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anyone???? Preferably a route that has a decent ski/board descent.

It's not as convenient but you can store stuff in my shed in Bend.

Well put Timmy, that was truly an epic adventure. I was so shocked by the size/magnitude of that avy debris I was thrown for a loop. But I would admit that I'll be there again, maybe not this season due to that debris in Milk Creek but I need to climb that thing again. Glad the old dudes made it out alright. The whole reason we we're going to Jeff was to avoid the whole helicopter/crazy scene(Mt Hood)and to ski/ride some great lines. The skiing was either crusty or sloppy. Now that I think about it the 5.7 dirt move was my favorite part. Shred it was great mixing it up with you, hope to do some more trips with you in the future. Timmy you

I looked for ya Timmy, you must of been going to fast for me. I traversed NW until my legs fell off. I can't believe how good it was.

Hey Layton, Jlag here. I just e-mailed Nick to see if he wants to hook up this Sat at Smith. Sounds like he's going to be there all weekend for work/school stuff. I can climb early Sat but need to be back if the arms of my beautiful wife by 4 pm. Let me know, you guys can stay at my place in Bend if you don't want to camp. If so be prepared to drink lots of PBR.

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The program for writing a TR automatically put in 4/20/04 and wouldn't let me change it. I went in on sunday the 18th of April. Something tells me it's the website boys playing a little 4/20 trick on us.

Climb: N. Sister-Thayer/SE arm Date of Climb: 4/20/2004 Trip Report: Parked 1 mile from Pole Creek TH, hiked in and approached Thayer glacier. 3+ hours from car to base of N. Sister. Firm snow changed to powder at about 7000 feet. Started up the THayer face and ran into wind loaded slope and whiteout conditions. Bailed left onto the SE ridge. The powder was never deep enough to hinder progress, actually good step-kicking. Started up the ridge and the white-out came full-on. Attempted to wait it out but the fungi started to kick in a bit stronger than anticipated. Strapped on the board and rode the same slope down. Yes, avi conditions weren't great but not super dangerous. Great powder turns all the way down through Soap Creek drainage. Powder turned to corn and I rode flat trees(snow was still very fast) all the way to the Green Lakes/Chamber Lks junction. Great day, never saw another person until I got back to Sisters. All of the routes looked in, hard to judge with all the new powder. Last week I saw a small berg forming on the far left of THayer face, it was completely filled in yesterday. Put in a great tractor trailer skin track(split board) for all you skiers. Wide enough to drive a car on. Great day, awesome powder turns in april! Gear Notes: split board ice axe fungi Approach Notes: I parked right before mile marker 10 cuz I drive a Subaru. Wood-cutters are driving all over the place putting in deep tracks. I'd say any 4x4 can make it to the trailhead pretty easily. There's like two deep spots right before the 10 mile marker and then it's mellow after that. There were tracks all the way to the TH, I just didn't want get stuck, again. The beginning of the trail is patchy, but it turns to all snow by the Wilderness boundary. I hiked in(very fast firm snow) and skinned out. About 6+ hours round trip. I hope this helps anyone out, I'm not much of a trip reporter but I like to share any knowledge that will help y'all get up there.

Pole creek approach, I'm not sure about which route, really depends on conditions. The Thayer is still good, but it sluffs all the time in warm conditions. Pretty small sluffs though. Everything could be different, it just snowed a foot in the Sisters/Bachelor. I'm still thinking about going in on Sat. let me know skyclimb.

True, true. I gotta give props to ropegun Timmy for hauling my ass back to get my car. I can't believe he still climbs with me considering my decision making lately. How's Vail Timmy? Didn't sound like you were going bouldering so I never called ya with info. I'm thinking about going back in to N. Sister this weekend, weather permitting. Wanna go?

There's a little over a mile left still covered with snow. Good clearance vehicle and early morning conditions will get you really close. It's melting out really fast but now we have weather coming in, most likely will rain that low and melt it all out. I imagine you'll be able to drive to the trailhead in a couple of weeks. Be careful not to get in there to far and then try to drive out late in the day. Believe me I learned the hard way.(no clearance vehicle) Thank goodness for the local yocal to pick me up 8 miles in and hook me up with Icehouse and mexi-schwag. Dude gave me ride to my house in Bend! SkyClimb, when are we gonna climb in the Sisters? N. Sister or maybe N. face of South? I don't care if your in a mountaineering club. PM me.

Anybody have any beta on the top-out on Early Morning C. on North Sister? I was in there this weekend and the top looks a bit exposed. Climb High states that it's easiest to skirt around the right side and go to the Bowling Alley. Just wondering if anybody who's done it could pass on some knowledge. Only 1-2 miles left to melt out on the road, if ya got clearance and 4X4. Thanks.

The fire burned less than 20% of the actual park. I personally know most of the rangers there and they never supported the golf course resort. What Smith Rock is to you is not the same to everyone else. I rarely climb around other people there and go to places that have erosion control. Get a clue before you spray.

The area below Go Dog Go USED to have native and natural grasses growing below it. I agree the Gabians(rock filled retainers) are ugly and don't help the issue but erosion is the #1 problem at Smith right now. I don't know how the park could close that area but leave others open. I've talked with DAve about rotating closures through the park to help re-vegetate the worst areas but he knows all the climbers(especially from out-of-town) will throw a fit. THey did this with Red Wall a few years back and it worked great. The point is Go Dog GO is not a permanent closure, it'll open up when some 5.8 climbers volunteer to help out with the labor. Putting a fence up there is much harder than you would imagine.

About the same amount of single ladies here. The key is to import. It's not impossible, The Grove is your best bet.

Both of those routes on the W.side of the Mudpile are 10a. Pretty fun but kind of junky rock, I don't even know if cleaning would really help. Can't remember the names, they're in the red addendum. Nice work on Delerium, one of the best cracks on Tuft at Smith.

I know people access the PCT year round on both sides of the highway there. I just don't know how far they plow towards Big Lake. It's easier to access the ridge from starting on the PCT I think, the directions from Big Lake are confusing and there's a bunch of turns. Are you thinking about skinning in? Not telling me on purpose? My feelings are hurt. I track down your climbing shoes at the gym and this is the treatment I get. I'll remember that bro. Today was awesome up there, crazy wind but the snow was really good. This weekend?

Hey Smokeshow, I can help ya out with any info you need. I've lived in Bend for about 7 years now and have paid my dues with housing/jobs. Yeah, the WEstside is a "cooler" place to live but expect higher rent and more traffic. You can easily get a cheaper place on the eastside and drive an extra 5 minutes to the mountain. YOu can go through housing management but supply has grown beyond demand for housing, lot's of places for rent through private owners. Buying a place and renting it out has been the trend for out-of-towners the last couple of years and now rent has leveled off. The house next door to us(Westside mo fo)is 2 bd 1 bath for $750/month. Super nice house,great location. PM me if you need anymore info. Take care.

good to hear that someone else enjoys the energy of death metal. Cannibal Corpse kicks ass! I would love to see them live, it's got to be a pretty intense show. My hat is off to you.

Today young gun Tim Crawford turns 27!!! Hopefully he's enjoying his day riding the summit at Bachey. Because he's gonna get punished tonight with quality tequila, at STARZ.

Not even close. That's an assisted one-arm pull-up. Try doing one with just one arm and you'll see the difference.

I'm looking out the window and it's covered now. Won't last long cuz it's already warming up but it probably snowed 3 inches at Smith today. Wazzu, sorry I missed ya, riding fat powder up at Bachy all weekend.

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Looks like the weather will be good by friday/Sat. Partly to mostly sunny with mid temps. Perfect for climbing knobs. Axe the cheap hotel, Redmond has some cheap rooms but there ghetto. I live here and I'd rather camp at the Grasslands.

Jlag's wife isn't down with JLag going climbing on Valentines Day. She's really cool, but not that cool. I would love to meet up with you fools Sunday morning if the weather isn't too bad. Timmy should go,he's got Sunday off and has been cranking at InClimb like no other.