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April 4-5, 2015, Washington Pass environs

Nice! Agree with all the video praise. Especially impressive in the context of a long day.

4/7/15 3:52am

Kenji

author=radka link=topic=34064.msg140605#msg140605 date=1428377410]
.. Definitely the best skiing we have done this season.

I thought you'd say the skiing on Wilson Gl or Mastiff was hard to beat ;D

4/7/15 3:51am

Norseman

April 4-5, 2015, Washington Pass environs

Excellent. Always love your photos, Radka.

4/7/15 3:50am

Pete_H

April 4-5, 2015, Washington Pass environs

The snowpack on the south side of Hardy was not looking very hearty.

4/7/15 3:49am

Kenji

April 5 Yawning Glacier

Fantastic!! How did the other side look?

4/7/15 3:35am

hedonaut

Nice shots, spot, and turns! We saw your tracks from the summit of Whistler Mountain, also puzzlingly devoid of humans.

4/7/15 3:27am

SquakMtn

I looked through all my shots from the day and all I have is this shot that gives a sense of the snow cover in the area.

4/7/15 2:13am

Boot

I had an eye on the dog the whole time and he never left the PCT!! Good Pooch :D

4/7/15 2:11am

skibum.roberts

okay great, thanks

4/7/15 2:08am

tsuyoshi

Glad you guys enjoyed the video!

I'd say the line should be skiable for at least another month before things get too ridiculous. There wasn't even a hint of the bergshrund yet so as long as you don't mind a fairly dry approach i bet you've got some time. The first thing to go will be the slopes below the glacier but there is a gully that should hold snow for a long time.

4/7/15 1:15am

Mofro

author=gorp link=topic=34061.msg140592#msg140592 date=1428368872]
Any pics of Mt. Hardy? Thanks
Looks nice.

Hmm, maybe one. I think this is Mt Hardy looking back from below Easy Pass.

4/7/15 1:00am

skibum.roberts

nice work.

how long do you think that line will be skiable?

4/6/15 2:48pm

ryanl

That there looks fun.

4/6/15 2:35pm

avajane

Beautiful Pictures and turns guys!

4/6/15 1:53pm

gorp

Any pics of Mt. Hardy? Thanks
Looks nice.

4/6/15 1:20pm

Norseman

author=Mofro link=topic=34061.msg140590#msg140590 date=1428368123]

Dig this one a lot. Yeehaw!

4/6/15 1:18pm

gorp

ski conditions for alpental and baker area.

Any photos of Mt. Hardy snow cover? Thanks

4/6/15 12:15pm

truthlives

Awesome vid!

4/6/15 12:14pm

pMahoney

Alpental Still Going Barely

author=snakeman link=topic=34057.msg140577#msg140577 date=1428345905]
Looks very good. Would have headed there if I though it would be that good. Were you able to drive to Windy Pass?

How was the snow to Lake Annette if you went that direction.

Thanks for the report.

Drove all the way to the top. The face down to Lake Annette was super bare, probably non-skiable.

4/6/15 11:40am

pipedream

Glad to hear the Lyall-side skied well - we debated heading north vs. south this weekend and ultimately decided to head to Chinook instead of Hwy 20 because of approach length and concerns over snow depth (or the lack thereof).

4/6/15 11:23am

pipedream

author=Chamois link=topic=34040.msg140580#msg140580 date=1428349192]
an odd up track was put in right up the gut of the north side line when there was a perfectly good one climbers left - never get that.

We followed that uptrack on our first line as it took us directly where we wanted to go with minimal exposure (but much effort). A group of tennis shoe-clad tourons found it appealing, too, and postholed it to smithereens behind...

4/6/15 11:02am

brainbrian

author=Chamois link=topic=34040.msg140580#msg140580 date=1428349192]
We were skiing by 9:00 and I was expecting a bit of cluster on Naches but was pleasantly surprised -- it seemed odd that about half the crowd seemed to take one, maybe two runs and then head home! There was plenty of fluff to go around and we left at what I thought was an early 2:30 after 5 loops.

A couple notes: an odd up track was put in right up the gut of the north side line...

4/6/15 10:56am

kamtron

There was good 2-6" of light powder above the smooth crust in the upper bowls above Rainy and Ann. It skied great!

4/6/15 10:53am

Chamois

We were skiing by 9:00 and I was expecting a bit of cluster on Naches but was pleasantly surprised -- it seemed odd that about half the crowd seemed to take one, maybe two runs and then head home! There was plenty of fluff to go around and we left at what I thought was an early 2:30 after 5 loops.

A couple notes: an odd up track was put in right up the gut of the north side line when there was a perfectly good one climbers left - never get that.

And the...

4/6/15 10:35am

kciari

Alpental Still Going Barely

Seriously awesome video! Really, really well done. I'm sorry it was so sunny - having to wear sun protection is the WORST! ;-)

4/6/15 10:07am

snakeman

Looks very good. Would have headed there if I though it would be that good. Were you able to drive to Windy Pass?

How was the snow to Lake Annette if you went that direction.

Thanks for the report.

4/6/15 10:06am

pMahoney

Alpental Still Going Barely

Looks like fun. Not sure about later in the Spring but Silver was killer this past Saturday...

4/6/15 9:30am

kamtron

April 4, 2015, Pineapple Pass

Excellent video and adventure! I especially enjoyed the shots of the climb and music you chose

4/6/15 9:23am

Jake the Brit

April 4, 2015, Eldorado

Gritty summit ridge pic!
We went out to the Cascade Pass yesterday (sunday) & found similar deep light powder improving with altitude in both quality & depth!

4/6/15 7:13am

Ted

We saw you guys on the way down while we were skinning up - you got a pretty early start. Skiing at the pass was excellent; skiing out through the trees not so much but still fun.

4/6/15 5:48am

Jake the Brit

Superb, all of it: The effort, the vid is 100% quality, 110% effort. I love the shot with the sundog as you ski past the blue ice.
...and the icing on the cake: you were robbed by the gate-guy!
Rock on.

4/6/15 5:44am

Marcus

Thanks for the TR - awesome outfit. Glad nothing serious happened with the breakage, yikes!

4/6/15 5:26am

Mofro

author=the_flying_v link=topic=34040.msg140531#msg140531 date=1428216741]

I was one of the lone ones up there Friday and lost my grey neck gaiter somewhere on the ridge of the N bowl. Anyone grab it?

Shoot- I grabbed it off the top of the ridge, but then left it by the Stop sign in the parking lot.

4/6/15 5:01am

brownc9

https://youtu.be/6z9Cg46Nktw?t=3m51s

Should have sent it full throttle anyways. One of my favorite "ski movies"

4/6/15 4:39am

ryanl

Nice tele turn

4/6/15 4:17am

Norseman

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4/6/15 3:45am

skykilo

It was a 1st generation Plum Guide and one wing of one toe made a clean break, no way to salvage it, had to ski 2,000 vf with some steep bits on one ski. I remember seeing a report of something like this on TGR years ago when the bindings were first released and perhaps newer versions have been modified. Will likely post a picture of the binding later. Glad not to have lost the ski; it still has plenty of life remaining!

4/6/15 3:23am

Boot

I figured the sarcasm Brian; was just checking ;). Pretty sure Kyle did too, but never misses a chance to expound the virtues of an appropriate set skin track. ;D Wished the runs had been longer, but twas a fun day!
Boot

4/6/15 3:04am

Floater

April 4, 2015, Pineapple Pass

Fun Day we were able to somehow avoid the areas where everyone was set on skiing and still get decent pow and nice long runs. However the goods will not be there for long. Great Chinook Pass opening.

4/6/15 2:12am

PS44

Excellent - thank you for the update. Not sure Source Lake/Pineapple Pass environs will fill in more this spring but this sounds promising.

In any case it looks like you had a nice start of the Easter weekend.

4/6/15 2:12am

AndyMartin

April 1-2, 2015, Rainier, Mazama and Cowlitz POWDER!

Keep the reports coming Amar - they are always first rate and educational as well.
Thanks!

4/6/15 2:07am

Amar Andalkar

author=skykilo link=topic=34045.msg140538#msg140538 date=1428251028]
I had a scary binding failure after the little chute. Glad it didn't happen in a more importune place!

Glad to see that you're still ski mountaineering down there, Sky. What kind of binding and what failed? Any pics?

4/6/15 1:42am

lrudholm