RustyTalbot Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 Hi all, I'll be out in the North Cascades later this month (June 23 onward) and was thinking of attempting Nooksack Tower. I just wanted to see if anyone had been up on that side of Shuksan recently or had an idea of what the conditions are like up there. Any assistance would be appreciated. thanks Rusty Quote
JoshK Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 Here is a photo of Shuksan and Nooksack Tower taken yesterday. Wayne has an even better picture on his site at Wayne's Blog - Ruth Mountain Ski Quote
genepires Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 (edited) yeah! snow covered slabs. If the rap anchors were hard to find in the summer, then imagine it now. Edited June 10, 2010 by genepires Quote
ivan Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 the cornices on the left side of the pic are skerry Quote
mountainmatt Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 We went up there a couple years ago to do the Price glacier, and we watched the cornices on the right side of Nooksack drop and wipeout the entire central portion of the route. Needless to say, we bailed. . Quote
G-spotter Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 Jezz that pic is good enough you can nearly see the ski tracks down the north face Quote
RustyTalbot Posted June 10, 2010 Author Posted June 10, 2010 Wow - that's a lot of snow! Is everything still under lots of snow out there? (Sorry for my ignorance, I live in DC...) Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 looks like the omg x-treme mtn dew glugglug clockwise ski orbit around nooksack might be in right now Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 the x-treme part being packing the skis+boots up through the jungle. Quote
ivan Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 the x-treme part being packing the skis+boots up through the jungle. nothing that a handful of valium couldn't help you forget could you even get down into that hidden basin behind nooksack and the skerry cornices w/o rapping a hundred times? i remember looking down there in summer and thinking it was pretty much god's country, hopelessly remote... Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 I was thinking more like price lake -> up n-sack cirque -> crystal g -> down price g -> price lake -> drugs. Leave that crazy rapping stuff for the french! Quote
ivan Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 don't forget to take destro n' the baroness to keep ya kompany on the inevitable harsh bivy : Quote
JoshK Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 Wow - that's a lot of snow! Is everything still under lots of snow out there? (Sorry for my ignorance, I live in DC...) In general, it seems you hit solid skiable snow around 4500 in the North Cascades right now. Below that there is still lots of snow in gullies, avy swaths, etc. even as low as 3500. As for cornices, they are particularly large this year, I think mostly due to all the late season snow. Still plenty of big ones ready to collapse and ruin one's day, so be wary of that. Don't be totally discouraged, though, as the heavier snow pack currently means less brush and bugs! Quote
klenke Posted June 10, 2010 Posted June 10, 2010 "Don't be totally discouraged, though, as the heavier snow pack currently means less brush and bugs!" Except in Swamp Creek. ha ha ha. Quote
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