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can anyone confirm for me whether Lundin is the peak with the long, open chute? if so, approx what is the pitch? i'm thinking of shoeing up on sat a.m. and shredding down. even if it gets relatively soft it should be decent on a board.
thanks-mc
thanks-mc
Gerard is a cool guy! Yanna and I met up with him last season on Decker and he showed us his favorite easy traverse home that hits the bottom of body bag bowl. He never tires of Decker, apparently, much like some of us never tire of our own favorites around here...
Hey AlpentalCorey,
I remember you..I think we finished the race at the exact same time !
Funny - Mike C. was actually with us on Saturday, he turned around in the afternnon though as he was only available on Sat.
Kam: I philmed a bit, but don't expect great vids...I did not have my oxygen bottle was me, so all you can probably see is an unstable image with a lot of background noise ;-)
I remember you..I think we finished the race at the exact same time !
Funny - Mike C. was actually with us on Saturday, he turned around in the afternnon though as he was only available on Sat.
Kam: I philmed a bit, but don't expect great vids...I did not have my oxygen bottle was me, so all you can probably see is an unstable image with a lot of background noise ;-)
Nice TR! I remember meeting you and Corinne at the randonee races (I'm the guy with the french girlfriend that went to high school with your friend Mike C.). Sounds like a great trip, way to go.
Starting at Blackcomb puts you in the alpine right away. It would also be a long climb up from Singing Pass to near the top of Overlord starting from Whistler. FWIW, all the parties that did it last weekend started at Blackcomb.
Yea, I know it's Overlord. Such a fitting name as it's the highest peak around. The peak and glacier names were for the most part colorful, much like the names in the Pickets. I think my spell check flagged it, suggested overload and...
Yea, I know it's Overlord. Such a fitting name as it's the highest peak around. The peak and glacier names were for the most part colorful, much like the names in the Pickets. I think my spell check flagged it, suggested overload and...
Thanks for the TR, Matt. I'm pretty sure it's "Overlord", not "Overload", but the meaning is clear...
The big difference is if you take the lifts up or not. By taking the Blackcomb lifts, you start at 8000 feet or so. By starting from Whistler, you start a bit lower down, somewhere in Harmony bowl, I think, and have a low point of Singing Pass (5500 feet) that you have to climb up from to get to the high point of Tremor col (around 8600 feet).
If you don't take the lifts, I think people usually hike or ski up the Singing Pass trail, which adds on about 5000 feet of climbing, lengthening...
If you don't take the lifts, I think people usually hike or ski up the Singing Pass trail, which adds on about 5000 feet of climbing, lengthening...
Are there advantages to doing the Spearhead Traverse from Blackcomb to Whistler, rather than the other way?
Great photo, Ron! Glad that Jerry decided to hang around at the top and not ride it down.
Brent, it is hard to believe that you won't be skiing around here any more, and I'm sorry that I didn't get a chance to ski with you. Thanks for all of your work on the original trip reports, from which this forum has grown, and please send an occasional update from back east (especially from your August and September ski trips!).
Brent, it is hard to believe that you won't be skiing around here any more, and I'm sorry that I didn't get a chance to ski with you. Thanks for all of your work on the original trip reports, from which this forum has grown, and please send an occasional update from back east (especially from your August and September ski trips!).
At least we did'nt have a bushwhack ;) here are a few photos in no particular order
http://community.webshots.com/album/132045338OOqFRQ
http://community.webshots.com/album/132045338OOqFRQ
Nordic Ned,
Very nice TR. Did you shoot any videos w/ your new camera?
-Tele Ted.
Very nice TR. Did you shoot any videos w/ your new camera?
-Tele Ted.
Nice to meet you two, see you in the hills ---- Jerry 8)
"Grande Cocoa!" Nice description of the trip Skip! My favorite part was definitely the tree skiing! :D Fortuntately we all made it out mostly intact :)
I just added a map of our route to the last page of my TR...if anyone cares.
Kam - great sound effects in the movie. I didn't realize you guys were that religious. Does appealing to Jesus really help?
I wasn't going to post a link, but here's a TR.
Nice TR, great trip, Skipper.
Keep up the good work!!
Keep up the good work!!
Well, Brent, there was one injury: that poor little tree that you battered with your face on your head-first magic carpet ride!
But it was all worth it for the top 1000 vft of primo skiing.
Christopher
But it was all worth it for the top 1000 vft of primo skiing.
Christopher
No problem skoog. Thanks also go to sky for giving me the idea (he wanted to climb the nooksack and I said, "I don't want to climb that! How about a traverse?). I remember telling Ben about this trip and he was stoked to go give it a go. Having you along reminded me a lot of what Ben would've been like. You led, you were low key, and your shizzle was together. In the end, this turned out as one of the best trips I've been on. ;D
I've done many traverses in the Cascades and this was among the best. The Nooksack traverse is unusual for how seasonally dependent it is. Later in the spring the East Nooksack Glacier will become so broken that you wouldn't consider crossing it. Yet we found it a breeze in good April conditions. Some highlights for me:
- The two-mile glide from the base of the Nooksack headwall to the foot of Cloudcap Peak. Jagged Ridge was festooned with flutings and snow feathers pasted to the roc...
- The two-mile glide from the base of the Nooksack headwall to the foot of Cloudcap Peak. Jagged Ridge was festooned with flutings and snow feathers pasted to the roc...
yeah, good write-up & nice photo, although that skier could use some work on his form!
p.s. what about the shot of Paul's ski ricocheting like a rubber band down the glacier in front of him - that was pretty cool....how did he do that? ;)
p.s. what about the shot of Paul's ski ricocheting like a rubber band down the glacier in front of him - that was pretty cool....how did he do that? ;)
Yeah, Brent, that one's kinda tricky from the top. Especially if our old dementia riddled brains forget the entrance elevation (or we don't have a waypoint for it). I usually look for the "entrance eyebrow" on the (climber's) left side of the entrance. It usually seems to be the only chute with that unusual feature at the top.
'Course you'll not be needing that info touring on boilerplate east coast ice now, will ya?
Hey, it's gonna be a little empty around here...
'Course you'll not be needing that info touring on boilerplate east coast ice now, will ya?
Hey, it's gonna be a little empty around here...
Yeah, it was nice meeting you and Pat, Zenom.
And I'm glad you wer able to reap the benefits of our "grooming".
Hope to run into you again sometime.
And I'm glad you wer able to reap the benefits of our "grooming".
Hope to run into you again sometime.
TR is done! Go to the site and enjoy!
I'm going to bed now! :)
I'm going to bed now! :)
Hey guys !
This sounds all too well. So it makes my time here in the northern lowlands of Germany really tough. I am happy that you had another outstanding trip. I look forward to catch up with you in the future.
Ciao Matthaeus
This sounds all too well. So it makes my time here in the northern lowlands of Germany really tough. I am happy that you had another outstanding trip. I look forward to catch up with you in the future.
Ciao Matthaeus
You know, I just barely noticed the zig-zagging tracks up Shuksan from the ski area on Saturday. Wow. Can't wait to live vicariously through the web page! ;D
Damn....like Sky said, "you should have come along, Dave."
Yeah, he was saying that the whole trip too. ;)
There will be other trips! Maybe not as perfect as this, but who knows?
Yep, that was us looking for the entrance to the Chute. I'm getting old, memory is going (but you know how that goes, right). I remembered 8800' as the elevation. We started scouting at that elevation and it took us a while to find the correct entrance at 8300'.
Easy to see how people disappear descending from Muir in a white-out with those cliffs there.
Anyways, next weekend is it for me. I'll be moving to Connecticut the week after. My East Coast friends (common connection being...
Easy to see how people disappear descending from Muir in a white-out with those cliffs there.
Anyways, next weekend is it for me. I'll be moving to Connecticut the week after. My East Coast friends (common connection being...
Damn....like Sky said "you should have come along Dave"...another over-the-top trip that I missed out on. Nice work.
Yep it was yesterday (Sunday), Brent.
Even though the sloughs were fairly routine from our perspective, I'd bet they did look pretty spectacular from where you were... I suspect it was hard to see that we were only dealing with a thin wet surface layer and our runout had no exposure.
We saw a group headed for the Nisqually Chutes and later saw the tracks in the main chute; that musta been you, eh?
Even though the sloughs were fairly routine from our perspective, I'd bet they did look pretty spectacular from where you were... I suspect it was hard to see that we were only dealing with a thin wet surface layer and our runout had no exposure.
We saw a group headed for the Nisqually Chutes and later saw the tracks in the main chute; that musta been you, eh?
i think if i remember correctly from the col above snow lake you just need to climb over the little hump there and continue along the crest to the easier descent.
nice to meet you all. :)
nice to meet you all. :)
Yes, for sure...
The only problem would be the long shuttle to the entrance and exit points...probably close to 4 hours, round trip, I'm guessing?
You just can't beat the 30 minute shuttle, though...
If you go, go soon. That headwall entrance may only last a couple more weeks before some major cracks open-up. ???
The only problem would be the long shuttle to the entrance and exit points...probably close to 4 hours, round trip, I'm guessing?
You just can't beat the 30 minute shuttle, though...
If you go, go soon. That headwall entrance may only last a couple more weeks before some major cracks open-up. ???
Yep, a fun day. Always so nice to meet friendly folks in the mountains. I'm thankful for that. Definately I would suggest to folks planning to use the Snow Lake divide as an exit that you are better off just skiing down to the lake (or very close to it) and then climbing up to the obvious divide where there is still good coverage and the skiing is casual. If the skin track we followed is still there I would suggest people not use it.
Cool news.
Been silently wondering if that would go (only starting from the Shannon Creek side).
Been silently wondering if that would go (only starting from the Shannon Creek side).
WAAAYY out there. Congrats on a weekend well spent!
Was that April 4? Not April 5?
If so, we watched you from the Nisqually Chute (which wasn't sliding).
We were concerned. Happy it was under control.
BTW how about that huge slide down the Turtle?
If so, we watched you from the Nisqually Chute (which wasn't sliding).
We were concerned. Happy it was under control.
BTW how about that huge slide down the Turtle?
Very cool! I can't wait to read the details and see the pictures.
Here are a couple shots from the Nooksack Headwall to keep your mouth watering:
Lowell:
Josh:
Awesome. Excellent job uncovering another gem.
Very cool! I can't wait to read the details and see the pictures.
I patrolled several weeks ago. The Rangers got a complaint then about that fox begging for food at Narada. Supposedly they were going to nab the critter and re-locate it.
Glad to hear your day went well, guys! :)
Yeah, a great tour with great company.
Hindsight might suggest a little earlier in the season and/or day for this tour. Most of the good access for this one is rapidly melting out. Here's a shot of Jerry after his "Y'All Watch This" ski cut:
Additional pics are at:
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Hindsight might suggest a little earlier in the season and/or day for this tour. Most of the good access for this one is rapidly melting out. Here's a shot of Jerry after his "Y'All Watch This" ski cut:
Additional pics are at:
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Nice Pics, Randy.
Great weather over the weekend, eh?
We saw a fox about the same size at the Canyon Rim turnout Sunday morning... a red one, that refused to leave just because we stopped there.
Great weather over the weekend, eh?
We saw a fox about the same size at the Canyon Rim turnout Sunday morning... a red one, that refused to leave just because we stopped there.