danhelmstadter Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Trip: Shuksan - nf climb, summit pyramid & white salmon ski Date: 2/6/2010 Trip Report: My truck sputtered, lurching a little as it lost power and I pulled over to the shoulder - westbound on 542 near demming. Fuck -- it could be done for this time, maybe the engine finally quit... Ring...Ring -- wtf? I have cell coverage? and who the hell is calling? It was Sky, asking if I wanted to get uber rad on shuksan the next morning... I explained that my truck had just broke down a minute ago, and that I was stranded on the the side of the road somewhere near demming. I told him that I'd try to make it, but it was getting near 8pm, and considering current circumstances -- I propbably wouldn't be able to make it... I crossed my fingers and fired the ignition -- and it fired up just fine, must be the fuel filter.. I drove into town and replaced it, then got some groceries and prepared to head up on the 'hill for the mmorow. I got to the White Salmon parking area the next morning around 8, I could see Sky, Eric, Alex, Andy and Casey makeing their way up the WS drainage. I debated wether to try and catch up with them or just accept that I had gotten there too late and go ski sumpthin on the pidley side up near table. I decided to try and catch up, and ended up leaving around 9. Travel conditions were nearly ideal for quick booting and skining, minus a bit of snowless shwacking on the descent through the clearcut into the white salmon. It was nice to have a skin track and boot track to follow higher up on the north face -- which defintly saved time, and I topped out on the north face just as the crew was getting ready to drop. I was weary of some of the questionable stability/slabbyness I noticed on the nf, so instead of joining them, I continued to the summit. The pyramid gully is in fine shape for skiing. There is however a 10' band of unskiable but (easily climbable via a chimney) massive rime formations seperateing the top of the gully from the summit. The skiing was fabulous off the pyramid, a little bulletproof in the devils highway, and again on the Curtis Glacier as I gained the White Salmon -- which was absolute ripper pow. summit shot lookin down pyramid gully pyramid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_like_sun Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 FUUUUUUUUUCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_b Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Rad Dan! You da man! Glad to see you've been working over Shuksan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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