godskid5

The city of Battle Ground is Talking about putting up a rock wall in the city. This would be the time to call, write to the city for input. Let's do this while it is still in the planning stage. They put in a "world class" skate park a couple years ago, and are wanting to build off the success and popularity of that. Let's hope for a "world class" rock gym!!!! Let's get all of southwest washington in on this. We could stop traveling to pdx during the winter to use theirs!

i was looking at shuksan. looks like fun. any idea what the early spring conditions are like? ie; avalanche hazards etc.. the summit pyramid looks like it has a nice avalanche chute, that in dry weather would be the route!

it figures. what is a good close (withing 4 +/- hrs) climb, with glacier travel. looking for something comparable to mazama glacier. we have 3 people with climbing/rescue experience, and will have 1 possibly two noobs with us. would like to go somewhere other than hood, but if we cant find something else, we'll head up there. little harder to find stuff with all this snow.

People, especially kids, just don't use common sense. If a kid is acting that way, it's not too surprising. What sucks is that parents, by not stopping or punishing the kids, are condoning it. I have a hard time going to group events with my kids that are not church related for those reasons. Although, I have had problems with kids, and uncaring parents at those also. You wouldn't have to establish rules exactly, just post for a kids get together and state clearly what sirwoofalot said. If we had enough people, like those who are responding to this post, were to come, and one kid and parent were acting up, we could all confront them. ask them to take care of the problem or leave. although i guess it would be hard to make them leave if it was a public area. could always be a large indoor gym which have rules already in place?

mine all started around 6. they are now 8,9, 13. the oldest one says she loves it and tells all her friends about climbing, but when we go out shes not too into any more. the 9 year old loves to climb in the gym, but gets real nervous on rock. my 8 year old is usually pretty fearless. she was the only one to make it to the top of (or even try on this one) the 35 foot top rope we had set up at smith a few weeks back (all though, while being lowered off, she was the river way below, and started crying from the exposure, thought she was a lot higher than she actually was!). all the other kids stuck to the 20 footer, and were pretty nervous on that one. ill keep encouraging them. if they want to keep climbing, great. if not, i may be able to deal with it? bug, i agree. other kids around definately help. mine seem to like to show off then, making it less fearful for them!

has anyone attempted to get close to mt adams yet? any idea when the roads normally open? were looking at end of april, mazama glacier, just rather not slog through 5-10 extra miles of snow one way!!!

sweet deal! think i'll get two!

well, we got chased off hood today. made it to about 8000ft, top of palmer. wind was blowing a constant 30-35mph all the way up, and then kicked it up a notch. hard blowing snow, and deep powder made for a real fun time. when the sun came out, the summit buried beneath wind driven snow. lots of fun. forcast had called for 5-10mph winds overnight, picking up to 30-35mph by monday afternoon. the winds started just after 200am, a little earliear than we expected. oh well, still beat the heck out of going to work! were going to try again about the end of the month

yep, great eh

yep. we'll check it out tonight and see. of all the places to have ANY kind of accident, hood is not it! news cameras would be out in force. hoping i don't stub my toe and end up on the 10 o'clock report.

we are heading up tonight. should start climbing around midnight. ill let you know how the conditions were when we get back.

do you mean prouty glacier? hayden is on the middle sister i believe.

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.

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

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

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?

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?