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May 1-3, 2015, Goat Rocks- Old Snowy, Ives Peak

Super trip, Stefan!! Funny you mentioned Snow King as a smooth way out. I just did an overnighter there, too tired today...

5/11/15 1:00am

blackdog102395

Any thoughts on access into McCall Basin? I think the road was closed at one point due to damage. Anyone know if it's open now?

5/11/15 12:54am

avajane

May 1-3, 2015, Goat Rocks- Old Snowy, Ives Peak

Nice job Amar. Now I really want to do that route. How long do you think it will be good for?

Brian

5/11/15 12:45am

avajane

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

What everyone else said, great fun to watch your video, thanks.

5/10/15 11:57pm

Zap

Ron,Jill,Jeanette,Zap

5/10/15 11:24pm

tabski

Fantastiche

5/10/15 11:09pm

DOD

May 2, 2015, Sarvant Glacier, MRNP

wonderful report! - thank you zap!

5/10/15 9:27pm

philfort

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

May 1-3, 2015, Goat Rocks- Old Snowy, Ives Peak

Well earned and well done Stefan!
A very aesthetic line in a beautiful spot.

5/10/15 10:21am

kamtron

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

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

nice work! great pictures as always.

5/9/15 2:06am

Zap

5/7 Pico de Aneto, Pyrenees

It is great to see you at the trailhead before you have a wonderful trip. ;)

5/9/15 1:16am

Zap

Are you carrying your camera ? ;)

5/9/15 12:57am

ryanl

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

5/9/15 12:32am

jtack

What a beutiful summit and fantastic ski line nice going!

5/8/15 2:49pm

Shred

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

5/8/15 1:39pm

ron j

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

5/8/15 11:18am

Kevin Steffa

May 3, 2015, Mt. Adams SW Chutes

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

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

5/8/15 3:46am

jtack

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

5/8/15 3:31am

JMor

May 3-4, 2015, Magic S Loop

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

Coooooooooool

Thanks for the write up and route beta

;D

5/7/15 11:55pm

Rowan Stewart

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

5/7/15 11:46pm

danpeck

Good Stuff!

5/7/15 11:27pm

hedonaut

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

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 2-3 - Mt. Rainier - Fuhrer Finger

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

5/7/15 10:53pm

Snow Bell

Fun read; glad you made it down safely!

5/7/15 4:44pm

Snow Bell

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

5/7/15 2:57pm

Snow Bell

Radtastic!

5/7/15 1:54pm

kamtron

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

5/7/15 12:41pm

truthlives

Awesome!

5/7/15 11:44am

ron j

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

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

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

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

Very inspiring also, I might ad. Well done!

5/7/15 4:23am

andreism

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

5/7/15 4:17am

Rowan Stewart

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

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

5/7/15 4:14am

Amar Andalkar