Mount Jefferson: Skiing in the Summer and Who Wants a GoPro? - Mountain trips
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Date: 2023-01-17
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Josh
I'm going to Jefferson next month to find three things:
-The GoPro
-Danny's sanity
-The correct route off of the PCT and up the SW ridge.
I could use your help with the third. Seriously, looks like leaving the PCT where the lower bit of the ridge intersects the trail is the right move. I know there was an avy that cleared the way near there last year, but I'm not real keen on hiking up a known slide path. Do you think your summer attempt was thwarted just by virtue of being too late in the season? Too much growth? Any idea if May might be better in that regard? And is my approximation for where to leave the PCT about right?
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I'm going to Jefferson next month to find three things:
-The GoPro
-Danny's sanity
-The correct route off of the PCT and up the SW ridge.
I could use your help with the third. Seriously, looks like leaving the PCT where the lower bit of the ridge intersects the trail is the right move. I know there was an avy that cleared the way near there last year, but I'm not real keen on hiking up a known slide path. Do you think your summer attempt was thwarted just by virtue of being too late in the season? Too much growth? Any idea if May might be better in that regard? And is my approximation for where to leave the PCT about right?
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Vos
Very nice video. My wife and I were there 2 years ago as well, having the same issue, but decided to continue up through the bushes, which took so much energy out of us that we never made it to the summit. This was the first mountain we climbed after arriving there from Austria for our summer holiday which included Rainier as well. Being used to perfectly groomed routes on every mountain in the Alps it made us a bit nervous for the other mountains, but luckily it only got better after Jefferson: ) after seeing this video we at least don't feel like idiots anymore for not being able to find the trail
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Very nice video. My wife and I were there 2 years ago as well, having the same issue, but decided to continue up through the bushes, which took so much energy out of us that we never made it to the summit. This was the first mountain we climbed after arriving there from Austria for our summer holiday which included Rainier as well. Being used to perfectly groomed routes on every mountain in the Alps it made us a bit nervous for the other mountains, but luckily it only got better after Jefferson: ) after seeing this video we at least don't feel like idiots anymore for not being able to find the trail
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Rob
This episode reminds me of my brother but I get it! The agenda goes sideways and angers you but you are SO SPOILED with all you get to do that you miss the shear joy and beauty of where are! I became disabled for life out of nowhere 3 yrs ago at age 60 and I would give just about anything just to walk into and sit for awhile in just about any one of these places that you guys go to! Just to sit and look out from the top of a mountain out in the Rockies one more time! It's so true, you don't know what you have until it's gone!
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This episode reminds me of my brother but I get it! The agenda goes sideways and angers you but you are SO SPOILED with all you get to do that you miss the shear joy and beauty of where are! I became disabled for life out of nowhere 3 yrs ago at age 60 and I would give just about anything just to walk into and sit for awhile in just about any one of these places that you guys go to! Just to sit and look out from the top of a mountain out in the Rockies one more time! It's so true, you don't know what you have until it's gone!
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Dave
Respect the place. No drones in the wilderness. This includes all US wilderness.
From the USFS Website:
Motorized and mechanized equipment are not allowed, including drones (see below, bicycles, carts, wagons, chainsaws, hang gliders and off-road vehicles and other wheeled vehicles. Landing aircraft, air dropping or picking up supplies, materials or people are prohibited.
Drones (including quadcopters, model aircraft and other unmanned aerial systems) are prohibited in all wilderness areas.
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Respect the place. No drones in the wilderness. This includes all US wilderness.
From the USFS Website:
Motorized and mechanized equipment are not allowed, including drones (see below, bicycles, carts, wagons, chainsaws, hang gliders and off-road vehicles and other wheeled vehicles. Landing aircraft, air dropping or picking up supplies, materials or people are prohibited.
Drones (including quadcopters, model aircraft and other unmanned aerial systems) are prohibited in all wilderness areas.
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Jonathan
4: 20 This is exactly how black lassic is in northern California, except a lot smaller. you see it the whole time and are right at the base but have to walk around the entire mountain for the easiest ascent. I did it when there was 3 foot of heavy wet pow in some places in my snowboard boots. its a sick little mountain almost 6k. Looks like a cone volcano too but is an exotic terrain that was once seabed
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4: 20 This is exactly how black lassic is in northern California, except a lot smaller. you see it the whole time and are right at the base but have to walk around the entire mountain for the easiest ascent. I did it when there was 3 foot of heavy wet pow in some places in my snowboard boots. its a sick little mountain almost 6k. Looks like a cone volcano too but is an exotic terrain that was once seabed
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Manfred
I was so hoping for a happy ending. All the work you put into sharing your adventures with us mortals, I figured your karma account was full and you definitely deserved a break. The fact that it's still out there to be found. is that in any way an incentive for me to go up there and find it. wait for it. drum roll. the envelope please. in a word. NO
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I was so hoping for a happy ending. All the work you put into sharing your adventures with us mortals, I figured your karma account was full and you definitely deserved a break. The fact that it's still out there to be found. is that in any way an incentive for me to go up there and find it. wait for it. drum roll. the envelope please. in a word. NO
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Julie
Joy doesn't come from the destination, it's the journey that determines an enjoyable or frustrating experience. Look on the bright side, you got to spend some time in a wilderness, with incredible views. So what your plans were foiled. Just take some time to relax, enjoy, and try again at a different time. Quit your complaining.
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Joy doesn't come from the destination, it's the journey that determines an enjoyable or frustrating experience. Look on the bright side, you got to spend some time in a wilderness, with incredible views. So what your plans were foiled. Just take some time to relax, enjoy, and try again at a different time. Quit your complaining.
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Manfred
Whenever I entertain an idea to emulate any of your 'hikes', I immediately lay down until the feeling subsides. which is usually measured in seconds. Did I mention that I just turned my thermostat up a little, I thought I was detecting a little draft. Hey sweetheart, can you make those eggs over easy and my back is just a little sore
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Whenever I entertain an idea to emulate any of your 'hikes', I immediately lay down until the feeling subsides. which is usually measured in seconds. Did I mention that I just turned my thermostat up a little, I thought I was detecting a little draft. Hey sweetheart, can you make those eggs over easy and my back is just a little sore
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matanuska
Nobody around for miles yet people complaining about a drone. Id bet there wasnt a single person in the entire Jefferson wilderness that day. Hardly anybody goes there. Its the only remote volcano in Oregon without car access for you couch climbers. Stop whining. Another reason I moved to Alaska. Oregon is too full of cry babies.
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Nobody around for miles yet people complaining about a drone. Id bet there wasnt a single person in the entire Jefferson wilderness that day. Hardly anybody goes there. Its the only remote volcano in Oregon without car access for you couch climbers. Stop whining. Another reason I moved to Alaska. Oregon is too full of cry babies.
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Edward
The MA's deserve hard won praise, in offering the most up front comprehensive on the web, for backcountry endurance sports. This includes all of it, from route descriptions to psychological factors that determine the ground rules for what real time challenges might arise. Superb video, audio, and editing - over the top!
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The MA's deserve hard won praise, in offering the most up front comprehensive on the web, for backcountry endurance sports. This includes all of it, from route descriptions to psychological factors that determine the ground rules for what real time challenges might arise. Superb video, audio, and editing - over the top!
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Michael
I agree Danny if you want to known what's trendy just check out christov.
If you want to know what Dynafit are selling in their clothing range check out christov.
His wife must allow him loads of pocket money.
Great video keep buying that gear guys it makes us all happy and very jealous
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I agree Danny if you want to known what's trendy just check out christov.
If you want to know what Dynafit are selling in their clothing range check out christov.
His wife must allow him loads of pocket money.
Great video keep buying that gear guys it makes us all happy and very jealous
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Shine13373
Man you guys needed to go a year later, hiked through there in May 2019 and there was a section on the PCT maybe a mile and a half south of the Pamelia Lake trail junction that was wiped clear or the brush and trees by avalanche. You could have hiked straight up to the top of the tree line.
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Man you guys needed to go a year later, hiked through there in May 2019 and there was a section on the PCT maybe a mile and a half south of the Pamelia Lake trail junction that was wiped clear or the brush and trees by avalanche. You could have hiked straight up to the top of the tree line.
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Michael
This traverse is no joke and to be able to do it and film it with such great views and angles is a testament to the skill of these guys. Jefferson may not be the highest mountain to climb but its it probably the most nerve wrecking on that traverse around to the summit push.
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This traverse is no joke and to be able to do it and film it with such great views and angles is a testament to the skill of these guys. Jefferson may not be the highest mountain to climb but its it probably the most nerve wrecking on that traverse around to the summit push.
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Markus
We attempted the SW ridge a few days ago and got through where you guys were shut down. I guess the key is to try a bit earlier in the year before it grows to thick, or maybe we just got lucky. But that doesn't mean that there was a great deal of profanity on that day!
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We attempted the SW ridge a few days ago and got through where you guys were shut down. I guess the key is to try a bit earlier in the year before it grows to thick, or maybe we just got lucky. But that doesn't mean that there was a great deal of profanity on that day!
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Holly
OH NO! I love how yes all the rocks look exactly like a gopro, because this is the issue I have when looking for a lost fly mask, grazing muzzle, or hoof boot for my horses in the horse pasture (manure looks exactly like what I am looking for, as well)
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OH NO! I love how yes all the rocks look exactly like a gopro, because this is the issue I have when looking for a lost fly mask, grazing muzzle, or hoof boot for my horses in the horse pasture (manure looks exactly like what I am looking for, as well)
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Silas
I lost my camera in a cordura bag the same size and color as the ROCK FIELD I dropped it into. MIraculously I found it in one piece. A bit 'o' foam lined the bag (no bigger than a compact camera) and it musta done the job. I still have it! (from 1992)
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I lost my camera in a cordura bag the same size and color as the ROCK FIELD I dropped it into. MIraculously I found it in one piece. A bit 'o' foam lined the bag (no bigger than a compact camera) and it musta done the job. I still have it! (from 1992)
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Ryan
I feel your GoPro pain. Lost a couple over the years as well. One underneath the royal gorge bridge in Taos, NM and one under the bridge in twin falls Idaho. One would have to go swimming to recover them but anyone is welcome to them: -)
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I feel your GoPro pain. Lost a couple over the years as well. One underneath the royal gorge bridge in Taos, NM and one under the bridge in twin falls Idaho. One would have to go swimming to recover them but anyone is welcome to them: -)
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Jordan
Was on a rescue/recovery on Jefferson's SW ridge recently and thought about you guys during that miserable steep bushwhacking. It was infuriating. And also about your GoPro on the Milk Glacier. Stay safe out there.
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Was on a rescue/recovery on Jefferson's SW ridge recently and thought about you guys during that miserable steep bushwhacking. It was infuriating. And also about your GoPro on the Milk Glacier. Stay safe out there.
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travel
Beautiful video. Great shots from up on the mountain. Beautiful at 8: 10 of distant peaks. Very clear day and great clear camera lens. Drone shots are nice. Some dangerous crossings too. Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful video. Great shots from up on the mountain. Beautiful at 8: 10 of distant peaks. Very clear day and great clear camera lens. Drone shots are nice. Some dangerous crossings too. Thanks for sharing.
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Anders
Actually, Milk Creek Glacier is long melted away and is no more. it is still on the maps, but just bare rock resides there during periods of low snow in late September/early October.
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Actually, Milk Creek Glacier is long melted away and is no more. it is still on the maps, but just bare rock resides there during periods of low snow in late September/early October.
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