North Face

[bluerail]

just pretend youre slacklining it buddy...

..or swinging in your trees.

Cy, that is weird...lmk if you find out more. I'm trying to also.

update........just sent the info to your facebook Cy.

[Rfshore]

Wow! Just found this site and forum, very cool.

Did my first ascent of Snow Creek last spring (April? 2011) in excellent neve snow conditions with a bit of postholing on the final 1000'. Left Santa Barbara at 3:00 am, and began hiking at 6:00. Even after studying the map extensively, I cut across the isthmus too early and accidentally stepped on DWA property. Moments later, a helicopter buzzed me about 20' overhead. Got some neat pics of that. They were probably alerted by the presence of my lonely vehicle parked way out on the road. Around 12:00, at the base of the snow chute, I heard some voices. Strapping on their crampons were two vibrant characters - Fern and Steve. They were delighted to chat and entertain me for the remainder of the day. If I remember correctly, they said that it was their 10th ascent of the North Face. They both seemed surprised to see that no one was behind me, and that I was attempting a solo ascent. They said they had started at 4:00am and slept for an hour or so around the 5,000' level. After why seemed like hours of slogging up the snow chute, we caught up to another party (Paul and ??) who were on day 2 of their ascent! We all took turns breaking trail at this point, and the 5 of us summited at 6:00pm, 12 hours after I left the car. The hike down to the tram was much longer than I had expected, but at least it was all downhill at that point. After a victory beer at the tram, and hitching a ride back to the car, it was almost over. 15 hours car-to-car, and a total 21 hour push driving back to Santa Barbara. A truly epic outing in the mountains; one I'll never forget. I slept for 20 hours the following day, broken and exhausted.

Thanks for the cytomax powder, Fern. My legs were nearly seized towards the top. Did I mention that I drank 10 liters of water that day? I was really overdressed and HOT, expecting cooler conditions.

[bluerail]

Hey , how are ya? I remember that trip being the weekend of coachella. Good to see you on the board. I seem to remember that trip being decent conditions but not the best.

Thought about you a couple times wondering if you were comining back out sometime, this year has been a very crappy snow year in there.

Stay in touch and let us know what your up to if you're out this way.

We were well over 10 at that point .

[wb]

wb, actually it has becme one of my favorite places, with or without snow.

Bluerail and Fern, thank you for the information and observations regarding the north face. You guys are in a league of your own. The more that I learn about this area, the more muted and understated your descriptions become. I'd love to have the opportunity to join in on one of your snowless treks, were the opportunity to ever arise.

[Perry]

what the fuck ? PERRY !!!!! theres a weirdo on the board!

I just got back from a work trip today. That guy and his link are deleted. I left the post because you and zip enjoyed it so much.

The spam that appears occasionally is from real people hired to pass the visual confirmation. The nonsense wording is probably an attempt at creating related keywords that affect Google searches, not so much convincing people here on the board to buy anything (that would be a pathetic attempt).

There is a more aggressive approach I can take to keep spam off the board, but there's a slight possibility of accidentally banning genuine users, especially in other countries. Not sure that it's really at that point yet. I think the spam posts average maybe 2 per week? 4 in a bad week. Something like that.

Seems like you and Fern have become well-known experts on Snow Creek.