Thrashador

Fortunately that's not my pooch. Mine picks her teeth with spiny fuxor's quills.

The Hotlum-Wintun glacier is a fine route imho. Far fewer folks than most other Shasta 'ski' routes. A few years ago there was a note at the trailhead that read, "If anyone finds a lone tele boot attached to a binding and ski please call so and so at such and such number." WTF we thought and then proceeded to have a good laugh imagining the possible scenarios. Turns out it was a Bay Area number. I relayed the tale to a buddy in SF who then read a post on The Well about someone who, on the same route, had indeed FOUND a lone tele boot attached to binding and ski. Turns out someone replied to the post saying that they had lost their boot still attached to binding and ski. Don't remember the specifics but the gist was that said skier's boot was kind of loose on the climb due to comfort issues. Half way up the skier took a fall, off came the loose boot and down went 1/2 of their decent rig for a long ass ride. They gave up trying to find their gear and had to walk out with a tele boot on one foot and a teva on the other. I'm not making this shit up!

Thanks for the replies y'all. Never made it to Picture Lake as the body of water idea was scrapped. Found what we were looking for near Cle Elum. Was the first shot posted a view from W. Seattle btw?

I love my country. This is just priceless. Enjoy: First, watch this: http://homepage.mac.com/howheels/rubpics/woowoo.wmv Then go here: http://lisupras.com/wooo.html Did you think you were losing your mind? With kind regards / Cordialement / Mit freundlichem Gruss

Prolly runneled like a mofo by now...

Ha, just goes to show what a GED can do for your vocabulary. Much prefer the 2nd pic: nature minus the ass crack. I will buy beers if I stop in Seattle. np. Prolly won't tho. Will be in Mazama/Twisp/Winthrop and then Pt. Angeles or the like.

Actually I was imagining something bucolic. I should have said that in my original post. I'm looking for a view of mountains, not just Rainier, with some body of water-preferably a lake or river-in the foreground. I'm going to be driving up the Methow, across Washington Pass, down along the west side and then to the Olympics in search of a location. Thanks again for any help.

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I'm searching for a location on the west side of Rainier and/or the N. Cascades that provides a view of the mountain with a body of water-either lake or river- in the foreground. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

What a trip. Thanks for the report. Cheers!

d00d i'd love ta. gracias fer the invite! we're coming down 2 night, finding a comfy roadside crash pad and plan to start at 4am or so. gots ta be back in pdx by 5pm fer werk.

tnx fer the heads up...

Guess I'll ride my bike then.

Oh my aching brain. Tasty brew! Great peeps. Thanks 2 all. Now if I can only remember where I left my bike last night...

Anyone know if there's available room yet to park a rig at the Devil's Lake campground for a S. Sis jaunt?

hi, send me an email(thrashador@homebrew.com) when you can...think I'm going to remain in these parts(pdx) wed. though I'm still very interested in doing some touring...any plans for next week???

Looking for local ski/tele touring partner(s?) to hit interesting routes with this week tues-thur out of Seattle. I know OR and sw WA mainly. Silver Star?

Our group ascended the north ridge and skied the east face from pole ck. friday morning. It was a scorcher and by 9:30 am the goods were nearly cooked. There's still plenty of snow and few holes open save for the baby schrund's at the foot of each face. A crow flies roughly 5.5 miles from pole ck. to the top. It's a solid day or you have lots of timberline snoozing options.

What a whinefest! The USFS is too easy a target. Pick on someone your own size. btw, there's lots of turns to be had in the Sisters. Less people too. Seek and ye shall find. Just don't rely on the government too much; it's a bad habit.

Why hoof when you can ski?

My dog won't stop howling!!! Too mucking fuch.

Belatedly...my vote goes with Sony. Two words: Zeiss glass.

ski Leuthold...