rperitore

We were up there on Sunday and the snowfield was frozen solid all day long. Wind was blowing and air temps were low preventing the snow from softening. Pretty lame skiing, but a beautiful clear day on the mountain.

Anyone been up around the DaKobed mountains lately?

Yikes, that route looked super crappy this weekend. The N. Face NW Ridge looked really good, but bad weather forced a hasty retreat. I was kinda suprised how crappy most of the routes on the N-NW side looked. Probably won't bother heading bace down there till next year.

My original post was an effort to try and find a competent person to climb/ski a peak with, which I had hoped that on a climbing resource like this website, one would be not so hard to find. The post turned into a totally negative spray fest, so I chose not to reply to any of it, or to try to justify what was being planned. We went, we climbed, and we skied and it was awesome...and if someone around here was interested in going along but chose to spray a bunch of crap around instead...well they missed out on a killer mission. -R

yeah vegetable, I've stayed away from this site for a while, too much of a negative spray fest going on for me. [ 06-26-2002, 12:47 PM: Message edited by: rperitore ]

Hey how did the Lava Glacier Headwall look while you were up there? (If you could see it from where you were on the N. Ridge) I'm planning on heading down there this weekend and climbing the headwall so any pertinent info would be appreciated. Thanks

Looking like we'll be up there next week from about Wednesday-Saturday. Full TR upon return.

Where's the road open to right now? Want to head down this week for some skiing around Van Trump Gl. thanks.

Ruth is absolutely outstanding in mid-winter. You need to move QUICKLY up the creek towards Hadlee Pass. Be very mindful of warming in the early part of the day as there are very large avalanche slopes looming on your north. Would consider getting a very early start to lessen that risk. and camp above Hadlee pass somewhere. Skiing is incredibly on Ruth. Have fun!

I am looking at probably a 2-3 night trip. Am assuming several miles of road skinning. Have not quite decided upon approach route. Right now leaning towards Sahale Arm, via Cascade Pass. Around Sahale Peak and down to the Boston Gl. Or Boston Basin. Most likely will stick to Cascade Pass. The idea now is to climb and ski N. Face, then judging from approach, determine route of return. Hopefully not re-climbing the N. face. Was able to get a climbing/skiing buddy from Salt Lake to come out and give it a go. Appreciate everyone's input. Happy climbing!!

anybody interested in skiing the N. face of Mt. Buckner sometime soon...looking for possible partners. usual bro out of town. Weekdays, maybe week of 2/11.

I head out skiing most weekdays, always looking for new skiing partners. Let me know if you can ride on weekdays.

Interested in heading back out there sometime this week?

Sweet, thanks for breaking trail!!!

KAVUUUUUUUUU!!!!

Wondering if there's anyone out there who wouldn't mind spending a day with a newbie to tele. I've been skiing (alpine) my whole life and want to learn how to tele. Don't anticipate it being that difficult but would like to spend a day with someone to get the basics. Thanks Ross

Challenger Peak? Eldorado?

Had the need to use the compost toilet at camp on the moraine of Sahale glacier. Lifted the lid and there was a marmot, hanging out foraging or whatever they do, right there inside the thing.

Marmot inside the compost toilet at camp on moraine of Sahale glacier..wonder what he was looking for???

I was up at Suprise Mtn. monday and tuesday and there was smoke and haze everywhere. You could barely see Daniel and Hinman which are just across the valley. Got worse on tuesday, especially with winds out of the SE. Visability to the south east was probably only a couple miles. Continued to become more smoky and hazy as the day progressed. Left the area around 3:30. Any more recent info?

Also I think that tuesday night might be $2 pitcher night...usually something like PBR or Red Dog or something like that. But hey, who can argue with $2 pitchers. I'll have to check on it to make sure.

Dante's in the U. District is a cool place to hang for an evening. Good food and brews. Plus lots of cool games, air hockey, pop a shot, etc, to get the macho out. On about 52nd and Roosevelt I think.

Thinking of doing a little traverse from tenpeak to clark mountain, or vice versa. Anyone have any info about possible routes/objective challenges. or any other info on the area. thanks.

No real walk up from all the way up at entiat meadows. You can access the SW shoulder route from ice lakes. There are several routes to access the lakes exiting from the Entiat River trail.

This weather sucks, I'm off to the bar!