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I think I found Jimmy Hoffa about 50 or so feet down there along with some barking crevasse spiders. Even saw a short cut to the parking lot from down here! ;D
yeah, thanks, Joe.
I've been lusting for that line for some time.
I've been lusting for that line for some time.
Thanks for the report on a overlooked area.
there is lots more of ski terrain in and above that drainage than people guess.
there is lots more of ski terrain in and above that drainage than people guess.
Kam - thanks for the great pictures from the crevasse.
I really appreciate the dedication of our excellent instructors (Ronj, Maddog, Tom, Allyson, Amar, Carter, Cinnamon, Kam, Jerry and Ed) to provide great instruction during some interesting weather. Thanks instructor!!!
I'm looking forward to the movie!!
I really appreciate the dedication of our excellent instructors (Ronj, Maddog, Tom, Allyson, Amar, Carter, Cinnamon, Kam, Jerry and Ed) to provide great instruction during some interesting weather. Thanks instructor!!!
I'm looking forward to the movie!!
Another weekend in what appeared to be the sweet spot given the forecast :D. Thank you Paul and Mugs for a fun trip exploring together-- Never knew you could skin up Dragontail! Paul, my many thanks again for all your shots. Can I say I like the "styling" one of me with my new bibs? Now the duct tape will match, as I did manage to put a hole in them as well as the one in my hand while we were scrambling those rocks trying to come up Colchuck Col from the back.
Mugs and I...
Mugs and I...
Good way to make the most of the one mountain around! ;)
Jeff,
Great trip. 5000 vertical in less than 4 hours makes me tired and envious. :) Zap
Great trip. 5000 vertical in less than 4 hours makes me tired and envious. :) Zap
Way to get after it Paul. The photos were enjoyable to look at.
Sorry we missed you Kenji. You would have enjoyed it.
Great photos, Paul. It turned out I could have joined you guys, and I should have. Just ended up pulling weeds and watching the Star Trek... We did manage to test drive a Prius.
Nice, makes me wish I lived in the North Cascades.
Aaron
Aaron
As promised, I am trying to add some links to pictures. Gorgeous country.
http://rossmac.smugmug.com/gallery/533540/1
http://rossmac.smugmug.com/gallery/533540/1
Awesome!!!!
Great climb and TR. Thanks for sharing the pics Amar and crew. That is a climb you just don't get out of the car in your sneekers and hit.
Joe
Great climb and TR. Thanks for sharing the pics Amar and crew. That is a climb you just don't get out of the car in your sneekers and hit.
Joe
Nice trip and pictures, Jeff. That was a good work out. By the looks of the weather today and the forecast for tomorrow getting out Thursday and Friday was a good call.
Sorry Paul, wrong answer. Mine are the ones displaying only two turns on the viewer's right.
I'm plenty satisfied now; I just finished two hours of full court hoops and some weights.
I'm plenty satisfied now; I just finished two hours of full court hoops and some weights.
Nice job with the tr amar! Pics looked great too. Seems we definitely picked the right day to be up there to reap the nice corn up top. Next time we'll have to do it twice over to satisfy Sky.
Wow, there's a ton of ski porn in this thread! Thanks everyone for the great photos and TR.
I see Sky used a pair of TLT4Pro boots. Interesting.
I see Sky used a pair of TLT4Pro boots. Interesting.
Amar, Justin, Paul, thanks for the photos and the good times.
Amar, you were telling me about your trip to Muir years ago, when you realized you were on to something good. I think that yesterday I had something like that experience. I feel myself becoming hooked. Not long ago, where alpine adventures are concerned, I was focused almost entirely on the ascent as the portion worthy of attention. Now I see what I've been missing! ;D Next time I'll bring a...
Amar, you were telling me about your trip to Muir years ago, when you realized you were on to something good. I think that yesterday I had something like that experience. I feel myself becoming hooked. Not long ago, where alpine adventures are concerned, I was focused almost entirely on the ascent as the portion worthy of attention. Now I see what I've been missing! ;D Next time I'll bring a...
A good ski. Worth the sunburn that has my face oozing today.
I've opted to stuff a bunch more pics into this thread. Nothing special, skip this post if you've got anything remotely worth doing.
Layers of clouds.
Justin displayin' the knuckledragger steeze.
Dr. Barr...
I've opted to stuff a bunch more pics into this thread. Nothing special, skip this post if you've got anything remotely worth doing.
Layers of clouds.
Justin displayin' the knuckledragger steeze.
Dr. Barr...
sorry....complete lack of know-how with posting pic's made me just tack them up without thinking about the photo size being a headache for anyone trying to view this post.
Spectacular photos, Pete. But the 1536 pixel width makes them hard to view on most monitors, and it's also impossible to read this thread anywhere. The suggested TAY limit on photo width is 600 pixels, and you could post links to larger versions like this:
Wadd from camp on the Ice Valley glacier
Wadd from camp on the Dais glacier
Wadd from camp on the Ice Valley glacier
Wadd from camp on the Dais glacier
Pete, Great trip report. Glad it was a roundtrip for everone. There's still plenty of snow in the Sierras. Don't put away the skis yet. Zap
Transcendence
Sky
Nomad surfs the headwall-ish slope below Sherman
Random comments:
-I think the aspect that we descended was soft long before we got there; the highe...
Sky
Nomad surfs the headwall-ish slope below Sherman
Random comments:
-I think the aspect that we descended was soft long before we got there; the highe...
those slides didn't worry me too much. They were very slow moving and shallow - I skied through one of them just for fun. There wasn't a lot of snow for them to pick up and a lot of area to spread out below. There are lines on Naches east bowl that are less steep if slides are a concern.
I'm not sure how cold it got this week up there, but I'll bet it's firmer snow than last weekend. I'm thinking of heading up there to milk one more weekend. With the chance of poor weather it's really the...
I'm not sure how cold it got this week up there, but I'll bet it's firmer snow than last weekend. I'm thinking of heading up there to milk one more weekend. With the chance of poor weather it's really the...
Good stuff. Looks like that is the right side of the mountain right now, considering the sparks we were getting off the "powder" on the upper CD last weekend.
Informative report, thank you very much! I was there a few days before your outing and am considering it for tomorrow. The slide pic is a good reminder of the only thing I'm worried about; those sloppy wet slides. Overnight temps haven't been low enough for a good freeze have they? If anyone has observed otherwise, when was the last good freeze? If I get too paranoid Muir might have to be the choice, but more pitch is tempting. Be safe people! ;)
had a bit of a fiasco at Film Stop (Queen Anne location)...their slide scanner did an awful job scanning my slides, and the scanner also managed to scratch at least 30 of my slides...fortunately they further botched my order and forgot to scan the roll that has the waddington and munday climbing-skiing shots so those are undamaged, but further scans will have to wait till I figure out what model of slide scanner to buy (I've given up on trusting others to handle my photos)... at least Film Stop...
Awesome ;D I was wondering what you guys would do. Great stuff! Your TR made me feel like I missed out, but I'm sure the pictures will make me feel like I was there, leaving the jealousy to wilt. Now I'm going to go look at the forecast and see if the boulder park is worth doing tomorrow or if biking might be my better bet.
Nice read, Zapster, and
HIGH-FIVE on the picture post.
I knew you could do it. ;)
HIGH-FIVE on the picture post.
I knew you could do it. ;)
Ross, Glad you had a great trip. We also experienced a "powder day" at Mammoth with 30 plus MPH winds. We are still in the Sierras and I keep finding more places that I "have to tour." Unfortunately, Jill misses our sherpa candidates(grandsons). :) Zap
Wat ith thes Raineer yow speek of?
Hey, let's watch our dangling participles on this forum, please. This should read, "Wat ith thes Raineer ov witch yow speek?"
Edit to add: Oh yeah, and thanks for the report. Guess the Roman Wall has a ways to go yet.
Woops,
The only time I see the spelling of that mountain is when I am drinking the beer named after it. Read said mountain in article as: Raynear
Sory 4 any confution...us Canucks are not verry good spellirs.
The only time I see the spelling of that mountain is when I am drinking the beer named after it. Read said mountain in article as: Raynear
Sory 4 any confution...us Canucks are not verry good spellirs.
Nice trip - I did a similar route as a backpack nearly two decades ago (a little different on some of the passes - we did a funky route called the "keyhole"), and it was beautiful country. I imagine that it would have been fantastic for you to have had two extra good weather days with a basecamp in the valley for further exploring.
In retrospect, that area gives me a nice appreciation for the relative solitude of summertime in the Cascades.
In retrospect, that area gives me a nice appreciation for the relative solitude of summertime in the Cascades.
Yep, there was. That whole aspect looked decent for skiing. The upper bowl was starting to melt out, but the run is all there.
Sorry Kam,working a double shift Friday - see you at Glacier Travel class on Saturday . . .
Greg and Kevin: glad to hear you guys went up there, even though conditions were less than ideal. nice pictures though and thanks for sharing. Greg, are busy on Friday?
Did Goat Island Mountain still look like it might be viable for the upcoming weekend? ... and that looked OK albeit thinning.
I don't have the first hand like the crew that climbed, but just looking at the Goat showed great potential on the North pitches. Viewed from Big Bertha 2 viewpoint on 410 up the White River drainage.
Sidenote**I saw fresh snow on the Crystal base cam earlier today at about 5000ft. It rained nearly 2" of precip, so t...
Did Goat Island Mountain still look like it might be viable for the upcoming weekend? (I think) I could see just a sliver of it in the BG in this shot:
http://www.gowest.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=30&pos=3
... and that looked OK albeit thinning.
wolfs, this photo I think shows the southern end of your mountain a little better?
http://www.gowest.com/photos/albums/userpics/10003/roger.JPG
It looked like it had coverage highe...
Probably not worth the drive up there though for just skiing.
..,so bring your mountain bike, hiking boots and/or golf clubs.
Was there snow all the way up Spiral Gully from the hairpin?
Joe
Dang, those 20-something whipper snappers will make things interesting every time as they meander up and down along the learning curve.
Nice, descriptive report of the snow conditions.
Nice, descriptive report of the snow conditions.
drove past spiral gulch on Saturday. Nice swooshing ski tracks down to the hairpin. snow was crusty then slushy on sun-exposed slopes. needed crampons for going uphill predawn though. North facing slopes have a lot more snow, and I'm guessing decent ski conditions. Probably not worth the drive up there though for just skiing.
Did Goat Island Mountain still look like it might be viable for the upcoming weekend? (I think) I could see just a sliver of it in the BG in this shot:
http://www.gowest.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=30&pos=3
... and that looked OK albeit thinning.
http://www.gowest.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=30&pos=3
... and that looked OK albeit thinning.
Speaking of Little Tahoma . . .I'm eager to ski Little Tahoma soon if snow coverage still looks good on that face. Is anyone else interested in skiing that within the next couple of weeks?
Very interested. Propose a date and I'll see if I can make it work. I planned for Little T last June, but the weather crapped out so we aborted the idea. Still high on my list of things to do. I cannot do it this weekend (14th/15th).
Great report, I've been itching to head to Ruth since the endless sunny days prior to that last major dump of the season. Sounds like I gotta get there fast.
High-Five, Ally, You're getting hot with that new flick machine. ;)