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Cool. A line rarely skied these days by the GP. Very fortunate indeed. Wish I was there. Thanks for the report!!

12/18/15 3:19pm

SkiinLou

Awesome photos! Looks like a great time.

12/18/15 2:24pm

kamtron

That is the life. Baker calls.

12/18/15 1:48pm

Charlie Hagedorn

Beautiful!

12/18/15 1:42pm

Kenji

on #vanlife:

12/18/15 9:45am

Charlie Hagedorn

December 17, 2015, Hyak

@jake: I'm pretty sure I already took one for the team with this 2013 thread.

@Erik: one of the myriad joys of skiing alone is that nobody photographs your mistakes :)!

12/18/15 9:43am

ErikT

Dec 13, 2015, Arrowhead Mtn (Stevens)

gorgeous shots! click through to that gallery, folks!!

but please, more #vanlife shots... I'll start contributing to those soon :)

12/18/15 7:20am

ErikT

December 17, 2015, Hyak

pictures of the suit!!!

and thanks for the great shot of the tree and the undeserved shout out :)

12/18/15 2:57am

jakedouglas

December 17, 2015, Hyak

I'll wear my suit too...after I let you sacrifice yourself to gain social acceptance for the rest of us. ;)

12/17/15 1:27pm

cchapin

author=Kenji link=topic=35051.msg143995#msg143995 date=1450377322]
Looks like you guy had a fun trip. I suspect there isn't enough snow cover short-cutting the road?

You could probably skin the shortcut but I wouldn't want to ski down it yet.

12/17/15 1:22pm

kamtron

Dec 13, 2015, Arrowhead Mtn (Stevens)

Had a great Tuesday up in Moonlight with a couple of guys. We ran into one other party of 4 while lapping the bowl. Noticed the snow was wind-affected but right side up. Ski cuts didn't get anything except small pillows to move. What happened to the carful of ladies from Missouri? My friends were hoping to find you up there :-)

12/17/15 8:16am

Kenji

Looks like you guy had a fun trip. I suspect there isn't enough snow cover short-cutting the road?

12/17/15 7:03am

cascadenative

Whistler Backcountry 12/15/15

You really going to leave us hanging??

12/17/15 6:47am

cascadenative

author=bfree32 link=topic=35083.msg143970#msg143970 date=1450322648]
They gave permission for Chip's/Snake Dance/Elevator? Those are all most certainly within the permit boundary, which extends out to about Stokes.

You are right, however, when we spoke with ski patrol at the base of the mountain, they told us they were not doing avalanche control and that we could head out there but for future reference to check in and see if...

12/17/15 4:24am

haggis

I didn't even think to look above the high traverse. Pretty awesome indeed!

12/17/15 4:19am

MW88888888

Post of the year. So awesome on many levels.

12/17/15 4:16am

bfree32

They gave permission for Chip's/Snake Dance/Elevator? Those are all most certainly within the permit boundary, which extends out to about Stokes.

From Gib, cleared areas are:
"...we do not preclude you from heading up the South Fork valley towards Source Lake in order to access points beyond our operating area. ie Great Scott, The Tooth, Chair Peak, Kaleetan, etc."

Nice riding in the little video there.

12/17/15 4:07am

lrudholm

Rad!

12/17/15 4:03am

pipedream

Chip's is the col closest to Nash, Corey's is the one closer to the Cleaver / P. Pass

12/17/15 3:35am

pipedream

author=GnarBLane link=topic=35087.msg143951#msg143951 date=1450303986]
How does one post a photo from Flickr?

Quote this post to see the BBCode. I got the links to the images by right-clicking on the images in Chrome, selecting "Inspect", then copying the obvious link to the bigger of the two JPEGs from the <img> tag whose class is "main-photo".

12/17/15 3:18am

jakedouglas

Thanks for the update!

12/17/15 2:52am

kamtron

Can confirm conditions are now refrozen mank (some kind of crust formed last night) from halfway down, good above that

12/17/15 2:35am

GnarBLane

Photo 1
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photo 3
Photo 4

12/17/15 1:48am

GnarBLane

How does one post a photo from Flickr?

12/17/15 1:41am

haggis

Doesn't look like it, but who knows, everyone has a different name for route up there.

12/17/15 12:45am

Good2Go

Looks great! Is Chip's the same as the Bryant Peak Couloir? Looks very similar, but it's been several years since I've skied it.

12/16/15 11:43am

cascadenative

author=Jim Oker link=topic=35083.msg143938#msg143938 date=1450288098">
Thanks for the report. Indeed, it has been nice to ski some real Cascade powder up at the pass this week! Feels like old times.

So just to connect this report back to the post from Gib on the start of the usual restrictions on uphill travel in the resort permit bound...

12/16/15 11:24am

Jim Oker

Dec 13, 2015, Arrowhead Mtn (Stevens)

Thanks for the report. Indeed, it has been nice to ski some real Cascade powder up at the pass this week! Feels like old times.

So just to connect this report back to the post from Gib on the start of the usual restrictions on uphill travel in the resort permit boundary, I'm guessing you guys got clearance from ski patrol on your plans for the day...

12/16/15 10:31am

RLS

Lovely photos, as always Radka. It's interesting that snow scenes, even in color, often have a b&w feeling to them. But with Chris' colors added in they really pop!

Looks like a fun trip. -R

12/16/15 7:54am

PhilH

Thanks for the head up, aaron_wright.

12/16/15 7:51am

watsonskipsmith

December 14, Hyak

Here are a few pics and vids from the day!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/11723786@N06/albums/72157660114027973

12/16/15 7:36am

aaron_wright

Be careful back there, the terrain is pretty complex. If you were planning to traverse the north side of the knob from the spot where your photo was taken you will cross under a few avalanche paths that are almost always heavily loaded.

12/16/15 7:34am

PhilH

That was our first time in the area and we did come up by the XC trail. It was blowing hard and the Knob was pretty bony so we turned around. We were hoping to cross under the Knob and ski the low angle north slopes farther to the east.

12/16/15 6:26am

jakedouglas

Likewise. The short drive is very nice!

12/16/15 6:13am

avajane

I should be up in that area this weekend or next week. My thoughts are that there will be going snow in the vicinity but not necessarily at the pass. Exact location really matters in the 97 valley.

12/16/15 4:44am

ErikT

ha, coffee kicking in now, thought this was the other single skiier we saw out there at first- good to meet you up there. jealous of that short drive you got to the snow :)

12/16/15 4:08am

aaron_wright

Uh, that spot almost always looks like that, even in great winters. Is that the slope you were thinking of skiing? I assume you made your approach on the xc trail.

jakedouglas

Yep! Great photos.

ErikT

well said - I think we likely ran into you briefly on the frontside? great way to start a morning...

12/16/15 12:51am

PhilH