iain

wouldn't that be shithouse figureskating? those instructions would have them doing a pirouette or some shit like that.

but on chosspiles like hood, a frickin garden hose can erode away a nice steep line I would guess

Mountains are almost always a complex of various rock types with different levels of hardness and strike/dip, which would seem to make the glacial action, while a considerable force, less relevant when producing steep routes.

Mt. Bachelor ski resort is on n. face of bachelor. That makes its patrons X-TReme (and timm@y too) [ 11-13-2002, 12:31 PM: Message edited by: iain ]

projecthex is weird enough to carry a magic marker into the can with him

well does heavy glaciation make a route tough?

well Bronc. said all n. face routes in n. hemisphere are tough, and suggested all s. face routes in s. hemisphere might be tough so I made the stupid joke that Chimborazo, on the equator, would be easy from all sides. Kindof hard to compare different mountain ranges this way anyways, comparing volcanics to large terranes like the alps or himalaya. Ages, composition, and even aspect vary.

one COULD make the e-norm-us stretch that over the course of millions of years, the difference in solar energy absorbtion on the south side of a mountain could lead to increased erosion, faster glacial ablation, etc which could make a south side route different, but not necessarily harder.

so by that rationale all routes on Chimborazo are walk-ups.

but you could entertain yourself by blowing on the gauge to see how low of an altitude you can record. this would be a great parlor game

what the hell is that? an artist's rendition of robotron 2014?

Warm port on a winter Three Sisters trip goes a looong way.

Sure will. It's often hard to find people willing to suffer a bit on less technical endurance stuff like that. Ryland maybe we could get your Denali team out there too, that'll certainly give you guys some CV training

quote: Originally posted by rbw1966: Hmmm. . .I seem to recall talking to someone who did it in a long weekend during the winter but I very well may be mistaken. I'm sure there are plenty of folks out there who can do this. I would just not want to count on being back so soon in Winter out there.

didn't think about heading in from Dutchman's. Suppose that could be a better choice? I'll probably be giving this a shot sometime this year.

That's a tough prospect in winter. You'd have to park back a ways on Pole Creek road and ski in to Pole Creek TH. The road is 10 miles but I don't know how far you can get up the thing in winter. It was at least a 3 mile approach to the TH in March. To head up the easy route on N. sister you'd have to almost circumnavigate the mountain via the se ridge, pick off the Middle Sister, ski the South ridge, and head up the N. ridge of South, then hump it back to Pole Creek. I'd probably want 3 days for that? really depends on Wx and new snow. (edited the time) [ 11-13-2002, 04:48 PM: Message edited by: iain ]

this a strange topic...

Would seem like any of the OR cascades would do, or maybe you were not interested in stuff nearby... Mount Jefferson: West Rib / Milk Creek Gully Mount Hood: Cathedral Ridge / Cooper Spur / Sunshine Could pull these off in a tiring weekend...

yeah that one guy SUCKED! some of those ranchers have it down...get in a few runs after some morning ranching. life is good!

speaking of eastern oregon, there was a killer oregon field guide on opb the other night on skiing in the wallowas followed by a videography of smith rock.

only place I've seen it.

Yes, the only problem with that beer is that there isn't enough around.

how on earth did this get revived?

nice one imorris, you are so funny sometimes.