the signage gets ignored a lot, but there’s really not a ton of legal parking up there. you can’t park anywhere at the plow turnaround etcQuote:
Originally Posted by glspi
the signage gets ignored a lot, but there’s really not a ton of legal parking up there. you can’t park anywhere at the plow turnaround etcQuote:
Originally Posted by glspi
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Originally Posted by criscam
FUCK YEAH, this makes me stoked! what a ripper!
thanks to criscam for the beer hookup, that dude sure knows his way around an apricot kettle sour. honest to christ some of the best homebrew i've ever had.
anyone here have a fritschi tecton jig i can maybe use for an evening?
can trade coffee, beer, other libations, or an atk jig
Can confirm on all accounts.Quote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
Ventured into WP yesterday with no expectations other than testing out new liners and counting rocks + signs of instability. Found plenty of the former but barely any of the latter.
Coverage is thin at best and it's going to take another few feet to even attempt to hide the talus fields in the upper drainage. At 10k on N to NW aspects there's around 2.5' on the ground with the new snow having Sletted to about 1'. Below that it's an indescribably mess of facets and various crusts. Skinning on due W facing was actually tough with what a super stout crust below the fresh snow (sun?). Didn't find much energy in the snow pack, no cracking of any sort, only a few whoomphs around trees. It would be a very different story in wind-affected terrain but I felt that things lacked a bit of cohesiveness to be a major concern where I was (TriChutes aprons).
Gullies with more snow depth skied really well as long as you stayed light on your feet. Ms Boissal got a bit carried away and was attacked by a shark-log, I heard the sound of the ski hitting the wood and the subsequent face plant from 800' above. She laughed it off and insisted on another lap. We got chased away but a seriously wet patch of fog that rolled through and rimmed everything, very strange.
No injuries, no core shots, soft turns up high and high-speed battle skiing on the exit. Overall not great but certainly not bad, best day of the season for sure.
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A couple laps near x-files and the bowl beyond. Fun
Way to farm the pow man.
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Last couple of hours of the day yesterday was some sort of freezing rain/sleet type precip at the bird. Exactly what our snowpack needs right now. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
I think I may have seen you as well criscam. I vaguely remember a little ripper coming down past me as I was starting to skin up griz.
I didn’t see anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
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^^^ looks about right. I was incredulous when I wiped my goggles and realized water was falling from the sky and on my face. In December. WTF... Usually when it rimes it freezes on the lens and I scratch the shit out of it with my glove, at least this time I didn't ruin things.
Yeah that shit set in as I was leaving the valley, pretty wild. There was crazy fog/clouds to the ground down towards Green River/Moab.
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i haz dat jig 4 uQuote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
forgive me father ullr for it has been since the lds march 14 since i last donned skis and slid upon yur blessings of snow
got the crew out for a millcreek jaunt
im a hffm
but obviously not as hudge as this guy cause im skiing and not standing in the creek waving the whippy stick
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not too crowded good vibes and holiday cheer abound in that canyon
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needs mur snow but nuffs on the road to git er done
thread needs
afrc stoke garmish circa 85
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sums 05 was a spicy snowpack stuffs
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sharks are cool
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mur sheldons
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happy i dont reside in that valley stoke
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some yeti bro of mine
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sums soli stokes
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mur sharks
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sum wandering in cardiff
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sums fuc kevin
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holidays of happiness even to the wealthy ones that voted for the loser team
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Rad SFB, old school Garmisch stoke! Flori Woerndle school in the background! What’s with the .33 beer? A gscheid hoibe geht immer! Skinned and skied it yesterday.
https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2020/1...r-calls-quiet/
I thought this study was done pretty well and I haven't seen it posted here.
https://www.scribd.com/document/4883...ted-for-SLTrib
Note the name used in the study of the person infecting the other skiers at Alta. Haha.
Man, he is the worst!
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ok should i make the:
Kevin Says Alta Sucks
or
Kevin Hates Alta, Loves Covid-19
this study is basically proof that kevin is a troll
kevin says alta sucks!Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Roc
Kevin Cares That You Ski At Alta
Kevin, what are the odds we have lift lines tomorrow AM like we did last Friday?
Did I miss the answer already to why the fuck there’s no tire checking on mid day storms? 1:30, nuking, 4 cars off the road. 3 up, 1 down.
Haven't seen a tire check yet this year. Worst day of the year so far, that hella greasy day a week or so ago? Nothin'. Saw a bunch of FWD cars up there then too.
You guys are telling me the UDOT-approved stickers on pre-inspected cars or whatever harebrained scheme the kooks who manage the road came up with are NOT WORKING?
Shocking...
I'm relocating to SLC for work soon and I'm trying to figure out the best LCC transit options, as I know its a bit of shit show.
I have a 2wd compact truck and even if I get 3pmsf tires (I will) and put sandbags over the axels, I don't want to take it up on storm days. As much for my sanity as everyone behind me.
So what are my options?
Ideally I'll only ski alta/bird on weekdays and use the weekends for touring. Is the UTA bus a shitshow early in the AM on weekdays? Is it doable when its snowing or will I be stuck on that bus for 2 hours bc of traffic? I wake up pretty early and work afternoon/evenings so I'm mostly wondering about the ~7am bus use.
I'm ready to get 4 wildcat runs in by 11:30am with a coreshot thrown in again and be totally stoked about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jtran10
Do the Ikon blackout days reduce congestion in LCC ever? I vaguely remember it not being too bad last year but I have a crappy memory.
Bus can be a shitshow on storm/closure days since you are dealing with the same traffic as everyone else. Honestly, if you are planning to be in SLC for a while and want to ski a lot, get a different car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mynx_Butticus
Hot air balloon is the best way to beat the traffic these days. Much safer than flying a helicopter. Just make sure you live somewhere you can catch the NW flow to the resorts. My dumbass buddy tried to fly up to the resorts in his balloon last year from sandy and ended up at sundance. what an idiot!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mynx_Butticus
Did he get to ski with Redford though?
That wind is fierce. Surprised they were still running Peruvian. I could only handle 3 laps. Very frost bitey.
Super interesting. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by snowaddict91
Figured on the talking / yelling thing being an escalation of transmission and there you have it!
Full on winter up here for a while this afternoon, eh?
Nice pic stoke my friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by skifishbum
Do you still have these ^^^^^^clamps in the cave?
asking fur a frind.
Gaiters. Munari boots?
Hauling way less then, than your daily 35#'s now , I see.
Happy Holidays SFB...
Don't drink any coffee if you are taking the bus up on a powder day. FWIW a FWD (not 4X4) with snow tires provides more traction than a 4WD with all season tires which are approved. Also the snow tires are a big help in braking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mynx_Butticus
Stickers were just dumb. They did the inspection / issued them just one weekend so in the scheme of things low % have them. Of course if they never check what's the point.
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bless me ullr for I have sinned, it has been 8 months since I’ve been in pofo. decided to see what effect fatherhood and the dadly pastime of bicycle riding have done to my fitness, and to investigate how the luge is shaping up
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better than expected all around. ran into the mayor of these parts and chatted a bit, an auspicious start to an optimistic season. under 2 hours to the pass isn’t bad for my aging ass, and though the snowpack is sketchy it skied just fine thanks.
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last season in porter ended on a glorious powder day so starting this one off with pow turns was sublime. I’m sure whatever kevin skied today is way radder though
I doubt I’ll hit my 100+ with the kiddo but I’ll be around. holler if you see me out there. and keep them kick turns pointy boys and girls!
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FKNA mall walker, well done!
looks like some half decent pow turns
Nice work, mw!! Was wondering when you'd trade out the bike for skis.
i have mw to blame for engraining this in me now. every time i see someone round off a kick turn i wanna yell at them. sometimes i do yell at them. then i wonder why i have so few friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by mallwalker
I hosed enough mud off my bike yesterday to plant a garden so I figured I’d let the shoreline aka summer porter fork dry out a bitQuote:
Originally Posted by Dshack89
lol, this has my voteQuote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
Pro tip: if you are slow enough he will break trail and be too far ahead to watch you destroy every kickturn.Quote:
Originally Posted by tgapp
Glad you got out for some turns MW! I rode my bike today, it was weird.
Nice humble brag on the time and the swag, looking like a wasatch pro out there pops! Stoked to hear fatherhood hasn't slowed ya down and that you've put the bike away for the yearQuote:
Originally Posted by mall walker
Glad you snuck some turns in 2020 to kick off yer season and looking forward to sharing some with ya in 2021.
hahaha. I’ll be the slowest guy in that jacket this year but whatcha gonna do. can’t wait to make some turns with y’all again this year!