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5/11/15 12:45am
avajane
May 1-3, 2015, Goat Rocks- Old Snowy, Ives Peak
Great Video. Looked the exact opposite of my trip there last year.....Jealous.....





https://www.facebook.com/brian.izdepski/videos/10203274763407546/?l=5031057899599904934
5/11/15 12:38am
jtack
May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan
What everyone else said, great fun to watch your video, thanks.
5/10/15 11:57pm
Zap
May 4, 2015, Timberline - Silcox Hut
Ron,Jill,Jeanette,Zap
5/10/15 11:24pm
tabski
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015
Fantastiche
5/10/15 11:09pm
DOD
May 4, 2015, Timberline - Silcox Hut
wonderful report! - thank you zap!
5/10/15 9:27pm
philfort
May 2, 2015, Sarvant Glacier, MRNP
I did a loop today up to Summerland (almost completely bare highway trail until it gets into the open in the basin), Panhandle Gap, then over to Sarvant Glacier and Owhyhigh Lakes. Snow was a bit sticky and the new layer was a bit slidey on steep aspects, but overall pretty good (much more consolidated than Cascade Pass last weekend). Snow is still mostly continuous from the Tamanos/Cowlitz Chimneys ridge down to the pass just up the trail from Owyhigh Lakes (I think I had your old skin/descent...
5/10/15 1:20pm
eze
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015
Well earned and well done Stefan!
A very aesthetic line in a beautiful spot.
5/10/15 10:21am
kamtron
May 1-3, 2015, Goat Rocks- Old Snowy, Ives Peak
Sick sluff shot!
Gets me stoked to get out there
5/10/15 8:21am
snoholic
5/7 Pico de Aneto, Pyrenees
Zap, I'm living out of a Euro sized station wagon high in the Pyrenees. I don't have the skills to resize and attach with the limited WiFi I get. However, feel free to check out my Facebook page.  Zack Jessel.  I'm the only one! And it's free for the world to view! I have been able to post some (phone) picts there.
5/9/15 11:03am
cumulus
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015

Thank you all for the great comments!

and your comment Kevin about "certain obstacles" got me thinking it's worth mentioning that this route should not be done if crossing the gullies (just prior to arriving at the main W/NW corridor) in any sort of unstable conditions.  There's a big steep slope right above you (not visible) that can and does unload into those gullies when conditions are ripe. Something to keep in mind if you decide to go this way.
5/9/15 2:38am
Pete A
Glacier Peak, 5/2 - 5/4
nice work!  great pictures as always.
5/9/15 2:06am
Zap
Glacier Peak, 5/2 - 5/4
It is great to see you at the trailhead before you have a wonderful trip. ;)
5/9/15 1:16am
Zap
5/7 Pico de Aneto, Pyrenees
Are you carrying your camera ?  ;)
5/9/15 12:57am
ryanl
Glacier Peak, 5/2 - 5/4
you two are freaking awesome. That "after" shot is priceless....

5/9/15 12:32am
jtack
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015
What a beutiful summit and fantastic ski line nice going!
5/8/15 2:49pm
Shred
May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan
Thanks all!
Chamois,  the Sunrise Road is open to the White river camp ground.
5/8/15 1:39pm
ron j
Glacier Peak, 5/2 - 5/4
Awesome performance, report and camera work, Radka and Chris.
5/8/15 11:18am
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!
5/8/15 5:29am
Griff
May 3, 2015, Mt. Adams SW Chutes
Sugaree.........some one is a Deadhead :) ;)
5/8/15 3:46am
jtack
Glacier Peak, 5/2 - 5/4
Even without the great pictures to come it is a great trip report thanks.
5/8/15 3:31am
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...
5/8/15 12:30am
danpeck
May 3-4, 2015, Magic S Loop
Coooooooooool

Thanks for the write up and route beta

;D
5/7/15 11:55pm
Rowan Stewart
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015
Fantastic solo mission!! thanks for the great photos and narrative.  ;D
5/7/15 11:46pm
danpeck
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015
Good Stuff!
5/7/15 11:27pm
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...
5/7/15 11:09pm
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.
5/7/15 10:55pm
Snow Bell
May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!
Looks great Amar.
...makes me just a little bit jealous.  ;)
5/7/15 10:53pm
Snow Bell
May 2-3 - Mt. Rainier - Fuhrer Finger
Fun read; glad you made it down safely!
5/7/15 4:44pm
Snow Bell
May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan
Great tour and fun vid.
Thanks for posting the stoke!
5/7/15 2:57pm
Snow Bell
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015
Radtastic!
5/7/15 1:54pm
kamtron
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015
Great trip report: Beautiful photos, good info, well-done ski!
5/7/15 12:41pm
truthlives
Mt. Chaval, west face, May 2, 2015
Awesome!
5/7/15 11:44am
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&#...
5/7/15 11:40am
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.

5/7/15 11:32am
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.
5/7/15 10:01am
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
5/7/15 6:02am
Mike Cheney
May 2, 2015, Little Tahoma and the Fryingpan
Very inspiring also, I might ad. Well done!
5/7/15 4:23am
andreism
May 2-4, 2015, Rainier, Turtle x2 + Cowlitz CORN!
Great inspiring report Amar! Will try Turtle on coming week end.
5/7/15 4:17am
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)
5/7/15 4:16am
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.
5/7/15 4:14am
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.

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