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You can park right on the side of the road at the trail or in the lot for Devil's Lake, which is off the road and will probably have people camping nearby by that time. It's a short walk to campsites on the lake, pretty much car camping. TH break-in risk in the area is pretty low in general.

5/13/15 2:11pm

kamtron

May 10, NCNP, Rainy Pass

Nice report, Will.
Bummer about the forgotten skins, but it sounds like you guys managed to make lemonade anyway! I've heard some stories about duct tape and tree limbs as stand-ins for skins. Not the best of options, of course....

Let's get out skiing soon!

5/13/15 12:15pm

kamtron

Thanks for all the good vibes, everyone!

andreism, it was nice to meet you out there. Strong work on your part with the 1-day push. Thanks for telling us some goat trivia. Tristan was probably wishing he had goat toes while climbing to the summit without crampons.

5/13/15 11:41am

john green

Great report, thanks!!

I won't be down there next until early June--figure the snow pack will hold?

Also, since I've never seen the trailhead, how's the security for your car and possible breakins? Is the parking right at the highway and visible, or is it back a bit and kinda dodgy?

Thanks!

5/13/15 6:56am

jacoblmandell

May 9, 2015, Washington Pass, Graduation Tour

Awesome trip! I was checking out that couloir, it looked sweet!

5/13/15 6:47am

garrettww

Nice write-up Andy! Thanks for sharing all the details including maps and directions. I also appreciate all your work on WenatcheeOutdoors and OkanogenOutdoors. Very inspiring!

5/13/15 1:37am

ADappen

May 8~9, 2015, Starry Night on Snow King

Gorgeous. The pictures make me want to revisit.
My only shot at Snowking was an aborted attempt nearly half a lifetime ago.
I no longer remember what our plan was, but it was apparently a bad plan because there are still some PTSD images of being tangled up in green (slide alder).

5/13/15 12:37am

Eric Johnson

May 2, Kitling Pk.

author=kamtron link=topic=34224.msg141266#msg141266 date=1430928831]
We ended up camping in the basin below the glacier, next to a nice stream. Our exit was back out Easy Pass, the way we'd come.

Exiting via our route back to Easy Pass would save the big elevation hits going back up to the Kitling-Cub Col and the hump up out of Fisher Creek. Not that brushy, so wouldn't be a big deal once the skis are off.

5/12/15 10:11pm

tabski

May 8~9, 2015, Starry Night on Snow King

Nice Kam! Lots of fin des enseguidas para ti. Matandolo.

5/12/15 10:05pm

Animal

Great Photos! Myself, and Steven were the two other climbers you saw while skiing back to your camp! What a great peak!

5/12/15 2:49pm

kciari

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Awesome work Kam! Loved the TR! Definitely putting this on the list!

5/12/15 1:23pm

cumulus

I thought I might see you up there... but as it was I saw nobody, not even another car (and it's a long beautiful drive in and out). Just a lot of bear tracks, entertaining myself by guessing their weight by the depth of the imprint.

As for camping... happy until the middle of the night when it got five degrees shy of comfort. No bag but I thought I had packed a tarp and I was wishing I had. Early in the morning while packing up I found it all folded up (it's dark green) ben...

5/12/15 9:40am

Jake the Brit

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

That's a spicier line than those photo's suggest!
Congratulations. I reckon you'd have been one happy camper that night!

5/12/15 9:37am

garrettww

Oof - 7 miles to snow! I almost headed up to Goat Rocks myself this weekend. Looks fun, but that hike would have put a damper on things. Nice view from your camp!

5/12/15 8:25am

garrettww

Nice catch, Amar! I often use Caltopo for creating .pdf map images for printing, but hadn't noticed the "check out the view" feature. That's a handy tool.

I also like to use aerial photos and see the relationship and shape of the peaks. Steph Abegg (often with the aerial help of John Scurlock) produces some of my favorite labeled shots, such as the one below. However, I still could have made the same mistake by studying that photo since the perspective from the p...

5/12/15 8:18am

wcurchin

Awesome stuff Kam! Looks like that line is probably already gone!

.....and another trip added to the to-ski list.

5/12/15 6:32am

andreism

Hi Guys,

Glad you had a good skiing time. That solo stranger (which you met) was me.

Goats tracks show their toes are flexible (extended), when goat wants to float/stop on snow.

5/12/15 4:11am

Dave_R

Hey, wait a minute Mike - Sunday was Mothers' Day. I'd say you both owe mom a big hug!

-Dave

5/12/15 3:37am

truthlives

May 10, 2015, Mt. Adams south face corn

Looks rad! Definitely gonna have to check it out sometime!

5/12/15 2:48am

Amar Andalkar

Nice first TR! Thanks for the conditions update. It's been an amazing spring to ski Adams given the unusually early road access to the trailhead.

5/12/15 2:39am

kamtron

Camp in the morning

Looking down from the Conrad-Meade col while the group rests.

Arriving at the top of the Conrad glacier, stoked for another corn run (our tracks in background).

5/12/15 2:13am

Amar Andalkar

Nice report and photos. That's Three Fingered Jack by the way in the last shot, as Mount Washington is almost completely hidden behind Middle Sister except for the long ridges visible down low. See http://caltopo.com/view#ll=44.1039,-121.7697&e=6&t=,usi&z=6&c=-4.46,-6.04

Caltopo is the best tool I currently know of for checking the view from any location, better than http://www.peakfinder.org/, although that has a nice inexpensive mobile app which works even witho...

5/12/15 12:00am

Dave_R

slope map - Mt. Rainier (s. side)

Nice job! Good weather window, reasonable objective, and a great time.

I think dad & daughter owe each other big hugs for that one!

-Dave

5/11/15 3:14pm

Micah

Thanks! Don't go there too frequently, but I've got this map downloaded on my phone and will try it out next time I'm there.

5/11/15 2:06pm

ErikT

nice shots! glad you got out on the nice weather window. Too bad we didn't find out how a cocker would fare on the upper mountain... but probably a good call.

5/11/15 1:58pm

Aaronbilbao

Thank you for the correction and the history lesson :)

AAB

5/11/15 1:14pm

Gary Vogt

author=Aaronbilbao link=topic=34258.msg141369#msg141369 date=1431360454]
Made an attempt at skiing to the summit this weekend on the Eamon's route. The four of us skied to camp Sherman on Saturday and were going to attempt the summit Sunday morning.

author=Aaronbilbao link=topic=34258.msg141376#msg141376 date=1431373942]
The Ranger hut at Sherman was also unmanned from what w...

5/11/15 1:10pm

Big Steve

Yup, that's a Dusky Grouse

5/11/15 12:22pm

Aaronbilbao

May 2-7, 2015, Wapta Traverse: 7 Summits

The rangers hadn't put in a route yet. The White river ranger station isn't manned yet and it was all self registration this weekend. The Ranger hut at Sherman was also unmanned from what we could tell.

5/11/15 12:11pm

mikerolfs

Wow that looks like fun.

5/11/15 11:40am

mikerolfs

author=Chamois link=topic=34256.msg141368#msg141368 date=1431360417]
It's a dusky grouse - which was split up from the blue grouse cohort (not dusky and sooty) back in 2006.

No, it likely wasn't a nest issues. The birds are generally, well, wacko. One followed my wife for 4 miles while she was doing stream surveys. Another time we were doing stream surveys together in MT on kept running up to her and doing the full-on fan-tail display...

5/11/15 11:18am

mikerolfs

author=cumulus link=topic=34256.msg141371#msg141371 date=1431363150]
For the dyna set up is she in a very small woman's boot?

The boots are hand-me-down's from jtack's wife. Size 23.

author=cumulus link=topic=34256.msg141371#msg141371 date=1431363150]
Not too many little ones touring and shredding out there, it would be cool to get them all out together sometime.

5/11/15 11:15am

kamtron

Good to hear the crevasses weren't an issue yet. Have the rangers put in a route yet?

5/11/15 11:08am

cumulus

Very nice! I'm sure she'll remember that trip forever.

For the dyna set up is she in a very small woman's boot?

Not too many little ones touring and shredding out there, it would be cool to get them all out together sometime.

5/11/15 10:54am

Chamois

May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

It's a dusky grouse - which was split up from the blue grouse cohort (not dusky and sooty) back in 2006.

No, it likely wasn't a nest issues. The birds are generally, well, wacko. One followed my wife for 4 miles while she was doing stream surveys. Another time we were doing stream surveys together in MT on kept running up to her and doing the full-on fan-tail display. I didn't get jealous.

Grouse are know to be attracted to the...

5/11/15 8:21am

avajane

Big Fun!

5/11/15 7:19am

Lowell_Skoog

Nice!

Good idea to make it an overnight so you weren't rushed.

5/11/15 6:39am

mikerolfs

Ben had just finished telling me about a ski video where a wild bird had befriended some ski tourers and rode uphill on their packs and flew downhill with then when they skied. I was still trying to decided if I believed him when up waddled what we though was a grouse. It walked right into the middle of us and talked to us while we talked back. It didn't seem aggressive or scared. It looked curious. We might have spent 15 minutes just talking back and forth with this bird. When you re...

5/11/15 6:04am

bensidor

We were hoping the bird (still unsure whether it was grouse or a ptarmigan) would follow us along for the whole trip...there was a moment when we thought this was going to be the case.

We were hoping for this....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMsPqYR-2U

5/11/15 4:52am

Zap

Great touring buddy. ;)

5/11/15 3:49am

jtack

Great trip you guys! All the years I have spent tramping around the alpine, I have never had more than a fleeting look at a Ptarmigan! The bird wisperers!

5/11/15 2:33am

flowing alpy

that was cool!

5/11/15 2:32am

dave095790