Hopefully, someone will take this as a challenge and kick some good steps into the route. I may go back tomorrow and bring the proper equipment to get this job done. It was just 32 degrees when I was there and it doesn't look like it will get any warmer for several days.
Also: The main parking area still has not been plowed so bring a snow shovel. Also, the area at the south end of the parking area does not have good parking spots so bring a shovel or really good 4WD for that.
dn
Dog Mt avalanche buries Highway SR14
- Don Nelsen
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Re: Dog Mt avalanche buries Highway SR14
"Everything works in the planning stage" - Kelly
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller
Re: Dog Mt avalanche buries Highway SR14
That's funny, because my initial impression was "that looks like a worthy challenge!" But really, I suspect at this point it wouldn't be a good payoff for the effort. By Sunday it's likely the best of the ice will be gone, but the hassle of the snowy approach will still be there. Anyway, if the weather isn't too bad, I'll go do something. Eric, let us know what you decide on, if you're out there. Right now, the forecast is wacky, so I'm just watching to see what develops.Eric Peterson wrote:Guess my Sunday Eagle Creek plans are scrapped now! Wow...
Re: Dog Mt avalanche buries Highway SR14
This is great:
At 10:47 Don posted
But no, I suppose I'm more inclined to do something else. I'm toying with the idea of seeing how far I can get up Ruckel Ridge. There's no way I'd make it to the platter, but might be fun to shoot for the catwalk and the subsequent saddle.
Man, we're really far off-topic here.
At 10:47 Don posted
Meanwhile, at almost exactly the same time, I was typingHopefully, someone will take this as a challenge and kick some good steps into the route.
my initial impression was "that looks like a worthy challenge!
But no, I suppose I'm more inclined to do something else. I'm toying with the idea of seeing how far I can get up Ruckel Ridge. There's no way I'd make it to the platter, but might be fun to shoot for the catwalk and the subsequent saddle.
Man, we're really far off-topic here.
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Re: Dog Mt avalanche buries Highway SR14
Up Ruckel Creek, cross the Platter, down Benson-Eagle cutoff and over to Tunnel Falls. Return itinerary is up to youChip Down wrote: But no, I suppose I'm more inclined to do something else. I'm toying with the idea of seeing how far I can get up Ruckel Ridge. There's no way I'd make it to the platter, but might be fun to shoot for the catwalk and the subsequent saddle.
Re: Dog Mt avalanche buries Highway SR14
Good point, Chip! I did double-check with him on news story photo and he thinks it's the one he visited on a call. Might be there was something at Wind Mtn, and Dog? Or maybe the visibility was too bad and he was confused of location? (I do trust his knowledge of local landmarks, he's been living in the Gorge his entire life.) But I don't like posting information that comes from someone else so will probably make it a rule, if I can't go there and look, will not post.
- Don Nelsen
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Re: Dog Mt avalanche buries Highway SR14
The big "drift" is at the base of Dog Mt. I went up there and measured it and it was 17 feet high at the hwy fog line. It is the usual graupel-like/ice pellet creation common in the gorge under the conditions we have had this past month or so. Not a slide, not a snow drift, just ice pellets that flowed down the slopes very quickly in the middle of the night and completely covered the road.romann wrote:Good point, Chip! I did double-check with him on news story photo and he thinks it's the one he visited on a call. Might be there was something at Wind Mtn, and Dog? Or maybe the visibility was too bad and he was confused of location? (I do trust his knowledge of local landmarks, he's been living in the Gorge his entire life.) But I don't like posting information that comes from someone else so will probably make it a rule, if I can't go there and look, will not post.
dn
"Everything works in the planning stage" - Kelly
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller
"If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do" - Warren Miller