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Now is the time eh?? Under that 3 ft of new snow since monday?

You were going to pay shipping anyway...

I just called mountain gear, they are sending me a prepaid shipping label and taking care of the rest. Good people!

because climbers at vantage are typically more sober than at most other climbing areas... Lies!!! I don't think I've ever been sober there. My roommate: "if you're sober(at vantage), you're doing something wrong"

Looks great. Thanks for the pictures. I can't wait to get back up there this next summer.

Excellent. Way to rock the moments(as in the skis). In the actual NBC, was the rock constriction about 1/3 way up covered or still exposed?

You bet! Looks like Aaron Scott had better conditions on Colchuck's north buttress couloir yesterday. You climbing saturday? Vantage could be warm. Not this weekend, I'm on my stretch of six nights on at work. Hopefully by next week it'll be snowing, if not then I might head out there. We shall see...

Hey John, nice work up there. I've been jonsing to get up there. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through you!

How was the coverage in the upper enchantments? How about the upper bowl/snow creek glacier? Wind scoured snow?

Dane, I've done way more skiing than ice climbing this year, however, unless I'm not quite understanding you, my Petzl Sarkens fit on my Garmont Adrenalins without any modifications. Essentially, just adjusted the length and they could go between my adrenalins and batura's. Or did I miss your point? As far as to contribute to the original question, La Sportiva Baturas + Petzl Dartwins = close but not quite fit. Regardless, my toe bail has been hammered enough to fit well and I've never had a performance issue noticable by my meager standards.

As stated above...looking for someone to carpool with. My truck is under repair and I'd like to get out. Have cash for gas money. In Redmond, will meet within reason. We don't even have to ski together - I just want to ski some of the predicted 2-4' of snow. Thanks. -Kevin

You guys are true men. My friend and I were up there yesterday, it was 4 degrees with a below 0 windchill...at 11 am. Miserable.

There are a lot of confusing things going on here...the only stage coach road I know about goes south from eburg over to the north side of naches. The only climb I know of thats accessible from that road is the one written about here in the TR. As for manastash falls, I've never heard of it, but I do know of ice in the manastash canyon, which is unpublished, but more than likely seen ascents.

Anyone ski this?

What will you be doing for work? That will be the biggest factor in where you can live and move to. Personally, I've been living in Ellensburg, WA for the last five years. It's been great. Great weather, great location (in regards to proximity) to climbing (rock, ice and mountains) and skiing. Partners are out there, just not all online. Good luck, and feel free to ask more questions.

Glad you found a partner and got out. Things sure are shaping up nicely from when I was up there 2.5 weeks ago!

I've had the arc'teryx 350a harness for about two years now. I purchased it on sale, which was my way of justifying the price - that and using student loans. I use it as my only harness, so its been ice climbing, rock climbing (sport and trad), alpine climbing and ski mountaineering. It is awesome. I have had no problem with durability, happy with its comfort and packability. I have noticed when I load up a large rack (think >#4 camalot) the harness can use a tightening, but its not excessive. My only piece of advice would be to use the petzl caritool with the arc teryx harness, rather than the BD style. Good luck.

Thats a pretty loaded question. Where do you ski? How much money do you have? They can be both. If you ski at a resort that will get lots of powder and good accessible terrain via lift or you have a snowmobile then powder boards are great with normal downhill bindings. On the flip side, if you have the money to put some touring bindings on fat boards then when it snows big you can get some on your own. I guess another question is how fat of skis are you talking about? There are lots of fat skis that can ski groomers and crud just as good any other skis. Or are you talking skis like the Pontoons or ARGs?

Trust your feelings Conor! haha sweet helmet. ice is forming on all my potential cliffs by the way

That is a lot of ice! And yes, the skiing for the last week has been amazing!

Wayne, What makes you think the roads are so bad out here? I was thinking about heading out there tomorrow...

Just to play devils advocate. I have a '91 Toyota Pick-up (essentially the tacoma). This replaced my 92 Ford Escort (quite the upgrade). I built a nice set up for the bed (already had a canopy), which allows two people easily sleep in the back and have room for skis, bins, boots etc underneath. I am 6'1" for reference. Anyway, long story short, a pick-up of this nature will easily suit all your needs but can suffer in the mpg area. On the other hand, how bad of roads are you planning on driving on? Heavily snowed roads? If so, a truck is a big difference maker. I can drive (comfortably) on unplowed and undriven roads, etc, etc. On the other hand, my good buddy David, who posted above me, and his subaru has done great, but I thought I'd throw in some food for thought.

Any pictures of 'the thrill is gone?" Its fun to see it in its always varying conditions. Good climbs you got on! Good job.

Yeah its my usual deal...off at 0230 tuesday morning. What kind of drive time are you looking at?

NOAA is predicting White pass to get 6-10" of new snow between tonight and monday night. I have tuesday off of work and would like to have some company. Let me know if you're interested. -Kevin