mvs Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 The weather looks bad this weekend, and yet circumstances require me to climb! Anybody else in this boat? Where do you think chances are good? My idea right now is to peak bag in the Pasayten. Krazy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Stay at home and drink beer. Â I'm still hoping to ski. Fucking weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Go out to dinner and take in a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Climb, the forecast isn't that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremerton_john Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Check this out for the Olympics! Â http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalStd.asp?loc=uswapk92&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=Forecasts&product=Forecast&prodnav=none Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rock Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 intellicast is always wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 go ski sw chutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 Just spray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted June 25, 2004 Share Posted June 25, 2004 fwiw, forecast for central oregon calls for sun. if skiing is what ye be looking for, this will be one of the last primo weekends for big descents (continual without carrying) in sisters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvs Posted June 26, 2004 Author Share Posted June 26, 2004 Thanks guys! Dan, see you fer dinner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texplorer Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 go to yosemite!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashw_justin Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 whitewater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 The weather looks bad this weekend, and yet circumstances require me to climb! Â I've been noticing this exact pattern for two months now: on Thursday night, the weekend forecast calls for rain, so everyone makes plans accordingly. By Friday night, the forecast for the weekend is improving, but people have already made their plans based on the earlier forecast. When Saturay/Sunday actually arrive, the weather is gorgeous, but there's no-one around because they all bought into the gloomy forecast. This weekend is a case in point - Thursday night the forecast called for 70 - 80% chance of precip for Squamish. In fact, it's been hot and sunny all weekend. They've forecasted rain (as of Thursday evening) for all but one weekend for the last two months, and we actually got significant rain only one of those weekends (Memorial Day). Â So I'm going to say it again, and again, and again...ignore the Thursday evening forecast - it's invariably far worse than the weather we actually get, at least here in Squamish. I don't understand how they can be so consistently, predictably wrong, but they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 A bad-weather weekend is a good chance to scout approaches/descents for routes that, as a weekend warrior, you wouldn't have time to spare for routefinding when doing the actual climb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 The weather looks bad this weekend, and yet circumstances require me to climb! Â I've been noticing this exact pattern for two months now: on Thursday night, the weekend forecast calls for rain, so everyone makes plans accordingly. By Friday night, the forecast for the weekend is improving, but people have already made their plans based on the earlier forecast. When Saturay/Sunday actually arrive, the weather is gorgeous, but there's no-one around because they all bought into the gloomy forecast. This weekend is a case in point - Thursday night the forecast called for 70 - 80% chance of precip for Squamish. In fact, it's been hot and sunny all weekend. They've forecasted rain (as of Thursday evening) for all but one weekend for the last two months, and we actually got significant rain only one of those weekends (Memorial Day). Â So I'm going to say it again, and again, and again...ignore the Thursday evening forecast - it's invariably far worse than the weather we actually get, at least here in Squamish. I don't understand how they can be so consistently, predictably wrong, but they are. Â Well stated! I think the two months of this has had a lot of alpinists doing a lot more cragging than regular. I was at little si yesterday and not hardly a cloud in sight. Darn weathermen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rock Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 fwiw, forecast for central oregon calls for sun. if skiing is what ye be looking for, this will be one of the last primo weekends for big descents (continual without carrying) in sisters. Â Thanks gapertimmy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 The weather was gorgeous and it was uncrowded in Leavenworth. What a bunk forecast that was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot'teryx Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 North Cascades turned out to be awesome on Sunday, only cloudy on Saturday and Saturday night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvs Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 Yes, I was totally duped! It's true about those forecasts... Â Anyway, I was going to the Sawtooth Range east of Lake Chelan, kind of a long drive from Seattle. There was a bad motorcycle accident (at least one fatality) Saturday morning about 10 miles east of Steven's Pass. It brought the highway to a standstill for at least 3 hours. Was anybody else in that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Sawtooths???!!! Did you climb anything? Mmmm... Finger of fate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 North Cascades turned out to be awesome on Sunday, only cloudy on Saturday and Saturday night  Not exactly. For those pitiful few who went to Washington Pass expecting good weather, it was a mediochre weather weekend. Sat started with rain at the Pass at around 9am. Then again at around 10:30, soaking the spires for 30 min and pretty much erasing any chance of getting up something difficult. We "tried" Serpentine Cracks and it was too damp. In the evening, a huge thunderhead developed directly over Silverstar, and must have scared the crap out of the large party camped on the plateau. We went into Winthrop for a bite, and it POURED and HAILED for a solid hour, complete with power outages, like it was the Day After Tomorrow.  The Pass remained dry, but Sunday was cloudy again, only really clearing up in the late afternoon. Made for a more pleasant grind up to Burgundy Col, but a less pleasant climb wondering if we would get rubbed out by lightening later in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 spent the early AM at index until it started to get a little busy, had a wretched breakfast at the index cafe, headed for l'worth, had a nap, climbed a few pitches in perfect weather at l'worth, saw some friends, had some beer, came home, the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 forecast for squamish thurs night and friday was for 70% showrrs. in event it rained a bit south of squamish on friday, not at all in squamish, and was sunny and warm sat and sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Pine Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Saturday: sunny day, washed the cars  Sunday: sunny day,mowed the lawn  Just ticking off the days 'til I'm dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Saturday: sunny day, washed the cars Sunday: sunny day,mowed the lawn  Just ticking off the days 'til I'm dead Way to be positive!  Muir on Saturday ()(slog from hell), followed by a bbq. Slept and wrote essay on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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