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Yeah I just need to get a redirect reenabled there. I turned it off when troubleshooting after rebuilding everything

This is what I get at the root:

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/search-continues-missing-hikers-mount-rainiers-family-community-await-word/281-bb733be2-70f5-4391-b7ad-ef10defc8f52

A few more photos from a single-push on the Emmons I forgot about.

Roger that on the front page. Didn’t notice because the browser I was using handles it, but not all so I’ll fix it. it’s supposed to just redirect.

Dm me some examples and I’ll take a look!

Checked in today for the first time in a year or so. All my old bookmarks are 404 and the main page...needs a redirect or some content. Thank you for doing the largely thankless work to keep this place afloat. It's a piece of Cascades mountaineering history.

Hearing today that my partner Jiri Richter has died on Rainier. We didn't find many summits together, but it wasn't for lack of trying. He was the sort of strong, solid, quietly competent partner I sought and most enjoyed. Aside from mountaineering, Jiri was an accomplished paraglider, who had an affinity for launching from difficult spots, and once took off from Poo Poo Point in Issaquah and landed in Yakima. Thank you for the fun and laughs, Jiri.

Great write up and beautiful photos of Steve Barnett's favorite July ski tour! I've been meaning to do it but that southeast side of Table after a good snow spooks me. You hit it right in terms of timing. I was sitting on top of Hadley Peak in late July taking in that view (seen in your Chowder Ridge pic, but from the opposite view). Such dreamy ski touring terrain for an extended snow camping trip! In Barnett's 1987 book "The Best Ski Touring In America" (highly recommended!), he talks about the winter avalanche risk on that SE aspect of Table (hence his preferred time to do it is in summer), and how a party got caught in a storm on the way back and buried up to their necks by an avalanche off that side of Table. Instead of continuing to Artist Point, the party turned back and made an epic exit via Wells Creek drainage, stumbling over logs and through icy water and devils club thickets in freezing rain. Barnett wrote: "They spent the night keeping warm by wringing their clothes out". Type 2 fun. Even when you hit the Wells Creeks logging road it's still a looong slog back to Nooksack falls and the 542. Coming back via Chain Lakes and Herman saddle is less avalanche risk but that group probably hadn't done it before and the route finding through the trees and hillocks covered in snow can be circuitous. I believe Chowder Ridge is actually the ridge barely seen in shadow on the right skyline of the photo. The rounded ridge in front of it I believe is Dobbs Cleaver, draining into Bar Creek. It's wild terrain up there, so close yet feels so remote when you are back in there. The peaklet to the left of Hadley on the connecting ridge is Peak 7842 and continues up Bastille Ridge to the Cockscomb just north of Grant Peak. That view of the bowls of Wells Creek in your "coming back up over Table" photo look amazing! Ted Mueller wrote in his 1968 book "Northwest Ski Trails" (with great B&W photos from the Spring brothers): "These north-facing slopes are smooth and unbroken between 4800 feet and 6200 feet. The variety of runs is unlimited throughout this entire area." Rainier Burgdorfer wrote in his 1999 book "100 Classic Backcountry Ski and Snowboard routes" : "Whether or not you decide to reach Coleman Pinnacle, there are abundant possibilities for runs over 1,500 feet in length." Thank you for posting up!

Hopefully you got on it or plan to. Probably all time on the N side.

Hahaha yes fair enough well looks like it was worth dragging up for this occasion

LOL, are those golf gloves? (Apparently they work.)

Thanks! Those were shot with a Canon R6 MarkII with Canon RF 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200 f4 lenses 🤓 And no, this isn't a reasonable kit to drag around the mountains. I recommend an iPhone.

What did you use to take these photos by the way? They look really great.

Thanks for checking on the overboots!

2nd Ropedude found a home

Three weeks ago, when it was still winter:

SJake on the summit of Luna, taken from the false summit with a disposable camera in 2018. One of those perfect mornings in the alpine.

Speaking of what we want to preserve on this site....this thread is a great read. Here's to you Mr. Stoddard!

Historically, a solid gold thread. This is what we’re fighting to preserve, but also to continue. The free flowing exchange of ideas represented.

Good times! Long live cc.com!

COME ON TWARK! BE A MAN.

2026 and I come back this post and find inspiration! Thank You!

@Bronco @JasonG @Alpinfox Thank you all for the information. Obviously this is no simple route. If you have any more websites and sources of info whether it be weather, route updates, and especially reports. That would be greatly appreciated! Again thank you so much! Much more active than my pnw Facebook post. Best, James