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Hey Ron it looks like the base of Nisqually chute?

It was a great time, with good company, food and beverage.  ;D  Might have to do it again in Sept to satisfy our ski withdrawals. Next time I'll get one of those waterproof camera's. ;)

yeah, it should be quite warm...upper 70's to low 80's in the lowlands, so I suspect it'll be a cooker up there too.  Ohh yeah, the headwall is definitely steep, and sustained until you reach the 'shrund...most claims are between 45 to low-to-mid 50 degrees (in fact, there is a segment in Beckey which claims over 60 degrees).  If it's good snow conditions, should be no problem.  The goal is to ski the main headwall, so crossing over by the rock band (below the summit) is the best...

Maybe right in the middle, too. Looks like a real tool might come in handy. Let's hope it's warm and corn!

Edit: I just looked at the photo on cc.com. Holy Sh1t that thing looks steep! But I'll bet it only foreshortened. As for the schrund, looks like either far right or far left will work. It's lookin kinda big.

Ooooohhhh, the Park Headwall looks cool. Schrund might be a problem. Seems like the glacier doesn't have too many open crevasses, though. Lookin forward to the weekend....... :) :) :) :) 8)

Hey Charles - Was wondering if you might happen to have any other photos of the Park Glacier on Baker with slightly more zoom than the one you posted.  Trying to scope out route conditions.

Thanks. ;)

She'll love the fried pickles... and she'll get meet Todd's new wife!!  ;D

Look to Random tracks.  There is an invite waiting for you all. ;D

The Maritime sounds ok to me.
Is this the one you're talking about?
http://www.maritimebrewery.citysearch.com/
If so, it looks like the taproom is called the Jolly Roger and is located at:
http://www.maritimebrewery.citysearch.com/2.html
So 7:00 PM Friday at the Maritime (Jolly Roger Taproom) works for me... I'm in.
Todd, you're bringing the new wife, right?

Edited to replace super wide map link...

No problem and hope to see you.

Unfortunately no report as of yet.  I say let's pick a place that is a known factor.  Paul mentioned the Maritime Brewery Pub in Ballard.  I could be into that.  Just got my brand spanking new Hammerheads for my (very cheap) brand new K2 Workstinx.  Put the two togethor and we will be making beautiful music togethor ;D (Just need some snow)  >:(  Maritime's pub is on Leary and it has good accomidations for a group and respectible food.  My vote is there...

Thanks for the report and photo, Charles.  I took a couple of non-skiing guests out there today, and managed to squeeze in a few quick runs before sprinting back to meet them in the parking lot.  I didn't have time to ski north of Coleman Pinnacle, but I did clamber up for a quick look and boot-glissade, and the snow was soft and almost free of suncups.  Sholes Glacier looked pretty good, too, from a distance.

I actually skied the same slopes that you did, and found them b...

Thanks, Ron, but the 22nd is the only Friday I won't be around.  I'm scheduled to be propping up a glassy-eyed friend at his wedding in New York.  So I suggest that meeting arrangements be made without allowance for my schedule...this time around, at least.  I'll try to work bestiality and bestir-itude into the best man's toast in some way.  

Mark

You're a trooper, Todd.
Way to "take one for the team", visiting all those brewpubs all weekend for us.  It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it.  

Hey, Todd, if we convene at, say 7:00 (7:30 for Mark) it's unlikely we be outta there before 9:00.  The big question is where is "there"?
You Seattlites might think on that so Charles can post the "1st Annual TAY Quiver Meeting" notice.  Looks like we might be gathering a bit of a crowd.
Oh, and Todd, don't be shy about bringing your new wife... should be a good way to break her in, taking here to a high class meeting with you ski buddies.  
Unless, of course, you'd...

Ok I'll start lobbying here for Friday the 22nd.my calendar is open,  no wait a minute it now has" beers "penciled in.

Gazooks!!
If Charles will join us, I'd switch to Friday no matter what it costs me!!  :)

Bill, thanks for posting those links. You've got some great overviews of the area on the geocities page. I pulled up Amar's large version (July 27, 2003) next to yours (August 16, 2002), and it looks like there was already less coverage at the time of Amar's trip than yours three weeks later.

Would you consider posting your overview shots in the Ski Route Photos section (or would it be OK for me to do so)?

Amar, same question concerning your photo in this TR (or maybe you have an o...

I see that Mad Dog has already addressed Silas' suggestion about the thread title. As far as moving the discussion somewhere else, to me this thread seems to be the right place for it. People already involved know where to find it, and it seems a semi-natural progression from the original TR, given that there tends to be a lot more talking about skiing and related topics than actual skiing this time of year. My main goal for the TR boards is to make sure that each TR thread starts with an actual...

Y'know, Bestiality Bestirred would be an excellent name for a rock and roll band, particularly one which featured bad costumes, lots of stage makeup, unintelligible lyrics and blistering guitar solos.  In the balance, I think this would appeal mostly to adolescent boys.

SCORE!!!  8) and the quiver grows.  I to sailed down to the outlet, but unlike "wolfs" I'm only 5 minutes away.  So now there is only 1 pair of AK Launchers left.  Strange phenomenon though, I got very thirsty on the way home too ;D

Now I need to accessorize.  That in itself should make a person parched.

Quote: it's right there in the dictionary next to "bestiality" unquote.  Yep, that's how I found it, too.  

I'm already in Seattle on Fridays and am free after 7:30 or so, making it easy for me to meet anywhere in the immediate area.  The exception will be the 22nd, when I'll be in New York wearing rented clothing at a friend's wedding.  Whenever and wherever you folks decide, I'll do my best to show up.  It the chosen venue is particularly classy, I'll...

Hey cool!!  
Todd already said "the more the merrier".
Looks like we got a TAY "skifest without the skis" coming together.

So it seems that now all comers should be meeting someplace to bask in the camaraderie of fellow gliss descenders, generally yuk it up, feverishly debate and plan September turn possibilities and cry in our beer that there aren't more.

If Mark can up his student loan by the price of a pitcher I can certainly increase the national...

Hmmm.  If this social function of which you're all speaking were to take place on a Friday evening somewhere convenient to Seattle, I'd bestir myself to put in an appearance.....although unlike Mad Dog I am, in practical terms, largely chopped liver.  I might even draw down my student loans sufficiently to buy a pitcher.  

Paul is away from thursday to Sunday for a little jaunt into the mountains with his significant other so it might have to be next week.  He also thought that there are plenty of better pubs to go (Pacific Inn is a little rundown).  Elysian apparently opened up a new place where the old Honeybear was in Wallingford.  Sounds good to me since it's a very nice building and Elysian makes fine beers.  

More the merrier I always say.  (The first pitcher's on me and Paul-...