godskid5

can you make it a family thing? ive seen it happen with the guys quitting also, although not as often! spend some time climbing on your own, with the guys, but get a kids full body harness and spend some time out with the kid on the rock. let the wife know that when you go as a family, it will be more about spending time with her and the kid. eventually she will (hopefully) come around. took about 10 years for mine!!!! but now i have 3 girls ages 8,9, and 13, who love to climb. things change when you have kids, but they dont have to stop!! good luck. dave

had them say roads were impassable before, and made it up fine with chains, no actual gates. i was wondering if anyones actually gone up and looked, or if the info on the forest service site has kept all from trying, like me! (so far)

The forest service says it is not plowing the roads to the snow park for the rest of the season. I was wondering if anyone has been up lately, if it was passible at all. The snow levels have gone up, not sure if thats enough to melt the 7ft of snow thats is supposed to be at marble mountain though.

pm on jackets

What kind of skis are best for climbing? Are there more than one kind? I would like to try it out, but i have never skied (sp?) before, and am not even sure this would be a good idea with my lack of experience on skis. Do you use climbing boots, or do you have to wear ski boots? If you wear ski boots, can you climb in them when it gets to steep/technical to ski? Seems like this would be the way to go with long winter approaches, and could make coming down the mountain a little less painful. One more question, what kind of prices would I be looking at to buy a used setup? Thanks for you patience!! dave

both the marble mountain and cougar snow parks are closed du to too much snow. the road is closed at the junction with 90. too much snow for the plows. we're going to try again on the 13th. hopefully it will be ok, then to hood the first week of march. good luck next time eh

im coming into clackamas and then over to sw anyhow, so its ok. i can give you a call when im on my way. do you want me to come to your house, or would you rather meet somewhere? just need an address, and a number to call when im on my way. dave

ill take em, i can come down and pick em up on sunday morning. 10 bucks sounds good to me.

last time we tried, we couldn't get to the park. snow was too deep on the roads. good luck.

the snowmobilers arent a problem that i've noticed, except as you cross through the parking lot to get to the trail. then there are none from there up. there are avalanche warnings up right now, we'll see what conditions are going to be like this weekend though. you would have to go into cougar to get the permit. im hoping to go up sunday evening/monday morning. let me know what the conditions are like when you get back would ya? thanks, good luck dave

wow, thats pretty cool. thanks for the link.

looking for 2 pairs of crampons. strap on type, like grivel g10s, or equivalent. used, good shape.

great to see you guys are ok. nice report!

i don't think ive posted that before? good answers, works for me!

just wondering why beacon stuff always comes up in the oregon section?

pm

great!!!

great! sounds like decent weather this coming weekend too, so hopefully will be a good trip. couldnt even get to the snow park last time!

our prayers go out to all involved! anyone know who the climbers were?

has anyone been up on st helens recently? or planning on going up this week? we are planning on heading up next monday, looking for some first hand accounts of conditions on the mountain. road was closed for awhile, just opened back up. thanks dave

ive used the 8 without much problem

Im wanting to take the kids and wife sledding tomorow (1-1-08) and was wondering if anyone knew of any sledding hills near battle ground. by near, i mean closer than mt hood, or oldman pass area. are there any near mt st helens? without climbing onto the mountain itself? kids range from 8-13, so looking for something easy to get to, but exciting for the older one (and me of course!) thanks. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! dave

pm sent

dont stub your toe, or you'll be all over the news

went up to try st helens early monday (didnt even make it to the snow park, too much snow, and not plowed yet to marble mountain at 4am) and jacks was in a pile, and still smoldering. awful sight! waiting to hear the report on what happened. gonna miss the place.