In the Life of Matthew Poppoff: Hiking Xtal with Todd

Monday, March 31, 2008

Hiking Xtal with Todd

We made a total of 3 runs, and managed to clock right around 9200 feet. Hike was roughly around 1000 foot vertical, and took about an hour. Killed a sixer of Jubilale along the way and decided to get a wild hair up our ass to Hike BC like mothertruckers. Since Todd actually has Avy gear unlike any other retards I ski with, every thing was a go

Mom if you read this, I'm sorry for going into the Backcountry, It was just too epic of a day to miss out on, and we got all the right gear.

Album:
http://airpoppoff.com/Extravaganzas/...odd%203.31.08/

Routes: Purple is the hike, and where it turns black around Silver king thats the traverse hike around the back, then you have to come up the northwestern side of it, where we were first boot tracks.

Looking at the same route Via top of High Campbell.

From the top of The Throne, the route again, Black is behind the mountain, and the Purple dot is where I took the slope incline rating on my beacon (pic below)

Northway for the first run

Looking at Northway Peak from the hike out to Northern Northway.

High Campbell

Looking out from High Campbell at our hike

Mt Rainier on the right, didint want to come out to play

Come on Rainier, come out to play

Hike to the throne

Looking out from the throne, north, you can barley see campbell basin Lodge

Rainier

Looking south towards the King from the Throne

Spotting our line

Hiking behind the king

From around the back of the King, heading up the northwestern side of it to the top, first tracking it.

View out from the King,The clouds came in

Throne on the right.

RAINIER COME ON, and some dude that followed us up.

I stopped in the middle of our line to see how much the slope was, this is the purple dot on the picture that I posted of the line. Don't mind the temp, It's right next to my chest.