Kameron
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Movement SkiAlpi 24L pack
$60
Skimo style pack. Light and fast. Has a lot of features: diagonal carry with race carry system (fits wider skis than most skimo packs), small valuables pouch, tether attachment, ice axe carry. Velcro accessed crampon pouch, which I mostly used as a stuff area for a puffy. In good condition.
In Fremont, email kamdh@uw.edu
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Mammut Spindrift Guide 45L backpack
asking $60
A ski mountaineering specific pack. Good size for overnights and longer, or can be stripped down for technical day trips. Easily carries camping, glacier, and snow safety gear. Probably closer to 60L when fully stuffed but carries okay when less than full.
Features: removable metal frame (can replace with a foam pad for lighter weight and more versatility), shovel/probe pouch, side zip access, zippered hip pouch, gear loops, rope carrier strap, side compression straps. Clip ice tool carry works with modern tools and allows easy access while wearing the pack. Carries skis in a-frame and diagonal configurations. Probably could carry a splitboard, but I'm not sure.
Modifications: added a bungee crampon carrier, cut off the brain so that it can be optionally removed.
It's a nice pack that I've taken up a bunch of peaks. In fair condition. Some stitching is getting loose in non-critical areas but could be repaired.
Email kamdh@uw.edu for fastest response. I'm in Fremont, Seattle.
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Kayland mountaineering boots
size 13/Euro 47 (I think, but the tag has worn off)
asking $80
I'm not sure the exact model, but I think they are an older version of the apex rock: https://www.kayland.com/en/shop-en/mountaineering/apex-rock-gtx-black-lime.html
These are a nice weight boot for volcanoes and other snowy Cascade peaks in Spring-Summer-Fall conditions. Work well with semi-automatic crampons (heel clip) or straps, but no toe welt for fully automatic crampons. There is a waterproof e-Vent membrane that still works. They are in good shape and were resoled once. For whatever reason, my feet have gotten bigger, even though I'm in my 30s, and they no longer fit. I can't deal with tight boots any more.
Available for pickup in Fremont neighborhood of Seattle or possibly elsewhere in the greater area. Email kamdh@uw.edu for fastest response. Thanks
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Interested in the snow saw and rescue sled. PM me here or email kamdh@uw.edu
In Seattle in case you are nearby
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Cool to see a report from this zone.
I know the Coleman headwall has been skied a few times in the past handful of years. I think it was 2 years ago that Erin Smart and two French friends of hers skied it. Conditions looked terrible from the media I saw, however. I'm not sure the last time it's been "good" to ski, but I think it does get skied by the mystical doesn't-post-on-the-Internet crowd semi-regularly.
Also, my guess is March is early in the season for good ski conditions. You want the warm spring storms to come through and plaster those upper elevations then wait for warm weather and hope for corn.
It's one of the lines I'd like to ski some time if/when the conditions of the glaciers come back into shape. I don't want to have to air crevasses on a 50 degree slope.
It seems like the bergschrund on the bottom of the Park headwall has gotten worse in recent years, too.
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Nice report, Jason! Cool to see the views of Triad N face.
Tabke blew up Marble Creek with the Eldo Royal couloir last year, wish I could've skied it with them but my hip was in an overuse injury situation and I had to stay in camp. I'll have to go back for this one, who wants it?
http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=41929.0
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Cookies + pow = nice
That slope above Source definitely deserves more respect than many give it....
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Just noticed the ski tracks in your afternoon shot of the NW corner, sweeet
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Nice. Snoqualmie mountain was fun for that day, but Shuksan is another level. Thanks for the shots and stoke, I've got to get back there this year.
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Nice! We got a late start and ended up in that same zone. The snow was really nice on top. Wish there were more base. Next time will be better.
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13 hours ago, ScaredSilly said:
There is climbing culture and there are civil laws ... one might to read up on the later before spewing about the former.
"Lost property" versus "Mislaid property"
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16 hours ago, ivan said:
they seem to like the climate of the pnw just fine - i see them all over the place in folk's yards - don't seem to jibe well w/ the whole feng shui thing, but they do look quite suessian
I learned on this trip that araucarias actually grow significantly slower in their native range in Chile. A little research says they could grow 8-10x as fast in other climates. Compare http://www.chilebosque.cl/flora/araucaria_araucana.html vs https://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/araucaria-araucana
So yeah, they like our climate a lot.
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iPhone 7 found on the Ingraham glacier, maybe 40' off the route, as I was skiing by. I stopped to check it out, must've been there a week or so. It didn't turn on but did once I charged it at home. I left it on for a week, no calls, posted here and on TAY. I guess the owner had moved on. BOOTY
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2 hours ago, ivan said:
i imagine skiing into a chilean pine is an extra phuck-you as compared to yer typical, god-fearing non-spiny spruce
Yeah, the araucarias are pretty stiff and very spiky (even the trunks are covered with the "leaves" when young). If you ever get a chance to fondle a young one, you'll be sure not to ski into it.
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Trip: Araucanía, Bio-Bio, Ñuble (Chile) - Lonquimay, Llaima, Antuco, Nevados de Chillán, et al
Trip Date: 10/01/2019
Trip Report:
I enjoyed two great weeks of skiing in Central-South Chile with Joe recently. We left Seattle on the evening of 9/29, skied our first turns on the afternoon of 10/1, last turns on 10/10, and I started my travel odyssey the next day, arriving back home on the 13th. This is the usual prime volcano season, but, as in the PNW, storms can come through at any time. The mountains received a strong and unusually cold storm right before we got there, so rather than skiing the corn we thought we would, we had to make do with dry powder. Luckily the weather was stable enough to get in a number of good summits. As we headed North, following the better weather, the snowpack changed into more typical spring conditions.
Big highlights were skiing in the Araucaría (monkey puzzle tree) forests, the quality of the snow, some excellent food finds, and spending time with Chilenos.
I'll let the photos speak for themselves.
Lonquimay & Corralco ski area
Lift-served pow at 5 pm
Pow off the top of Lonquimay
4000 ft later
Llaima
Big graupel from thunderstorms the afternoon before
Llaima's impressive summit crater with Lanín (left) and Rukapillán (right)
Thousands of feet of moderately steep pow
Tolhuaca (which we did not ski)
Pucón vibes
Antuco
Freezing rain crust, Laguna del Laja, and peaks E
Views of Sierra Velluda (right, near), volcanoes Callaqui, Lonquimay, Llaima, and Tolhuaca (left to right in distance)
Great chalk transitioning into corn
The road to Antuco
Nevados de Chillán
Antuco in the distance, "mountaineering" snow
Alpenglow & ash coming from the Chillán Nuevo, Nevados left and Viejo right. View from Onai
Thanks, Chopo & Fran!
For those of you interested in making a trip like this happen, the detailed beta is pretty easy to come by.
If you are perhaps interested in a guided trip, Joe will be offering one next year through Pro Guiding Service with similar dates. The focus will be on keeping it budget friendly and focused on good skiing.
Some other little plugs:
- Coni at Masajes Pucón did an excellent job helping my tight muscles on our down day, highly recommend if you're in Pucón
- Onai hostel, run by Chopo Díaz, who is one of the most decorated freeriders in Chile, is an awesome place to stay in Las Trancas, near Chillán
Standard + ski lifts at Corralco
Approach Notes:
Aeromexico -> Santiago, Sky Airlines -> Temuco, rental Subaru XC-
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That's WICKED fast!
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Going to Chile in 1.5 weeks for volcano shredz, will report back
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I've had a number of climbing shoe resoles done at Dave Page's, since I live in the neighborhood. I don't expect a resoled shoe to necessarily be "like new", so haven't minded when they fall apart after extensive use. I also had them do my mountaineering boots and that has held up great.
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Did the hedonist forget his food?
Looks like a cool area and maybe more enjoyable than the majority of your climbs, although of course I suspect a sandbagging.
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Fun hike. Would be a good solo @Alisse
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Wild, that looks like some full-on scrambling
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Sounds pleasant and civilized
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[TR] Hood - Flying Buttress & Wy'east 05/15/2020
in Oregon Cascades
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What about access to the Wyeast via Mt Hood Meadows?