Northwest:
--A 27-year-old Ephrata man was rescued by helicopter when he became stuck on the face of a cliff while hiking Wednesday in Lake Lenore Caves State Park. The man was not hurt, but was in a position about 50 feet off the ground where he could not safely remove himself, Grant County Emergency Management officials said. To read more, click here.
--Tears welled up in the eyes of a Pasco father last Thursday as he recalled how a family spring break trip turned to a nightmare in an instant. Just twenty-four hours earlier, the Parkers were on their way home from Seattle when they got caught in an avalanche on Interstate 90's Snoqualmie Pass. Snow slammed into their SUV, covering them with ice and glass. To read more, click here.
--Two back-country skiers were rescued after being caught in an avalanche near the summit of Snoqualmie Mountain on Wednesday afternoon. The pair were part of a group of five skiing about 500 feet short of the summit on the south side of the mountain known as "phantom slide" when the avalanche occurred. Three were able to escape unhurt and were able to call 911. One of the injured suffered a broken leg; the other a broken knee. To read more, click here and here.
Sierra:
--For bears, spring amounts to a wake-up call. In Mammoth Lakes the alarm has sounded and the bears have gone to work to get food. Mammoth police issued a reminder that the bears are back and people need to follow the rules. The Town's Wildlife Specialist Steve Searles and the MLPD say people need to "Keep Wildlife Wild". Don't let bears grow dependent on human food. To read more, click here.
Alaska:
--The two climbers could hear the thudding from a rescue helicopter Thursday morning as it strained to reach their position, a narrow ridge about 11,000 feet up Mount Hayes. But snow was blowing. It was the same storm that covered their tracks the day before and prevented a safe return from near the summit. It was not letting up. So Joel Dopson prayed. To read more, click here. There is a discussion about this particular rescue on supertopo.com
--Clint Helander and Scotty Vincik took advantage of late winter weather window to complete the first ascent of Mt. Mausolus (9,170') in Alaska's Revelation Mountains. The Revelations, a series of steep granitic mountains, are located in the southwest corner of the Alaska Range. To read more, click here.
--There is a link on summitpost.com detailing the previous ascent as well as two others. To read it, click here.
--The two climbers could hear the thudding from a rescue helicopter Thursday morning as it strained to reach their position, a narrow ridge about 11,000 feet up Mount Hayes. But snow was blowing. It was the same storm that covered their tracks the day before and prevented a safe return from near the summit. It was not letting up. So Joel Dopson prayed. To read more, click here. There is a discussion about this particular rescue on supertopo.com
--Clint Helander and Scotty Vincik took advantage of late winter weather window to complete the first ascent of Mt. Mausolus (9,170') in Alaska's Revelation Mountains. The Revelations, a series of steep granitic mountains, are located in the southwest corner of the Alaska Range. To read more, click here.
--There is a link on summitpost.com detailing the previous ascent as well as two others. To read it, click here.
Notes from All Over:
--An 11-year-old from Johnscreek, Georgia, died at Colorado's Winter Park Resort on Friday, April 8, after colliding with two other skiers. Tyler Safarriyeh was skiing on the last day of a five-day ski trip with three families from Georgia, according to Police Chief Glen Trainor of the Fraser/Winter Park Police Department. To read more, click here.
--A 22-year-old experienced rock climber from Atlanta splintered his ankle and possibly sustained back injuries after falling from North Carolina's Looking Glass Rock on Tuesday, according to SAR Personnel. The climber fell approximately thirty feet from the rock while climbing and became stranded on a ledge 80 feet in the air. To read more, click here.
--The famous ski traverse, the Haute Route, was completed last week in a record 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds. Most parties complete the 100 plus kilometers in a week. To read more, click here.
--An 11-year-old from Johnscreek, Georgia, died at Colorado's Winter Park Resort on Friday, April 8, after colliding with two other skiers. Tyler Safarriyeh was skiing on the last day of a five-day ski trip with three families from Georgia, according to Police Chief Glen Trainor of the Fraser/Winter Park Police Department. To read more, click here.
--A 22-year-old experienced rock climber from Atlanta splintered his ankle and possibly sustained back injuries after falling from North Carolina's Looking Glass Rock on Tuesday, according to SAR Personnel. The climber fell approximately thirty feet from the rock while climbing and became stranded on a ledge 80 feet in the air. To read more, click here.
--The famous ski traverse, the Haute Route, was completed last week in a record 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds. Most parties complete the 100 plus kilometers in a week. To read more, click here.
--Online outdoor products retailer Backcountry.com has stepped up to keep the Utah Avalanche Center providing forecasts and advisories available through the end of April. The Park City-based company said Monday it donated $6,300 to the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center (UAC), a nonprofit support organization for the center, which the U.S. Forest Service has run since 1980 to help protect backcountry skiers and snowmobilers from the potentially deadly danger of snowslides. To read more, click here.
--A climber on supertopo.com did a pull-test on bolts that were very close together. He found some interesting results. To see them, click here.
--Chimbote (18,021'), the highest known unclimbed mountain in the Andes, has recently been climbed. To read about the ascent, click here. A more in depth description of the ascent can be found here, but it is in Spanish.
--A climber on supertopo.com did a pull-test on bolts that were very close together. He found some interesting results. To see them, click here.
--Chimbote (18,021'), the highest known unclimbed mountain in the Andes, has recently been climbed. To read about the ascent, click here. A more in depth description of the ascent can be found here, but it is in Spanish.
