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May 30-31, 2014, Mt Adams

5/30/14
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Posted by Norseman on 6/1/14 6:39am
A couple of rippin chick friends from Bozeman joined me on this most excellent ski off the summit of Adams.

A few points that the photos might not cover:

* We were able to drive to within 10 minutes of Cold Springs. Bring a chainsaw or winch... lots of unstable burnt trees ready to block your ass in.

* Snow is in wonderful shape for the most part, except for the top 1000 ft or so which consists of blue water ice nodules. Not worth skiing at this time.

* We bailed on the SW chutes due to painful boot issues (and not wanting to make the long traverse on her weighted sore side). The Crescent Glacier was a fantastic substitute.

* We skied without trouble back to the trailhead.

* After seeing a couple of folks on foot on the South Ridge and a couple of splitters on the false summit, we saw nobody during our entire descent until near the trailhead. A special day, indeed!












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It was so good that I had to go back up to the Lunch Counter the next day. There was good lightning and thunder Friday night. Lots of folks out on Saturday.


Cheers,

~ Scott
wow... one day I'll make it there

Thanks, lookin' good!

Love the photos!  Thanks for the report

Killin' me here, nice work.

Cuties on corn!

Thanks for the thumbs up, dudes.

G, I see that you made it up there as well! Let's go do somethin large this month.

Regarding the road: how bad are the ruts this year. . . , you think OK in Suby Outback?

At the time that I was up there, I would have felt quite comfortable with taking a Subaru up the road.

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