savaiusini Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 Climb: The Nooksack Traverse-3 day traverse of Shuksan-->Icy Peak-->Ruth Mtn. Trip Report: "Playin' hooky to get the Nookie" - A three day circuit of the Nooksack Glacier cirque. Who: Lowell Skoog, Jason Hummel, Josh Hummel, Sky Sjue and Sam Avaiusini April 2-4, 2004 Complete trip report and photos coming soon to my website, but here is a quick summary... Day 1: Parked a car as far up the Hannegan Pass road as possible. Shuttled 2nd car up to Mt. Baker Ski Area. Ascended the White Salmon Glacier of Mt. Shuksan. Built a deluxe snow cave at 8,100ft. on the Sulphide Glacier. Day 2: Climbed and skied the summit pyramid. Crossed the Crystal Glacier to the top to the Nooksack Headwall...skied the headwall. Crossed Nooksack cirque. Climbed Icy Peak, skinning it to the summit. Skied the Spillway Glacier. Climbed to the Ruth/Icy col. Set up camp. Day 3: Ascended Ruth Mtn. Skied the Ruth Glacier, then out to the Hannegan Pass Road...almost entirely on snow. Gear Notes: Brought ropes and pickets, didn't use them once Approach Notes: Probable first descents of the Nooksack Headwall and Spillway Glacier Josh on the Nooksack: Lowell on the Nooksack: Quote
MysticNacho Posted April 5, 2004 Posted April 5, 2004 I'm very jealous, especially because I don't know how to ski. Quote
tele_nut Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Did you ski all the way down the drainage of Ruth Creek or did you traverse out and down Hannegan pass? Quote
Billygoat Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Nice job guys! Another sweet traverse for the weekend BG Quote
savaiusini Posted April 6, 2004 Author Posted April 6, 2004 Did you ski all the way down the drainage of Ruth Creek or did you traverse out and down Hannegan pass? Yes, Ruth Creek all the way down Quote
savaiusini Posted April 6, 2004 Author Posted April 6, 2004 Oh yeah, the TR is now finished and up. Enjoy! Get some! Quote
Lowell_Skoog Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 I think Lowell likes the color red!! Guilty as charged. It's from skiing with my photographer brother who likes lots of color in his pictures! Quote
cracked Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 There's nothing wrong with red! Or orange, for that matter..... Quote
Dustin_B Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Dude, thats freaking awesome, thanks for sharing. good work guys At the risk of sounding too gumby , were there any gaps open on the Ruth glacier? Climbed up the Ruth glacier last september and was surprised by how many large crevasses were on such a small glacier. Always heard it was pretty mellow and I've been wanting to ski it this spring. thanks. Quote
AllYouCanEat Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Plan on hitting the Ruth Glacier a bit earlier and you should be fine. The nature of this glacier changes drastically as the spring and summer progresses. As of this past weekend there was no open crevasses, but there was a decent amount of road. Wait another month or more and then head up there. Quote
klenke Posted April 6, 2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Hey, what's with the other password protected trip reports? Share the love, man! Quote
savaiusini Posted April 6, 2004 Author Posted April 6, 2004 Jason forgot to mention that the picture he posted is not from our trip. Dat rock and shiz...all burried right now. That looks like it might be from June or July... Quote
savaiusini Posted April 6, 2004 Author Posted April 6, 2004 Hey, what's with the other password protected trip reports? Share the love, man! ...nope! Nothing to see there...just a lot of schwackage Quote
savaiusini Posted April 7, 2004 Author Posted April 7, 2004 I just added a map of our route to the last page of the TR...if anyone cares. Quote
cracked Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Hey, what's with the other password protected trip reports? Share the love, man! ...nope! Nothing to see there...just a lot of schwackage Quote
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