satellite779

satellite779 OP t1_j8peaif wrote

Reply to comment by enthusiastic_diver in Paradise on Mt Rainier by satellite779

If you keep to the main tracks you might get by in boots, but you'll posthole at some point for sure. I actually removed snowshoes for particularly steep sections when going down, as snowshoes become almost like skis, so it's easier to make your own steps by going heel first. But, for the most part I was wearing snowshoes. It really depends on how well packed is the trail: if you go after a snowstorm, it's going to be very difficult to go around with no snowshoes. I think most people were using snowshoes or skis to get up this past weekend. Some skiers were climbing steep sections in their boots though.

I don't think microspikes would have been useful. It was mostly fresh or packed snow. Even on steep sections, there were steps from other hikers that you can use, or you can make your own.

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satellite779 OP t1_j8pckcw wrote

Reply to comment by enthusiastic_diver in Paradise on Mt Rainier by satellite779

I went to High Panorama Point at 7200ft. Around here: 46.805151, -121.728987
Mt St Helens photo was taken from a lower point: 46.799750, -121.733861

You can paste these coordinates in Google, Reddit is not allowing me to use Google maps short URLs to share it directly.

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satellite779 t1_iydo4ct wrote

Reply to New WFH job, lease ending in FEB - Rent or buy? by [deleted]

You don't say how much would a house cost in the area you want to buy, but it doesn't seem you currently have much buffer for buying. You have around $100k between investments and savings. That will all probably go for the down payment and then you have $0 savings. You also have $30k in debts + a car loan.

What happens if you buy a house and then get laid off from your new job (this can happen in a recession where new hires and/or highly paid employees go first). Will you be able to pay the mortgage and expenses for a year with no income?

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satellite779 t1_iugc1sk wrote

Reply to comment by nellipalooza in Colonial Peak, North Cascades National Park by nellipalooza

Yep! And many popular hikes don't even enter the park or just barely do, e.g. Maple/Heather pass, Easy pass etc. That's why North Cascades national park is the deadliest park in the US: not many visitors to the actual park (only 30k per year) and those that do enter the park are in real wilderness, not some 5 mile hikes off a state highway, so higher chance of something going wrong and no one to help.

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satellite779 t1_iufadg3 wrote

Reply to Colonial Peak, North Cascades National Park by nellipalooza

Fun fact: Colonial creek falls (should be to the right of the peak in this photo), at 2,568 ft (783 m), is the tallest waterfall in the continent US and the 15th tallest in the world.

Another fun fact: the whole area around state route 20 and Ross Lake (including everything in this photo) are not a part of the National park but Ross Lake National Recreation Area (map). This is due to the hydroelectric project that is not compatible with NP requirements.

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