Finally got the pics from our last trip.

Jibmaster heading down Sundream Bowl


sirjibalot on Porcipine Ridge


After summiting again we headed towards Hullawest Ridge. This is sirjibalot on his way down from the summit


Looking back towards the summit of Hull with the Hullbacks to the left.


This is the West Face as seen from Hullawest Ridge. Check out that micro ridge in the middle with the drift.


These are the Best Western Bowls. Just north of Hullawest


The Hullback Chutes as seen from Hullawest Ridge


On the way back to Boardman Ridge we cought a nice glimpse of that sweet micro ridge going down the West Face.


sirjibalot represents on Boardman Ridge back to the Jeep.

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It was a great day at Hull last Tue.(2-24). We hit the window between storms and got a First Descent in an area we had scoped out the last time. We named this area The Hullback Chutes. This area is invisible from the summit. It lies on the west facing aspect of The Hullbacks(to the right as you look north from the summit). If you take the ridge between The Hullbacks and Hullafar Bowl out past The Shaft to the north and head out to the knife-looking ridge and drop into it on the left...your there! We were there, and it was good. Very good!!! There are three dictinct chutes to choose from. The first one is the longest and widest, the middle one is the steepest, and the last one is the most defined and narrow- shaped like a huge superpipe. We skiied the last one. This is how it all went down...

The drive up was epic. No issues on Elk Mtn. but when we hit snow just at Boardman Ridge the fun started. Tons of fresh snow from the night before. We got into more snow around 4000' and soon the road became solid white. The road steepens and we started to spin. My buddy Sirjibalot thought that we might be skiining from there. I thought not... I dropped it inot 4wheel low and hit the gas-fiiiirst, secoooooooond, and thiiiiiiiiiiiiiird!!!!!!! Just kept the pedal to the floor and was fishtailing up the road like a damn jibber! Every few seconds the big mudder tires would grab and shoot us up the road a bit more. I can't believe I kept the Jeep out of the woods.
I was satisfied with parking at 4300' in a nice clearing and flat area, so I decided to represent and dial in my parking spot.
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The next 2.5 hours took us to the summit. This is looking up at the summit from just above Camp I ( 5500').


When we got to the summit we found the south side not that deep but the backside was sick. Super dry powder that I just haven't seen on Hull in years. I can only remember 1 or 2 days that had conditions like this! And I've been to Hull well over a hundred times.
This is the summit ridge looking east to Hullafar Bowl


Sirjibalot heading down the summit ridge to Hullafar Bowl


We got to the ridge between The Hullbacks and Hullafar which contains one of my favorite runs - The Shaft. The Shaft faces east and The Rock Chutes face west in Hullafar Bowl.
These are The Rock Chutes as seen from the top of The Shaft


The Hullbacks from The Shaft with the summit



This is looking up the ridge from the top of The Hullback Chutes to the south, with The Shaft seen comming off the top into Hullafar Bowl and Sirjibalot representing


These are The Rock Chutes as seen from across Hullafar Bowl from the top of The Hullback Chutes. I've never seen them deeper. Look at the deep cleft in the terrain in the middle. The 'Y' at the top is the line. Nothing is steeper on Hull than The Rock Chutes



Looking out to Hullawest Ridge from the top top of The Hullback Chutes


First Descent - The Hullback Chutes, the north gully-Jibmaster and Sirjibalot(photographer)








We skinned up the first gully. What a good run.





We skinned up to the ridge in 30 minutes, and gained The Shaft in another 30 minutes. 15 - 20 minutes back to the summit. After our 2.5 hour skin to the summit from the Jeep earlier that morning and several 'lunch' breaks in between we were beat. Not the closest place to go on Hull but definately worth every hour. Can't wait 'till next week!!!

OH MY GOD. The conditions look all time. Those cornices are huge. Now I'm trying to figure out how I can get wed. off to get up there. Jib, I'm sure you're going both days. How could you not with these conditions. I'll call you if I can get a day off. Now it the time. Glad you got such a great day there.

Powderwhore, the conditions are insane. According to Snow-Forcast.com Hull got 40 to 60 inches of snow this past week!!!
With the weather going to a high pressure chain of events I will be up at Hull on Tue. morning and will be camping out Tue. evening with another shot at it Wed. morning. I got 4 First Descents in mind. The first two gullies in the Hullback Chutes, along with that micro ridge down the West Face. Not to mention that the West Chutes might actually be skiiable down to the road below that feeds a skin-out to Camp I.
If you can cruise up. I'll be camped on Boardman as far as the Jeep will take me. I got so many lines to ski it will blow your mind!!!

Headed on up to Hull Tue. morning. The drive up was sweet. No issues on Elk, but once I got to Boardman Ridge the snow started to cover the road. Soon the road became fully covered. The weekend jibbers had put some nice ruts in the snow so I was able to gain some traction. The snow was totally ice-boxed and firm as rock. I floored it and soon was in the ditch. No problem. I just shifted down and hit the gas. Once I hit the gravel below the snow I rallied on up to my parking spot of last week with about a foot of new snow.
It was a clear blue-bird day. The winds were out of control. I hit the summit around 2.5 hours later. Major winds from the north. The snow was DEEP!. My call last week of 40- 60 inches was correct. The drifts on the north side of the summit were 20-25 feet deep! With all that snow I decided to take advantage of the south side. However as I dropped into Cable Couloir I soon discovered that the winds and deep snow had completely devistated the bowl. The snow was hard as rock. The trees and rock cliffs had branchalanched onto the run and it was covered in huge ice chunks all the way to the bottom. Found a bit of butter in the lee side of the cliff and traversed my out to the right and headed for Tortoise Bowl. Same thing. I was denied. The whole bowl was covered in large chunks of ice from the cliffs above. I thought about heading back up to the summit but the winds were too brutal.
I cruised across Boardman Ridge to check out the West Chutes. No go. Dammit! I couldn't believe that with all the new snow there was nothing to ski. So I took the road down to the Jeep.
The next morning I awoke to a high cloud layer and high winds once again. Thinking that the clouds would be my friend and hold the corn, I headed on up. About half way to Timberline Camp the north sky was thickening with a black, dark looming snow storm. I watched as the ridges behind Mt. Sanhedrin were swallowed in the storm. Just as I was skinning up the drifts above Timberline Camp the storm cell hit. It sounded like a frieght train. The winds were insane. A loud roar and the snow started to hit me like bullets. Mt. Sanhedrin disappeared. I thought "**** the summit!". I took cover around the east side of a large drift and prepared to descend. I can only imagine what it would have been like on the summit! Everything was rock hard. I skiied the ice back to the Jeep and warmed myself with a few cold beers.
Sorry no pics this time. Next week will be better.

Hit Hull up for some corn on Wed. the 17th. No action shots 'couse I went solo but I got some nice pics of Hullafar Bowl and O.B. Bowl(Out of Bounds Bowl). I was able to drive all the way up to Timberline Camp. The east side of the ridge was still deeply drifted in and I was able to skin all the way to Sundream Bowl. The south side was still pretty deep. Cable Couloir was dry off the top but it was still skiable from off the ridge. I booted up to the summit and headed for Hullafar Bowl.
This is the Hullbacks from The Shaft

This is looking down The Shaft with the Rock Chutes

The Shaft was epic corn. It was just softening up at 9:30 in the morning. I cut left to catch the top of the ridge again and see what The Hullback Chutes had to offer. They offered up west facing ice, so I took the ridge back up and headed for the other side of Hullafar Bowl. When I got there I took a look down O.B. Bowl. What a sight! About 800' of pure butter. You gotta hit this up first thing in the morning. It's east facing. I thought it might be too thin, but it was DEEP!
The top of O.B. Bowl

The bottom of O.B. Bowl. Drop this just after sunrise and take it all the way to the tree farm.



Looking across Hullafar Bowl from The Rock Chutes across to The Shaft.

The Rock Chutes were just getting the sun so I dropped the right line - the thin line. Down near the bottom it's only a ski's width wide. You can see The Shaft across the bowl.


The Rock Chutes were super firm corn. Ice crystals falling away as I gripped the slope.
Looking up at The Rock Chutes


After two weeks of record breaking heat Hull still represents!
The Rock Chutes from the middle of Hullafar

The Shaft from the middle of Hullafar

Hit Hull up for some corn on Tue. I drove up to Timberline Camp and found the only snow to be seen was the large drift on the road -north facing. I loaded the skis and boots on the pack and proceeded to hike up to the summit. The north side still has excellent coverage. The drifts on the ridge were still there even though you can't see them from Timberline Camp. The north-east sides of Porcipine and Rabbit Ridges were still well covered as was part of Sundream Bowl. I skinned over to Hullafar Bowl and found all the west facing lines melted out. The Hullback Chutes and the Rock Chutes were not in good shape. Anything with a north-east aspect was still drifted in deep.
I dropped into O.B. Bowl on the other side of Hullafar and skiied some epic corn. Lapped it twice and headed around Hullafar to The Shaft. More butter and creamed corn. The Shaft will be the last thing to go on Hull. Headed back to the summit and booted down from the summit to the ridge above Sundream. There was still a good amount of snow for a nice line down to the rocks at the bottom.
It's been a good season at Hull. Thank you Hull Mtn. for all the snow and all the good times. I'll be back!!

Way to go jibmaster. For a thread about a small hill on the coast range, it's about ready to pass the Tallac thread for number of reads. Not bad.

And way more replies. We have a winner.

Well, I was in the neighborhood, so I finally made it back up to Hull Mountain. There was lots of snow down low. I got stuck several times at 4000' where the road is north facing for about a mile. The big super swampers still work! I made it through only to get stopped by more snow at 4500'.

I had just gotten back from Sanhedrin Mountain where I was doing a little exploring...but thats a thread for another time. The south side of Hull is pretty melted out. The north side is still DEEP! In fact the north sides of everything were buried. Just patches and drifts to the summit on the south side of Hull. Plenty of turns to be found however. The best snow was down lower out of the wind down the drifted ridge to Timberline Camp. Skied some of the lower slopes below there as well. The snow in these areas was perfect for the steeps. Super firm with a dry, chalky texture that just begged for more jump turns.

I'm waiting for a storm that snows down to 5000', with rain below that. And then some clearing without that nasty inversion we've been having lately. It finally got cold last night. The snow stayed good all day.


It was good to be back in familiar terrain.

Not the original plan, but ended up back at Hull again this week. Left the house about 3 or 4 in the morning and headed out to Stonyford. I had plans to mt. bike my gear up a new mountain.
I've done this technique before. One of these days I'll put up
pictures of jibC and I skiing Angwin. We mt. biked our gear about 3 or 4 miles behind my house and skied Friesen Peak and Old Baldy.

Anyways, I ended up riding the mt. bike for about 1.5 hours with my skis and boots on the pack on my back. After a while I realised that my biking shoes weren't so good for hiking. I had to alternately ride and hike depending on the steepness. After about 4 miles and 4000' to go, with the steepest parts yet to come in the next 6 miles I quit. I was riding up the barren and dry south side with hopes of skiing the deep and buried north side. Some slight modifications to this system of ascending will have to be worked out. The ride back was interesting. The skis were actually pointing down and right in my line of sight. With so much weight on my back (I was using my lightest pair of skis), my hands still hurt from having to crank on the brakes.

I'm getting to the Hull Mt. part... So after I get back to the Jeep, I decide that while I'm in the area, I should check out the snow level to the trailhead on Snow Mt. and see if Letts Lake is available - I brought the fishin' gear just in case!
Got stopped by snow just past Letts Lake and got to within a mile of the lake itself. Snow Mountain was all white above 5000'.
It's now 11:30. The only way to save the day is to drive to Hull and get a run in before dark...

Got to Hull, just above Camp I (5000') at 2:45. After breaking down and stashing the bike in the Jeep and repacking the pack for a bikeless ascent, I was skinning by 3:30.

Summited in 2 hours and got to watch the sunset from the summit of Hull Mountain. The weather was perfect. Afternoon buildup had protected the snow from the sun, and a stiff wind had kept the temps down. New snow was evident above Timberline Camp at 5500'. I would say about a foot of snow had fallen over the weekend. The south side was still pretty thin. Cable Couloir from just below the summit into Sundream Bowl was still skiable. Looking north I saw Black Butte, Anthony Peak, Hammerhorn Ridge, and South Yolla Bolly. Sanhedrin to the west was still all white. Still LOTS of snow in the Coastal Crest. The north side of Snow Mountain was plastered all the way down.

The skiing was a little crusty. I could tell that the corn harvest lasted all day. Cable Couloir was a lot of fun though. Dropping down between the rocks, avoiding the cable and heading on down into Sundream Bowl was epic. Hull Mountain rules!
No other place in the Coast Range (that I've been to so far) offers up such ease of access -with a Jeep!- and is so deep and steep.

With any luck I should be able to put up some pics this weekend.
With more snow coming this weekend, the skiing in the Coast Range continues...

Don't bother coming here. It's too remote and not enough snow! [:D}

Did a moto enduro in Stonyford a few years back. Sick trails, and what looks like a sea of Mt. Tam's. Of course I can't see so good through muddy, fogged goggles at 30mph. I need to get out my Atlas now, you've got my attention.

Mike Schwartz
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mike@thebackcountry.net

The summit of Hull with Sundream Bowl
dropping off to hikers right. Not much snow here,
but the north side is DEEP!


Looking 180 degress from last photo, down
Boardman Ridge to Lake Pillsbury


the remains of the lookout tower
on the summit. Lake Pillsbury below
summit: 6873'
Lake Pillsbury: 1818'


looking down Sundream Bowl
into Cable Couloir


Sanhedrin Mountain/Imapassable Rock


Snow Mountain with Crockett Peak (the little pyramid to the left)


St. John Mountain, Crockett Peak, Snow Mountain
-as seen left to right


Anthony Peak (with sun on southern slopes - middle of photo)
Black Butte on the right.
The Yolla Bollys behind


Full moon rising

Nice pics jib, esp. the moon pic. My friends went surfing instead of going to Hull last weekend. They wanted you to have a fresh pallete to draw your lines.

You can even see the cable in the cable couloir pic.

Headed up to Hull this past Wwd. 3/2. Got 2-3 feet this past storm. Actually, it's hard to tell. Hull is so windblown that it drifts deep in spots and blown away in others. But 2-3 feet would be the average of what I saw as new from last week. Excellent driving conditions. Drove directly to Camp I (about 4700'), Camp II is 5000'. Two hours from the summit. Coverage is perfect. I got pics, which will be up as soon as possible.

This weekend -Sat. morning, especially- will be epic. If anybody ever wanted to go there, go there now. The south side is covered. After this storm - the whole mountain will be going off. No snow issues on the approach road. Hull doesn't get any better than this. Blue sky weekend, tons of snow, north, south, east, west aspects are covered deeply. Get started early though. Best to summit by sunrise and take the day from there.

I wish I had my pics for you right now. The mountain was beautiful. The trees were still covered in snow above freeze line. The sky was so blue...

Anyways, if any of you have thought of hitting up Hull for some epic Coastal Corn, this weekend will be going off.

All's I'm sayin' is - Hullin' it would be the shiznit!!!

Hi all, new member here but not new to the Hull experience (somewhere around 10 years) haven't been up anywhere near as much as jibmaster though.
Went up on Sunday 3/6-hot as heck up there, saturday was probably the better day but previous commitements kept us home. Boma, Fojay and me squirrel all hit it. We were able to drive further than I ever have (not sure of all the names, jib has done a great job of naming everything-I think it was probably camp 1) 2 hour hike to summit. The south side is still hurting for snow (sundream bowl was sparce) but the backside-oh yeah! We took our first run down the hullbacks, soft not too slushy, great turns, hiked back up the west ridge and dropped the little cornice about 100 yards down from the summit into some great little open sections with amazing snow. Looking back up and seeing our tracks put a smile on all of our faces. Started down sundream bowl about 3:30pm-sticky all the way down to the truck-we knew that though with as hot as it was-felt like 85, all got fried. Made it almost all the way down to the truck-had to stop and watch a small slush slide that we caused. All in all another great day on Hull. Have a lot of pictures to post if I can figure out how to upload them (any help would be appreciated)

Hey Powderwhore-i'm sure Tahoe was fun, but you missed out, got a seat reserved for you next time.


hey garnshit!
it's garmisch!
yeah garnshit!

Good to see someone else enjoying the wonders of Hull!
Were you guys on boards? If so, I think I seen your
tracks before. You like that west ridge off of the
summit into the Hullbacks, eh? I've seen snowboard
tracks there before - several years ago.
I hesitated to speak of this place early on. It's
so much fun, I thought that if I told people about it
that it would see a lot of traffic. After awhile I
couldn't keep my mouth shut. So I started posting
trip reports up there last year. It didn't make any
difference. NOBODY goes there! I might have scared off some folks due to my 4wheeling episodes. The wheeling is definately off the hook up there. For me that's half the attraction of going there. There's nothing like having to 4wheel into and out of a great backcountry ski spot! What a blast! I've totalled two Jeeps up there and almost lost a third one time. Spent many a night up there camping and Hullin' it with the help of a keg!

I've been skiing there for about 7 or 8 years.
In that time, the number of tracks I've seen other
than my own could be counted on one hand. I've never
met powderwhore, but have skiied with some of his
friends at Hull. Were you there the day last year
when they brought up the snowmachine?

You've got to check out Hullafar Bowl. That place
will be holding snow 'till the end of May!

Hey Jib, yeah Hull is definitely a hidden wonder-weird considering you can see it from far away, oh well better for us right. I'm sure the other tracks we have each seen have been each others. Yes that was me up there last year with the 2 snowmobiles that broke down-but not after I got the first ride to Boardman Ridge-was that you that I hiked with and got fun turns down Sundream Bowl? (and burnabowl) I know we've been snowboarding up there for at least 10 years-rode motorcycles as a kid there too. But I know you'ver been there much more than we have. Yeah I'm good friends with Powderwhore-he's in Tahoe all this week-might join him, but hull was so much fun last weekend that I might have to trek up there again. Hey maybe you can help me, I can't figure out how to post pictures, if I click on the "add image button it does this <img src="" border=0>
any help would be great-and you get to see other peoples perspective and where they're riding-I know we all appreciate the pics and updates from you. I'm sure we'll see you up there again sometime-I think we owe you a couple cold Sierra's at the truck.

Yeah that was me up there when you guys brought up the snowmachine.
I remember that day. We had some pretty good snow. We'll have to hook up again. Hull is a lot of fun on those days when it's like a beach. Skiing shirtless with corn slopes falling away all around you!
Never had so much fun at the beach before!!

You can go to biglines.com and upload your pics from there. Go to the photo section and 'browse' your folder of pics and when they are uploaded, open the picture in a new window and copy and paste the url between the [img][img/] brackets in your post.

Keep in touch. More Coastal Crest trips in the near future.

Well here goes my attempt at uploading pictures (did the best I could with the names). Enjoy!

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dang it-oh well it kinda worked.

yo squirrel,
I saw your pics on biglines so I knew you were posting over here. Hit the insert photo icon above in the format area and put the properties link inside it.

like this
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Are you still going up this weekend. If it snows low enough it may be really good.

yeah whatever-I can't figure this stuff out. I clicked the photos icon and pasted the link from biglines and it just put up the links-what do you mean by properties link?


Yes I think this weekend will be fun-wanna go? Backside's a callin.

When you have the large format pic up on biglines, right click it, hit properties, highlight the address or URL code and copy it. Then on this forum when you are replying, look where it says Format, below password, above message. click on the inser image icon, it has a yellow box on it. Paste the URL code in between the img thingys.

If you can't figure it out, then you have the brain of a squirrel. Glad you joined the forum dude.

Nice pics squirrel! Not only are you squirrel-brained, but you are also confused. :D
Your pictures look like you headed out the west ridge from the summit.
This is not Hullafar Bowl.

It's the east edge of the Hullbacks. That little chute in the trees is Corner Pocket. Hullafar Bowl lies just the other side of that ridge.

And this looks like the middle of the summit ridge with the Hullbacks to the left.

The south side is just to the right, dropping into Meteor Bowl(hardly ever skiable).

If you've never taken the summit ridge all the way east, you haven't seen Hullafar Bowl. You can't see it until you get there.

This is Hullafar Bowl showing the Rock Chutes


How 'bout with a little less snow


If you haven't seen this you haven't see Hullafar Bowl. Hullafar is the best place on Hull. You've got to go there. Powderwhore knows where it is.

Or better yet, I have Easter Sunday off. If you want a tour lets hook up on March 27. I'll take you out to Hullafar Bowl and we'll drop into some lines that I know you will love.
The Hullback Chutes, The Shaft, The Rock Chutes, Out of Bounds Bowl...

yeah I know. Did the best I could though-you got a lot of names for all the spots-i'll just take the pics and post them, i'm sure you know where they are.

I know exactly where Hullafar Bowl is now-i've seen it before but have yet to ride it-maybe this weekend. Prior plans on Easter weekend but we are going to be up there the weekend of 4/1-4/3 probably camping up there. You still got the jeep?
see ya on the hill.

Headed up to Hull with sirjibalot on Tue. 3/22. We slept in and left the house about 9am. Got to 4500' at Camp I around noon and found some new snow. The Jeep wasn't liking the drifts farther up the road, so we parked and headed on up into the storm. We were right at the transition from rain to snow. Lots of WD-40 on the skins kept me from clumping! Just past Timberline Camp the visability got real bad. The snow on the windblown ridge was a little firmer than elsewhere, but basically it was all mank. The fog was thick and it was super windy. We could hear the roar of the wind further up the mountain. Skied back down from just above Timberline Camp.
Cranked the stereo and the heat in the Jeep over a few beers until the rain subsided enough to set up camp. Everything was soaked. Goretex isn't really that water-proof!
Hull got 2-3 feet of snow during the last storm. It should get more this weekend. Just catch it when it's clear and the snow has had at least one day to consolidate and corn up with a good freese/thaw cycle.

No time to wait. Gonna check it out on Saturday, hopefully before more rain/snow comes. Can't go on Sunday though. Jib, you still going out on Sunday?

Saturday looks like it might be good. It sure looks good today. That storm may stay to the north until Sunday. If someone else is going to be there, I'll go. I would have to leave Sat. after work - around midnight, crash in the Jeep, jib Sunday and drive back trying to get some sleep before my Monday lunch shift. That's a lot of effort for solo storm skiing. But like I said, if I had a jib partner, I would head up in a heartbeat.

It got down to 27 degrees last night up there and should warm to slightly above yesterdays high of 35.

Camp out powderwore and I'll meet you up there.

Anyone...anyone?...

Hull tours on sunday, march 27. Spots available.

Price of admission:
one easter egg and a beer. :D

Do it for the Easter Bunny!

OK, now I've got a maybe offer from jibC to go kayaking on sunday. I'll make a deadline for Hull.
If I don't hear from anybody by noon on Sat. 3/26, I'll be kayaking the waterfalls at Bear Creek.
Unless someone wants to ski Hull and kayak Soda Creek down by the store...I've done it before and it's a blast! Ski and kayak in the same day.
So many things to do - so little time...

I need to be back for Sunday, so no go for me. Stinkin religous holidays.

"'Tis better to be in the mountains and thinking of God
than in church thinking of the mountains."

Have fun on Sat. powderwhore! Post some pics.

Saturday was great. Good visibility and low winds. No real powder on north and east facing, only sticky mank, but was still fun. Snow down rock chutes set up nicely and was done. The far east facing bowl on the other side of rock chutes looked had good coverage with a long descent, but was still mank. The ride down Boardman ridge was totally doable and pretty fun. West chutes and cable couloir looked very inviting. I heard this latest storm was kinda cold with 5K snow level. It seems if you let the new snow sit for more than a day, the powder is done for. Stick to south and west facing. Have pics, will post. Did you get up there on Sunday?

Way to "get 'er done"! How did you like the rock chutes? The pow on Hull is hard to come by. It's pretty much a corn factory. I can't believe that after all the interest in this thread that nobody bothers to go there. I love that. We got our own private mountain!

EVERYBODY STAY AWAY!!!! THE SKIING SUCKS. NO SNOW HERE!!!

Hahahahahahah! Suckers :lol:

Sunday would not have been good on Hull. It was another storm day. Would have been no visibility. Did you get there too late to hit the corn window? The temps looked good. For some reason, Hullafar Bowl is like a 'fridge. The Rock Chutes stay firm all day long. I'd love to see shots of Hullafar. It's gotta be nice and deep back there.

Lookin' to ski on Wed. Not sure where yet...

Rock chutes were really sweet. Took the riders left entry into the main chute. We had partial sun most of the day so the west facing stuff was good corn.

I'd go to Lassen if I were you. Looks like NorCal is getting more of these latest storms.

POWDER WHORE COULDNT WAIT FOR THE FAMILY MAN WELL I SEE HOW IT IS . NO JUST KIDDING SOUNDS LIKE I DIDNT MISS A WHOLE HULL OF ALOT..FAMILY MAN CANT GET TO THEM ALL. BUT WHEN HE DOES GO IT WILL BE EPIC MAYBE.JIBMASTER NEXT TIME YOUR ON IT MAY BE WE CAN HOOK UP I AM FREE MOST OF THE TIME I AM NOT A 9 TO FIVER.. LATER

I had some new gear to try out, so I had to go to Hull again. Drove up Wed. morning and found to my delight, that my new gear worked beautifully.

BRAND NEW TIRES!!!!

The road unfortunately was dry and boring. I was hoping for more mud!

Got to drive way up. Parked just below Timberline Camp. I think I saw your tracks powderwhore. Were you alone? Because I saw 3 or 4 snowboard tracks. A couple were from several days ago, and one set of tracks was clearly from the day before(tue.).

At least two boarders were involved in building this kicker in the pucker trees on the Timberline Camp ridge



Hull Mountain from the top of Elk Mountain on the way in


The upper mountain was too windblown to reveal any tracks.

I skied Sundream Bowl. The first run had a windblown layer on top that was sort of manky. Very thin. Underneath was a very firm layer of corn. By the second run, the windblown had melted into the corn and the skiing was epic.


The ridges were firm. The wind was blowing out of the north. I had to stomp my skis into the snow to gain traction for my skins on the last little steep section before the summit because the snow looked like this

Skied down to Rabbit Ridge and found more epic corn in Tortoise Bowl.
The traverse back to Timberline was well covered.

Going to Hull is like going on safari. Always lots of wildlife. They are quite unafraid.



Hey bomakcdog - did I meet you when squirelmurphy brought the snowmachine? We'll have to hook up sometime.


Now I'd like to post some images of a Hull trip several weeks ago. The scenery was stunning to say the least. Enjoy!

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Nice pics. Four or us were there on Saturday only. Does someone else know about Hull. Oh no. Maybe it was the same person who built the kicker.

PIcs from the other weekend. SM, I'll leave out the pics from the trucks out of the kindness of my heart.

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Thanks Whore-I appreciate it. Nice to know that you have your camera so handy.

Note to self "must not put skins on backwards due to possibility (or probability) of falling on yo face"

Looks like you guys had some good turns. Nice pics.
More snow on the way. Snow levels around 3500'-4000'.
Can't wait 'till next week!

Oh, man - I can't sleep...!

IMPRESSIVE SATELLITE IMAGES OF LOW OFF SE OREGON COAST
TODAY...WITH A LARGE EYE-LIKE CENTER. LOW ENDED UP FURTHER SOUTH
THAN MODEL PROGS AND CAME IN A LITTLE EARLIER. KCEC GUSTED TO 46 KT
BRIEFLY EARLY THIS MORNING WHILE HUMBOLDT COAST HAS BEEN IN 25-30 KT
RANGE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. PRECIP HAS RANGED FROM ABOUT 3 QUARTERS
OF AN INCH IN THE HUMBAY AREA...TO MORE THAN 2 INCHES OVER DEL NORTE
COUNTY. SNOW LEVEL HAS BEEN TOUGH TO PIN DOWN OVER THE INTERIOR AS
RAWS SITES AT 4K FT WERE REPORTING TEMPS IN MID TO UPPER 30S WHILE
SPOTTERS REPORTED ACCUMULATING SNOW OF LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE
TRINITY RIVER VALLEY...BELOW 1000 FEET. OVERALL LOOKS LIKE SNOW
LEVEL FORECAST WAS ON TARGET WITH LEVELS GENERALLY 3000-3500 FEET
OVER THE TRINITIES AND 3500 FT+ FOR THE COASTAL RANGES. BASED ON
LIQUID RAINFALL AT GASQUET AND KCEC ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET HAVE
SEEN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...PROBABLY WELL OVER A FOOT...THOUGH
SPOTTER INFO IS LACKING FOR THIS REGION DUE TO ITS REMOTENESS.

A COUPLE ISOLATED REPORTS OF HAIL EARLIER...BUT THUS FAR NO
CONVECTION TO NOTE. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE RADAR CLOSELY THIS EVE
HOWEVER...AS PLENTY OF AMBIENT HELICITY AS EVIDENCED BY IMPRESSIVE
SUPERCELLULAR ACTIVITY OVER THE SAC VALLEY.

EXTENDED TRINITY COUNTY SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS MESOSCALE
BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THAT REGION...SO ANOTHER FEW
INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY AT PASS LEVEL TONIGHT. PULLED BACK THE N COAST
INTERIOR ADVISORY TO ALSO END AT MIDNIGHT...WHEN THE BULK OF HEAVY
SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD BE THROUGH.

AS FOR THE FORECAST...RAISED POPS A TAD SUN NIGHT AS MODELS COMING
TO CONSENSUS WITH A FRONT ARRIVING A BIT EARLIER. WEAK WARM FRONT IS
EVIDENT IN BOTH NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS SAT AFTERNOON...SO INTRODUCED
A SLIGHT CHANCE THEN OVER THE REDWOOD COAST. PERSISTENT TROUGH WILL
MAINTAIN A CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH THE EARLY PORTION OF THE WEEK FOR
THE NORTHERN ZONES. STRONGEST SHORTWAVE LOOKS TO ARRIVE TUESDAY. GFS
PROGS H8 TEMPS AT -5 C FOR TUE-TUE NIGHT...SO FEATURE BEARS WATCHING
FOR POTENTIAL CONTINUATION OF OUR DISPLACED WINTER SEASON.

I've got Tue. and Wed. off. This Tuesday looks like it will be stormy though. However, it might stay to the north. I wasn't able to ski last week - so now I'm jonesin' so hard I might go up anyway. Actually, I have Monday off as well - this week and next week. Lets go!

bomakcdog - I'll be up there Tue. and Wed. I don't think it's going to storm(famous last words...!).

Give me a call if you want. powderwhore has my number.
Cya up there!

ive begone tering apart my kitchen so tues wed is no good but monday if i am looking goo i should get away i think squirlmurphy is going to be on ot this week end with forrest but i am not for sure. i am tiling on sat so i cant joion in with them . let me know what is up

Skied Hull Tue. Drove almost up to Timberline Camp. Took the drifted ridge up. Porcipine and Rabbit Ridge were deeply drifted in on the north sides. The south side is mostly melted out with the exception of Sundream Bowl. Total coverage off the summit into Sundream with really good corn conditions. The sunny weather was about to change. I was racing the incoming storm. The second run it was snowing. By the time I summited for a third time, it was complete white-out conditions.

The north side is super deep and if I had time, I'm sure Hullafar would have been buried as well. Nothing was softening up except for south facing. Skied down to Tortoise Bowl and got a few steep turns in before cutting over the brush to Timberline Camp.

I was going to spend the night, but the weather didn't look good for Wed. - plus the fact that I had forgotten my ridgerest sleeping pad. So I bailed home and spent the next day(today) doing trail maintenence on some of my mt. bike trails.

Looking to hit up Snow Mountain any time now. Just bought me a conoe for $75. Looking forward to skiing some Snow Mountain corn and fishing in Letts Lake. Mmmmmm...cold Sierra Nevada's and fresh fish for dinner after skiing!

Hull Mountian is the King Of All Mountians. This place always has the goods. It's so accessable. It's a playground. After experiencing Snow Mountain and St. John, Black Butte, Anthony Peak, Sanhedrin Mountian - Hull is a refuge of jibbable possibilities!

Hull will always be king. It is thee most accessable peak in the southern Mendocino National Forest. Always skiable. From Nov. - May.
I have skied hull for seven seasons. Hull ROCKS!! Small, free from avy danger, steep, compact, all four aspects can be used to gain access to the best snow conditions, and I get to splatter mud all over the Jeep!!!

The last photos of Hull '04/'05
Sundream Bowl


Hull Mountain (left) Snow Mountain (right) -from the summit of Mt. St. Helena - late April

Last summit photo



get your jib on!