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Nice turns and a beautiful trip report. A bit corny, but good.
I climbed it on the 18th... I felt it'd probably be out for climbing within two weeks due to an inability to leave the snow to cross moats. Above the top of the couloir, there was more rock than snow.
Unless you really like skiing steep runneled couloirs filled with rappels, rock steps, and extended snow narrower than a ski width, the colchuck glacier would be a lot more fun!
Unless you really like skiing steep runneled couloirs filled with rappels, rock steps, and extended snow narrower than a ski width, the colchuck glacier would be a lot more fun!
Great Video! I was with the group you met heading up the N Ridge Sunday morning. We skied the NFNWR around 2pm. The top section was still a little firm in places, and the bottom 500 feet was starting to get pretty soft. Looks like Saturday was a bit better. Still - a fantastic ski! We thought the exit onto the Adams glacier was a little non-intuitive from above, though it ended up being easy enough.
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For skiing? I climbed it on 6/11 and there were already 3 exposed (but easy to navigate) rock steps. The traverse to the north face was on dry loose ledges but the face was still well snow covered. I'm sure it looks considerably different now however...
Yes for skiing. Thanks for the info; I was assuming it would be a bit late but might be worth a l...
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Did you get a look at the NBC? Wondering if it will be in on the 4th.
For skiing? I climbed it on 6/11 and there were already 3 exposed (but easy to navigate) rock steps. The traverse to the north face was on dry loose ledges but the face was still well snow covered. I'm sure it looks considerably different now however...
Did you get a look at the NBC? Wondering if it will be in on the 4th.
Skiing the Chutes at 13 and 14? Oh man - that's top-shelf bragging rights. Too bad most of their friends won't have a clue of how cool that truly is. But the girls know and that's what matters. Kudos to them.
Thanks for the photos and report, Stefan.
So glad we got these little gals together early in their ski touring development. They have been able to feed off of each others enthusiasm (much like their older counterparts do with their ski partners) :)
Seeing their smiles, while skiing down the chutes affirmed to me that We have created volcano ski enthusiasts, and the aspirations of having a Brain Surgeon for a daughter (to cover fathers retirement expenses of being a life lon...
So glad we got these little gals together early in their ski touring development. They have been able to feed off of each others enthusiasm (much like their older counterparts do with their ski partners) :)
Seeing their smiles, while skiing down the chutes affirmed to me that We have created volcano ski enthusiasts, and the aspirations of having a Brain Surgeon for a daughter (to cover fathers retirement expenses of being a life lon...
Did someone else ski it too that day? There's some curious looking tracks...
We were the only skiers on Saturday. The tracks lookers right were already there. Almost looked like a skin track.
We were the only skiers on Saturday. The tracks lookers right were already there. Almost looked like a skin track.
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Very nice! What time did you drop in?
4:30
I was out there Monday trying to figure out how I could ski all that smooth corn by myself.. Thanks for the help ;)
OK, I’ll admit to it: I lost it--- last spring, just before a sprained ankle and two knee replacements sidelined me. I figured I wouldn’t be able to use it for a year or more, so the best thing would be to leave it there for whoever could make good use of it. I’m glad to hear that you found it, and especially that you had the wisdom to make sure it didn’t go to waste. I have faith that the care with which you observed the proprieties will bring us all karma dividends in corn for the next few mon...
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...