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Thanks in advance- Looking to get some experience on snow and take a basic climbing / mountaineering course. Don't really know anyone who has take either basic course at BOEALPS or WAC and wanted to see if anyone had any experience in the classes or with the groups in general? Is one class or group better regarded? Thank you!

Great work @Otto! I appreciate your service to this access. We used it to good effect this past year on Bullen!

Looks like the register we placed on Pioneer in 2003 has taken a beating. Machining it from a big piece of Aluminum was a mistake. Poly would have saved some weight and resisted lightning.

There is a new subtraction from the road at the same recent cave-in (2020 just above the new parking lot. This winter a cave-in removed about half of the remaining road at this spot. A barrier has appeared within sight of the parking lot. I doubt if many people will want to drive around this one. Otherwise, the Squire Creek road to Trail #654 is in unchanged condition. I rode my bicycle up there yesterday, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. I found only two logs which will require a return trip with the axe. I removed many branches and rotten logs. As always, the principle is to remove anything that would require a bicyclist to dismount. It was my first training day of the New Year, so glad to get out and stretch. The new barrier, just above the parking lot: After: Before: After, with the big alder waiting for the axe: Before:

Looking for a couple more

I'm on the hunt for a set of Black Diamond C3 cams. I absolutely love mine but they are getting old and need to be replaced. Let me know what ya got!

This picture. Feels like it should be the in a Tin-tin like comic that features our heroes the professor and his refined but surly friend. Can any of you illustrate? I can write.

There is so little good rock out there, and even the stuff that is really isn’t that great. I’ve seen a couple rock outcrops in my travels but likely nothing really with it. I’ve heard tales of crappy rock for the desperate, like past lake crescent, not sure exactly sure but I think you might see something from the road

That's some great looking lemonade for this ski season!

I'm not sure the geology over there should give you that much optimism. But, lucky for you, I'm often a curmudgeon.

Tired of climbing Tyler peak and Cushman crags? Elwha walls are great but maybe something not so sandy? Bummed that the climbing at Chimicum is dead and gone? Well the time to find new Olympic crags is now, I’m looking for tall walls easy access and at least decent rock quality to breathe some new sport/trad life here on the peninsula. I’ve scoured the Olympics guidebook produced by Olympic Mountain Rescue, but that resource is outdated. Are there other obscure resources? Are there secret bolted routes that we can bring to light? Do you know of a honey-hole just waiting to be developed? Please give me anything and everything you’ve got and let’s get high (on the walls) this summer.

Looks like great conditions! Feels wrong to enjoy it while knowing it's not supposed to be like this but it is what it is. Thanks for the TR, will definitely try to make it up this year!

@Josh Lewis!!! Glad that the new camera could prompt you to come back into the fray. I hope you are well! Post up a TR of what you have been up to these days!

Gorgeous gallery and well composed! The Artisan is indeed in.

The first Jason Hummel photo (posted in March) has some good looking ice in it. Anybody have any knowledge or history if it's been attempted?

Nice looking work!

Nice! Certainly the right conditions for that!

I was hired as American editor for Mountain (UK) in 1991. I wrote a ton for Mountain and it's successor Mountain Review. I need to dig them out and see what I have. Cheers, Cam Burns

Trip: Black Spider on Wy'east - Arachnophobia Trip Date: 01/31/2026 Trip Report: Climbed Arachnophobia the other day. Good ice, a little brittle first thing. Snow is very icy which makes for some tiring front pointing. Not as sun baked as it might appear. Five long pitches does it. L side of schrund went easily. Thanks to G for being a great partner, and Kyle and Matt for going up the route first so I didn't need to leave the family just to have a look-see. Pictures... Luckily sunrise had some cloud cover. Starting up the ice-looking bits, after some snow-looking bits that were still icy Snow-looking icy bits on P2 Starting up P2 Leading P3 Looking down P3 Coming up to the final belay at a rock anchor Descending S Side Hoping we get some snow this winter. But while we wait the sticks are quite good. If you need more beta, please feel free to DM me. -Sam Gear Notes: Single rock rack (small cams and nuts useful, nothing bigger than 0.5), pins, 10 screws Approach Notes: S Side and traverse over White River and around.

Some backpacks and sleeping bags I've done in the past couple years. Have also built an ice screw roll, bike bags, and more. Great rainy day activity for the gearheads among us. Also including a quilt extension commission that I just finished up. Open to small projects and have reasonable prices

I may have known Jiri years ago from the Mountaineers. If this is the same guy, I remember him as being super strong and full of Stoke.

Thank you @mtngrl. I never climbed with Jiri but he certainly seemed like someone I would have enjoyed getting out with. I am very sorry for your loss and I hope that you can find some comfort in the memories of the numerous adventures you were able to share with him.

And we are going to get a huge ridge next week so get yer tools sharpened folks!

DAMN, we need that TR!!