Walkable Crusts

[jhamaker]

Anyone finding any walkable crusts not likely to melt Sat pm w/ the 10K freezing level?

[klenke]

Please clarify. Just what the heck are you talking about?...

 

...I just found out that walkable crusts are possible at this very moment. I made toast, ate the center, laid the remainder on the ground and then walked over it. It was very walkable indeed. No Virgin Mary images to be concerned with.

[plexus]

When did you install a toast into that Devil's Club-choked gully that you call home?!

 

If you want walkable crust, I can tell you from yesterday that the Indian Peaks Wilderness here in Colorado has plenty of that. Scourged by wind, I got stymied by styrofoam up a couloir because we didn't bring our crampons or ice axes. What's up with the lack of snow up there? My friend said that Snoqualmie isn't even open yet.

[tread_tramp]

Hey Klenke; didn't you walk up Hibox with Toast. He is a bit crusty but I wouldn't walk on him for that.

[jhamaker]

Yo - PK, to clarify, what we slogged up on Price Mtn. last Sun was *not* walkable crust. As near as I can figgure, the slop should set up w/ 36 hrs of freezing temps esp w/ clear nights. I'm guessing things should be walkable Monday/Tue.

 

Interested in an overnight Tue/Wed? Twin Sisters, Cashmere, Baker S side (skiable?) or something else not usualy so approachable this time of yr.

 

jhamakeratoperamaildotcom

[Toast]

I take this all personally

[jhamaker]

Crust was walkabel, S aspects below 6000 ft. A good 5mm of hoar formed on this aspect in most areas. Watch it after tommorrow's snow dump.

[klenke]

Crust was very walkable on Trappers Peak yesterday too...

[Dru]

Awesome crust on Welch Peak today