Thread: 2012/13 Inland PNW thread

Ok, as promised.

To get it started:
Sherman Pass, 12/2
about 4" over a semi-supportive crust at the highway level, to 8+" up higher with no feeling of the crust
easily skin and skiable from highway on up
had several whoomping and cracks between 5800-6200' but nothing higher up
about 105 cm depth around 6700

solo = no action shots, just scenery







now get after it and post the goods so we can all ski a lot of powder

oh yeah, thinking about going up to mt spokane after my 9 am final tomorrow if anyone is interested

Hey man, toured Alpy today and thought of you.

Way to get out and thanks for starting the thread. Stayed home today to score points with the family to be redeemed later in the season.

Originally Posted by AlpenChronicHabitual

Hey man, toured Alpy today and thought of you.

Awesome - I sure do miss the early season tours in the cascades.

I'll be over your way in the coming weeks. I'll shoot you an email and maybe we can get out.

mt spokane looked terrible today. very low snow, with a crust and low clouds we opted to not ski.

Originally Posted by kevino

Awesome - I sure do miss the early season tours in the cascades.

I'll be over your way in the coming weeks. I'll shoot you an email and maybe we can get out.

Sounds good.

Schweitzer's snowpack at the top of the mountain is at 66 and growing. rain possibly tonight then colder temps on thur and fri means I should be hiking this morning....

Let us know how it goes.

Anyone competent with mounting swap plates?

I'll provide beer.

Originally Posted by kevino

Let us know how it goes.

Anyone competent with mounting swap plates?

I'll provide beer.

It's pretty easy, check out Jon's how to video on Youtube.

Sherman Pass 12/4
Last minute solo trip.
Skied very good. Hacking through the trees on the lower section down to the highway was even fun.
150cm at 6200'
Same as Kevino stated from 12/2 I had some large whomping at 6200' that scared the sheet out of me.

^i'd love to but i have no tap, drill bit or drill! perhaps its time to invest...

nice Kyle! still looks good up there. very tempting to go back up there tomorrow...

I'd love to make another trip but its back to the work world for a couple days. I'll be geared up to get out somewhere Friday through Sunday though.

Rain last night really did some damage. This is from 49 this morning. Hopefully it starts dumping white stuff soon!

I rode my mountain bike around Sherman Pass late this summer and wondered what it would look like in winter. Thanks for posting!

Originally Posted by Dromond

I rode my mountain bike around Sherman Pass late this summer and wondered what it would look like in winter. Thanks for posting!

Kettle Crest, Jungle Hill and few other areas up there have some top notch mountain biking. One of my favorite places to ride.

rain crust 2/3s of the way up the northside of sherman pass. nice skiing on the the top third of the slope, crusty below.
forgot my altimeter but found a weak layer 10-12" down right around where the rain crust started affecting the skiing, pit results ECT 15 Q3, no other instabilities noted.
about 36" of snow in pit. upwards of 50" in other areas observed.

Originally Posted by bumski

I'd love to make another trip but its back to the work world for a couple days. I'll be geared up to get out somewhere Friday through Sunday though.

give me a holler if you want to ski saturday. looking to get out early and be back in spokane by the afternoon

Originally Posted by BRUTAH

give me a holler if you want to ski saturday. looking to get out early and be back in spokane by the afternoon

Hey man. That should work good for me. Just saw you sent me a pm. I'll hit you up a little later to work out the details.

Triples turning tomorrow at Schweitzer. We'll see if it's snowed enough to repair the rain damage.

Inbound avi btwn Headwall and Stiles, at least 1 partial burial. More to follow.

3 people buired in headwall. All OK so far. Nasty ice layer.

One (at least) of those buried is a buddy of mine. He's okay but is feeling pretty beat up. Details are sketchy but he triggered it and was carried about 75 yards and partially buried. Sounded like at least one other person got caught in it but not as buried as my friend. Then people coming to help dig out my buddy were wiping out on the ice with one guy sliding into a tree. From what I understand, no serious injuries.

Snow was 10" of new fluff over the rain layer. As one friend described it, the whole mountain is a blue ice block with 10" of fluff over the top. I'm heading up tonight so will get to check it out tomorrow. Be careful, especially if you're thinking back country; really sketchy right now.

Yea crazy snow conditions this morning. Really nice fluffy powder over bullet proof ice. The people who were pointin it had better luck those looking for deep turns.

49n tomorrow, anyone? Look for telefreak in orange softshell and black pants/helmet. First pitcher's on me.