damn that's some pretty serious terrain for october! good thing my pelvis is still healing or i probably would have gone out and broken something else today :yourock:
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damn that's some pretty serious terrain for october! good thing my pelvis is still healing or i probably would have gone out and broken something else today :yourock:
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OM NOM NOM NOM NOM still light and dry and deep this afternoon
like everyone elsehas already said today at alta was the best early season pow i have skied. not measly pow but pow 3-4 feet deep. what a blessing. my camping at albion meadows fora month and a half really thickened my blood and made this early season climb easy. the festive air within the croud was very nice.
bike leg
http://www.tgrmedia.com/i.ashx?w=800...ap_730X550.jpg
view from wildcat
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below the shoulder
http://www.tgrmedia.com/i.ashx?w=800...ap_730X550.jpg
wildcat from the shoulder
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powder path home
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^^^ bike leg? that earns some serious points. you and stoy should take a trip together.
I'm not a fan of strapping things to the outside of my pack either, but I usually make an exception for skis.
Wasatch conditions, October 27 = fresh.
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We had a big crew this morning wandering through the clouds in Cardiff.
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Thanks to Gnarwhale and Provo for breaking a nice skinner up Superior.
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Provo and his pole cam ready to drop the north face
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The south ridge looking magical
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Big crowds over there at Alta
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We all bumped some rocks on the upper section but the lower 3/4 was money
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Gnarwhale getting the shot of Provo harvesting the goods
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The North Face has been schralped
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...IMG_3760-1.jpg photo: alecs
I heard two whumpfs near the top of Cardiac. There is also some graupel buried about 15 inches down.
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...arkUpIvory.jpg photo: alecs
Amazing what one storm can do
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http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h.../HighIvory.jpg photo: alecs
What a great day to kick off the season!
Sweet pics Gnarwhale and pointedem!
You make the following seem pale in comparison, yet it's more of the same from Alta. We headed to the slopes below Devil's Castle to avoid the crowds.
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Found lots of untracked, deep shots and had that side of the mountain to ourselves.
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http://www.utahoutside.com/wp-conten...amikeside2.jpg
Lapped it a few times before Mike and I had to leave for work.
http://www.utahoutside.com/wp-conten...ctoberline.jpg
Has to be among the best first-days of a ski season. What a morning!!!
Wow you guys, I can't believe we are already in the thick of it. Great photos. Great stoke.
ya, i'm glad to be just one of the few.Quote:
Originally Posted by ectreeskier11
nice pics y'all.
rog
Ooooooooooooooh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Glad to see everyone packing that snow down so there'll be something to ski when I get there.
round 2 begins. see what is left for a meager boot packer.
u wasatch rats are a bunch of pussies. the skiings been prime all summer and it takes a few fresh inches before you go out and ski the rocks?? (minus of course tele thor and slagg who put in a good amount of summer work)
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little superior...yikes!
Loving it guys! Can't wait to get out into the white mountains again. It does bring back memories of Oct 2007, and that doesn't suck.
Heh, we passed you from the skin track, think I said something like "strong work!" to ya. Thanks for the noble effort, I noticed on the way down that the entire skin track had been booted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phall
Snowbird yesterday at about 2:30pm. Did a Gad Valley lap first. The sun was hammering Regulator but it was still creamy and fun. Shot these photos at the bottom of Gad Valley.
2nd lap was Great Scott. North facing, shaded and cold. It was super sick blower. Awesome. No photos but some video to come later. The bottom of p-gulch was a lot less awesome. A LOT of rocks and danger. I took a very slow speed tumble and have a softball sized bruise to show for it. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. :yourock:
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I was lazy and didn't bring a camera. Lots of nice lines out there...and not the standing room only kind of lines! It was a great day 1.
That dude in the green jacket looks like he is hating life.
Short morning before work. Snow is obviously much more settled today, but still good turning. Not much else to report, other than with all the packing going on with the snowcats, should be good nordic skiing soon before Alta opens.
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conditions report from inside my apartment on foothill: warm and toasty. fuck broken bones and head colds, i'll be out there in a jiff.
LOL. Makes my jaw ache just looking at him. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by dfinn
I thought we had a nice start to things here in the PNW but this thread is just ridiculous. Nice work all
October snow. The season is doomed. Again.
Don't you remember last year?
I can't believe you people are happy about this.
GO UTES! WOOT!
Weather happens. Worrying about it is for losers. Praying about doesn't buy you much more.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMessenger
Don't make me do this.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMessenger
09/10
October: 42
Season 585
2008/2009
October: Not listed
Season 696
2007/2008
October 53.0"
Cumulative season total
2008-04-30: 701.5" / 51.77" water equiv.
2006/2007 (Historic bad year across the country)
October: 24"
Total: 401.0
2005/2006
October total: 10 inches
Season Total: 637.5
2004/2005
October 2004 total: 122.0"
Season total: 697.5"
There is almost no correlation between the October snowfall amount within the last 5 years and the total seasonal average. As I have said I feel strongly that this year is very similar to the la nina of 2007-2008.
When I checked the SST anamoly maps this morning they were almost identical to the similar maps in october 2007. So...yea...i'd prob be out there skiing and having a ood time and not crying about what this means. 'Cause it don't mean shit long term.
Translation:I should just go kill myself now, as there clearly is no hope for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMessenger
That would be for other reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
:cool:
Made it up to Alta yesterday for some EARLY turns. Well worth the effort.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1108/...81003fb5_b.jpg
I am impressed, you worked hard to get to that line.
I never said it was A LOT of effort.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdude2468
I agree there's no correlation. But, I also have to note that last year's 585 is misleading. We had a good spring, which made the numbers look good, but the winter was really shitty, with long dry stretches, rotten snow, and the occassional blockbuster storm that provided too much snow for the unstable base.Quote:
Originally Posted by lionelhutz
I think we'll do fine this winter.
I'm jealous of all those who got out on this storm, with the exception of the guy who injured his patella, who has reminded me why it's a good idea to sit out the first storm or three.
some serious lack of perspective with a comment like that. were you in a different Wasatch or does your attitude just suck?Quote:
Originally Posted by skiski
Always some grassy slopes go to schralp I suppose - as I did - but I see where you're comin' from. I think I saw Gnar, Provo and Co walking out yesterday, but didn't understand what kind of devastation went down until I saw those pics. Nice work early season!Quote:
Originally Posted by skiski
That north side run looked tits, I normally don't see that many tracks back there on a February pow day...
from mid jan through june, it was an amazing season in the northeast.Quote:
Originally Posted by lionelhutz
come to think of it, all winters are good out here. just got to know where to
go and when to go there.
tough to imagine a less than stellar season in the wasatch.
rog
Kinda makes you think dunnit...Quote:
Originally Posted by icelanticskier
Does Alpine Zone have an alias?
you're a genius. or rog is greg.Quote:
Originally Posted by eleventyfive
I think some of you missed the point. The point wasn't October snow vs. cumulative snow during the season. Remember the avy cycles last season?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMessenger
There is never any hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
some very noice, high quality eye candy in her thus far :fm: