G-spotter Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 How close can you get to the Twin Sisters Range under current conditions by car. Can N/S Twin Sis be done as a weekend trip or is it a full on expedition to get in there? Quote
dberdinka Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) My guess is that the you would be stopped by snow well before the river crossing which is about 5 miles from Mosquito Lake Road. From the river is ~5 miles to the end of the logging roads so now add a couple more more miles of slogging onto that. I could see doing one of them in a long sloggy weekend. But thats just a guess. Edited January 16, 2009 by dberdinka Quote
curtveld Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 There will be snow all the way from MLR unless it's been plowed. Call up the Mt Baker Ranger District (360 856-5700) and ask them what they know about the 38 road. Quote
DPS Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Chris posted a nice trip report about a ski circumnavigation of the Twin Sisters range that might have some useful info. http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=569646 Quote
DirtyHarry Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 That North Twin Sister looks like a sweet ski. Quote
Colin Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 Drew, Speaking of snowed-up roads, how 'bout some cross-border information reciprocation: How far can you drive the Chilliwack Lake Road right now? I presume there is no chance of driving UP the road to north side of Slesse, but can you at least get to the turnoff? And can you typically get there most of the winter? Quote
marc_leclerc Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Colin, You should be able to drive right to the riverside campground beside 'chlliwack lk rd' at the start of Nesakwatch Creek FSR. From there it is just over 5km of walking to the Slesse Memorial trailhead. Its been warm around here so you 'may' be able to drive up the road a little bit, But with all the flooding/lanslides we had recently Im guessing that most of these access roads are going to be really f#*ked up so walking may be the way to go. Quote
G-spotter Posted January 19, 2009 Author Posted January 19, 2009 It's like Marc said. You can drive to the turnoff from pavement and you will be skiing from there. Also, once you cross Nesakwatch Creek and get onto the trail on old logging road leading up to the Memorial and Propellor Cairn, the snow is weighing down the alders and pushing them onto the road. We were up there a month ago to check conditions and gradually progressed from walking (and pushing alders out of the way) to ducking, to full on crawling through the snow before we gave up and turned around. Quote
danhelmstadter Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) don't mean to thread hijack - but how far can you curently drive up the glacier creek road towrds helio TH ?? Edited January 20, 2009 by danhelmstadter Quote
marc_leclerc Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 don't mean to thread hijack - but how far can you curently drive up the glacier creek road towrds helio TH ?? I suspect that you would be skiing a good deal of that road right now. Quote
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