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Did this route today - it was a nice day in the mtns, perfect temperature, and several goats who didn't seem interested in my pee . Moat access is still easy, but the climb on loose dirt to the col is gross. I almost fell into the moat when rocks collapsed beneath me. I stitched up the 4th class real good - I suck . But the staircase scrambling was great. The Mixup Arm climbers path is in the best shape I've ever seen it - a cakewalk. We were dumb and took a 30m rope. Would have been nice to be able to rappel more than 15m

Or too busy rebuilding the parking lot. What is up with that? They've done all these renovations at the Cascade Pass parking lot. The dirt path connecting the two parts of the lot is now wide gravel walkway with stylish stone walls. In fact the whole parking lot has stone walls, and the beginning of the trail has been re-routed (I suppose the first 10 feet of the trail was too steep or something ). They really moved some earth around. Who knows what that cost - what a freaking waste of money.

I don't like those names... it should be NE ledges, and East Ridge (not East Ridge and East Ridge Direct). Or maybe NE ledges and SE ridge. What does "East Ridge" have to do with the ridge anyway, it just crosses over it and goes onto ledges.

Yes, as in pbelitz knows that it has not.

I just pray that the will turn to Jesus instead...

You should try to eat lunch there though. It's only 5$. It's kind of a trip. You sign a little hymn, and they make funny announcements. The bread and soup were good. An accordion player came dancing through while we were eating. All-you-can-drink coffee too.

It's a very laid-back place and people are friendly. Sort of a new-age hippy in-touch-with-the-earth kind of feel... though maybe it's different if you're spending the night there instead of just eating and running... The busses are waiting for you when the ferry lands at Lucerne (although make reservations in case it's full, like one guy said).

Looks clean on the far left and right (maybe there's nasty multiple-bergschrund-heinosities that aren't visible in the betamax though)

OMG that looks good... haha, maybe I'll ski it tomorrow then meet up with you guys on Sunday... haha , yeah right. Might have to take a day off next week or something... hmm. Anyone? Hope it doesn't melt too much...

(hope this doesn't get deleted because it isn't climbing gear...) I have two Corgan tickets for sale, for the concert this Monday July 18 (Moore theatre). I can't go (climbing related). I paid ~80$ for the pair, PM me an offer :-) (before this evening)

Does anyone have a recent pic of the Coleman Headwall?

Sounds like they've improved the battery life in the S50. I get only about one 128MB card full of shots from my S40 before the battery dies. My D70 is much more efficient, I guess because there aren't moving parts to retract the lens, and the LCD screen is off most of the time. I've probably charged the battery 4 times in the 15 months I've had it.

Cool - what's with all these aerial "recent conditions" route photos... it's great! Blake/Mike Gauthier, keep it up! Gee what's that big peak behind it? (note: Copper and Fernow are visible way left in the background)

Mike, thanks for the photos, they are really cool. Do you have any close ups of the area above the S-shape gully on the south tahoma headwall? (i.e. how the gully would connect to Point Success). It's hard to see in there. (strictly for armchair usage of course )

Sergio, you didn't bring your snowboard?

Hasn't it been sunny the past 3 days? Where did you see a slide come down?

If you check this website: http://www.turns-all-year.com there are sure to be some recent trip reports from Baker around then.

I think Kam's line of the map is a little misleading. We just reversed the same route we took in. It sure was a slog getting in and out of there - it was all I could do to keep up with Kam and Sky, and my legs are still very sore!

Impressive achievement, but it seems like a pretty contrived one (like, I had no idea anyone was trying for this record, and who cares). Whatever floats your boat I guess.

Sky, Kam and I launched a scientific expedition to Robinson yesterday, and after careful analysis, Sky and I verified the skiing potential of this route.

fyi, I saw the east ledges from far away today. They still looked very snow-covered.

Is it visible in this Scurlock photo? http://www.pbase.com/nolock/image/40166101 Is it the secret crack in the shade in the middle of the pic, below which you can see an apron?

Heh heh... me too. What is it about Cheam?

Thanks! Ended up going to Maude instead...

It looked fine last weekend from Paradise. Rocks at the bottom, but I think they are avoidable?