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Great team that ends with happy feet in the stream. ;)
Great thoughts of the "corn snow". Alone does have merit, depending on the area. Jill and I are in our 70's and have made the right decision along the routes. ;)
I saw the forest rangers take it and some other items with them on Sunday afternoon.
Our thoughts traveled to the other side of the mountain while we were lounging in the stream... conditions looked right on. Very nice!
Did someone else ski it too that day? There's some curious looking tracks...
Did someone else ski it too that day? There's some curious looking tracks...
Solo offers true communion with the spirits.
just follow that path... hang a left, hang a right, and you will find the owner. Beware of moving targets.
Nice photo, love the veils of sluff.
just follow that path... hang a left, hang a right, and you will find the owner. Beware of moving targets.
Nice photo, love the veils of sluff.
I got me some there on Saturday! Congratulations!
Nice photos, Charlie. The group of 2 on upper Kautz was a group we leap-frogged on the way up. The group of 3 on the Nisqually was just ahead of us. We are probably taking a break on the cleaver when you got this. And the people on the Finger---not sure if they made it past the crevasse crux or not.
Something I didn't mention before, skiing this route can be tricky with the climber traffic it sees. We had to negotiate a passage around a team of 8 downclimbing the upper ice chute...
Something I didn't mention before, skiing this route can be tricky with the climber traffic it sees. We had to negotiate a passage around a team of 8 downclimbing the upper ice chute...
Very nice! What time did you drop in?
Lava ridge to boot, that's the way to rock Adams northside.
Lava ridge to boot, that's the way to rock Adams northside.
Your TR, photos and video brings back memories of my last time in that area. ;)
Awesome! Glad they let you out to play again after you were a couple minutes late last time.
That half of the split is gone as of late Sunday. Hope it was the owner that nabbed it.
LS, I admire your motivation, she looks fun 4 sure!
We also found very enjoyable conditions in Nisqually chute at about 1:30 pm - not nearly as sticky as higher on the snowfield. We found a pair of splitboard skins on the way down - dropped between glacier vista and parking lot. Send me a private message if they're yours.
Two photos from the Paradise parking lot just before 9 am on the 25th. Looks like a group of two on the upper Kautz, a group of three on the upper Nisqually, and a group climbing out of the Finger on the booter.
It turned into unconsoldated mush from 8k-10k. At least it one of the easiest most direct skins to the summit I have had on the Squak. Fairly smooth snow above 7500.
fyi, we dropped half a jones splitboard at the th board. It was first spotted at the lunch counter, we later found it again at the friday road snow transition point and carried it down the rest of the way. Group effort?
Check with North Cascades Mtn. Guides . They had a couple of avalanche accidents in that area with lost equipment a few years ago. It might be Jeff Wards ? But then again its a popular spot now . X
Betting a dollar these boots belong to someone in the Seattle/Pugetopolis corridor.
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How were the conditions?
The snowpack was quite soft even in the morning due to significant warming in the last couple of days. A lot of holes between the rocks and over the streams. We were not on skis, but some people skied on the east side down from SEWS.
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In his condition, I'm sure he felt lucky to be alive. I SERIOUSLY doubt "littering" was on his mind!! Sheesh.
I guess I'm struggling to see how this isn't similar to the two who crashed a snowmobile into a crevasse up on Baker and left it there. A ski is a lot easier to retrieve than a snowmobile.
Glad it went well! My first trip up to Camp Muir was longer than I anticipated, 8 hours car to car and I didn't get going until 6:30. What a place! I'll be back. Thanks for the motivation!
Not me in the video...
I was up there this past weekend. The photo was taken Saturday morning. I think the continuous snow started at about 5,000 feet, if my watch was calibrated correctly. From the VT Park on up... it's skis on the entire way up.
I was up there this past weekend. The photo was taken Saturday morning. I think the continuous snow started at about 5,000 feet, if my watch was calibrated correctly. From the VT Park on up... it's skis on the entire way up.
Very retro-cool. We skied at Chinook but I was thinking about you off to the west.
Awesome! Good show. Wonder what it will look like in 100 years from now. People will be trying to emulate you Lowell!
After jumping in floppy boots and bindings, I totally sympathize with Vinko Bogataj of "The Agony of Defeat."
A little sticky snow on the in-run can twist you or make one ski wander and it's almost impossible to recover from it once you're in the air.
A little sticky snow on the in-run can twist you or make one ski wander and it's almost impossible to recover from it once you're in the air.
Nice one. Gotta love that endless summer corn.
Andy, is that you tele-ing in the video? Or did you ski VT more recently? Where do you think the snow level is after the recent heat blast?
Andy, is that you tele-ing in the video? Or did you ski VT more recently? Where do you think the snow level is after the recent heat blast?
An update on conditions: Continuous snow starts above Comet Falls at about 5K. Possible to ski from there up to Van Trump Park although just as easy to boot as well. There's a lot of water running in the gulley on the way up to the park and a lot of potential spots to break through. Once up in the park, continuous snow all the way to Camp Hazard. With the exception of where groups of climbers pounded down the slope and left lots of foot prints, it's smooth skiing from Camp Hazard down...
I'm glad the story behind that ski was one of survival. A lone stick that far down the chute had me pretty concerned, particularly because the last time I wanted to ski that line there was a deceased climber half-way in.
Lowell nailed it on his first try and with perfect form! It took him maybe maybe 4 more times to perfect a crash. Notice the flags ,they were jumping into the wind which surely limited the length of jump. Fun day! Thanks to Lowell.
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Idiotically, I tried to get there from Hurricane Ridge the same day. Learned my lesson the "long" way.
Runcle and I orbited Mt A counterclockwise a couple of weeks ago, and the western approach (i.e., our descent) was spotty; but you never know unless you try it. Starting from Switchback TH it's a grunt but straightforward and the bowl should hold for...
We climbed to that crevasse 2 weeks ago and it was wall to wall, did not have the energy to climb into the icefall, good call.
Roman Wall was a great ski Saturday even at 2PM.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/skioften/34721771273/in/album-72157685398594986/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/skioften/34721771273/in/album-72157685398594986/
Idiotically, I tried to get there from Hurricane Ridge the same day. Learned my lesson the "long" way.
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We started from the Coleman Glacier trailhead at 7am and took an hour to get to continuous snow at 4700'. We used ski crampons for a couple hours then only skins to 8700' where the elevation and breeze made for stiff snow requiring ski crampons again for us. Two skiers heading down told us the upper 2000' was chilly with tooth chattering skiing so we ate lunch and skied down...
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Good job "taking the skis for a walk" :)
Yes, they earned it. I wanted to see, among other things, if the big north gully is accessible on snow from the east (the western approach is gone). The answer is No, there is a steep brown section directly under the notch, 300-400 ft, maybe 500 before the heat wave is done. But that gully is still OK, top to...
author=sgertz link=topic=38654.msg156517#msg156517 date=1498246657] I can't quite get over the thought of leaving a ski on the mountain simply because you can't find it's mate. This is essentially littering.
In his condition, I'm sure he felt lucky to be alive. I SERIOUSLY doubt "littering" was on his mind!! Sheesh.
I've never fallen 2,000' at up to 41 miles per hour. Anyone out there who has??? I think he just wanted to keep moving before he stopped. A lost piece of equipment would have been the last thing on my mind...
I saw the Facebook post and understand he went for a pretty nasty fall and such, but I can't quite get over the thought of leaving a ski on the mountain simply because you can't find it's mate. This is essentially littering. Thank you, Mike for bringing it back to the trailhead.