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Retro Grouch! Ha!  I am so over worrying about crossing the track,  people walking in the track, etc.  You should have barked at him for putting a skin track across a nice skiable line.  Sorry I missed you guys.  Your conditions sound WAY better than what we found at Snoqualmie.

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I said "You're missing out". There's something special about ski tips pushing through soft snow.

Best quote of the year.  Indeed

experienced very similar conditions on Mt. Snoqualmie. The phantom slide path skied better than expected, open areas were best where it was wind protected. Poor bonding between new snow and ice layer.

First, it was brought to my attention that I misspelled Muir, thanks for pointing it out.  I apologize and it has been corrected. 

Second, Big thanks to Amar for posting up the weather data, really cool to have that data to connect with the trip.  We brought a sat phone with us, but was much less concerned with overall air temps and more concerned with amount of precip and cloud cover. 

Third, the temps.  It definitely was cold.  Alex and I had been tracking the temps lea...

Looks fabulous! Thanks for the photos!

Inspiring trip, and great photos! Thanks for the writeup.

Day Seven - Exit. 

Day Six - Little T.  Part Seven. 

Day Six - Little T.  Part Five. 

Day Six - Little T.  Part Three.   

Day Six - Little T.  Part One. 

Day Four: Skiing the Lower Cowlitz and Ingraham Glaciers (part two). 

Day 3 - Muir to the Upper Ingraham and afternoon south facing laps (part two). 

We found a similar type crust on a south facing slope that day, which appeared to be a sun crust...it was not present in the shade of trees.

North facing slopes were stable, but did have a small scattered pockets of <10cm wind slab.  Mostly good, soft snow was found.

Hell of a trip indeed! Strong work. Pics please!

Excellent.

Updates appreciated; I was planning on going up there Friday and curious what happened to the crystals.

Holy smokes! I was ogling Little T from Crystal that very Friday, definitely didn't imagine anyone was up there. Congrats to both you you guys, can't imagine that mountain has seen too many December summits, nor powder descents.

The "GROUP" with  :)

Next time. That "luge" run is a long haul up with limited fun on the down. Not breaking a leg on one of those creek dip bridges was the best part about it.

That dramatic hoar layer was also forming above 5k at Crystal on Thurs. could be a hazard if it doesn't warm and consolidate. Lots of wind loading and scouring in Bullion and Cement on Sat.

Thanks for trying guys. I've touched base with a few folks who have passed the area and didn't see it, so I'm resigned to the fact that it probably slid a bit downhill which probably means it's gone.. enjoy the tour!

No, it was skinnable the whole way on a splitboard, minus boot to North chair, but was firm in spots between snow lk and Melakwa pass. Snowed some tiny perfect snowflakes most of the day.

Nice tracks. 

We skied that slope this morning, and it was oh so smooth, great choice in sniffing out the goods and thanks for doing the work to put in the skin track.   

Promised pictures...

... and bump for missing sony helmet cam. should be between snow lake and chair peak lake.... money and beers! :)
Chances of it turning up only last as long as our skintrack, but in case its helpful, our track is here

Morning light on the goods...


It was nice...