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South Sister (OR) conditions ?
« on: 06/09/12, 11:02 AM »
I'm down in bend for a bit and I've got my gear with me. I was thinking of heading up South Sister tomorrow, has anyone skied it recently? Still worth it?
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Re: South Sister (OR) conditions ?
« Reply #1 on: 06/09/12, 01:52 PM »
Plenty of snow up there still, I'd imagine even some avalanche danger given it's been snowing up there for a week.  My concern would be all the new snow turning to mush when the sun comes out.  It should be great in a few days when the corn cycle sets up again....
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Re: South Sister (OR) conditions ?
« Reply #2 on: 06/09/12, 06:33 PM »
hmm, thanks for the beta. I've only got tomorrow though, so I'll probably hike up and check it out anyway.
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Re: South Sister (OR) conditions ?
« Reply #3 on: 06/09/12, 07:14 PM »
Stick to the standard south side route from Devils Lake and you should be in good shape.  Pretty safe route and most direct.  You should be able to ski to the car.  Have fun - I'm hoping to maybe hit it in a week or two.  If it doesn't look good, you can always skin to the summit of Bachelor in less than 2 hours and get 3000 vertical.
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Re: South Sister (OR) conditions ?
« Reply #4 on: 06/09/12, 08:40 PM »
So the Hwy plowed/open??
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Re: South Sister (OR) conditions ?
« Reply #5 on: 06/09/12, 08:52 PM »
It opened June 1 is my understanding.....

http://www.deschutes.org/Media-Releases/Cascade-Lakes-Hwy--Opens-Tomorrow.aspx
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Re: South Sister (OR) conditions ?
« Reply #6 on: 06/10/12, 09:25 PM »
Just to close the loop: SS was incredibly good today. Packed pow from the rim down to 8500 (Huh) or so. Easy skiing to the car. Sam: would have PMed you but I had a tight sked. Assumed yours was the subie w/dps regalia. I was the FJ a couple cars east of you.
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Re: South Sister (OR) conditions ?
« Reply #7 on: 06/18/12, 08:23 PM »
Skiing down to Green Lakes on 6/16. Not too sticky, not too runneled. Prime harvest season. Skied to within a half mile of the Green Lakes TH.

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