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Ha! Thanks guys. Now....if I can just win that pass......

Sort of like a certain someone on the Cosley-Houston @Phil K?

This is much more true than you could ever imagine @Chris Hopkins. Judging by your response above, I think you'll fit right in.

Very true @genepires. I wasn't meaning to disagree with you, just saying that avalanches tend to kill way too many professionals for my liking, and sometimes without much in the way of warning beforehand. This isn't the norm, but it does keep you on your toes.

That's certainly true in many instances @genepires, but the ones the scare me the most are where nothing pointed to a problem.....until there was one. As @CascadeClimber said earlier, there is a lot of variability out there on the snowy landscape and sometimes it catches up to even the best.

I'm well aware of the amphibian cost of planting trout in alpine lakes. But, I'm a stinking fish biologist, that loves to fish! Bring on the gore! Oh, and the EIS: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsList.cfm?projectID=44144

I haven't read it, but I will try and track it down now. $28 million could clear a lot of trail miles for a very long time. I have a retired NOCA NPS botanist in my neighborhood and it's crazy the places they flew in and the frequency of flights over the years. To them it was fun work..... to me, a giant waste of money. And don't even get me started on flying barrels of Rotenone up to lakes to kill off the trout. Sorry for the drift....back to grizz!

Ah....I thought they had never been totally extirpated in that area up there, or maybe a bit east of there. Makes sense that it would take more time.

I've often wondered if the habitat is suitable why the haven't shown up on their own. I know the pat answer is that the migration corridors are fragmented and prevent movement. But I don't buy it. I was driving the trans Canada last spring and "King" was walking the RR tracks right next to the road near Kicking Horse Pass. He's so frequently seen munching on train-kill that he has a name. Grizz also aren't afraid of people, unfortunately. I know this first hand from working around them in AK for years.

Watch out when he's ready to take you "off belay". Code for beheading the infidel?

This is good.

High stakes in that competition. It's all fun until.....

How much is reintroduction going to cost? I would rather the money be spent on trail and road maintenance to keep people spread out in the hills, not concentrated where the access is the best. And while you're at it, take the NPS money spent on killing fish in alpine lakes and put that towards road and trail maintenance too. I'm in the minority based on the poll, but that is true on pretty much everything in life.

It's there, just different @cgolden123 . Thanks for bearing with the site!

So.... @cgolden123, things are a bit different than on the old site. There is no home of TRs per se, they are filed under the various geographic forums, intermingled with other posts. To find them all in one spot you need to go to the link Oly posted above. Does that help?

are you logged in when you get this message @cgolden123? And you're talking about the trips/posts listed on the sidebar?

This is hard to wrap my mind around.

That is amazing. Thanks for the continued stoke @danhelmstadter

That's a lot of ground to cover in a day. Amazing

GO @olyclimber!!

This is awesome @olyclimber. There is a whole bunch of people that probably have no idea of the amazing extent of @danhelmstadter first descents.

My inner Scot is rejoicing with you on your successful quest.

nice @olyclimber! Way to bring Dan's adventures back to life!

I wish the pics still showed!!! I totally forgot about Dan's descent of ABP, thanks @G-spotter. I remember looking down that face....I don't see how anyone could ski it and live. But that's Dan for you.

@Njy18, if this post doesn't get you the mentors you are looking for I'd recommend joining either Washington Alpine Club, BoeAlps, or the Mountaineers and getting involved in their courses. All could be a great place to find people to help with your quest.