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Here you can see snowmobile tracks almost up to 8500 ft on S. Sister. http://oregonstate.edu/~rothi/S.%20Sister/IMG_1442.jpg This photo shows my buddy hiking in several snowmobile tracks on the moraine plateau on S. Sister. http://oregonstate.edu/~rothi/S.%20Sister/IMG_1435.jpg Isnt that nice of them. Fuckers!

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/573729/an/0/page/0#573729 wathc out for the weather this weekend!

Climb: South Sister -South side Date of Climb: 5/14/2006 Trip Report: I went up with 2 other OSU fellas from Mountain Club and did the trip as an overnight. We had tried it the year before as a single day but decided that the 23 mile hike in and out was too much for one day. After carrying overnight gear in, I'm not so sure there is a "right" way to do it. Basically on the slog to devils lake TH we didnt need snowshoes, but they were nice to have for traction on the hike up once we were off the road. Camped at Moraine Lk. There were two guys who beat us to the top who overnighted and didnt bring snowshoes(they postholed 6-8 in. during the hottest part of the day). During morning and night there is a good hard layer to walk on, crampons were nice but I don't think they were necessary. The snow was soft enough at 10:00a to kick steps in snowboard boots all the way to the summit without crampons.(I had them but my friends didnt bother) We lugged boards to the top for the ride down and that was the silver lining on this springtime slog. The ride down was incredible! Perfect slope angle made it all fun, no hard parts. The slog back sucked, it is just too long. There is no way to do this hike without despising the last 6 miles! Gear Notes: Ice axe for possible falls, crampons(optional), snowboard, didn't bring enuff fuel for melting snow(major dehydration on the way out) Approach Notes: the road frmo bachelor is steep enough to ride about 1/3 of it as long as it isnt to slushy (leave early). For the hike up we just bushwacked straight from the SE end of the meadow to moraine lk. (creek crossings!). Summit climb was mellow, but god dammit some snowmobilers had been up there up to the false summit. FUCKERS!

Aww, no mention of Churning in this http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/114766175011160.xml&coll=7

redefining "cracker" daily

Thanks for making sure it is done right Greg! PM sent.

Condolences... Learn what you can from the accident and stay safe. Remember our fallen ones.

The Eiger Sanction was a good one.

while doing research for a class, I found a research paper that had a study where beavers were put in wooden cages, strapped into parachutes and tossed out over remote wetlands. Upon landing, they just chew themselves out. This was done to reintroduce beaver into old ranges. That tidbit made the class worth-it.

A friend cleaned a long highball in The Garden and I was "testing it out" after he told me about it and "accidentally" sent it. It's not my fault! He shouldn't have made it sound so good! Felt kinda bad after because it was the first route he'd cleaned that was actually worth climbing.

ninjas, vikings; no problem for Steven Segal

Honestly man! Consider your audience here! Do they look cultured to you?

I change my vote to agree with Griz!

Somebody call the Waaaaaahmbulance

If youare going by Moab, there is Wall Street(sandstone cracks), and The Ice Cream Parlor on Cane(Kane?) Creek Road which has some easier single pitch sport and crack, as well as an incredible 25m splitter layback .11c that is topropeable

Which one will it be? You can't have both.

One of the strangest, and yet most endearing things I have ever seen in the northwest is the Ski St Helens In A Dress For Mother's Day event. I'm glad it will be up and running again.

I love that a simple photo of a climb can spur such a discussion. Ethics are always a fun topic! I <3 CC.com

anyone notice that all the routes are four star? WTF! it can't all be that good. Sounds like someone who didnt know what they were doing developed this crag.

Thought: I wonder if the "other instructor" was Alan? And yea, I've seen the DVD they produced and it was rather helpful in teaching me the right stuff.

heh, we totally tried to steal your AMGA instructor's campsite! it was the british guy I think. We showed up after dark and didnt see anything in their campsite so we started to move in and then they showed up. The brit was cool but the other instructor was a dick.

New spring project!

Simple, yet refined.

just figured I'd put some closure to this thread. JTree was Awesome! I was initially unimpressed by some 5.6 sport the first day but then we got onto the Hemmingway wall, Colorado Crack, The Gem, Thin wall, and some 5.6 and a 5.8 in the Belle CG. I have to go back! The place was crowded though (spring break I guess). Two thumbs up.

can it go negative yet?