Grizz in the news:
http://murray.fox13now.com/content/s...anche-brighton
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Grizz in the news:
http://murray.fox13now.com/content/s...anche-brighton
http://utahavalanchecenter.org/files...a_B31I3699.jpg
Damn, that's fucking gnarly.
are those tracks in the bed surface frozen into the rain/slush layer?
Crap, I hope everyone is ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by sfotex
Why do you think they didn't want to reveal who the skier was?
He didn't want his mom knowing uncle griz was makin him ski the double black expert stuff:wink:
Personally I'd a been on the phone to mom but I need the bonus gnarpoints.
Was gonna head up yesterday and stomp on wind loaded cornices sitting on rain crusts over large repeatable slide paths, I'm no cagey avyy expert, but I'm pretty sure I know what that's gonna do:rolleyes2
So we headed up with birthday boy Powder Pondo, who mangeaged to find
a wind slab while skinning Sat and go for a short ride in white pine, damn kids:tongue: I missed this cause i was hanging out in the Greens basin gnar with the wife. Which skied great 4wiw.
Headed over to maybird for a nice shot pretty variable much better towards e facing aspect. N facing red&white pine tree shots variable but pleasent.
Observed no instablites and obserserved this fine wasatch wiggle go down cross canyon on tanners
:yourock:http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...m/P1231819.jpg
Went and joined the crowds skiing the meadow chutes gnar. Talked to a few parties that got some whoomping on a SE aspect. Didn't see any excitement other then great snow and skiing. The SE aspects were definitely baking so we stuck to the NE aspects..
NE and S facing at 10k on the BCC/Millcreek ridgeline skied unbelievably well on Sat.
I approve of UT's take on dust-on-crust.
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...1/Wilson02.jpg
No instabilities noted, crust barely noticeable under about 10" of dense surfy pow. It's another story down lower and on scoured stuff.
The LCC "alpine" skied dangerously like water ice on Sunday. Makes for great pictures of the glaze but that's about it. Practice your self-arrest techniques...
It's supposed to get quite warm toward the end of the week, hopefully that will soften up the crust/ice layer where it's exposed so that it can get broken up a bit, at least in bounds. I would think this would improve the odds of future snow bonding to it. Perhaps it will even melt/break down in the backcountry too.
Not sure how I got talked into going to Hogum today. Morbid curiousity I suppose. Stay out of there unless you are from the East coast.
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h..._228/hogum.jpg
On a side note, the day got much better when I arrived home and found my Intuition liners arrived in the mail. :yourock::yourock::yourock: The days of swimming in marshmallow soft BD liners are over! :biggrin:
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h..._228/hogum.jpg
One could shave with that reflection.
A couple days last week after the rain.
Headed up Broads area yesterday. Variable conditions exist up high, but nice day out regardless.
^^^nice vid sc. diggin the jimi.
could be a bit of a refresh today. sheltered mid elevation eastish aspects still riding nice.
today was nice in black & white pine
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/images...tues%20055.jpg
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/images...tues%20075.jpg
UDOT plans on closing the Little Cottonwood Canyon road @ 0645 on Thursday the 27th. We will be test firing artillery in the mid-canyon from Maybird to above Snowbird Entry 1.
Stay clear the North side of the canyon from Maybird to Monte Cristo until 0800.
Estimated road opening at 0800 tomorrow.
Thanks
^^^so i guess that means white pine is out??? forgive mah jongness.
today was well worth coing out here for. took out the video camera (the actual one) but can't edit anything on this week machine. couple of pics from today. me
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/images...-wed%20020.jpg
tahoetrash
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/images...-wed%20050.jpg
wtf? are you in utah now, powdork?
must be, you're already farming your turns.^^^
gimme a call.
^^^ Nice work! I love the pole/follow cam effect. looked like fun.
I've been touring around here a good bit, from white and pink pine to rocky point to grizzly to the emmas to cardiff, but not posting pics here - seems so redundant and I don't know that any of you are interested, so why bother? But here are a couple since I was out with our smart weatherman, Lionel Hutz and his girlfriend Holly. Please tell me if this face we skied is called Cardiff or Flagstaff, because I get mixed answers. I have been there over and over now,including solo - I just love it on a bluebird powder morning. :)
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...g?t=1296140102
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...g?t=1296140241
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...g?t=1296140282
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...g?t=1296140311
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...g?t=1296140356
^^^
Sweet! Looks like you've been making the best of Utardia. That first shot is Poleline Pass. Flagstaff is north east of that. Cardiff is behind and northwest of where that shot is.
Cardiff fork is the drainage northwest of the bowl that you were skiing, which is called Cardiff bowl. Although the peak above, with the weather station, that they put the christmas tree shaped lights on is officially named: 10,277, but it is always called Cardiff peak. My friends and I just refer to it as the christmas tree.
Did east bowl for the first time, super fun, great snow considering how warm it was, everything was stable, some sluffing on the south face in grizzyl gulch on the way back to the car.
Nice Zach. Broads?
Thanks for the info. One of these days I want to go further north there and ski around the heli terrain. Cardiac?
But tomorrow I am thinking of Superior - e/se from the top. I'd like your evaluation. Ski maybe between 10-11 am? Or will it just be too warm?
Superior is generally a good time, but it is tracked out and will mostly be a variety of crusts after our warm day today and our winds last night. And yes, given that the forecast high temp for LCC is 41-45, 11 will probably be too late for a south facing run.
[QUOTE=jeri534;3159055]Did east bowl for the first time, super fun, great snow considering how warm it was, everything was stable, some sluffing on the south face in grizzyl gulch on the way back to the car.
Looks like West Bowl to me. East facing, yes.
Edit to add, Nice vid, good angles. Thanks for the stoke!
Mixed bag today. Found some deep surface hoar that skied pretty well but its also starting to camouflage the icy, bare patches. I got to push into terrain that I've rarely felt safe skiing; large, open 35 degree rock slabs.
http://www.zachclantonphotography.co...-4-for-web.jpg
http://www.zachclantonphotography.co...-3-for-web.jpg
Frame grab from Canon 7D video[/QUOTE]
Sick pics!
Are you in Colorado too?Quote:
Originally Posted by zion zig zag
Variable out there today on N-NE aspects below 10k up north in the Wasatch. Surface hoar noticed on shady slopes below 9k.
http://www.tgrmedia.com/i.ashx?w=800...ap_730X550.jpg
That bad, huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by truth
So I skied superior from the top (se) at 10:30. It was perfect. I'm so happy. :cool:
I'll put up a couple of pics shortly.
some pics of the endless pow at and around brighton past few days
http://www.tgrmedia.com/i.ashx?i=htt....jpg&w=640&h=0
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some wind slab and ice but the NW faces were sweet
I recognize that turn. Did you ski some of those NE gullies off of the peak? It almost corned on the other side.Quote:
Originally Posted by tyfalk
Damn I miss the Utah pow! Great pics everyone...
Supportable crust and fast travel at 6,000ft elevations.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...o/IMAG0168.jpg
Surface faceting despite warm day time temps.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...o/IMAG0170.jpg
The fog is now smog. Perhaps this page is a better resource for "current conditions".
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...o/IMAG0171.jpg
Excellent! Nice job - that's a pretty cool face, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by SheRa
My partner lost his keys on Circle Awl this morning. Just in case someone found some keys for a Dodge up there. I think he also had some Toyota keys on there too.