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Looking forward to the pictures... Any word when they are going to open the gate to the TH?

Some of the routes were discussed in the Central WA sub section of the forum. Somewhere Andy Fitz made a list of new climbs. I'll see if I can't find it later... Edit: Found the post with the cross link to the info: http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/884772/Re_Tieton_info_on_crag_left_of#Post884772 it seems that the edgeworks site no longer has a forum?

In the morning the snow was firm enough to provide good booting, so kept our skis on our packs until about 5200 ft. On the way down we skied till about where the trail gains the ridge - if that makes sense. We clicked out of our skis and walked about 15 mins back to my truck. ' Hope that helps. Round trip time was just under 3.5 hours.

Trip: Teanaway - Esmerlda Basin and Iron Pk Date: 5/21/2011 Trip Report: Good friends + skiing in the teanaway = great weekend. Living the High Life Weather moving in Chrissy making her first backcountry turns! Scott looking for a line we saw on the way up... Found it! Day 2...better weather Clouds rolling in as we reach the top Me getting some nice turns on the upper face Looking back at the upper face...you can kind of see our tracks Then we ran out of snow Gear Notes: hardshell Approach Notes: In my truck we easily made it to the Iron Pk TH. I'm sure in a day or two one will be able to drive to the large avalanche blocking the rd about 1 mile from the Esmerlda Basin TH

Thanks man. Lots of good lines to be skied. Hopefully the interview went well for you...

Feck, Nailed down what dates for the ski in? Thanks.

Trip: Rainier - Muir > Nisqually Chutes -> Bridge Date: 5/19/2011 Trip Report: After finishing up my stretch of consecutive night shifts, I made plans to do some skiing on Rainier with Jessie. We left Paradise around 0930 and got to Muir around 1200. We ate some food, hung out with some people while we waited for the snow to soften in the chutes. It did. We had roughly a 7K foot descent down to the bridge. A five minute hitch hike got us back to the car at Paradise. Pictures to follow.... For some reason my camera was in B&W but I thought it looked kind of cool Making our way up Jessie going up with Adams in the background Easy skiing on the upper snowfield Jessie ripping down the chute..and our route to the bridge visible Looking back at our line...we skied directly above her backpack More corn turns

Move from OR to MT and try again in october. While that is true I can be nice too. Take up rock climbing in the mean time to learn the technical skills and try some steep snow and alpine ice routes to see if its really something you want to do. Its $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ investment.

Dave, are you busy with fire stuff still? John, it looked like you could see the SE face of South Ingalls. But yeah, that'd be something else, skiing a rock route!

Trip: Teanaway River Rd - Pt 6494 and Longs Pass Date: 5/10/2011 Trip Report: After my rock climbing bailed monday night I opted to head up the Teanaway River rd and see what I could do solo. Being lazy I didn't get too early of start, but good thing the road is only 20 minutes from ellensburg! Anyway, I parked about 3.5 miles short of the Esmeralda Basin TH. The first mile it was spotty coverage, then I was able to put on my skis and skin the rest of the way. There is a 100+ft avalanche over the road (with a fair amount of debris) so that'll take a while to melt. About 3-4 ft of snow at the TH. Being lazy (and out of shape), I topped out on Pt 6494, which is just a little bit south of Longs Pass. I then skied its NW face then climbed back up to Longs Pass. Then skied all way back to the TH and eventually back to my car. Incredibly nice day to be out! My sunburn proves it. Random photos to follow…. Late spring skinning problems: Avy over the road: Esmerlda Pk STUART! Anyone want to ski this next week? Thurs and friday? Rainier Ingalls Approach Notes: truck with clearance helps getting passed some washouts and snowbanks

Dan, Do you have anymore current info about Chinook Pass? 4/29 was the last update the DOT website had. Thanks.

Dope. Did you pull a McConkey and jump off the end of the glacier?

I have to be at work at 7 pm wed night. Anyone want to do something that morning/early afternoon? Skiing, cragging, a jaunt up to the tooth on skis? If interested just contact me on here. I'll be in Redmond area.

Anyone interested in getting out for a half day wed morning? Or something along those lines...

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Very cool trip Feck. Whats the snowpack like leaving Holden heading out into the mountains?

Yeah those ticks are arggressive this year!!

Sorry but for all my years of living in Ellensburg I used vantage as a training ground - for both climbing and drinking.

Totally true! And there's some decent beer these days in a can. Hey John, Since you're looking at this thread, what are you doing wednesday?

I haven't been. But if you're asking if snow free then yes. If you go, make sure to check out some of the new routes on the very far west? climbers left? side of the area. Lots of fun 5.10s.

Which wall were you at? Seems like I always see snakes when I go to The Cave.

Thats why I bring aluminum cans when climbing. That and when you're done you can compress them to take up less space. Light and fast!

3 ticks (1 in my chest) and 4 rattle snakes were encountered yesterday! Got to love the wildlife in tieton!

2 day tours in...they tour and ski great. Today I actually booted around a little bit. Felt just like my baturas or really an good mountaineering boot. No comments on technical climbing but hopefully later this spring will be doing some of that.

Where ya heading John? What is the general snow level on the north slopes of the icicle? Thanks...