spionin Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) Trip: wa pass - birthday tour Date: 5/1/2010 Trip Report: crap, i didn't mean to throw this into ice forum (habit, weird)... doug (cbcbd), dave (dbconlin), karsen, and i went out and did the birthday tour this saturday. it was awesome. i tried this tour last year (this same weekend), for my first go at tele, and we didn't get super far (surprise!). as it turns out, around the same time, dave and karsen had "the worst tour ever" on this route when their partner's unleashed ski made a trip down into one of the basins, forcing them to spend the day searching for it instead of making sweet turns. anyways, we all wanted to get back and do it right. the weather was just around freezing with almost no wind, and occasional pockets of fog made for flat lighting, though nothing that ever interfered with route finding. there were a few inches of fresh snow, sometimes over ice on south aspects, which made skinning interesting. the skiing was great, the company was great, and we dispensed with the tour in 5 hours flat. there are tons of options in that area for exploring, it's really awesome. after the skiing we had some beer and pizza next to the car, and doug and i went over to cascade climbers' annual ski-in for more beer, fire, camping, and hanging out with random skiers. THANKS!! doug skins up at blue lake col dave enjoys the sesh karsen climbs on at the entrance into the last, narrow, icy coloir doug, relax'n in the backseat how to retrofit skis to prevent your tips from diving Edited May 4, 2010 by spionin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbcbd Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I'm glad we picked the left variation getting back into the hairpin side. The other one was just too far away! I just wanted to sit down in the backseat and rest, as all the pictures of me skiing showed. Fun tour with a fun group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) skiing...ice climbing....it is the good times that counts. Nice looking day. would that route be a good split board route? It looks like it has minimal changeovers between uphill and downhill. How flat is the last valley? Would a snowboard get bogged down in the flats? feel free to slam snowboarding if you like. I just like it. Edited May 4, 2010 by genepires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewhack Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I did this tour a week ago with a couple split-boarders. They had no complaints save the last bit of roadside scooting near the hairpin to the parking area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spionin Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 skiing...ice climbing....it is the good times that counts. Nice looking day. would that route be a good split board route? It looks like it has minimal changeovers between uphill and downhill. How flat is the last valley? Would a snowboard get bogged down in the flats? feel free to slam snowboarding if you like. I just like it. i ain't hatin' yeah, i think it's a good route with distinct skin-up/bomb-down sections. i think i only had to push myself on a flat section at the very end, and it wasn't bad at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YocumRidge Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Did anyone offer to carry your pack as a birthday favor? It looks the largest in the group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spionin Posted May 5, 2010 Author Share Posted May 5, 2010 Did anyone offer to carry your pack as a birthday favor? It looks the largest in the group oh - it wasn't my birthday! it's the name of a tour in the guidebook. sorry for the misunderstanding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taluscat Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 D and V shreddin the gnar! looks like you had good times,nice job you guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 I almost never look in the ice climbing forum, so I didn't realize you had posted this. Nice pictures, and a fun day! Given the temperatures and conditions somebody could have been ice climbing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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