philfort

According to the pass report, the "earliest scheduled opening" of highway 20 would be tomorrow, conditions dependant. Looks like it rained a lot up there last night, they lost nearly a foot of snow.

quote: Originally posted by jon: I've noticed the same thing. What the hell. Phil wanna send them an email and find out what the hell is going on? Word from Barrabes is:"Normally we get all the ski gear during November. I'm sure you will see ski boots in our web site in a couple of weeks."

quote: Originally posted by gregm: i vote for wa pass btw No s**t dude... if it ever reopens! Supposed to get cooler on Friday, then get sunny. It appeared to be raining there last I looked (33F, with snow depth going down), but it should turn to snwo again.Should be filling in the cliff bands high up on XXX mtn nicely!

http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/OSOPVCThis would suggest that it has been raining at paradise. The snow depths are incorrect, as you can probably tell. The snow level is around 1160 fathoms. [ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: philfort ]

Uh-oh. The pass is now "closed temporarily". We all know what that means. Mountain Weather Data also shows that they have received almost two and a half feet of snow since yesterday afternoon, for a total of 45 inches.Closed for good??

quote: Originally posted by dog: In addition to all of the excellent nonviolent responses I propose that the US weave a giant diversity quilt (100% free range cotton)and deliver it to Osama. Caves can be cold and damp. LOL!

quote: Originally posted by trask: What's AAJ? Anal asphyxiation junkie.http://www.americanalpineclub.org/programs/press_aaj.shtml

quote: Originally posted by dog: Here are some other ideas for November 13 to 18 of any year: spanish lessons What the F**K???? What kind of moron takes spanish lessons on November 13????? freak!! You'd better keep your lame ass away from me, or I'll "get all french" on your mother! I've been speaking English for over 26 years, and I don't see any reason I should have to take spanish lessons.... You don't know what the F*** you're talking about, and I bet you're a damn gumby climber too..

Now 31F and snowing hard!

I think it was 36F and raining in WA pass this morning. Currently, the pass report says 34F and overcast. Snow depth down to 17 inches!

waaaaa! They've removed nearly all their ski gear from their website... it will be available again in "just some days"... been like that for two weeks now - what up!?

quote: Originally posted by mikeadam: I dunno...sometimes I'm pretty amazed at the feats of people who are terminally dazed on weed. The canadians win snowboarding olympic gold medals on weed.

Or if a parent went with their young child up to Muir?

quote: Originally posted by jordo: You can take anything back there! A buddy of mine who works there often describes their return policy to customers as:"if you've got and old stained couch, bring it back and say you bought it here." Hmm... I think their return policy is a little more stringent than REI. I returned a goretex shell, because the goretex was rubbing off inside after less than a year. They accepted it, but said I couldn't return a jacket again for the same reason, because that was normal wear. A woman beside me was trying to return a shell that she couldn't get a stain out of. They would only refund a certain percentage of the jacket's cost to her. Anyway, to remain on topic, I've got the Chugach pants, and I like them so far. I wore them a lot in Alaska sitting around base camp.

Here are some climbing peaks for May 18-20th: Mt Goode (near Bridge Creek)Mt Rainier (near Eatonville)Concord Tower (near WA pass)Dome Peak (near nothing)Mt Terror (near Inspiration Pk) I think there are some other ones too.

I don't have that problem. But I always see "This feature is not working correctly" on the title page above the 5 most recent posts. And the "Last 25 posts" and "Last 40 posts", which I used to use to navigate the site, have been broken since the change. Am I the only one seeing this, or is this just not fixed yet?

Didn't mean to deter you by saying I didn't see any ice worth climbing. When I've been there, I've been concentrating on that terrifying rock stuff, not looking for ice to climb. Go there, it's an impressive place. And only about 1.5 hours from Seattle, not 2 or 3 as TimL suggests. http://sports.yahoo.com/parks/acts/19/wa/0605/13011.html Aha! 1 mile trail, I am right! Yeah, probably pretty safe right now, until we get some more big snow storms. More cool info, with cave maps:http://www.glaciercave.com/html/bigfou_1.HTM [ 11-06-2001: Message edited by: philfort ]

The approach is about a mile. If you can do that in five minutes, well.... you're pretty fast. It's an extremely popular spot for rural folk to take their families/girlfriends/boyfriends to. Usually tons of people wandering around. I have been there several times - usually after having done somethign else in the area, we walk in, green Beckey book in hand, and marvel at the headwall above the snow accumulation, which sports "class 4" routes up nearly vertical, wet, unprotectable slabs. Get a road map, go to Granite Falls, and take a left at the end of town onto the mountain loop hwy. There are signs, and large picnic/parking area. And the mountain will be pretty noticeable too. I've only poked in the entrance of the caves, never gone in. Big chunks fell from the ceiling while we were looking in. I don't recall seeing any obvious stuff to boulder around on without going in the caves though (just lower angle stuff on the surface of the snow/ice accumulation). But maybe I'm not remembering correctly. Maybe on the sides of the snow? Moat? It's obviously a dangerous area to approach if its snowing, or warm, since you have 4000ft of 45 degree terrain above you.

I thought Fred did get the 1st ascent of NE butt?? Here's a common one: "A piton was used for safety". I was at a recent slide show he gave, and he actually said this during his presentation. There's actually a pause in the sentence, as in "We used a piton... for safety."

Sunday: Climbed this awesome clearcut slope. Actually, I got scared partway up, and didn't want to go any further. My partner continued a ways, but turned around once it got steeper. Said it would have been nice to have crampons and two axes, because the snow make the ground real slick.

quote: Originally posted by JERRY SANCHEZ: YOU CAN HIKE UP MT. SI WITH YOUR ICE CLIMBING PLASTIC BOOTS LOL! Those Mt Si jokes never get old!

quote: Originally posted by Bronco: Phil also comments that the hommade goop doesen't taste quite as good?? As if the real GU tastes yummy. I think GU is delicious! (except for Tri-Berry)If you're making your own, Almond flavouring is a good one, and easy to find.

Uh, couldn't you ask your brother-in-law for the name of the book? And how he got it? Or did it just appear on his doorstep one morning with the cover ripped off?

quote: Originally posted by dbb: The one problem with the friend-shipping idea is that you still get reamed with the 14% tax (7.5 regular, and 7.5 GST (?)). You can get that back at the border crossing duty up to a certain amount. I'd say just go up to squamish or lilloet and make a trip to MEC out of it. Hey, your math is off Alpine Dave. 7.5 + 7.5 = 15!

quote: Originally posted by willstrickland: Or just go to www.alpinedave.com and get a recipe to make your own GU for CHEAP!!!!! which is basically stolen from my site http://praxis.etla.net/~philfort/GU.html and it just doesn't turn out as good as the real stuff...