I don't get it. What's the point that I am missing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fritz
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I don't get it. What's the point that I am missing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fritz
The point is.......
Teacup is concave not convex
:rolleyes2
I don't know, I think he was questioning your decision making skills. Speaking of which, we saw a fairly significant debris field in 2nd creek yesterday. Not sure if it was yours; looked more like a 2' crown about half way down and ran to the trees. We felt several whumpfs in current creek and set off 2 localized soft slabs in 2nd creek trees on our way to 1st creek. They were both about 1-2' crowns on small convex rollers that released very easy and ran fast. Found some really good snow in 90's, but overall very sketchy. Be careful out there.
Today was cold as F up there -15.. Snow was very slow and very slabby. Looks like The Plunge slid a few days ago. Still fun!
you're post makes more sense to me now that you explained it.
still, you don't seem to have a healthy fear of the slides you were releasing all around you, but, I digress. as you were.
I was definitely concerned about those slides, and I wanted to pass my concern on to the "collective" by posting my observations about what the previous storm cycle created in that area. My group is fairly conservative in our terrain selection and that is why these slides created a great deal of concern and second guessing amongst us. Believe me, the last thing I want to do is die, or make a decision that kills a friend. I enjoy living too much to roll the dice for a few steep turns. This situation only remphasized that things can go from good to bad in the blink of an eye.Quote:
Originally Posted by stupendous man
Now I'm curious to see what happens this weekend with the sun and warmth, followed by the potential of new snow next week. We could be setting up for a scary end to Feb.
Cold day today, lots of west wind. Skied Pumphouse and No Name Bench and it was pretty crusty. Floral looked really nice but we ran out of time.
Related: Targas are the WORST binding.
Tried making it up to No Name early in the morning, but the winds were just too much. Reached the base of Russell and turned around once gusts got above 60mph. I know you can skin from the bottom->up, but was bootpacking it today which is a bummer because I have a feeling the snow was gonna be pretty good.
EDIT - below is the actual report moments ago:
Winds: from the NW (310 degrees) at 64 MPH (56 knots; 29.1 m/s)
gusting to 76 MPH (66 knots; 34.3 m/s)
everything above tree line looked like hard slab to me....
Little Jump Stoke from BP.
"youtube"YVsGYK1sgDI"/youtube"
Try again.
i think this is the video dolson is trying to post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVsGYK1sgDI
sick dane! Looks like you guys definitely found a lot better of a spot than last time. this one actually having a run-in... hahah
Hiked up to Current Creek this morning, winds almost blew me over many times. It was rock hard. The trees are the place to be right now.
Ahhh, to be young and not care about flat landings anymore...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike_Records
Good work on triple rock. I will not hit it anymore because anything flat to me just makes my knees and lower back hurt just thinking about it.
how is it up there? Very deep? Im hoping to get the new pow sticks out for an adventure on sunday.
Beautiful day up there today, but I was expecting more soft stuff. Also heard a couple of slides when we were around teacup. No idea what went off. Stay safe out there.
Explain please. Heard but not seen? Not being a dick, just super curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by fluxrad
2nd for the beautiful day up there today.
I know exactly what you're referring to. At first I thought they may have been cornices breaking off. Then, the geologist buddy that I was with said he thought it was some operations at Henderson the mine. PowTron, care to chime in?Quote:
Originally Posted by fluxrad
Hard to explain. We heard the sound of something big to the Southwest. It wasn't whoomphing or blasting, though. I looked around on my way back up the pass but couldn't see anything, so I dunno. If it was from Henderson I'd be curious to know what the hell it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinner
yeah it was a beautiful day today. found some good snow to skiers left of hanging meadow in the trees, and the lift gully was pretty good today as well. hit the 110s at the end of the day, was definitely not the place to be today.
I just figured it was the echo of some avy blasting of the cirque at WP, but I could be wrong. Heard it as we skinned past teacup little before noon.Quote:
Originally Posted by jbski
Lots of sun up there yesterday and today.
Saw this observation on the CAIC site this morning... you guys think you might have heard the echo of this slide?
http://avalanche.state.co.us/obs/obs...hp?obs_id=6794
Also: went for my first BC tour yesterday in Current Creek. All low-angle stuff at or below treeline. I'm not a strong skier (yet) and am just starting to get into the BC. Had a lot of fun, stayed as safe as possible, had a great day out there, looking forward to doing it again! I'm not sure, but I think we skied a lap that took us down just skiers right from the 110's.
EDIT: Actually, looking again I think we were closer to Tea Cup.
Looks like that slide happened on the 18th. This would have been on Saturday (2/19), and it definitely came from West of 40, just really hard to tell where.
Welcome to the backcountry...I'm sorry about all your time and money ;-)
Gotcha, I saw the post dates of the 19th above and thought they were referring to the day before. Read 'em again, clearly referencing the 19th.Quote:
Originally Posted by fluxrad
Thanks! And FWIW, I'm not sorry at all about said time and/or money. "Are you Pissed or Pumped?" a friend used to say... pumped! I'll still spend more days inbounds this season, like I said I'm not a strong skier (yet) - in fact just learning this season. Anything a little steeper (unless it's groomed) is still a bit over my ability.Quote:
Originally Posted by fluxrad
Did a dusk/evening tour last night. First up was High Trail Trees at sunset. Snow was pretty good considering, best run of the day. Next was Lift Gully, then in full darkness we skinned up and just bombed Great Divide as a group with headlamps. Total blast how an otherwise afterthought run elicits hoots and hollers because you're doing it under a clear starlit sky, there's only headlamps, and NO ONE else is on the pass. Love it!
Nice... ~full moon night riding is something I've always wanted to do... way to git sum.
Did a few laps in Floral Park on Sunday morning, found some really nice snow above and at treeline, with dust on crust pockets in the trees and lots of sloughing below treeline.
Skied the meadows skier's left of the Roll with similar variability- deep pockets of snow and occasional dust on crust.
Played in the trees in Current Creek last Sunday. Deep and soft on non-solar wind-protected aspects. Took a lap on Moonlight Bowl and about 2/3rds of the way up a tele dude and a rider passed us on their way down. Said they hiked Russell from the pass and tried to drop down that nose between CC Bench and CC Bowls with nearly zero vis due to high winds and blowing snow. Said they couldn't see, went too far north, rider cratered and kicked off a "small slide, like a foot". Glad we were on the climber's left side of the krummholz rib. Figured there was a small chance of some asshat dropping XYZ but never dreamed they'd drop off Russell. Moral for me is, if you can't see it, assume some sui-skier is trying to knock it off onto you.
Little Berthoud stoke from triple rock area
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1502465_n.jpg
Nice man, did you test out the flatness of triple drop again?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolson
sick dane! that looks like a decent huck! when was that taken?
was up there today, as someone said above floral was dust on crust with a few good pockets. Current creek was a bit crusty along with the plunge area. HHA was absolutely $$$$, though. hanging meadow and north chute were fresh and untracked.
This was taken i guess it was this past sunday.... Didnt hit the triple rock but its all so filled in now that with a little snow i think it would be good to go. I really like the drop from the sequence above... pretty nice take off and sort of a landing if you dont send it too far but yea...everything gets flat quick there.
anyone been up recently? Whats the snow like?
^^^^Seconded
Bumping to top for answer...
I only took a run off Meadows to 90's before my board snapped. Nice, soft turns up there. lots of windloading going on too. Didn't really get to go beyond those N. shots due to my gear issues.
Skied Friday and it was really good. We were thinking about skiing chimney chute before seeing a large sluff slide coming down North Chute. Looking forward to tuesday now! Its still winter!!!
We dug a pit - Khakis will have a picture or two of the snow pack.
32 Degree slope - South Facing
Isolated column - cut down the back with a snow saw
No movement on the 5 whacks from the hand, or elbow.
First whack from the shoulder we got a sheer about 2 1/2 feet deep. Pencil hard layer down maybe 6" (will need to look at the pix again) - but then down another 2' + there's another finger hard layer... just absolute kitty litter above and below.
3 columns all showed similar results.
I would imagine this coming storm - dropping a foot on that pencil hard layer is going to create a real trouble spot.
I think this is what you call bad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Poop*Ghost
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_B...0/IMG_0987.JPG
to worse:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_B...2/IMG_0988.JPG