AJScott

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.

thank you

tried to skin up to muir saturday. Forgot the skins, bootpacked up to pebble in pretty poor conditions. turns were sick though. oh and some of

Wow, that would be a STOUT day to say the least

Down with filters, and I really hate the taste of Iodine. "Dont believe the hype!" Im going to die of infexti0nz

How many people here carry a filter? I have drank straight from da source my whole life. I carry a couple Iodine pills for the super gnar stagnet water. Seems like filters are useless weight. I believe it takes a week or so to come down with Giardia, so for most instances you can be out of the hills by the time the shit hits the fan. I have had Giardia once when I was younger...it aint that bad. What are some other parasites, etc... that can be contracted from drinking unfiltered water up high?

As someone who has worked for the Baker Ski Area, its not hard for me to see why the web page is half assed...Its just the way shit gets done up there....slowly, and half assed. Its how they like it I guess. Personally, it drove me nuts.

lamar makes boards for gart sports, big5 and such. They are junk in my opinion. But for someone who has never snowboarded, it will get them through there first season...and get them stoked when they finally get on a nice setup. A lot of board company's make pretty good snowboards now a days, you cant go wrong with burton, or never summer. Both have great warranties, never summer I believe has a 2 year warranty! Length all depends on riding style, for the Great EnDub get a tall board for chargin the cherry cherry gnar gnar bro braaahhhhhhh.

I decided on two 6000ft Edelweiss Stratos at 9 mil. That way I can link everypitch in washington, and only use one anchor. thank you all for the great advice!

Thanks mattp, thats the kind of info I was looking for. I could have researched this topic a hundred different ways, but it was a rainy weekend and I decided to try and give the forums here a shot figuring a lot of people would be bored and looking for something to do. thanks

I dont want to have to haul gear and jug lines unless neccessary, I would rather my partner and myself both climb the route. I havent done any ice climbing yet, but I am buying tools soon, so yes for rock, snow and ice. I want to climb alpine style, over any kind of terrain, and environment. I am young, I have a lot to learn...and a lot of gear to buy. Is there a certain rope company that people like more or less, and what diameter should I get? thanks for helping me narrow my question. Like I mentioned, I am young and have a lot to learn.

I believe they said they came up the East Buttress on South Early Winter Spire.

well, I guess i have learned that there is no perfect setup. I like nolse's style of linking up pitches, but I want to keep it light. I climb in the cascades and olympics, I want to do routes that are less frequented (perhaps more remote) so I want a light setup, that will support a team of two, with more flexibility than running one 60m. What is a safe diameter and reasonable length for weight?

I want to start climbing a lot more alpine routes next summer and want some advice on switching to climbing with two smaller diameter ropes for a party of two. The benefits seem obvious to me, and I want to make the move to this style of climbing. Any advice on what type of ropes, and tips for making this system work well would be appreciated. here's to a boring rainy weekend...

This last weekend at Wa pass I noticed a group who had about 6 of those mammut slings and wired gate biners, and as soon as I saw them I knew I would have to spend some money soon. It looks like a really light and effective setup for "wandering alpine routes."

hah, not many people are down with pootie. sada tay

I have worked at Mt. Baker Ski Area for the past three seasons, and its well worth the work, but not the money. For the most part, there are some cool people that work there. A lot of the jobs you can ride a good amount too. I worked in the parking lot, and I was out hiking the arm nearly everyday. Lots and Lots of steep terrain in bounds, and very close out of bounds. Plus nearly unlimited long distance tours. And I hate to be the one to break it to you, but no high speed quads here! The runs are short and the snow is always heavy, Utah is way kewler. No wait, Colorodo is the kewlest...

baker good