Wasatch 23/24 Stoke Thread: Red Snake Coverage coming at you live from tgapp's fartba

[telefreewasatch]

The Salt Lake Twins hold four of the best big lines in this range. Every exposure.
Thank god St. Andrew hadn't discovered them before he published the shitting gallery.
E face into Broads = long, steep, rocky, and exposed. Watch out for the skimo folks using it for an ascent route when descending.
S couloir = Lisa Falls. Fair warning: when it's not freezing at night in the spring flip over to the next drainage west when descending, just after the junction with the other chutes.
SW face = long walk out; gotta want this one though I have kept the old logging road in the N fork of Deaf Smith in trim. Just gotta find it...
NW face = Prolly the most classic line, and one can ski Bonkers, Stairs, or the Power Plant chutes through the head of Ferguson as a bonus with a bit more hiking.
Break trail with me and I'll join you!

[wra]

If you make it to the Deaf Smith logging road after the creek crossings without crying...

[k2skier112]

What he said ^. There is a reason 85 is only sold at high altitude.

Similar topic, it's pretty remarkable how much elevation impacts naturally aspirated HP...3% per 1000 ft. I have to swap props on my boat when I switch from Lake Powell vs Flaming Gorge or Jackson Lake.

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I'll take any octane that's "clean" with no corn shit. Alcohol is for drinking, not the gas tank. Your cars ECU should retard timing to compensate for altitude. Is the 85 octane E10?

[skifishbum]

Everything (that was open) skied really well today, but Catherine's was sublime. It reminded me of that Steely Dan tune "Hey Nineteen" "....sure looks good...um um um".
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well yeah supreme got shut down round 2 yesterday after a cold ass shouda come with comped hot chocalate 30 minute ride
but it sure skied well yesterday


been stoked to get back to skiing with topher and packy been a good storm cycle
sorrydude managed to open egp and the east face out to the guild line friday


was sure nice to see the sun days didnt suck and the bro pullin in after 8 with the biggest truck in the lot whining cause people didnt park at 45's and he needed to park to teach an avvy class made me chuckle maybe get up earlier or set a shuttle up for your class or go to cardiff bro
and we only encountered one single splitter on the r&b ridline




pretty quite in cardiff today

tube had a bit of lingering old debris but sure didnt suck

[Djongo Unchained]

Top Notch Mags, enjoying the stoke in here.

Sweet shots Dibs, moar iz bettah.

Brock pulls the powder train. Again.

[Dantheman]

Skied the Twin SW face once with Trackhead, ascended Bonkers and exited out Power Plant. I didn't fully appreciate just how rad it was at the time. The peak was in the clouds all morning and we summited with full ping pong ball visibility. Decided not to try and wait it out and just ski. 20-30 minutes later it was sunny, that stung a little.

Twin also has the best summer scrambling. Stairs and Lisa Direct are amazing.

[tBatt]

Quick half lap on the Flag Shoulder yesterday evening. Definitely some solar crust evident from Sunday, got a little dishearted on the way up but it skied surprisingly well.

[daviski]

Amazing shots from everyone, the stoke is high in this one

[alias_rice]

Holy shit, what a 2 hours of skiing that was this morning at Alta. It broke my heart to leave, but I had a meeting and couldn't risk getting caught up there. It turns out that 2+ inches an hour makes for pretty stellar skiing.

[k2skier112]

Solitude is not sucking today

[Dshack89]

Holy shit, what a 2 hours of skiing that was this morning at Alta. It broke my heart to leave, but I had a meeting and couldn't risk getting caught up there. It turns out that 2+ inches an hour makes for pretty stellar skiing.

Yep couldn't agree more! Perfect hero snow density out there today. And thanks to ASP for the early opening! That'll teach the unattended ski droppers...

Now for a UTA mini-bitch ticket...I try to take the bus to reduce canyon congestion and just be a good citizen. At 11:10 today the UTA bus driver at GMD informed me that his dispatcher told him to hold at Alta until the road opened at 3 (the DH closure wasnt for another 2+ hours). Another bus joined him a couple mins later and was told to wait as well. WTF! The level of mismanagement at UTA is mind boggling.

But, thanks to Alvin for the hitchhike ride down!

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[Boissal]

Skied the Twin SW face once with Trackhead, ascended Bonkers and exited out Power Plant. I didn't fully appreciate just how rad it was at the time. The peak was in the clouds all morning and we summited with full ping pong ball visibility. Decided not to try and wait it out and just ski. 20-30 minutes later it was sunny, that stung a little.

This is the way. Upper Fergy headwall then Powerhouse or a neighbor. I've slogged back up to exit Stairs as well, better to do that after NW.
I've had the same experience with cloud cover skiing the NW my first time. One hole in the clouds at the top to convince me it was worth dropping in, then ski by touch to the flats, and climb back out the same way. Gave me 0 perspective on the scope. When I finally got it with actual vis I couldn't believe the scale. As TFW said, the Twins holds some of the best line in the range, and the NW is very near the top...

[Xover]

And thanks to ASP for the early opening! That'll teach the unattended ski droppers...
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Always love when Grom and Jonathan do that

[D-Roc]

This is the way. Upper Fergy headwall then Powerhouse or a neighbor. I've slogged back up to exit Stairs as well, better to do that after NW.
I've had the same experience with cloud cover skiing the NW my first time. One hole in the clouds at the top to convince me it was worth dropping in, then ski by touch to the flats, and climb back out the same way. Gave me 0 perspective on the scope. When I finally got it with actual vis I couldn't believe the scale. As TFW said, the Twins holds some of the best line in the range, and the NW is very near the top...

Cant agree more, its probably #2 or 3 for me aside from Nebo or Pfieff.

NE is so good, photo from a couple seasons ago for perspective. Hit yer turnz...

[Yukonrider]

Update for those curious. I did end up trying my Snowbird iKon base add on to access snowbird (read the iKon card, not the snowbird card) and got 3 angry beeps, so it does not work.

[altacoup]

Always love when Grom and Jonathan do that

Don’t forget Pete. Another amazing ski day.

[Dantheman]

Cant agree more, its probably #2 or 3 for me aside from Nebo or Pfieff.

The East Ridge of Timp would like a word....

[zion zig zag]

The East Ridge of Timp would like a word....

I still need another go at that one.

Top 2/3rds of Basin skied well today, and got better each run.

[Brock Landers]

Alta didn’t suck today. Wow still hammering too.

[crankplank]

Alta didn’t suck today. Wow still hammering too.

What part of your soul did you sell to get these 2 trips? I hope you got good terms. I reckon if you had to pick one place in the states with best odds of good snow, it would be Alta so maybe you're just an astute gambler.

I've found I have a 500 average on date locked trips.

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[criscam]

Anyone have an Alta parking rez for Friday they aren’t gonna use?


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[mst1228]

I am also seeking a reservation or carpool for Friday


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[Dantheman]

This is the way. Upper Fergy headwall then Powerhouse or a neighbor. I've slogged back up to exit Stairs as well, better to do that after NW.
I've had the same experience with cloud cover skiing the NW my first time. One hole in the clouds at the top to convince me it was worth dropping in, then ski by touch to the flats, and climb back out the same way. Gave me 0 perspective on the scope. When I finally got it with actual vis I couldn't believe the scale. As TFW said, the Twins holds some of the best line in the range, and the NW is very near the top...

Found the pics

[Brock Landers]

What part of your soul did you sell to get these 2 trips? I hope you got good terms. I reckon if you had to pick one place in the states with best odds of good snow, it would be Alta so maybe you're just an astute gambler.

I've found I have a 500 average on date locked trips.

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It definitely delivers. My luck is bound to turn around though.

I’ll admit conditions wise Jackson last week wasn’t its best, but good peoples good times and next time maybe snow.

[Boissal]

The East Ridge of Timp would like a word....

SE ridge down to Stewarts Falls? That one is my white whale. So hard to line up right.
Other contender which is very rarely mentioned: E face of Box Elder. Real big, real steep, real long, so beautiful.

I never even put together that you're the DTM from all of Trackhead's pics btw. The chronicles of your late adoption of Dynafits on his old blog are quite entertaining.