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December 16, 2013 6 miles 5,250 feet gained
not much to report. carried skis to top of triangle moraine and stashed them--soft snow never made an appearance as I went higher, much to my disappointment. fine (1cm?) rain crust atop all the mountain from crater rock level up. topped out in the old chute. carried skis back to top of palmer, slightly bruised ski-ego after the blue-ice slide 20ft from palme...
December 8, 2013 6 miles 5,250 feet gained
only a few people on the mnt this day. the weather was whippin in the mid-morn but then it got progressively more beautiful, warm, clear, and windless! We skied 90% of the old chute--the top 50~ foot was too icy. Skied down west crater rim and stayed to the west of crater rock-never been down that side before. Old chute was powder on top of very rough ice (n...
November 24, 2013 6 miles 4,500 feet gained
solo trip out to test some new touring boots. hung at the hogs and saw people from PDXhikers/here and some other friends enjoyable ski down
October 19 to October 20, 2013 12 miles 4,500 feet gained 1 night
As reported by Jeremiah.. Fish were interesting, schooling behavior. Great to camp out. Really enjoyed how silent it was at night, not a cricket, peeper frog, or even rustle from the wind. Beautiful little corner of "MRNP", nice to skip the red tape. Gobblers Knob has a name that cannot be improved upon.
September 2 to September 5, 2013 14 miles 4,000 feet gained 3 nights
it rained a lot. for oregon. eastern oregon. in aug/sept. boo hiss.
August 3 to August 8, 2013 20 miles 8,000 feet gained 5 nights
Bucket and I had been jonesing to get to the White Clouds or Sawtooths for a few years now. But one thing or another stepped in the way, backpacking trips to Canada, time on a friend's wonderful ranch in Montana, fires in Idaho... But eventually things came together. We had a solid block of time before getting to a wedding at said wonderful ranch at the end ...
July 20 to July 21, 2013 13 miles 10,750 feet gained 1 night
success on the Kautz this summer. descended the DC route-my first time on that one above Ingraham Flats. the DC route is horribly dangerous, Kautz felt way safer. All said we felt worked by the time we were back to the cars, carrying over everything on the mnt was some work!
July 15, 2013 16 miles 6,500 feet gained
A Classic scramble with goats, old growth, a pretty river, a lake, and views of the Cascade and Olympic range, and Puget Sound between.
June 29 to June 30, 2013 10 miles 1,000 feet gained 1 night
June 20 to June 21, 2013 5.5 miles 6,250 feet gained 1 night
kautz glacier climb/ski trip. aborted in high winds at night and imminent tent failure. skied in dark fog back to car, death-defying excitement.
May 27 to May 29, 2013 8 miles 1,000 feet gained 2 nights
First visit to the Steens. Phenomenal. Iffy weather and roads not all open, but, had an absolute ball. Of all places, between the scorching desert and the high snowy top, this seems like the hardest of all places to time right in the spring. Maybe fall works better all around...
May 11, 2013 7 miles 5,500 feet gained
been a while after a lot of talk and attempts to finally top out via this route. nice to carry the skis up and over as well. afterwards headed to the deschutes for the stonefly hatch and some trout fishing.
May 5, 2013 12 miles 5,250 feet gained
same ol same ol. climb helens, ski down. sticky snow down low. but good bob-sled run once into the trees. skied from top to edge of parking lot. cheers
April 23, 2013 6 miles 5,000 feet gained
First time through the gates. Carried skis up. Met a local legend, Asit Rathod. Saw a guy paraglide on skis off the summit. damn fine day out.
April 4 to April 5, 2013 14 miles 5,250 feet gained 1 night
February 10, 2013 7 miles 3,750 feet gained
went up casually and slow solo. skied fairly slushy stuff down in a cloud.
January 13, 2013 4.5 miles 4,500 feet gained
turned around just shy of the hourglass. what with the river of loose pow flowing down like water. Damn wish I had my skis..
