Frikadeller

Weekends are key! I will splitboard with skiers any time (as long it's on the weekend.) us workin'stiffs need refuge too...

We all know what the last President drank...

According to the GPNF website, the roads are still closed by snow. But that has not been updated since Dec. so you never know, if you do go, let us know about the approach. I would go with you, but... I have to work. (Plus, AT skiers look lame when they are skinnin' up with us split knuckledraggers)

Ahh assholes... http://tpirfailure.ytmnd.com/

I think I saw you pulling that shovel maneuver that morning. You stopped in front of three split knuckle draggers, who told you to get skis. Skis are ten times more fun than the "shovel", not as cheap, but more fun. Trust me.

My fair share? Excuse me? If I wanted to just get rid of the stuff, I would have tossed it in the dumpster behind my apartment. I made the extra effort to get the stuff recycled properly, and I have to put up with a whole bunch of crap. So what you are sayin' is that because you where on a bike you should not have to pay like the rest of us? If you where in your car, would you still have refused to pay as well? I don't get why some people think that just because they are riding a bike, they are not to be held up to the same standards as the rest of us are. Like stopping at stops signs, and in your case, paying the dump fee.

Once I found a Black Butte Porter on the bottom of the Clackamas river on a tubing trip. I put in my cooler floatie. I later gave it to a douchebag kid that was bumming a beer. He drank it right in front of me. I don't think that he noticed that it was old, and from the bottom of the river, but hey, he was drunk anyways.

Well, are they going to talk about why they restrict access to BC users? Other than that, your event looks like a rock-nerd deal, which is not my focus in life... Maybe I can scrounge up the $10 to show up and ask the "important" questions.

Did they look like this?

When did you climb with mom? She has some sweet flourescent green Koflach boots. I wish they fit me, 'cause I would rock them any day of the week.

Trip: Mt. St. Helens - Dry humping loowit Date: 1/25/2009 Trip Report: Well, I was getting tired of Hood, and decided to take a little splitboarding trip up monitor ridge. My Partner in crime and I met up at my house, and commenced the hour drive from Portland to the Cougar sno-park. We avoided the Marble Mountain sno-park because I was under the impression from previous trips that there is a high quoteient sled neck activity there. We skinned up road 83 to the 830 road. The snow was really hard and icy. We where hoping that maybe it would lighten up higher up. Well we go up to Climbers Bivouac in no time flat, and the snow was still in shit mode. We headed off on the well marked and blazed Ptarmigan trail. This is where every thing got way worse. The snow was too hard to break a skin track, and was all bumpy and hard as a rock. Even through all this, we where determined to go higher, in the false hope that the snow would provide better turn up higher. We switched to boot packing once out of the tree line, and headed up monitor ridge. We where stopped at around 5500' because we where heading into whiteout conditions. The snow still sucked. My partner rode the styrofoam snow down the ridge, basically in survival mode. I stuck to walking down, since I do not enjoy side slipping all the way down a hill. Made the long and crappy walk out on the Ptarmigan trail until we go to the road. From there borading was marginal until we hit the groomed section back to the car. I should have known that the snow would have made for crappy skiing compared to what I saw last weekend on Hood, and with the freeze/thaw/freeze action from the temp inversion all week. It's gonna need a couple feet of snow to cover up all that hot mess the inversion left behind. I won't be back until there are some more freshiez. Gear Notes: Used the crampons and Ice axe on the ridge. Snowshoes might be more effecient than skis. Approach Notes: Long approach along the road. Dodge the slednecks.

So does this mean that I am going to see climbing rangers hiding behind obstacles trying to catch morons like me, who refuse to get a permit? I guess I'll find out tomorrow..

I have never had an issue with the patrollers at either Timberline nor Ski bowl. Usually, they are stoked to see someone on BC gear, and are helpful with directions and condition information. This was my first experience at Meadows, and I am not sure I want to go back if this is what it is like normally. I'll just stick to snowdome or St. Helens for my BC turns...

nah, i had to ration my one smoke on day 2 - been trying to minimize the suck... I see... I used to ration out the smokes. Now I just bring a pack. I don't care about the suck. Then this:

on the contrary, its put down a fine firm ice coating for climbing, and the approach and conditions on the n side at least are fantastic - we just need the wind to stop blowing and for it to cool off again and it'll be safe(er) no consolation here though - this just seems to be a freak occurence I dunno... At least when it starts snowing again, that "sweet" ice on the approach will turn into "avy nightmare"....Nothing like a layer of ice under a few other layers to apply some "lube".. Ya know?

Great video... Last time I got stuck in that kind of shit, I ran out of smokes. Looks like Ivan came prepared properly.

Bad news. Sorry to hear about it. While I did not know the people involved, it sends a small jolt through my heart because we all know and love that mountain so much, that we hate to hear news like this.

Is that the hangover picture? Or just a psychotic guy with a weird look?

No way, really? I always wondered what would happen if you ate the "do not eat packet" in those Mountain House meals...

I can never forget the dude that puked his mind as he came up to the Hogsback ridge on Mt Hood. I was watching this guy struggling up the hill, and I was thinkin' that this would be a great time to smoke a camel... Well, dude came within ten feet of where I was sitting, and the wind shifted, and he apparently got a whiff of that sweet Turkish and American blend, and that was enough for him to hurl the three power bars and half a liter of cytomax in his stomach... Strange. I have never seen some one react like that to the "Turkish and American" blend before... (BTW, some crazy lady told me that I should leave from the hogsback if I thought it was funny to smoke cigarettes at altitude!?!? Eff you lady!)

Not to worry, the sun did not change this demographic of snow. I tired and tried to gain an edge on that mess last Sunday... Freeze/thaw/freeze snow sux.... On the other hand, I dug a pit on saturday, on the clark canyon headwall, and it was smooth, with only a unstable layer near the top which was cemented in... Smooth turns coming down. Got harassed three different times on the up track by the ski patrol nazi's from Meadows.. Eff them. And they all where on AT gear.. Like you don't understand why we do this?

I watched the video again since you posted it...] Those are Spantiks. With G12 Newmatic crampons... But you're right, that's not what he climbed with.... Damn you La Sportiva, and your sponsorships!

If you watch that little gear video on the patagonia website, that guy House or something like that showcases his gear used on the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat. He was using Spantiks, and his crampons where Grivel G12. Dunno what size his boots where, but you should try those...They apparently fit his boots.

There are some blazes (blue diamonds) early on the trail from the Parking area. But from there, you should be able to see the cut of the trail in the trees, especially in the burn. Any of the old blazes that where are burnt away. Most likely you can just follow the skin track from all the other bozo's like my self that have been up there. Above the cabin, you should be able to just keep heading up hill until you break from from the trees. Stay away from heading too far south, because you will run into a very deep and steep polallie creek canyon. Once above the tree line everything else should be self evident. Bring a map and compass, and you'll find your way just fine.