Recent content by kd9truck

All of your comments and sugestions are welcome and I "thank you", Ray I am a 46 year old D"y"slexic that has been mis-spelling words my hole life, take it as you want,but the thread is a question about the conditions on the geological falt on Mt Colden Known as the trap Dyke or For those with...

just what I was hopeing for,(the load to drop).I may still need to adapt my goal. Thanks for taking the time to read and respond :)

Yes I thought the snow was wet, but I,m looking at the weather reports on line from a basement on Long Island. I don,t allways get a good read on things from 350 miles away. I have a good understanding of the conditions that that make avalanche areas ripe and welcome your input thank you:) I...

Does any one have first hand knowledge of the snow load currently on the slide above the trap dyke? looking to solo it thursday morning if conditions are right.

It all is as it is ,it can be no other way

conditions: there was a hard crust 3in thick covering most of the ground started in crampons hiked in them all day,at the summit there was 2to3 foot base of hard ice with 4in of verry light snow on the deccent it snowed pritty heavy and put on another 2-4 inches but only on above 3500 ft lower...

today my kids ( Kate 7 and Caroline 9)were off from School so we decided to go for a hike the location and trail are unimportant but the events were unnerving. We were hiking down a trail shortly after our start when my 7 year old started to scream in a pitch that cannot be decribed. the emotion...

panther at sunrise in winter after a freash snow (8+)with big shoes to float down on.

how deep is the snow in the 3000 + ft range I would like to do the chicken coup brook aproach to basin in feb and need to start info gathering .My time is unfortunity short in the high peaks and I need to start weighting my options for the greatest sucsess rates .I was on the C.C.B. Last year...

southmedow is so much more plesent than the loj it will be sad to see it closed I loved the wilderness feel of that aproach come and go as you please .

Pinpin you truely make the world a better place.Thank You

As I am a verry visual person ,I was wondering if anybody had any pictures of the Saddleback/chicken coop brookslide? from the air?from Table top , from the top of saddleback.I was chased up it by a swarm of black flies and in the name of self preservation I opted not to stop for some pictures.

yes it is northeast of the rock itself on a bluff one of the best lean-to views in the high peaks. when facing the rock take the unmarked spur trail to the right. cook your food by the brook the underbrush was verry close to the lean-to the last time I was there,this can make for an intimate...

Hey Spoons, I should have 2 spaces I put out an invite allready to some co-workers . This is my 5th year with a grace camp stay,and there has allways been room(two empty beds).You are definately welcome,regardless of the particulars .The day of the 14th was still unbooked when I made...

On the third week in July I went up the brook with a full pack. I had read reports on it and figured I,d give it a go so heres what I found, no herd path on either the east or west side of the CCB large enough to follow.For the most part I rock hoped up the moss covered CCB the higher you go the...