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Didn't take the skin track that was set b/c it looked like it went over below nash from the bottom. Found one at the top of the chair but left it at the top of the cat track. As for conditions, yesterday a few friends went up and found freezing rain and breakable curst. They said it wasn’t very enjoyable.

Climb: Alpental area- Date of Climb: 11/14/2006 Trip Report: I did a tour of the top of Alpental today. In my opinion there is more of a base above 4K ft than this time last year. Ended up skiing my skin track down due to low visibility but it was still a great ski. Stability is also very good. Around 4100ft there appears to be an ice layer about 8” down but seems do be bonding well. There is another one 6” further down which I will be concerned with due to the warm temps tomorow. I think it will be an interesting week to come. So check stability as you go and be safe. Gear Notes: Standard stuff

Climb: Chinook Pass- Date of Climb: 11/11/2006 Trip Report: A few of us toured around Chinook Pass today. Hit it before they close the road. It was fairly deep light powder. I did hit a few rocks but coverage is great. Saw at least a dozen others up there enjoying the powder.

For beginners I wouldn't recommend the Quark. They are the best if you are a confident climber, but if your strike if just a few degrees off they seem to deflect off the ice. I haven't had the chance to try the vipers so I can't comment on them. I found the BD shrike to be the best all purpose tool I have used. They are not very aggressive but great for beginners and mixed

Looks like a great boot. Don't know if I would like to do a huge tour w/them. They seem very stiff after trying them on but I'll bet they ski very well. Are not Dynafit compatible but can be used in alpine bindings which is a +

Is that some kind of question or are you just being an ass hole?

Found on Infinite Bliss. PM me w/marking tape color(s) and address and I will mail it to you.

I dropped a sling w/2 BD wire-gate ovals off the improbable traverse yesterday. If you find don't use. They fell a long way.

On Sunday June 25th Adam, Aaron, Steve, Jesse and I skied the Winthrop Glacier from Camp Sherman. We attempted it two weeks prior and were forced to turn around at 13,000 ft due to very poor visibility and moderate snowfall on day that started out without a cloud in the sky. We were able to skin up much of the route. We had to take our skis off to gain the ridge on the Winthrop (about 550ft) and again for the last 1000 feet or so. I was hoping to skin the entire way but booting up sometimes just makes more since. We placed 8 wonds on the way up to mark hazards and any change in direction for out decent. I was very thankful for having those 2 weeks ago when we descended in very limited visibility. On our way down 3 turns in, Aaron broke through very small crevasse and his ski popped off and it fell in. The first thing that went through in my mind was “I think he’s good enough to make it down with one.” I was relived to see him pull it out of there after climbing back up and reaching in. The rest of the ski down was mostly uneventful but it was getting quite warm the lower we got. A huge scrac broke loose a few hundred feet below us just as we were getting to the most technically challenging portion of the route. I went first and cut the slope that set off some small slides that drained into a crevasse then skied to a safe spot. Steve went next and skied past me and set off a fairly large slab that ran into the flats. The last 3 made it down without any problem. We then skied through a fairly low angle crevasse field and down to Sherman. We packed up and skied the inter glacier as far as we could before hiking back to the car. In all it was a great day. Lots of climbers and skiers up there but none on our route which made it even more enjoyable. Aaron posted his TR and some pictures including one of the route on TAY if anyone is interested.

A few cars got broken in to at the far side parking lot tonight between 5pm and 8pm. Jet a heads up.

Climb: Silver Star-Ski Descent Date of Climb: 5/3/2006 Trip Report: I wasn’t going to do a trip report for this since we saw a few other tracks in the area and I figured someone else would do it. Anyway, it’s been almost a week so here you go. Drew, Kendall, and I left the car at about 7:30 in the morning from the pullout. A group of 2 and one guy alone were ahead of us. We put our skis and crampons on once we crossed the street and started up. After about an hour of staying high and left of the creek we were able to see our objective. From here it’s very strait forward. Just follow the creek until it gets steep and find a place to cross. Trend to the right to avoid the very steep slopes until you can make a long traverse to get under the furthest shoot. starting up We found it very icy most of the way and had to take our skis off for a short time due to icing of our skins. The other group and the guy alone boot-packed the last 800ft. The view was great at the top of the saddle. The ski down was so fun I only took 2 pictures. We followed our track down. We looked at the shoot to skiers left but it was so steep we couldn’t see the slope and it was still in the shade and was probably still rock hard. Back at the car by 1:30. Gear Notes: Standard touring gear w/crampons, rope and harness unused.

Great job! I have climbed the route you took. The NW ramp (I assume you took down) is much wider than it looks from the road. Just getting there from the summit is the hard part. Again great job!

Here's some pics for those that can't open a PDF. For the full trip report see Martin's site.

Climb: McClellan Butte-East Face Date of Climb: 3/15/2006 Trip Report: Martin called me Sunday night looking for a partner to ski McClellan Butte early Monday morning. I looking forward to a day of rest after skiing the Slot on Snoqualmie and Mt Catharine that day however I agreed to go. He wrote up a trip report so I won’t write one of my own. Here is a link. www.proguiding.com/PDFs/McClellan.pdf There are more pictures in the photo gallery on this site if you’re interested.

Were you the guys we met in @ the parking lot? The phantom was crusty. We stayed in the trees. I fell about 20Ft at the waterfall (being stupid) before I could catch an edge. I won’t try that again.

Climb: Snoqualmie-slot Date of Climb: 3/12/2006 Trip Report: Adam and I decided to do the slot today. We started out at 6am and skinned up from lot 1 @ Alpental. A ski/boot track was established most of the way. I had never done this line before but it seemed very tame. I guess the conditions were very good. We rappelled the first 10M to check the stability and found it very stable. We got back to the car at around 9:45. We found no ice on the ski and I do recommend it if you haven’t done it before. ]

Climb: Snoqualmie Mt- Date of Climb: 3/2/2006 Trip Report: Did an interesting tour of Snoqualmie Mt. yesterday w/Aaron and Adam. We left the Alpental Parking lot at 6:30 AM in mixed snow/rain. At 3500 ft it turned to heavy snow. When we got to the South side of the mountain strong winds picked up and the snow turned to ice. We decided to tour up the bowl on the SE side of the mountain to stay out of the wind. 20 minutes later, the clouds were gone and the wind had stopped. We toured up to a saddle and spotted a great line that took us to the flat spot between Cave and Snoqualmie. We put our skins back on and toured up about 1000ft and traversed over to the phantom. By this time it was quite warm and the snow was very heavy. Back at the car by 11:15.

After Thursday’s snow event I was able to ski Kiddie Falls on Friday. There was only about 3 meters of exposed ice. I feel there too snow for this climb for the rest of the year. Have fun out here!

Yea, it should be. I was suprised to see that myself when he showed up with that setup. Adam, with the Dynastar skis just likes the abuse.

Glad the weather cooperated somewhat for you guys. I was going to post some of the pictures I took. Do you mind if I just stick them here?

Nice job. Wish we would have stayed after we saw you guys on our way down. We were a little concerned the weather might be changing when we turned around at about 6900ft. What was the weather the rest of the day?

I know it's lame to have Minx post for me but I was unable to use a computer after my buddy bailed on me today. PM if interested.

I have some weekdays off and can use a partner. Let me know what days work for you.

Last minute post. I'll be there @ the sno park @ 9:30am FR-73 off hwy 410. Ski line looks good. hope to see you there Dave

I think Minx is looking for a new cat.