tobytortorelli Posted May 29, 2001 Share Posted May 29, 2001 my girlfriend and i climbed sahale on sunday. skied from the summit rocks (8600') all the way down to 3400' at the road. snow was great. a little mushy on the arm itself, but firm from the glacier to the arm and from just above the pass downward. round trip took 6.5 hours. there's nothing like carving big turns in may on peaks like sahale! praises to sahale! T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowByrd Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 whats it like this time of year? what sort of gear would a person need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 No shite!! It's that time, I gotta get up there before it becomes inacessible, or a way long slog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 whats it like this time of year? what sort of gear would a person need? Â Crampons and an Ice axe would be my call. The summit is 4th/low low 5th and doesn't require a rope to be done pretty safely. The first time I was ever up there, a few augusts ago, there we guys skiing the glacier. Being able to go from just below the rocks all the way back to the car would rule! Â Â Although the snow level is now about 3K feet, so maybe it's be a post-holing mess. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 I'd be prepared for quite a bit of new snow. The Newhalem cam shows significant fresh up high... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 whats it like this time of year? what sort of gear would a person need? Â Some really old skis you don't give a shit about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timcb Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 You may (or may not) notice that the initial, resurrected post is dated may of 01. sorry to let the wind out of your sails. Â "No shite!"? . . . yes, shite. give it another couple months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowByrd Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 I noticed but didn't want to start a new thread.....this one seemed just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Crash Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 whats it like this time of year? what sort of gear would a person need? Â Skis, boots, poles. Skins if you don't like to boot up 5000' of vert. Ice ax for the final push, maybe crampons. Â drC - The helpful answer guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowByrd Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 whats it like this time of year? what sort of gear would a person need? Â Skis, boots, poles. Skins if you don't like to boot up 5000' of vert. Ice ax for the final push, maybe crampons. Â drC - The helpful answer guy Thanks Dear. See thread in Freshiez.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recycled Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I was up at Cascade Pass yesterday, 10/27/04. No snow on road to trailhead, scattered snow up to where the trail breaks out of the woods and traverses to the pass. I was hiking, but a skier was ahead of me and had switched to skis at the start of the short traverse. There was snow, at the pass and up the start of Sahale arm, but not enough for enjoyable skiing. Don't know what things were like further up the arm. Joberg and Mix-up were looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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