dave schultz

Looking for a partner for the weekend, prefer to head out after work Friday for two nights. I would also be willing to do two solid day trips instead of overnights. I would love to get onto a technical route of some nature: rock, ice, mixed, alpine; combining it with a ski descent would be even better. Weather and avi conditions will dictate what would be the best route, just looking for possible partners and will come up with a plan later on in the week. Thanks for reading, Dave

Index has been great the last two weekends. A little on the chilly side, and a little wet in the morning, but its pretty good for mid February.

I'd be curious to know more about the snowmobile ...

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I'd be game for a day out on the rock. I get off work in Everett at about 8am on Sunday morning though. I also have a rack, rope, car, beer. Index and Mt Erie are both pretty close to me, Leavenworth might be a little on the colder side, and probably wetter. Not sure what the I-90 corridor would be like ...

Just remembered that VertFest is that same weekend - I'll be staying around here for that event; but would able to head out on another weekend. I could probably leave Thursday and drive all night and then need to be back in town on Tuesday morning for work.

I'd love to head to Bozeman for some ice. I'd have to take some vacation days over that weekend, but I might be able to swing it. I'll look into it early next week and let you know. I can lead WI3 very comfortably and WI4 not-so-comfortably but I can get up it. I also have all the gear.

Good to know about SCW - thanks for the heads up. Clint - pm sent. Any recent reports from index?

Hi everyone, Looking for a partner for the weekend, with a few very different ideas: 1) Mt Erie - now that the tool swinging addiction has been semi-satisfied and with the poor outlook for the weekend, the rock itch has surfaced a little bit. 2) Snow Creek Wall - for Orbit, or Outer Space, the approach would probably be really shitty, but a semi-off-season jaunt up those great routes could be really fun. 3) The Tooth - for the rock route, another off-season idea with a fun approach on skis. 4) Stevens or Snoqualmie Pass backcountry skiing, would like to get out on some relatively mellow terrain to enjoy some much anticipated tele turns. I will be leaving from Everett at around 8am at the earliest, so it would have a pretty late start, unfortunately. If any of those strike your fancy, let me know, otherwise I'll just be soloing at a resort or playing at the dog park with the pup. Dave

I'm interested in heading to Smith - it would have to be for a full value weekend though since I'm coming from Everett. I can lead low .10s.

Trip: Rambles - Left and Center Date: 1/26/2013 Trip Report: Approach was easy, about 20-30 min on a well worn track. Rambles Left is in very good condition, upper tier in very good condition with easy access to TR the WI4 finishes. Rambles Center is also in very good condition, with the top tier in very good condition. Did not do the Left or Right top variation, but did a nice long pitch that was to the left of the normal finishes (not sure what the pitch's name is). If your looking for great ice conditions with lots of options all around and a very easy approach, head up the Rambles, you will not be disappointed. West Coast Ice is a great source of information, http://www.westcoastice.com/

I have four 16cm Turbo Ice Screws. The teeth need a little bit of sharpening (I can do it or you can do it, just let me know). Asking $20 for each, or a package deal of $60 for all four. Will send pics on request. I am in Everett, but can pretty easily make it down to Seattle area or up to Bellingham area. Dave

Hubba Hubba was great this past Saturday. Central flow was fat, L of HH was pretty good, a little thin down low but I thought it was more than fat enough up on the second pitch (screw anchor at the end of the 60m rope). R of HH was good down low, but then turned very thin on the top half, with almost no gear except for a shitty little bush right next to the rap station. 60m rope does both the second pitch of L of HH and the full pitch on R of HH.

sounds like a sick ass little trip. you considering running at all or just speed/all day hiking? i'll be out of town starting in late march, otherwise i'd be interested. post a TR

I'm probably heading up that direction late friday to climb ice Sat and Sun. Right now have a partner already lined up, but we could probably figure a safe way to get a group of three. Shoot me an email ... daveschultz125@gmail.com

Looking for a partner this weekend, and have several options: -Would like to climb some ice, possibly in Entiat River Valley or anywhere else. -Would also be up for some backcountry skiing, if avi conditions improve and stabilize. Bagging peaks or a high mileage. Would enjoy a tour towards either Baker or Shuksan on the Ptarmigan, or any other ideas. If worse comes to worse, I'll probably end up t Steven's doing some in-bounds skiing, but would prefer getting on ice or backcountry skiing. I'll be coming from everett and could do overnight or day trips. Dave

Wondering if anyone has any information about what the Cascade River Road might be like? Is it drivable, if so, how far? Looking at trying to get into the Eldorado or Boston Basin areas.

Josh and I headed out to Hubba Hubba this morning. Got there a little before sunrise and didn't take long to get to the base of the route. It was in, a little bit of running water, but not a lot of ice debris at the bottom. We also did Left of Hubba Hubba (a little thin/mixed start, great top pitch) and Right of Hubba Hubba (again, thin/mixed start, great middle, scary top out). Right of Hubba Hubba had JUST enough for a 60m to reach a tree to the right to belay and rap from, done in one pitch. To our astonishment we had the WHOLE place to ourselves, except for one group of SEVEN Russians (and their two well behaved dogs) who TOOK OVER Hubba Hubba (I was glad to have gotten out of there before something bad happened). Go out and get it while its there and before it gets beat up.

Are you a skier at all? What boots did you intend on using? I find with investments like these that the more initial money you put in, the happier you are at the end. Also, skimping on stuff tying to save a buck generally just leaves you wishing you had gone all in, besides, next year will you really notice if you splurged a little bit on a setup that is awesome vs one that leaves you wishing for more.

anything for sat?

anything for Sat?

Looking for a partner for ice in the Leavenworth area. My eyes are on Drury Falls, but would be willing to climb anything. I am cool leading everything or swapping leads. I would also be willing to climb elsewhere, but the Leavenworth area would be preferred ... anywhere is better than nowhere. I would be coming from Everett. Dave

Goran and I headed up to Chair Peak on Sunday to climb the NE Buttress. We started the climb around 11am-ish and only did the first pitch. It took me a little while to lead it, and there was a party that appears to be going fairly slow on the upper pitch before the waterfall and decided it wasn't worth the 3.5 pitches of snow for the .5 pitches of ice. We bailed with two rappels and lead a little bit of cord to back up the first rappel. I'm sure we would have had similar snow on Sunday and am glad we didn't head up into it. Fun to get out and get after it though.

good luck getting past the gate ... i think they average 10am openings ...

There is a good TR here: http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=26840.0