Thread: SNOW IN THE PNW 2011/2012!

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

Did you guys know Kieth Hardy or what route he was on? Or know anyone on the SAR callout? I couldn't find much info about the incident. Thoughts to f&f.

Glad you liked that shot, it was one of my favorites too. I didn't know Kieth, but I imagine he's a friend of a friend or something, there aren't too many of us out there skiing things like the CH. He was on this route, and likely fell from a point below the initial roll, though details are very sketchy and that's based mostly on a discussion that was over on TAY or CC. I do know two people that were on the SAR callout, but I'm not sure what exactly has been made public yet, so I don't want to spread any rumors. From the photos that his friends posted on TAY, it seems like he was a life-loving and life-living kind of guy, so it's a sobering reminder to the rest of us that this isn't just fun and games. Once an accident report comes out I hope that we can all learn something from what happened.

There have been several instances this winter where one is reminded that "you fall, you die" is more than a catch phrase. Sometimes people fall, and die.

well put 261, now on a lighter note,

the southern resort they named crystal held alot of fun snow today that softened to perfection in the 40* heat.
on a side note the route to the bottom is kaput unless like me you want to walk for an hour from lucky shot to tinkerbell to base area. met a waterfall a mud bog and alot of elk poop.
took the gondy home at the end of a nice day and hot boxed the marley lovin god out of it
that was also fun
bobbyF
o yeah nice skiing with pnwbrit jtgoat ach et all

Originally Posted by flowing alpy

o yeah nice skiing with pnwbrit jtgoat ach et all

Good times skiing at C yesterday, exceeded expectations.
Glad we ran into you guys. Hot box = well played sir.

Fun skiing yesterday with you guys.

Skied Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. These are from Sunday:

Many of you know this spot:

No other skiers to be seen on any of the 3 days.

Nice, dude!

nice to see the dog staying in the boot pack

Closing weekend for Crustal.

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Closing weekend for Crustal.

and it looks like shitweather goddammit.

Originally Posted by oftpiste

and it looks like shitweather goddammit.

The weather up at Crustal for the last two weekends has been vastly better than could have been expected from viewing the forecast and weather down in the lowlands....really not that bad and snow has not been sticky as a result= silver lining. Put your gore-tex on and come on up.

Originally Posted by Scotsman50

The weather up at Crustal for the last two weekends has been vastly better than could have been expected from viewing the forecast and weather down in the lowlands....really not that bad and snow has not been sticky as a result= silver lining. Put your gore-tex on and come on up.

I plan to be there on Sunday. Bachelor on Friday-Saturday. Arriving in Portland tomorrow night. TLine possibly on Thursday and/or next Wednesday before heading back. Hoping the weather is fine.

Frequent flyer points are a good thing.

Originally Posted by MadPatSki

I plan to be there on Sunday. Bachelor on Friday-Saturday. Arriving in Portland tomorrow night. TLine possibly on Thursday and/or next Wednesday before heading back. Hoping the weather is fine.

Frequent flyer points are a good thing.

Should be a crew of maggots up there...the usual suspects... I'll PM you my cell phone and we'll try and hook up.

Originally Posted by Scotsman50

The weather up at Crustal for the last two weekends has been vastly better than could have been expected from viewing the forecast and weather down in the lowlands....really not that bad and snow has not been sticky as a result= silver lining. Put your gore-tex on and come on up.

X2, common oft, you know you want to.
We'll be up for at least one day, still working that out.

Plug, love that first shot.

Silver Peak tour last night. Road open to within 150m of Windy Pass. Travel along the old growth/clear cut margin still goes, but soon it'll be better to walk the PCT and ascend through the big mountain hemlocks. At least another two weeks of skiing up there, probably more.

Originally Posted by Big Steve

Silver Peak tour last night. Road open to within 150m of Windy Pass. Travel along the old growth/clear cut margin still goes, but soon it'll be better to walk the PCT and ascend through the big mountain hemlocks. At least another two weeks of skiing up there, probably more.

Pardon my ignorance, but are you getting these little tours in after work? If so, how long does it take you from seattle/seattle?

50-60 mins or so from downtown to the TH assuming good traffic flow. Most of the runs are ~1000 vert or so.

Originally Posted by samthaman

Pardon my ignorance, but are you getting these little tours in after work?

Yup. See Mofro's comments. You've seen Silver N bowls when you drive I-90 westbound from Snoqualmie Pass. Although Silver is just W of the crest, you drive to the starting point (Windy Pass environs) via a FS Road from Hyak. It'll be in shape another couple weeks, albeit with a bit of walking.

Originally Posted by Mofro261

50-60 mins or so from downtown to the TH assuming good traffic flow. Most of the runs are ~1000 vert or so.

Well that doesn't sound too bad. So fair to say that you could do a run in <3 hours if you wanted to?

Originally Posted by samthaman

Well that doesn't sound too bad. So fair to say that you could do a run in <3 hours if you wanted to?

Yes.....

We've done it in 90 minutes with a pause at the top o' the ridge, but it's better to hang out up there for awhile and/or do some laps and enjoy the lovely old growth mountain hemlock forest.

When are you moving to Seattle, Sam?

Yeah it's doable, though I kind of like my ski time to be greater than the total drive time. It's about 1700vt from the road parking to the top and with a decent pace doesn't take too much over an hour of skinning, but the first 600vt or so is on the road or on low angle approach through clear cut. Pretty easy to leave work @5pm, ski several laps and be back in town before 10pm though.

Even easier access in the Alpental Valley, though now it's melted out below 3600ft and would require a 500vt climb to start skinning.

I'm with ya about ski time > drive time, but I love the quick tour of Silver Peak with da buds or solo if I can't find anyone to go. My first Silver Peak tour was in 1989 in leather tele boots. I figured last night was around #50.

Originally Posted by Big Steve

We've done it in 90 minutes with a pause at the top o' the ridge, but it's better to hang out up there for awhile and/or do some laps and enjoy the lovely old growth mountain hemlock forest.

When are you moving to Seattle, Sam?

Tomorrow! I'm packing boxes now.

popping in to say i joined the seattle community this past week. looking forward to bumping into you shitheads on the hill.