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If we get more snow in the next two weeks, I will. I'm off to Tahoe for some skiing and visiting with bay area folks this coming weekend.
Crystal lakes was great you should of kept going and used our up track we skied a few runs above the lake hiked back to the silver bason ridge then up to the King were hour glass was fantastic
another great day in the BC ;D
Welcome polarhounda. Were you there on Saturday or Sunday? We didn't see anyone else in the area on Saturday, but we could have missed you if you were back near Crystal Lakes. Sounds like maybe there was...
I still can't believe that crust held us up! Definitely nice to Spring Ahead and Fall Back into Winter 8) (14mb video)
Chris: Sorry I didn't catch more footage of you, next time man. Good skiing from all!!
Skifest: Let's do it!!! 8)
PS ---Anyone in the Mountaineers Glacier Travel and Cravasse Rescue class needs to know the SBH (Secret Backcountry Handshake) by this weeks class for the test. (See Video)...
Chris: Sorry I didn't catch more footage of you, next time man. Good skiing from all!!
Skifest: Let's do it!!! 8)
PS ---Anyone in the Mountaineers Glacier Travel and Cravasse Rescue class needs to know the SBH (Secret Backcountry Handshake) by this weeks class for the test. (See Video)...
I was wondering that too...
I'd go with what you are guessing. In normal years, Snoqualmie would have more snow at a given elevation than Silver Creek, 15 miles further east. At 3600-4000' yesterday there was only 6-12" of the new snow, so Nordic Pass should have more, but would it be enough to have a satisfying ski through the forest without a trail? There was the Lodge Lake report from last weekend that indicated that touring through the forest was a challenge, but more snow fell l...
I'd go with what you are guessing. In normal years, Snoqualmie would have more snow at a given elevation than Silver Creek, 15 miles further east. At 3600-4000' yesterday there was only 6-12" of the new snow, so Nordic Pass should have more, but would it be enough to have a satisfying ski through the forest without a trail? There was the Lodge Lake report from last weekend that indicated that touring through the forest was a challenge, but more snow fell l...
Oh yeah, Mike, the coverage... We forgot to mention that.
There's an easy three feet, or more, of snow over the skimpy coverage we were skiing on mid to late march.
Ski pole tests went to the handle on most all aspects. We started out skiing the trees just from the sheer volume of recent snow. As we gained more experience with the snowpack through field testing we realized that the foot or more of consolidated (which fell wet and later got rained on) underneath the 4 to 6 inches of fres...
There's an easy three feet, or more, of snow over the skimpy coverage we were skiing on mid to late march.
Ski pole tests went to the handle on most all aspects. We started out skiing the trees just from the sheer volume of recent snow. As we gained more experience with the snowpack through field testing we realized that the foot or more of consolidated (which fell wet and later got rained on) underneath the 4 to 6 inches of fres...
damnit! I knew we should have gone to Paradise on Sunday. We chose a resort weekend at Mt Baker intead. Pretty fun though. That looks like pretty good coverage - maybe the best I've seen all year - and good snow too. You gotta have a TAY party for sure now.
Crystal lakes was great you should of kept going and used our up track we skied a few runs above the lake hiked back to the silver bason ridge then up to the King were hour glass was fantastic
another great day in the BC ;D
another great day in the BC ;D
It had to be one of the best days yet at Paradise. When we got to the parking lot shortly after 9:00 there were only four other cars there! We seemed to have the whole area to ourselves. With so much new snow and so many places to go, our first run was within 5 minutes of the car ;D We were like a bunch of little kids in a candy store, and wanted all of it. So Ron, Jerry and I scampered off just a little higher and a little farther away from the car to find mo...
I'd been wondering if we'd see a Silver Creek report this season. This is a positive sign, eh?
Charles - do you have any extrapolation for how you think the forest skiing would be up around places such as Nordic Pass? I'm guessing from the telemetry report (calibrated to my own experience) that it is possible but still a bit on the thin side, so more an opportunity for cautious travel rather than the usual carefree turns we'd expect up that way.
Charles - do you have any extrapolation for how you think the forest skiing would be up around places such as Nordic Pass? I'm guessing from the telemetry report (calibrated to my own experience) that it is possible but still a bit on the thin side, so more an opportunity for cautious travel rather than the usual carefree turns we'd expect up that way.
That is near the top speed of the Enterprise. Above warp 10, the Dilithium crystals cannot convert the hyper-plasma into warp energy fast enough which is why you hear Scotty saying all the time, " But , Captian, the Dilithium crystals won't hold out much longer"
Now you know!
Now you know!
Is that fast or slow?
(I'm not enough of a trekkie to know ???)
(I'm not enough of a trekkie to know ???)
Woops, sorry Jerry for calling you Jeff.
Great day.
The only thing as good as a day like that was what my partner , Grant was probably doing and that only lasts a few minutes at my age. ;)
Great day.
The only thing as good as a day like that was what my partner , Grant was probably doing and that only lasts a few minutes at my age. ;)
We crossed Clark Creek on the Newton Crk trail and then headed up the backbone of the ridge. Saw your tracks coming in from Heather and wondered whether that might be the better way.
We did two runs in fantastic "hero" pow before heading down Newton and tagging the trail back to HRM. Great day to be out getting turns!
We did two runs in fantastic "hero" pow before heading down Newton and tagging the trail back to HRM. Great day to be out getting turns!
Great report, Chris.
It was great having you along... and thanks for breaking trail all the way up Bundy's.
And Great Scotty imitation :D... good grins.
("Scotty - you've got to give me WARP 9" [for the movie])
(Oh - and btw, "Jeff" is really Jerry :) )
It was great having you along... and thanks for breaking trail all the way up Bundy's.
And Great Scotty imitation :D... good grins.
("Scotty - you've got to give me WARP 9" [for the movie])
(Oh - and btw, "Jeff" is really Jerry :) )
Very nice. So once up the Heather runout, did you skin up Jill's Woods to access Newton? Did you return back thru Heather, or did you take the Newton runout? See any Sasquatches? ;-)
Eric, Great trip report. 3 way peak area is one of my favorite backcountry tours. It's good to hear that winter has returned to the Cascades. We're still skiing in the Lake Tahoe area which has had spring condtions since Wednesday. !2 to 18" forecast tonight, should be a powder day on Monday and Tuesday.
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Well I'm glad to know that all those webcams aren't the product of someone playing a nasty trick and there really is snow.
I know - Ann and I have been thinking about getting a digi camera for some time but have been putting it off. Jeff's good pictures must be providing a disincentive to doing so. ;) I actually took a couple pictures of Jeff jumping on the R-block with his camera yesterday but I'm not sure how they came out. Maybe we can get a picture of Jeff skiing today.
As always a nice ski day and picture, Jeff.
As always a nice ski day and picture, Jeff.
Nice, Jeff. Your partners need to get cameras so we can see pictures of you!
Nice report, Mark.
Ditto on the 5 care rule ;D (maybe).
Ditto on the 5 care rule ;D (maybe).
Nice report Mark.
Spicolo, I'm sure Mark's comments re driving were in jest -- well, maybe ;-)
Spicolo, I'm sure Mark's comments re driving were in jest -- well, maybe ;-)
huts are great but at Roger's Pass you gotta stay at the Best Western! It's almost the same price (if you have more than two people) and you get a hot tub. Best of all, you can just walk out the back door and skin up towards Balu Pass.
Hey I'm all for the backcountry and all......I like my time and space just like the next guy. So the next time you apply your 5 car rule....remember....that I like my time and space to get up the road....as well as I like my time and space in the BC. You wouldn't want me to follow your line down mt. herman 2 feet behind you, ready to crash into you at any point, would you?
So, do you need to bring a pad? What about pots? Anything other than food and sleeping bag needed for this hut?
You'll need to bring a pad and sleeping bag. There are not any bunks, you sleep on the floor. We also broght a stove to cook with. You could probably cook on the wood stove in the hut but I wouldn't recomend counting on there being any fire wood, we just used it for melting snow for water. A water filter would be a useful item to al...
First cavers keeping secrets, then skiers! What next, rock climbers? Ha! That will be the day!
I was thereabouts in Jan? I had skiable crust for the main part in the general area.
So, do you need to bring a pad? What about pots? Anything other than food and sleeping bag needed for this hut?
I was thereabouts in Jan? I had skiable crust for the main part in the general area.
So, do you need to bring a pad? What about pots? Anything other than food and sleeping bag needed for this hut?
Glad to hear they got the chair running - as far as grooming goes, I think they're counting on powder-crazed skiers to pack it down . . .
"Chair 2 is looking mighty fine." --Summit Web site today.
I can't imagine it won't be open. See you in line Sat. morning. :D
I can't imagine it won't be open. See you in line Sat. morning. :D
I can't say for sure whether they are planning on opening Chair 2, but it did look as though the chair had been running and was used recently. Most of the chairs were cleaned of snow (I think), the exit ramp was shoveled and there were ski tracks going down it.
There was minimal grooming - none above the quad, and only a 'one lane' track from the top of Sessel to the top of Armstrong, and part way up lower International.
We didn't see any evidence of control work in Ede...
There was minimal grooming - none above the quad, and only a 'one lane' track from the top of Sessel to the top of Armstrong, and part way up lower International.
We didn't see any evidence of control work in Ede...
Matt et al - based on what you saw going on at the hill - did it look like they were prepping C2 to open, and did it look like they'd done any control work on the Intl side? I was up on Intl last Friday before the big snows hit and even then it was deep in the main run but shallow right at the top where it was just a bit windslab and facet base combo, and I wasn't sure how well some of the snow right at the entrance was going to hold whatever more load fell on top of it. As in, I wonder wh...
Just got back from some before work turns this morning. The crust is out in full force below 4000 ft, then disappears above on shaded slopes. Parts of Edelweiss had a sun crust. We skied down Nash - good turns in the fluff high up, then bailed onto the one lane groomer on Lower Nash to avoid the crust. Surprisingly good weather - most of the peaks were in and out amongst the clouds and fog.
Hi Aaron.
It was a March dump back around the turn of the century that hooked us on Mission. I'm glad someone is enjoying the snow over there.
My Jeep has begun to clunk. I just took it in to the shop this am. Hopefully it is driveable by Friday. If so we may see you on the slopes.
Eric.
Update: The shop could not reproduce the clunk but will install new front u-joints and axle seals for $450. The good thing is it will be ready by tonight. 8)
It was a March dump back around the turn of the century that hooked us on Mission. I'm glad someone is enjoying the snow over there.
My Jeep has begun to clunk. I just took it in to the shop this am. Hopefully it is driveable by Friday. If so we may see you on the slopes.
Eric.
Update: The shop could not reproduce the clunk but will install new front u-joints and axle seals for $450. The good thing is it will be ready by tonight. 8)
Oh, my, that was incredible. The new snow had settled to the point of no avalanche danger, yet it was powdery enough to insert a ski pole up to the handle with only minimal effort.
After several laps on Sessel, we skied DOM and/or Eisfallen (not sure which) twice. A trip up Debbie's Gold finished the afternoon.
The snow was creamy pow for all but the last run, when it crusted over. I took my TLT4s along for another spin, and was suprised at how aggressively I was skiing them. Whe...
After several laps on Sessel, we skied DOM and/or Eisfallen (not sure which) twice. A trip up Debbie's Gold finished the afternoon.
The snow was creamy pow for all but the last run, when it crusted over. I took my TLT4s along for another spin, and was suprised at how aggressively I was skiing them. Whe...
Unfortunately, the State of Oregon doesn't provide funds for NWAC. I guess you could push on the state legislature. For those Oreguners out there, you can support the Friends of the NWAC...http://www.avalanchenw.org/
Snowcow, for those living in Oregon, what should we do?
Nice job Cem. Your excitement and love of skiing are clearly conveyed.
thanks Jeff , good report
Yes , 38' fresh snow at Bachelor ,tuesday morning and it was snowing. I skied both day at Bachelor it is too deep you really need a powder skies , powder cord and steep hill.
Yes , 38' fresh snow at Bachelor ,tuesday morning and it was snowing. I skied both day at Bachelor it is too deep you really need a powder skies , powder cord and steep hill.
Any chance we could get a location on this one? I take it, it is in the N. Cascades.
No debris on the hill, but watch out for the freeway - it was mayhem again, kind of a reprise of Saturday (but hopefully without fatalities) - two trucks were in the snowbank at the Alpental exit, had to wait as a State trooper explained to a girl in an El Camino with wide tires that no matter how much gas she gave it, she wasn't going to move forward and that she should put it in reverse and get out of my way . . .
As always, great trip and report Jeff. I'd have to say that this was some of the wettest backcountry skiing I've ever done. Can't wait for next year.
"Wet" does not even begin to express how mother nature treated us on this trip. But it was still fun to get out.
Aaron
Does this mean I shouldn't take rock skis tomorrow??
Take whatever ones are BLUE, Crackle!
No more debris to hit? Does this mean I shouldn't take rock skis tomorrow??
Winter in April. Who woulda thought it? :D ;D
Winter in April. Who woulda thought it? :D ;D
and--like all good backcountry huts at the base of PNW volcanoes--a well-used and tattered printout of a page from Amar Andalkar's website.
That's really funny. I've only been to one hut on a PNW volcano, which was missing the printout.
Nice report, Jeff, especially given the restrictions on content. Too bad the snow conditions weren't better for you over the weekend, but the southern OR Cascades have gotten over 30" of powder the...
E had 8-10" new over a wet crust that kept you off the rocks most of the time. Felt like it wanted to cut loose on the crust layer so we stayed near the left ridgeline. No activity. Tippy-toed over rocks on the ridge to get into Eagles. Below rock face all balled up with debris melting off the rocks. Only good/safe line was far right in the trees. I'd be real nervous about it now with the additional loading since saturday.
I'll put my vote in for -that is a kickass line! I love super tight technical skiing. Now you got me googling around to try and find that place! I gotta ski that line.
Thanx for the inspiration!
Thanx for the inspiration!
Nicely done! I love that area. I'm assuming this jib was done on the south side?
I did not realise that one could get so close to the summit.
I did not realise that one could get so close to the summit.