To make it up, photo from dawn patrol this morning
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To make it up, photo from dawn patrol this morning
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hence the reason they need an UPHILL policy, so skiers can ascend the hill on a safe route that groomers know to avoid. that's basically any other resort's uphill policy; "here's a route to take up during these hours."Quote:
Originally Posted by spknmike
and they don't just kick people out..... they make them pay for a day pass and tell you how you just cost the ski area $10,000 because you ruined their groomer that you skied down :rolleyes:
all i know is the main reason most ski areas have a no uphill policy in place is due to avalanche issues, that is, people on the slopes while patrol is conducting avy work. And since there is little avy danger at mt spokane, ie, they don't do any explosive work, there shouldn't be an issue.
^^^49n is once again saying no skinning. It's not official policy, but patrol will stop you during operating hours unless you know the sneaky routes. Total power-trip by Bacon, for those who know who that is... ;-)
Too bad. They have always had a pretty lax attitude regarding skinning. They also started getting pissy last year if you didn't have an x-c trails pass even if you were just on it for a little ways when skiing off the back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
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^^^ That'd be Bacon's influence. Nothing to do with safety, just flexing his muscles. So stupid.
I can't believe this! I was planning on starting to do some dawn patrol laps before the lifts start spinning (once in a while) just for the exercise. Pretty bummed now:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
^ Just go do it, it's what everyone else does. If you start from an area where they can't see you, once you're on the runs, you're fine. They only seem to enforce it when the lifts are running, but I find it's best to just avoid the lodge area when you start out no matter what time of day.
This. Hopefully they will start getting snow and the patrol will need to spend time raising pads and such rather than harassing peple for skinning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
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the same can be said for the 'kan. stick to the trees on the way up and exit through the trees if you leave before opening, don't ski a groomer right before opening. trees are your friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
that's pretty funny considering they're now allowing fat bikes on the xc trails at 49. fat bikes but no uphill policy that makes no senseQuote:
Originally Posted by Cayuse
Seriously?! Wow, are they renting them too? :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by BRUTAH
I'm more of a lurker here, but it'd be rad if the local resorts would get behind the uphill skinning trend... Thanks for the template Brutah, I'm going to be sending my email along shortly. A local rando series would be awesome too... shit if east coast resorts can do it, why can't we get one going here?
A rotating rando event at each of the local five areas would be awesome. Build community and fitness!
Day 1 of Zbo's trek to MT was quite memorable
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thanks dood! the more of us that send an email, the more attention they'll merit us!Quote:
Originally Posted by THE MAD SCIENTIST
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Originally Posted by kevino
had two epic/amazing days shredding with kevino and my long lost buddy who lurks and sells stuff here. you guys rule. i can only imagine how fantastic today would have been. unreal conditions and coverage right now. as usual, no stopping for action shots. sometimes the action is right behind you.
day two was deep. kevino gets down in the fluff.
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day one was pretty.
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Glad you had a good time.
I returned to the spokompton hood this weekend to find some nice pow in the sunshine.
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SHREDDIN IN THE INLAND PNW BACKCOUNTRY...
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i'll add some pit data even though cayuse complains that i never post stoke, just shit data that might save your life :wink: :biggrin:
new snow layer failed on the crust it sits on on an ECT 16, q3, without propagation through the column. despite the number seems to be well bonded to that crust, we saw no sloughing
65 cm down we had a failure at ECT 28, and the same layer failed on a CT26. Q1, propagated through column, and sheared cleanly.... skiers probably don't have to worry about it too much considering the depth, but I be concerned about this dragon if I was riding on a snow machine.
those were the two main concerns. that crust 65 cm down probably isn't asleep yet and should be in the back of any backcountry travelers minds.
good shreddin with ya'll bumski, kevino and the two ladies! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YA'LL!!! and PRAY 4 SNOW!
any elevation guesses as to when it goes to crap? or maybe it wasnt really doing what it felt like it was doing yesterday...
Lookout reported 5" of new so St. Regis might be good. Merry Christmas All!Quote:
Originally Posted by chiller
rained on top of the kan, heard it rained at schweitzer... meh.
schweitzer ski'd way better than expected today. majority of the vertical was just fine and there was soft snow to be had on front and back. far from great, but i was expecting worse and was off piste all day. could definitely use a few feet to fill in the steeper areas east of 6 though, lots of treetops pokin' out.
yea looks like we dodge the bullet at schweitzer. rode off the back of the tripple to around 5500 and conditions were fun. wind packed but no hard crust
Silver and the slackcountry was powalicious all weekend, monday it dumped 7" in about 3hrs. then lightly snowed most of the day. Surprisingly low crowds for holiday weekend. Ski on all day with most people cruising the groomed runs, leaving tons of boot top to knee deep turns in the trees. Wardner popped and was sick.
Brutah and Kevino gettin' the goods in the Flathead Range 12/14.
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Saint Regis Last weekend.
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More Flathead Range 11/14-15
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Brutah shredding the trees.
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12/28 Lone Lake
Pit at 6800'. NW aspect, 42 degrees. Total Depth to ground 72. CT19 Q1 and ECTP21 Q1 on layer 20 cm from the ground.
This NE slope off Willow slid sometime before the 28th.
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Looking NW from Stevens
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Looking down to Lone Lake
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Looking down at Upper and Lower Stevens Lakes
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Just looked over the draft plan.. basically they want to charge $40 for an uphill pass with heavy restrictions. Not exactly sure where the value is? Hope there's a good turn out for the meeting, spread the word.Quote:
Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park has a meeting setup for January 16th from 6-8pm at the Argonne Library 4322 N Argonne Rd. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss issues related to uphill travel within the boundary of the Ski Area, and to seek input from user groups so a safe and enjoyable uphill policy can be established.
Just another one of the dozens of passes to buy and try to keep track of. One of the more stupid parts is they want to charge paid season pass holders an additional $20 to hike. WTF kind of sense does that make.Quote:
Originally Posted by spknmike
Silver was good today, the sidecountry was skiing well, still a little low in coverage though. Hit a shark and got slammed, oh well.
Schweiter was nice Monday too, I have no important beta other than to say it's worth skiing right now.
Agreed. Took the fam. to Silver, they turned me loose for a couple runs on Wardner. Soft n fast snow. Hucked the small spine area with nice big turns to the bottom. Fam. had a great day. Kids are progressing quickly. Silver has had great conditions so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charmander
Wish I would have caught the fucker that was trying to steal my skis. Left my skis on the snow outside of the brown bag room. Came out after lunch and found my skis slightly moved from where I left them, like only a foot or so. Thought nothing of it but went to click in and noticed my left toe binding elevation adjustment was backed out all the way and the toe wings were opened up all the way as well. Probably a good thing I did not catch him, would of stomped the fuckers face in. I serve no pity to thieves. Readjusted and rocked on.
Anybody been up to have a look at Sherman Pass this year? Thoughts?
Gotta like this forecast: Schweitzer expected to get 21" to 41" between now and Saturday evening. Looks like it's going to be pretty windy on the weekend, though so be careful out there. Lots of wind loading on an old surface with hoar. Bring it!
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this will be interesting to say the least....Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
No kidding... I might have to make the drive to the Schwiz.Quote:
Originally Posted by chiller
I was thinking the same: good time to be inbounds? Course, the pack moves downhill sometimes at the Schwiz anyway, but to my jong eyes the snow on the ground before looked like a better sliding surface than anything. I was up on the lower half of Scotchman's Peak Saturday and found a combination of big flat facets in the surface and hard, dried out crust. Improving with altitude, but from that little window and the predicted warming through this storm cycle I'm thinking about slides. Anybody else?Quote:
Originally Posted by chiller
^^^ Umm, yeah. This will likely be the front-runner to a pretty good cycle. I would think being very cautious this weekend (in-bounds) would be a very good idea. If you do go out, there will be some heavily wind-loaded aspects and staying away from them and on shallow pitches would be a good idea. I'm staying in-bounds, myself, except for maybe a short venture out West Bowl gate on the shallow pitches.
Flying into GEG tonight. I have reservations at Red, Friday-Sunday nights with two days with BRC.
I'm planning on driving to Nelson tonight and skiing WW Friday. Does the road between Salmo and Nelson ever close?
Valhalla also has seats tomorrow and Monday. I really like WW, but will it be a shitshow tomorrow since it hasn't snowed for a while?
The road between Salmo and Nelson will/should be open. It's not high and is well maintained. If it's not open, head west on Hwy 3 to Castlegar then northeast on 3A along the river. It's a bit out of the way but shouldn't be any problem getting there. But I don't think it will be any problem, regardless.
The only issue you might have is that we're supposed to have winds up to 65 mph at 5,000' on Saturday. I've never skied WW but I've never heard of it being a shitshow so you'd probably be fine.
Thanks.
Hopefully BRC doesn't get blown down.