But THIS is life-beta!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jibmaster
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But THIS is life-beta!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jibmaster
If you dont go north, il be near cp saturday poking around.Quote:
Originally Posted by meter-man
10-4. If I'm there, which seems likely, I'll be in a skittle blue trew jacket and green pants.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
so but what are the conditions. not enough to ski the road translates to????
Head to the east side. The snow is always deeper there.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/...48363b3a_c.jpg
A decent 4wheel drive 'should' get you to skinnable snow.
If anyone goes up - report back.
Those pictures aren't mine or anything I was just trying to help...Quote:
Originally Posted by Wobby
Bunny Flat is at 6950' and thats where those pictures were taken.
Snapped this on 11/02, more snow than last year in Feb.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7520/...10f72bd9_z.jpgBJK_1778.jpg by Benjamin Krause, on Flickr
debating right now. May head up later this week. What do you guys think.. north side or east side? What would be the best way to access it? Never been to shasta but it looks good.
sorry, wasn't trying to sound impatient. Just jonesing for some turnsQuote:
Originally Posted by dima
Brewer Creek TH is easier to not get lost than Northgate or brother Jibmaster's Coquette Falls TH, and you can drive reasonably high. Run a google search for TRs. I assume you have a 4x4 with clearance, or are willing to hike a ways through mud..
Bumping this back up. I wanna get on snow. So bad Im willing to make a 12 hour drive each way. maybe solo.
Come on ! Snow Dammit or at least snow more
Skied the lower half of the mtn a couple of times over the weekend and it was really good. Firm creamy windbuff, full moon and decent vis. Old ski bowl was good too.
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One over exposed photo of Shasta because it is completely covered in snow everywhere.
Um. Are snowmobiles allowed on Shasta? If not, can anyone explain the pics here: http://www.shastaavalanche.org/#null
I think they are allowed in the old ski area, but not to cross the ridge to the west and there may be an elevation limit. Pretty sure I saw some snowmobiles last time I was on Shasta in the spring
Snowmachines are allowed in the Old Ski Bowl.
Take your machine to Bunny Flat.
Stay on the south(downhill) side of the parking lot.
Head up the snow covered road past the gate.
The road will lead you to the Old Ski Bowl parking lot.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=117...d%20ski%20bowl
Enjoy!
Yeah, rangers haul gear up on snowmobiles to the bowl east of Avalanche Gulch and ski it in from there. Lots of tracks in there.
Some older footage from the Old Ski Bowl
https://vimeo.com/16483150
https://vimeo.com/16482340
Good to know. I had no idea sleds were allowed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ready2tumble
Old Ski Bowl is a bigtime sled play area. Sledders need love too! :D
How high can one get a sled up in old ski bowl? Would it be worth sledding up a ways and skinning up from there?
All of the sudden buying a sled in California has a lot more appeal. There is some great terrain just at the top of the ski bowl....Quote:
Originally Posted by powfiend
Depends on the size of your cojones.
Or the power of your steed.
Snowmachines are allowed all the way to the ridge (Green Butte) above, hikers right of Avalanche Gulch.
http://www.summitpost.org/green-butte-ridge/157170
https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=...11744399%40N08
If I were to bring a sled to Shasta midwinter it would be to access the other trail heads like brewer n diller
It's never seemed that worthwhile to me to sled up ski bowl just to save some vert and then u gotta ride yer sled down ski bowl instead of skiing it Or ghost ride it I suppose
Good amount of snow fell on Lassen and Shasta. Lassen info in pic
7" of water had fallen at Shasta Dam by early afternoon on Thursday from one storm. I bet areas like mid-upper Avalanche Gulch and Cascade Gulch got way more than CDEC shows.
Ranger was claiming 4 to 5 feet on the 6th above 10k
I believe it. And now probably 10-11.
I'm thinkung if skiing shasta next weekend, probably west face.
I skied it a few times in the spring, both by booting up the west face and by going up avalanche gulch and traversing left to drop in from the too.
I dont remember how steep the west face is. Can I skin up it in soft snow?
Because this is my first big ski of the season and I might want to overnight at hidden lake.
If I go up avalanche gulch and overnight at helen lake, I would have to carry all my shit up and ski down west face with it, ng.
Thanks.
Oh, yeah - just head up after a big dump.
You'll be fine.
You've been there before, should be good to go.
[sarcasm]
Anything this next week will not be good.
Lots more snow coming in.
Stick to the Coast Range for more stable snow.
Class 4 Avi in Avi Gulch on 12-12-14
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Mucho safe snow stability in the Coast Range.
Especially at Hull Mt.
This next week will set Hull up.
Black Butte as well as Anthony Peak out of Mendo. Pass will be going off.
Stay safe with some Coast Range touring.
http://www.earnyourturns.com/3878/cc...e-2-mendocino/
No statistics! Play it safe.
Ok, at the risk of being an asshole, I just wanted to know if it's feasible to skin up west face in soft snow.
I can evaluate the avie risk, and I either go this weekend or later.
But I still would like to know the answer too my question.
Avy conditions up there sound really manageable right now according to the Shasta avalanche center. If you havnt checked their recent advisory check it to see a really cool shot of the slide and the distance it covered. Looks like more weather this week but there could be a nice window Thursday and fri.
It's not necessarily the avi danger I would worry about this week, more so the storms coming in now through Friday. The upper mountain on Shasta is not somewhere I would want to be in bad visibility. And you know how those big solitary volcanos like to suck in storms. I bet this weekend would be good up there though!
I've never skied the West face, but know hikers really like it. Trip report help?? Though they went from avi gulch over http://www.earnyourturns.com/11251/t...tas-west-face/
Any word where it started exactly? I heard near Helen but havent seen any crown pics despite everything esle floating around on Facebook etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by ska21