Seattle 2011 - April-1
Granite Mtn by Storm
The gully while frozen
Angrej at the ridge
Dan has Candy on a leash
The valley below
Vincent "enjoying" the storm
Lele
Digging out Candy from a tree well
Lunch
Candy
Descent through the forest
Mountaineers Training Rock in Seattle
Diamond Head
Rain in the Pass, alternative Destination is sunny
Lele, Andrej breaking trail
Val
Pan-caked trees
Vincent & Val
Andrej, Mr. Everest
Descent through the forest
Little Si evening scramble by rain
Candy, Vincent, Sandy and CJ
Fresh Snow Talupus-Olallie Lakes SnowShoe
Today's Internations crew:
Daska, Andrej (poland), Val(austria), Manolo(Mexico),Elaine(Canada), Zsr(American), Yinghua(China).
Walking to the trailhead
Stream crossings
Talupus Lake
Rest!
Taking a break on the way back
Silver Peak: 11 Hours
Getting ready for a major climb
Lot's of water in the streams
3 feet of fresh snow, in April!
Another group of 16 without snowshoes made track for us
We climb the ridge because of avalanche danger
The key point on the ridge
4 turn around
5 continue on
The other group of 16 below us...
... and the cornices. (they didn't make the summit)
Another false summit
The weather closes in
High winds
On the summit, meeting some skiers!
Val ropes Daska to Andrej for the descent
Dan crossing a icy slope
Val, with avalanche cord...
... to slide to the lake below, in 10 minutes
This was a 4 hot chocolate mountain!
Midweek Little Si Scramble
CJ & Tamara
SuJn leading the way
On the summit with SuJn, Tamara & CJ
Midweek Sailing
Today's crew: Tracy & Tiff
Val & First Mate Tracy
4 cancelled, so more lunch for us!
Bellevue
Hex Mountain, rain alternative!
Lunch!
Yes, I am last
Andrej leading
The summit ridge
Andrej, Candy, Dan, Lele, Cathy, Bent, Ji, Val
Cowboy Val
Lele, Ji, Gerald
A 2 hot chololate mountain!