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    I found a water bottle with what looks like someone's special experience label on it, which is why I'm bothering to post it at all, in case it had sentimental value.  It looks as though it says "Collides" and then "Summer Dream '15". I found it on 5/2 in the gully that leads on down to Chocolate Falls.  (Seems to have been a fairly big "bootie" day. . .)

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  1. Thanks for doing the trip report that I was too busy to do. We and another group made the summit the day before you, and saw that a team had been to the summit the day before. Since we'd heard the same info as you from the rangers, I stopped in to let them know that it was quite doable, but the person we talked to was quite uninterested, which annoyed me. I let him know that we and others had called and couldn't get any climbing conditions information (one team cancelled due to that lack of info), so that I thought that they would actually appreciate the info. He showed slightly more interest, after that, to coddle me, I'm sure. . .

     

    One thing that I'll add is that many water sources had dried up, specifically the one at Lewis Meadows Campground, so that the only source was the silty Hoh River, which was fine if the water filter used is a Sawyer which is easily back-flusable, but sucks if all you have is a steripen or another type of filter. The water source at the Olympus Ranger Station/Campground is right behind the Ranger Station.

  2. Thanks - I did contact a couple of ranger stations, and finally got the following information from the ranger station in Red Lodge (and I wound up calling the Beartooth Mountain Guides, and the fellow I talked to was most helpful. Furthermore, our bid for the summit was successful):

     

    Because we don’t generally have rangers up that high, I rely on two of our outfitters for up-to-date info. Both outfitters have agreed to answer questions from the public, regardless of if people hire their services or not. They are probably the best people to ask because they are up on the mountain more often than we are and have the professional expertise to say if conditions are safe or not. I’d recommend calling them for current conditions.

     

    Beartooth Mountain Guides; Red Lodge: 406-446-1407

    Jackson Hole Mountain Guides; Jackson, WY: 307-733-4979

     

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    leora

  3. Thanks for the trip report, Dhamma (I love the way you report on sad circumstances - the dead battery, the crows). Can anyone give a more recent report on the conditions? We're planning on going up there in a couple of weeks, and are interested in doing the Mountaineer's route.

  4. Just in case any of you Cascade Climbers happen to be climbing Denali, and happen to find my iPhone, I figured that I'd advertise the fact that I lost it. On the summit. I was just going to take a picture with it, when I discovered that I didn't have it, anymore, having had it moments before to get the time. . . I looked around at all of the obvious little landing spots around, but couldn't see it. I notified the National Park Service about the loss, and, yes, I tried the little FindMyiPhone application, but it failed to find the now frozen little electrical heap. I had also brought a camera, but many of the quick photos that I took enroute were on the iphone, so it would be really nice to get it back, even if it's in pieces. . .

     

    leora

  5. you look like the guy we saw coming up the 14a variation as described in Jeff Thomas' Oregon High, which means that you were farther south than what you are showing, here.

     

    Good job in starting that from the Lodge. Somehow, I'd suspected that you'd done a quick ascent.

     

    Steve, I can't fault him for going unroped on the Reid. It was very wide open. It felt like a late summer climb. We specifically did NOT rope up while on the Reid because we didn't want to put in pro on the glacier crossing, and wouldn't have been able to stop each other had one of us fallen.

     

    leora

  6. There was a distressed domestic dog way up around 7800ft or so - about 1/2 mile east off the Worm Flows ridge. We followed him/her down to about 6700, and saw the dog continue on down to about 6500ft before we headed back to Worm Flows to get ourselves down. I was wondering if anyone had ideas about where to report this, other than the Skamania County Sheriff (did that)? We're hoping that the dog is just lost, and maybe found his way down after our encounter. He didn't want us to touch him. Was some sort of Shepard/sheep dog - mostly white and some black fur. And, if you're out around there, and hear a dog barking, and have time - maybe can help him out.

     

    leora

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