georgio

PM sent for the omega thermos

dhrmabum, I sent you a PM. You're definitely welcome if you want to join us. I have a pass at Timberline, so even if we get turned back the day is not wasted...

Duplicate. Sorry.

That is close to the timeline I was picturing but that seems really late to be climbing (especially with the weather on Friday night) and still a little early to ski down. I know it is all super condition dependent but last time I was riding down from the hogsback at around 10 am and it was still really frozen all the way to the top of Palmer. This was a couple weeks ago when it was really warm, so snow temperature wise pretty similar. Anyone else have suggestions? 3 hour summit nap?

I have been up the South Side route once before, carried a snowboard but found that the optimal conditions for climbing and snowboarding occur at very very different times of day. Any recommendations for timing if you want to do a ski or snowboard descent? Do you try and start later and just deal with the softer snow and ice fall risk on the ascent? Or just hang out on top for 4 hours while you wait for the snow to soften? Or should I just leave the board at 10k feet this time? Planning to go up Friday night, if that makes any difference. Thanks

Awesome day today. Tons of people up there skiing. Perfect snow at 12:00. Got really warm in the afternoon though, so probably not great tomorrow, plus I think it is supposed to dump up there for the next couple days.

I'm going to be up there either Tuesday or Wednesday (probably Wednesday). I'll let you know what the scoop is. Edit: Didn't make it up today, will be up Friday instead though.