Wow, nice work.
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Wow, nice work.
That is just great to see, awesome to skin up from/ski back to the car too with limited booting I presume. Glorious.
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Nice work!!!
How was the snow?
The snow of course was extremely...variable!Quote:
Originally Posted by Long duc dong
Typical SoCal barely skinable frozen quasi corn on the way up. Blue ice on the ridge top. Barely edgeable hockey-rink the first 100 feet down before becoming fun wind-effected soft.
Stoked to see people getting after it! I spent a lot of my youth in Orange County and San Diego and am stoked to see descents going down there! Thx all for sharing.
Skied Baldy resort today! Chair 4 with as much coverage as I’ve ever seen it, despite the two rain events. Spring ridge was out of this world primo corn until they closed the chair at 12:30 to shift (presumably thin) resources to Thunder
Thunder good but not quite hero snow when we bailed at 2:30. Partly sunny conditions and the hard freeze didn’t allow for the same softening as chair 4’s southern exposures. Still a lot of fun though & and (whisper it) will only get better through the spring. Savor it, this all just rules
Girlyman yesterday was amazing, so fat:
https://youtu.be/GcxRxMHeCWg
Miscalculated that first turn :smile:
Second lap to The Dare:
https://youtu.be/T_zaCBjayZY
Perfect corn in bowl too.
Crazy forecast has more snow, hopefully no rain at elevation.
We went on Friday afternoon, right as they closed chair 4. I think they can really only run one of the two on some of the week days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crouching Dallas
Nice job 406!! It's funny, because in some of the videos one can see that point at which the snow either got better or you could tell the snow was good. With the socal pack there is always a 'feel it out' period each day. That's true at the resort, and obviously even more so in the backcountry.
Friday afternoon ended up being lots of fun. We started out with a few Skyline laps, which were nice. The snow had softened, but there were a few slightly crusty spots. The turns were still nice.
After that we did several laps in the Emile's area, right under the lift and to skier's left of the lift. It had softened really nicely in some spots, but other spots were still firm. Once you found the right line the subsequent laps got better.
I finished things off with a bunch of Andy's laps. Andy's was the best I found. It had softened into hero slush, and it is now more packed down and less grabby than it had been. It reminded me of just why I love the mountain when Andy's and Herb's are dialed. Andy's was great because the snow was so nice that you could just wiggle right in through the entrances. It was about as hero slush as I've seen at Baldy.
I wanted to ski down to the lot, but they had closed the lot runs by that point. I saw people skiing down earlier, so I'm not sure if they poached or if they just closed the lot runs later in the day.
Let's hope this storm gives a nice refresh. Things are already great, it would be nice to see them get even better. I wish every season was like this one!
Here are a few lines from Friday afternoon. The first one is Andy's, then some shots from Emile's and another few Andy's turns.
https://vimeo.com/809578987
Another good dump heading in, hopefully will be good to go Thu/Fri
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Cant get this video to imbed, but here is a link to clip from last big storm day at Baldy a few weeks ago. I rode with Colin Sander, who shot and edited this. @colin_films
https://vimeo.com/808186041/84a652efec
Got to the hill at 11 left at 3, skied thunder and south bowl mostly, going back tomorrow, it's great .
Chair 4 was still not yet spinning when I left, some tracks from folks skinning and booting.
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Thanks for the report- looks good!
Yes, thanks for photos and updates.
I'm planning baldy ski area tomorrow. Anyone go up today? They get chair 4 going?
Edit:. Forecasted cool temps and high winds changed my plans.
Headed home to get the dog out. Chair four softened up around 1p. Will be back tomorrow!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4d0c38bc54.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a02222c83e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1bf16d02c5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3d3bffe7aa.jpg
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Amazing pictures bry! Look’s special down there! Are wide skis the ticket in the hot pow?
He is skiing stock protest and I can attest that they rule hot pow. Smear and spread it like cream cheeseQuote:
Originally Posted by mr_pretzel
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Haha MVPs with protest top sheets, I couldn't resist these conversation starters.
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Damn your trickery. I stick by my protest commentQuote:
Originally Posted by bry
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Baldy from my neighborhood this morning. Another foot refresh coming this week and another couple casual feet up to Mammoth. Good times!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...786a94559b.jpg
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Toured up to 11,250' in the SB's on 3/25 with partner Ethan. Lots of snow.
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Word on the kooky SoCal Ski & Snowboarding Facebook group is that Jeremy Jones was at Baldy yesterday — now that’s gotta be the most unexpected crossover event of the winter! You know it’s good down here when the pros head south
Apparently him and Ming Poon and others hit Telegraph chutes (there’s even a video of Jeremy charging it) and Baldy Bowl. So rad!
Got a linky-poo?!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/soca...ibextid=W9rl1R
Ask and (hopefully without having to join the group) ye shall receive!
Looks amazing in the SanG, can't wait to get out there this Spring. What's the recent snow line in the SanG's? Which parking lot did you head out of?
The conditions update won't be relevant past today with the new storm rolling through, but Baldy Resort was great today. Interesting note for weekday lift operations, that I assume will be standard: Chair 4 runs in the morning until between 12-1, Chair 3 starts spinning as Chair 4 is winding down for the day. Groomed runs on 3 were great, best snow was Holumac in the morning/early afternoon but then Chair 4 stopped. Bentley's later in the day was great. Huge base on Thunder Mountain should be great through April.
Chair 3 waiting to open
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SanG's looking good
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Thanks for the pics guys!
We will hopefully be at Baldy Friday afternoon if all goes well. Let's hope this storm produces!
I'm eyeing a tour on Friday and wondering if anyone wants to link up? It's off of 38, south of San Gorgonio.
I've never been to this exact zone before, only spied from the top of San Gorgonio. It will be an exploratory day with a few options for descent depending on conditions....
PM me if interested
Radar has been looking good, hopefully just gets cooler.
That is interesting Baldy is only running 4 or 3 on weekdays...hopefully not that way on the weekend. I'm trying to decide about going Baldy ski area Friday or giving them the day to get everything running and going Saturday.
Chair 4 hot pow on Friday could be really really good, that'd be my move! Saturday will be great corn over there but won't be that same untracked feeling (even if it's not really powder by then anyways)Quote:
Originally Posted by 406
I think they stopped chair 3 to groom a bit yesterday then vice versa w chair 4. Gonna try and make it up Friday late AM if I can swing it.
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Maybe that particular day they were short staff to run the lifts, but talking with the different lifties it was definitely a planned operation for that day to spin 4 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. Hopefully Fridays and weekends get full staffing.Quote:
Originally Posted by 406
Baldy…dare I say all-time today?
foot of light pow that somehow held up all day, nobody there, 3 popped and then it was just walk on until 5:15??? and on this base? special day
That sounds unreal.
unreal, surreal, all of the above! you’d hit the bottom a bit on the more exposed aspects but goldridge, south bowl, tube, and andys working against the fall line a bit, were all bottomless turns. herbs real good just kinda scratchy. still so much pow when we left! and heard 1 was killer all morning tooQuote:
Originally Posted by mcski
I never got a day anywhere near as good as these lately while growing up in Upland. We generally looked down on Baldy. Young and dumb. Seeing all this makes me want to roadtrip to SoCal from Tahoe it looks so good!!!
Y’all are having a great season!!
I smartened up to baldy’s radness in the early 90’s. My dad took me there first with some friends followed by friends and I driving up once we had our licenses. Also skied there’s a few times in college. Felt blessed to have “found” it.
Heading up to Baldy ski area today. Probably be on the black super Bros, unless it gets really soft.
Apparently 4 didn’t start spinning until later yesterday, so should be a lotta hero corn / hot pow over there once the likely crust softens up!Quote:
Originally Posted by 406
Yeah, 4 and 1 were lots of fun. Thunder kind of a transition day. But had some good turns. I like the 9-5 hours.
I took two laps on Mt. San Antonio last Thursday, 3/30. Was very snowy and foggy, I broke trail the entire way up, running into three climbers at the top of the ridge on lap 2. Unfortunately only about 45 minutes total of decent visibility.
Forgive the sideways photos, I cant seem to get them oriented properly. If you know how, please school me on it.
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