Oh yeah, it’s also stupid windy.
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Oh yeah, it’s also stupid windy.
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Originally Posted by stealurface831
It’s just one of the three men that the sheriff can not catch, travelin’ down the bolton stretch…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...;v=2_Ieqk7cViw
Anybody know how much of a pain in the nards it would be to make your way down the endless lines you see down the valley going down the Rock Creek trail, and maybe meet up with someone down off the trail for a return trip? Basically, there is (often) just line after line after line going toward the beginning of the big valley East of Glacier Lake. All across the South side of the valley between the lake and the Rock Creek headwall. Or maybe camp waaaaaay the heck down that trail and just hike for turns. I've trekked all over that area around there, and always pondered some of those couloirs and stuff. Also usually loads of snow across the way up on the also massively impressive Hellroaring plateau area, but that could be even gnarlier to access, although you can drive to the top of it and maybe go from there. With some touring gear, I'd be seriously tempted to scout out the region more. You could definitely find turns just about year round if you're sporting enough and not as lazy as I am. Can't wait to head back up there in a few weeks!!! Time to bet on some pigs at Bear Creek. :)
Back in Red Lodge after spending the week up high. Great times. Met SUF today! What an adventure he is on.
The upper lift motor shaft snapped in half Monday about the time we rolled up. Took till Thursday am to fix it but they let race camp kids and coaches ski the lower lift with the short hike out to the lower lot so my daughter skied Wednesday dropping into a race camp held by a coach we met last year at Beartooth. Tuesday we bailed on the camp because we showed up late due to a Moose in our campsite and the weather was sketch so we hiked 10 miles rt to Lost Lake ducking lightning and rain in the valley instead of up high.
Thursday skied bell to bell with no lines. The only camp on the lower lift was the Wisconsin one my girl was in so they had two days in a row of rep after rep. So good for her and I am super happy to be able to give her this opportunity. Super soft and mushy upper lift Thursday with a refreeze badly needed but just fun as all hell.
Today it was 24 degrees when we pulled in at 810 am. Super hard and sketchy entrance to lower lift. I about had a heart attack watching my girl drop in but she sent it slowly sliding on her edges to the lower lift. Yikes. Softened about 1245 ish pm and by 1:30 it was skiing very nicely for laps to the bell. Before that...fuck that SFL material... but it got better and better all the way to the bell and things are set up for a great weekend! Beyond that who knows. So much melting before today's kick ass refreeze.
A room in Red Lodge tonight for showers and food after a week in the woods and then home.
Pic is from the bottom today about 2 ish.
I have way more but wanted to get this out for anyone en route.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f0f237b8aa.jpg
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fucking slide for life firm this am bud.. i'm dropping in and dude literally cartwheels to the bottom going 40 and is motionless. luckily ok..
looped back around to bozone via yellowstone. tourists are retards. beautiful all around though!
Yep. I went over to drop right after it happened and bailed back to the truck to wait for warmer snow. Word is two turns and a double eject. They had their hands full getting him out of there.Quote:
Originally Posted by byates1
Was really good later though. Ha! That's Beartooth.
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FKNA, that first lap or two can be pretty sketchballs in the basin if it freezes up top overnight.Quote:
Originally Posted by byates1
That's an even better story of the funny yet expertish skiing around there. Lotsa carnage for a small spot.
Driving the park can be stressful, even with the stunning surroundings. 25 in a 45 will create rage.
Exactly, fucking exactly dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
Sorry to have missed you and your'n. timing woulda been righteous. Ski ya next laps fosho.
Truly one of the wonders of the Beartooth zone, both up on the plateau or down in the deep canyon, it can howl. It was damn windy, 35+ lunching in the lot, yet we had to ditch layers fast while down in the basin .Quote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
Then there was this junkshow up top while noshing...
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They passed us then did a uturn and stuck the front right in the snow. Back left was just touching but spinning. He shovels the snow and it goes up, not down. 4 drunk dudes shambled past me to help him out which then took about 1 minute. We were all laughing to a man. Even the driver.
Good times.
Sorry to have missed you mags.
Sorry it didn't come together Djongo...would have been so cool to have a like minded ripper hanging with us. I had my fingers crossed you'd make it but it is so far for you to come with hit or miss conditions. For us it is a bonus week in the mountains but always touch and go with the weather. So much fun. I love the place. I skied super save my ass conservative mostly but today for a couple laps in zone 2 I threw caution to the wind and let them run. FKNA! So good. That apron can rival some of the best short steep sick lines anywhere. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...30d96d738e.jpg
Also...shout out to SUF for tracking us down in the lot and offering me a burger and change. Youngblood maggot adventuring. We should all be jealous. And sweet little rig he is driving.
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Winchcat going up 7:50 am Friday. So sketch.
Also picture of the broken engine shaft. These guys busted ass getting the new motor installed so quickly. Best run shoestring operation in America.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1f05df4239.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...359ff62db5.jpg
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Lots of that stuff up Main Fork fails to retain enough snow to make the effort worthwhile, but there are a few good ones, and the photos I've seen from the Glacier Lake area look sweet. I never managed to make the effort, though, given the easy access to snow on the pass itself (and yes, that is true year round--October tends to be the toughest month to get, just because sometimes the pass closes early and doesn't reopen until May). There's a guy in Red Lodge who I think should be around 25 years of getting every month by now, assuming he hasn't missed any since I left.Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
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Thanks for owning your fail. You sure are.Quote:
Originally Posted by byates1
Shot of them lowering the old upper poma motor.
My 11 yo dropping in on slide for life conditions Friday morning. Dad was completely gripped watching and she was too. All campers got in safely.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d2058a6fe1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...361bea0fc7.jpg
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Rock on, ugly!!! You gotta be proud. I've skied there under those conditions and at the steepest part up at the top, it's puckering for real. Scary as shit. Same with some of the lines off the rock creek headwall. Your kids are rad and braver than I am these days, that's for sure. Rock on, lil groms. Rock on.
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That's awesome. Thanks for the reply. I've been there a ton, but I am not NEARLY done exploring that region. Nothing quite like it anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
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I closed on my house, using the visitor center wifi 6 years during a New Years Eve stay at the Zimmer yurt. glad it worked outQuote:
Originally Posted by Benneke10
sweetheart. i'll fuck you till you love me faggot.Quote:
Originally Posted by glademaster
Owen Leeper (@o_leeps on insta) is currently in the area and posting stuff. Watching how much his POV video flattens stuff I have skied is moderately terrifying when considering some of the stuff he's posted from the same angle that actually looks steep, but I suppose that's why I'm not a pro.
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^^Dude is a ripper for sure. One of the best follows on the gram.
That was fun. The wind goes away when you drop over the side. Didn't expect to park at the top, never done that before!
It's not getting too cold at night, so you can go do a few laps in the morning and then go do whatever else in the afternoon.
Anyone see me fail at the Poma?
I'm 6'2 and I missed two Pomas my first day. I think everyone takes a minute to get it. Were you there Thursday? Must have missed you.
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You're missing out until the disc fails under you while you're on the way up.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
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On opening day, It was quite a reach to grab the platter as it rolled past us. One kid needed some adult assistance a few times. He was a gamer though.
EoB said at one point a platter pulled of the metal sleeve and peeps were trying to use it by hanging onto it. The Basin Challenge it became.
I seriously gripped hard at the last 2 towers on the upper lift. Not interested in that backwards tumble, thank you very much.
Yeah, plenty to do in that neck when skiing is shot.
Great shot of the lil' Miss, skiing in with her pack on.
Going from not skiing for weeks to rolling up on that lip is a test of nerves.
It's kinda funny that the platters fail often enough that hanging on without one has a name (and, FWIW, I learned that sheer unwillingness to fail with an audience on those top two towers is a powerful force).Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
I carried some gates out for a high-school-ish camper one year, after her first two attempts to load with them failed. Thank dog it's a short ride, and further props to the folks working there who can pull that off with all manner of stuff (eg all the gear associated with the judges table from an IFSA event).
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You guys are making me feel better about my first try using the Poma there. Haha. That thing was a bit humbling.
Watch your campfires. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7537/
Smoke plume is visible from the Basin at this point and not terribly far as the crow flies.
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Its going to be a tough fire season in the region, things are as dry as I have ever seen it in my half century in the Clarks Fork valley. The fire is forcing out some of my family from their ranchQuote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
FYI closing day at the basin is tmrw
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I'm up here, I'll he around skiing the basin tomorrow and probably Gardiner headwall wed morning. Say what's up if anyone feels like it. Orange helmet legend 105s, silver highlander with utard plates.
And the local race team just posted this:Quote:
Originally Posted by MontuckyFried
https://scontent-bos3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...55&oe=60CCE851
Not so sure I'd have tried to get all of that in one trip.
I hauled a bag of salt down on my second lap down this year. It was so hot Thursday they needed a lot of bags and I figured it was part of my tip to help a bit. Definitely a wake up call for the legs. Those race coaches work hard and it gets hot down in that bowl.
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So, about that fire:
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/75...n4WBEGNN_HhjpcQuote:
The Robertson Draw Fire, burning south of Red Lodge, Montana near Clark, Wyoming is estimated to be 2,000 acres as of the morning of June 15. Evacuations and Evacuation Warnings are in place for multiple areas near the fire. Firefighters are anticipating a critical fire weather day as the hot, dry, and windy weather conditions persist. With the expected weather, active fire behavior and continued growth is anticipated.
200 to 2,000 acres in 24 hours with continued dry and windy conditions forecast. While the Pass itself is largely alpine (and thus short on fuel load), the forest just northeast on the lower mountains seems to be in at risk, and if that lights up, I would expect the pass to get shut down.
telee, vibes to your family; I hope they, their animals, and their property can avoid the fire.
Doesn't look you'll be able to do any biking on Line Creek for a while...Quote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
and in the Billings Gazette:Quote:
Originally Posted by total_immortal
Yikes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Public Information Officer for CGNF
In case anyone’s wondering how the snowpack is looking, these were taken yesterday, 6/14:
Gardener Headwall. Still skiing great.
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The Basin
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Rock Creek Headwall, middle chute was primo. A bit of rock walking to connect the last few patches
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Thanks it’s dangerously close to some of the outbuilding and fall corrals. My aunt sent me these photos last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
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holy shit that went fastQuote:
Originally Posted by MegaStoke
So did the fire. If anyone is planning travel to the area, please double check for closures and evacuation orders. At this point, the dispersed camping up Main Fork seems to still be open, but a lot of the stuff between there and town is closed. Personally, I'd want to be staying somewhere with cell service to be able to get updates.Quote:
Originally Posted by east or bust
If you believe in any deity or deities, their assistance would probably be appreciated.
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Fuck. Vibes prayers. All of it.
Did not expect this. Twitters says it is moving away from Red Lodge and 20k acres now.
Our hike up to Lost Lake revealed to our wide Iowa eyes huge amounts of deadfall. Definitely some fuel to burn if it gets there.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/RobertsonDrawFire?s=09https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d12e21aa8a.jpg
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Wife and I did the same hike Memorial Day week and were thinking the same thing. :( Hope everyone stays safe over there.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
Damn, that's a depressing site.
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