whos got the low-down

[petmac]

I’m looking for info regarding the current snow line, tempotures, and accumulations around the park. I want to get out and do some more exploring, but I would like to know of any recent conditions. Weather.com is not the place that seek.

 

Also I am in search of info pertaining to the climbing of the north face of Ellinor, in winter, or any other technical climbs that are may exist around Ellinor Pond. Photos, trip reports, stories are greatly appreciated. Thanks. And how about these past 2 days of no rain! Hoping it stays like this!

Enjoy life

Pete

[wayne]

Wow , I have definatly looked at the n face of Elinor and good luck just getting to it. I am not sure even how I would after a recon. It could be a very good mixed route or a potential avalanche bag. Not trying to psyche you out but its a serious place unless you just take the easy chute on the left. We would like to hear about you efforts though , please

[petmac]

yea its the potential avalanche bag that worrys me. i have little worrys of getting in to the base of the Mtn. i would repel using well packed balurds, get out(up again) might be a problem. evert time i look at it when i am there i think it would be best to repel in from a spot on the ridge to washington...just below eliron . but i would like to see more phtos of the north face of that ridge and elinor.

enjoy life

pete

[jerseyscum]

Nat'l weather service has best stuff I've been able to find. I'd be happy to hear of better stuff or similar stuff.

 

here is forecast link

 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/forecast03.php

 

here is link that has page with snowpack link

 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/hydrology.php

[petmac]

I went to Ellinor this Tuesday Jan 17th to drop over the north of the mountain and poke around. Due to a fresh new dumping of 1-2 feet i did not make even the summit. I parked my car a half-mile before the first trailhead and walked the road up, then took a short cut through a regeneration forest plot to the upper trailhead. Just getting that far was a tough due to me brakeing train. Finally on the trail after two and a half to three hours later, the “snow” became crusted over with ice making it quite a rigorous hike. I tried to take the “winter” trail up the gully but turned around after watching smaller snow slides and avalanches in surrounding gullies, so I turned to the “summer” route and made it to the base of the bowl/face. I was not sure of its ability to hold me so a went to a small iced over cliff to the left for fun and swung my tools for a bit to see if the now developing white out would pass…it didn’t and I decided to turn around. I took the trail back to the lower trailhead. Needed snow shoes the whole way, on and off trail.

 

I m going to let the acumulated/ing snow settle for a few days and then retry. No photos, sorry.

peter

[petmac]

Nat'l weather service has best stuff I've been able to find. I'd be happy to hear of better stuff or similar stuff.

 

here is forecast link

 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/forecast03.php

 

here is link that has page with snowpack link

 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/hydrology.php

 

I meant that weather advisories are not what I was looking for from folks, though I do appreciate your responding to my thread. I am looking for first hand accounts, but yea the NOAA has great stuff on their sites, I use them a bit. Thanks again

peter