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Trip: wing ridge - Date: 12/2/2006 Trip Report: Drove over to wing ridge this last weekend. 6hours from p-town with icy roads out east. I've been out there four or five times over the last couple of years and every time blue skies and light snow. Coverage was a bit thin down low but north facing bowls and ridge flanks were in excellent shape with 1 ft of light snow. No wind, no crust only a light light dust. It was bouncy bouncy all the way down on every run. Camped out on the ridge. Skied till about 8:00 pm under natures answer to the question of night skiing and then woke up at dawn to ski some more. The whole time we were there we only saw one other group of enterprising skiers. They were having so much fun on thier first turns of the season it was great to watch. Great weekend pics to come. Gear Notes: winter camping and ski Approach Notes: a few hours

wow, leave no stone unturned

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supposed to be good weather might see you up there

what's magic gardens, never been there before

what's magic gardens, never been there before

I'm sipping a jubalale right now thinking yeah...are the beers cheap or am I going to have to wear loose fitting clothing with deep pockets?

why doesn;t my photo come up

Was up there on table mountain thinking to myself...I'm glad I'm not over there skiing those tracked out runs all day. The freshiez were in full effect. One run I had snow up to the knees After some morning clouds the afternoon cleared with amazing views of shuksan, baker, and the north cascades in all their glory.

was a t-line yesterday, lovely "cross country" conditions. Entertaining to see a bunch of snowboarding going up and down the same 100ft to launch off a kicker . Best powder I've skied at t-line. Not much steep out there though. Pretty good base, didn't hit a single rock.

the granite looks like something I saw on finger of fate, fgw's might be deliruim tremons

The highlites Sandy Glacier Headwall in perfect conditions 4 days of sweet weather doing the Forbidden Tour in April Bloody Fingers, Thing Slice and others in the CITY Finger of Fate-open book CNR of Stuart Liberty Crack North West Regular Route of Half Dome Serenity Crack Red Dihedral-Incredible Hulk Prusik in rain and snow A couple sweet tens at Trout Creek

if your ever interested about freezing level in check out skitiger.com. One stop info for the snowfall induced weather junkie. For actuall observations check the turns all year weather center. I like the sense of optimism farggo.

I was up there on satrday when the vis was good. You could see the whole north face ad things looked pretty scrappy. There are thion waterfalls down low but on the upper face it looks like patchy snow. I couldn't see anything continuous. The whole route would require a large degree of mixed climbing on mt. hood quality rock. If you want a pic email me at frankh793@aol.com. I tried to upload but the file is to big.

I went up to check on conditions saturday night and it looked really dry up there. I'll try to link some pics. I was totally stoked on doing the NF but that was before I saw the condition it was in.

I was up camping at 8500 on cooper spur. Saturday night started really calm but then the wind picked up. Didn't get much sleep but was sort of amused with the new sierra designs tent I purchased. The tent walls kept collasping and then fixing themselves. It was all fun and games till about 1:00 when the tent was actually picked up and started blowing down a snow slope with myself and my dog in it. It was fun trying to self arrest in a sleeping bag in a tent. Luckily one of the lines held and kept us from going down to far. The stakes and such were anchored with huge rocks so they didn't go anywhere it was actually the loops connecting the stakes and lines to the tent that ripped. Never seen anything like that before. So much for the new 4 season tent looks like I'll being returning that to rei. Unfortunately my pack was blown off the side of the mountain and never seen again so I had to pack all the gear into my sleeping mat and carry it like a sherpa. Really windy up there that night.

It sounds like a great time, climbing with some of the worlds best...in a gym!!! Why don't they do a clinic out at smith or other central oregon sweet spots...that one place with all the cracks? That would be cool.

I'd be interested in those 05 shuksans if available, I also got a pair of Garmont G-rides I'm trying to get rid of, they are a little bit to bif for my and I wear 10.5 street shoe. PM for info

can I take my noble hound up to the muir snowfield or will I get fined ?

Seemed like the guy was just sharing his good experience not any beta for the route or anything. No need to get all bent out of shape. Remember...we all enjoy climbing at beacon because of the good vibe and awesome routes. So let's not rap off trees, throw rocks down from the YW top out and have a good time since the weather is in our favor.

anybody out at the butte around 4?

I was climbing easy 10's at beacon and then I went to yosemite. 5.7 squeeze chimney still gives me nightmares. I think it's mostly technique/comfidence that makes new places seem harder then they actually are. That said Yosemite scared me...I can;t wait to go back.

Sounds good, look for me over a blackberry jam arond 5:30 I'll bring a gri-gri

All my partners bailed. Is it my belay style? I had at least one hand on the rope most of the time. Anybody want to get out tomorrow afternoon. Anytime after 4:00. Butte, Broughton, Beacon?

I was there in June and would like to go back. I'll send you a pm.