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Thanks all for sharing the stoke, it was too much for my puny heart to contain, glad you enjoyed the story. I forgot to add the sad ending: skiing the hard snow through the final trees to the Rainy Pass trailhead, a random hard trough spelled the end of my trusty Wailer 99s. One of the skis broke in front of the toepiece :'( -- although to its credit I didn't notice 'til we were back at the car. Nothing a good cry, a beer and a cigar couldn't fix.
Amar: haha, n...
Amar: haha, n...
Awesome! I was looking at that line last time I was below that face. Very awe-inspiring place to be. Way to go guys.
Congratulations on a safe and successful trip.
I don't think that couloir gets climbed very often. I climbed the upper part of the couloir in June 1985 with Mark Bebie. We did what Beckey's green guide calls the 1978 Mendenhall-Ferrens variation, which climbs the ice sheet of the lower NE Face, then traverses rightward into the couloir. From the NW notch, we continued to the summit via the NW Buttress route. (Beckey lists our route as different from the 1978 climb, but I don...
I don't think that couloir gets climbed very often. I climbed the upper part of the couloir in June 1985 with Mark Bebie. We did what Beckey's green guide calls the 1978 Mendenhall-Ferrens variation, which climbs the ice sheet of the lower NE Face, then traverses rightward into the couloir. From the NW notch, we continued to the summit via the NW Buttress route. (Beckey lists our route as different from the 1978 climb, but I don...
Amar, Thanks for that snow-shadowing bit. Interesting to see such dramatic differences on peaks of the same height during the same tour.
Good style! Thanks for posting such a special adventure.
Such a great weekend and write-up -- thanks E$
Been feeding off of the stoke of a grand north cascades adventure, and trying to feed the cranking metabolism it left me with all week.
We remarked several times of the fortune in what has seemed an unfortunate year... early highway opening opened an unexpectedly bigger window to get deep in the north cascades before the big warmups that make that an even more formidable task.
Looks like the cool temps this week...
Been feeding off of the stoke of a grand north cascades adventure, and trying to feed the cranking metabolism it left me with all week.
We remarked several times of the fortune in what has seemed an unfortunate year... early highway opening opened an unexpectedly bigger window to get deep in the north cascades before the big warmups that make that an even more formidable task.
Looks like the cool temps this week...
Me too sky, glad the science lab is letting the scholars out for some freshest.
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Another one bites the dust.
Now where?
Wowzers!! Love that shot of EZ traversing at top. Congrats again you two.
Another one bites the dust.
Now where?
Now where?
We were there too :)
Think we saw you in the flats while we were on top...
Snow is going fast.
Think we saw you in the flats while we were on top...
Snow is going fast.
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Around noon we moved over to the north side of Chinook Pass and were surprised that peaks that were only two miles distant from the morning peaks had so much less snow (though better consolidated snow). We had to hunt-and-peck for pads of snow taking us upward and had to shoulder the skis a number of times. Before arrival I thought we would easily make six of the peaklets we had identified bu...
Andy,
Thanks for providing the insight of a 60 year old on your 'birthday' tour. I’m glad you posted this on April 23. When I skied the northwest slopes at Naches Peak on the 21st, I kept saying to myself that I should go to the east and north facing slopes, but my 68 year old body is not up dealing with the frozen snow (forgot the crampons), dropping through the unfrozen slope, avoiding the frozen balls, and saying I should have been here earlier. I think Jill and I will...
Thanks for providing the insight of a 60 year old on your 'birthday' tour. I’m glad you posted this on April 23. When I skied the northwest slopes at Naches Peak on the 21st, I kept saying to myself that I should go to the east and north facing slopes, but my 68 year old body is not up dealing with the frozen snow (forgot the crampons), dropping through the unfrozen slope, avoiding the frozen balls, and saying I should have been here earlier. I think Jill and I will...
Dave, I sure hope the general population of TAY readers realizes how gnarly this trip is, and that it's only suitable for a select few.
Some routes are deceptive in their gnarliness; it'd be impossible to climb this one (or, indeed, reach the base of the route) without getting a clue. Only the dangers of hidden firm snow/ice and warming-driven instability are invisible to the untrained eye.
Eric's photos from the North side of Black looked...
Way to score E-$ and EZ-E!!!
True alpine gangstaz
True alpine gangstaz
Very cool, strong work! Thanks for the inspiring photos.
Love it! Will be 6-oh next year so will keep this on the back burner -
Awesome trip and slick writing, Eric. Once again making the incredible credible.
Dave, I sure hope the general population of TAY readers realizes how gnarly this trip is, and that it's only suitable for a select few.
Dave, I sure hope the general population of TAY readers realizes how gnarly this trip is, and that it's only suitable for a select few.
Geez, now I know where everyone's going next weekend ::)
Cooler than a moose & twice as hairy!!
Winter a cometh! Nice work on the vid, Bird!
Match Maker:
Single Black/Yellow ski seeks another "Soul" mate. Your lost companion or mine, Lets re-unite this likely pair for uninhibited powder ecstasy. 188cm Tall, a 107mm waist AND a see through top. :D
Match Maker:
Single Black/Yellow ski seeks another "Soul" mate. Your lost companion or mine, Lets re-unite this likely pair for uninhibited powder ecstasy. 188cm Tall, a 107mm waist AND a see through top. :D
Nicely done! I heard a rumor that something Rad was gonna go down on Goode.
Inspiring! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the grand trip report, looks fantastic, although front pointing for turns is past my comfort zone!
We thought of you on this tour. Every time we took off the skis we debated whether we should 'Tack' 'em or Pack 'em. Tom nearly sliced a jugular on the final steep bushwhack back to the road when we were 'Tacking' it and he took a slip on the slimy ground. It's hard to slice a neck during a tumble, however, with ski edges that are never sharpened.
Instant classic for sure. Nice work, Erics!
Nice going you old goat! Glad I don't have to worry about doing something like that for my 60th!
Wonderful photo album, some of the best photos are not in the post, be sure and look at them all.
like sex, only better
thanks for reminding me
thanks for reminding me
Great album! Nothing like the peace & quiet and cool air under starry skies at WA Pass.
Such a burly line and incredible pics too! Was this a first (known) descent? Certainly won't be the last after this TR!
That looks like a bangin' good adventure. Excellent report, gnarly route & photos too. Rock on!
I had to turn the vid off, I was so wracked with jealousy.
Rockin'
Rockin'
Gnar-lometer pegged? Check. Super-duper crazy s#*t & elegant tour.
steep and deep and just plain ole grand! inspiring stuff, thank you!
Birds, thanks for the taking us to the goods. Stoke meter was off da charts.
Your edits kicka$$! Especially liked the raven flip. That's a rare capture. Thanks for sharing.
nice viddy! you guys charged a lot of fun-looking terrain
jtack -- the snow in the Gunbarrel was the real deal! Drifted full of lovely powder. On Baldy, Micah is a good skier and he used his ninja skills to make a nasty windslab look good. We had an abnormally warm March that put the hurt on our snowpack, but as far as the new snow, we have a couple things going for us. Both of these shots are at an elevation about equal to the summit of Mt Adams. Then the desert climate always keeps the snow dry. It's a differe...
That's a great shot, and the snow looks great. It's hard to imagine snow that cold, with the weathere we have here in the NW.
looks like some sweet pow in the sunshine, yet cool. glad you're getting some.
yeah, very cool--nice twofer. looks like you hit the conditions right!