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DFA, you're slipping. Your post is not in the 3rd Person.

MisterMo: Indeed. I was unaware of this one on Stuart. It is in the old brown Beckey and is mentioned in a variation for the W. Ridge (p. 307): "Variation: North Side of Lower Ridge: From north side of Stuart Pass or from lower west ridge before its N.W. face traverse and climb scree N.W., then into the large gully at the head of the rock glacier." It must be the talusy slope with the snow aprons in this photo:

This is the south side of Ptarmigan Peak: There is no rock glacier there and I would find it highly unusual to find a rock glacier on a south-facing slope--especially in the Pasayten where glacier ice is hard to come by. The south slope is rolly polly tundra-like land (heather and rock and dirt, etc..). However, there may well be a rock glacier on the north side. I don't remember reading of one being there. Here's the largest glacier in the central Pasayten (east side of Mt. Lago). Not much, is it? And this was taken in 1998. No telling what shell of this is left now: Or maybe the one below Lago's North Face:

Except, of course, that a regular glacier can't become a rock glacier at some future date from recession or whatever. A rock glacier forms in its own special way (see CBS's post above).

Nice nice nice! We had a good look at that behemoth of a mountain yesterday from Mt. Ann. The summit pyramid was all white (no dark rock exposed). I'll post a photograph of it when I get the film back. It was definitely looking good-to-go yesterday. Heh heh, you might initiate a mass stampede to the peak this weekend.

Having been out yesterday I can't attest to this completely. Get it while you can.

I'm not sure where the rock glacier is on Star Peak but there are a couple of candidate locations (brown dotted areas on the map). This photo hints at what it would look like (bottom-right): There is also a rock glacier below the macroscian North Face of Mt. Bigelow nearby to Star Peak. It doesn't look like much but you can tell where it is (the forested prow cleaves it): There are some others in the Pasayten I believe, but I can't recall off-hand where they are. I could be mistaken, though.

My mother has a very long creeping vine plant thingy coming out of a pot and strung over the couch, wall pictures, etc.. The thing is about 30 feet long and has been "in the family" since the 70's. I think it's named in the will. It's name is Fred. BTW, Oly, don't you remember our discussion at Kurt's (or maybe that was Orianda): the Douglas-fir is not a true fir, so you're supposed to hyphenate it. I'll let it slide this time.

And the hottest selling item for fashion accessories is now little REI sticker patches to put over the North Face emblem while waiting at a busstop or walking down dark, deserted alleyways.

I called the powerhouse guys down thattaway a couple of weeks ago (425-783-5549) to inquire about closure of the (middle) gate. He said it should always be open, but you know how those guys lie. The left gate goes down to the dam. Maybe about 10 years ago it was open and I drove over the dam and on the road that cuts across the south side of Bald Mtn. I got stymied by inundated roadway at Williamson Creek. The road has been gated at the pass for a long time (certainly ever since 9/11). The middle road is usually always open, but then chucK and I had to bike the road once last March because the gate was closed. The right road is always gated. It leads to the Kromona Mine (head of Middle Fork of South Fork Sultan River). The road would be drivable but now you need a bike. It's about 4 miles to the end at the river crossing below the mine. Thanks for the conditions info, BWR.

I thought I'd see if anyone else (other than you) would call bullshit. It's actually Gardner Mountain and North Gardner on the left and Silver Star Mountain on the right. The river at right is Early Winters Creek. The view is roughly WSW from the vicinity of Fawn Peak (east of Mazama).

Why why why...did I open this thread???!!!

Well, you have to remember you're at heavy zoom, so that'll effect spatial bearings. From the Sahale perspective the MC Group would definitely be left of Sloan. Furthermore, the profile of Kyes is correct for that angle of viewing (about eight degrees east of due north). See here.

This is a view roughly north from somewhere around Tyee Ridge (possibly Signal Peak thereon). Duncan Hill and Gopher Mountain are at left; Cardinal Peak is at right. The river below is the Entiat. MisterMo: not sure exactly what C is but Painted Mountain is in that area. E is probably Kyes Peak. It's definitely the Monte Cristo Group. G is Mt. Bruseth (most likely).

Test for attachments. Edit: Okay, two things I noticed about attachments: 1. The pasted jpeg in the post now gets squished, causing loss of readability of text. This is lame. Why does an image get compressed now? Note that you can get around the compression problem by manually pasting the image the old way as I have done here. However, the compressed version still shows up at the bottom of the photo. 2. It isn't possible to have an attachment w/o having it also appear at the bottom of the post. It would be nice to have the option of pasting or not pasting it in the post.

One thing that had bugged me on a number of occasions is, when viewing others' gallery images and I've wanted to send one of them a PM, if I click on their name below the image it takes me to a stats page for that person, but does not provide a link to send a PM to them. This means I have to look elsewhere for that person's profile page. It would be nice if their profile page came up or at least a "Send a PM" link was supplied.

BWR: How much snow on the road at Olney Pass? Thanks.

Is that the fire that was going in Reynolds Creek in early September?

Ooo ooo ooo, can I play? Please? Please can I?... Photo looking NW from Gray Peak in the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness. Mt. Goode is the pointy thing at left-center. Logan is right of Goode but just left of center. Black Peak is just right of center. Mt. Gibbs (aka Bugger Mountain) is the dark horn at right-center. And Reynolds Peak is the big thing at far right. In the foreground is Pt. 7960+ and Tuckaway Lake.

...as long as you can't see that phallic thing through your bedroom window, Carolyn.

Okay, as I expected, their route is on the Northwest Face. Cauthorn should change his TR title while he still can. It would be a good short report entry for the NWMJ.

I *think* it said in the beginning of the book that Gary Snyder did peyote. So the poetry and the peyote went hand-in-hand with him. Snyder had a strong interest in Native American culture. The book has been pretty good so far. A lot of good North Cascades history (place names and characters).

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"You're a wanker" --me Edit: "You're both wankers" --me again

"Those that forget history are doomed to repeat it." -George Santayana Or "Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past, and is dead for the future." --Euripedes Nice try, Squiddicals. Or you must subscribe to Sting's song: "History...will teach us nothing."