WASATCH STOKE, CONDITIONS, OBSERVATIONS AND ASSORTED DRIVAL 17-18

Early start into willows bowl. 15 deg at the trailhead. No pits dug but plenty of stomping, poking and handies (typical friday night at bunnies) showed a mix bag of pow, slabs, facets and shit that was different every 5 feet. Upper willow was not to bad surfy creamy surface hor shhhhhhhhhhhh turns. Mid bowl it changed up and started getting slabby and reactive with shooting cracks. We dialed back the angles and avoided the rollovers. Exit is still pretty thin and character building but all in all a great walk in the mtns! Sorry I missed you cat!

Whorez make me happy

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No go zone is loaded

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Skintrackstoke

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^^^nice
def a pretty day to get out n tour
rolled up with sfotex n mr toaster for soli skier compaction duties fri hopin for egp or hwy winds nuked that
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u dogs are stayin in the yard
solbirights to back yard bugaloos skied good
rolled up sillyfork with the mrs
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reported for skier compaction duty atop west bowl with the rest of the troops
spun a lap 2 tp and down cabin
north facin sheltered skied best
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not a lot of in yo face instabilities
some collapses
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#shootingcracksskitips
#basalmeaniesabound
#bbispanseredbrandambassabro

y’all missed some good turns in idaho but I’m stoked that silly fizzle is firing on at least a couple cylinders

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Originally Posted by sfotex

getting worried Brighton is going to shut it all down soon....

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^ totally see this all going away some point soon. shame because its all pretty clear. brighton instituted an uphill policy last year. park at cafe, check traffic light for daily uphill permissions, tour up lost maid or easy out. that's it. shit ain't hard. variations to that is when the problems begin. was there early season 3/4 days and saw a few downright dangerous situations. surprised by the numbers identified below and with that much traffic, its only a matter of time before there will be a bad accident.

- "I would wager ~25-50 people have been uphilling every morning I've ran up pcmr this year."
- "I'll bet most mornings at Snowbasin have anywhere from 25-75 people skinning up."

so let me get this straight. i could purchase a ticket tomorrow at pc (current online rate: $132), and there could be upwards of 50 tracks on a run by 9am? pretty sure i don't want solitude to ever allow uphill traffic if that's the case.

I follow this thread because I live in N California and I'm fascinated by the weird bubble you guys exist in, in terms of a general ski culture as well as a snowpack perspective. On all fronts it's constantly me looking at the screen, reading the comments about all the above mentioned, and thinking "Fuck. Wow."

I mean, I get it. I love skiing out there and when you hit it right there's nothing else like it, but you guys put up with A LOT of bs day in and day out to get to that point of risk/ reward ratio farvoring you on the backside. No judgement. We all have our complexities and variables which shape our time in "the mountains" but most of it just makes me want to move to some remote corner of the world with less people.

Sure, whatever you say. Definitely disseminate that perspective as widely as possible, please.

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Originally Posted by getoutside

^ totally see this all going away some point soon. shame because its all pretty clear. brighton instituted an uphill policy last year. park at cafe, check traffic light for daily uphill permissions, tour up lost maid or easy out. that's it. shit ain't hard. variations to that is when the problems begin. was there early season 3/4 days and saw a few downright dangerous situations. surprised by the numbers identified below and with that much traffic, its only a matter of time before there will be a bad accident.

- "I would wager ~25-50 people have been uphilling every morning I've ran up pcmr this year."
- "I'll bet most mornings at Snowbasin have anywhere from 25-75 people skinning up."

so let me get this straight. i could purchase a ticket tomorrow at pc (current online rate: $132), and there could be upwards of 50 tracks on a run by 9am? pretty sure i don't want solitude to ever allow uphill traffic if that's the case.

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Does it typically bother you that the groomers have tracks on them? Because people skiing at Snowbasin are required to stay on one groomer. Up and down.

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Originally Posted by glademaster

Sure, whatever you say. Definitely disseminate that perspective as widely as possible, please.

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Why don’t you just move back?

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Originally Posted by dblatto

I follow this thread because I live in N California and I'm fascinated by the weird bubble you guys exist in, in terms of a general ski culture as well as a snowpack perspective. On all fronts it's constantly me looking at the screen, reading the comments about all the above mentioned, and thinking "Fuck. Wow."

I mean, I get it. I love skiing out there and when you hit it right there's nothing else like it, but you guys put up with A LOT of bs day in and day out to get to that point of risk/ reward ratio farvoring you on the backside. No judgement. We all have our complexities and variables which shape our time in "the mountains" but most of it just makes me want to move to some remote corner of the world with less people.

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I tried to follow this. I really did. You can do better, we believe in you.

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Originally Posted by getoutside

so let me get this straight. i could purchase a ticket tomorrow at pc (current online rate: $132), and there could be upwards of 50 tracks on a run by 9am? pretty sure i don't want solitude to ever allow uphill traffic if that's the case.

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bwahahaha crying about 50 tracks on a single run. Shit, most runs at solitude have 50 tracks down them by 930 am anyways.

you get one run at park city to uphill and the ski back down, technically. And its Home Run, a "steep" green run. though plenty people ski Teasure Hollow, an equally steep blue run. and you can only go 1200 vertical feet up to the angle station. but don't you worry, its easy to get multiple runs in before the 830 am cut off time :the_finge: They're runs most people only ski as they're heading down at the end of the day. I grew up skiing PCMR and didn't know which was which until I started uphilling this season. So it's not like vail is giving away the mountain. Its a nice gesture to a growing trend in skiing. And i hope more ski areas and resorts start allowing it.

I was also thinking about the charging for uphilling at resorts and how difficult that would be. the most popular time is around dawn I would say in my experience, so you would need to staff people super early and then when people are hiking to get up, you can basically access a mountain from thousands of points. its the same with mountain biking, you charge for the lifts but most places let you ride uphill on your own if you'd like.

if any of you jokers wants to hike some laps and drink some beers Tuesday night, there’s a race at Brighton... I’ll be there early and late.

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Originally Posted by Shredhead

Why don’t you just move back?

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Working on it, thanks for asking! But all joking aside, I will sing the praises of this area to all who will listen because it is a fantastic destination, and if they come here, they won't be where I am. :cool:

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Originally Posted by zion zig zag

Does it typically bother you that the groomers have tracks on them? Because people skiing at Snowbasin are required to stay on one groomer. Up and down.

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doesn't bother me b/c i'm not all about groomers. but if i was, and i paid $132 for a ticket, that might bring me down a bit...

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Originally Posted by getoutside

so let me get this straight. i could purchase a ticket tomorrow at pc (current online rate: $132), and there could be upwards of 50 tracks on a run by 9am? pretty sure i don't want solitude to ever allow uphill traffic if that's the case.

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Try snowbird. Sometimes there are 3-4 trams of black pass holders or 'industry friends' tracking out the snow while you have been in the tram line for an hour before the mountain opens. And it's not groomers. You can watch them ski while you are taking the '1st' tram up. For $129.

Or you are still buying tickets while they ski, and then tram line fills up without you as they don't open ticket sales until 8 or 8:30am.

Seems like all the reports this year end with "but it was a great day to walk in the mountains!" Ha.

Booked my flights 1/23-1/31. Hopefully it starts dumping now and the jihadist basals will be nice rounds by the end of the month. Here's to shitty beer, wishful thinking, and some nice walks in the mountains.

rolled up n out the hwy2heav and up the ridge skied a tlp shot of goods recystalized loud pows
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headed back up a well traveled trade route skinner
bout noon south facing started to glop and the rhimed tree dripped and dropped slops
headed up to the top of east bowl
a well tracked thin micshitigan city skied meh
skinned up to the davenport nose dug around a bit waiting for friends
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my asessments of the north facing snowpack structure would be sucks harder than warm bunny's bitter chipotle lemonsaids
top had some windskim funk but the chicas ripped it up
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as ussual lower angled sheltered mid elavation skied best
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im going with a
stoked to share the this in what we do with friends and luved ones

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Originally Posted by tBatt

Booked my flights 1/23-1/31. Hopefully it starts dumping now and the jihadist basals will be nice rounds by the end of the month. Here's to shitty beer, wishful thinking, and some nice walks in the mountains.

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Careful! You're gonna piss people off with your positive jump-through-abuncha-hoops-to-have-fun-with-friends-and-ski-powder attitude

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Originally Posted by alev

Careful! You're gonna piss people off with your positive jump-through-abuncha-hoops-to-have-fun-with-friends-and-ski-powder attitude

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Sounds like we're gonna have to bring a bunch of hoops to Funland.

Headed out to Red Pine trees. Had a moose stare us down on the trail. Took in views.Attachment 221445

Jumped off a little stuff
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Good snow, got thin as you worked towards the creek.

Then went to the Bird, walk on trams, Silver Fox rode well, nice to have Macaroni chute open. Daltons was open and pow. Great day

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Originally Posted by mbillie1

if any of you jokers wants to hike some laps and drink some beers Tuesday night, there’s a race at Brighton... I’ll be there early and late.

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Yo, down for a beer. Hardbooting splitboarder. Probably be towards the back of the pack

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Originally Posted by claymond

Yo, down for a beer. Hardbooting splitboarder. Probably be towards the back of the pack

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word! I’ll be slow also, yellow Fischer boots + gray OR pants, not sure I might demo some skis but I’ll pm ya. I have long blond hair in a ponytail anyway so I’m hard to miss

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Originally Posted by claymond

Yo, down for a beer. Hardbooting splitboarder. Probably be towards the back of the pack

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Will be there as well. Middle/back of the pack... Helio 106s, dynafit tlt6s, blue pants.

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Originally Posted by tBatt

Booked my flights 1/23-1/31. Hopefully it starts dumping now and the jihadist basals will be nice rounds by the end of the month. Here's to shitty beer, wishful thinking, and some nice walks in the mountains.

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The beer is getting better. Just don't buy drafts.
The snow is getting better. Just not by leaps and bounds.

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Originally Posted by skifishbum

rolled up n out the hwy2heav and up the ridge skied a tlp shot of goods recystalized loud pows
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...psyc64noq9.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...psgsifg1yf.jpg
headed back up a well traveled trade route skinner
bout noon south facing started to glop and the rhimed tree dripped and dropped slops
headed up to the top of east bowl
a well tracked thin micshitigan city skied meh
skinned up to the davenport nose dug around a bit waiting for friends
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...psoq9rvyez.jpg
my asessments of the north facing snowpack structure would be sucks harder than warm bunny's bitter chipotle lemonsaids
top had some windskim funk but the chicas ripped it up
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...psqykytsup.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...psj8d4qdmd.jpg
as ussual lower angled sheltered mid elavation skied best
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...psel1wcydo.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps6prxl6ec.jpg
im going with a
stoked to share the this in what we do with friends and luved ones

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Wow, these are pic's from years past , correct>?