at least we'll build a nice sonora pass spring skiing base....?
at least we'll build a nice sonora pass spring skiing base....?
Anyone hike up Tamarak today? Theres a crust on pow in the parking area but I was wondering how it is up higher.
At least the mountain biking is coming back into play :nonono2:
Tahoe Mountain today
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http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org...-tamarack-peakQuote:
Originally Posted by Huck Pitueee
Hey, don't knock "the bus"! For some it's all we have.Quote:
Originally Posted by coatrack
So, seems it has been rain, and now wind is in the forecast.
Are you even gonna bother going up?
Pretty depressing to hear it pour rain all night long at least temps are starting to lower hopefully things will start to get a good pasting above 8K. Impressed Kirkwood is spinning there lifts, my ACL's are whispering to me not to go...
Wet heavy snow above 7500ft at the Heave. Much lower than I thought I'd see white. 100 feet of wind too.
BA is really toying with my emotions for the coming week. All the models seem consistent with heavy precip regardless...
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Yes, please.
Snow levels lowered earlier then expected as I woke up to heavy snow at 7,500' and as ba confirmed in his blog soon after. Things are looking up.
Stage opened today and it's only lift spinning at heave. Tomorow gonna be a good one
Dumping at KW. Just drove up the west slope and snain below 7k. Roads covered b4 7500'. Sweet.
In cabin, unpacking. Son and I will head out after lunch for his first laps of the season. Could not be more stoked.
Report of a slide in the Chutes at Rose (which weren't open). Search and rescue on the hill. Waiting for more info.
From the SAC advisory today...Quote:
Originally Posted by Huckwheat
"Persistent slab avalanches are possible today on North aspects along the Sierra Crest above 8300' and in the Mt. Rose area above 9300' on slopes steeper than 32 degrees. "
Cheer up folks! Chain controls on broxkway this morn and NWS sees snow levels dropping "faster than expected". Could be a nice surprise tomorrow! And if you take the bus, you get drinks, breakfast and a movie regardless.
Hope everyone is okay, but seriously how dumb do you have to be to poach the chutes after all of this wind-loading and rain?Quote:
Originally Posted by Huckwheat
Thanks. That guy does a good thorough report.Quote:
Originally Posted by MTT
Could those guys really be that dumb. Both hike that high, and poach past the gates and ropes. Doesn't sound good though.....if they are really still looking. Sucks.
No B, P or S. Sad. Likely gonna be a recovery.
Solid first post after lurking for 5 years
Just read that they called off the search due to persistent snow and fear of rescuers being slid on
2 guys in their 60's with no avy gear
+++ vibes
At 11:15 rain started to turn to snow headed up Luther at about the big meadow trailhead and it continued to be snow all the way to Kirkwood. On the way home around 2PM snow levels had risen and it turned back to rain at about the red lake parking area and was raining at Luther pass, but you could see the snowline a short ways up in the trees. Snow was pretty creamy and fun at Kirkwood today and I was surprised by the amount of terrain they had open, but you got soaked pretty quick, starting to look like winter out there!
Luther at 11:15
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About 11:30 on Carson Pass
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Usual shit show
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We saw one of the guys hiking up bullwhip on our 1st or 2nd run. Very strange sight. It really seemed he didn't look like he knew what he was doing...at all.
Even stranger you can just ride lakeview and traverse out there in 3 minutes.
Sad no matter the circumstances...
On another note, there is A LOT of perfect spackling snow that came down. It is a very different mountain than a day ago. Tomorrow is going to suck!!
Not one for words, I guess. I'll go back to lurking now.Quote:
Originally Posted by mmmm...pow!
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Originally Posted by Corky
You think there gonna bring in Backhoes to get the guy out, or will he be a conversation piece down in the ice layer.
I as wondering that too. Maybe they didn't have passes or thought it was ok to do if they didn't ride a lift.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corky
Went out to Carson Pass and just fooled around on small drops in a safe zone. This storm looks to open up a lot of terrain in the trees which is awesome. And can't really say how excited I am about the forecast.
it's hutch's birthday so she was claiming
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Nice pics.
Sad news at Rose. Really Hope he got out somehow and is hiding out back in town. If he was beeping they likely would have located him by now, or he's somewhere else.
Wasn't carrying a beacon. If somehow he made it out of the slide and is hiding, then a lot of people put themselves at risk today to search for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Driver
No doubt, just trying to stay optimistic while we still can. Sucks for all involvedQuote:
Originally Posted by thudder
My guess is the guys figured since NW wasn't spinning that no one would see them so they couldn't get caught by Patrol. Obviously they didn't consider getting caught by something way worse.
Only skied the lower mountain with the munchkin. Was there still a rope at Rabbits?Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeBC
Last Sunday they had Montes open, and the upper portion had literally no snow due to the evil E.
Creamy today. Dumping rain up here now. Has been since 4:30.
I don't really know the mountain well enough to know the names of most runs out there, visibility was not that great either, looking at the trail map I believe we skied in that Rabbit zone or past it looking at the map, don't recall seeing a rope line over there, but we did a high traverse over to the first tree line and dropped in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Jeezuz, a couple of guys in their 60s?!? Old enough to know better; old enough to be aware of the Chutes' reputation. WTF were they thinking? I mean, fearless 20-somethings doing stupid stuff, I get that, been there etc. Weird, and tragic of course.
Where did you hear they skinned up?
Went over Donner at 1100 and 1400 today. Dumping rain both times with not a hint of a flake. The Yuba was running super fat. Hopefully what was snow makes up for what got nuked by the rain.
Sorry; misread previous comments that they ascended rather than descended to entry. Bad info edited out above. Still, I'm surprised at their supposed age doing something that reckless; it's a pretty steep drop-in there to be doing when closed and wind-loaded.
I also heard they went up, but only that they hiked, rather than skinned.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobz
So much for the lowering snow level as the storm winds down. It's still 2 degrees warmer here and at Carson Pass than it was at noon today.
I heard that my guess is that I'm going to shut my mouth and wait to hear from SAC.
What is SAC going to say that hasn't been reported? If they do any report at all it will be after much more precipitation and likely after many more slides.
Cold early and warm later
Forecast had it backwards
Squaw/Alpine summit sensors showing just about freezing at the top. Drying out at the bottom with zero accumulation. I wasn't expecting much, got even less.
I'm not sure SAC even does reports for inbounds slides. Don't seem to recall that happening for Sugar Bowl last year nor the few that occurred at KW in recent years. Typically the snowpack is so different it has little relevance for BC travel, although in this case the terrain had yet to open so maybe it would.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
Edit: looks like they did for this one.