[SPRING SKI FEST MAY 1-3]

thanks guys for the good time at the party. catherine, randy and i had a blast talking to everyone!

 

from saturday, birthday tour:

 

 

-veronika

[[TR] Washington Pass 2009 Ski In - Big Kangaroo]

thanks guys for the good time at the party. catherine, randy and i had a blast talking to everyone!

 

from saturday, birthday tour:

 

-veronika

[Washington Ice Conditions]

Guess you failed to read the post above Lots of ice to get stoked about in the Apental area...even today, which was the warmest in a week.

 

ok, i should have said that it "wasn't as fat as a few weeks ago" when i last climbed those lines, and it "killed my stoke to see them so famished".

 

alex, thanks for the corrections on the names.

 

 

[Washington Ice Conditions]

on saturday my buddy dan and i went out to scout at alpental, but falls i-iv looked dead and rotting. it was quite warm. across the valley the ice was looking a little more blue and promising, and there was word of a few people climbing chair. around noon we saw a group of climbers (the human dots are on the right side of the image) getting off the ice fall in center-left:

 

this also looked ok-ish:

 

then this morning i drove by vantage and saw that fugs has been basking in the sun a bit much,

 

and this (can't remember the name, across from sunshine wall) - was looking a little sad too:

 

on the drive back across the pass, i swung by the upper lot at alpental and snapped a few pics. things looked a little more promising than on saturday:

 

 

then again, i think they got a little bit of snow, and the dusting simply filled the visible holes in the ice. if it gets colder, maybe the stuff will look a bit more solid, but for now nothing to get too stoked on.

[Washington Ice Conditions]

i second that. pretty sticky, nice.

not sure what this route is, it's on the left of the alpental falls group. the bottom set of pillars was a little brown, but was actually easy to protect. the top was a little styrofoamy, also enjoyable.

 

...this is very sad - i can't seem to embed the photo. but it's uploaded into my profile.