Weekend_Climberz Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 I have an extra axe, that is also extra long. You'll need to bring a piece of webbing for a leash though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 From Lowell Skoog's website: Â Northwest Skier, 1970 Jan 16, 1970, p. 29: "Mansfield, Tom, "Yodelin Opens" * Yodelin ski area opened on December 27, 1969, with a 1,800-foot double chairlift, a rope tow, and a three-story Tyrolian-styled lodge. Nason Properties, owned by W.C. "Wendy" Carlson and his wife, operates the ski area and lodge and handles the sale and development of the Yodelin village. A total of 184 homesite lots are available and several all-season recreational homes have been constructed. Future plans call for a condominium ("Lichtenberg Haus"), a cable car on nearly Lichtenberg Mountain, and four chairlifts on Barrier Ridge. The 3-1-70 issue (p.1) includes more information about Yodelin, plus three pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I would imagine a glacier tool would be more than sufficient for that scramble. Granted, I haven't actually climbed that mountain, so take that with a large grain of salt. It actually looks like good whippet territory. Pulling the bottom of the pole off and using the whippet as a ghetto-axe is rather effective in my experience. I hardly ever take an axe while ski touring any more since I have those things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I have climbed it with just a mountain axe, but a whippet should be just fine. Given current snow conditions a basketless whippet should be great. If not one person climbs it first and tosses the axe down for the other. It is only a short little section where it is steep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdr88s Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Any idea how Skyline Ridge is. Across from the ski area. up above Skyline Lake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 OUTLOOK TO SUNDAY Snow showers should end Sunday morning near and west of the crest with potential cloud breaks. More extensive breaks or sunny weather is likely east of the crest. Temperatures and snow levels should remain fairly low. This should cause further slight consolidating, refreezing stabilizing of recent snow layers. Â NWAC Â I might want to come out of retirement and go skiing with you guys. With its variety of aspects, there is bound to be something worth skiing on Lichtenberg. Â Does anybody know how much snow there is at lower elevations over there? One of my favorite Highway 2 tours - Nason Ridge - starts kind of low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 (edited) I might want to come out of retirement and go skiing with you guys. Â We're meeting up on Sunday morning early. Send Double_E or I (weekend_climberz) a PM and we can work out the details. We may have room for one more. Edited January 13, 2006 by Weekend_Climberz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double_E Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocNoggin Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I have climbed it with just a mountain axe, but a whippet should be just fine. Given current snow conditions a basketless whippet should be great. If not one person climbs it first and tosses the axe down for the other. It is only a short little section where it is steep. Â what is a "whippet"? is it just a basketless ski pole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 what is a "whippet"? is it just a basketless ski pole? Â Well, they quit selling the crackers but a lot of people call it "hippy crack"....oh, the ski pole thing. Right...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 A whippet is this. It is a self arrest ice axe like grip for a ski pole. Normally they have a basket, but if you take the bottom section off of your pole it is just a stick with a pick on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Above 4,000 feet it was pretty good, with about three to four feet of new storm snow overlying the older though under the trees it was a tree-bombed mess below maybe 4,500 feet. Higher, in the open, there was lots of wind-effect with evidence of loading from multiple directions. There had been fairly extensive slide/slough action previous to this last storm cycle. A hasty pit revealed no great variation in the newer snow, generally lighter toward the top. Ski testing revealed an overall stable snowpack though the wind-loading up high was worriesome. Damn near powder skiing, though a little heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Good times! Pictures later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 16, 2006 Author Share Posted January 16, 2006 Best F'n skiing I've ever had in this state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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