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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.
Yes indeed, what a great tour with such fun-loving yet safety conscious companions! And Ron's GPS navigation had us emerge from a fairly dense forest exactly where we'd left the Gapermobile - perfection. Thanks everyone for such a wondering outing! (Though I'm still trying to figure out the reason for Jeanette's user name, as well as how Ingrid can possibly put her skins *on* without taking off her skis...)
Sounds like you would have been much better off skiing from the parking lot and going up thru Golden Gate to McClure Rock (we did that Sat., went up Pan Face on Sun). abc
Skinut, sounds like you are going to be harder and harder to keep up with. Any significant crevasses open on the upper Paradise Glacier?
But, uh... "uber-famous"?
I'm not quite sure whether I should be blushing, snickering or snorting ;). Maybe if I were better educated I might know.
Ah well after Charles you're the #1 poster here! This makes you uber-famous. See: http://www.turns-all-year.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=;action=mltop
Jeff
Nice TR, Jeff.
Nice shots of the trip at the link, too.
But, uh... "uber-famous"?
I'm not quite sure whether I should be blushing, snickering or snorting ;). Maybe if I were better educated I might know.
What I do know is that junk mail catalog on which I wrote the note to you was not what I'd call a magazine, and none of the pictures of the bright eyed hardbodies in the catalog were me (damnit). So you might go easy on Becky and Twight... they might not nudge...
Nice shots of the trip at the link, too.
But, uh... "uber-famous"?
I'm not quite sure whether I should be blushing, snickering or snorting ;). Maybe if I were better educated I might know.
What I do know is that junk mail catalog on which I wrote the note to you was not what I'd call a magazine, and none of the pictures of the bright eyed hardbodies in the catalog were me (damnit). So you might go easy on Becky and Twight... they might not nudge...
Yes, ye old die-hard Vermonters would probably have skied all the way back to the trailhead, although the lower trees below commonwealth would be late season crashing at best. Skis would have been the nicest way to travel. And would have meant only booting out the two times to cross the stream.
Now, your question about the Snoqualmie approach crossing over the next stream west. Looks like it would have required another boot out. The walls above the streams were 6 feet de...
Now, your question about the Snoqualmie approach crossing over the next stream west. Looks like it would have required another boot out. The walls above the streams were 6 feet de...
If one was on skis, would you call it ski-able, semi-ski-able etc back towards the parking area....or within X distance ? May I also ask, when you reached the heart of the basin flats and were searching around to cross the creeks, and find your up-track to Red, did it look like there was enough cover to comfortably cross over farther W: to the base of short rise where one climbs a mini-gulley to the Guye Peak-Cave Ridge area (Mt. Snoqualmie destination)? Those flats are bad without s...
Thanks. Must be grievously short of snow down there. Even in the terrible snow year (2000-01?) we skied the Worm Flows because the Climbers' Bivouac access was gated shut. I guess it'll make for a shorter day.