welp this storm came through with the goods, going to ride lifts for the first time in 2 months, hopefully itll settle by tomorrow and thursday
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welp this storm came through with the goods, going to ride lifts for the first time in 2 months, hopefully itll settle by tomorrow and thursday
seriously good day. best so far of 2011.
Some good skiing to be had out there today. With the right side up snow we didn't feel much of a bottom on N, NE aspects.
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quite the party out there this morning, i'd go as far as calling it SUPERIOR. if you weren't there then you missed one for the ages, a new rival to the high boy. 3000 face shots. i'm sure its still good out, so go get it. i'll just blog about the last two mornings of dawn patrols from my office cause i'm way too hardcore to ski with the geeks in the daylight :)
It snowed enough to start from the valley, and boy was it nice.
Here's some pictures of Mark harvesting the goods before sundown.
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And of course, the video; http://www.vimeo.com/19735970
Well damnit, we meant to join the masses in LCC on Tuesday but I guess we took a wrong turn...
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So Alecs and I made the most of it in 'Urban Days Fork' :biggrin: Can't think of many places in the world that could have a scene like this.
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The Crow's Tail was pretty spooky at the base. Had several cracks shoot out under me. I'm fairly confident it was failing on surface hoar due to the creek nearby. However stability increased rapidly as we got higher up the chute. I dug a pit at 8k and was very pleased to find no significant weak layers and that the rain crust was breaking up nicely.
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And from today....
Behold the granite nipple! There were several cool knob problems on this boulder. Too bad I didn't bring my climbing shoes
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Things are looking prime on the east face of Lone.
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and I'm surprised nobody's hit Coalpit yet.
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as for the snow: yea yea it's epic, all-time, sickgnar, blah blah blah :smile:
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Upper coalpit 4 was sublime. However the lower section desperately needs a big avy to fill it in.
lost my gopro off the east shoulder of lil superior, if anyone finds it plz pm me, thanks :)
did superior, everything was super stable, great turns
The Goal
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Quick lap on cardiff bowl
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Cardiac Bowl with the Heli in the air
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Our ride down, Snowbird across the street
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Superior Ridge
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Cardiac Bowl again
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Mineral Fork
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Mineral Fork? You're kidding right?
someone told me thats what that area was when I was up around there :confused:, im new to the area ....what is that place called?
tuckerman ravine.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeri534
rog
:yourock:Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
UDOT is testing artillery tomorrow (2/11/11) in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Stay clear of all North side avalanche paths from Cardiff Pk. through Lisa Falls from 0600 to 0830.
If your looking to get up for a tour the road will be closed from 6 to 8, 8:30am.
Thanks.
snow sucks stay home
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what does "rog" mean?
Anyone looking to get out tomorrow and need a partner? Stuck in the office all week during the storm and need to get out for a good leg stretching.
I could do a morning thing till about 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by JTrue
jtrue is way too hardcore to be out until 1!Quote:
Originally Posted by springsproject
We're skating the length of the Mirror Lake Hwy if you want to stretch your legs on sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by JTrue
isn't that around 70 miles?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
No, it's only 37 or so in the winter from gate to gate.Quote:
Originally Posted by ectreeskier11
nice man i should start getting into something like that, i popped my shoulder out with my SKINS ON yesterday!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
TH, No time for that epic skate. Off to the savage and vile round valley. Take the blue heeler out for a ski, PS she will win that race!Crap
I call Round Valley, Cougar Valley. I love it up there for many reasons;)Quote:
Originally Posted by yabyum
You speak the truth... The views are plentiful. Thx for the MLH invite beyotch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
So, sounds like he wanted to be able to skin 30 minutes from the base of two major ski areas on perhaps the best day of the season and find silence and solitude? Good luck with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by truth
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Originally Posted by ectreeskier11
Time to go get the shoulder fixed permanent like...
Any maggot take credit for this set of lines on the rock slabs below Cardiac?
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If so, nice job! I was heading up towards that ridge and got a front-row seat for the ice falls huck & stuck.
Did you ski the lower right, or lower left exit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark H
The bottom is spooky. My old roommate dug a dead guy out of the base of that thing in the late '90's when she was doing avy dog work, hence the signage now posted up there.
Neil calls for a pattern change for Ut: http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/...enerous-snows/
wow! finally came up for air! as you all know this week was killer. i miss hangin wit me buds at da bird HOWEVER this no crowd and endless untracked at brighton has its own thang. overall conditions i found were stable - crust and ice on the ridges - sweet pow down under
Super fun day out with skifishbum and his buddy Topher on Kessler.
The pen been busy:
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Still blower up high, skifishbum getting after it:
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Topher has chosen wisely:
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Very, very wisely:
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Smooth all the way to the bottom:
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I took the skiers left exit. Got both forks in the bag now :smile:. Yea the bottom is one hell of a terrain trap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
A little tidbit from today: if any of you have ever wondered where the trail going up the north side of the lower Crow's Foot drainage goes..... well it goes NOWHERE! ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE!! Zach and I tried to use it to access a chute in Bell. It just ends at the ridge and leaves you in some of the nastiest, most unnavigable terrain the Wasatch has to offer. There, I got that off my chest:rolleyes2
Watched Crows Foot be ridden from 90th and I15 with binoculars about 5 pm. Nice sluff on ski/board cut from top. Ran quite a ways. Spotted yah on the quite insane skinner. Good Work!
We skinned up the west, skied the east. But that bottom is spoooooooky, even in stable conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark H
The person killed in an avalanche was buried at the bottom of the dolphin, not the crows feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
I wasn't referring to the Crow's Feet, I was referring about the line to the south, not sure of the name, I guess you call it the Dolphin. I just arbitrarily called it the Crow's Tail.Quote:
Originally Posted by wra
Silver Fork with Paj today. North/NE aspects still skiing ok, some wet slide activity noted in west facing terrain in Days.
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nice pic, nice form. snow looks foofy, but maybe just a bit noisy. skis good now, could be scary in a weeks time or so.....................or when it snows with a high weight ofQuote:
Originally Posted by Southeast Maggot
H2O
rog