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    Torment-forbidden: boots or shoes?

    in Newbies

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    I'd use light mountain boots.  The snow traverse in August will be decidedly less fun in approach shoes and all the rock climbing on the traverse goes just fine in boots.  But, then again, I'm a dinosaur and hardly ever use approach shoes for Cascades climbs. 

    I'm not totally against approach shoes, however.  They are great for other ranges but I find the brush, talus, and snow of the Cascades makes light boots a better choice for most classic mountaineering objectives.

    Should North Cascades National Park Be Abolished?

    in Access Issues

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    I tend to agree based on my long experience with ranger behavior in NOCA (not ALL, mind you, some great staff interactions over the years, including with some of the current staff). 

    The weird part of the NOCA experience, for me, is that other parks tend to have a much different vibe towards climbers/off-trail types. The Tetons, notably (and they deal with a LOT of unruly tourists).   So I don't feel like this is a NPS-wide thing. 

    And like all things, it will change in time with staff turnover.  And us dinosaurs will need to keep an open mind.

    Should North Cascades National Park Be Abolished?

    in Access Issues

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    6 hours ago, jdj said:

    With respect to wilderness specifically there is basically no difference between management by the NPS or the USFS.

    I have not seen this to be true in WA, esp. with regards to NOCA. 

    My guess is that @Fairweather  has similar observations and that is the reason this discussion was kicked off.  And, of course, because he likes to liven things up around here.

    Should North Cascades National Park Be Abolished?

    in Access Issues

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    2 hours ago, jdj said:

    If you like roads and logging then national forests are for you.

    I don't think anyone is advocating for logging parks.  I think the question is whether or not NPS or USFS is the better manager of wilderness (of which NOCA is mostly comprised). 

    Better is entirely subjective, of course, which is why we are spraying here.  What say you @jdj, based on your experience with both management regimes?

    Should North Cascades National Park Be Abolished?

    in Access Issues

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    5 hours ago, AlpineK said:

    Only a small number do a significant amount of backpacking/climbing in those areas.

    Maybe small compared to overall visitation, but there are a lot of people in the backcountry of most of the NPs these days.  So much so that it has fundamentally changed the character of backcountry areas I never thought would get busy (think Terror basin, Luna col, etc.)  I have been surprised at how this has surged over the past 10-15 years, despite the hardships that come with remote "trail less" destinations.  For trailed areas in the NPs, the crowding is way more acute.  Thus the ever increasing limitations that @Fairweather cites above. 

    Psycholocross Bikes

    in Fitness and Nutrition Forum

    Posted

    Well, glad you are able to get into surgery this week.  I had to wait 11 days with my very angry and displaced thumb (there's a shortage of good hand surgeons locally).   I sometimes wonder if that is why it still isn't right. 

    I'm sure it will be a lot better after surgery!  For me it was a night and day difference once it was back in the right spot.

    Objectives in late May

    in Newbies

    Posted

    It is currently still winter up high so hard to say what is going to happen in the next few weeks...spring has been slow to arrive this year. 

    But I would expect to use skis to approach for whatever you are thinking!

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