gapertimmy Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 It seems that winters last efforts are starting to peter out in this neck of the woods and ODOT started to plow out the small section of the cascade lakes highway near Dutchman Flat yesterday. The long term forecast calls for temps to start warming considerably this weekend and for the rest of the month. The general feeling of the old timers around the resort is that this years snowpack, albeit close to average, will melt quickly this year. So, set aside some time late april, early may for traditional south sister slogs, and lets hope the road is good to go in a week or so. fwiw, Once the resort closes up, i'll move the cams, one will point right at south, and the other will show 3 sisters proper from the Pine Marten lodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 you control those cams? cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbw1966 Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 How about pointing one at the center stage of Stars cabaret? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted April 15, 2003 Author Share Posted April 15, 2003 if anyone wants to chip in to buy another cam i'll put it wherever they want. The real tasty ones i've started to buy cost about 1500, but allow remote pan/tilt/zoom and from my office you can zoom into the summit of south and watch people wank away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted April 15, 2003 Author Share Posted April 15, 2003 rbw1966 said: How about pointing one at the center stage of Stars cabaret? cabaret of the cascades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fejas Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 Do you think the Wickiup Damm will be accesable by the 26th??? Opening fishing for the high lakes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted April 15, 2003 Author Share Posted April 15, 2003 last time i saw it from the summit it looked entirely snow free down in those parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rock Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Timmy any update on the Cascade Lakes Hwy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 looks like odot just plowed the first 30 yards or so so "recreators" could have a place to park their RV's and then snowmo down the road there isn't much snow on the road, it would take maybe 2 days to plow, but i think they won't open it until memorial again so the 'bilers can still have some fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rock Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 damn 'bilers riding where I want to drive my truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 tho, don't know what its like from the elk lake side, i'd imagine you could drive in fairly close to devils lake, but not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rock Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 thx, I'll look into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted May 14, 2003 Author Share Posted May 14, 2003 Looks like the hwy got punched through yesterday. the gate is still closed at the bachelor cut off, but wouldn't be surprised if it was opened up this weekend. wx is cooling off and more snow is possibly sat/sun though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnHigh Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Yeppie, let the fun begin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyclimb Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted May 19, 2003 Author Share Posted May 19, 2003 its plowed but the gate is still locked at dutchman flat, i'd bet they will unlock before next friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 don't be so sure. with the crazy-ass weather we're having this year, all bets are off hi timmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted May 19, 2003 Author Share Posted May 19, 2003 even if it does open, skiing in the 3 sisters wilderness really isn't that much fun. everyone should go slog up adams and st helens instead, those are much more worthy destinations, and they have less cougards, and less oregon idiots like myself on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnHigh Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 gapertimmy said: even if it does open, skiing in the 3 sisters wilderness really isn't that much fun. everyone should go slog up adams and st helens instead, those are much more worthy destinations, and they have less cougards, and less oregon idiots like myself on them Nice try Timmy, scaring everyone away from the Sisters. Ya can't have the place to yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted May 20, 2003 Author Share Posted May 20, 2003 the usgs monitoring equipment on south sister went out a few weeks back, they don't have any current data about the uplift of south sister... HOT LIQUID MAGMA.... if anything, y'all should stay clear of this potential volcanic disaster... it could blow any minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummox Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 gapertimmy said: ... HOT LIQUID MAMA... im there, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fejas Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Yeah, there is no reason anyone should be up there, cause the whole side of the mountain is bulging, the sno is starting to melt from the hot magma... and beside there was three puma attacks just last week... the sizmic activety is growing, the whole area is gonna be demolished any day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 yes rather than remote sensing techniques the CVO has elected to simply observe the NW climbing community, who clearly will notice when an obscure, rarely-traveled area of the three sisters is rising centimeters over square kilometers damn the ground feels hot here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted May 20, 2003 Author Share Posted May 20, 2003 lets not forgot about the sharks with frikin laser beams on their heads. they have taken over mirror lakes and devils lake as well, backcountry travelers beware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa_Eagle Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 gapertimmy said: lets not forgot about the sharks with frikin laser beams on their heads. they have taken over mirror lakes and devils lake as well, backcountry travelers beware! I thought they could only get ill-tempered sea bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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