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Ahhhh! Makes sense. Yes. Different Peak, same massiff.
Where was the register? I took a cursory look but didn't see one. Must have been the views of Stuart diverting my attention.
Different peak, I think. Didn't you climb the rocky main peak of Ingalls? The snowy south peak is about 1/2 mile to the south.
Where was the register? I took a cursory look but didn't see one. Must have been the views of Stuart diverting my attention.
Funny there should be two ski climbs of S. Ingalls in two days, since there was no previous mention of skiing in the summit register. I thought the peak was really nice, with an interesting route and pretty setting. We camped near Long's Pass on Sunday night and skied Ulrich's couloir on Mt Stuart on Monday. I'll post a trip report when I have more time.
Nice tip - thanks! I sort of forget about this area after Snoqualmie area has melted out, but the access was perfect - right from the car onto continuous snow. This was a great tour after two exhausting days of fairly intense yardwork (I feel like I just did a three-day backpack). There was a handful of parties enjoying the mostly sunny Memorial Day up there - some complained of mush or grabby snow, but our group had happy enough turns to justify yo-yo-ing the basin. I couldn't convince anyone i...
Ron,
this sounds great. i plan to leave the laptop at home for the trips ;) but i should be able to check e-mails / internet. I do not want to be invasive but maybe you can give me a phone so that I can talk to you about the plans and when I get to Seattle? my mobile is 407.687.3814. ah, and I am not that young - just turned 29 (i thought i was 28 but my wife corrected me, hehehe)
Cheers and happy turns - I am sure you'd have a number of other nice trips while i am stuck here...
this sounds great. i plan to leave the laptop at home for the trips ;) but i should be able to check e-mails / internet. I do not want to be invasive but maybe you can give me a phone so that I can talk to you about the plans and when I get to Seattle? my mobile is 407.687.3814. ah, and I am not that young - just turned 29 (i thought i was 28 but my wife corrected me, hehehe)
Cheers and happy turns - I am sure you'd have a number of other nice trips while i am stuck here...
Thanks to Robie for organizing and leading this great tour! While the snow seemed overall pretty stable, N facing slopes seemed to have a bit deeper mush (up to 6") and surface slides in this layer went readily on steeper slopes.
On our way back, however, we could see that cornice collapses in two places had triggered impressive slides after our initial passing. One of these was from the cornice on Panhandle Gap, and the other was in the bowl just to the SE of Meany Crest, both prett...
On our way back, however, we could see that cornice collapses in two places had triggered impressive slides after our initial passing. One of these was from the cornice on Panhandle Gap, and the other was in the bowl just to the SE of Meany Crest, both prett...
We're more like half fast ;)
I wouldn't worry too much about it. From the sounds of things I'm probably about the same age as your grandpa.
Looks like July 4th weekend is all you have available. We'll proly do a local day trip on that Sunday... possibly something a little more adventurous if the forecast is for severe clear, like maybe Mt. Adams (if we haven't done it before then). Shoot me an email when the time gets a little closer. We'll figure somet...
I wouldn't worry too much about it. From the sounds of things I'm probably about the same age as your grandpa.
Looks like July 4th weekend is all you have available. We'll proly do a local day trip on that Sunday... possibly something a little more adventurous if the forecast is for severe clear, like maybe Mt. Adams (if we haven't done it before then). Shoot me an email when the time gets a little closer. We'll figure somet...
Ron,
Marmot lists the tracker for $290 but rents beacon for $20 for 2-4 days. it makes more sense to me to just rent as I won't be using it so much, as you noted. i also told my friend in seattle to ask if he can borrow one for me.
Randy Oakley sent me a nice response by e-mail but said it would be hard to get in shape for the ascent in FLorida. Are you guys fast or more laid back?
Cheers
ivo
Marmot lists the tracker for $290 but rents beacon for $20 for 2-4 days. it makes more sense to me to just rent as I won't be using it so much, as you noted. i also told my friend in seattle to ask if he can borrow one for me.
Randy Oakley sent me a nice response by e-mail but said it would be hard to get in shape for the ascent in FLorida. Are you guys fast or more laid back?
Cheers
ivo
If I was going to buy a beeper today I would proly go with the barryvox or the tracker. However if you're only going to be here for a week it might make better sense to rent one. you might try Marmot in Bellevue or Backpacker Supply; proly locate them both at:
http://www.marmotmountain.com/
http://www.marmotmountain.com/
ron j and acarey - thank you very much!
ron, i did not think a beacon would do me any good because i thought i was going solo. i would gladly buy one and join your group - my mobile is 407.687.3814, e-mailThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - we need to talk about logistics. I am visiting a friend in Chicago and then arriving to Seattle to visit another friend on the evening of July 5. Then I leave back for Orlando on July 13.
Would you recommend a special beacon model?
ron, i did not think a beacon would do me any good because i thought i was going solo. i would gladly buy one and join your group - my mobile is 407.687.3814, e-mail
Would you recommend a special beacon model?
If you have a GPS Ron could probably give you waypoints;D; maps with compass directions are available at the ranger/climbing office at Paradise parking lot (5420 ft). Riding the snowfield is no great technical challenge; it has a mild to moderate slope From Camp Muir (10,000 ft) on the way down till some steps just above Pebble Creek (ca 6800 ft I think) and Pan Point; Pan face is steep, but you may have to walk down the trail anyway depending on how fast the snow melts out. in July you should b...
Buy the shovel and an avy beacon, Ivo, and if you like (and if we are not too boring for you :) ), you can go out with us on a day trip or two while you're here the first part of July.
Regardless of who you go with, start slow, go with experienced folks, ask questions and gain experience. It's not a race; you don't need to get it all done at once. Just enjoy each outing for what it is.
As you might suspect, 'Gator (Mike Gauthier) gets a lot of email. With his full time job of...
Regardless of who you go with, start slow, go with experienced folks, ask questions and gain experience. It's not a race; you don't need to get it all done at once. Just enjoy each outing for what it is.
As you might suspect, 'Gator (Mike Gauthier) gets a lot of email. With his full time job of...
WoW ;D
this looks sooo nice! (I live in FLorida) and my b-day is on May 18 - looks like you guys have a a fine day...
I plan to ride the Muir snowfield or Paradise or something else around Rainier just after July 4th. Any tips / suggestions are more than welcome.
i have some problems, though: no experience mountaineering whatsoever and my would-be partner thinks it's too dangerous so he won't come (he does not have experience either.)
I wrote to Mike Gaulthier, chief...
this looks sooo nice! (I live in FLorida) and my b-day is on May 18 - looks like you guys have a a fine day...
I plan to ride the Muir snowfield or Paradise or something else around Rainier just after July 4th. Any tips / suggestions are more than welcome.
i have some problems, though: no experience mountaineering whatsoever and my would-be partner thinks it's too dangerous so he won't come (he does not have experience either.)
I wrote to Mike Gaulthier, chief...
This had been posted in April 2003, so I moved it.
Toby, thanks for the report from up north (down south to you, I guess), and good to hear from you.
Toby, thanks for the report from up north (down south to you, I guess), and good to hear from you.
You obviously know what you're doing on the computer, Jeff. It took me a couple of days to figure that out about Jerry's photo site. I see you got to the bottom of it post haste.
Yeah, that's the Tatoosh beyond the gapers... left to right it's Castle (above Jeanette's head) Pinnacle, and Plummer Peaks. All great skis!
Yeah, that's the Tatoosh beyond the gapers... left to right it's Castle (above Jeanette's head) Pinnacle, and Plummer Peaks. All great skis!
Nice phoots, Jerry. What are the peaks in the background? Is that the Tatoosh--I'm a WA gaper.
(photo removed - too wide and 2nd in thread - see http://www.turns-all-year.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=ha2;action=display;num=1053712912 -- Charles)
Jeff
PS: your webhost (community.webshots.com) is checking the referr element of the http header to make sure photos are only viewed from their site; so i had to save your photo to a different server)
(photo removed - too wide and 2nd in thread - see http://www.turns-all-year.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=ha2;action=display;num=1053712912 -- Charles)
Jeff
PS: your webhost (community.webshots.com) is checking the referr element of the http header to make sure photos are only viewed from their site; so i had to save your photo to a different server)
Jerry got some pretty good shots.
His photos are at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/73808671blPdGb
His photos are at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/73808671blPdGb
Not hardly ;D ;D ;D
Regine and I and Kirstin and Pete were up on Mazama; Kirstin & Pete skied the E-facing back bowl and Regine and I made two long runs down 9-1-1 (south facing slope of the back bowl), 1 down the NE facing slope, and 1 down the N facing slope then we went over and did a run down the West-facing slope above Paradise Valley Road--best skiing of the year. abc
Regine and I and Kirstin and Pete were up on Mazama; Kirstin & Pete skied the E-facing back bowl and Regine and I made two long runs down 9-1-1 (south facing slope of the back bowl), 1 down the NE facing slope, and 1 down the N facing slope then we went over and did a run down the West-facing slope above Paradise Valley Road--best skiing of the year. abc
Yeah, it was a memorable day, Jeff.
Sounds like you guys had your way with Shasta, too, huh?
Sounds like you guys had your way with Shasta, too, huh?
I hear about partners going AWOL, Corey. I think you know some other people like that, too. Look what he did to me. (No offense meant at all Charles, but what kind of loser is posting to turns all year at 2:20am?)
But now to the really important matter: did you get the beer, or did you make me guilty of littering? If the case is the latter, then anyone headed up there should be able to find an unopened Mirror Pond in a snowdrift in the middle of the road, three mil...
But now to the really important matter: did you get the beer, or did you make me guilty of littering? If the case is the latter, then anyone headed up there should be able to find an unopened Mirror Pond in a snowdrift in the middle of the road, three mil...
Charles - a friend asked me recently about what my favorite ski area was (work friend so doesn't ski and I didn't have the energy to educate him on the difference b/w BC and ski area skiing - you know, "you went skiing this weekend? How? All the lifts are closed?")...after a moment I told him it wasn't a place so much as a time, and the most vivid times for me are the weird snow conditions you only find in the BC. The "glass pane" skiing you mentioned is one...
Some would have been deflated by the Keystone Cops start you guys had (shovel smacks and wrong turns reminded me of a bad Chevy Chase movie) but you seemed to have all managed a good time. Bravo!
Thanks for the call, Corey. Dave, you should have had some of that green gu. Then I'm sure I would have seen some smokin' pedal hops.
Next time we should hit Ulrich's. It must have really been in , I hear usually one can identify it by a waterfall near the bottom. No waterfalls->good to go.
Next time we should hit Ulrich's. It must have really been in , I hear usually one can identify it by a waterfall near the bottom. No waterfalls->good to go.
This is so cool!! I grew up in Austria and skied, but never got to do any of this kind of stuff (of course I was a kid, and it was WWII). Wish I could do it now!
Always a fun trip. Ive done it as late as June. with no snow at Parklet but 12" on top.
Yes, truly a great trip. Based on the inclinometer on my Suunto, the majority of the Cascadian Couloir variation which we skied was a sustained 45-49 degrees. The snow conditions couldn't have been better - one can clearly see the east of the crest influence, while although sun baked, it didn't become the heavy mashed potato stuff we get on this side. I was quite satisfied stopping at the false summit given my fatigue (having not bagged a 7,000' + day in over 3 months) and only...
That was me at the Teanaway Grange Junction, waiting for our snowboard friend from Seattle.
JP - glad you found good conditions in Grand Park. That was our other choice for skiing yesterday, but we opted for Teanaway in hope of corn, otherwise we would have seen you.
It will be a couple of weeks before I get around to making a homepage gallery (we took 250 photos!), but here's an Andy-posing shot, from the top of Iron Peak with Stuart in the distance:
Brent, sorry we didn't see you at the parking yesterday. Was that you standing by the waiting car at the 97-NF junction?
Did it ever soften above 7000', or was that still frozen on the way down?
Did it ever soften above 7000', or was that still frozen on the way down?
At the trailhead the coverage was ~complete, maybe 4' on the road and 1-4' in the woods, depending on trees. Easy to get through the woods as most downed trees were still covered. If this kind of weather continues, the road will be quite a while in melting out to the trailhead (I've skied into Grand Park when able to park at the trailhead, but the lower forest wasn't very fun to ski).
Wolfs - no - but I did see that person this morning as well. Nice golden retriever following a single dude. They were on their way up toward international as I descended. A good ski dog is hard to find, but this one looked like a good one.
I lack the ability to get up at the pre bird chirping hours that MW88888888 does, but otherwise I had the same motivations and destination.
I went up the chairs, but down the Internationale side, which initially seemed like a mistake. The Internationale bumps are still very much feelable if not always seeable, sort of an icy presence lurking beneath the white blanket of about 8" of fresh. I've been down that in the spring before where the bumps eventually melted off but this year I think...
I went up the chairs, but down the Internationale side, which initially seemed like a mistake. The Internationale bumps are still very much feelable if not always seeable, sort of an icy presence lurking beneath the white blanket of about 8" of fresh. I've been down that in the spring before where the bumps eventually melted off but this year I think...
I'll be getting face shots this weekend at Stevens, it's looking good and I'll get some fresh tracks for sure!
Indeed, I've the Volcano tour coming up in two weeks and need corn snow!
But, alas, what to do when it snows but ski!
(scotteryx - the early bird catches the worm...um, powder. And a healthy obsession with weather reports also helps)
But, alas, what to do when it snows but ski!
(scotteryx - the early bird catches the worm...um, powder. And a healthy obsession with weather reports also helps)
Good to hear you had a nice weather window for your father/daughter ski. Turner and I are planning a 2night trip down to the Tatoosh in another week. how ddep is the snow at the trail head/how soon does it look like it will melt out?
CharlesW
CharlesW
In answer to the question posed, I'm hoping that it doesn't continue any longer - I'd like to have a stretch of warm days and cold clear nights so that some of the BIG tours firm up for safer more fun skiing in the alpine!
In the meantime, though, a little fresh is worth scouting out. Well done!
In the meantime, though, a little fresh is worth scouting out. Well done!
Sounds like we're not quite getting the spring consolidation yet, at least on the west slopes (east slopes in Teanaway area were looking pretty close last weekend). Sounds like any really warm days coming up will be interesting...
It's a carnival for sure, and reminds me very much of Tuckerman's this time of year (except for the fact that you can ski from the parking lot, which make enduring the carnival aspect sort of worth it!).
Very True!
It's a carnival for sure, and reminds me very much of Tuckerman's this time of year (except for the fact that you can ski from the parking lot, which make enduring the carnival aspect sort of worth it!).
Welcome back, Zap. After watching Tim's video clip and reading your report here, I've decided to shadow you wherever you go for a while. So....what're your plans for this Sunday? Going somewhere nearby, perhaps, where you'll be surprised to find a foot and a half of fresh, stable powder fallen overnight and not another skier within miles?
Hope your float trip went as well as your corn skiing extravaganza.
Enjoy,
Mark
Hope your float trip went as well as your corn skiing extravaganza.
Enjoy,
Mark
aaah, how lovely...you sure lucked out on the weather!!
its painful to read this so early in the morning...........sounds like a nice month ;)
Yeah, I know it would have been easier, actually my preferred route is up Pan Point. Even Gary admitted with the road plowed it was no good.
Mad-Dog: Couldn't see the Paradise Glacier from where we were.
Mad-Dog: Couldn't see the Paradise Glacier from where we were.