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Lots of good moderate terrain around the hut, but opportunities to get rad abound.
Those pillows are quite large and guarded by a very corniced ridge.
Snowboarders know how to get rad
Those pillows are quite large and guarded by a very corniced ridge.
Snowboarders know how to get rad
Stoked on powder in 7 Mile basin, one of many laps on this SE aspect. Lots of sledders seem to use this valley, and they were respectful of us
Hut living
Our party of 9 leaving the hut together
Hut living
Our party of 9 leaving the hut together
That sounds like the remains of the slide that happened Saturday morning that resulted in a full burial and 2 partial burials. NWAC put a grainy picture up on instagram, I have one taken during a break in the weather that I put up on IG too. There are 3 separate crown lines that were visible at the same time, the biggest looked to be in the 3-5' range.
rslg, yes wrong place, right time. I'm not happy about that, and frankly embarrassed to be exposed, but wanted to let others know, as my friends and others that scoot through there, may also be vulnerable to anything left hanging, especially with the evidence buried, and the weather that day, and incoming.
Scotsman, thanks very much for the link. That is a good read, much appreciated, a good reminder. George
Scotsman, thanks very much for the link. That is a good read, much appreciated, a good reminder. George
George.. please read.
https://www.wildsnow.com/10011/alpha-angle-avalanche-safety/
https://www.wildsnow.com/10011/alpha-angle-avalanche-safety/
I got stuck too but it was an easy one. There was a lady in the middle of the lot who high centred her Xi BMW sedan after leaving it overnight. Probably doesn't take much and we couldn't push it out. She told me that her tires were new but upon inspection they looked like summer performance ones so not likely to help her much. Tow truck pulled her out.
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Up with the heavily reinforced dawn patrol today(mar 8th)... lots of snow! Felt a bit heavy and sticky to me... temps seemed to have warmed a bit... but that could be because my skis are also too skinny...
I had 110mm underfoot and it was still too deep to make turns! Maybe if Hyak Face were 10 degrees steeper things would be different.
Als...
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Dhaulagiri's are 98" under foot...not gonna do it out there right now. Go 115"+ under foot, you need to quiver up buddy!
AJ! Just as an FYI, my Dynafit skins can basically be dropped in the snow and they still stick to the ski, they are awesome! Any joy selling those Volkl new fangled technology skins?
Yeah, it was busy today and a lot heavier than yesterday. You are right about my skis, 99 is not enough in this stuff. I normally snowboard/split and just got the skis for volcano/spring skiing as a 1 ski fits all. Just trying to get my skiing up to at least mediocre standard. Clearly they don't quite fit the current snowpack but it was fun trying. Should be awesome in corn season mind you.
Good to see a few familiar faces out there today.
Good to see a few familiar faces out there today.
Up with the heavily reinforced dawn patrol today(mar 8th)... lots of snow! Felt a bit heavy and sticky to me... temps seemed to have warmed a bit... but that could be because my skis are also too skinny...
Dhaulagiri's are 98" under foot...not gonna do it out there right now. Go 115"+ under foot, you need to quiver up buddy!
Beautiful! Looks cool and dry! Thanks for sharing.
Good skiing up in the Snow Lake divide today as well. Incredibly deep, light, good-skiing snow. This week looks to be stacking up nicely
Happy birthday, and thank you for the stoke-from-afar!
Here's to many, many more.
Here's to many, many more.
Looks fantastic Sky! Happy Birthday to you too! Sounds like it was a great trip. Glad to see you are still getting after it down there.
Thanks for the report too!
Thanks for the report too!
Hi John,
Yes, we think those crowns were from Friday. We skied those slopes a year ago, but stayed away from them on Saturday.
There is already a discussion on snomos on Smithbrook on NW Hikers: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8023501
They were the worst I have ever seen on that road. They passed us at high speed, one guy jumped a boulder with his machine right in front of us, they revved their engines near us, polluted the whole area with noise...
Yes, we think those crowns were from Friday. We skied those slopes a year ago, but stayed away from them on Saturday.
There is already a discussion on snomos on Smithbrook on NW Hikers: http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8023501
They were the worst I have ever seen on that road. They passed us at high speed, one guy jumped a boulder with his machine right in front of us, they revved their engines near us, polluted the whole area with noise...
Hello Radka,
Did you think the crowns were from Friday? When we saw them from the lake yesterday we opted not to go to either summit either. Your skin track was mostly snowed in but very helpful once we joined it at the lake. Our second run up McCausland was hard work breaking trail. I've never seen so many or such deep snowmobile moguls on the Smithbrook Road. That explains it. It really should be non-motorized only and I really am disappointed to see the increase in snomo use o...
Did you think the crowns were from Friday? When we saw them from the lake yesterday we opted not to go to either summit either. Your skin track was mostly snowed in but very helpful once we joined it at the lake. Our second run up McCausland was hard work breaking trail. I've never seen so many or such deep snowmobile moguls on the Smithbrook Road. That explains it. It really should be non-motorized only and I really am disappointed to see the increase in snomo use o...
What? Does that mean your out of play for a bit???
I skied inbounds as well. The untracked had a wildly different quality than what we found while touring a little down the highway on Tuesday. Much heavier and wetter. Big fast change...
Skied inbounds this day. Saw someone trigger larger slab inbounds on davy jones. 2ftx50ft, pretty dramatic poof of snow right in front of ch2.
Thanks all!
Kamtron, Taylor or Heartstrings was actually our back up plan. Sorry to hear it wasn't great. I'm guessing you felt the raincrust? Hope you had a great week at Wendy Thompson! Haven't been there in a couple years but I have some great memories there.
Kamtron, Taylor or Heartstrings was actually our back up plan. Sorry to hear it wasn't great. I'm guessing you felt the raincrust? Hope you had a great week at Wendy Thompson! Haven't been there in a couple years but I have some great memories there.
A "tear". We need a great story . Please enhance the powder run when someone cut you off and caused the "tear".
Awesome, discostew!
I was up there that day after a week at Wendy Thompson. We got to the lake and saw the Stonecrop and were severely tempted to change plans from Heart Strings (which ended up sucking) to that. Damn, I wish we did. Next time
I was up there that day after a week at Wendy Thompson. We got to the lake and saw the Stonecrop and were severely tempted to change plans from Heart Strings (which ended up sucking) to that. Damn, I wish we did. Next time
Elagant, love the powder, love the edit, perfect music and a fantastic line, thanks for sharing the turns!
Nice selection! Looks like you had great weather to boot. Based on the forecast, the bumps should be gone by the weekend.
Of course not, a baseball cap.........the bill is his eye protection!
Wasn't my tracks. I followed the track up the center of the path ;)
You should have seen the skin track maze I made retreating from the White Salmon Glacier on Saturday. It was complete with balancing on tree branches.
You should have seen the skin track maze I made retreating from the White Salmon Glacier on Saturday. It was complete with balancing on tree branches.
Fun report from a low-snow interval.
Mike is grinning like he has an elk steak waiting for him at the bottom 8)
Is that a helmet clipped to his pack?
Mike is grinning like he has an elk steak waiting for him at the bottom 8)
Is that a helmet clipped to his pack?
I rode the slot today and found fantastic conditions! Deep unconsolidated powder, with some dry loose sluff management. Surprised to see no tracks in it when we arrived.
Definitely saw some funky skin tracks on our way up, thanks for taking it out of the center of the slide path...
Definitely saw some funky skin tracks on our way up, thanks for taking it out of the center of the slide path...
Switchbacking across doesn't seem quite as bad as these snowshoers last year who went straight up one of the gullies:
I love skiing and skinning the Phantom slide
You realize that the Phantom slide path was created after a huge snow storm followed by copious rain and warming. It was a major event. Not likely to happen again easily.
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Also of note was the skin track switchbacking up the center of the slide. Bad form people. And that's coming from a 2nd season skier from Seattle.
Let it be known that I put in the abrupt left in the skin track when it went to the slide path. No way was I going to follow it, no matter what the avi forecast says.
Near as I can tell, I had not allowed them to be shared, I put them in a album that was sharable and they seem to be visible to everyone, thanks for all the great advice all, first time I have had this problem.
Sounds like a fun little tour! Your photos look like they might be set to private on the google side of things. Try making them public and they should show up for everyone.
First off, you're welcome for the skin track up. Secondly, sorry about that return skin track. We followed an old track that turned out to be a downhill track, ended up dead-ended and whacked some bushes to get back to better slopes. If it makes you feel any better we had it worse. We broke trail through the bushes. I think subconsciously it was our way of getting back at you because we chickened out, while you got the goods. Super jelly, but hungry to get that route for real next time the...
The slot has been thoroughly skier compacted since Thursday morning I'd say...be interesting to put a turnstile up there and get a count. ;D
65 and don't think I want the hassle/binding issues of the fixed heal...seems like more mechanical problems being reported..and I can still parallel if shame overcomes me anyway..