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Topic: March 5, 2005, Nisqually Chute (Read 1128 times)
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Lowell_Skoog
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Friday's forecast convinced me that Sunday would be the better day. So when I got up to blue skies this morning I knew I'd been suckered again. My wife caught my mood and suggested that I should go skiing today. Unfortunately it was 10 am before I rolled out of town.
The clouds were increasing fast over Mt Rainier when I arrived at Paradise. I cruised up to the Muir Snowfield, initially aiming for the Paradise Glacier. I switched to the Nisqually Chute when I saw how crusty the few inches of recent snow was. At the base of the snowfield I bumped into "gusk", a TAY'er and a friend of my brother Gordy (nice to meet you Gus). Gus reported high winds near Anvil Rock and survival skiing below.
I dropped into the Nisqually Chute and found pretty decent snow there. The morning sun had corned it up a little and there was enough sunshine yet to keep it soft. The chute had a lot of little snowballs, but they were soft enough to be no problem. I reached the Nisqually moraine with some time to spare and decided to take another run. The chute was still skinnable and was just starting to refreeze near the top when I started my second run. Unfortunately I whacked a melon-sized rock on each run.
I stopped in Eatonville just before sunset and the mountain had a fabulous cloud girding it--like the rings of Saturn. Oddly, the mid-day clouds had mostly disipated by evening.
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« Last Edit: 03/05/05, 03:26 PM by Lowell_Skoog »
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ron j
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Nice report, Lowell.
Good info. It helped us decide where to go the next day.
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gusk
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Hey Lowell,
Great running into you up there. You were hauling ass up the hill. The snow became easier to turn in/slushier, as we got down lower.
Amazing low coverage around paradise,
-Gus
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