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4/22/16 9:10am
Charlie Hagedorn
April 20, 2016, South Peak, Eastern Sierra, CA
:).
4/22/16 9:08am
avajane
4/21 Bean Creek Bust (High Water in the Teanaway)
Wish I was there last weekend and I'd have done the same. If I'd done that today I'd still be wrapped around some log or rock on Bev Creek. Creeks rise...
4/22/16 8:54am
bfree32
4/21 Bean Creek Bust (High Water in the Teanaway)
Who said you've gotta stay dry? :) We took off boots and forded last weekend, about shin deep.

Edit: just saw your video. Holy smokes that's an amazing difference a few days makes.
4/22/16 7:55am
garrettww
April 15, 2016, Cashmere - Victoria's Secret N to S
author=mikerolfs link=topic=36342.msg148145#msg148145 date=1461253358]
What a contrast!  Nice work Garrett. Looks like a great trip. I might have to follow your boot track this weekend. I think if I do, I'll ski north though.


Good pick up Mike! Those two photos you chose were actually taken at about the same elevation - on opposite sides of the mountain!
4/22/16 7:50am
dberdinka
April 15-20, 2016, Bugs to Rog (McMurdo Bail)
ADVENTURE!
4/22/16 6:00am
ShailCaesar!
April 15-20, 2016, Bugs to Rog (McMurdo Bail)
Holy Crap! Glad you made it out of there safe. Another weird winter.
4/22/16 5:57am
NickM
April 18 - The Goods (surprisingly) - Hood's Sandy
Sorry, wasn't keeping track. Think I parked at about 3400', so all said and done I bet it is was in the 8K range. I clicked my way up the route on an online mapping website and it looked like around 20 miles. Google will get you beta for hikers going to the Sandy ice caves, which helps. Climbing the south side, skiing it, then wrapping back is probably a lot quicker and easier. But the Sandy drainage is pretty and I didn't see a soul all day.
4/22/16 12:28am
ron j
April 20, 2016, LCC
Fun.
Rockin' picture, Charlie.
4/21/16 11:24pm
samski360
April 18 - The Goods (surprisingly) - Hood's Sandy
Good Beta! Thanks for the info and for the approach notes too. I was up on Leuthold a few weeks ago and looked down at the Sandy Headwall from Queens Chair. I definitely thought "Yeah, I should ski that some day." Were you able to keep track of total mileage/elevation from where you parked? Curious about how it compares to the traverse from Timberline.
4/21/16 11:13pm
mikerolfs
April 15, 2016, Cashmere - Victoria's Secret N to S
author=garrettww link=topic=36342.msg148142#msg148142 date=1461220367]

4/21/16 11:10pm
JimD
April 18, 2016, Mt. Baker, Squak
Cooler than a moose & twice as hairy haggis!!
4/21/16 10:42pm
Snomad
April 15, 2016, Cashmere - Victoria's Secret N to S
Nice work! Thanks for the TR, been looking at this one a bit lately, did it from Lake Caroline as a summer hike but intended a Lake Victoria bushwhack if we didn't get the 8 mile permit. Looks like an awesome early spring mission, lots of ground covered. Cheers
4/21/16 3:20pm
Lowell_Skoog
April 19, 2016, - The Crystal Quintet
author=ski2fly link=topic=36336.msg148135#msg148135 date=1461204861]
Sweet tour. I met Scott's (I am pretty sure brother) Leroy way back in the mid 80's. My brother worked at Olympic Sports and I got a job selling ski boots at Ski Bonkers. I think I was in my college years or there abouts.
I did a-non tour (lift served) sort of the same thing a few years ago on Easter Sunday, similar conditions but everything was frozen corn on the shady side. ...
4/21/16 3:10pm
ski2fly
April 19, 2016, - The Crystal Quintet
Sweet tour. I met Scott's (I am pretty sure brother) Leroy way back in the mid 80's. My brother worked at Olympic Sports and I got a job selling ski boots at Ski Bonkers. I think I was in my college years or there abouts.
I did a-non tour (lift served) sort of the same thing a few years ago on Easter Sunday, similar conditions but everything was frozen corn on the shady side.  Skied Brain Damage, Dog Leg Chute (the one into Bear Pits), down off of Grubstake Peak into Snortin...
4/21/16 12:58pm
avajane
April 17, 2016, Vesper Peak
Thanks
4/21/16 7:58am
Salal
April 18, 2016, Mt. Baker, Squak
Thanks for the updates and that's rad haggis!!!
4/21/16 5:30am
haggis
April 18, 2016, Mt. Baker, Squak
We summited yesterday (19th) in beautiful sunshine.  Had the privilege of flying my paraglider down and landing at Schrieber meadows which was awesome!  We didn't see any snomo's until at the crater, there were 2 over at Sherman Peak.  The bridge they use at Railroad grade has collapsed and they can't cross, could go via Squak.
4/21/16 4:14am
Robie
April 19, 2016, - The Crystal Quintet
Well done on all counts!
4/21/16 4:05am
sam18802
April 19, 2016, Mount Shasta
Obligatory Shasta Pics
4/21/16 3:06am
RonL
April 19, 2016, Mount Shasta
Right on! You sure are making the most of this season. Shastina is a blast. I still need to get down there for Hotlum sometime.
4/21/16 12:42am
Chamois
April 19, 2016, - The Crystal Quintet
As usual, nicely stitching together a tour.  Looks fun.
4/20/16 11:24pm
Ninjapants
April 17, 2016, Vesper Peak
Yes, up climbers left of the main chute next to the rocks. Then merged with the main chute about 3/4 of the way up still staying left until about 50 ft from the cornice then quickly crossed under it to climbers right to top out. Both options lead to the same cornice, lookers right main chute is the clear path if it broke. I'd stay clear of the rocks on a warm day if they still held snow but that wasn't the case....pick your poison I guess.
It's not super over hanging, but big...
4/20/16 7:19pm
radka
Mt Baker via Boulder Glacier, April 9-10, 2016
Thank you all for your kind comments.

Skiing the Boulder Glacier made me curious about Park Glacier - it seems very remote. Something tells me Baker is going to get at least one more visit from us this year  ;D
4/20/16 11:27am
kamtron
April 18, 2016, Mt. Baker, Squak
Glorious
4/20/16 11:14am
kamtron
Mt Baker via Boulder Glacier, April 9-10, 2016
That's my favorite side of Kulshan, Radka. Glad to see it getting some love (and awesome corn!)
4/20/16 9:25am
Chamois
June 17, 2016, Nisqually Chute
Appreciate the perspective, hadn't thought of it that way.  While a bit nervous in the chute on tele, it was a casual day compared, say, to skiing the finger.

..............or they could just be jerks.
4/20/16 7:38am
avajane
June 17, 2016, Nisqually Chute
Scarred and/or nervous. Quite possibly it wasn't even intentional. Many people handle stress like that. They may have been at their risk tolerance limit. When I get there, I'm prone to say inappropriate thing. People don't always like that either...
4/20/16 6:19am
clane
April 9, 2016, Mt. Fuji, Gotemba Route
Great shots!
4/20/16 4:57am
thunderchief
April 16, 2016, Mount St. Helens
I was hoping to hear if it was absolute slop on Sunday.

I too wonder what it was like in the late PM and Sunday.


I was up there at about 4800 camped sat night... playing with some new gear and generally giving myself huge blisters, so after a lazy morning I started down Sunday, 10 or so, when the snow was moderately slushy but still quite fun, but it had all the makings of a hot slushy day b...
4/20/16 12:59am
Kenji
April 18, 2016, Mt. Baker, Squak
Nice shots!  Sounds like I should wait a bit longer until the snow firms up.  Thanks for the TR.
4/20/16 12:56am
Wachusett
April 16, 2016, Mount St. Helens
The snow actually got a little better later on in the afternoon on Saturday. I was dragging ass and didn't make it up to the crater until 12:45. I was dreading the ski down on the way up, since it had gotten pretty sticky and mushy. The skin track was still holding up fine, but it wasn't gonna be a lot of fun to ski. As it happened, some high clouds started filtering in and it felt like it cooled off a little bit, so I hung out on the peak at the southeast corner of the rim for an hour...
4/20/16 12:25am
Antonio Banderass
April 2-3, 2016, - Mt. Rainier, Fuhrer Finger
Great TR and congrats on this amazing route.  Carbon skis....so light!
4/19/16 12:54pm
Antonio Banderass
April 13, 2016, Silver Star
Sweet spontaneous choice!  Looks like you had a great day up there with favorable conditions.  SS is on my bucket list. Thanks for another nudge towards this one.
4/19/16 10:45am
avajane
April 17, 2016, Vesper Peak
Nice early work. On Headlee, did you climb up left, right under rock cliff? Did you notice chute to the right that was an ascent option? Cornice on it as well?
4/19/16 6:08am
niko
April 17, ONP, Mount Angeles
Thank you, runcle, for being there when I cried Nuncle from the sticks, on the ski-out. Yes, folks, the N gullies are well-filled from top to bottom and will survive this heat wave but the approach is getting browner by the day and there's some treacherous rotten snow as my knee can testify. N
4/19/16 5:53am
Kenji
April 16, 2016, Roosevelt Circumnav, Snoq Pass
Yes we did ski it.  I've seen that name, but had forgotten.  The 3rd pic above was about the 1/4 way down the gully.  The recent snow fall must have been a bit deeper there then sloughed off under the heat.  It was a bit stiff in the upper shade, but got softer in the sun and more enjoyable.
4/19/16 4:12am
Mattski
April 16, 2016, Roosevelt Circumnav, Snoq Pass
Did you ski Holy Diver off of Rossevelt?
4/19/16 3:29am
hedonaut
April 9, Pyramid Traverse
Yes very informative report and some fantastic photos of pyramid and triumph to name just a couple
4/19/16 2:03am
mattfirth
April 9, Pyramid Traverse
Best trip report ever.
4/19/16 1:49am
toddball
April 16, 2016, Mount St. Helens
author=samski360 link=topic=36320.msg148066#msg148066 date=1460995229]
My buddy Andy and I were probably the unknown skiers. Glad you guys got some good snow. When we headed down, we were afraid we were already too late. I was a little concerned for others on the route. The snow heated up faster than expected.

Congrats on your first volcano!


I have a few more pictures of you guys if you want them.  They're all pr...
4/19/16 1:49am
avajane
April 16, 2016, Roosevelt Circumnav, Snoq Pass
Beautiful
4/19/16 1:43am
RonL
April 15, 2016, Mt. Baldy, Olympic Mountains
Makes sense, I remember thinking about skiing what was probably that same meadow on a past hike.
4/18/16 11:39pm
klikboom
April 16, 2016, Mount St. Helens
You started at 7:20am and hit crater at 11?! You were hauling balls. It was a pretty deep freeze Friday night so that made for good speed on the flat stuff for sure.

We didn't leave the crater till 1:00PM and yes the timer had definitely popped on the corn we took a couple ridges over from the uptrack and provided less saturated snow. There was no cooling wind up top so it really softened fast. I was hoping to hear if it was absolute slop on Sunday.

There were some p...
4/18/16 11:32pm
samski360
April 16, 2016, Mount St. Helens
My buddy Andy and I were probably the unknown skiers. Glad you guys got some good snow. When we headed down, we were afraid we were already too late. I was a little concerned for others on the route. The snow heated up faster than expected.

Congrats on your first volcano!
4/18/16 3:07pm
ADappen
April 13, 2016, Silver Star
Those COOP skis look awesome. How do I get a pair?
4/18/16 1:40pm
Kenji
April 9, Pyramid Traverse
Sounds just like your kind of trips, thanks for the TR!
4/18/16 1:22pm
jtack
April 9, Pyramid Traverse
I think some of your pictures are just fantastic, thanks for the report.
4/18/16 12:00pm
wickstad
April 13, 2016, Silver Star
Seven Fingered Jack, Maude, Buck Mtn, Bonanza, and Glacier Peak from left to right?...Duncan Hill on the far left?
4/18/16 11:07am
ski_photomatt
April 9, Pyramid Traverse
Classic Cascadian adventure!  The "Diablo Directismo" will have to wait for the next deep low elevation snowpack...
4/18/16 8:39am
dfhkvs
April 16, 2016, Mount St. Helens
snopark permits are needed until something like 4/1. After that, in addition to your summit permit, you need a Northwest Forest Pass for parking. Clear as mud, eh?