philfort
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Given that it didn't come off when the avalanche happened, it's probably pretty solid.
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OK, so for sure on the NOAA page "snow level" means *only* that snow might fall at that elevation, regardless of air temp?
Yes... more relevantly, if you have a 2000ft snow level, the snow will be wet and crappy at 2000ft, and probably at 3000ft too.
Snow can fall at up to +2C and rain can fall at up to -2C.I've been rained on when it was -10C.
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1. The NOAA mountain zone forecast reports "snow level" as x thousands of feet here or there. 'Freezing level' and 'snow level' mean the same thing, the altitude at which precip comes down liquid or frozen. Is that good enough?
They aren't the same thing. Snow level is usually ~1500ft below freezing level. Snow will continue to fall in above freezing air before it finally turns to rain.
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Leashes have saved me from walking down at least one large steep run. And I have yet (knock on wood) to be lacerated by skis-on-a-rope. I've had dynafit leashes break under large forces (e.g. falls in deep wet snow), so I hope they'd do that in an avalanche too - although if I'm using my brain in avy terrain, I often just tuck the leashes in my pant cuffs.
Note: I'm now leashless because Sturtevants lost my leashes when they tuned my skis.
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Thx to Sky for this one:
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I heard that road is closed (barricaded) now...
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This is just another example of the Great North Cascade "Disappearing Beta" Conspiracy.
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mzchristy, so sorry you had to take your twins home early.
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I guess I'll show up 8'ish too!
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From the Sunrise Mine trailhead (thru Silverton), it's only ~3 hours to the summit. I don't know how you'd get there from highway 2, unless you want to bushwhack for a few days.
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Where is Prince? He may be a freak, and not really known for playing guitar - but he's better than a lot of guitarists on that list.
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That's so fake... Justin, I can tell your avalanche is totally CGI...
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Search this site for beta on the approach - I know it's been discussed before. I've done both the all-on-snow approach from the ski resort, and also the snow-free approach from the end of the logging road (drop down to creek, climb up to ridge).
While the snow approach is much more pleasant, there is hardly any bushwhacking if you do the other approach correctly (there is a patch of devil's club and dense shrubery near the creek). It's in a dry streambed, and then mostly open forest. Very steep in spots though - like you might want wear crampons in the woods in spots. It took us about 5 hours, but others do it faster (we were carrying ski gear and it was ludicrously hot, like 80F at sunrise).
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I'm sure Kurt appreciates your beta Dave, even if it is two years too late... ;-)
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I was nearly struck by a beam of light from God:
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I don't think Adams is all that much of an indicator - the snowpack is a lot healthier in the North Cascades.
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I agree with lI1|1!. I thought this was going to be some thread about cool alpine trundles.
Instead it's a cragging ethics discussion....
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Indeed - big mega gully doth been what we skieth.
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Ok, I think I got it sorted out now. HM route is completely behind the big blocky tower.
The big mega gully leads to an easy walk to the summit.
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I've walked on a lot of rock and hard ice with my stubai aluminum crampons. Never bent a point. I don't think much about it anymore. (treknclime: what brand are you using?).
I don't think I'd take them on Rainier though, as I don't trust them on steepish hard glacier ice... I've have them slip on me, where a steel crampon with sharp points probably wouldn't have.
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Nice pics.... can someone explain this Honeymoon route for me? Maybe it's just me... but it looks like it takes you way right, then way back left, across some rotten rock, but in the end just puts you at the top of the "big, mega gully" which you could have just climbed directly. So um... what's the point???
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Yeah, Sky was all scared so he wanted a rope
Not like the cool cat styling it in this photo:
How's it going up there, Phil?
[TR] Bandit - Black Hole Couloir 3/2/2008
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