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Hiking boots should be fine, as long as they stay dry. Crampons could be useful, might be a great place to try them out if she's never done so. I wish someone would have taken me out on trips like that when I was 10.

I learned of this issue after using lithiums in my tikka xp for a year or so. The headlamp seems to work fine still, but I'll be buying something regulated next time, probably a princeton tec. Maybe petzl will wake up and regulate their headlamps soon.

REI will repair these for free, or at least they have for me. Give them a call.

Called the ranger station this AM, they said the road is driveable to within 2 mi of the TH. Any guesses what the route might be like this time of year? Anyone been up there yet?

Ok, so which one sucks the least? Can I even get in to the one at western as a non student/alumni? What are the good crags up there?

Are there any decent gyms in whatcom or skagit counties? I'm moving up there, and am going to miss the warehouse in Oly. The only one I know of is the Y in B'ham. Any suggestions?

Ok, I'll put in the access forum next time. Anyway, I concur that Ingalls isn't really very close to cascade pass, and info on it isn't really helpful. Access has two "c"s.

Anyone been up to Ingalls peak lately? How far is the road melted out from the trailhead?

Yeah, I realized that Lundin's more of a scramble after I reread the description. Any idea what snow conditions on Chair might be? I'll check out the Snoqualmie/Lundin/Red idea too. Thanks

We're going to be in seattle on sat night, and looking for some alpine rock for a day trip on sunday. We were initially looking at the tooth, but thought maybe we'd try something less obvoius. I've been looking at Lundin Peak. Any beta on this climb? I'm looking for something 5.5 or under that's hopefully melted out (don't mind a snow filled approach, figure we'll need axes.) Any other suggestions up near snoqualmie? I'm assuming the teanaway road is still snowed in?

We're a couple of beginner AT skiers, and we'll be in twisp for new years. We're going to be renting some gear, and lookin for somewhere to go try it out. Any suggestions for a couple of day trips? Don't have Avy transcievers, so we'll be checking the forecast and planning accordingly.