SExNW Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Anyone have up to date info on the smoke conditions on Mt. Stuart? Would like to do the W. ridge this weekend, but rangers say it's smokey up there. I'm thinking it can't be THAT bad, but maybe it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murse11 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Borders on horrendous, I'd say. Complicating it is that allegedly Blewett pass is closed down, and there's a sizeable fire burning on the slopes of Mt Cashmere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good2Go Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Climbed the N Ridge last weekend. The closest fire is in the Eightmile Lake area. There was no fire on Cashmere, as far as I could tell. As long as the prevailing wind was coming from the west, there was no smoke. Smoke wasn't an issue for our trip, and if the current forecast holds true, you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmilingWhiteKnuckles Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Anyone been up on Stuart this week? Ingalls or Longs Pass? Wondering what the smoke is like right now. NOAA point forecast calls for Areas of Smoke--not sure what that means... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulshem Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 We were up there about 6:00 Friday evening, we were going to climb Stuart Saturday but the smoke was terrible. We hiked up to Ingalls Pass (?) since we had come all the way out there but the smoke was so bad you could barely see across the valley looking south. The moon came out later and it looked like a slice of an orange hanging in the sky. You could actually taste the smoke in your mouth. I feel sorry for the people who live over there! Â We bailed on the climb, the closer you get to the fires the worse the smoke is because there is no wind to blow the smoke away, it's just piling up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 it's rugged over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 not to mention smokey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SExNW Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks for the update. We decided not to go...too bad, this mountain has been thwarting me for several seasons now. grrr... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Zephyr Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 We did the WR yesterday. It was THAT bad, but there's not much summer left, so we made the best of it. Here's a photo of the north side. You can't even see all of the glacier below. That's a lot of smoke! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis H Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Wanted to do the N ridge next weekend, on the news last nite Rangers said only thing thats going to put out the fire is when the snow hits!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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