afternoon and spending the night at Muir so I've got fresh legs for some serious yo-yoing next day! you want to try an overnighter and yo-yo the good stuff at the top?
I started up the flett around 8am. When I crossed onto the Russell, someone started yelling at me. I'm not quite sure what. Perhaps "SCOTT" or maybe "STOP". Couldn't really tell. But I guess it seemed important enough for them to scurry up lower ptarmigan ridge to yell it again. I wonder what they were yelling about.
Haha... was this Sunday morning? It was likely a woman yelling "SKY". :)
Chris, I'll read your Muir reports anytime. And climbing back for seconds, well that's pretty burly.
Where did you put your skis on? Pebble Creek?
Were there lots of climbers in the vicinity?
I'm hoping to go back to Muir within the next two weekends. Gotta keep that streak going...
Maybe we can put together a posse of TAYers and make a day of it.
Where did you put your skis on? Pebble Creek?
Were there lots of climbers in the vicinity?
I'm hoping to go back to Muir within the next two weekends. Gotta keep that streak going...
Maybe we can put together a posse of TAYers and make a day of it.
More Puple flowers (unsure of what they are)
I think these are Davidsons Penstemon or Menzies' Penstomon. I've also heard them called Beard Tongues.
This was a great trip. Awesome views of the Eliot glacier and the North face. The snow that is left is still in good shape.
So...I guess we'll be making the march back up there in a month to get...
Greg and Michael: nice report and it sounds like you guys found some great skiing. nice photos and website, too!
...Fun Factor: 800' ski descent / 4000' ft ascent = .2 (better than average!)
nice, but isn't your Joy-o-Meter value of 20% a little high for a patch skier? ;)
Nice one, guys. We thought about joining you, but the early hour and potential schwhacking made us pause.
"Zere is no word for boosh-whack een French"!
"Zere is no word for boosh-whack een French"!
It once again proved you don't need snow to have a good ski day.
Skip and Cass,
'Tis true...Sounds like you had a grand adventure and certainly righted the wrongs of yesteryear. Well done!
Your map and ground truthing situation gives me pause...I love maps (and glaciers). How sad that shrinking glaciers will soon shrink from updated maps.
Thanks for the tips, Paul - the site's only been up for about a week, and I'm still working on ways to expand it, so any suggestions from TAY readers are welcome!
I was down in Grand Park late on Sunday (not skiing, sadly, must return to the Grand for some 3-pinning, reports from Charles and others from early- and late-winter are sure enticing). I was training the binocs at the Russell looking for ski tracks, but somehow I couldn't see any. It may be that from down there you can't actually see the triangular part and can only see the part that folds over and drops down onto the Carbon. Or mebbe I am just blind.
What's guesses by those that were there a...
What's guesses by those that were there a...
I'm jealous; I spent my weekend inside. Looks like great snow and excellent weather.
Nice site, Greg, aesthetically pleasing for sure.I would change one thing, though: when you compress an image in the html (eg, <img src=pic.jpg width=100 height=150> and the actual image is 200 by 300), the browser has to interpolate, and the pic quality suffers. If you resize the photos so you don't need the html to shrink them, the page will load faster, the images will look better, and if/w...
Nice site, Greg, aesthetically pleasing for sure.I would change one thing, though: when you compress an image in the html (eg, <img src=pic.jpg width=100 height=150> and the actual image is 200 by 300), the browser has to interpolate, and the pic quality suffers. If you resize the photos so you don't need the html to shrink them, the page will load faster, the images will look better, and if/w...
Very nice Greg, et al. The photo with the red dot and tracks, looks absolutely delicious.
PS: Kudos on your new site, http://www.randosaigai.com/
I like the gear section with all the photos of the lightweight AT gear.
PS: Kudos on your new site, http://www.randosaigai.com/
I like the gear section with all the photos of the lightweight AT gear.
Thanks for the report Snoslut. I spent a lot of time yesterday looking at Adams, wondering what conditions were.
We were able to total over 3,700 vf of skiing (OK, some booting over rocks included) ...
Not bad for mid-July!, especially this year 8) . Glad you were able to get out to enjoy the blue-bird day! Sounds like the Flett has melted-out quite a bit more in the past couple of weeks.
Awesome day on the Russell for me to. I saw a variety of skiers, but I don't think our paths crossed. I took the Charles method and spent the night. I started up the flett around 8am. When I crossed onto the Russell, someone started yelling at me. I'm not quite sure what. Perhaps "SCOTT" or maybe "STOP". Couldn't really tell. But I guess it seemed important enough for them to scurry up lower ptarmigan ridge to yell it again. I wonder what they were yelling about.
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Do these come in an AT version?
Aaron: yes, i think we can manage that, but the cost will be higher.... AT tax you know.. ;)
Uhh Dude, You got the bindings mounted backwards! You got the heels pointing towards the tips instead of the tails.
Once you get that fixed, I'd say they outta work.
Do these come in an AT version?
Aaron
Slider: nice report, and it's good to hear that there's still plenty of snow up north. a 300 ft. hike to the snow isn't all that bad; it could be worse. glad you guys managed great turns w/o suncups..
Great report! This report was personally very interesting to me as I grew up in Yucaipa, in the shadow of San Gorgonio and about a 30 min drive from the trailheads. I've climbed San G countless times but never skied it. It's something I've always wanted to do when I head south to visit my folks. But the difficulty of hauling all my gear and the fact that I don't know anyone in the area that backcountry skis has always stopped me. You picked a great year to do...
It certainly looks like smooth skiing snow.
Good call, guys.
Good call, guys.
I have to say this was the best summer snow quality I've ever found (that's over nearly 40 years). Credit substantial late June snowfall and freezing nights.
I know, how 'bout "Kam's OmniTips"?
Uhh Dude, You got the bindings mounted backwards! You got the heels pointing towards the tips instead of the tails. Once you get that fixed, I'd say they outta work.
i know. that's how you ski 'em. backwards. besides, they are twin tips... ;D
Uhh Dude, You got the bindings mounted backwards! You got the heels pointing towards the tips instead of the tails.
Once you get that fixed, I'd say they outta work.
Nice specialized equipment! If they don't work out for the cups after all, you can always use them to audition for some really really off Broadway production of "Stomp".
How's the edge control? 8)
well, better than being on a beachball. it's the perfect reverse sidecut ski, i think -- 360-degrees of nonstop action.
How's the edge control? 8) Nice Kam, high five!
Kam, glad you didn't get swallowed up by one of those giant sun cups on your fall and came out with only a broken topsheet. Nice photos, glad you had a good time. Gotta love those "Kup Skis" ;D.
Anyways, for anyone else considering San G., you might be interested in this website:
http://www.sgwa.org/
It has current trail conditions, a message forum and photos...
thanks for the link, Scole! it's really informative, and i found some nice photos. btw, i think this is the couloir on Jepson that we skied: http://www.sgwa.org/gallery/jepson4.htm. when we were in high school (Fontana HS), my brother Pat and i would ditch scho...
there were tons and tons of super-deep suncups -- some of the biggest i've seen.
could these be southern california's definition of "sucker holes"?? :D shwacking through them must have been awesome!!
i'm glad you didn't "rip it down to the base" like the topsheet on your ski...yikes. i wonder...what does a 'professor kam' look like on top of a so cal mountain?? ;)
well played, Toe. When you get back, we've got the place to go for August...
Wow Kam, that's really impressive and great photos as well.
Heh. I think I will pretty much pencil in Kam and Ko. as the one(s) I'm expecting to come up with the best "you went WHERE?..." summer ski report for all future years.
I've hiked up SanG probably three times, but never even considered hauling skis up there; frankly, while I lived in SoCal the idea of turns-all-year seemed pretty hopeless, even with the eastern sierra reasonably close at hand. Hell, even January turns were a challenge. But in defense of SoCal skiing I can say tha...
I've hiked up SanG probably three times, but never even considered hauling skis up there; frankly, while I lived in SoCal the idea of turns-all-year seemed pretty hopeless, even with the eastern sierra reasonably close at hand. Hell, even January turns were a challenge. But in defense of SoCal skiing I can say tha...
Great trip.
I started out learning to snowboard at Bear Mtn over in Big Bear. While I lived down there, I always wanted to do the north side of San G. I have an old copy of Transworld Snowboarding which has an article of about San G as well as backcountry riding around Mt Baldy (another LA area mtn with some steeps).
Anyways, for anyone else considering San G., you might be interested in this website:
http://www.sgwa.org/
It has current trail conditions, a messa...
I started out learning to snowboard at Bear Mtn over in Big Bear. While I lived down there, I always wanted to do the north side of San G. I have an old copy of Transworld Snowboarding which has an article of about San G as well as backcountry riding around Mt Baldy (another LA area mtn with some steeps).
Anyways, for anyone else considering San G., you might be interested in this website:
http://www.sgwa.org/
It has current trail conditions, a messa...
Mark: i agree, those suncups are 'prettier' than the ones in the NW. i remember sometime ago there was a discussion on TAY about suncups and why they form. can someone refresh my memory? Amar, didn't you do some research on the subject?
Ron, Cass, Jess, Paul, etc: yes, i'm glad my toe is in one piece. here's the damage done to one of my skis...ripped off at the base!. ...
Ron, Cass, Jess, Paul, etc: yes, i'm glad my toe is in one piece. here's the damage done to one of my skis...ripped off at the base!. ...
Kam.
As always, lovely photos. Great trip for true hot summer, sun summer turns. Glad you are all in one piece after your tumble.
As always, lovely photos. Great trip for true hot summer, sun summer turns. Glad you are all in one piece after your tumble.
Great report Kamster. I'm certainly glad you didn't stub your Kameltoe on that fall.
Nice work (and torture points) on July turns Dr. Kamel; glad you didn't end-up being plucked like a chicken on that fall ;)
Good to know you still managed to find some bush schwacking (and skiing) in the desert. 8)
Good to know you still managed to find some bush schwacking (and skiing) in the desert. 8)
Yikes! Glad your tumble didn't have more serious consequences.
That's what you get for skiing when you should be surfing! ;)
Very nice photos. Those suncups are insane!
That's what you get for skiing when you should be surfing! ;)
Very nice photos. Those suncups are insane!
This one is a good candidate for that "Got Suncups?" thread on TTips . . .
I agree. I hope you'll cross-post (and save me the trouble).
I'm noticing that all those California suncups look pristine and white, almost luminescent. By comparison, ours are dismal and grungy, and I don't know what to make of t...
This one is a good candidate for that "Got Suncups?" thread on TTips . . .
that truely was one of the most fun rainy days I can remember. it was nice to see you all hope to ski with you again soon.
Glad I was "in town" for the Slush Cup this year! Thanks all for the fun day in the rain! 8)
A few pics (fortunately my camera survived the slush cup spray and rain; though my scanner doesn't seem to be working so well today):
1) hmmm, perhaps I should get out of the 'landing zone'!
2) An almost be...
A few pics (fortunately my camera survived the slush cup spray and rain; though my scanner doesn't seem to be working so well today):
1) hmmm, perhaps I should get out of the 'landing zone'!
2) An almost be...
Finally pawed through my gigabite of stills. Most are darker than I like (still trying to get the new camera figured out in low light) but they still reflect the fun that was had by all.
Here's VINCENT starting to slow in what may have been one of the more memorable runs of...
Here's VINCENT starting to slow in what may have been one of the more memorable runs of...
Nice road trip Lowell! Now I understand your comment about using up your hall passes for a while.
-Dave R
-Dave R