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ryanl

Glacier Peak, 5/2 - 5/4

you two are freaking awesome. That "after" shot is priceless....

jtack

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

What a beutiful summit and fantastic ski line nice going!

Shred

May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

Thanks all!
Chamois, the Sunrise Road is open to the White river camp ground.

ron j

Glacier Peak, 5/2 - 5/4

Awesome performance, report and camera work, Radka and Chris.

Kevin Steffa

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Excellent! That route has the appeal of possible elegance combined with certain obstacles... That very same patch of 'thorny biomass' did me in on an old scouting run, so its great to hear that it is possible to weave between the cliffs/gullies past that. Congrats on a beautiful line!

Griff

May 3, 2015, Mt. Adams SW Chutes

Sugaree.........some one is a Deadhead :) ;)

jtack

Glacier Peak, 5/2 - 5/4

Even without the great pictures to come it is a great trip report thanks.

JMor

May 4, 2015, Timberline - Silcox Hut

Zap and Jill, it's always a pleasure to see and ski with you, thanks for the kind words. Yep, Ron and I were also around before TAY and BI (before internet :D), seems quite funny to remember when we actually had to call people on a "real" telephone. Nice to have both you and Ron back from those serious health issues, and looking so wonderful. Must be the mountains, it keep you young at heart and spirit.
A line from one of my favorite country songs is, "I'm not as...

danpeck

May 3-4, 2015, Magic S Loop

Coooooooooool

Thanks for the write up and route beta

;D

Rowan Stewart

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Fantastic solo mission!! thanks for the great photos and narrative. ;D

danpeck

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Good Stuff!

hedonaut

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

aahhh man that looks fantastic! beautiful. well played, S.

gotta get back there and ski in that Buckindy range one of these days...

philfort

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Awesome! I love it when a planned approach goes easier than you expect/fear, and you just nail it.

Snow Bell

May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!

Looks great Amar.
...makes me just a little bit jealous. ;)

Snow Bell

May 2-3 - Mt. Rainier - Fuhrer Finger

Fun read; glad you made it down safely!

Snow Bell

May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

Great tour and fun vid.
Thanks for posting the stoke!

Snow Bell

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Radtastic!

kamtron

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Great trip report: Beautiful photos, good info, well-done ski!

truthlives

Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Awesome!

ron j

May 4, 2015, Timberline - Silcox Hut

Thanks for the recognition and the kind words, Zap.
It was really fun to see you and Jill during our most enjoyable ski trip of the year.

Hope to see you there next year. We've keep the Silcox reserved two years out... used to be 5 years but the hotel cut us back to 2. I guess as we get older their confidence in our showing up diminishes, eh? :)

This last year has given me a new perspective on one of my favorite sayings "Cheated Death Again". It doesn&#...

Amar Andalkar

May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!

It's funny, Jim, I took almost the same exact photo as I was exiting the Paradise Glacier on May 4, and your nice skintrack had been transformed into a side-stepping semi-staircase by several others skiers. I did my best to turn it back into a proper skintrack.

Chamois

May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

Nicely done-

I noticed on the MRNP site that the Sunrise Road is listed as closed - did you bike it or is it open to Frying Pan Creek? Cheers.

JimD

May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!

Another great TR Amar. Wish I could have joined you on one of the Turtle adventures, but I was guiding friends down the Paradise Saturday and Sunday, which was pretty much perfect meadow skipping corn. I was looking over enviously at those tiny dots skinning up while we mingled with the teaming masses and dodged sleds.

Exit from Paradise

Mike Cheney

May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

Very inspiring also, I might ad. Well done!

andreism

May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!

Great inspiring report Amar! Will try Turtle on coming week end.

Rowan Stewart

May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

Another awesome edit Jeff!! Thanks for the stoke, and thanks to Freebird for leading the charge up little T! 8)

Chris Cosgriff

May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

Great video. I saw you guys from the interglacier. The butter was in for sure.

Amar Andalkar

May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!

MOUNT RAINIER RECREATIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 348 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2015 SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL PRODUCE DRY AND WARMER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. A FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION MONDAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MOUNTAIN SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY BUT IT WILL REMAIN MOSTLY DRY ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. SATURDAY...SUN...

5/7/15 2:46am Amar Andalkar May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!

May 4: Muir, Cowlitz, and Paradise Glaciers Given 13400 vert of skinning and skiing over the previous 2 days including well over 3000 ft of putting in new skintrack, I was pretty tired by the time I got home to Seattle around 10pm Sunday evening. But the next day Monday looked like the last nice sunny day in the present corn cycle before a cold storm system arrived to throw a wrench in the mix, with several inches of snow expected at snow levels down to 3000 ft by Tuesday, alon...

5/7/15 2:40am Amar Andalkar May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!

Continued from previous post . . . I was tempted to continue up even higher, as a snow ramp on the right went up another 60-80 ft to a flat bench even closer to the base of the Ice Cliff. But that slope was littered with copious chunks of fallen ice, much of it bright blue, while the flat portions of the camp had no evidence of any recent icefall whatsoever. Regardless, it felt like I was already &q...

5/7/15 2:01am peteyboy May 2-3, 2015, Heliotrope Ridge, Mt. Baker

We were very impressed how cracks were opening up much more than usual even at 9000 feet; the theory that the snowpack depth up high is normal doesn't seem to result in "normal" crevasse behavior on the Coleman this May. We encountered numerous thin bridges on the upper Coleman Monday. Recommend wanding the route if there's any chance of weather/flat light moving in. We were sure glad we did.

5/7/15 1:17am HappyCamper May 2-3 - Mt. Rainier - Fuhrer Finger

Nice report - I was heading up to Muir on Saturday and it was blazing and wondered about the Finger. Tried it last year and stopped about the same elevation because of nausea, which made for tough skiing until we got into the Finger. This line made me laugh (in regards to rockfall in the Finger): "Turns out the upper Wapowety Cleaver is kind of a dick."

5/7/15 12:36am tabski May 2-3 - Mt. Rainier - Fuhrer Finger

"I really can't believe a skier of my questionable ability actually made it down this thing." Love your honesty, and way to get up there! Altitude sickness is nothing to be embarrassed about, that 12k' level can be a real bear for anyone. Plus the best skiing is definitely from there down!

5/6/15 8:58pm TomB May 2-3, 2015, Heliotrope Ridge, Mt. Baker

Anyone have a report on the crevasse navigation situation on the Coleman? I'm thinking of heading up that way soon.

5/6/15 3:56pm Aaron_Riggs May 2-3, 2015, Heliotrope Ridge, Mt. Baker

Nice report! We were up there on Monday the 4th and saw lots of tracks from the weekend. We tried to beat the incoming weather to the summit, racing a lenticular we saw coming, but turned around at 9,300 in what we estimated to be 60+ mph sustained winds (telemetry shows 45mph at Baker ski resort and 72mph at Muir in the same hour.) The top was hard and variable as you said, but enjoyed great corn skiing the bottom 2k or maybe more, by which time the summit was socked in. Beautiful day up there....

5/6/15 3:56pm CoriB May 2, Kitling Pk.

Gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration.

5/6/15 12:58pm kamtron May 2, Kitling Pk.

Some photos courtesy of Will S. First is the S side of Cub, with Logan in the background. Second is our run down the Katsuk glacier, with the lower part of Katsuk and Mesahchie peaks behind.

5/6/15 9:40am Mofro May 2, Kitling Pk.

This area does not disappoint. Kitling on the left from from an epic pow lap on the Mesahchie last month-

5/6/15 9:34am Shred May 2, Kitling Pk.

Thanks Eric!

5/6/15 9:33am kamtron May 2, Kitling Pk.

Hi Eric, the whooping was from an amazing glacier run down the Mesahchie! The ski had been saved a while before. 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.

5/6/15 9:33am Eric Johnson May 2, Kitling Pk.

kam, So the whooping was saving the ski from an untimely end? We were wondering where you went after your run, as we didn't see any ski tracks down Kitling Creek as we were coming out Sunday. Looks like you got your money's worth of runs, not to mention quite the workout doing laps! author=shred link=topic=34224.msg141248#msg141248 date=1430856809] Sweet! Sounds like a neat place to explore. Got any pics?? Cuz if yo...

5/6/15 8:39am Jonn-E May 4, 2015, Timberline - Silcox Hut

The Silcox Hut is such a civilized way to experience the alpine. I've also hid behind it's leeward walls in the inky blackness of a pre-dawn storm, but I much prefer the inside ;)

5/6/15 7:51am Jake the Brit May 4, Mt Ruth (MRNP)

That's a proper techno adventure. excellent edit. Rock on!

5/6/15 7:48am Jake the Brit May 2, 2015, Sarvant Glacier, MRNP

thoughtfully & thoroughly enjoyable foto sequence, thanks

5/6/15 7:08am Jake the Brit May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

most excellent vid, ...seems like you could have gone a bit faster though>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>!

5/6/15 5:56am Atraslin May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

Cool, I like the exposure footage. Good warm-up for the next Rainier ski descent.

5/6/15 5:47am Atraslin May 4, Mt Ruth (MRNP)

Three days in a row, solid. Conditions look nice.

5/6/15 2:05am ride66 May 3, 2015, Mt. Adams SW Chutes

:) Love it! One of my favorite runs too - great you had corn most of the way. Thanks for the report.

5/6/15 1:50am Griff May 4, Mt Ruth (MRNP)

Great video. Love the rock chute.

5/6/15 1:38am Norseman May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan

Yes! Highly enjoyable vid. Man, I'd love to get out with you guys. Very compatible styles :) .

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