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10/19/16 12:53pm
Bandit
October 11, 2016, Mt Hood, Palmer Corn
Looks like you got your bases stone ground smooth. Nice one.
10/19/16 3:39am
Norseman
October 11, 2016, Mt Hood, Palmer Corn
Just teasing. Let it snow!
10/19/16 1:06am
cascadekid
October 11, 2016, Mt Hood, Palmer Corn
Rando commando... I like it.
And yes, I was moving.
10/18/16 12:27pm
Norseman
October 11, 2016, Mt Hood, Palmer Corn
Sweet selfie, bruh. Extra points if you were actually moving during the shot. Good rando-commando style, too.

;D

Glad you found some turns. Autumn corn!
10/18/16 9:37am
PS44
October 7, 2016, Muir Snowfield not powder
Thanks for the update!
Unbreakable ice crust around and above Pan Point can be quite scary in early season.  Things might change after Thursday and Saturday storms. 
10/18/16 4:09am
BenJ
October 5, 2016, Muir Pow
Aaaahh, looks so good!!
10/18/16 12:32am
FreeBird
October 3, 2016, Paradise
I wish all ice skied that good  ;)
10/14/16 3:41pm
kamtron
October 3, 2016, Paradise
Yeah!
Some legit ice-skiing up there.
I think by the end of week it will be a lot different
10/14/16 8:52am
kamtron
10/2/2016, Heliotrope Ridge Not So Smooth
The current Rainier forecast is looking nice for a refresh, although it might get warm in the weekend
10/13/16 5:00pm
telemack
10/2/2016, Heliotrope Ridge Not So Smooth
Thanks for the report.  I'm really hoping for some freshies for OcTAYber  8)
10/13/16 11:43am
Kyle Miller
September, Central Chile, Various
Awesome work and beautiful mountains out there in the Andes, can't wait to see what's in the works.

It's a different playing field once above 4,000 meters. Kudos!!
10/13/16 5:13am
tabski
September, Central Chile, Various
author=kamtron link=topic=36856.msg150027#msg150027 date=1475255145]
And please fill us in on the Loma Larga route...


Something like this...

10/13/16 3:42am
cascademystic
September, Central Chile, Various
amazing. sipping jetstreams
10/12/16 11:56pm
kamtron
September, Central Chile, Various
And please fill us in on the Loma Larga route...
10/12/16 10:17pm
kamtron
September, Central Chile, Various
Siiiiiiiiiiii. Es la media Loma.
That slope on Meson Alto does look sick. 6700 feet and approx 34 degrees with corn aspect!
Check it:
(from this page)
10/12/16 11:58am
Norseman
September, Central Chile, Various
Nice score on Loma Larga!
10/5/16 2:29pm
cmosetick
September, Central Chile, Various
Looks great Drew! Thanks for the TR and the pics!
10/4/16 4:48am
tabski
September, Central Chile, Various
One more unique thing I thought you guys might appreciate. Check out the uniformity of the slope going from the lake at 2600m up to more than 5000m. (This is the north slope of Loma Larga's neighbor, Mesón Alto.) One passes under it when driving around the lake. A tuly notable scree field. ;D

10/4/16 3:31am
andyrew
September, Central Chile, Various
Awesome!  Been to a few of those places in the austral fall.  They look much better with snow.
10/3/16 4:05am
tabski
September 19, Baker area may be smooth!!
Frothing hard.
10/3/16 2:29am
Eckels
September 19, Baker area may be smooth!!
Still have not skied, but went up Tomyhoi yesterday and found smooth soft snow at 7k!
10/1/16 8:59am
BrianT
September 21, 2016, Paradise
author=FreeBird link=topic=36838.msg149972#msg149972 date=1474568078]
Was expecting the worst and found this :)
Thanks Brian for keeping my expectations low  ;)


https://vimeo.com/183863282


Assuming that's me! Was thinking about paradise glacier, but no rope, and low vis, and new snow kept me away on my day.
10/1/16 2:55am
Calvin
September 21, 2016, Paradise
I'm heading down there tomorrow and expectations were rock bottom, now I'm getting excited. Fingers crossed for a little more snow.
10/1/16 1:13am
BrianT
Sept 18, Muir bump field
This was how sexy the upper snowfield looked
9/30/16 2:05am
glowbug
August 11, 2016, Paradise Glacier
Upper Paradise looked and felt Yuck! Lower skied well with nice corn. Sept. 10 conditions.
9/30/16 1:42am
Andrew Carey
Sept 14, 2016, - Muir Snowfield
author=moxie802 link=topic=36827.msg149942#msg149942 date=1474156802]

La Nina? Where you at grrrrrrrrl??

Moxie


Apparently not this winter; looks like a La Neutral/La Nada.
9/29/16 11:56pm
Rusty Knees
Sept 9, 2016, Mt Daniel Hyas Glacier
I remember a guy with a gun
Who shot skeets while skiing for fun
Volleys he fired while dropping the knee
till the end of a September run.

Day trip, Mike?  Your turns make my turns turn green with envy.
9/29/16 9:01am
Kneel Turner
September 12, 2016, O.P. Patches
author=telemack link=topic=36818.msg149909#msg149909 date=1473789832]
I  used the tiny snowfield just past the outhouse.


I nominate this for best TR Sept, 2016.

2nd?
9/29/16 7:58am
mikerolfs
September 12, 2016, O.P. Patches
author=telemack link=topic=36818.msg149909#msg149909 date=1473789832]
...then I overwhelmed a mini-micro patch...


I almost always run out of juice before I'm able to "overwhelm" the slope. Sounds like I've been picking too big of slopes! :)
9/29/16 7:01am
telemack
September 4, 2016, Mt. Kosciuszko, Australia
Looks like great times.  Oz doesn't always get great winter snow, but when we visited in 2004 we visited  a major climbing area called Mount Arapiles, and the local climbing shop closed down because the staff went off to the Australian Alps for what they said was the best snow in over 20 years.
9/29/16 5:07am
jtack
September 4, 2016, Mt. Kosciuszko, Australia
Nice going! I'm absolutely green with envy, skiing the highest mountain in Australia, and sweet corn. Nothing better!
9/27/16 3:13am
PhilH
September 12, 2016, O.P. Patches
author=telemack link=topic=36818.msg149909#msg149909 date=1473789832]
You know it's short when you can ski back up without skins...I used the tiny snowfield just past the outhouse. 


This, my friends, is serious dedication to the sport!
9/22/16 1:42pm
jtack
Sept 9, 2016, Mt Daniel Hyas Glacier
Mike looks like a good ski! If you want to be a ski star you gotta quit taking Mox the wonder dog she just steals the show! nice going.......too bad Im such a lazy bugger!
9/22/16 9:06am
telemack
Sept 9, 2016, Mt Daniel Hyas Glacier
I'm re-posting this wee limerick in honor of Mike's calendar-flip, and in appreciation of his quality TRs:

Here's an ode to the Turns-All-Year skier,
Who takes part in a sport some think queer.
Making runs in all seasons
Gives many good reasons
To exercise, then drink strong beer!
9/19/16 2:41am
mikerolfs
Sept 9, 2016, Mt Daniel Hyas Glacier
author=kneel turner link=topic=36814.msg149896#msg149896 date=1473700973]
Is that a mar-mutt?

author=telemack link=topic=36814.msg149900#msg149900 date=1473738116]
One thing I know:  Mike's TAY partner is WOOFER trained.


You guys crack me up.
108! 9 years. Nice work.
9/18/16 1:48am
telemack
Sept 9, 2016, Mt Daniel Hyas Glacier
author=kneel turner link=topic=36814.msg149896#msg149896 date=1473700973]
Is that a mar-mutt?

Great line. Ed!
One thing I know:  Mike's TAY partner is WOOFER trained.

Good job Mike on 6 years---I got month 108 today.  It's a ball and chain we gladly drag into the mountains.
9/17/16 10:53am
discostew
Sept 9, 2016, Mt Daniel Hyas Glacier
author=mikerolfs link=topic=36814.msg149892#msg149892 date=1473653853]
September marks 6 years turns all year for me.

f!@#in A!
9/16/16 5:17am
Kneel Turner
Sept 9, 2016, Mt Daniel Hyas Glacier
Is that a mar-mutt?
9/15/16 3:13pm
Norseman
Sept 9, 2016, Mt Daniel Hyas Glacier
Right on, Mike!
9/15/16 11:46am
PS44
September 5, 2016, Paradise
Thanks guys for letting me tag along.  Smooth new snow was indeed a pleasant surprise; hopefully it will stick around for a while.


9/15/16 12:52am
kamtron
September 5, 2016, Paradise
Was Amar up there for his birthday turns?
9/14/16 11:23pm
mikerolfs
September 2, 2016, Bachelor Butte Fresh
nice work Jamie. A quarter and September in the bag. Central Oregon is pretty good to you.
9/14/16 3:38am
Chuck C
August 28, 2016, Heliotrope Ridge
author=Calvin link=topic=36799.msg149856#msg149856 date=1473023185]

2. A good attitude and low expectations are the keys to happiness.

That's my wife's motto.
9/13/16 12:41pm
Donnelly_M
Aug 8, 2016, Bachelor
author=snojones link=topic=36774.msg149851#msg149851 date=1472883426]
That you can't see the snow on the web cams is, in my opinion, by design.  They used to post a webcam view from the top of Sunrise.  You could see a lot more of those upper snowfields.  Bachelor seems to be systematically making it more and more difficult to ski off season.  Changing access rules, closing gates, posting ever more No Parking signs along the Cascades Lake Highway, shuttin...
9/13/16 2:35am
snojones
Aug 8, 2016, Bachelor
That you can't see the snow on the web cams is, in my opinion, by design.  They used to post a webcam view from the top of Sunrise.  You could see a lot more of those upper snowfields.  Bachelor seems to be systematically making it more and more difficult to ski off season.  Changing access rules, closing gates, posting ever more No Parking signs along the Cascades Lake Highway, shutting off relevant web cams, and posting warnings on the web page not to access the mounta...
9/12/16 2:43pm
ceog
August 21, 2016, Flett Glacier
We did this Sunday:

http://caltopo.com/m/PM0G
9/12/16 12:41pm
Snow_Greek
August 21, 2016, Flett Glacier
Do you have a GPS track of your route? I was up there this weekend, and I ended up on a much longer hike that you did.
9/12/16 12:03pm
Rusty Knees
August 21, 2016, Flett Glacier
Good music selection, Ben!  Those clouds were racing above the skiers and the Flett.  Nice video!
9/12/16 2:22am
RonL
August 6, 2016, - Enchantments/Dragontail Slopes
Cool ski, in less PC days people would yell "fruit booter!" at you on those. A modern version is the OAC WAP 127 ski. It would take a bit of practice before trusting it on something steep.
9/11/16 10:12pm
SKIER-X
August 6, 2016, - Enchantments/Dragontail Slopes
Google Firn Skis to explore approach ski offerings over the years. Bigfoots are also used . Size 13 Wingtips with the heels removed are an option . Skied down International on them in the spring corn once in 1971. NOT recommended. =(-;(> Ride um cowboy... X