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Crossing the North Fork of Bridge Creek is going to be spicy this early in the season, especially with the precip forecast for later this week. For the rope, if you're carrying over and descending to Park Creek, you can get away with a single 60m for raps, that's the way we went. There were just two 25m raps in the SW Coulior. If you're descending via Storm King col, I'm not sure, it sounds like a PITA to me.

I alway thought those big tri-cams were heavier than a comparable cam. I'm curious why you guys took one instead of the recommend #4? Great story by the way, glad your buddy didn't get hurt worse. Pulling off a torso sized block would be terrifying. We've all had some "so this is how it ends" moments over the years. Nobody needs that. Also interesting how much snow you guys encountered, I would've thought it would be gone with the heat this spring.

HI Turtlefarmer: I know you and your friend mean well but anyone with information on the accident should provide it to the authorities, not directly to an individual requesting it on the inter webs. Sorry for your loss.

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Looks like a nice day trip! I'm curious out of the four of you, who has the most ski descents of Baker?

That's pretty cool, what a bad ass!

My advice is to come out and be prepared to camp at Muir (assuming you're planning to attempt the Disappointment Cleaver Route) waiting for a weather window. Looking at Erik's link to the MRNP climbing webpage, the guide services have established the boot pack on that route so you're good to go if you get a solid forecast.

Photos work for me, great looking tour!

Amazing story of recovery and resilience Josh. You're an inspiring guy for sure.

Your mom's in a faction.

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He sure is getting popular in Montana: Montana Supreme Court to hear Krakauer case at MSU http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/crime/montana-supreme-court-to-hear-krakauer-case-at-msu/article_20fb46c8-2f01-507f-83c8-f43cf7e6f662.html Makes me wonder who decided to hold the hearing at the arch rival MSU campus instead of in Missoula. Deserved or not, Krakauer is not well liked in either town due to the prior Mortensen (Three Cups of Tea) debacle that he instigated a few years ago. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out. Here's the first comment on the article:

Nice save!

How many trees need to be removed from the road to ED?

The traverse to Eldorado is commonly done as a ski tour in early season, probably due to the glaciers being pretty broken later in the summer. Here's a recent TR: http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=36253.from1460395852#new I may be wrong, but my perception is that the traverse from Forbidden to Eldorado is a long ways. Have you guys considered doing the N. Face on Buckner? It's a pleasant steep snow climb in a great setting that you probably wouldn't see many other folks and relatively close by. I personally haven't done Boston Peak because of its reputation as the chossiest peak in the area.

Whats up Eric, lots of folks skin up to the top of the Palmer lift, some skin to the top of the Hogsback, it depends on the conditions at the time and your ability. Definitely do take your boards, very much reduces the suck of walking down, even if the skiing isn't "enjoyable". In April 2014 I had good snow on the upper mountain, mashed potatoes mid mountain down to the bottom of the Hogsback, frozen suncups from there down to the groomed run so it can vary quite a bit. I don't know that many folks rope up for the Southside route this time of year, do they? It seemed pretty benign when I was there but I was by myself so I didn't really think too much about roping up. Read up on your snow travel skills, chapter 13 (in the 6th ed) of Freedom of the Hills contains a lot of good info on ropes/snow/mountains. There's a bunch of factors to consider when deciding to rope up or not. Anticipate crowds and goofy stuff going on. Obviously if the weather turns or the masses are hindering progress, get on down the mountain quickly.

I heard Theodore Cruz rides snow blades but his are made in the USA!

Good question, I'd be glad for an improvement over my current system of two webbing leashes. I have some old spectra slings that I've considered cutting and tying into new leashes just to reduce the bulk.

Probably just because Luke is a snowboarder, it's discrimination!

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That's pretty cool, I've probably looked at that lump a million times and wondered if there were any good routes on it.

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Is fat biking like a chubby guy riding a bike? I could probably squeeze my "winter" gut into a medium but I don't think that's what you're going for. How much do you pay per day for the middle aged winter gut modeling? I can do spread sheets as well as fast paced walking.

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