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ragman and rodman Member
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 1219 | TRs | Pics Location: http://rgervin.com/ |
Beautiful views from Amabilis on Friday.
A few inches of fairly new snow (perhaps Tuesday and Wednesday) at the bottom... increasing to 9-12 inches at the top.
The road was not groomed on Friday, but was probably groomed by the time the week-enders got to it on Saturday.
Maxi-glide helped with the sticky snow conditions in the sun exposed areas.
At the two mile 'Y' in the road, I took the less traveled route... crossed the avalanche chute and eventually had to set the tracks on the last 1.5 miles to the Amabilis summit (4554')... where I met two people who had set the tracks while coming up the more popular route.
9 miles roundtrip, gaining 2154 feet of elevation.
Photos from my XC ski trip to Amabilis Mtn
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Middle E no more moustache
Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 432 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle, WA |
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:04 pm
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Dang! It's clear from the Friday trip reports that we all should have taken the day off...
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GeoTom Member
Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 3215 | TRs | Pics Location: Earth |
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:07 pm
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Thanks for the info R&R
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yew non-technical
Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 1173 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellingham |
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yew
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:32 pm
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Where do you get your Maxi-Glide these days? Round containers or those little ketchup packet-like things? Our local REI was out last winter. Had to order from some exotic nordic skiing locale like Vermont or Oregon (?).
"I aint jokin woman, I got to ramble...We gonna go walkin through the park every day." - Led Zeppelin
"I aint jokin woman, I got to ramble...We gonna go walkin through the park every day." - Led Zeppelin
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16092 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
We got the last jar at the Issaquah REI about a month ago, they had some other stuff then also.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Ingunn Hiking Viking
Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 1751 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:49 pm
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We were supposed to ski this on Saturday, but things got into the way...now I'm hoping we can get some good weather and try next weekend! Your photos makes it look irresistable!!
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ragman and rodman Member
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 1219 | TRs | Pics Location: http://rgervin.com/ |
It's kind of ironic that the discussion on maxi-glide has been mentioned.
I went online to REI this morning to replenish my maxi-glide supply... and as mentioned in above responses, REI no longer carries the product... they did have 6 or 7 other types of wax, but none of them looked like they would work for waxless skis like mine.
I'm going to REI tomorrow morning on another errand and will see what I can find out on this subject.
If I hadn't had maxi-glide on Friday, I would have only made it half-way up Amabilis Mtn.
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whitebark Member
Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 1864 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
If you are a cheapskate, a plain old candle will do the trick. Rubbing the candle on your ski bases will prevent snow sticking on so called "waxless" skis. A candle is made out of paraffin wax, which is the same thing as polar ski wax.
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ragman and rodman Member
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 1219 | TRs | Pics Location: http://rgervin.com/ |
REI's southcenter store has recently removed all ski wax from the shelves... so I guess the ski season is over!
REI.com indicates that they no longer sell maxi-glide... however, I will purchase it from maxiglide.com.
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Sadie's Driver Sadie's Driver
Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 1763 | TRs | Pics Location: Welcome Pass |
Four-paw buddy lets me tag along!
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ragman and rodman Member
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 1219 | TRs | Pics Location: http://rgervin.com/ |
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Redwic Unlisted Free Agent
Joined: 23 Feb 2009 Posts: 3292 | TRs | Pics Location: Going to the Prom(inence) |
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Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:42 pm
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A few of us almost went to Amabilis Mountain this weekend, as well. I agree with an earlier statement: A lot of us probably should have taken time of work... lol
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
60 pounds lighter but not 60 points brighter.
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