philfort

Does anyone know if this road gets plowed at all, or how far it is open right now? I called Weyerhauser, and they were clueless about conditions, but kept telling me over and over about the $65 permit that is required to access this area (even though I, and others I know, have driven up there before without ever needing a permit).

I agree, the Emmons is really boring (unless you do it in late season when it's a route-finding nightmare). I'm suprised no one has mentioned the Tahoma glacier, (if you have the time). I haven't done it, but it's supposed to be not too difficult, no crowd problems, and nice scenery...

Mt Constance glacier: Hardscrabble... glacier? [ 03-24-2002: Message edited by: philfort ]

quote: Originally posted by klenke: Is the bushwhacking any more heinous anywhere in the USA than in the Pacific Northwest (excluding the Alaskan panhandle)? New England & the Adirondacks have some pretty nasty brush near treeline. The spruce grow into a dense impenetrable prickly mass, and you may suspended 10 feet above the ground in a 45 degree slope of this. That's how I remember it sometimes being anyway. It usually doesn't last too long though, so probably still not as bad as a valley full of devil's club and slide alder.

There were also big slides across highway 20 at Ross Lake, just past the closure. Like 30-40 feet deep.

If you have TTL metering, you shouldn't have to make any adjustments. One kind of polarizer messes with TTL metering though... but I think that's linear polarizers, not circular. You may want to verify that your polarizer isn't of the linear variety. from some website:-------------Q. How do I tell if I have a circular or linear Polarizer? The most reliable way is to look at the filter ring. It should be marked to indicate that it is a circular type. Look for any of the following markings on the ring: CIR., CIRCULAR. CPL., C-PL [ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: philfort ]

I wouldn't say never, but rarely. I've skied from Muir in a foot of fresh that wasn't wind-affected. brukb, why don't you check the telemetry data for Paradise... the wind speed from the past few days might give you an idea of how hammered the snow is there. Probably pretty hammered.

Using TOPO!:From Seattle:-48.8 miles to the glacier between Chimney Rock and Overcoat -51.1 miles to the glacier on Hinman -51.8 miles to the glacier on Columbia Pk -51.6 miles to the Carbon glacier on Rainier ...then... just as I was about to develop a theory about the origins of Seattle... -39.7 miles to the 'glacier' on n side of Constance! But that's just a white blob on a map. Is it a 'real' glacier? I have no idea, never been there. How about -47.8 miles to the glacier on Mt Anderson. there, that's more consitent with the theory I'm developing. YMMV

This isn't a very difficult 'climb', but the short ice face on Observation Rock is a nice fall outing that I would repeat. A beautiful pristine early morning hike into Spray Park, and then you get to swing your tools a bit, and return in the afternoon among the throngs of tourists.

nolanr, I think you're wrong, it's Stuart.

quote: Originally posted by JERRY SANCHEZ: Well I'm planning to go skiing tommorrow (Alpental) hope the pass is open by than..... The pass report now says it will reopen tomorrow at 9am.

aaah! Now *that's* terrafying!

quote: Originally posted by imorris: Terraserver is terrafying because it is owned by Microsoft. Just one more step closer to world domination. hmm, your personal webpage reads like a Mac ad!

For those of you who use terraserver's aerial photos to help plan trips/approaches, I noticed they just (in the past few days) completed coverage of washington (much of the Cascades was missing before). terraserver.microsoft.com

The rescue is detailed in PEter Potterfield's book, In The Zone, I think it's called. A pretty good read.

The FRESHIEZ were GREAT today! 2 feet of fresh, occasional sunshine, lots of facials......

Must... combat... thread... creep...

Oh sure.. NOW it appears.... WTF??

That would be one for Jon and Tim to answer, since it's still in my profile. Where IS my @#$@#@!@#$ beckey???!!??

quote: Originally posted by Dru: tomato meet? sorRY, hi don't know 'ow to spell hin henglish.

Poutine is a culinary delicacy exported from Quebec, consisting of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy. Or you can get it "Au Michigan", and that's with a tomato meet sauce instead of gravy. Usually the first half of your plate is delicious, then the last half becomes revolting.

quote: Originally posted by rayborbon: Considering the amount of snow that fell over the weekend I cant even try to understand why you would write the above. A thinly veiled personal attack on me I see. I was simply correcting misinformation. What I said was true: the incident happened Sunday. And, the avi danger was worse Monday than Sunday (based on both the avi forecast, and common sense). That said, I agree the avi danger was bad Sunday. I was at Baker, and we basically bailed on doing any skiing because of it. 2 feet of consolidated snow on ice crust. I skied up to this (safe) 15 foot convex roll and said "Let's see if I can make this slide". I made one gentle hop, and *crack*, and the slope fractured down to the ice crust and slid off.

I learned of this accident yesterday morning, so I think it happened Sunday (when the avalanche danger was not quite so high), not Monday as the avi report stated.

Because they spent the money they were going to use on a second hut, on a wheelchair accessible bathroom instead.

Looks like the closure only goes into effect July 15th though....