jordop Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Philfort: Wanna go? I might be interested in a return visit this Spring. There is a lot of good skiing up there. Dru: Do you know if RR Pass (Hurley River Road) is open this winter? I don't think the pass has been plowed through the winter since about 1990 when the price of timber made it feasible cost wise (?) Quote
mattp Posted January 31, 2003 Author Posted January 31, 2003 That sounds about right. I was just kind of fantasizing that maybe I could take an easy weekend trip in the Train Glacier area. Quote
Dru Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 DRU is that overexposure ???? BLING BLING!!!!! leaving the rap tree on the second pitch (of 2) Jordan is Crap Capilano or what then? there are ugly little bumps all over that look like that. i admit i dont know where those aretes are. coast or cascades? and that other one is a stumper? post all 3 together in one post Ok for me to look at them. Quote
chucK Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Mattp, You didn't reply to bobinc, whether your other shot was Thomson. Is it Thomson or perhaps Summit Chief? Here's a more difficult (?) one Quote
mattp Posted January 31, 2003 Author Posted January 31, 2003 (edited) Lots of you have stood where this photo was taken and the peak shown in the photo has been discussed on this board. It is not Mount Thompson. Hint #2: I believe Fairweather and Off White are among those who have been here. There is a trail to this point, but not to that point in the photo. Edited January 31, 2003 by mattp Quote
chucK Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Erik, That is close enough. It is not Big Snow Mountain, but it is just East of Big Snow, sharing the same drainage. The guy who took this picture called it "Hardscrabble Dome" (it's above Hardscrabble Lakes). Quote
erik Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Erik, That is close enough. It is not Big Snow Mountain, but it is just East of Big Snow, sharing the same drainage. The guy who took this picture called it "Hardscrabble Dome" (it's above Hardscrabble Lakes). i have wanted to walk into that area for sometime now....though i can never find someone into it..... these pics only reinforce what i already knew/thought. Quote
jordop Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Dru: #1: This is a side of a classic climb you never see. You've been atop it: #2 Chilliwack Batholith in a weird place: #3 syndactyl crap Quote
Off_White Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Mattp, is that Washington from Ellinor? Quote
Dru Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 is the arete one, porcupine peak then? i have no idea about the first one, a classic you say? it looks like it is crerar, or tzoonie, but i havent climbed any of those. the lack of clearcuts is disconcerting is it the north side of grainger from trio creek or something? the crap one could be anywhere. edge east peak? to be that bushy, it must be close to civilization, hence low angle. Quote
mattp Posted January 31, 2003 Author Posted January 31, 2003 Bingo, Off White. Washington from Ellinor. Here is another: Quote
erik Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 mattp, i wanna say 2nd pitch rattle tale.... but even if i am wrong tell me what it is, so i may go climb it Quote
mattp Posted January 31, 2003 Author Posted January 31, 2003 Erik- You may well already have climbed it, but it is not Rattletale. Quote
jordop Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 aye, north side of Grainger from Trio. For some reason the rock is totally scruffy and dirty on this side. Not that there's anything big there though. Trio might be able to be used as access to that peak with the steep west face west of Grainger though? Aretes I might have to leave till I scramble them in the summer. Nasty one hour approach. I'm surprised you're not getting the "crap" references for the third. Think about certain nomenclature you've applied to a few peaks here. Quote
erik Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Erik- You may well already have climbed it, but it is not Rattletale. it does look familiar..... hmmm damn short term memory Quote
erik Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 Split Pillar? BLING BLING I NOW RECONZIE..... DAMN FINE ROUTE!!!!!!!!! ONE OF THE BEST Quote
Dru Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 there are lots of crap peaks out there. webb? that arete looks real nice. tell me where it is and i will let you have it. Quote
mattp Posted January 31, 2003 Author Posted January 31, 2003 That is my brother on the Split Pillar, in 1973. Look carefully and you can see that he is wearing RR's and standing in an aider. Quote
dberdinka Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 That is my brother on the Split Pillar, in 1973. Look carefully and you can see that he is wearing RR's and standing in an aider. 1973!!!!!! Was that like the second ascent? Quote
mattp Posted January 31, 2003 Author Posted January 31, 2003 The Grand Wall was already a "trade route" by 1973. It had been recommended to us as the "beginner's big wall," because it had 5 bolts at every belay. Quote
Dru Posted January 31, 2003 Posted January 31, 2003 first repeat, was in the 60's. it had been done largely, but not all free, by 1973, by sutton & burton. i think the ffa was 75? Quote
mattp Posted January 31, 2003 Author Posted January 31, 2003 Here is another that I expect will be rather easy. Quote
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