Norm Posted June 4, 2003 Posted June 4, 2003 I've been out of town for a while. How does the corridor look for skis? thanks Quote
Norm Posted June 5, 2003 Author Posted June 5, 2003 will teach for beer. are you back in town yet? Pete and I caught a 5PM flight out of Anchorage. I'm off to the emmons tomorrow If your home I'm out the door for dinner and beers at the 74th ST Quote
Squid Posted June 5, 2003 Posted June 5, 2003 Not home yet- I'm stuck at Bill's place for the next couple of days with Ash & Ry. Quote
Mike_Gauthier Posted June 5, 2003 Posted June 5, 2003 I hear that it's in great shape; tis the season! The Inter Glacier is also excellent for turns... Post a report if you go! Â Quote
JoshK Posted June 5, 2003 Posted June 5, 2003 I think it was just about this time last year when I watched a snowboarder (who had never climbed before) bite it at around 13k on the emmons and slide nearly 500 feet. I think he fell over the lip of a crevasse or two and ended up stopping out of sight. We watched this all from the sherman hut. Eventually he pulled himself together and got up and started making his way down with his partner. Two climbing rangers went up to meet him. Lucky guy...could have been killed. Â In any event, that wasn't meant to discourage anybody from skiing the emmons, I plan to myself, just a random story I remembered. Quote
Bug Posted June 5, 2003 Posted June 5, 2003 So.... not to drift or anything, but has anyone been up there recently? Quote
russ Posted June 7, 2003 Posted June 7, 2003 Just got off the Emmons and conditions are ideal for skiing (Thurs & Fri). On the advice of the climbing ranger we started up much laters (5:15 am) than the climbers. The trick was to time it so the summit was softened but the lower parts not too mushy. Â We must have had beginners luck (Alberto and my first Rainier climb, Dave had done LR & DC). The top was wind sculptured but soft enough for careful turns. By 13,500 we started hitting sections of smooth corn snow which lasted all the way to Schurman (9,400). Â After a couple hours rest and packing we skied out via the Interglacier. It was still pretty nice for late in the day. Skiing well into the trees at the end of Glacier Basin allowed us to get from Schurman to the car in just over 2 hrs. Â Quote
russ Posted June 7, 2003 Posted June 7, 2003 posted a few photos - enjoy http://home.attbi.com/~rschwartz45/wsb/html/view.cgi-photos.html-.html Quote
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