TR White Salmon Glacier, Mt Shuksan (for Kellie)

It seems that I share my birthday with Kellie. Since, if your knee rehab had been done at Baker as originally planned, you would have likely been on this trip, this TR is for you, Kellie!

For my B-day feast, a few local cooks decided to whip up a White Salmon feast. (“Will you still need me, will you still feed me …”)

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King Salmon are supposed to be pink, but occasionally one has white meat. To the canneries, this is an aberration; to my people (Tlingat), a White Salmon is a delicacy. It has the best texture, the richest oils. If you really want to honor someone, you serve them White Salmon.
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Like all good feast, the preparations begin in the early hours.
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The feast itself starts with a salad …
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… and progresses through the other condiments and preliminary courses …


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.. until, finally, the main course is served.
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The B-day boy gets his filling …
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… and then invites the cooks to join in the feast.

Andy (the hero photographer)
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Steve:
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Rod:
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Jeff:
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At the end, we enjoy a look at the table …
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… and started the clean-up process.

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Thanks for the best B-day ever, guys!

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(... and Kellie, you really should have been here!):D

BRAVO!!!! Happy 25th!!!

AWESOME! Great TR and beautiful turns!

Happy birthday in deeeeeeed!

Very nicely done.:fmicon:

Sick.bird should be by soon.

Stinking awesome shots.

that is a serious helping of stoke. :yourock:

What, no dessert? ;)

Well done! My boss walked up behind me and let out a "WOW!!!!!!"

Truly a champion day, wish I coulda been there to celebrate with you!!! By all accounts, Baker has not sucked this year (or ever!) :biggrin: One of these days I'll have to celebrate with White Salmon :cool:

Truly stoked on this TR and to see you guys gettin' after it!

Mucho Delicious! & Happy Birthday to the both of you!

wow. looks like an incredible place to law down some turns.

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Yes! Awesome!! Very nicely done!

RAD. That's the first "Europe Scale" terrain I've seen in the States. Is this in the North Cascades?

Looks like Switzerland!

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Originally Posted by bbirtle

RAD. That's the first "Europe Scale" terrain I've seen in the States. Is this in the North Cascades?

Looks like Switzerland!

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See the picture of the parking lot? That's the lower lodge at Mt. Baker Ski Area... :p

Saw a crazy amount of tracks (and sketchy slides) out on Lake Anne area the last couple days as well. People are certainly getting after it...

Tim - i HAVE to ski with you! A friend of mine tricked me once by showing me a pic of Shuksan from the back side and I thought it was the Northern Selkirks. Happy birthday and glad you're feeling better

caw......caw........cawwww

Watched you on your way down, I was extremely jealous. Stopped in to the lower lodge for a quick beer,and got to watch a couple guys hitting the kicker above chair 8, then some great lines on White Salmon.

Wow. Those are some of the sweetest pics I have ever seen around here.

Mad steez.

All I can say is CrazyMadProps! I also watched you guys skiing down. Nice job!

(and that's pretty ballsy hanging out under that hanging glacier...eek!)

That was gooooooood!

Happy Belated tim place!

Looks like some great conditions in amazing terrain! :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by hop

...(and that's pretty ballsy hanging out under that hanging glacier...eek!)

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That's funny! As we were hamming it up for the shot of four of us in front of our tracks, someone asked, "Do you think the maggots will like that one?". I said, "Nah, they'll think were nuts for standing around under that thing above us!"
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That's funny! As we were hamming it up for the shot of four of us in front of our tracks, someone asked, "Do you think the maggots will like that one?". I said, "Nah, they'll think were nuts for standing around under that thing above us!"
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Well, I liked everything else about that line, but having seen that thing break off at least once or twice each spring I don't think I'd be too thrilled to stop and ham it up under it! But next time you go out there... give me a call! :)

Happy Birthday for sure. I've never seen anyone skiing over there and WOW! Looks like the best birthday present ever:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

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... But next time you go out there... give me a call! :)

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As soon as the Shannon Creek road is clear, I want to do this as a traverse from the Sulphide Glacier -- including a summit pyramid ski and then a drop down Hell's Highway to the White Salmon. You would be a welcome accomplice.
Lee?