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Clockwise or counterclockwise? Are the south slopes still holding snow? is a tour over to Dewy and Seymour still doable?
thanks
thanks
Tab you rock!!
And last I checked Oregon is not in Bolivia.
And last I checked Oregon is not in Bolivia.
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From another source, recommended parking at TJ and biking to cloud cap.
did you mean to say parking at Cooper Spur and biking to cloud cap? Have you done that? Am weighing a 9 mile bike ride with skis on back vs. 2.4 mile hike with skis on back...
Parked at the gate which is right at the Cooper Spur ski area, hiked dry trail through the burn to TJ and onto the spur.
Nice chatting with you on the way in Monday. Here is a glimpse of our trip.
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Well Done!
Where did you park?
From another source, recommended parking at TJ and biking to cloud cap.
Good snow even as late as 2:30 pm up there on Tuesday. I was able to skin to the top of Pikers, my group's high point. Summit slope looked smooth, and others reported it skied well. We skied the near entrance of the Avalanche headwall. The lower exit from the chutes (traversing a bit above 7000') was still pretty good, but not many people took it.
I think almost everyone was on the winter route. There were some reasonably large cornices looming over bits of the summer route.
There were patches of snow in the Cold Springs campground, but I don't think any were in actual campsites or parking spaces. So, I would consider it fully melted out. I didn't inspect the campground too carefully, though.
There were patches of snow in the Cold Springs campground, but I don't think any were in actual campsites or parking spaces. So, I would consider it fully melted out. I didn't inspect the campground too carefully, though.
Yep, totally kickass. Thanks for putting this together!
Fun. I've been thinking about heading down there as well. That steep headwall is intriguing!
Strong work! We ascended and descended that route when we skied it in '97. Mid-June if I remember correctly. It was a big snow year and I remember the bergshrund as much more filled in.
I can attest to the west crater rim skiing well. Made some sweet turns down it Sunday around 2pm. Snow stayed excellent all the way to the lot thanks to cloud cover lower on the mountain.
I haven't been up there in almost two weeks. Is the majority of climbing traffic still on the winter route or as it moved to the summer route? Also is the Cold Springs campground fully melted out?
Hood has so many classic lines..I've inly done the not-so-hair ball ones but it sure is cool to read about the seriuous routes too..thanks!
Nicely climbed and skied! Brings back great memories. Dan H. posted a photo of our descent down that face in 2010 and it traces almost the exact same path.
Well done!
Dan's small photo:
Well done!
Dan's small photo:
Ouch! Way to "go to work." Some fabulous photos.
Unreal.
I really love the "wilderness at your doorstep" angle. Fabulous use of the resources available to you, to us, to millions of people.
Let me know if you wanna go on a day tour sometime ;-).
I really love the "wilderness at your doorstep" angle. Fabulous use of the resources available to you, to us, to millions of people.
Let me know if you wanna go on a day tour sometime ;-).
Was one of your group skiing backwards down Zig Zag?
Nicely done!
Nicely done!
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Tech Toe crampons
I read a review of these on Earn Your Turns last week, and all I could think of during the whole hairy bootpack was, "damn, I wish I had some of those neat tech toe crampons".
Earn Your Turns review
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Gear note: ski crampons are wonderful, but probably not sufficient for LC->Piker's. I was able to get within 200-300 ft of Piker's with ski crampons (thanks Andrew) and Montana nylon skins on 75mm skis, but decided a precarious transition to booting was preferable than finishing up the steep and increasingly icy pitch. Boot crampons would have been really nice here; the...
It was not. Wish I could claim that.
Someone brought a whole watermelon to Muir yesterday. I feel like it was the two of you?? Great TR.
I missed your reports, Amar. Glad to see this one. What a trip! Amazing!
well done. those west face gs turns! such a special line.
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How was the road condition/Scatter Creek crossing?
The road was dry. The crossing was pretty deep, but cars were crossing without issue. I didn't see it, but I was told a prius made the crossing. There were only a handful of cars at the parking lot at the end of the road, but there was lots of traffic.
Sweet, thanks for sharing.
Wondering about the road, too.
Wondering about the road, too.
Nice TR Mike!
How was the road condition/Scatter Creek crossing?
How was the road condition/Scatter Creek crossing?
Silas you are the puzzle master. Like a fortune cookie. I think it's good, but I'm not sure.
I did get a new camera. Impressed that you noticed :)
Awesome trip report and pictures. We still have an excellent snowpack above 9,000 ft. It's starting to get pretty sun cupped down lower. Nice see you! 8)
Yowza! Goodonya Amar - you're an animal. I've gotta get back down there.
author=shred link=topic=36585.msg149029#msg149029 date=1464369935]
Yeah, Carlos! Are those the gullies that you see from the Trail head? Or the ones facing the lake?
Yep the gully you see from the cutoff to Longs(looking east). About 20 min til you get to snow :)
The gullies at the end of the vid are off of the backside of middle Esmeralda towards Gallagher Head Lake and Hawkins and off the east side back towards the T...
author=FreeBird link=topic=36585.msg149022#msg149022 date=1464359954]Great work on video and trip!
Still finding good snow up the Esmeralda basin 8)
https://vimeo.com/168296177
Sent it, and killed it with the report and photos as usual.
yes indeed, Jeff, there was creamy corn on Lewis and slushy corn on Del Campo--some slush management required on the latter. on Lewis, I pulled a shred and skied the W couloir quickly in one go, so no mgt required.
thanks for the additional motivation to visit the summit of Lewis, a sobering and special place.
for those interested, i encourage getting up there soon, the couloir on Lewis probably has another week before some of the gaps span. Del Campo sho...
thanks for the additional motivation to visit the summit of Lewis, a sobering and special place.
for those interested, i encourage getting up there soon, the couloir on Lewis probably has another week before some of the gaps span. Del Campo sho...
water flowing uphill still, good lines holding with sunshine to boot--good call!
Gluttonous, in fact. Nice, Gnarmar!
Yeah, Carlos! Are those the gullies that you see from the Trail head? Or the ones facing the lake?
Glad you made it up there, Eric! Is the corn back in harvest?
Thanks for the beta Glenn!! That was an awesome route :)
Nice to meet up you up there. Glad you got over to Esmeralda.