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I'm used to flakey light skis, since my previous skis were Hydrogens.  My opinion so far is that the Volkl's are over-rated, and perform more poorly than the Hydrogens in general.  However, they're fine in non-bottomless powder, which is what we had.  And they were fine in tight spots too.  

That's gotta be way up there on the Hot Slot scale.

We should have a "amislotornot" website, where people could submit...

I'm impressed. Having grown up in Roseburg, I know Mt Thielsen area pretty well. I get down there a couple times a year - usually around thanksgiving - for some early season skiing. I've never skied that high up on the Mt though. Pretty cool.

Nice one, Phil.  That's gotta be way up there on the Hot Slot scale.

If the forecast is right, you nailed the timing. Good work. When the east winds erode, maybe there will be just enough rain to make a nice firm crust for the next 14" or so to bond well to.

Greg and Co:  very nice pictures!  the snow looks great and thanks for the report.  i'll be back in town late Friday evening, and i'm thinking about a tour on Sat...

not much in the way of face shots at the Salt Flats, but we lucked out in Tahoe though, for example see This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

also, it was a good thing there was over 2-feet of new snow, otherwise my cousin Kam and i would have had a hard time riding these things (5 MB movie).  our conclusion: sidecut is o...

Hi, Amar - So far my practice has been to only keep trip reports/race reports up for a year or so (so everything there is fairly recent), but I'm reconsidering now as Apple gave us another 100 mb of space for free . . . the search engine thing is a mystery, I have a bunch of keywords and name permutations in meta names, I just thought it was a byproduct of mac.com's weird generic URL policy. Maybe someone else has the answer?

Ahhh, check the box! Thanks, Paul.

Thanks for the report Greg.
I'm suprised you could even ski Lucky-that was virtual dirt one week ago. Great picture!
Joe

... I'm a bit of a clumsy skier ...

Not so I noticed!!

ema,  unfortunately nothing skiiable until you get up to the saddle on the trail overlooking the lake.  seems like there would be plenty once you head over to the north side of the ridge coming from chair down to cliffs to the lake.  i saw some sort of tracks coming down into the lake from the melawka pass side near gem sort of.  it was getting near dark and hard to see when i had the most views.  
as for snoq. there was nice snow where i was. if you know the cliffs w...

Larry Goldie was nice enough to give me permission to use this photo I pirated off of the North Cascades Mountain Guides website until I get my slides, so here's a photo:



That gully definitely showed signs of being a generally scary place avy-wise, Mark.  But, you know, I just had to have a look...

Looks like TOO much vertical for me.

How do you know when to take off your skins?

Oh, and BTW, Kamster, we covered for you last night at the SMSSGTCR.;D

thanks, Ron!

You're up next Tuesday!

...aahh, Sierra resort (south-shore Lake Tahoe) just reported 48" in the last 24-hrs!  bad roads.  we might have to stay...  ;D

ron,

the rocks and tumbleweed made for great terrain features - big, big air.  you'd love it.
-s

I've been thinking for quite some time about how I could test the rescue skills of my skiing partners....  
....Thanks to Ron, Jeanette and my lovely Rose, Maureen, for rescuing me,...

You don't know how close you came to losing a cable on those deathtraps, uh.. I mean Superloops, Darryl   ;)
I was "that close" to digging my "mini bolt cutters" out of my pack.

Yep, Darryl's right don...

Oh, and BTW, Kamster, we covered for you last night at the SMSSGTCR.  You're up next Tuesday!  ;D

I just love it when a plan comes together.
For me, as often as not, the plan turns into a torturous bushwack of proportions.  Way to pull one off for the regular bc crowd.
Nice TR, too.

As per your usual standards, Mark, a very entertaining read.
And, if one cares to look, there is all the elelments of a textbook stellar TR there, as well  :)

Skip has a few words to say about our trip, here.

Nice.  I was just admiring those gullies the other day, wondering if they really held enough snow for skiing; they looked a bit bare along the ridge. I've only been up there once but there seem to be at least two notches from which you can ski east into the Cedar Creek drainage, where I'd expect pretty good snow, sheltered from wind and sun.

The thing that always gives me pause in that area is the faceting wherever the snowcover is thin along ridges and ribs.  The combination of...

Great terrain selection. :)
Zap

Is this report for March 19?

From  my perspective I was convinced we were in full on rescue mode ???. Glad it turned out otherwise 8) As for the rest of the day: You know Darryl, I'll bet that hurt  8)

Jerry - thanks for the film and turning off the audio during the time that I was screaming for help.

My ego hurts A LOT worse than my knee, but it heals pretty fast.

sounds like you were trying some fancy maneuvers up there, Darryl!  glad everything turned out okay and that you ended up not too injured.  

Great report, Darryl.  
So how's your knee feel this morning?

Allyson and Ron - thanks!  My knee is a little sore and stiff but it won't keep me from skiing this weekend and prusiking tonight.