mounthay

maybe if I grew up nordic skiing....but i didn't. I've owned dynafits for about a year and have used them on everything from rainier ascents and descents to bc laps here and in the rockies. they have treated me well. their still in one piece. But I do feel like i'm limited in their performance sometimes. In my opinion, there are situations in which I want to destroy them. Too many laps in heavier snow leave them caked up with ice and they need tending to. In the rockies, I've had no problems because the snow is lighter and thus doesn't seem to accumulate under the toepiece. Lightness is the plus, but don't take chances with that toepiece...latched to your leg those skis will tear your shit up in cartwheeling crash. the toe piece will not hold you in in any kind of twisting fall. Cliffs are out too, the pressure placed on the tail of the ski could potentially break the toepiece i think. Thus, there are things I won't ski because of the binding I wear in the backcountry. reports from friends in jackson say they are dropping 80 footers (probably like 50) on the fritchi freeride soo...if that's what your into.

that is what i was wondering. How was this guy moving for four days and never really get anywhere. He dropped down behind denny mt and then made it over one ridge in four days that close to the freeway? The newspaper arts have the absolute minimum amount of info for your everyday dummy who doesn't give a shit. great example of media disinfo. and probably flat out fabrication of some events. I believe something was going on in lost skiers head, but I'm not sure it was all pure survivalist instinct. Maybe something else...

did cherry ice on Sat and immediately regretted not bringing up the second rope. Walk off not great though it felt good topping out of that gully into dry air. Depending on how safe you want to be it could be rather time consuming relative to the rappel. Climb itself was very wet on lead. Req'd 10-13cm pro. Rambles left on sun took bigger pro than CI but was getting wet. Was super first thing in morning, dripping water from the steeper stuff in the afternoon.

thanks. I may have heard about that, but was unclear of details.

No more snowplow from Mazama to Silver star creek (last 7 miles)in the North Cascades. Does anybody know when this happened? Anyway, that place has no place for winter ski tours anymore, unless that is it you want to turn traditionally one-day affairs into two+.

Experienced backcountry skier new to seattle area. Looking for ski touring and ski mtneering partners for regular morning visits to the hills. By regular I just mean often, weekly, daily, etc...whatever. Mounthay.