Unreal. Vibes to the Red Lodge area.
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Unreal. Vibes to the Red Lodge area.
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Decided to risk it and book a site at Rattin campground next week Monday-Wednesday. Seemed like the safest option given all the flooding going on right now. Looks like the weather should stabilize somewhat, hopefully things will calm down by then. Planning to ski one day if it's feasible, probably drive over to the Lamar for a day too, assuming the road is open.
Northern Yellowstone closed.
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Northern end of Yellowstone also hit hard, Gardiner reportedly not currently accessible by car.
Current reports suggest that a lot of bridges are out. I wouldn't expect normal travel to be restored for weeks at best, and some stuff probably will take months.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
Part of me wishes I was there and could help more directly, part of me is very glad I'm not, I already got to live through one disaster-level flooding event (Killington during Irene). Water shut off town-wide is a big f'ing deal, as is multiple towns being cut off from vehicle access.
Loss of water pressure means they have to flush the entire system. Truly a disaster. My wife is an engineer for a city here and her mouth fell open when she saw that not including bridges which is mostly her jam..
Going to be like 106 degrees here today with heat index. Derecho possible east of here. Can't escape the fucked weather.
Looks like the boys of BB made a great decision to sit this year out and we just feel so privileged to have been able to hit lift served there the last couple of years.
Yeah, sounds like a pretty fucked up situation, might end up bailing depending on what happens with the road to the pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by anotherVTskibum
More video from in town:
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F'ing nasty. I have to admit sitting up here in the high desert where we got a quarter-inch it did not really register with me how bad the situation is.
Thankfully, there are a lot of resourceful and community-minded people in Red Lodge, so I have no doubt they'll pull together and deal with the short-term issues as well as can be. Some people are going to take serious financial (who the heck carries flood insurance in Red Lodge?) and emotional losses, and hopefully their families, friends and neighbors will help them out.
I'm more worried about what happens to a town that normally brings in tens of thousands of money-spending tourists during the summer if it takes a full summer (or more) to restore the road-access issues both in town and in the surrounding area. "Normal" washouts can be filled and driven on, but bridges that get compromised or even fully washed out can take a lot more work.
Nps has a picture of the road washed out at soda butteQuote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
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fucking crazy weather
It would appear that the Red Boxcar is gone.
No more sloppy burgers beside the creek.
Wow, that's unlike anything I've ever seen up there. Kind of a shame. Gonna be some water damaged properties for sale soon.
Damn that’s crazy, going to be some good disaster relief construction money floating around to get those bridges fixed ASAP.
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Boxcar is still there and I saw a report that they were providing food to people working on mitigation and recovery efforts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
Northern portion of Yellowstone expected to remain closed for the duration of the summer according to NPS; southern portion TBD (forecast apparently looks dicey this weekend and their project list is already kinda full).
Oh, and water is back on for Red Lodge west of Broadway, but not on the east side. Still under a boil advisory, though.
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It’s on, per the post on Beartooth Basin IG. Tentative opening day on 5/26.
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Lfg!
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Looks fat up thar
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Originally Posted by SirVicSmasher
oh me, oh my.
I'll get a Sunday off at some point and meet some dudelars up yonder. Is there a mag meetup in ze works?
That looks exceptionally fat to me. I thinks the lens may be flattening it a bit for the panorama, but damn, those cornices are epic.Quote:
Originally Posted by east or bust
Many peeps used to huck those huge, and some still do, but these days they close them a bit for concerns of putting lower skiers at risk of breakage and debris.
In spring 97 I skied w/ a bunch of jh locs for the opening weekend. The poma wasn't running at all and it was a big spring. I saw Hunt, Haas and Coombs launch the lip like the Hoback roller, seeing who could go farthest.
It was magical. All three flew flawlessly and stuck the landing within 30 yards of each other. I'm gonna say 120 feet out and maybe 40 feet at the apex.
The single most amazing launch I've ever seen.
Not twisty flippy but better than any K&Q launch by far.
K2's and Fischers and Volkls...
^rad
I think generally one can shoot for Memorial Day pass opening and pray. That's a great fun time to be there but it blows to make plans only to have the pass get snowed over again, the day before opening. It's happened to me a few times.Quote:
Originally Posted by byates1
I'm shooting for that but...
Def try and connect with us. Also skiing weekdays is the shit too. Weekends can get busy, maybe even selling out of tickies, if that's possible.
My $$$ campsite has a sweetspot for van life too. 50' from the fire ring and tentsites beside rock creek's roar.
Talked to the GM a week ago and he confirmed opening May 26.
Said it was impossible for the trail sleds to even get up the road a week ago due to heavy snow and avalanches.
Also, an interesting rumor about the old Lone Peak Tram finding a new home…
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That would be something re: BS tram. Huh..
Color me surprised if Austin and crew can get open by the 26th
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If yer implying that the Can may go to Beartooth, that would be criminal to me.
Tiny capacity and cost would be better spent on a decent chair top to bottom. And that would have serious ramp up complications on big years.
2 new pomas would be ideal.
The main line is steep and sketchy sometimes, not to mention the ever-present possibility of the platter pulling off these days.
Having that thing pop off 50' below the tippy top would be potentially lethal carnage.
Good points.
The word is Beartooth is majority owned by some major Big Sky money these days… like the same players who own the majority of Big Sky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
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No shit
I call bsQuote:
Originally Posted by SUPERIOR
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Smells like Big Sky rumor mill bullshit to me.
Tickets are on sale now
DJ are you thinking of trying to make it for opening weekend? IIRC when we went 2 years ago we bought our tickets in advance which ended up being a good move as and they did indeed sell out
Could MDW be good for a mag mini?
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I've got Mon Tues off these days. Will be up at some point
Did the dispersed camping on 421 get mostly wrecked in the flooding last year?
Yeah, I'm shooting for it but never over committing as I've been shut down hard before.Quote:
Originally Posted by east or bust
Nevertheless, opening day can be awesome as our corn laps were pert good.
Sketchballz poma rides but hey.
And you have yet to ski the bigger hike to's.
Except rock creek iirc.
It's my spring mental release trip fosho.
Yup, order prior. Especially this year.
You guys are going to brave the Memorial Day weekend shitshow? Man, I don't know. I'm thinking early or mid-June.
^ same.
I didn't think it was bad at all 2 years ago over MDW, at least not in the actual ski area. Plenty of available camping too.
The easy-to-be-had lines off the road were definitely a bit of a shit show though.