Hmmm. Long range forecast on snow-forecast looks cold and clear… could there be some good touring in Rogers Pass, or will the snow just be too rancid?

My buddy and I are taking a roadie to Revelstoke next week… Tuesday through Thursday. We are looking for some locals to show us around. Hoping to do something along the lines of one day at the...

Do you make enough money from skiing to avoid the need for a summer job? Could you retire right now and have enough cash to never have to work again?

What's your favourite dinosaur?

It was deep.


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Thanks for the input guys. Consensus seems to be that now is not the time.
Hopefully later in the season...

With the relentless high pressure system over the PNW this year I'm considering an attempt on Shuksan next week.
Has anyone done it this year? Wondering whether or not the glaciers (White Salmon,...

Yeah it was sweet and I don't think it is done too often. Although we were surprised to see a dude on a solo mission, he took a pretty similar route to us but didn't summit.

Bummer. And I did so well in school.

Yesterday a friend and I skied to Black Tusk from Rubble Creek, climbed it, then skied back to Function Junction down the microwave road.
Full write up here:
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East glacier... Not easy glacier

Has anyone been upto cayoosh in the last week or so? Wondering how much of a ball ache it is getting from the hut to the easy glacier. Last I heard it was a real
Pain in the ass, that was a few...

This morning- Worst day of the past 5 seasons.
This afternoon- Best inbounds day so far this season.

Lower half of Golden Boner to Instant Gratification is dry as a bone.

That looks way nicer than what we got!

Could be a good shout.

There were some slopes way over at the bottom of the north glacier that looked and felt ok, just schedule a bit more time than normal to get over there.

Check it out on my blog.

http://hundredgranddan.blogspot.ca/

Then criticise me for posting a link to a blog. ha.

Wow. Just Wow. So Fucking Rad. So Fucking jealous.

Marriott Basin yesterday was fucking horrible. Stay at home.

Went skiing on Metal Dome today. Access was quick and easy, snow was variable and the temperature was freezing! Good times thou for sure.


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Skiing down to Red yesterday was a real treat...

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Pretty much some of the worst in-bounds conditions it has ever been my misfortune to ski.
The real dog-shit-icing on the cake is that all the world and his wife are confined to whiskey jack and pony...

Wow. That is fucking cool. Buying that dude a beer if I ever meet him.

I heard the first people were in line for the village gondi about 8am, and there are even some tents pitched down at creekside.
Do these people not realise that employees have been skiing up there...

Thanks for the continued support everyone. Although you do realise this thread is almost a year old right? I've no idea why it came back to life.

I'm no expert, but isn't a compression test result of 30 referred to as CTH, not CTE? Or are you saying CTE without a number (which I guess would suggest it fractured while you were cutting it) and...

Brandywine was pretty shit last weekend. Poor coverage and even worse snow quality. Elfin lakes was slightly better when we went there yesterday (thursday) but coverage is super thin on the road...

Yep, that's why they don't advertise it!

^What he said.

I noticed that last year as well. Apparently they stopped using environment Canada for the Alpine forecast after the olympics and swtiched to Mountain Weather Services, which I'm pretty sure is just...

Looks like about a million people went skiing on blackcomb today... How was it? I went to Brandywine and it was a total bust. Pretty much the least successful skiing mission I've been on in about 5...

It's puking up there today(sat 2nd). Freezing level looks pretty low too. I might try and get some turns in the next few days.

Just picked up a copy of the new edition of Baldwin's love it or hate it backcountry map. It's got a lot of new routes and additional names on it, including some stuff that I think people aren't...

Couldn't agree more dude. Most of the time it's either shit conditions like this

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Or totally boring skiing like this.
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We always worried that September was going to be a tough month to get good skiing, and this was definitely the hardest summer mission so far. The biggest ball ache was that the lower portion of the...

Those are 99's. They are are sweet.
We skied Brandywine in June, Locomotive in July and now Metal Dome in August, all of which were pretty easy and resulted in pretty good skiing (all things...

Me and Steve are trying to ski every month this year. This trip was sweet. We were making turns only 2 hours from the car. It was so good we took 3 laps!


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I have updated my blog with 2 new summer skiing trip reports. If you're interested you can check it out here:
http://hundredgranddan.blogspot.ca/

Here are some sample shots to peak your...

Thanks for the info. As far as I can tell from the 8th wonder of the world which is google earth- It should be possible to head up the Ulysses glacier which looks close to pancake flat with out...

Hey man I got a question for ya. From looking at that picture and studing my topos and google earth, I'm assuming you went down diavolo creek a bit and then eventually made it out onto the Ulysses...

Did you try to ski it in a day from the parking lot? That's gotta be a big mission even for you boys! I know some dudes who bagged the owls in a day from a currie heli drop, but some people (I'm...

Tomahawking down that must have been sime scary shit- that thing is pretty steep! Im desparately hoping winter isnt over yet since id like to get out on a few more trips but it dont think anyone is...

Wow great work man. Im hoping to get out on that trip myself at the end of may, but obviously its not going to happen if the valley temps carry on sitting at 30 degrees!

It might be the case that this stuff doesn't get skied very often at all, or it gets skied all the time but there is some secret society who are pledged to keeping it hidden from the masses which is...

I did it about a week ago. The top section through the trees below oboe is snow covered but super dirty from shit falling off the trees. The middle section is a little better but there are about...

Glad you like it. PM me if you ever want additional photos or the GPS track etc.
Its a real tough choice as to whether to do it in a day or overnight... obviously its a really long day, but walking...

http://hundredgranddan.blogspot.ca/

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Did a one day Spearhead yesterday (Monday 15th). Snow was good- almost too good for a speed traverse! Singing pass is mostly ok, although there are now a total of 4 open creeks on the last section....

No sorry!