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It's few and far between around there. Check out Lake Koocanusa, a bit of a drive, but it's got some good stuff!

Good God that route looks sick. That was my partner Jesse and I who you met on the summit. You weren't kidding about how sick that route is! Sorry about the epic return to the car. You did descend down Ulrichs. We got a little lost trying to find the cascadian and had to climb back up. We actually never had to make a rappel, I decided against rapping off a death block sitting on sand! We heard you yell from the summit but saw you on rappel and assumed you were OK. There definitely are not any raps in the Cascadian, it's just looooooong . Your epic return to the car makes ours without water sound pretty easy. We got home around 3:30am (thank you Adderol). Good job boys, can't wait to do that route!

WOW, good trip. We were about an hour ahead of you on the approach to do the CNR, we bailed at Stuart Pass and decided to do the West Ridge on a Whim with no prior knowledge of the route. Lets just say it was interesting. The temps were ridiculously cold, that bivy must have royally sucked! Glad your friend is alright.

"Yer stupid and yer gonna die!" - The late Michael Reardon. Irony?

Well there really are so many classic scree surfing gullies in the range. The most classic of course being sections of the Cascadian. Now, I know people have skied, hiked, and scree surfed (screed) it, but we should focus on finding out who successfully made the first scree descent of it and recorded in the Cascade Scree Mountaineering Journal. They set the bar for the rest of us. Way to carry the torch guys!

Good times. You have some sweet pics there!

I've been asking myself the same question for a while. We all do the occassional Teton, Beartooth, RMNP, and Dessert trip. Why not add a forum or two?

Static Point - The South fork of the Sultan River access road is gated at Olney Pass. This means that there is about a 4 mile approach. I would recomend a mt bike. The snow should all be gone on the approach though.

Don't break your ankle (you kinda need your foot to walk out). Leave an itinerary. Keep unneccessary negative thoughts to yourself because it will only increase the tension in the party.

I always flip the switch to tour mode when I really really really don't want to lose my ski. By doing this, it would take a considerable amount of force for you to release from the ski. You will run the risk of getting hurt and whatnot but sometimes I just want to have my EXPENSIVE setup with me for the descent. What model Dynafit do you have?

I'm glad to hear you guys are alright! Thanks for the bolt condition beta. How's the snow at Colchuck Lake?

Ten four on that one!

Fully sick man! Congratulations, I'm really jealous.

The Antler Motel is the cheapest and the best bang for your buck. Otherwise, check out the two hostels; Teton Village, and The Anvil right across the corner from Teton Mountaineering. The Anvil is about $20 per night (but watch your gear in there). The Teton Village Hostel is a little more pricy but waayyy chiller. From my experiences in Jackson, I have my doubts as to whether or not you'll be able to haggle prices. Have fun!

Damnit, you guys beat us to it!!!

Hmmm, How were the anchors? I wonder if you did "Granite Jihad".

Trip: Static Point - Online to The Right Line Date: 5/26/2008 Trip Report: After a great day at Index on Saturday, my partner Jessie and I decided to climb Online at Static Point on Memorial Day. We invited our new friend Bill who brought his trooper of a daughter as a partner. The road is gated at Olney Pass so you must now walk about 4 miles to the rock. There was intermitant snow and gravel on the road. Once we reached the normal parking area the trail in was a bushwack through the snow all the way to the culvert and broad stream. The trail uphill was relatively snow free (avi debris in the woods below the left side of the rock). The Approach took over 3 hours due to the snow and schwacking. Jessie and I hopped onto "The Right Line" thinking it was "Online" which I realized upon reaching the bent hanger on the first pitch. We got back Online and climbed it to just Below the crux. After assessing the crux along with my embarrassing slab climbing skills, I chose to traverse back onto "The Right Line" and finish at a manky anchor (anyone want to retrobolt this route sometime? I'll help!). We finished the route and rapped down "Online". Everyone had a great day in a beautiful setting! A little shout out to Joe and James who climbed "Lost Charms". Leaving the cars. Stream crossing. The trail uphill. Jessie Leaving "The Right Line" for "Onlne". (J's first time on halfs) Top of 3rd pitch. Bill atop the 3rd pitch. Jessie leading pitch 4. Rapping past the crux. Ugh, a mile and a half of this. Gear Notes: -First and foremost....A CHAINSAW!! -Slings. -Small rack to 1". -We used 70m half ropes, but a standard 60m and a tagline would work great. Approach Notes: Give the approach another month before the snow is gone. Look for large cougar tracks.

CFF, If you want to know the conditions at Index, ask me, I can see it from my back window. It has been raining up there all day. Probably gonna be wet up there on Saturday from all the rain it's had all week.

I'll probably be there, sounds like it could be fun?!

I'll second that ph. Again, Don't be a hippy, go to MSU instead! I just graduated with a degree in ripping pow with a minor in ice climbing.

My climbing heros are those who put other more important things in the fore of their life. I used to have big name heros like all of you but then I realized they were all dead (some leaving their family behind). Greg Carocciolo (general manager of Northern Lights Trading Co) would be my climbing hero because he could be a world class climber but chose to be a little more responsible. He understands the need to be there and provide for his family. However, he manages to crank rediculously hard and get out and play very hard whenever he can. He is a phenominal human being and is a climber that all should look up to! But hooray for all those who make the pages of Alpinist and the AAJ every year. Climbers who I don't like = Bean Bowers

lol.....No, we were the idots who dropped the cam while falling off the third pitch of GM while your party was climbing Heart of the Country. You basically told us that it would be safer wait a bit until the area was less crowded to climb and it's wiser to avoid crowded climbs altogether. There were about five parties on the route. We always knew this but it wasn't until you brought this up that we really understood. We just don't climb on crowded routes anymore because we don't want to be endangered or endanger other climbers. Thanks again!

I agree with this 100%! The first and only time I have been fortunate enough to meet mattp was when he was giving my partner and I some very friendly advice while we were causing a dangerous clusterfuck on a crowded route at Index. This happened about 3 years ago. We were both fairly experienced needed to put our ego's aside. We definitely took his advice and made some changes on how we conducted ourselves at popular crags. Thank you MattP!

The trip report index has tons of beta on these peaks. It's probably better for you to figure it out on your own than listen to all of us argue about which beta is right/wrong.

Don't Be a hippy, go to MSU instead. You'll be so close to sick ice climbing in Hyalite.