AJScott

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Ended up going up to Prusik's W. ridge and had a pretty good time. There is still quite a bit of snow on route, but should be melted out soon with the high temps as of late. Then went to work on my dads foundation in Dryden. Still looking for climbing partners in the area over there...please pm me if you live around there and have flexible hours for climbing!

thanks for the response. I figured the conditions would be as such. There is so much to do up there, I think we will just wing it and see what happens! Thanks...AJScott

I am looking to head up to Colchuck lake this Wensday as the weather looks to be clearing up. I realize fresh snow has fallen this week. Has any one got any info on what to expect on this route after snow fall? Should it be avoided? I would imagine all the rock will be wet as the new snow melts out. thanks

do you have any pictures from the climbs?

I have to withdraw my comments on edgeworks...I was in there last night and they only charge 7 for a day pass now. AND they were actually playing a REALLY good mix of music last night, I was suprised. They also have done a great job setting routes.

This last weekend we started work on the foundation for a home I will be building in Dryden. I am looking for partners that live around the area to go climbing with. I spent the afternoon on saturday at Mad boulders, and sunday at Mountain home Road bouldering. Not really into bouldering all that much...looking for someone to show me some of the mountain routes. I can see Temple etc... from the jobsite so I gotta go up there soon. Hit me up with a pm, we are pouring concrete friday morning, I will be free friday afternoon and all of saturday.

ohh man...you two sure know how to take advantage of 1 day!!! What a F'n marathon. good job, again

The Trinities are exactly what I was looking for....thanks a lot. Perfect for solo wandering. Maybe I will post a pic or two when I get back...

I am heading to California in may for 2 weeks to ski Shasta. The group I am going down with is going to a graduation and to hang out with family, so I will be down there for a week+ on my own. Looking for somewhere I can be dropped off with my pack to go exploring. I havent looked into it much yet, is there a range with a good amount of easy scrambling around there? Thanks for any info...

Valhallas? The Loki spire? Geri-Freki Glacier? I have never been there, but looks like some photos I have seen from a friend who has been in there...

http://edgeworks-climbing.com/cgi/edgeworks.pl?section=rates 62 bucks a month not including tax. I cant afford to drop 500 bucks on an annual membership- I am dirtbag y0. Plus we dont have to listen to that tekno-trance B.S. You cant drink beer at edgeworks. We have free yogart and weights too

My roomate and I built a boulder cave in our garage with left over concrete forms from a foundation I made this summer, the leftover concrete creates a nice texture and appearance. The framing is from old decks that we have replaced. 70$ a month for Edgeworks? I think thats a little steep for the dirtbags. Now we just need some cheap holds...anyone??

I just checked out the page, not much gear but some good nutrition info.

I passed through the Catwalk on the 23rd and 24th of last month. I wouldnt have minded a rope to be honest with you. I think the picture explains the conditions of the catwalk pretty well. Our tracks may have helped compact it down a bit...but it was scary with skis in one hand, poles in the other and a big pack on your back! And if you plan to continue traveling the PCT for a while...be prepared for similiar trail conditions as soon as you leave the Ridge Lakes. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=9740&size=big&sort=1&cat=503 AJScott

Thats not a bad idea keeping it pressurized. Oil is the key with the O ring. I have never owned a MSR stove, but have owned two Peak1's, the older one had a leather seal on the pump which required a dab-o-oil regardless of how it was maintained. I like my peak1's, I know they are heavy but I really like them for cold weather, and for their simmering ablities. Anyone else like the Peak1, or are they just too heavy for most? I have never been a fan of the MSR stoves, but I do own a really light canister stove that I use for the warm weather.

Boy what a depressing winter. My friends and I were up there on the 15th and 16th of Jan, and it looks like there was more snow when we were up there! I put two photos in the gallery for comparison. Looks like you guys had a good time up there, I love that little range...I want get back up there and do some exploring around some of the smaller peaks to the south. Lots of interesting little peaks composed of some pretty neat rock. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5600

looking for someone around Tacoma to go skiing with this weekend. I want to go up to MRNP, but if you have anything better to do I am always down. pm' me or call my celly@ 2536778921 Aaron

how did you descend? looks like a good day to be on a ridge, was the visibility like that all day?

I am 6'6'' and 185, I got a 21.4 BMI from that webpage. Length is Strength I like my wieght right now, but would like to be at 190, I need more upper body strength for the brown route at the climbing gym.

Looking for a partner around the tacoma area. I want to head to MRNP to do some touring. I am pretty new to skiing, so I cant ski anything to crazy, just looking for some mellow turns, possibly trying to bag a peak if the weather looks good. I have all the bc gear, and knowledge, looking for the same in a partner. Please PM asap or call 253-677-8921-Aaron

I bit the bullet this last spring and quit snowboarding to get on a AT setup. Snowboards are toys and skis are tools. Whatever you decide, dont waste your time snowboarding if you plan on riding anywhere with out a lift to bring you back up. and splitboards suck

Climb: Ruth - Date of Climb: 11/21/2004 Trip Report: Tried to ski Ruth mountain on sunday, but the weather did not hold. I wanted to post to let people know that there is some carnage on the hannegan pass road, and to share some photos. We left saturday morning from Glacier, and were dropped off at 9 here: Here was some SERIOUS tree carnage like I have never seen. It looks like it was caused by a huge gust of wind shooting straight down into the forest. It wasnt like one big tree falling over, and pushing several trees over, this was just a massive circle of trees that had been blown over in different directions. It was really odd, and worth driving up to check out if you live close by. I wish I had taken more photos. Anyways, it added an extra 1.5 miles for us to the trail head, we were able to put on our skis and skin for about half of the distance. Then we made it to the trail head and were excited to finally get going. We had plans to sleep somewhere up high to get some good views, but we werent planning on the road being out, so it took a lot of work to get up to the saddle on Ruth, up from Hannegan Pass. Clouds started rolling in and it looked pretty bleak. We had just enough light to set up the tent and get situated. During the night the clouds cleared, and we looked like we had a good shot for the next day. We woke to clear skies, but there was some gnarly weather ah' brewin' to the west and it was headed our way. We got going as fast as we could, heading up the ridge that leads to the large schrunds near the top. The winds really started to pick up, and the visibilty starting going down. We had a dog with us, and no ropes...so we decided to play it safe, with a full on white out slowly dropping on us. We tried to ski back to camp, which was entertaining, as the three of us are snowboarders, Jake on a split board, that was too frozen to get back in to board mode. Adam on three pin straight ski's. And me on my new AT setup (now an ex-snowboarder.) We broke down camp and found out how fun it is to try and ski with big packs on, during a brief section of 45 degree slope we managed to break jakes binding on his split board. And Adam broke his ski right behind his heel, as well as shattering both of his ski poles into 7 pieces. We were able to rig up Jakes board, and get outta there, the white out continued to chase us down hill, and the weather got really warm out, causing a few concerns for avy's, but we made it out o.k.

Yes, because the amount of posts on CascadeClimbers.com directly correlates to your ability to climb Mountains.

here is the line april 7th of 2004.