Nice meeting you up there Riff. Hope you didnt get stuck in the hours long construction traffic in Stevens Canyon like we did.

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Hood has few easy access touring spots, almost none are a secret.

Minimal lines at Meadows the last three days. Today was a ski onto the chair kind of day. Snow is light where protected, bit wind pressed most places. PR will be awesome if they can get it open...

Below is my message to the Bend FS and their response regarding fast tracks.

Hello,

I am writing to express my disappointment in the Forest Service allowing ski resorts to implement policies...

Early winters failed because they did not have valid water rights. Back in those days pump and dumps and other schemes and scams were still in play but only if you were a muni government. Water...

Early winters went down because of water rights. Partial win on the court case but unsettled on the matter of water availability and then they gave up because it was apparent they would loose that...

Channel your rage about California drivers without snow tires into something useful like comments advocating for better winter access to Mt Rainer.

If you are lazy, just write something like, "I...

Hoping they plow to the gate this year. Looks like a lot of additional options besides silverstar are going to be opened up. The silverstar gut still has veg, but she is still burning as we speak.
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Hot pow/chopped schmoo on Helens today in the afternoon. Was probably better in the morning. Lot fills overnight these days it seems.
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Standard decent with standard up track.

Gunsight is a good short ski, just annoying when people take literally two turns and set tons of traverse tracks across the thing instead of...

The out track comes back right under the open slope on the lookers right of your photo. The slope on lookers right also gets shredded by punters who take two turns and traverse back to the ski...

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It’s apparent she has told others who have done it for her. Don’t know any of the parties just a city breezy stuck at home due to a thick rain crust, but this sure reads too circumstantial to drag...

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The real question is what kind of access to lookout is fortress using? My guess is a brapmobile to drop into the top, or is there secret...

No sun for you, POW!

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Ignore the pro resort crowd, they probably don’t tour anyway.

Fake news.

Lots of tours in the area are recorded here, some that are not in the book. ...

Yes I agree it is mostly a Meadows problem. However, Tline has in recent years provided more prescriptive guidance on their uphill policy limiting downhill use of the resort by backcountry skiers...

When the proposal for the gonjola actually comes about I will be making a comment to the effect that one ride lift tickets for backcountry skiing should be made available at an affordable cost. Once...

Photo of the end of a wet loose size two on Cooper Spur on the 24th. Debris split between the two fall lines on the face.
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I do have photos but they are on my camera, will upload later. Was on the east moraine, actually had very little wind at the campsite on both the night of the 22nd and the 23rd. I used NF-3511 to...

Missed you by a few hours River. Was camped on the moraine after skiing the spur watching the climbers make that path up the Reid. Nice size 2 ripped out the copper spur climbing route today. People...

Let the duopoly burn in the fiery pit of Covid. Long live https://www.indyskipass.com/ and may greater competition reign.

You mean the old site layout that has seen trip report numbers drop off a cliff in favor of posting into the black abyss that is the tay fb page or insta? Hmmm I wonder why they are updating the...

The Wapta Icefield is pretty far away from central Oregon lolol

Lots of people skiing T-Line and skibowl today.

The guys who run the sailboat ski tours also have a ferry I think, if the weather is good they might take you? Other option is to ferry to the end of the sheltered fjord to the south and tour over...

Of course the hut is amateur hour the terrain around there is all about the meadow skipping life this time of year. However, I have to say the oboe traverse in is ultra shit in crustacean...

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It is epic at mhm. If you aren’t here go to skibowl tonight. Thigh deep slightly heavier then utard. Heather rumors in an hour.

Star on hold most powder is wind pressed, yesterday was softer. Will try hrm. Long line at mhx.

Just rumor mill from lifties, and my own guess based on the report of the cat working on the creek and weather forecast. Tomorrow should be telling, if they don't get visibility I would guess not.

Played the game this morning. HRM to second chair on Star. Rope drop to Star was a time, can't wait to thrash and slash amongst yall for the Chinese downhill 3000 at the heather rope drop on Tuesday....

Still on standby, waiting for either the lifts to reopen or for most people to get out of here while I drink beer before I take off. DoesnÂ’t look promising.

Edit: never mind it’s shut down for...

Lots of traffic to meadows already, van bit the dust just before access road, luckily in a wide area. People stuck on access road. The chaos begins. I wish you all the best of luck.

In the State of Washington you will never get a water right for a new ski resort in the headwaters of any watershed without the use of a tribal water right (almost certainly not going to happen). For...

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Behold, the supercomputers proclaim that Ullr shall rise again. May the heretics without snow tires perish in the valley bottoms, with only the worthy ascending to powder paradise.

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Running on generators, hrm was closed for an hour this morning. Some smooth snow on choice runs, ice on others. Not bad lines considering the amount of cars and less then full speed generator power? ...

There is more to life then tits deep pow. Was there in Hokkaido for Feb 2017, snow quality was respectable but defs not japow (toured almost exclusively however, im sure resorts were crap at the...

Most everything seems to be visible on google maps. Just go somewhere and observe the next valley and go there the next day. Only thing to keep in mind I suppose is that anything facing the sea...

If you are a backcountry skier/rock climber you will find a strong community of folks in Kelowna through VOCO. If you just shred resort then it probably doesn't matter that much. Eventually you will...

Mmmm a cabin in mica sounds awesome. Too bad I'm in the Mac for another two weeks.

Come January I will probably make a trip or two up there.

Nice Alex, they had the logging road plowed across the Mica Dam bridge last year. I wonder if this logging road is of similar quality, I hope so!

Hmmm bc Yyc reports getting up to near the cabin. Road engineer also said good to go today. I guess I will find out tomorrow...

Anyone have any reports on the condition of the logging road up to Farnham this year?

I'm going to jack this thread momentarily apologies.
Lee how do you rank the stiffness of the synapse 109s? I just wish to ensure they are not noodles and can handle steepish midwinter descents in...

K country was good today, 20 of new uber fluff on north aspects. We started hearing strange noises at ridge top which we determined to be coming from our skis and poles. Took us a while to figure out...