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  1. Trip: Triad - Kumquat Couloir

     

    The first one saw my dumb ass shivering in the woods of Marble Creek Cirque with Casey and Jason, maybe a mile and a half from Cascade River Road, realizing that it wasn't going to happen that way, then waiting by the creek until dawn. Priceless quote from a hopeless Hummel: "I think I'm getting the flu." Can we go home now?

     

    I lied, I wasn't sick (translation: I was a pussy). I just wanted to get the f@#% out of that valley. :sick:

     

    Way to kill it :rawk:

  2. Lava looked good in early may, before weather came in on me. Here are some pics while I was there to get you stoked! We had 8 miles or more of road when we were there. I'm sure you could get really close to killin creek now.

     

    Photos of lava, early may:

     

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    and a couple more just to get you excited.

     

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    you can see the lava in the background of this last picture.

  3. The coleman hw was a lot of fun. I would'a been really excited to ski inner c too. Ha. I had a picture of it up on my computer for weeks, but now I need to change it to something new. Maybe coleman hw? That thing was awesome, such a first class line.

  4. As a kayaker I have looked at this creek with kayaker eyes. There are a few big drops that looked like fun higher up and I think that there are unrunnable sections there too, but I do think that it is worth a look for sure (I said as much in a trip report I wrote: http://www.cascadecrusades.org/SkiMountaineering/logan/bandedglacier/bandedglacier2006/bandedglacier2006.htm ). I have definitely thought that it has the potential to be a so, so run in a scenic valley that is if there aren't too many log jams, they have been crazy this year. I did 15 this past weekend on the upper Dugeness!

  5. I wonder if concealed weapons weren't banned on campus how this would've ended. It seems to me that no matter how much you ban something, only the crazies and illegals will be the ones left with what's banned. That leaves the average joe pretty powerless when someone decides to go off the deep end, especially in a place where there are lots of people and only one guy has a gun. That's a lot of power over everyone.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  6. Here's an update on conditions for stuart, teannaway approach. I was able to drive to within 3 miles of Beverely Creek and with a few carries, ski all the way back. Instead of going over Long's Pass, we used the Beverly Creek approach. I really liked it. Cascadian was in great condition and the summit has a lot of snow. Ulrich's was a great ski, all that I expected. We had one short carry, but I think we could've avoided it had we gone slightly more skier's right.

     

    What a beautiful day friday and saturday's clouds ended up keeping the snow firmer, which was good for sluff control.

  7. Bummer. I hope that this mentality of more regulation doesn't spread. Although, most non-climbing people I've met already feel that we climbers take undue risk. So maybe it is too late? The wilderness our forefathers saved will be passed on to 300lb overweight-bubble boys and girls.

     

    I can see it now :mistat:

  8. Edited to add humor photo...

     

    Alpine

    Camp in the southern pickets.

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    Scenic-

    Self Portrait of my reflection at Kool-Aid Lake, Ptarmigan Traverse.

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    Skiing-

    Spring skiing on Lava Ridge, Mount Adams.

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    Cragging-

    Climbing at Vantage.

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    Humor-

    My brother and his girlfriend stranded on a floating ice berg that they had jumped onto.

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  9. I would read this thread: http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=6150.0

     

    The road to the suiattle is washed out. You'd be adding 12 miles or so. Not a problem. I would just add time. I'm sure the trail is full of downed trees too. Again, just add time. As for beta, there is a lot of information if you search the web. This has been an avg year for snow.

     

    Good luck. I did it in august last year and it was a wonderful time :) Here is a link to that trip which will give you an idea of what it looks like that time of year and maybe some info: http://www.cascadecrusades.org/hiking/ptarmigantraverse/pt2006/pt2006.htm

  10. I tried to ski index. We were going for that cool couloir in the becky, seen in the above photo. It was cliffed out so we climbed and skied another, but not from the summit. We just went in cross country to that side of the mountain. It was a fun schwack, crappy skiing except for the couloir which dead ended on a ridge. The schwack was equally fun on the way out.

  11. Wow...those are amazing. What are you shooting with?

     

    Nikon d200 with a 28-105 lens, which is nothing special, but the camera is nice. CS2 to edit helps a lot also. The D80 has the same sensor and is a lot cheaper. It just doesn't have metal innards (better against weather).

     

    Thanks everyone, I'm glad you liked the photos.

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    Nice! How'd you take that pic? I need to learn how to do that :wazup:

     

    I haven't taken many night shots myself, but they aren't too difficult. On that shot I made a few mistakes. One was not blocking the camera from the wind, and another was leaving the focus on infinity.

     

    To take night shots, put the camera on a timer (or get a shutter release). Push the exposure out; this one had a 30-second exposure or so. Finally have a little tripod or set on a rock.

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