Otto

I own a CCW Chernobyl pack. It’s an OK pack, and I mostly use it for overnight winter trips. Mine is about 7-8 years old, and the one they sell now is a bit different. (mine has tool tubes, where as the new one has a different system for attaching tools.)

The one thing about my pack is that the ski straps are a little narrow for fitting my split…[Read more]

Did someone mention splitbooting?

I love splitbooting!!!

:thumpsup:

Rad! I am looking forward to drag you along on one of my split-boot adventures in the near future… 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Hey, welcome to PDX!!

There is lot’s of stuff to ride here, and may I say sheepishly, all year long.

Send me a PM when you wanna head out. There are quite a few splitters here (not all on this place) but they are around. Plus, solo trips up the palmer leads you to “club triangle moraine”…. I have hooked up with more like minded people there…[Read more]

Damn! Looks nice.

How’s the approach and the road?

Maybe, if I have the balls, I am gonna hit this in a few weeks. Looks like there are no sun cups out yet!

Yeah. the weather was really nice, probably too nice.

The snow was a slurpee, but hey, that makes steep lines easy, ya know? :bananas:

The new wax (swix Glacier) makes a HUGE difference. My partners where flailing and getting stuck in the muck, I just glided past them like it was winter!!! 😆

Sweet TR!

Welcome to the Cascades!!!! It’s too bad we could not hook up for a Mt. Hood adventure.

Nice TR!!!

So, is the road open to the main TH, or just to the green lakes TH?

I think I need to make a road trip south next weekend! :thumpsup:

I am DONE with Mt. Hood for now. 🙄

Gotta love the Cascades. I will still be riding into July!

Hell, around here you can get turns all year round. :bananas:

One thing that I used to do before I got an AT boot set up, was to ride with Koflach PMB’s, with a Garmont tele liner that had an incorporated powerstrap at the cuff, that stiffened up the boot quite a bit.

I like this set up alot, mainly because I was able to use step in crampons, and it was a cheaper alternative to AT boots. The ride was OK,…[Read more]

@stoudema wrote:

Really short notice, but a few of us are heading into Green Lake today to ride South Sister on Monday and hopefully Broken Top on Tuesday. You’re welcome to meet up with us if you don’t have plans.

Dang X2!!

I have to carry the on call pager for work, so I cannot go meet up with you guys. Trust me, I would really like to hit…[Read more]

Sweet. I must have just missed you guys. I summited the same day around 9, and was riding back down from hogsback around 1030-1100 ish. And yes, the icefall was feirce, and had to bunker some bigger baseball/softball/dinner plate size ice falling off the rime ice towers as the temps rise. My helmet and tools suffered the brunt .
If you saw some…[Read more]

@javier wrote:

I hope we will have good snow this season.

Another question, what about the divide venture splitboard? is good? Better than Voile Mojo?

thxs

From what I hear, the divide is a good board, but very expensive. Also, I don’t think it comes ready to go out of the box. You still have to buy an interface kit and skins (and crampons if…[Read more]

What’s this all about?

Hmmmmmm… Did you guys not bring enough grog?

OUTSTANDING!!!!! :rock:

I have been wanting to get into that area for years, but the drive from PDX makes it seem restrictive….

Great pictures, and thanks for giving me some drool material, and convincing pictures for my regular partner to
start contemplating!

BTW, a few years ago I saw a TR on TAY where some maniac skied triple couloirs on…[Read more]

Aww jeez… I am a working stiff… So is my partner….

I will probably be up there on weekends though (as long as the weather is in check) so if you are up for a few extra days, I would love to show you around the upper slopes, and some really nice lines.

Or this could be the downside of snowmobilers…

Black Diamond Whippet.

But in general, as stated by others, you want the shaft length to be long enough so that when you are holding the axe in a self arrest hold at you side, the spike should reach the bulging bone in your ankle. It used to be thought that it should reach the ground, but in reality, that’s a little long (great for flat…[Read more]

@stoudema wrote:

While they do provide a larger footprint area, they still don’t address the issue of getting the spikes to the edge of a boot’s footprint. This is one of the main reasons I opt for mountaineering boots if I am planning for crampons on ascent.

Well said – This is why I don’t use my soft boots in really dicey situations.

Yup,…[Read more]

Nice!!! Looks like you spent way more time doing the conversion than I did, but then again, I am just a HVAC Tech who likes to drink beer while drilling holes in snowboards!! :bananas: