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Congrats! Hood was my first ski/mountaineering volcano summit as well. Really enjoy that one. Congrats!
Congrats! Hood was my first ski/mountaineering volcano summit as well. Really enjoy that one. Congrats!
Cool, I would love to hear more about your august trip, especially the route you took and the difference in conditions on the steeper ribs toward the back of the cirque. I think Frank is on to something with planning it out as more of an ascent decent oriented tour than following the trail. Other than going back for Appleton I will likely need to let the memory consolidate along with the snowpack into just the best parts before I convince myself to go back there... the place does work on ones mi...
Thanks for the TR. I'm jealous---that's one of my favorite places in the whole world. I've only skied it once, in August 2013 I think, when we had even longer-lasting snow than we'll probably have this year.
Here is pic from our trip several days before Telemack's trip. A few days before the weekend, there was that first big warm up where the snow levels were above 10,000 feet. On Sunday, we climbed in socked in fog and only got sun and views at the summit. The snow level was way down and there was about a 1/2 inch of new snow. The turns were dust on a very hard crust, since we didn't wait around for the sun. We wanted to ski back down the front to the skiers right from the summit, but...
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Any chance you looked at the NE Chute, down from the summit of Ellinor?
The one leading down to Lake Ellinor and Jefferson Creek, right? I did take a peek. The main central entry was uncorniced and doable but there were lips on the sides where steeper entries lie. There was no sign of recent slide activity, in contrast to the S side where there was...
...it looks wonderfully desserted out there! Good effort.
Thanks for the report Julia!
Fun skiing with you.
Fun skiing with you.
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Only heard about one descent through the big gully:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=33860.0
And from the same author of this TR. Nice job tabski!
Thanks for the link kamtron
Yes a lot of good information packed into a succinct report! Much appreciated.
Thanks for a nice report in from a novel, beautiful place.
That looks like a lot of fun to drop into.
Any chance you looked at the NE Chute, down from the summit of Ellinor?
Coincidentally, I just identified this exact spot on a map yesterday for future consideration for skiing or backpacking. :)
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Can't believe you didn't kill those G3 skins.
Probably left 'em behind on purpose, eh?
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Can't believe you didn't kill that roach.
Figured Jeff Sessions was organizing a sting so we left it. Maybe that explains the missing snowboarder: busted before burning it all the way down.
Can't believe you didn't kill those G3 skins.
~4 inches of fresh/new Saturday afternoon up high... turns above 6,000 or so were excellent! That first bit right at the start will probably turn into a short(very short?) walk with the upcoming sun later this week... but once you get above the base the mountain is in great shape.
Can't believe you didn't kill that roach.
Thanks for the comments! We saw old tracks the entire route... were those yours?
Tyler and Dave got a look at the Swath the night before we skied out and didn't think it was in shape any more. Ty was also keen to ski down into White Pine Cirque which was still in good shape. It's an impressive basin.
Tyler and Dave got a look at the Swath the night before we skied out and didn't think it was in shape any more. Ty was also keen to ski down into White Pine Cirque which was still in good shape. It's an impressive basin.
Awesome job, great timing with the weather! I'm curious why you opted to not ski the Swauth. About a week before your trip we found great conditions. Do you think the warm up around May 4 caused some big cornices to drop? Thanks again for the TR!
Gone over to the Dark Side, eh? You'll have to surrender your handle.
Great pics, Frank - What a place. Beautiful.
It's pretty fascinating over there in the Olympics. Plenty of unknown trips tucked away around each corner. But I can see why it's not hugely attractive to most skiers. Still, Appleton should be worthy, or just more time in Seven Lakes Basin for skiing endless short runs. Or more carefully map out the full High Divide route as a series of ascents and descents, to skip some of the more challenging/hazardous traverses, probably as a 3 day trip. Or I could just stay over here and keep ski...
You're calling Mark Twain an internet addict? That's cool.
At my house sometimes Beethoven comes over to watch TV.
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if the moderators lock the thread it would be censorship and you fought so hard here to defend your right to say anything you want on the internet, however maybe that standard doesn't apply to others?
When you start engaging in vicious name-calling, I don't see anything humorous about that Behavior and that behavior should definitely not be part of the internet culture....
Awesome. Hope the boots worked out OK.
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Walk 10 yards from the lodge, then skin.
Blech. A 3 meter carry is outside my tolerance window. Maybe I can find someone to carry my skis for me.
Well put Drew! The mts give and the mts take, but for me, at the end of the day
they have given more than they have taken.
they have given more than they have taken.
The snowpack is holding up great there! Thanks for the update on conditions and nice photos!
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Lowell,I think that culture was a good choice of words
Webster's definition of culture"the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations".
I would say that when threads rise to the level of conduct that is demonstrated here, Maybe it's time...
Thanks for the photos. Having gotten more into backcountry skiing the last few years I've become much more fascinated/aware of the behaviors of late season snowpacks. The river-like nature of that path calls to mind sluices I've seen on Tuckerman Ravine......but on a much more massive, destructive scale!
Here's a baby sluice on Tuckerman.
https://vimeo.com/128211098
Here's a baby sluice on Tuckerman.
https://vimeo.com/128211098
Only heard about one descent through the big gully:
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=33860.0
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=33860.0
nice! We were the first up Eldo on Sunday and it looked like no one had been to the summit in some time. Didn't have big enough balls to skin along the knife edge but I did have fun kicking steps...at least the snow was soft up high.
I'm curious if anyone is aware of any ski descents on the south face of Eldo? There was a gnarly bergshrund at the base but it looked like it *could* go if someone was ballsy enough...
I'm curious if anyone is aware of any ski descents on the south face of Eldo? There was a gnarly bergshrund at the base but it looked like it *could* go if someone was ballsy enough...
Yeah that is impressive. Not a quick place to get to for me but I would love hear or see more about that one.
Your HUGE avy photos are interesting. It has been a few years since I took a group there. Never have seen that size of avy there. Luckily. ;)
succinct yet plenty descriptive -- thanks tabski. wondering how things were shaping up, or down.
It's the year of debris for sure, widespread apparently. Settling back into planular in the lower elevations...
Like the moody photo. Thanks for the report.
Like the moody photo. Thanks for the report.
You guys nailed the weather! Beautiful pictures.
Looks like a beauty of a day. Did you guys ski back through Lone Pass?
There were a number of ants crawling on the snow at summit west too. Even in the middle of the open slope with quite a ways to the nearest opening or tree. What do they do... crawl up through the snow from their colonies down below?
They like the yummy corn as much as we do? :)
They like the yummy corn as much as we do? :)
Louis Ulrich was his name. He lived in Yakima I believe, and had quite a few first ascents in the 20's and 30's. I found a photo of him snowshoeing at White Pass in 1987.
Ed, so dissapointing to see you posting something here which is not a first descent. Old age must be kicking in :D