PNW 2021/2022 Season! La Niña ahead!

[riff]

sweet dude. did you circumnav? early morn on the russell is one of my happy places. they are taking their sweet time on the mowich road

Half circumnav, edmunds headwall via white river access…lots of poking around and gorgeous, ended up being too hot and too much overhead hazard.


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[Norseman]

Half circumnav, edmunds headwall via white river access

How far up the headwall did you go? Yesterday I saw a pair of old tracks on the North Mowich glacier, crossing back from under the EH and going pretty low under Ptarmigan, but I wasn't able to see them above 9200 ft or so.


We gambled on the gate opening and it payed off, with the ranger opening it 5 minutes after we got there.

[Buster Highmen]

++++

[shroom]

purdy

[alpinevibes]

Yeah Norse!!


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[eSock]

damn, whoever's in charge of grooming those slopes did a great job

[m2711c]

https://www.indyskipass.com/resort/mt-hood-meadows/

[riff]

Norse- we didn’t get very far, decent size stuff was shedding and we turned around at about 11k. Your pics still look like decent skiing is up there! Classy


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[Cocximus]

Any tips on where around rainier would conditions be more manageable with the heat wave?

[altasnob]

High and north facing. Russell, Interglacier, Fryingpan. Supposed to be in the 80s at 5,000 ft this week, 50s at 10,000 ft, with very little cooling at night.

https://a.atmos.washington.edu/data/rainier_report.html

[Cocximus]

Thanks, crazy how warm it will be even at night. I was thinking to camp at schurman or curtis. That way I can either do interglacier laps or head up higher.

[vonn]

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...e-for-seattle/

Last season doesn't count right?

[altasnob]

Forest Service considering permit for winter only ski hut at DeRoux Campground

Comments accepted until August 19.

The Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest, Cle Elum Ranger District is considering a special use permit proposal from Wenatchee Mountain Alpine Huts for a 2-year transitional priority use special use authorization for seasonal (winter) lodging facilities and guiding on the North Fork Teanaway River at DeRoux Campground on Forest Service road 9737, North Fork Teanaway Road. The facilities will be set up in November and removed completely in the spring when snow melt allows. Operations would begin when enough snow has accumulated for winter recreation activities.

Four structures will sit atop wood deck platforms resting on flat ground. Each structure will be fastened to its platform. No clearing of vegetation or ground leveling is required. The two shelter huts are 14’x30’ Weatherport Shelter System huts sitting on 16’x32’ platforms, 1-3’ off the ground. One 8’x12’ wood structure will be for a sauna and for gear storage. The sauna is heated by a wood burning stove. Each platform will be constructed using 2”x10” joists with 18” spacing and 6"x6" subframe, supporting a total load ~20,000lbs. A wood stove in each hut is used for heat. Two cords of wood will be stored at each hut. Wood will be cut, split, and dried off National Forest lands and driven in at the beginning of each season. Two pre-fabricated 10’x4’ firewood storage structures will be placed near the entrance of both huts with a roof grade greater than 30 degrees to shed snow and reduce snow load.

Propane will be used for cooking. Each hut will use one 200-pound or two 100-pound propane tank(s), transported at the beginning of the season. Additional propane will be brought in using smaller tanks, if necessary.

Operations are expected to occur 160 days during winter. If operating at full capacity, user days for guiding and lodging would total 1,646. No guiding will be allowed in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Grey water will be removed weekly. The existing CXT will be used for human waste and pumped at the cost of the permit holder at the end of the season. Porter and shuttle services will be offered for guests’ arrival and departure using a tracked side-by-side or snowmobile. Porter and shuttle services will be run early in the morning to avoid peak hours of trail usage on weekends.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=62290

[John_B]

Thanks Alta. I'd seen the link today but hadn't gotten a post together. Hopefully this is a better option for the folks that currently use the Teanaway.

[Dromond]

Reading the application for a remote winter-only hut just makes me want one of my own.

[Buke]

Reading the application for a remote winter-only hut just makes me want one of my own.

I thought the same thing. I immediately googled Weatherport Shelter Systems.

[HappyCamper]

NSR, but anyone seeing huckleberries around Snoqualmie Pass yet? Was picking this time last year, but based on a hike earlier this month they seemed off by a couple weeks.

[AK47bp]

I thought the same thing. I immediately googled Weatherport Shelter Systems.

I used to work for a company that sells them. Bomber. We’d set them up in disaster zones as hospitals and shelters. They are also used by the military.

https://blu-med.com/


https://alaskastructures.com/products/camp-systems/



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[Dromond]

I used to work for a company that sells them. Bomber. We’d set them up in disaster zones as hospitals and shelters. They are also used by the military.

https://blu-med.com/


https://alaskastructures.com/products/camp-systems/



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Nice! TGR backcountry winter-only tent city coming soon.

[Norseman]

[AK47bp]

View from my house has a pretty defined smoke cap sitting on top of Tiger Mtn.



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[jackattack]

I’ll see your smoke cap and raise you an apocalyptic scene.

[AK47bp]

Any scene with a pup wins.


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[Buster Highmen]

Smoke stink just coming in West of Carnation.

[AK47bp]

View from my house has a pretty defined smoke cap sitting on top of Tiger Mtn.



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Same shot now




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