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Just downloaded it for my iPhone 6. Nice - simple and accurate where I'm current located. Will try it out on a nearby peak on the weekend and provide some more feedback.
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Good stuff Matis. I'd be interested in an app like that for my iPhone 6. Please make sure it can be set to report in metric and imperial.
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Mark was a very nice guy. I'll remember him as strong, sure footed and quick to share a laugh or whatever he had in his pack. He'll be missed by many.
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Great photos and TR. Route looks very different than when we climbed it last July with wet/heavy slides sweeps the approach and the chimneys.
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Fantastic pics. I love skiing Baker.
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Fantastic TR. Thanks.
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Trip: Mt. Olympus - Hoh River approach
Date: 8/10/2014
Trip Report:
Myself and a group of friends from Vancouver Island summited Mt. Olympus last weekend. This was my second attempt. The first was 4 years ago in early May. Had to turn around at the lateral moraine above Blue Glacier due to poor conditions. This time around the conditions couldn't have been better.
We caught the 6 am Coho Ferry from Victoria and made it to the trail-head by noon. Instead of a marathon single push to Glacier Meadows like my 2010 trip, we hiked into 9 mile camp day 1 and then completed the final 8 mile approach to Glacier Meadows Saturday.
Sunday morning we left camp at 2:30 am under a full moon. Travel across the Blue Glacier, up onto the Snow Dome, through Crystal Pass and onto the summit by 9 am was straight-forward. Seems to me we were back to camp by noon or so and hiked back out to 9 mile camp later that afternoon and then out to the trail-head Monday morning.
Coho Ferry ride to Pt. Angles
Our "wee" group
Lateral moraine overlooking the Blue Glacier
Beautiful sunrise for us as we were cresting the Snowdome Sunday morning
The Autobahn rte was clearly out so we opted for the somewhat indirect, but pleasant Crystal Pass variation
Climbing the summit block was very straight-forward. Definitely a classic 5.4. I used a single nut and a 2" cam for protection along with a 60 m rope.
Belaying the group up
Here's a short 360 from the summit (some day I'll remember to hold my iPhone sideway for better/wider angle view)
60 m rope was perfect for rappel off
Gear Notes:
As little as possible.
- Very small alpine rack.
- 60 m 8.2 mm Petzl Dragonfly
- Ice screw & picket
Approach Notes:
Hoh River approach.
Maintaining happy feet is a key success factor for this one and so wore sneakers for the entire approach.
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Great TR. I was atop Mt. Olympus last Sunday and was wondering about alternate rtes to the long plod up the Hoh.
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Are these sold? Pm'd you.
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Thanks. Helpful TR given plans for the same route in couple of weekends.
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Sweet! Thanks for that. Great way to start my morning.
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So I just got my first cilogear pack (and as a broke college student this was a huge purchase) and I'm super stoked about it.
What are some creative ways of using the straps either on the pack or otherwise? I'm sure there has to be something that I can't think of.
-JM
Good for you JM. I've got a the 60l and 40l Ciolgear packs and I'm pleased with both of them. I also appreciated the great service Graham gave me a few years ago when I needed a new lid. He shipped one to me with no hassle or charge. Check out their YouTube videos - lots of good stuff there re: how to use your new pack.
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Sweet. Thanks Dane.
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Dane, only your first picture works. Am going to be up there week of Feb 10 and would like to climb this classic. Are your photos posted elsewhere I can look at them (like somewhere on your website)?
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Great trip report and video Mark. The stuff of my dreams.
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Nice. So, with 50 people at the trailhead does that mean the washout on Forest Rd. #39 has been repaired or did everyone do the plod or cycle approach?
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Nice. Looks like a rather pleasant outing compared to our climb via this rte early this year in June.
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Wow. Nice TR. Great read.
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Steep snow climb. Rapped off the top on a t-slotted picket then down climbed the rest. Could have down climbed entire part but we were getting tired and had a long way to go.
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This much snow at the end of the road/gate...
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Garmin 60 CSx handheld for GPS track - unloaded onto Garmin MapSource on the PC - viewed track in Google Earth - saved screen shot to desktop as jpeg.
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Trip: Mt. Shuksan - Fisher Chimneys
Date: 6/1/2013
Trip Report:
Had successful summit attempt of Shuksan via Fisher Chimneys. Booted in to ridge above Lake Ann afternoon of Friday May 31 in 2 1/2 hrs and set up camp.
Left camp at 3 am Saturday morning June 1. No freeze to speak of at ~ 5,000' camp so progress was slow but tolerable in ankle deep snow. Topped out on the snow covered chimneys by ~ 10:30 am in overcast conditions. Some brief periods of light snow/wind topping out on Winnies' Slide. Rounded the corner on Hell's Highway in thick cloud/white out conditions. Felt our way forward along the Sulfide Glacier to the base of the summit pyramid and met a group of Chilean skiers who had ascended via another route and were waiting until the clouds parted for a shot at the summit. On queue, the clouds parted enough and up we went on steep snow playing leap frog with the Chilean's who had ditched their skis. Tagged the summit at 2 pm or so, buried a picket in a T-slot and rapped off then down climbed to base.
Descent from there was uneventful until the chimneys which had softened considerably to the point where most steps would trigger big wet/heavy surface releases. We managed to find a few rock horns along left side of the trade route and rapped most of the steep/unstable sections (at one point had thought about crossing the chimney to a line of small trees and rapping down along that line until we saw one large slide sweep the area). The traverse back to camp from base of chimneys was, well, unpleasant. Snow had become deeply isothermic/unstable loon shit so we beat it across as quick as we could muster. Back at camp at 9 pm and glad to have made the summit and safely return in those conditions.
Gear Notes:
Alpine rack, 4 pickets, 3 ice screws.
Avy gear.
Pair of ice tools.
60 m rope.
Approach Notes:
Approach via Lake Ann trail head.
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I wouldn't plan on the Glacier Creek Rd being fixed before the end of the summer, if then. It is a sizable washout and, as I understand it, the FS has no money to fix it...
This is basically what the ranger told me when I called. They also said the slide is still active and needs to stabilize before they can properly assess damage and hatch a repair plan.
We're planning to head over and climb Shuksan as a Plan B. but for those fixated on Baker you can still pedal the 8 mile approach to Coleman trailhead. Alternatively, you can always climb via the Railroad Grade and Easton Glacier - a straight forward route.
Altimeter app
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Hey Matis, I've been testing out your app for a few days now on my iPhone 6 The bug, and it's an irritating one, is that after a few moments the background picture fades to a white background making the elevation numbers very hard to read. I've tried it with the cell on and off with no apparent difference. Can't find any setting function to resolve either.