TeleRoss

Anyone want to get out and climb tomorrow? I know, I know, it's only Vantage, but at least it might be dry.... ph. 206-819-1537 if you want to get out. Ross

its always in

I don't really like the skiing or the climbing, what I really like is slogging up roads and through the forest in the middle of the night.

This route would be a super fun rock/steep loose bouldery sand with a little snow mixed in climb in the summer.

we're going to ski all of your lines

It's probably in good condition right now, depending on how much snow falls this week loose snow might be a bit of an issue. I might also be up there on Sunday morning.

head on in there and let us know how it goes.

we were in the area last weekend and climbing conditions were stellar. Firm snow and ice. Approach was fairly quick on skis up the Carbon Glacier. Wouldn't have needed snowshoes last weekend but with snow in the forecast for this week snowshoes might be a good idea...or skis, of course.

Nice work guys!

All I know is that it is 70 degrees and sunny in J-Tree!!! nice work

Skin track on the road Crazy snow monsters

Cascade River Road is driveable past M.P. 18. There is a TON of snow up there....wow.

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Yeah Furher Finger is a good route. A fun alternative to starting at Paradise is to start at the Van Trump Park trail head.

Anybody going to be heading up to vancouver for this? I'm going to go. Probably will stay the night in Vancouver Thursday night....party party party, if anyone wants to go.

I've got a sweet pair of Atomic TM EX 191cm skis mounted with Hammerheads.

That rock step to gain the third couloir is spicy when it's bare. We did kindof a little drytooling traverse type thing up in there when we climbed it two years ago. It would be cool to see that step covered....although for other reasons.

Coming right off the pass was like skiing with someone hosing you in the face with a sand blaster....felt great.

Sky and I skied up to Assblaster Pass on Sunday. Heavy amounts of snow all the way from the Stuart Lake TH. Conditions on the lower trail consisted of variable crusts to deep unconsolided snow making for arduous trail breaking. The north face of Dragontail is looking sweet as well as the TC's. we skied up to Assmblaster Pass in increasing heavy winds. At and above the pass the wind was blowing so hard it was difficult to not get blown over. Gusts were probably 100+mph and combined with all the blowing snow visibility was very difficult at times. We had hoped to ski off Dragontail but decided just to ski from Asgaard pass. There is a ton of snow up there. Most of it above the lake is severely wind affected and in areas there are unstable windslabs.

....and lots of it

A friend and I are heading down to J-Tree for the first week or so of February. Anyone else thinking of heading down and want to share the ride? Ross

I'm probably going to be heading into the Colchuck Lake area Saturday night, so by Sunday morning sometime there will be a skin track in there...but only probably

No mt baker is closed during the winter