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Originally Posted by sfotex
it was triggered by an explosive from a wpg ship but not their work.
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Originally Posted by sfotex
it was triggered by an explosive from a wpg ship but not their work.
Sounds like their work to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by AltaPowderDaze
xmass day was gorgeous tok the icegrom for a quick onehitwonder solislacksillyfk shot so he could test drive his present.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...m/PC251419.jpg
must a just missed the stupid slide and observed a couple grannies bootpackers.
A few small naturals n facing and a decent sized debris feild from the upper meadows ~ alta tunnel/mine.
Observed the beacon test park is up and operating in the soli moonunit lot by eagle, props to soli patrol, wbr, bca and all for providing, maintaining it.
Yesterday pretty graybird but damn good n facing turns in silver w facing into days shot had naturaled and had a bit of chunder/debris but sheltered lower good. Snowpack seems to be adjusting to load well no real instabilities noted
some pisspoor canyon driving led to a long bus/car shuttle, imo but lifes to short to ski s facing funk crust:wink:
Damn glad to meet ya powherb and always good to add to the maggots I'ved ski with list.
damn, waitin for my mon-thurs brighton to re-activate after the holidays
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...h_228/pika.jpg
Saw lots of significant debris piles all over this area. 12.5 inches of water would do that.... This is near the base of the Grunge
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h..._228/avy-1.jpg
Winds were much stronger than forecasted and this area has a way of channeling wind in weird directions. This small slab took us for a magic carpet ride and that was our cue to abort mission.
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...8/alecsavy.jpg
We explored some safer terrain and at one point we were on top this chute. Couldn't quite tell if it went clean so we passed it up. Oh well. We'll be back.
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...ooleychute.jpg
Are you talking about their contract with UDOT?Quote:
Originally Posted by AltaPowderDaze
That slide appears to have ripped down quite a ways. When we were there earlier in the month there were no rocks in that bowl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark H
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...o/DSCF3098.jpg
in LCC, udot, alta and snowbird use the wpg ship as a way to deliver explosives to hard to reach slopes.Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightChuter
Went up Broads to Twin. Tons of big slides in Broads from various glide cracks. Bonkers pretty much ran full track except for the top 300ft due to a monster glider. Another big slide just below Sunrise Peak on north aspect. Most slides were gliders on east aspects that we saw today. No instabilities in our tour today on the SW face of Twin and then a steep north facing couloir.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...1/DSCF3274.jpg
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...1/DSCF3249.jpg
storm Details Storm Duration Total Storm Snow Total Storm Water
Begin - 2010-12-29 00:00 MST
End - 2010-12-30 17:00 MST 30-48" 1.75-2.50"
Some pics from Twin Peaks "Z" Couloirs. Cool remote place on Twin.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...1/DSCF3256.jpg
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...1/DSCF3269.jpg
Thanks for letting me in on the "tour", TH, awesome trip! I need to practice that no rest technique.
Hey,
Can anyone give me any info on what the drive up to powder mountain is like, especially what it will be like tomorrow morning?
Does the canyon there ever close like LCC?
Sorry for the question, but I searched forum and although I am sure this has been discussed before, I could not find any info on it.
No time to rest when the days are short..........plus, resting just delays the inevitable future suffering, so why not just get on with it?:)Quote:
Originally Posted by powderpond
Guys,
I have been a frequent reader of TGR. I have been skiing in Utah for over 30 years. I have taken a few Avalanche courses from Black Diamond and the American Institute. I have toured a bit in the back country and want to do more. I am looking for a group of guys that I can hook up with for dawn patrols and other tours. I am a very good skiier both AT and Tele. Just sick of the resort prices and the pow tracking out in 2 hours. Can you tell me the best way to hook up with some BC Maggots? I live in Draper.
Hey,
Can someone mark on google maps for me the exact location of the Powder Mountain Shuttle in Eden as is explained on this site:
http://www.powdermountain.com/en/get...uttle-service/
Unless I am being completely blind, I don't see a good map link, only the vague map that is drawn on their site.
Thanks
Dude, just go. You will drive right into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Orash111
And not the right thread for questions like this, notice all the BC conditions posted and not resort stuff?
Exactly opposite what I usually see on this side.
Stick to the trees and it is fantastic!!
UDOT plans on conducting artillery avalanche control in Little Cottonwood Canyon Today, the 29th of December. The road will be closed at 2:30pm. The plan is to start shooting at 4:15, should be done by 4:45pm; Road opening shortly after. Please stay clear of the North side of the canyon from Maybird to Hellgate until after 5:00pm.
Latest model run shows the cold front arriving in the canyons at about 3:00pm. > 4 hours of good accumulation, then maybe the lake band will kick in and continue to pound.
I will check in later to give you a heads up on tonight’s/ tomorrow’s plans.
Thanks, B.D.
Get tweets sent to your phone about UDOT avalanche road closures; follow us on twitter @UDOTavalanche
Thanks for posting these updates and info Brad. Much appreciated.
Also, the twitter and facebook UDOT canyon feeds are awesome.
Awesome looking line. Thanks for the photos and write up. Well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
Sorry didn't check in sooner, long day yesterday. Good results mid-canyon from last night's LCC shoot.
Boy's in Provo Canyon have their hands full. Working on the road up to Sundance.
Using the guns this morning in LCC, looking for a 9:00 canyon opening.
BCC open.
We're all done with highway related control work in LCC. Sensors showed 2 class 2's in the White Pine Chutes. Not sure above Snowbird or the Alta due to lack of vis.
At this time there are no plans for avalanche control work above the highway in BCC (190).
Thanks.
I don't get it. Why put in all that effort to ski mediocre snow when you can just go to the pen for guaranteed powder???? I mean, I bet the skinners were totally IN all the way up Flagstaff, Grizzly, and Mill D North.:fmicon:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
Damn I wish I could have joined you guys. What a creative, inspiring tour.
I'd rather go skate on my nordic homo stix than ski that terrain. For me now, it's either ski something new or interesting, or usually just go nordic skiing. Kinda over skiing the same ol' shit year after year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark H
In my three times back there to the SW face, I've never seen a track anywhere. Even with internet spray, it will still stay untracked for years and years to come.
yea TOTALLY joking with that comment. That's just the vibe I get from some people when I suggest going somewhere new and interesting instead of the old standbys. It's funny to hear people bitch and moan about crowds/helicopters in the pen but at the same time they aren't willing to do the longer approach or risk skiing anything but powder to have a better experience. Thus the pen remains packed and the other 90% of the Wasatch (including most of the best terrain) is vacant.
^^^^Next thursday, let's get out of the sheep pen gates and go ski something in the south, or WAY out in the west desert. A certain peak with 5,000 vertical of relief over the Salt Flats.
No critters in this part of the pen today... ;) I wanna ski 5000' down to the Salt Flats! :eek:
The last day of '10 skied about like this... And the last sunset looked about like this, through the clouds...
I might want some of that action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
Honestly, it's probably still too early in the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by otter
We got the new year started off right with a scrub oak destroying, sketch creek crossing, bushwack mission to the Oquirrhs. We had to pay the damn piper both ways on this one, but still managed to get a few good turns out of the deal. Just about everything even remotely exposed was wind effected every which direction, but nothing was moving, at least on the 32-35 degree slopes we skied. I was surprised to not see any naturals with the last avy cycle.
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...25/oquirrh.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...5/oquirrh2.jpg
^^^A taste of said scrub oak destroying...
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ybW37vx0MgI/TS...0/DSC_0294.JPG
A taste of said wind effect...
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ybW37vx0MgI/TS...0/DSC_0319.JPG
A taste of said "few good turns..."
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ybW37vx0MgI/TS...0/DSC_0346.JPG
Climbhigh didn't even care how wide he made his turns...
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ybW37vx0MgI/TS...0/DSC_0381.JPG
Climbhigh, almost looking eager to "pay the piper" with a bushwhack out that will go down in history...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ybW37vx0MgI/TS...0/DSC_0395.JPG
Skied upper Big Cottonwood yesterday. Everything except south facing tree lines were destroyed by wind. It was sad to see all that great snow destroyed:( But, it was a blast to ski south facing aspen in great snow.
Really? Silverfork was like a broken slot machine with nice consistent snow everywhere. We did see quite the crown on Raymond on the drive down.Quote:
Originally Posted by mph
Gobblers Knob west-side cabin run ruled yesterday morn and the day before... despite the slope/terrain being rendered "hummocky" from wind scouring/loading, the snow pack was quite stable.
oh and stay skiers-right of the half-pipe gully in the bottom section of the Pole Canyon sneak route (exit). toppled trees from the last storm are now spanning the ditch.
Anyone wanna tell me what I skied today (I seriously don't know)... It was just East of Tanner's (up the same initial gulch at first). I kind of got bamboozled :o by the darkness and the early morning storm and ended up way lookers right of Tanner's... Peaked out around 11,000, SW aspect (I think the SE on the other side was little pine?)...
Anyways, it was quite fantastic riding as well as skinning for that matter. No naturals were observed in the Gulch nor were any skier triggered slides, other than the occasional sluffage. The chute that we went up split off to the right on the first third of tanner's uptrack and held relatively the same angle for another 2,500'-3000'. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Here's some visual clues..
Doesn't have an official name that I know of, but it is a nice line outside of the typical sheep pen of Tanners. Lots of good stuff up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alx88
I'll refer to it as Big Swifty/Fifty-Fifty, for now... :wookie:
Find a UDOT forecaster and ask him about your Tanners variation. Those guys have names for everything with snow on it above HWY 210.
Since when is Tanners a sheep pen?
and I'll refer to it as "Hey, that's where Alecs got lost!" :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alx88
Looks just as good or better than the main line