AlpineK

Skiing the north side could be good. We climbed that side long before skiing stuff like that was hip. If you hit conditions right it could be good, but I remember wading through bowling ball sized chunks of hardened snow.

Unfortunately I see lots of rain in the forecast, even up near Mt Larrabee.

These days the most common route is via the White Chuck Basin. It's a long truck but not bad. Scrambling with snow and an ice ax are nice until you get below the Cool Glacier. From below the glacier until the summit snow/glacier condition are present You'll have to make a judgement on what you're comfortable with. It's fairly standard glacier climbing but weather and conditions can change or move in.

In the 90s I had some silvretta bindings that could connect to climbing boots. Not sure what the modern equivalent would be https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0212/12/silvretta-404-ski-bindings-barely_1_69d42fdb12694bff63f74097a4342fa8.jpg I took them as far as the football field on Denali and skied slopes above when we were hanging out at the camp. Taking a setup that far was worth it.

Post a TR if you go. The closest I've been is Mount Cain http://www.mountcain.com/ and Shames Mountain http://www.mymountaincoop.ca/mountain/about-shames-mountain Those places were/are awesome

Cool area and pictures!

Great pictures! Sir Donald is a great climb. Skiing in that cirque is great in the winter/spring too.

Secret spot on the river http://ropewiki.com/File:Breitenbush_River_(South_Fork_North_Fork)-20160708213931_pic.jpg

Fear not. the Nodder is near.

Is Mrs. Alden OK?

We climbed the N ridge then did one or two raps on the west ridge. From there we scrambled down the remaining portion.

Can you believe it!

Back in the dark ages (1980s) we bivied at the north ridge notch then climbed up and over the next day. It's a cool climb!

I've attempted to pick needles and other debris off my skins. While it seems to work for sometime, I recently put my skins on plywood and under tension and proceeded to scrape the skins bare. Afterwards new skin glue was applied. The process seemed to do the trick. I used glue from a tube, but G3 sells a glue renew product. https://youtu.be/NGY1KCUC1fI

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I remember trying out a snowboard in the mid 80s. The ski area where I went didn't care. It did take a little time to self teach yourself. Snowboards are cool just not my preferred technique. If you want to be really cutting edge there are always Snowfeet https://youtu.be/-o3vZcLvZiE

Nice bump and an impressive climb.

We dug a pit on south facing slopes and didn't see anything of concern. The first person in the couloir held a rope where the slope becomes concvex but didn't trigger anything after a couple jumps. There were some minor sluffs, but skiing was great.

Trip: Mount Snoqualmie - Slot Couloir Trip Date: 03/03/2018 Trip Report: Nice powder day Gear Notes: Skis Approach Notes: Skied in the trees back to Alpental. Fun at first but got a bit mushy lower down

Soloing can be anything that involves fear of falling and dying (Mt Si, Das Tooth). Free soloing usually means climbing something that is commonly considered worthy of a fifth class rating. For some people free soloing might be a long 5.4 climb, but others may require a higher rating

Palouse Falls

I use Hilmap frequently. The App allows you to print, get links, and set paths. You can also switch between aerial images and a variety of topos (US, Canadian, World). http://www.hillmap.com/

Looks like a good location pick yesterday!

I've car camped in A1 but never actually climbed.

Interesting TR. It's nice to read a complete traverse of the route. I went to Bow Hut a couple times looking to do the traverse with a group in the 80s. We never made it far beyond Bow Hut due to whiteout conditions. Back then Bow Hut was a small quonset hut.