Oregon ‘23-‘24 El Niño Schralpadelic Rumble Thread

Shitshow at MtB as well

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7:45am Update: All lifts will start the day on hold due to de-icing. The Sunriver bus is stuck and being towed, expect delays on the road from Sunriver as well as on Century Drive. The Sunriver bus route will not be operating this morning. Teams on the hill are reporting an inch of ice on the snow surface. Off-piste terrain will have challenging conditions with a breakable crust on top of last night's new snow. Large clumps of ice and snow are falling from tree branches, creating hazards in treed areas.

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They got Rainbow and Little Pine open though…

That freezing rain will be good for the...base!

Sorry to hear.

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Originally Posted by puma

That freezing rain will be good for the...base!

Sorry to hear.

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Trying to figure out how to wax for skiing the trees with one inch of breakable ice crust and large frozen clumps falling from the trees.

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Originally Posted by Mudfoot

Trying to figure out how to wax for skiing the trees with one inch of breakable ice crust and large frozen clumps falling from the trees.

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Rub on cold, don't scrape, maybe try some pine tar

Tline closes today, MtBroken chair barely gets anything open. Meadows out did itself today opening lifts. Fucking brutal storm cycle

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Originally Posted by TBS

Shitshow at MtB as well

They got Rainbow and Little Pine open though…

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I did not go up today. Got up and looked at the report just after 7am and decided to take the dog for a walk. Had to push some lady out of the ditch after she high centered on Mt Washington. Front wheel drive vehicle with some Les Schwab Road Control 2's just isn't what you need in these conditions.

I guess part of it was all the standing in lift lines had sucked a little bit of the life out of me. Plus, the injury to my right upper rib cage area was enough to keep me close to home.

One thing for sure, the Bachy lift ops crew has taken a beating from Ullr this past week. Maybe all the tourons that came over will think twice about patronizing Bachelor next time around. One can hope.

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Had already planned on a crack of noon start and the ice at bachelor didn't sound appealing. Champagne powder on Pilot Butte. Thankful for ON3P bases though

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Originally Posted by kinkilla

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Had already planned on a crack of noon start and the ice at bachelor didn't sound appealing. Champagne powder on Pilot Butte. Thankful for ON3P bases though

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Respect. Did the same on Cline Butte but kept to the “groomed” and hit nary a rock. Skin track stoke: Attachment 483000

Timberline, Ski Bowl closed. We tried to make the best of it and skied the ice storm around our neighborhood:

https://youtu.be/fShmrY5bHBA?si=txkJkTaSiWY3H1Y1


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Stay safe and warm, yall https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f0f4f5ed71.jpg

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You kids get off my lawn!

Saw 4 snow boarders lapping River's Edge golf course this morning.

Got an email from MHM today saying they were sorry about all the delays & were adding a 50% off day ticket to my account. I’m guessing everyone who managed a pass at the turnstile today got one — anyone else?

^^^Nice gesture

Applause for Pilot and Cline!

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Originally Posted by allmountainsnowskating

Timberline, Ski Bowl closed. We tried to make the best of it and skied the ice storm around our neighborhood:

https://youtu.be/fShmrY5bHBA?si=txkJkTaSiWY3H1Y1


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Shrednthehood.

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Originally Posted by boar2m

You kids get off my lawn!

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Ruling the neighborhood!

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Originally Posted by Toadman

Saw 4 snow boarders lapping River's Edge golf course this morning.

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Did you get a chance to see how they were dressed? You Bend people have taken Athleisure fashion to the next level! I'm captivated.

Somehow, I imagine those snowboarders at the golf course yesterday must've been drippin' Athleisure. Splitboards, beacon, probe, shovel, camp stove, IPAs, goretex...

Odead was rocking some Bend fashion here in the valley yesterday - touring around on his Cast system with the backpack and vest like he's shopping around the deli at Market of Choice. We cruised up to the sledding hill, and all the parents must've been like DAYUM a couple of Protect Our Winter ambassadors just skinned over Santiam Pass.

Lol, we looked so outta place with all the sledding kids, and I couldn't stop giggling about how this would just be considered normal if we were at Pole Pedal Paddle. We were workin' it though!



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And if it isn't clear, no hate for yall Bend people! Athleisure is the envy of the western world. I'm making fun of ourselves for getting kitted to go to the sledding hill [emoji2960]

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I lol’ed here at the “POW ambassadors”

Hopefully things improve at Mt. Brokenchair later this week. I'm off to chase snow in the land of billionaires, private jets and lack of affordable employee housing for a few days.

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^^^people were taking Little Pine up and then traverse to singles line at PMX. Guess nobody wanted to wait to get an Uphill Arm Band

Nothing like skiing with 50,000 of your closest friends…

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Bachelor weather.

Funky opening day at Ski Bowl between the power outage and snow conditions. They never got Lower Chair open, and Red Chair and Upper Bowl opened together around 11, so people were worked up scrambling around trying to get first tracks.

Surprise surprise, upper bowl was wind scoured, and Canyon was a brick. Any "first tracks" were a thick 2.5" crust on grappel.

Variable conditions all over. You could ski about a dozen different snow types on a single run. Wind scoured, boilerplate, chalk, dust on crust, crust on dust, groom, cement, light pow (where the crust had been broken up), cream, styrofoam... very variable, windy, and cold.

But a very fun day, we had a friend from outta town here "powder chasing", and it was nice to meet up.

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Originally Posted by interloper

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You should know better than to leave stuff like that laying around. Still, I'm guessing standing in a long line for Big Pine is better than a day in the office. At least the sun is out up there. I've been in the fog all day long.

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Originally Posted by Toadman

You should know better than to leave stuff like that laying around. Still, I'm guessing standing in a long line for Big Pine is better than a day in the office. At least the sun is out up there. I've been in the fog all day long.

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Note photo was taken from "the rock bar."
Off piste was a no go. You could Z00m on the Gr00m it was madness & mayhem. But the weather.....

Calamity https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7f61dc2ddf.jpg

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My boy said Calamity was the best skiing yesterday. I wish I had gotten over there.

it was good to get back to the bowl yesterday. That was a wild storm this weekend.

The weather is like the Gong show. What's behind door #1 Jeff? You've won a Freezing Rain ice storm!!!

For sure. My boy yesterday, as we rolled off the hill, had me in stitches when he voiced Ullr. “You bastards have been complaining about no winter, so here have it all right now”

I want to buy some skis from a Bend Mag but need to sell mine first. Anyone interested in some 186 Nordica 94s see my listing in Ski Swap. Perfect tools for Mt.Bach's recurring solid surface. I will deliver locally.

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Originally Posted by Hood26

For sure. My boy yesterday, as we rolled off the hill, had me in stitches when he voiced Ullr. “You bastards have been complaining about no winter, so here have it all right now”

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After dealing with the stresses of climate change & El Niño, Ullr has turned into a mean drunk…

Today was great though - other than the crust

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Originally Posted by interloper

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Bachelor weather.

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Saw our buddy in the store, and he was talking bout getting up to Bend on Thursday for a ski trip and waiting in line for 2 hours for frozen chairs and turning around going home.

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Day 5 of the ice storm... freezing rain is turning into regular rain, so it was snotty slimy ice conditions this morning. Making the best of it by cruising around on our skis outside the house in the neighborhood for 3 days, except Monday, we went to Skibowl.

This ice storm ice is so firm and slick. We can really get going on the neighborhood streets. It got gnarlier by the day as the freezing rain arrived. Sunday was safe to ski the asphalt all over (where it wasn't graveled). Tuesday was fine to ski on the icy grass and some shorter streets.

Wednesday, I was just feeling the yard:

https://youtube.com/shorts/wwB-L3uD8...D5v9QjJvVxG7Yt


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Originally Posted by allmountainsnowskating

Day 5 of the ice storm... freezing rain is turning into regular rain, so it was snotty slimy ice conditions this morning. Making the best of it by cruising around on our skis outside the house in the neighborhood for 3 days, except Monday, we went to Skibowl.

This ice storm ice is so firm and slick. We can really get going on the neighborhood streets. It got gnarlier by the day as the freezing rain arrived. Sunday was safe to ski the asphalt all over (where it wasn't graveled). Tuesday was fine to ski on the icy grass and some shorter streets.

Wednesday, I was just feeling the yard:

https://youtube.com/shorts/wwB-L3uD8...D5v9QjJvVxG7Yt


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the music is a nice touch. :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by allmountainsnowskating

Day 5 of the ice storm... freezing rain is turning into regular rain, so it was snotty slimy ice conditions this morning. Making the best of it by cruising around on our skis outside the house in the neighborhood for 3 days, except Monday, we went to Skibowl.

This ice storm ice is so firm and slick. We can really get going on the neighborhood streets. It got gnarlier by the day as the freezing rain arrived. Sunday was safe to ski the asphalt all over (where it wasn't graveled). Tuesday was fine to ski on the icy grass and some shorter streets.

Wednesday, I was just feeling the yard:

https://youtube.com/shorts/wwB-L3uD8...D5v9QjJvVxG7Yt


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He'll yeah.

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Originally Posted by Adolf Allerbush

the music is a nice touch. [emoji3]

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Help, I'm addicted to social media, I need a sex change

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all sorts of precip happening but frustratingly delivered in rain/sleet/snow cycles such that the snowpack is kinda shit for skiing conditions

was excited for a sahale early load saturday, but between the snow quality expectations and mhm's difficulties getting lifts going, i'm not sure it's worth the commute

oof

What's the outlook this weekend? Seems like the freezing rain is inescapable in all directions till you get to Whistler, Jackson, Alta, or Mammoth

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FR & 22F @ Rancho Deluxe. Slick af. Run it cool.