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Hahaha,  Every ski is Carl's "rock ski" :)
Nice one Dooder! Way to keep er going after the few prior days of death marching! Respect.

Congrats on a safe and successful trip!

It's fun to follow the links to past reports about the high-level orbit. Definitely a route of character, one that doesn't get done very often.

If you don't have it already, you might look for a copy of this map:



It includes details of vogtski's May 1990 trip with RMI and a couple other early trips as well. M...

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I hadn't been to Easy Pass before and man, is that a spectacular perspective on some stunning terrain.

No kitling! The last time I was there I swore that I would return the very next week to sample some of the surrounding goods but, alas, that was a couple of years ago now...
A real embarrassment of wealth we have in great skiing!

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A friend and I came across your tracks on our way up the Russell the day after you passed by and wondered who it might have been.  It was interesting to look down on your route across the Mowich from atop the Russell; awesome zone. We also used a section of your skin track the following day to gain Observation.  So...thanks again!

I wish we would have seen you....

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Half of our party of six used skinny skis and pin bindings and felt they were the better gear choice since there was so little unroped downhill skiing on this trip.

Yea...I used my voile vector BC's which were great, but there was very little downhill turns without being roped. Skinny skis do well on the hard ice that we had a lot of as well. As I posted in anothe...

Looks like you shared some of our experiences, for sure! You do feel extremely isolated at times, and it has taken me a few weeks before thinking I'd ever do it again! Takes a bit for the sharp edges of the trip to dull a bit, and the beauty and majesty of the trip to take over my memories.  I think starting at White River is a great way to do this...wasn't an option for us since we did the trip earlier in the year.

For us, getting onto the N Mowich was a real challenge...

Mt Ruth =  ;D

https://vimeo.com/126881894

Thanks for the nice write-up and congratulations on a successful trip!  Pretty bold for a party of two.  And ah yes, the memories...I should get my slides digitized   :)

I also packed light for our May trip and nearly froze my butt off.  Guide Geo scouted the high variation near St Andrews Rock from our Puyallup Glacier camp and wisely took us across the Tahoma Glacier much lower.  Half of our party of six used skinny skis and pin bindings and felt they were the better gear choice si...

Not sure if that was you, but we heard whoops and saw ski tracks late Saturday afternoon below the N face of Cub from across the way--we were just getting up to camp on Ragged View (Peak 6730).   No signs of instability we could see on your track, not even the slightest slough triggered.

Conditions Sunday am were great on the ridge and N slopes for cramponing as everything froze overnight on those aspects.  More southern aspects had wet sugar postholing up Trumpet (Peak 6865), but sti...

Fantastic! It brings back great memories. Here is Gary W. and my high orbit trip report from 2008. I was on the inter glacier yesterday looking over St.Elmos pass and recalling our adventure.
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=10496.0

We did this tour last year in June.  You actually got a couple of nice photos of our tracks:

http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=31882.msg134056#msg134056

So much more snow last year a full month later.  We skinned right over the lakes.  Wow.

NICE photos!!!!!!!!

Beautiful

Melting fast. Lakes were covered two weeks ago.

There was cloudy cover on Friday night, so the snow didn't get a good freeze. Might be ok with a bunch of clear nights?

On the plus side, the snow from Cascade Pass down to the trailhead was maybe the best I've ever skied on that line. Snow that's normally bumpy with debris and filled with tree pieces and rocks was (relatively) smooth and soft.

Thanks for the update!

Thanks, Andy.

I lack historical perspective to be making notes about what's normal for this route. Perhaps some more folks with better experience will chime in. Thanks for the comparison shot, Erik.

-S

outstanding shots as always. Does the Emmons corridor look way more broken up than usual, or is there something about the photo?

You're going to get as as many answers to this question as there are genres of music, and I guarantee that while you are skinning up to Muir listening to BB King someone else on the snowfield is listening to Beyonce while yet another is rockin Swedish death metal.

But there are some commonalities. Generally for rhythmic aerobic exercise you want a 4/4 time signature (ubiquitous in popular music) and a tempo of 120 - 130 bpm. Bonus points for strong emphasis on the 1 and 3 beats (...

If I hear that either of you guys is planning on skiing Whazzup Willis, I'm going to pull the starters out of your cars....
Congrats on a great line and write-up.  You guys "know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em".  Glad this one worked out.

Alan Parsons Project, Pyramid, 'What goes up'

The trademark APP left right metronome rhythm and this lyric is the AT skiers theme song

It's probably 3-4' deep at the parking lot

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Mama told me not to come.

Three Dog Night

The road is negotiable for low clearance vehicles.  There are lots of big pot holes on the road so take it slow and drive around them.  Only the last 9-10 miles are dirt.

Ha!  Need those arrow thingies.    Thanks --- and nice photos BTW