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

Rode the tram and stood next to Wild Bill my last tram ride and run at JH before heading home. Didn't know who he was. Just figured he was a lifelong JH shredder just from the way he carried himself. He was teasing a young skier next to him who seemed to be a bit too serious. I don't think the millennial knew what to make of Bill. If I had known who I was standing next to, I would have asked to tag along for a run. Not that I could have kept up with him but still...

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For some reason today I remembered why I love the Wasatch so much......

Holy shit, Alta reporting 17” in last 12 hours. Damn. I wish I could have gotten out of the office today. Looks like I’ll be skiing tomorrow though.

Heads up. Had a pair of skis stolen today at Solitude. 184 moment deathwish. Teal sidewall and "moment" lettering on the bottom. Fair bit of basework. Orange, black and white 916s. If any of you local mags sees this floating around, would be great. Have a police report filed.

Otherwise, solitude was incredible today. Esp. for a former tahoe guy jonging it up back on the east coast. Post skis getting stolen, the mountain ops, (patrol, ops, ski school director) were incredibly helpful and hooked me up with a pair of skis for the afternoon so I could get out again and soften the blow.

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Skis found at a local gear exchange shop. Someone desperate for another hit sold to them for $25.00. Anyway.

Fuck people that steal skis.

Disappointed that I didn't hit any rocks during my lunchtime session today

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Originally Posted by jtran10

Disappointed that I didn't hit any rocks during my lunchtime session today

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That sounds like an endorsement to finally buy my pass.

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9" at Powder Mt rode nicely today. Still coming down.

I was out of town this week for work and was supposed to fly home at 9 PM. Switched my schedule around, hopped an early flight with a free same day change, and made it to Alta by noon. This afternoon did not suck.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e1f01793af.jpg

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It's filled in enough that I'm just bouncing off the rocks instead of getting hung up in them.

Well the drive from Pocatello to Alta was well worth my time. 1st run was in the stonecrusher area was sick.
Total luck was hitting the opening of supreme bowl as patrol dropped the rope.

Best day of the year for me. Alta never disappoints

^^^ TH- Glad to hear you got paid in Alta. Having to choose between JH and Alta, what a first world problem. You must have split Pokey pretty early.

SLC mags- just crazy to hear you talking rocks in mid-Feb. Talk about taking one for the team.

trail breaking into grizzly was indeed a bit slow yesterday, then again, so am i. saw a lot of drifting. east bowl rode well but had to be mindful of sluffing. climb out, snow seemed to be well over a foot. s facing aspects rode more like a lot of heavy dust on crust releasing all over. upon returning to the car, saw 4" had fell in last 3 hours. spun a couple of hot laps at brighton last night with the little man. 11 degrees. heading to vegas for a soccer tourney, hope it nukes for yas.

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Trigger pulled. Hope to see some fools rolling round Alta.
Blue jacket, maroon pants, Salomon r2 118. Ask for change

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Pretty dreamy out there yesterday afternoon. Raced the sun and was rewarded greatly! I'd call it the first legit pow day of the 2017-2018 season! Bwahahahahttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...975ab26f92.jpg

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UDOT Avie posted this saying dawn patollers please park 2' from white line. I'm confused, it looks like 4' from the white line. And is the green band signifying that everyone should park to the right of it? Who made this pic?

If you can't communicate simply through pics, I don't think they are going to solve this problem.

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Disappointed that I didn't hit any rocks during my lunchtime session today

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Most rocks higher up covered for sure, but, south facing below 8500ft still felt really boney. Jumped into homicide chute as a second run this morning. Still could use a lot of snow... Still best runs of the season so far!

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Trigger pulled. Hope to see some fools rolling round Alta.
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Bold trigger pull coming from Sandy the day after the storm!!!!! :yourock: :yourock:

Pownight at Brighton was Muy Bueno! Jumped everything possible that is under the lights and some that werent. It was fucking cold. Of course I signed up for OT monday due to worst season ever. Looks like throwing myself on the spear will pay off for you beaters. Please dont thank me...

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Bold trigger pull coming from Sandy the day after the storm!!!!! :yourock: :yourock:

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Well I bought my season pass is what I meant.

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I got fed up with the LCC shit show a few years ago and started getting BCC passes. Today was my first day back to Alta for a few seasons. It was like having great sex with an ex and forgetting why you ever broke up.

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UDOT Avie posted this saying dawn patollers please park 2' from white line. I'm confused, it looks like 4' from the white line. And is the green band signifying that everyone should park to the right of it? Who made this pic?

If you can't communicate simply through pics, I don't think they are going to solve this problem.

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I don't think the obvious white line is the edge of the road, look at it in relation to the yellow line. I think the edge of the road runs under the P in Parked....

A-Lodge and skiing Alta on the 2/25. Cliff after that for a few daze and possibly homeless on the 2nd and 3rd.
Party?

Shortly after lifts opened this morning at Alta a collision with one party hitting a tree, heli’d out to U of Utah, anyone have any info on victims? Vibes to all involved

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Shortly after lifts opened this morning at Alta a collision with one party hitting a tree, heli’d out to U of Utah, anyone have any info on victims? Vibes to all involved

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Lift gossip was a broken femur that also knocked they. out for a bit. Hopefully he/she is okay.

Saw evac and watched victim get brought up to the heli pickup. As soon as the sled stopped like 7 medics/Drs mobbed the sled. Everyone seemed very tense. Heli was there less than 5 min after victim got to the spot. Hope they are ok.

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been shreddin a bit with a bro whom i worked with in the shop back in the a frame days
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today he had his crotch fruit grom 13 i think
egp opened early and skied well
hung out and waited for the honeycomb rope drop
well worth it g spot was wet
my 1st west face of the season
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grom tore it ups
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nice sticker i tells him i may not be able to get cha in the movies
but i know sums tgr peeps and i'm pretty sure i can bestow honorary maggot status
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dad sent shit
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only thing better than watchin the future of the sport destroy the untracked pow pows
would be rollin out with your bro to go visit your old silly fork friends
when mister toasters droppin knee and gettin the cold smoke blowers all up in the grill
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real good chance it
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#sodidn'tsuck
thanks ullr

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guess west willow went today but didn’t step down below the new stuff. hashtag stability?

I will continue to be a grandma out there for a while yet... maybe up LCC tomorrow early if any one wants to walk around a couple hours tho

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Bluebird day (Friday), lenticular clouds over the Uintas late in the day. I was solo so stayed in Beartrap most of the day. Solo, heh, I've never seen so many tourers along the PC ridgeline. Helicopters. I thought for a moment I was in the middle of a Dynafit commercial. I think everyone in Summit County with an Epic Locals pass and a powder clause was touring out Park West yesterday! It was fine, everyone was nice and cordial. Saw a couple splitboarders...wonder if one of them was the guy who had to check his shorts in Monitors?

Common theme near Park West this year: thin snowpack, N -> E aspect, >34 degrees + "less" skier compacted.

Monitors: https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches/37015
Pointy Peak: https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches/37027
+ a shot of the small natrual in West Willow (WW always seems to slide even in deeper years). In the background tracks on the Football field and Orgy Peak in the Meadows. Not sure if they were touring or dropped off by the Powderturds?

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Best day of the year (which would make everyone laugh in a good year). If the weatherman's correct, we'll be rockin' and a rollin' next week.

mrs bum sfotex and i rolled up the 8023
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observations include but not limited to
thick whippersnappers
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that will probably bitchslap yur rando sissy sticks put ya down and totally fuck your strava time
or ya just could slow down and yeild to uphill traffic like most courteous folk do
but the latter was more amusing
pockets of skier induced instabilities
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tracks
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spansered brand ambassador product placement
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athletic endeavers
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and a couple from yesterday my bro sent me
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So what does the extended forecast look like for LCC?

Good day yesterday, 1st sunburn of the season for all of us, didn't expect that. Some collapsing up high along ridge where it was quickly getting loaded from winds but it was limited to the top 50-100 vertical feet and shallow. Also seemed like that plus last storms new snow (8-12 inches) would fail on a graupel layer below cliffs. No other instabilities noted.

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Are there going to be any spring deals for Alta and or Snowbird this year???

arriving March 30 to April 8...

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Are there going to be any spring deals for Alta and or Snowbird this year???

arriving March 30 to April 8...

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725 gets you a season pass. Ticket per day is.like $104. You'll cover the cost no problem if you ski Alta every day of your trip.

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Here’s hoping UDOT leaves LCC open until 6:00 AM:smile:

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Here’s hoping UDOT leaves LCC open until 6:00 AM[emoji2]

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The real snow won't come til Monday mostly. I think you should all wait til Tuesday. Should be fantastic.

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Sick....on my BC bucket list

What approach did you take?

Enjoy the storm tomorrow. 7 days of fantastic skiing at Alta/Bird!

Strong work.

Tomorrow should be good. I'm supposed to be working but instead I'll be finding myself somewhere near the front of the tram line.