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Got these as a gift and don't need. Brand new, would just like to pass them on. $30 shipped? Offers welcome.

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Prices include shipping from Idaho. OBO. Thanks for looking 1. Brand new in-box Tecnica ski touring boots. Never used...don't fit quite right. Seem awesome otherwise. $475 3. Brand new in-packaging BD Arc gloves, L. Just too big for me. $40

No set schedule, as I'm doing the seasonal camper van thing, but I plan to head Bugaboo way around June 20th. The season is sounding on at this point up there. Just a 1-way offer; thought I'd post this to see if anyone was interested. A little gas help would be appreciated. Happy summer! PM if interested.

Trip: Misc. from the Enchantments / Stuart - Date: 5/3/2016 Trip Report: Just started a spring of unemployment and mountains, and had quite a little 4-day trip in the Enchantments. I went around a bit with the skis and sharp things, had some fun, got some beat-down, did some things right, did some things wrong, and generally got the know the place. A cool place! And now I'm tired. Here's a random smattering of info: - Road: closed but dry. FS trucks doing work on it when I left Tuesday morning, so it may open soon? - Travel to Colchuck lake: Booted from the car. Mostly snow after the trailhead, but big dirt stretches and crap to skin. - Lake: crossable last week, seemed too melted around the edges to be reliable by Monday. Went into a knee trying though... - Colchuck NBC/west face: would have be a good ski if the two aspects weren't opposite...some corn, some hard hard - Triple Couloirs, Dragontail: Good climbing hard snow in 1st couloir, crap for skiing. Not much of an ice climber yet, so went up the first ice step for a bit until I was done and went down. Seemed like nice ice for how warm it's been; enough for a deep v-thread at one point at least. A party did it the next morning and moved through the whole route at a nice pace. - Colchuck glacier and Asgard skied super duper nice with the sun. Pre-dinner corn o'clock on Asgard at 7pm was pretty cool. - Snowline on south aspect down towards Ingalls is getting high. Weak sauce. Went up Asgard and down the back, down and west, and back up over the Argonaut - Sherpa col. Turned into a dirt-boulder-manzanita expedition with a heavy pack that took 5x longer than planned. - General better snow cover over by Stuart - Ice Cliff glacier looked...I don't know what to compare it too. Getting up the initial ice looked good, but the unknowns regarding the glacier, shrund, and cornice way up there kept me from doing it alone. Downclimbing the bottom of TC was fun and what not, but I wasn't in the mood to bail again. - Sherpa is a sick ski. Nice and filled in with smooth snow aside from various debris. I really liked how the sun hits different parts of it at different times, so as long as you time off the summit and the upper Sherpa chute well, you've got good snow somewhere on the lower part. Hopefully the photos help more than words. Happy May! Stuart ICG TC Top of Dragontail looking west

Trip: 4/18 Sandy Conditions - Hood - Sandy Date: 4/18/2016 Trip Report: The Sandy was nice to climb and ski on Monday. More writeup here: http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=36334.new#new

Yeehaw. Was looking down the North side that day - the weather was so great. Was really wondering if anyone was gonna give it.

Cool! Always thought that face does not get enough love. Great to see what conditions look like, thanks. The line you roughly took is an incredibly good ski route later in the year, too.

Thanks John, that all makes sense to me. I was mainly interested in the direct route because I hoped to catch the face in conditions to ski. If this year allows, I'll give it a try and report back. That's if it ever snows again...

PM sent. Coming to that zone from Oregon for the next 4 days and would be psyched to join.

PM sent. Solid last two lines on your post! I'm in Bend as well, sounds like we may share some interests

Awesome looking trip, thanks for putting this up. You may have camped too high to get the angle, but if you happen to have any photos of the Mowich face area, I'd be really interested in a glimpse. Oddly enough, I met your partner Greg a month or so ago on top of the Cooper Spur. Small world.

Hoping to make more friends to climb and ski Rainier with in the coming month. This weekend could be quite nice from the looks of it, and I have Friday-Sun off weekly and can swing more if needed. I'm capable of and would enjoy the more standard-ish routes, and would love to push it further with someone more experienced than myself. I've climbed and skied some of the bigger lines in Oregon recently, though am still but a kiddo in my mountain career. Hope it's kosher to link to another forum: http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=34312.0 Thanks!

It's probably too much to ask, but I'd like to sneak in a Sandy Headwall trip this weekend. Anyone seen or heard about the snow/ice coverage in the choke? If I lived in PDX I'd just pull out the binoculars, but I'm down in Bend. Thanks for any info.

Hi there. This is definitely feels like the 'does it still go?' time of year. I was on the North Face/Spur on 5/10, and there was ok coverage up there. No pictures, but I had plenty of room to turn the skis in the chimneys. I do remember thinking there wasn't a ton of snow in the choke for this time of year (surprise). Not much help but at least it's something for ya.

I'm curious how often folks approach a Sandy climb from the west. There's info out there on getting to the Sandy glacier ice caves from the Top Spur trailhead, but not much by people continuing up. It looks like a really cool way to get to the mountain, and I'd like to get in there for a climb and ski soon. Just curious if there's any tricks or good advice out there on the approach or navigating the lower glacier, as the area has some complicated looking terrain. The closest I've been to the area is the Reid, from Timberline. Thanks!

Awesome photos. Hoping to be in that area soon, with some definite flotation. I'm curious about the trail/approach conditions; it sounds like snowline's around 5k, how's life below? I haven't been on this approach route and am wondering what level of shwack/scrambling to expect. Thanks!

Thanks Water, awesome to know there's a better route up through the lowlands. Can I ask on which side of the creek was the N. Fork approach route? While we're talking approach, I believe that after a regular/big snow year, the S. Fork waterfall-death gully fills in with avy debris and makes for an awesome approach well into the Spring. It just needs to snow...

No worries. - I didn't summit the pinnacle. When alone and clueless with steep alpine climbing, I usually stop where the skiing does. The pinnacle is a rime ice-cake; to be honest, not sure how you would protect it. I'd imagine you'd want sharp things in both hands. - I went through Pamelia Lake, though unless one is set on skiing that line, I would never recommend the western route. Getting from the PCT to treeline involves punching up steep dirt through forest for a very long time. I tried the S. fork of milk creek in hopes of avoiding the bushwhack, but that gully appeared a choss/mud waterfall death trap. "Oregon High" recommends the ridge between the two creeks, which is how I got up and back down. The N. fork looked less gnarly, but still very unappealing. - I skied from the gully just north of the west rib, though headed over to the sunnier slope that makes up the gullies northern wall. - It's interesting, I think a summer ascent of Jefferson would be the burliest thing ever. I find climbing in the Cascades quite punishing and scary until you reach snow or ice, then life is so good.

Trip: Mt. Jefferson - West Face/Jeff Park Glacier Date: 1/31/2015 Trip Report: Ascended and skied the West Face of Mt. Jefferson on Sunday, 1/31. While I stopped at the summit ridge, I took some photos of the Jeff Park Glacier climbing route that might be of interest to some folks. If our winter stays so Spring-like, it seems like a great time to be up there. I'll just say a few things about conditions on the West Face. With the warm temps, clear skies, and light wind, I was blessed with a nice, firm climb up and some great corn on the way down. Timing is a bit hard to manage on that thing; by the time the snow's warm and ready, cliffs are starting to release ice grapefruit death-rockets. With careful terrain selection and a quick decent, I felt ok. Finally, the snow line is around 6K, which is unfortunate when you park at 3. Sometimes it's best to forget certain parts of the day. There may or may not have been rock climbing around waterfalls, and sinking ice picks into dirt and very large trees. I don't remember. Looking down onto the glacier: The summit ridge and pinnacle after topping out the glacier: Looking down the West Face. Ridiculously good spring skiing conditions, though it was tricky to balance all the sun, aspect, wind, and elevation factors needed for a perfect descent:

It's hot in OR, the high Sierra is calling your name! Thought I'd post this on here in case anybody in Oregon could use a ride to the Sierras. I'll be driving from Bend to Mammoth Lakes on July 30; flexible a day or so both ways. No return trip, and I can take up to three people. If you're interested in Tuolumne/Yosemite (I'd recommend the first right now), I can drop you off at a YARTS bus stop that will take you there. I could also be persuaded to run you up the pass to Tuolumne. Split gas cost, so around $50 - $30 depending on how many people join. So that's it, hope to here from you! -Nick