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Up here in oregon. Anyone know how mclaughlin is right now?
Never been there in winter. Where to park for a day trip?
Never been there in winter. Where to park for a day trip?
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Coastal Crest Snow Patrol
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Link to a summer ski hike of Mt.McLaughlin, not current beta...but looks fun
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I hiked it about two weeks ago and there was about 4 or 5 inches of crust on most of the approach. Over the weekend there were reports of up to a foot of fresh snow on the news, but the Oregon Snotel only reported 2 or 3 inches. There's a web cam down the road at Dead Indian Memorial summit:
Hasn't been enough snow for the nordic club to run the drag.
There are two trailheads. The first is on 140 at the snopark "Trailhead Summit" but adds about 2 miles to the approach. The other involves turning north on FS4661 towards Four Mile Lake and then take a left at the fork where a few hundred yards down there's a pit toilet and parking lot on the right. This was where I started a few weeks ago and I would imagine you could get in with a 4x4 or AWD with decent rubber. I dunno if you want to try and rally all around up there or just walk the extra half hour. I didn't actually summit because the wind was howling that day I was up there so I couldn't get a good visual of the north aspects. There's a snowfield some ski on the southeast / east aspect, but I wouldn't cart skis up there to make five or six turns personally.
Skis are a square peg with a round hole around here right now. I'd go back up around Bachelor if you've just gotta ski or when in Rome - break out the bicycle.Comment
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I skied it McLaugh a couple of years ago in the spring. There is an access point from the NE involving back backroads and probably some bushwacking for a straightforward assent/decent. I just used the summer summit trail. Then skied steepish NW/W bowls before shwacking toward the lake until hitting the PCT for an easy stroll back to the car.Comment
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Revloren, how much vert could one ski in a good year?Comment
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2nd week pics are up.
Coastal Crest Snow Patrol
https://brentheffner.smugmug.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrJibmstr
https://www.strava.com/athletes/1816044Comment
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Wednesday (1-15)
Coastal Crest Snow Patrol
https://brentheffner.smugmug.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrJibmstr
https://www.strava.com/athletes/1816044Comment
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Dunno. But this might help.
Actually an excellent resource for Cascade skiers.Comment
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