I'm just here to say I am severely jealous. Carry on.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZachClanton
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I'm just here to say I am severely jealous. Carry on.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZachClanton
that's so sick, what peak is it if you don't mind?
Daaaaamn!
^^^Saw those tracks from the top of the maybird headwall. You don't see such smooth turns right of the top of that pitch too often. Very jealous.
Gorgeous, Beautiful. So jealous right now. Wish I could throw my signature up there.
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Skied the Needle the other day with Gnarwhale and Tyfalk. It was all time. Lots of sluffing in the chute, endless powder down the apron. Thanks again boys! :D
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http://ianprovo.blogspot.com/2010/03...ic-needle.html
^^^nice job on the needle. Zach and I attempted it last week but got shut down by that freak southeast wind event.
I'll add some of my pics from Box Elder...
Someone had already broken trail towards the shotgun so we thought the Super Couloir was already tracked. Then we turned the corner and beheld it untouched.
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On up the ridge. Psyche is building......
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gotta watch out for these
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ze top!
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Oh yes. I love being the guinea pig that goes down first. (well sort of)
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2nd man down. 2 more to go.
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Zach. Killing it.
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Bryce doin some tele turns
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Gotta love Utah where you can ski a big line in the morning and still get to work/school in the afternoon. Love it.
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the mountain struck back (sorry it's extra blurry)
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*note* The snow felt VERY hollow at the top of #2. We got a small 18" slab of the most recent snow to pop out but it was the hollow feeling near the ground that really spooked us. However, the layering in the other smaller chutes felt fine.
so awesome provo, skied that thing with like a 60 inch base and needless to say it didnt ski like that. i saw that photo of gnarwhales and was hoping wed get the video soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by PROVO
Hit up Lake Peak's SE couloir today. W-facing approach from Red Pine was crusted and windswept. Couloir had a bunch of fresh over a hard surface. Terrible bonding meant quite a bit of sluffing at the top. It was fun though. Except for the wind. The wind was nasty on the the top of the peak and at the entrance to the line. Further down in mid elevation WP we found fantastic snow. 8-16" deep probably. Got a couple of 4-10" deep fractures in the top later to go on some rollovers on the way out, but the were only ~20 feet wide by 30 feet long.
That helmet cam video turned out smoooth..good skiing with you Ian.Quote:
Originally Posted by PROVO
Damn! Nice job Provo - it doesn't get much/any better than that. Great footage.Quote:
Originally Posted by PROVO
Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by PROVO
The snow on Box Elder looks about 1000% better than when I skied it last year. I imagine the wind isn't that kind to it too often.
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Caution! Falling Rock. This boulder came down a couple hundred feet, crossed the creek, rolled up the bank, over the trees, and onto the trail.
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wind effect was brutal
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Nice place for a nap. Except the powderturds were flying nearby in Cascade.
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In-depth analysis: mostly wind-jacked and sun-manked yet somehow still more satisfying to me than powder turns in the Pen. Go figure.
The pen had some merit today...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark H
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The gully out the bottom of that thing is one of the funnest things I have ever skied:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark H
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Hell of a slog getting up there though.
That's cause you had alpine boots and silly bindings at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Bad enough the pens full of sheep now add goats to the mix
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4 nights here
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before storm good skiing off the backside of Reynolds and N facing big water.
Buried surface hoar easily found.
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failing ct low teens q1
enough to keep us in trees and on lower slope angles
Not as prevelent in gladed trees
Sat. into Sun brought 6-8" bonding well to old snow surface skied a few laps off Little water peak
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before consuming of party favors and a sweet alpineglow sunset
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nice of shredgnar to stop by with the ginger infused wodka
Rolled out mon morn passing the group of 8 guys dragging 8 sleds of pbr
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a sweet 4 days of skiing and nights eating well and partying with freinds
I love that natural halfpipe thing. There's a killer one on the west face of Timp above Battle Creek (the sides are like 30 feet high), and at the bottom part of Bunnell's Fork on Cascade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Yea I've also done the Battle Creek one and I think the Provo Peak halfpipe is the most impressive I have ever skied. Couldn't believe how long it went. Too bad none of my snowboarder buddies came cause they would've freaked.Quote:
Originally Posted by marauders
This thread needs more sheep
BBBBHHHHAAAAAHHHHH
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Damn goats post holing the skinner again.
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^^^^looks like an f-ing riot up at the yurt. speaking of yurts, any intell on elk meadows down south. likely heading to yurt down there end of week/weekend.
Bring a sled if you can, they are of great use not only to get to the yurt, but also to get around the Tushars. Be sure to check out Kimberly/Belknap peaks.Quote:
Originally Posted by whapworth
thanks TH, as always a fountain of knowledge.
will report back how it all goes...
spent 3 nights @ the puffer lake yurt last late march.
decent corn nice yurt small.
dude will pull your stuff up for a few xtra $$$
skied a day w/ us off city creek pk. slog to get to most pks from there.
supedsedly the bugling elk yurt is larger and closer to big peaks Delano etc.
got room?
the couple who was at mc yurt have a friend w/ a condo there that we stayed at pre yurt.
I borrowed powder ponds
my super athelete bro who finished 3rd in the powder keg tele race division w/out spandex,:yourock:
sled that has good runners and stabilizing bars.
much better than a Mcquiver rigged kids sled specially on double falline pitched trails.
my athelete being "athletic";)
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Originally Posted by skifishbum
Elk Yurt is at the base of Delano. Delano is a bit of a bore to ski from the yurt (west side). Basically a high, wind swept meadow to a 12k peak. The east aspects off of Delano and that ridge line have some gnar if the conditions are stable.
Kimberly/Belknap are some of the most prominent, inspiring objectives and fairly easy to get done with or without a sled from the yurt. The Tushers were made for sleds as they are big peaks with mellow terrain between them.
speaking of sheep, look at all those BRO models.Quote:
Originally Posted by skifishbum
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http://skierboyz.blogspot.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by whapworth
Last post on the page, from Feb 26, has some Tusher beta. sick.
Great to share party favors with you. Finishing the day skiing to meet friends at a yurt party was a great way to end a great day.Quote:
Originally Posted by skifishbum
Props to Pondo on the Powdekeg!
Ski to Die / Happy Rappy
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Deathcrust hop-skid-hoping. Anything with a sneeze of west in the aspect cooked yesterday
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due north was still skiing well
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^^ Great shots man, really killing it. That the pheiff?
i come back expecting winter to still be around and i get spring? looks like i missed an interesting season here.
That was us, next time I am only dragging whiskey but yurt parties = good times. (At one point I named the pulk "hell bitch" though...)Quote:
Originally Posted by skifishbum
Skied from the little water ridge Tuesday finding good turns in the north-facing shade, no instabilities noted or seen anywhere high in the drainage other than some pinwheels. Not surprised to see wet slides lower in the drainage on the long slushy slog out.
thank you for all the great intell fellas, actually looks like we have the puffer yurt, other was rented, but trying to round up a sled at the moment and sure it'll be fun either way, stoked to see new terrain and features.Quote:
Originally Posted by powderpig77
report to come...
^^^^ liquor is quicker :) and lighter so is herb. Looks like your crew was well fortified.
tried this year but next season i'd like to harness the maggot powers and score it for a week. thing books fast now days under 2 hours.
Definetly nicer to have it for consecutive nights. good skiing to be had around there
Even coming from bcc it's a bit of a haul.
Nice set up though. you could easily tent around it and use it for meals /warming with a large group.
^^^thanks and yes
sickbird in the park 'n' ride
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I see your powder eights and raise you a straightline
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hey, did that sheriff just start his truck when we passed?
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There was still dense but uncrusted snow in the shadows, but those shadows are getting a little shorter with each passing day. The crusts on E facing softened late morning, and with cold soft snow underneath, made for heavy but predictable skiing.
I've always wondered if anyone saw that. :smile:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale
Excellent photos by the way!
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Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale
looks like lars CA's van, what were you doing gnarwhale looking for your ipod in his van?
yeah, you find it? the one with the edward khil playlists? nice van and buckle, boyz.