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Indian Henry's in the early morning. On the rock cliffs at Deep Lake, Eastern Washington at night with thunder and lightening storms on the horizon. The Ohanepecosh River on a sunny day at medium flow. Goat Rocks in the Middle of Winter.

I think it would be more interesting to stick to the prominent mountains. I remember having an extra day in the Ross lake area and juggled the idea of Mount Prophet. I later read somewhere here of a group climbing it. Ignored mountains like this one are examples of what interests me most.

How about the same question as I initially asked but focusing on the Cascades. I remember climbing The Citadel and finding a log that showed only 50 names or so in the last 30 years. Mineral Mountain, near Mt Shuksan, is another. I can't imagine many people climbing that (if you have, I wouldn't mind comparing notes).

What do you think the least summited mountains in Washington are? I'm thinking it has to be some peaks in the Olympics. It may also be interesting to add a photo of the mountain. I once met a old man (mid 70's) on the top of this tiny choss pile in the middle of nowhere (alpine lakes area). He told me that he'd climbed every other choss pile in the area and throughout washington (I tested him. Fury? Yep. Prussik? Yep. Chair. Challenger. You get the point).

Prevention is the key to feeling well at altitude. Drink a lot of water and eat a lot of food when you feel good and pace yourself.

Plan on hitting the Ruth Glacier a bit earlier and you should be fine. The nature of this glacier changes drastically as the spring and summer progresses. As of this past weekend there was no open crevasses, but there was a decent amount of road. Wait another month or more and then head up there.

Bummer. I had one from the late benman that I always got a kick out of.

I appreciate you for clarifying. I meant interesting, not cool. You make a good point that did occur to me while watching the show. And no matter who they are, other's dying, does bother me.

I watched it by accident. It seemed like a cool story. Too bad stone phillips and whoever the other dude was were the ones who had to interview and host. They should've just let the story speak for itself rather than 'add the jaws music' type crap to make it appear that way. Oh well. I did see touching the void and that was good.

Mount Rainier is wayyy condition dependant, but all else being equal, if you come during spring the finger is always a good route. Axe, rope, a picket, scews depending on your comfort level. The descent is on 35 to 45 degree terrain. Come prepared to downclimb the route or descend another.

Between 40 and 55 degrees. The couloir is the steeper route while the face maybe maxes out at 50 near the top. Both routes are somewhere around 2k top to bottom. Great stuff! I'm wayyy jealous, but who knows, this weekend is starting to look better, maybe I'll be less jealous monday.

I was wondering what you guys were going to do this week. Nice work. I always wanted to ski that north face couloir, but we never got back there again. Again, congrats. At least it wasn't another slog with 10 turns, eh? You have to head out with sky and I to get those...

The CD is fine. The easton gets pretty broken up but could be fine depending on your comfort level. Since you are asking the question, I would say climb the CD. This route gives you a good feel of the mountain in general, though the boulder park cleaver and others are much more aesthetic climbs and ski descents. Baker via the CD is skiable year around so you can try more than once if you have to. Also, since you haven't been there, the CD offers a good cow path to the top...

Great discussion. Please continue.

Rock on. I can't wait to get back to the stuart range to do some skiing myself. Thanks for the TR and pics. I'm curious though, what is the peak in the background of your first photo?...

Their value to me is more for the climb than the ski. My only peeve with them is that they do break easy, just like any other extendable pole. I've heard that there are supports that you can put in them but have never seen. Otherwise they rock for steep snow climbing and I find that they offer comfort. A whippet combined with an axe is always nice too.

I skied this route several years ago and definately found it worth skiing. There is no approach and it's a great climb. Watch out for avi danger and you should have a blast. We climbed up through the trees just next to the couloir when we skied it and found it safer.

Here you are. http://cascadecrusades.org/NorthCascades/KlawattiEldorado/KlawattiEldorado.htm A great trip in an awesome place. I'm glad you enjoyed it ...

Sweet! Our journey wasn't much better yesterday . I love schwacking.

For some reason, I keep thinking about beavis and butthead talking about 's' ratings. I thought I'd bring that up. Ha. We are all beavis and butthead's talking about skiing. So, here's another morsle to feed our disease. My spin: I agree with sky that the rating system is good given ideal conditions. I believe I've heard McClean say this in the past. He went further to say that knowing a route is S5 here you can be somewhat certain that you can tackle an S5 route elsewhere...

Wow, that must've been some flood to wash out the Downey creek bridge (if that's the case). I've kayaked downey creek a few times and have seen it at several different levels. You should be able to cross it on logs. If not, at the end of a trip like that, I can't imagine getting a bit wet would hurt. Here is a picture taken from the bridge during one of those trips

I received the same from a snowmobiler who said, "HEY why don't you GO and park in your OWN parking lot!" Unlike you I didn't move. Not that I mind if they have their own parking lot, but the attitude that spewed off this individual pissed me off. That does bother me. I don't have much to back this up, but I've noticed that snowmobilers seem to have a common dislike for skiers/climbers. I did not like the atmosphere in that parking lot and will not be back anytime soon.

As long as you keep your eyes open you'll be able to climb FC's in great conditions in early spring. You may have to go to the base once or twice and walk away. If you have skis then you could just ski the local BC which is very exceptional. A weekend cannot be wasted if you don't make the top of that route. As for the Price, I'll have to agree, we were less than a minute from getting wiped out on that route as clouds lifted and the sun came out in full force. Otherwise, my philosophy has always been, "Make the choice when I get there." A smart climber levies that decision when things feel wrong. Good luck and give us a TR when you get back...

Thanks for the post. Somehow his face looks familar from a few years back on a mountaintop. I'm sure he's up there right now...

Ha, ha. You know it! Maybe that overweight part has some truth to it...