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Distel32 Member
Joined: 03 Jun 2014 Posts: 961 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
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Distel32
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Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:27 pm
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Via NW ridge w/NorthBen, hoping to make a big ridge loop out of it and the good forecast never even seemed to be in place. Snowed pretty much all morning with pea soup up top. Mostly compact snow down low with ~6-10" of dry powder above 4k.
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raising3hikers Member
Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 2343 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, Wa |
Nice, that's a good winter trip. Not a bad thing that you didn't have any summit views, lots of clear cuts to the South to look at
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7216 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:46 pm
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That's a nice route. How far could you drive after getting off I-90?
Where is that view of McClellan over the river taken from?
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NorthBen Member
Joined: 29 Feb 2012 Posts: 55 | TRs | Pics
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Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:58 pm
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puzzlr wrote: | How far could you drive after getting off I-90? |
Depends what you're driving. There's a snow berm built up just before the bridge over the S Fork, before the junction with Tinkham Road. Some people were able to get their jeeps etc over it (and several miles+ down Tinkham Rd) but most people were parking before it.
puzzlr wrote: | Where is that view of McClellan over the river taken from? |
From the bridge over the S Fork. Best view we had all day
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
Nice looking ridge !
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Tim_Nair Member
Joined: 27 Jan 2014 Posts: 14 | TRs | Pics Location: Bothell, WA |
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Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:17 am
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Looks like a great winter destination! Which exit did you take off I90? I've been there in summer, taking Hanson Creek road. Is that where you parked? Thanks !
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Bryan K Shameless Peakbagger
Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 5129 | TRs | Pics Location: Alaska |
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Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:11 am
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Great trip to a worthy peak. This is a good way to stay close to home but get away from the crowds.
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Phil Member
Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 2025 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline, WA |
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Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:37 pm
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Distel32 Member
Joined: 03 Jun 2014 Posts: 961 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
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Distel32
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Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:51 am
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We parked directly off exit 47, south side in between the on/off ramps and the bridge leading to Tinkham / Asahel Curtis Rd. GPS here.
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StephAbegg Member
Joined: 12 Jan 2010 Posts: 172 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellingham, WA |
I climbed Humpback in March 2018. Although the climb to the top takes a timbered ridge, making Humpback a good choice when avalanche conditions are high, you should watch out for wind-loading on the final slope below the summit. This slope slid on us, and carried 3 members of our party a few hundred feet down the slope. No one was injured, but we got lucky. Here's some photos:
Wind slab slide just below summit Looking up at the crown on the right slide of the slope. It was about 2 feet thick. Looking up at the crown on the right slide of the slope. It was about 2 feet thick.
For my full trip report and write-up about the slide:
http://www.stephabegg.com/home/tripreports/washington/northcascades/humpback
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BarbE Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1153 | TRs | Pics
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Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:19 pm
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Wow! Glad everyone is OK!
Thanks for the info. Definitely not going there tomorrow as a possible destination!
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Stefan-K Member
Joined: 10 Aug 2009 Posts: 522 | TRs | Pics Location: seattle |
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Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:40 pm
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good info, thanks for posting that, glad everyone's OK
While ski touring we rarely dig full blown pits* but we do a lot of quick hand/pole pits as we move through changing terrain and conditions---especially as we approach ridge lines where snowpack and conditions can change quite rapidly and dramatically.
*No point in digging a big pit when conditions can change dramatically within as short a distance as 50 ft.... although big pits have their time and place too
ALSO - when moving across questionable terrain it's generally a good idea to space it out between folks. That way, if it does go, not everyone slides at once... good to leave a person or two standing in case excavation is required.
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Just_Some_Hiker Member
Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 691 | TRs | Pics Location: Snoqualmie, WA |
Wouldn't have expected a slide like that on Humpback. This is worth its own thread for increased visibility.
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7216 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:07 pm
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StephAbegg wrote: | Wind slab slide just below summit |
Thanks for reporting this here, and great job on the before/after shot.
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SteeperColder paralysis x analysis
Joined: 18 Mar 2016 Posts: 67 | TRs | Pics
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^^^ I agree with JSH.
Spent most of Friday & Saturday researching options for Sunday (mod-avy-day), with Humpback in my top three, but a few winter trip-reports I found talked about moderate-avy danger near summit but never really described where -or- in what way... and was hard to visualize on topo, these photos & report are exactly what I was trying to figure out...
"You won't find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains" - Hunter S. Thompson
"You won't find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains" - Hunter S. Thompson
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