I saw a decent number of tracks in hourglass from the Northwest chairlift today. In bounds, snow at Rose was a little crusty and heavy, but plenty skiable.Quote:
Originally Posted by jskierpx
I saw a decent number of tracks in hourglass from the Northwest chairlift today. In bounds, snow at Rose was a little crusty and heavy, but plenty skiable.Quote:
Originally Posted by jskierpx
Also saw tracks from rose resort and standard 18 cars in the tamarack lot. Personally, I'd be a little worried about the PWL at that aspect and elevation but that never stopped anyone :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Huckwheat
Let us know if you go
Heavenly had fun fast pow up high today, rolling down back to the bottom of stagecoach was a bit icy and scary at times.
Sampler from today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztiY...ature=youtu.be
Great early am at heavy due to all other access lifts closed Cept stagecoach and they first under reported only 6" instead of their later 5-16" which kept the place a ghost town for a couple hours.
It was fun watching all the people at AM dressed like it was Antarctica, rather than what used to be considered normal around here. (I was one of those who overdressed a bit. Ah, that California sunshine.) Some nice face shots (from the snow guns, hard to see the snow gun drifts when you can't see anything. And some nice pow turns, although not enough.
kirkwood was really good today. eagles bowl across to palisades bowl is open. lots of exposed rock spackled with chalk makes lots of unique early season features a go.
beware of the vail hotel parking "solution" right now--stay'd at the mountain club and they wanted us to park in loop road maintenance lot!
powdork, do you still have that cord of wood? my buddy has a lease in the Wood and would like that wood in January if you can wait that long.
I have some. but not a cord. still have quite a few rounds but some are still a little green. I won't know how much seasoned wood till i chop it but i'll let you know if you're interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by emcee
"Tests targeting this layer indicated that actually getting enough force through the snowpack to break this layer has become unlikely without a very large trigger or some exceptional circumstances."
I love Kwood at this level of snow pack, yesterday was $$. fast chalk and surprisingly soft landings. A 45 minute line to buy a $107 ticket didnt even sour the mood.Quote:
Originally Posted by emcee
I was right behind you and your buddy coming out of that area on a couple of those laps.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeBC
Whaaa? No pass?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dhelihiker
Say hi next time, fun day
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Originally Posted by ski_faster
all the cool kids have the mountain collective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Lucky kids.
A few shots from this weekend, skiing with AKbruin. E wind was pretty fierce today.
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Rose area was meh today. We found some good snow & some variable crap. There were more tracks (and snowmobiles) than I've ever seen. The E wind was strong and moving a lot of snow.
We dug a pit to the ground on a ENE slope just below the top of Relay. There is a thin but strong ice layer at about 40 cm down, and the facets are about 15cm thick at the ground, but not totally formless like the ones I used to see in CO. Otherwise it was pretty uniform, and it took pulling on the column to break it.
Have fun out there!
Sounds like yesterday was the $ then. Definitely a beautiful day out in the rose area.
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Burrr. It was one of those rare Tahoe days when I wore all my layers from start to finish.
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Dude. We should have met up and shredded Caples Crest together. (No lost truck keys/90-minute wife rescue this trip.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dhelihiker
West Shore was not in great shape, incidentally. Needs a big storm.
Yeah it was definitely chilly in Tahoe this weekend. Plenty of ice at Alpine yesterday until you got up high were there was enough snow to cover it. Was fun on Saturday to get some of the first set of turns on Siberia Bowl when they opened up the bootpack.
We went Sugar Bowl this year, something new and close to home. Its sort of like a mini Kirkwood without the elevation. Man do I love K-wood thoQuote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
It was a family day. I was teaching my step son the ropes, hopefully some day he can pass it on to his step kids and their step kids and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKbruin
$104 in credit on a start haus gift card. Yours for 100 even. Any takers?
Glad these guys are ok then: https://www.instagram.com/p/BOKiA5rg...eyphotos&hl=enQuote:
Originally Posted by ShakeMeUp
fwiw, the only real avy I've been "caught" in around here was from a sneaky wind slab on a LOW day.
If I wanted to find the most probable place I could set off that deep PWL that is the exact spot I would go. 9-10k, N/NE facing, steep, probably wind loaded AF and with a bunch of shallow trigger points around those rocks. Seems super sketch to me but what do I knowQuote:
Originally Posted by BGnight
Surprisingly crowded at Heavenly. Looks like the Holiday crowd cause I rode the lift with some Texans. Dipper had a long line around 1. No crowds in Stagecoach or Olympic.
Variable off piste and packed powder with icy spots on the piste.
Anybody else crossing their fingers for Friday? Any thoughts on the major model flip? 4 days of hang wringing about to ensue.
Talk to me thu night. We've seen major swings in Fx in last 3 days before event already this season -and that didn't involve a cut-off low.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnarbro365
Best gauge for holiday crowds is checkout line at Safeway. Mondo tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by hercule33
Maybe thats a positive?Quote:
Originally Posted by lepistoir
Not sure why I let myself get so worked up about the weather. I wish I could be all zen and let whatever comes come. Wooooosaaaaaaahhh....
Forget Friday... Saturday and Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnarbro365
Some soft snow to be found around the Rose area today, more snow definitely wouldn't hurt though. https://www.instagram.com/p/BOOXYjOgAG5
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Backside at the wood was surprisingly well covered except for the normal spots lookers left of the lift.
What were the conditions like at the Wood? Was it hardpack or still some soft snow to be found?Quote:
Originally Posted by PutYourDukesUp
LOTS of hard pack in that photo.....Quote:
Originally Posted by hercule33
My bad, firewall blocked the photo. I made a mistake going to Heavenly yesterday. Those conditions look much better at the Wood.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdrhound
FYI it appears that Heavenly is enforcing its uphill policy this season. No more workout laps. :(
Congrats to Cinderz on scoring a new Fischer set up. I even saw her on the face-book.
If you evar get stopped by a fat kid named Evan tell him mikey b sez you get a free pass cuz I'm so much better than him...Quote:
Originally Posted by climberevan
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Crater Lake/Red Lake Peak zone today.