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Lowell,
Thanks for pulling off this event and sharing it with us. Your are correct that you must not commercialize or notify when and if you do it again. Don't ask don't tell is the only way this event will work. Keep up the good work.
Bob

holdenj
i'm heading to CS on the 28th for a 5/29 1 day attempt with a handful of friends.  we are 4 boarders, 1 tele, and 3 hikers.  our target is the false summit/SW chutes and maybe the summit if we have energy to burn.
we should get to CS around 3-4pm.  look for the Honda Element Flexcar (or green 4rnr with f-ed up running boards) if you want to join us!
-rick

Bob - FS Rd 23 should still work for you as before.  As Tim points out, it is the shortest for most of us coming from the north.  Sometimes after the climb, when I'm not feeling up to a windy mountain dirt road and want some services on the way home, I drop down to Hood River and take I-84 to Portland, the 205 cutoff to I-5 & back that way.

The FS Adams Climbing Report page should...

There is still quite a bit of snow at lake level, but a lot of dry patches as well. We ran into a couple who were camping, and they were walking around the lake fishing in flip-flops. Try tomorrow, I'll have those photos on a different site (maybe later tonight.)

  I am planning on travelling down to Adams next week. I couldn't find your route on my map, Tim. 14 goes along the Columbia River valley and I couldn't find 215 at all.
  I live across the border, so I will pick up the freeway at Bellingham. I thought that I would get off at exit 127 and then drop down on 7 to Morton, take 12 to Randle, where I would get on FR23. I believe that was the way that I came 5 or 6 years ago to climb the mountain. Does anybody out there know any reasons...

A lull in my current engineering job enabled me to finally add this story to my website. Enjoy:

The Silver Skis: America's Wildest Ski Race

we got on the glacier straight on.  There was a depression in the glacier directly above our bivy.  Once on the glacier we turned left and went below the NE Butt, and then up and onto the face.
The NE Buttress looked good, but yeah there's a fair amount of snow still on it, although it looked like it was mostly fresh from the latest storms, so it might be mostly snow free after all this sun.

Yeah that's the line....2,000+ ft of Goode's Goodness...

Nicely done, Sky. I believe you about the powder.

Great TR and conditions update! I actually mt biked up the Esmeralda Basin trail on 5-16; fun trail that does allow bikes. I didn't have enough time to do what you guys did. Wasn't much snow near the parking area. Longs pass looked pretty melted out, but I think the runs in head lamp basin (between Ingalls pass and Ingalls Lake) are in pretty good shape. I'll be up there soon. Either an early start to yo yo some lines in the basin, or we'll overnight it and see how many runs we can rack up. Glad...

me too, and I've had a Snapfish account for some time. "There's been a system error . . . "

A climb well executed and wisely abandoned like a truly seasoned climber that is not so bold as to prematurely end his climbing days  ;)
Nice report, Tim, lots of good judgement, info and stats.

How about "Chillie Willie"

Aaron

Seems like a new screen name Arron might be handy about now...
How about "Frozen Johnson"?

I'm with Ron- and the run they took could be called Frozen Johnson Chute!

My thought was he could have used an extra glove to pack down there. That would even impress the largest of snow snakes. Not mention the head turners in the parking lot.

I felt like I was driving a large semi rig with no power steering and the trailer behind be was totally out of control  

Maybe your heavy pack needs a gross vehicle weight on the side?  :D
Great pics Mad Dog! I see the slide pics but, I could not get the pics to show when I clicked on them. Could be my tempermental computer.  >:(
I like the 2% shot! That sums up the ski down the upper glacier.
Thanks again for the grea...

Cool boots! He would have to learn to tele then (a good thing in my mind) and he'd be well on his way to being a gearhead with his alpine, his xc, and his tele set-up (not such a good thing while I'm footing the bill).

We skinned to 9100ft, directly above the lift. The wind was relentless. Aaron, who was wearing Mammut softshell pants, experienced severe discomfort due to his "little him" being frozen from the wind. He appeared to be in quite intense pain. Jason was kind of enough to give him some chemical handwarmers which Aaron reported to install on the affected area and it resolved the issue. Consider this a public service announcement.

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Telecross? So . . . you'll be wanting SPD cleats in those T1's, right?

I'd have to agree with andyski.  The fox we saw was quite amber and red colored, and skinnier.

Andyski-I think that may have been me you asked, though my memory was so affected by the great skiing I really don't remember :)  I was wearing a gray jacket, black pants, and a red bball cap.

Glad to hear your ski was just as great.  I was a little bummed I neglected to bring a warmer bottom layer to make it to Camp Muir.  Shame on me...I know much better than that.