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That was month 27 for me.  27 is 3 cubed, and that is just awesome.  

My age is 25, which is 5 squared.  Could things really get any better?

Two numbers with only one prime factor each has to be good, right?

I think my total lifetime days skied is near 180, which is about half a year, or one half circle by the reckoning of how much the earth gets around the sun each day.

I'm sure I'll have a few more wet days before I get there, but hopefully I'll make...

No photos? Hogwash!

Sorry Justin, I couldn't resist!  ;D

Actually, the dialog went as follows:
Cop: "Where are you coming from?"
Me: "Baker Lake Road"
Cop: "What were you doing up there?"
Me: "Skiing! (points behind the seat with thumb) You can see our gear right there!"

I nearly laughed out loud. I guess he didn't believe that we didn't get cold and d...

kam - I love that photo - it's almost like driving down the freeway with the skis on your rack in August/September....I'm sure people are like  ???

Oi!, my bad   ;) 60:1  

"The Casshole didn't bring skis?"  Weak!  ???   ???   ???

600:1  Hike elev. to ski elev. ratio!? Yeah, a bit of a stretch for my definition of sanity, but well suited for the Kamster  ;)  

Skip didn't even go on the trip? Weak!  ;D

:)
Dude - you're an animal  :)
That's gotta rate up there with Glacier Peak on the Torture Point scale.
Are ya going back there next weekend for September turns?  Or do you have something a bit further out in mind for that?  ;)

I would be tempted for more turns, but I've got some family things to do this weekend.  

Another option to consider is upper Van Trump up to Camp Hazard.  The slope looked really good, but it would be a long hike from Commet Fall...

Have fun!

Hope we get another day of precip like last Friday to provide some nice local Sept and Oct turns.

And lots of that we're getting, though why can't it come on a Friday?

Yes gentleman...my 200th ski day in my life, no estimates here! I've been skiing 27 years, but only really went for it about 8 years ago (been "streaking" for 3+years now!). I wish I could say I've skied more, but it can only get better from here!

~Lara

Thanks to everyone for making my 200th ski day an absolute blast! I had a wonderful meeting, skiing, playing, and eating-we all have wonderful tastes! My surgery was a success (though different than expected)and I plan to be up and skiing by the end of September assuming all goes well. I look forward to heading out with the gang again!

~Lara P.

So that was your 200th ski day ever?  Congratulations!  Have you counted all along, o...

O.K. I'll bite. They are Baker and Sherman. Unless you are refering to the relatively minor peaks to the right (west). Going from left to right, they are Bastile (7,842') and Hadley (7,515').

The following picture, taken the same weekend, is on the Sholes Glacier. Baker is nicely framed by the Portals.

Ah! It was a good day indeed. Charles, my nephews were warned ahead of time that no lifts were available still the vertical offered by The Stash is greater then any "Ski Area" in N.J.[I believe?] And they may have appriciated a lift as they climbed back to the top of the stash vowing never to listen to me again. My sister, her daughter, and my younger brother were also along for the hike. They were impressed by the mountains' size and by the numbers of skiers they saw and also had a wh...

Nice report, Mark.  
Up to your usual "good read" quality.
I'v come upon water emanating from a hole in the surface of the glacier, but I never been the primary cause of the flow.  That must have been quite a start.
Glad you've still got stuff to ski up there.  We've already downgraded to "recon hikes" 'til the end of September.
Keep up the great work.

And to the question of face shots (in June): absolutely.

One of the (very few) advantages of shooting film, using mailers, and being busy is that sometimes you don't file your ski pictures until the dog days of summer. So, here's a reminder of the season just passed. That's June 15th powder John is skiing on the Park Glacier.

http://www.alpenglow.org/misc/1088-013-june-powder.jpg

I think were getting off topic ;D

Only one CM, nothing repels women like a station wagon ;) ,

Sounds like I missed a good trip. I was stuck on my boat watching scantily clad women, Blue Angels and oh yeah hydroplanes  ;)   See you soon ---- Jerry

Markharf and I were on the Sholes Glacier the Sunday before. I thought that maybe someone would be interested in a different view of the area in question.

Hey Corey, we planned it that way so you could see that you were truly missing the goods  ;).  Seriously, I wanted to go higher, but Paul and Amar insisted on doing more skiing than "traversing".  My thirst for crevasse travel was quite high that day!  8)

The Russell looks pretty scrumptious. How long does it take to get to where you start skinning from the parking lot?

Interesting. Just based on pix I've seen and personal experience it appears that the lake has alternated from brown to green to brown at least twice since 2000. Meee-yow!
Snoslut: there would be a ton of carvable vert on the Russell. Other reports indicate that a typical high point before the bombing range is a knob on Ptarmigan Ridge at 9200; it's a little hard to see but that knob appears in my photo just a little R of dead center, and would have been where I'd gone w more time (note: other...

Interesting.
Here it is in August of 2000:
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0ZAAwA44fD0u5kORQhDjAaCYkUsKVVD6sEpHkdjhtNvrRoW4uDo*juEWeCcRq2iEAMJL0XLKQ4uy5BLXiou*fQZfNi9SeIzN1Q8SK*xsBtsdAJlOj!g6Wb0QChD3VPx*0dE6JK0yBUJlopojiucm8xg/Hig%20Speed%20Quads%20operatingJm.jpg?dc=4675325792182254470
Don't ask me; I haven't got a clue  :)
BTW, great TR, Wolfs, lots of good info.

So that was you we bumped into on our way up.  We were the party with boarder and 2 skiers with rando set up.  We never did make it to the Russell but from your picture it made me wish I did.  By the time we reached the highest point or snow under Oberservation Rock (7950ft.) it was around 2 or 3 in the afternoon.  Run down to Cateye lake was soft and carvable.  Suncups were present but not as bad as I had anticipated.  Only if we had more time the Flett headwall looked really inviting.  Real st...

Hey, Coleman/Deming was a great trip that I would highly recommend.  We hit snow at 6,000 feet and I would imagine that since it seemed fairly glacial that it has not receded much higher.  The approach was on a beautiful trail through the woods, Trailhead 2,700 ft.  snow 6,000.    

Poorly. We barely got on the Park proper.