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I've only been here for two spring/summer seasons, but the past two years its seemed like June is the best combination of reliable corn-producing weather and plenty of snowpack. July can also be rad-...

Note to Portlanders: Rainier/Tatoosh is only 3 hours from town to being parked at Narada Falls lot and moving towards sick terrain:


http://youtu.be/p6aAtHrnLUU

Yes, thats some junkshow chute...

Beautiful day in the Tatoosh yesterday. 1:38 of which I remembered to turn my camera on:


http://youtu.be/p6aAtHrnLUU

If you watch until the end, you get to watch my legs-fried-end-of-the-day...

Above treeline the top 1 inch was windslab sluff, and on convexities I could get about 5-6 inches of windslab to break away. Rock solid in the trees, stayed out of anything truly steep and wind...

^^^Thats why you need to buy a BC setup :D

89 seconds of a great day today in Newton Canyon, both above and below treeline:


http://youtu.be/Rous1Eqo5Do

PNWer invasion of your thread...

Skied Turkey Chute today. Mix of windbuff (the good kind) and high density pow. Fun fast turns through the bottom of the chute and into the apron.

No...

I think I might do a proper old-school TR. But you guys get the goods first.

Let me set the mood for the day with a frame grab:

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Walked up from Mirror Lake. Long ass approach.

Today was the definition of a sleeper day. Pics and video tonight.

We did a couple laps in the same area the day before, with less consolidated snow, and got CT14 and CT15 with Q2 shears. The only thing moving for us was 6ish inches of heavily wind loaded snow right...

TD&H mtn was good today. Real good. You guys ready for the Patatero show?

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Approximately 5 minutes of good light in the Tatoosh before we got absolutely socked in:

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I think today would fall under "exceeded expectations", particularly given how low expectations have been as of late.

Crew of 3 people + two dogs up TomDick&Harry mtn, 4-6 inches dust on crust....

^^^wow, beautiful line.

When was that descent?

I bought benk's pair of skinnygoats from him, will be skiing them a bunch the rest of the season. Pretty good corn ski, actually, but I really want to get them in some deeper snow to see how they...

X-posted from PNW thread- you guys need to look at the bright side of this weather- St Helens corn harvest!

Started at Marble Mtn. Long slog through the trees, then you break through and see the...

So much negativity in this thread! No pow, no problem- St Helens corn harvest!

Started at Marble Mtn. Long slog through the trees, then you break through and see the objective:
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Absolutely stunning day on Rainier with Patatero yesterday- sunny, with almost no wind and some low clouds. Neither of us had been up there before, so the standard Paradise-to-Muir route and down....

So Bachy is skiing ok?

Patatero and I are trying to determine course of action for this weekend. Clear skies could mean big targets to ski, but potential for death ice still exists.

Anybody been in the Hood BC this weekend? Trying to determine if tomorrow will deliver consolidated pow or crusty death. Too cold for corn?

Benk beat me to it...I still don't have my video edited. Oh well. Here are some pics from the Three Sisters BC adventure last week:

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Three Sisters Backcountry with benk and a friend of his, skiing Sunday-today. It only snowed 3 feet of pure blower pow while we were there.

The sun came out once yesterday:
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The last time this question came up, the answer was Hillcrest Sports in Gresham. I forgot the name of the guy to ask for...someone should chime in shortly with the right person.

Ongoing thread for the 12/13 season: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/251457-12-13-Mt-Hood-Mt-Bachelor

CT15 Q3s in new snow at 5k feet in White River. New snow quite well bonded to rain layer from earlier last week.

Bump Bump

Up Newton Canyon with Patatero and reidhresko. Started with a fun log-straddling creek crossing, and then we almost bailed when we had to stop skinning and hike (not bootpack) up the ridge because...

Bought these from esales09 about a month ago, then promptly found another pair of skis I wanted more. Drilled once for Dukes at 312mm, and he put about 25 days on them. One cosmetic scratch on the...

Follow up:

"Hiker says he should be in area of steel cliffs, visibility 4 feet, gullies all around him, scared of proceeding and falling. has ice axe and crampons"

Snow cave + sleeping bag +...

"ENROUTE CD1 TO TIMBERLINE LODGE. SAR MISSION, NON INJURED HIKER IS STUCK AT THE 10,000 FT LEVEL OF MT HOOD, IN A BLIZZARD, AND IS LOST. ADULT MALE, HE IS TUCKED DOWN INSIDE SLEEPING BAG, HAS ENOUGH...

Support the local shops: Mountain Shop in Hollywood neighborhood, perhaps not as much outwear selection, but a good lineup of skis (including DPS) and a nice bunch of guys that work there. Probably...

TL;DR: If you are heading into the BC, please dig a quick pit and check the stability.

Absolute nuclear sunset this morning below the high cloud deck:
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Anybody want to go skin around White River tomorrow? No guarantee that there will actually be skiing. Perhaps only skinning and some pit digging.

190 112 Hybrids. Drilled once, some edge rust and topsheet chipping, one tiny coreshot that I will fill, but otherwise good to go. I'll throw a few new coats of wax on there and take a file to the...

Hm. Temps back down to 31 at 5800', 28 at 6500. 6 inches at Tline in 4 hours. Hrm.

Hey brah who is Pasta Roni's spancership manager Ive been sending all my POVs to Hamburger Helper but they havent responded so maybe this is a good opportunity?

Latest model runs coming in super warm for the big precip system at the beginning of next week. I'm wondering if even Meadows base is going to be too low.

Must be patient...must be patient...

.LONG TERM...WET. THE GFS AND EC GENERALLY AGREE WE WILL ENTER AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF ONSHORE FLOW AS A LARGE SHORTWAVE TROUGH PARKS
ITSELF OFFSHORE...AND PUMPS A SERIES OF STORMS INTO THE REGION...

Question: if a customer came up and told you "I am a beginner, probably going to learn in the resort, but would like to have a setup that I could start touring in the backcountry with in the next two...

The road up the mtn to Snowshoe could be a disaster- the crews will be hard pressed to keep even the main roads clear, if its snowing as hard as they say it might, so you could be pushing snow with...

I would not go to Snowshoe- I would head for Timberline/Canaan Valley. Better terrain, and no qualms from patrol about skinning around the resort.

Up to Timberline, then out to White River with benk, a couple of his buddies, and Mt Hood thread mascot Yogi dog. Nice to see the mountain looking like this again (even if only temporarily, given...

Just going to drop in really quickly to give you drop a recommendation: if you are driving to the Mid-Atlantic for the storm, you need to find yourself in the Canaan Valley area, Timberline for lift...

Caught a break in the clouds on the Helens webcam:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8106958816_29f14b7f77_c.jpg

Dibs on the second pair of 112RPs. PM incoming.

Back on the board after a summer off...

"THIS SECOND LOW WILL ALSO BE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND A STRONGER COLD
FRONT WHICH WILL USHER IN COOL GULF OF ALASKA AIR FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. 12Z...

Oh hey, a thread with pictures of me!

So, work sent me to Denmark for three months right in the middle of spring skiing season, or given the weather in Portland lately, Summer ski season. Had a...

^^^You didn't miss anything el hefe. We're sitting at 11 teams at this point, and I need to circle the wagons with TGR. Once again, stay tuned- sorry for any delays in responsiveness, as I'm trying...

Also, we're just going to roll up all voting into one big poll- not enough submissions to break it down into regional voting. I just edited the original rules post as well.

Sorry for my lack of responsiveness, folks- I was away from the internets all last week.

Here is the deal: we are going to extend the submission deadline by two weeks- sorry to everyone who was...

Thanks Pat! See the new sticked thread- we just unstickied this one, and once again, many thanks to SFB for coming up with the idea.

Go form some teams and edit some video!!...