thoth Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I'm flying out tomorrow night to climb up one of the first three and ski down the standard. What are the current conditions? Can I leave the ice screws at home? It looks like avy conditions might be stabilizing towards Saturday/Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaidman Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I was wondering the same thing. I was wondering how the Pearly Gates were shaping up or whether it was advisable this year. Planning on doing the Old Chute if The Gates are closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoth Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Well, I'm flying in today, it looks like ~ 1-3 inches Friday night, the avy forecasts are mixed bad when warm, better when cold, helpful... I'll check stuff Friday (i.e. troll local shops/forums for beta), right now it looks like Sunday is our best bet. Worst case scenario is we'll hike up to the end of the easy south side stuff then ski it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky_joe Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Worst case scenario is we'll hike up to the end of the easy south side stuff then ski it. So, that's the top then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burglar Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Same here. Thinking we may head up Sat. night and just camp at the saddle. Tackle Leuthold's Sunday morning before the heat wave hits. Searching for conditions as well, so if you come across any please let me know. I'll do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoth Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 I bailed, calls for high avy conditions generally make me skip routes and my friend had already done the standard route so he wasn't into that. We skied Mt. Saint Helens instead. Worm Flows/Swift Glacier is very, very easy and non-technical and the snow conditions sucked - deep mush but I've never been on a volcano before so I was happy to have the experience and see the views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine-iac Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 If one skis the Reid or Leutholds is it possible to just bare hard left and make it back to T-line, without having to boot it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 If one skis the Reid or Leutholds is it possible to just bare hard left and make it back to T-line, without having to boot it? I think you would have to boot it back up to Illumination Saddle. Maybe I'm wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frikadeller Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 If one skis the Reid or Leutholds is it possible to just bare hard left and make it back to T-line, without having to boot it? Maybe if you ski all the way to the base of I-rock, and then make a hard left. But, I dunno, I have never been to the backside of I-rock, but looking at the possibility from just the saddle, it might not work, and you'll end up booting anyways. Try it next time you're up there and let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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