Easter 2006....Paradise, MRNP
4/15/06
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
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Four of us heathens headed to Paradise Sunday to make sure the 10" to 24" of nice quality fresh did not go untracked. Waited for the gate till 9:30 (not bad). There were only a couple of other ski types in the lot when we arrived, I think this Easter thing is catching on. Ron, Darryl, Tom and myself started the day intending to ski some west lines off Glacier Vista so we could scope the Nisqually for cracks in which to drop nervous Mountaineers next weekend 8)....but...on the way the rapidly warming powder won us over. We ended up skiing around Alta Vista , starting with low angle stuff because of the way your pole dropped through about four inches of air after breaking the substantial crust underlying the goods. We eventually ended up dropping a small cornice onto a steeper line , it produced a good sized slough, but no step downs
We were all rewarded with a fantastic drop in great April powder 8)...Here's Ron
Great video-
Should have gotten a picture of Ron's shorts after the big release....
Looking forward to getting out with you soon!
Joe
We were all rewarded with a fantastic drop in great April powder 8)...Here's Ron
Nice! I keep joking/fantasizing with PeterC about "good" ways to release cornices. We usually start with discussions of snow saws, but eventually end up talking about how we can get our hands on avy control explosives! :) Maybe we'll try the belayed-jump-up-and-down method sometime - there are a couple lines I'd like to do if I knew the cornices above them weren't going to release. Usually we use the "steer VERY clear" approach...
Gary Peniston and I sawed through a cornice at Chinook pass(NAches peak false summitt )with a 30 ' knotted cordelette. We jumped and jumped and the damn thing never did drop! we left feeling guilty as hell. I also fell through one onetime and landed in front of my ski partners. As you can tell I'm still trying to figure them out.
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.Here's Ron Busting it off
Great video-
Should have gotten a picture of Ron's shorts after the big release....
Looking forward to getting out with you soon!
Joe
nice!! that video is great too (i actually got it up on my computer this time jw!). here's to hoping the conditions and weather are good for us this weekend up there for the glacier class... ;)
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