Heading out Part II

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:14 pm

Me too my friend. More snow expected in the Clacky until Thursday, gonna be a cold few days.
Think LOW. You'll find something. What about the western end of Hoh? There won't be anybody out there. Or the Eastside of the Cascades, out in the desert. That would be pretty cool right now.

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:08 am

Well, the forcast is "drifting" so we are prolly going to risk it, tempt fate by taking a kayak, and plow ourselves into the hinterland for a few on/off clammy days.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:30 am

Good luck! Bring warm clothes! And whiskey!
Where are you going?

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:42 am

hambone wrote:Good luck! Bring warm clothes! And whiskey!
Where are you going?

Thanks!! Hopefully the skies will clear.
Colonial Creek Campground in North Cascades NP. Supposedly a foot of snow up there.....

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:53 am

Screw that, head to the coast. You can still kyak.

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:52 pm

The Copilot just sent me this weather report, gonna be FUN!! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OLYMPICS- WEST SLOPES NORTH CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- EAST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES OF WASHINGTON- EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON- NORTH OREGON CASCADES-
8 AM PDT TUE APR 22 2008

...UNUSUAL WINTERLIKE AVALANCHE DANGER PERSISTING...

WHILE WEAK RIDGING PRODUCED SOME BRIEF CLEARING OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CASCADES AND OLYMPICS, ANOTHER DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THE RECENTLY DOMINANT UPPER LOW SHOULD SPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW NORTHWARD ON TUESDAY, ALONG WITH SLIGHT WARMING AND INCREASING WINDS. FOLLOWING THIS DISTURBANCE, PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS, UNUSUALLY LOW FREEZING LEVELS AND INTERMITTENTLY INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO MID-LATE WEEK WHILE FURTHER DISTURBANCES EITHER ROTATE AROUND THE LOW OR MOVE SOUTHWARD OVER THE AREA IN A CONTINUING COOL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. ALONG WITH THE ONE TO THREE FEET OF SNOWFALL ALREADY RECEIVED IN MANY MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS SINCE THE LAST MAJOR WARMING IN MID-APRIL, THIS SHOULD RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS OF AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OR MORE OF NEW SNOW THROUGH MID-WEEK. WHILE MOST RECENT AVALANCHE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CONFINED TO LOOSE OR WET LOOSE SLIDE RELEASES, SOME RECENT SOFT SLAB SLIDES RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES UP TO 1 TO 2 FEET HAVE ALSO BEEN TRIGGERED BY SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS, WITH THE MAIN CONSEQUENCES TO DATE FORTUNATELY BEING CONFINED TO LOST EQUIPMENT.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:56 pm

I'm tellin ya man it's a bad weekend for the Cascades......my Hambone Sense is tinglin'! (oh wait that's just

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:18 pm

hambone wrote:I'm tellin ya man it's a bad weekend for the Cascades......my Hambone Sense is tinglin'! (oh wait that's just

Just what? The suspense is killing me

You think we will have problems at less than 1000' elevation for the next few days? I don't want the Hammie Sense to be peggin towards maximum.

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:20 pm

All packed up. Decided to head to Deception Pass on the first night and then up to the North Cascades, hopefully this will help with the crappier weather that is expected for tomorrow.

Got the dutch oven goodies ready to make some kick a** meals...can't wait to fire that thing up!

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:40 am

Safe travels! You'll have fun wherever you wind up. Be sure to fill us in.

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:54 am

hambone wrote:Safe travels! You'll have fun wherever you wind up. Be sure to fill us in.

=D>

Outttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaaa heeeeeeerrrrrrreeeeeeeeee..

See ya'll on the flip side.

Gypsie · Post by **Gypsie** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:31 pm

spiffy wrote: Got the dutch oven goodies ready to make some kick a** meals...can't wait to fire that thing up!

You practice up there Spiff.
The glove was thrown down last night at the Lab by Jasan's friend. She was chiding about how surprised she was that we use propane and hibachi's for cookin'.

Somethin about using the fire. I smell a challenge. Maybe a campfire cookoff in the works.

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:51 pm

Gypsie wrote:
spiffy wrote: Got the dutch oven goodies ready to make some kick a** meals...can't wait to fire that thing up!
You practice up there Spiff.
The glove was thrown down last night at the Lab by Jasan's friend. She was chiding about how surprised she was that we use propane and hibachi's for cookin'.

Somethin about using the fire. I smell a challenge. Maybe a campfire cookoff in the works.

Yes, Jill will laugh and scoff at all of our fancy propane powered "kitchens".

spiffy · Post by **spiffy** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:55 pm

Funny you guys should mention the camp kitchens we seem to cart with us, this trip we did most of our meals in the dutch over the fire. We cooked up some nice beef stew and even coined an ad-hoc recipe: "Cascade chicken pot pie" wich is basically chicken soup with a thick layer of cornbread onn top.....$^#&* WAS IT GOOD!!!

Anywho, here is the down and dirty on our trip:

On the way up we stopped in to see the tulip fields (late bloom this year).

Then it was off to deception pass for a night where we pretty much had the campground to oursleves. Beautiful day, chicken 'n' potatoes in some tin foil cooked in the fire, good beer.....

And look out for a new member of the band...the Copilot has ventured into the harps

After the beautiful night on the island we stopped in to see the tulip fields one more time and then headed up to the North Cascades.....unbelievably beautiful place, we rolled in under the cover of thick clouds and rain but the drive was stunning.

The campground that we had planned on going to and was listed as open by the NPS website and a call in the ranger station ended up being closed when we drove up to it......WTF!!!!

So...we back tracked and found a sweeeeeet little free campsite right on Gorge Lake and we had the place to ourselves......fahget about it!!!!! It was amazing!

Had some rain on thursday and lake wobagashee set up underneath the bus so we had to divert the flood waters.

After the rain cleared we woke up to this on friday morning:

So we decided to bundle up and get out on the water....to hell with hypothermia!!!

Around the campsite a beaver had been busy.....REALLY BUSY...that little fart had chomped throw at least a dozen THICK trees...incredible.

We had a great time and the weather cooperated, them thar hills are nice!

glasseye · Post by **glasseye** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:16 pm

Fantastic! Great coverage. Just like being there. Thanks for all the effort shooting, posting.

Is that Ross Lake? Cooooollllldddddd.

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Heading out Part II