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having been inspired by Robie's trip report, Brenda and I made a run up to Spray Park yesterday. Beautiful day. Bright sun above the bridge crossing into Spray Park. And the new snow has now become much more granular - as compared to the sticky stuff I found Sat on the Muir Snowfield. We headed to the ridge at climber right of Flett headwall and skied those steep rollovers below - excellent! This area has now become my favorite - so many options. Gotta spend a couple nights up there next time th...

Oh, and rumor has it that Cass saw markharf running around up there...in tennis shoes??  ???

Apparently the right tool for the job, since they allowed me to (almost) keep up with Mike_C and Jeff on the uptrack.  We turned around at Lake Helen in ferocious winds and blowing ice crystals and skied down to the parking lot.  Mike and Jeff took off while I climbed up for another run, then pitched in on the final few feet of a rescue (1200 f...

Allyson: nice report!  what a great trip.  i enjoyed most hanging out with everyone, and i'm glad we found great skiing.  here's a photo of you, Allyson, on Sunday morning just before the weather moved in.



more photos (i'll post more soon...)

1. Kelvin skiing down to camp...

Did you put your uptrack in the same place as your blue downtrack ?

Nope, I climbed the Whitman glacier side (left side of pic) and traversed over.

Hmm... better bring the snowboard next time, then you can just huck it! :D  Wish I'd been well enough to get out this weekend. >:(

So I take it from the snow you found, that something like the Fuhrer Finger wouldn't have been such a go...

Views of Little Tahoma on the way showed the  crucial connecting ramp through the bottom cliffband on the NE face had not yet  melted out.

Hmm... better bring the snowboard next time, then you can just huck it! :D  Wish I'd been well enough to get out this weekend. >:(

So I take it from the snow you found, that something like the Fuhrer Finger wouldn't have been such a good idea?

Very interesting ,too bad the damn snow has not consolidated.Did you put your uptrack in the same place as your blue downtrack ?

Yes, it was truly an amazing trip.  This being my first time on Baker, I'm not sure I can top it! Silas failed to mention that the ski from the summit couldn't have been more perfect.  Open crevasses were minimal and the snow perfect-varied from perfect, smooth corn, to just a wee bit deeper corn at the lower elevations. Picture-perfect indeed! :)

While I want to hit them in the future, I'm glad we made the very last minute decision to ditch the Sisters option, as well as the Hi...

Great pictures Robie, thanks for sharing  :D. That's such a great area.

Denis Bogan, our eastern seaboard contingent and one of our most loyal participants of this trip, posted this report of the trip on the Vermont Sking Discussion and Telemark Tips, and asked if I would cross post it for him here.  Denis created such a great read (it was almost like being there) that I jumped at the chance.
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"It was my 4th trip to the Silcox Hut, a backcountry hut at the 7000 ft. level on Mt. Hood.  
It...

Easy it was It was Gary Peniston not Gary Vogt!

welcome, jim!  good report - thanks for the info.
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Thanks for good the trail report Wolfs.
I'll try not to follow those dead end tracks  8).
Joe

There's definetely more lines to ski on Goode

Was there snow at lake level?

A picture with this WTA TR--

It looks like there might even be another fun line on the right side of the scurlock picture.

Was there snow at lake level?  I was thinking of doing some camping this weekend, and was curious how it looked at the lake.  Also, any chance we can get through to those pictures?  Thanks!

I'm so glad someone was out there for the snow.....let alone up on Goode!!! Nice trip.....

Nice job! Very cool line, and who can complain about powder at the end may? sweet.

Did you guys access the glacier strait on from roughly below the NE buttress, or did you go way off climber's left to end-run the icefall at the terminus of the glacier? Also, how did the NE Buttress look? Lots of snow still on it?

Is that your line nestled in on the left here? (link from John Scurlock's page)

http://www.pbase.com/nolock/image/40167102

Right on Sky! Now if the weather will give me a chance, I can go get some good lovin' for my vacation next week. Since you are going to be down south, don't you be putting any voodoo on to counteract my firedancing.  8)

MSN Groups seems to work ok for me as far as picture sites go...
No password or sign-up to get in to view, hotlinking allowed and you can set up albums so that your partner(s) can join to add additional pics from a trip.  Seems like a few pics are free and then there's a nominal charge.

I keep getting errors from snapfish trying to view your photos -- and I even signed up for a snapfish account...

I see the slide pics but.......

Joe, on the photo site, just across from the title "Unicorn Gl, on the right, you will see "View" check to see that your bullet is in the Grid view and not the List view.  When the List View is checked, I could not get the photos to enlarge and open either, once I re-checked the "Grid View" the photos came up.  I dunno, computers seem to be a never ending source of pleasure and frust...

Surprisingly good skiing conditions!  I really wasn't expecting powder, at best, I was hoping for some slushy corn.  It looks like winter has finally arrived in the Cascades.  It was fun meeting up with a bunch of familiar posters from TAYR.  Hope to run into y'all out there again!

Hey JibberD,
                I'm up for Monday and looking for a partner.
We met once on top of Mazama Ridge.
Chris AKA Scotsman.