started to snow at the tram top close to 1pm!!!!
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started to snow at the tram top close to 1pm!!!!
Looking pretty good, WSF is keeping it optimisticQuote:
Originally Posted by Slaag Master
Cruizing into SLC tomorrow from Tahoe to chase some snow. Anyone know about cheep bird tickets/ discounts available this season? Thanks!
^^smiths usually has discounts - also ski utah!!!!
powfiend if you have a friend with you, or can find one in the parking lot, I've got 2-for-1 coupons for the bird. Free if you want them. Expire 12-25 and I'd hate to let them expire in my drawer - I have a pass.
Anyone in Sandy/ Cottonwood Heights need a roommate? Will be here until mid April. Thought I'd see if any mags are looking for one before I head over to Craigslist.
i have an empty room for december only!!! 200 for the month!!!!
powfiend, I also have Snowbird 2-for-1s that expire 12/25.
I know someone looking for a roomie right at the corner where La Callie turns off lcc road. PM me I will get you some deets.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImSearchingforPowder
just gonna continue to give thanks
and move these over here
case thats what the hokey pokies all aboutQuote:
Originally Posted by wra
gonna turn that other thread into annual the aint quite so much, but i hits reply anyways wasatchQuote:
Originally Posted by wra
why don't people post bc snow obs on ksl.com thread
Up grizzly skied sw facing gullies in the sun. Damn cold down low in the shade. No formal pits dug but a bunch of hand pits on the the way up showed some small thin soft slabs up high from yesterdays wind on top of the storm snow but didn't have much umph. There was no snow there a week ago so ground facets weren't a big concern. Jumped on some rolls and convexities nothing moved. Damn fine turns were had by all no butt wiggles sighted. Didn't notice it on the way up canyon but when we got back to the truck lookers r side of Cardiff slid. From the end of the road it looked like it broke off of or slid over some tracks....
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Sorry i missed ya
Sun dogs sure were sure stellar yesterday
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...pse4c21af4.jpg
a balmy 8 at the crack o noon patrol
s e skied surprisingly well pretty stout crust under new snow with decnt bonding at that interface.
n facin sheltered not so much not sure if them 6"ers was sluff or avvies seems reporting sluffs is en vouge these days
observed this class is being offered again
http://continue.utah.edu/noncredit/c...now__avalanche
great class great instructors
bout 50 times the actual on snow field/pit work as taking avvy 1 and 2. no magic certification piece of paper though.
I'd consider this one but lack current certified pre requisites
http://continue.utah.edu/noncredit/c...ues_and_theory
any one ever take this or have any input on the instructor?
Nice pic SFB :)
Looking forward to getting back on snow out there :smile:
if i were a pimp my name would be brad davis!!!!!!
found out all i needs to know.
dear cornice stompin avvy creating DICKS
please refrain from creating multiple possible repeating slide paths on the terrain a lot of people
would like to see potentially become more stable through increased snowpack depth and bonding.
skied e bowl def not hero snow
instabilties noted in the forms of collapsing and cracking and sensitive wind drifts
Got out yesterday, instabilities noted in high N facing terrain that had been wind loaded. Failing on stout crust formed by easterly wind event. Good turns on sheltered lower angle terrain. South facing exit was a bit interesting.
Another Sun Dog for ya.
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Pole weilding splitter :fmicon:
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Let the arm chair quarterbacking begin!
The question is was this a suicide attempt? Glad everyones alright, could've ended much worse.
This slope seems to go every year, I remember a few years back Kobernik reported a slide and had to dispatch Alta patrol with tracks leading in...not a good place to be.
http://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches/18960
screw it i'll start.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsChokerOut
1. fresh avalanche RIGHT next to it (class 1 data)
2. partner with no gear?
3. that is probably the most obvious terrain trap in the Wasatch and has been brought up in every avy class I took and now help teach (so its not like its an unknown spot).
at some point its just natural selection...
^^^
1. doubtful any of the party could have seen that slope
2. i'd hope that one of the parts of calling myself a professional photographer would be carrying the basic rescue gear
3. but, dude, do you know how many cover shots that face has produced?
4. i'm guilty of skiing and photoing this line
was this not a stunt to sell more airbags? I coulda sworn...
more airbags=more incidences:)
rog
Oh look!!
Rog continues to cunt.
Ski the East!!!
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thou shalt not cunt regional threads where thou dost not reside!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thou shalt not drag thy petty ass personal squabbles into public forums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thou shalt STFU and ski so that thy stoke exceeds thy bloody cunt dribbles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One could easily argue that avalanche forcast websites create more avalanches just as easily as an airbag.
I won't but you could
Gotta wonder about the airbag aspect of this one thought. This person drops some $$ on an airbag, then proceeds to go ski into a terrain trap on a suspect slope/snowpack with their hand on the trigger, while their photographer friend stood below with no beacon/rescue gear....This wasn't some clueless high school kid that couldn't afford a lift ticket...
no it was an athelete and protagrapher
or wanna b
shit tgr gave a bunch of gearless skittle thugs
100k for skiing the same shit
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Originally Posted by sfotex
Was thinking something about it looked a bit funny...almost like the skier, who was cruising into that slope, almost intentionally pushed a deep turn in a spot that might force it to slide.
interesting spin on it sfotex. I don't know that id ever risk getting buried for a "Cool shot", or a few bucks, but i got kids so....
Glad all involved are ok and noone got hurt in the slide or rescue efforts.
They werent "avalanche hunting" for an airbag shot, just being dumbasses. The "funny looking" turn is just an attempted one-turn-wonder shot on a convexity. Contrived shooting always looks goofy on video. Also, getting fully buried despite airbag deployment doesn't make for a great sales backstory in an ad anyway. I'll be curious to see whether those photo get published.
From a brief conversation with athlete #2 on the scene, I gather there was no conversation about stability prior to the accident. It's a spot all of them had skied/shot many times before and they percieved the hazard to be much lower than is obviously was/is. Sounds like the athletes were maybe also eager to please the photographer, who has enough skill and clout that working with him can open sponsorship doors.
I'm curious whether the older crown and debris is visible from where the photog was standing. I dont think involvement in an avalanche shouldnt carry a stigma of shame, but this accident seems like it should have been so forseeable that I'd be pretty embarassed if it were me.
Condolences to the involved. We all make mistakes, and we all make mistakes we know we shouldn't have made.
But...ski gear and associated media...what a bizzare industry/pursuit.
FYI: It's important to keep your dumbass alive so yous' can ski tomorrow.
That spot slides a lot.
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Originally Posted by Slaag Master
If there was a TGR list of commandments, I really hope this would be the first three.
YA BUT DW, YOU YERSELF ARE BREAKING ONE OF THE ROOLZ^^^^^. YOU DO NOT RESIDE THERE, SO NO CUNTING, mmmkay?:)
the Wasatch trannies just love they're tight wad roolz........
rog
Rog, you don't even come visit. I think you're just a coward!
oh i'll be back!
rog
^^ prove it. ^^ USA bowl is calling you.
so is the circuit city slough. might want to have a spotter for that rad line brah.
Spot on post.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale
Dude deserves a callout and beatdown for calling himself a pro and putting himself and his athletes into a situation like that. some of the stuff "pro" photographers say to goad skiers into questionable lines is just appalling. there's enough radness in the powder ski jibbin huckin world to not have to put your friends and subjects into more jeopardy just to get the shot.
UDOT will be sighting in artillery in Provo Canyon on Dec.11. Expect 15min. intermittent road closures on US189 from 11am-1pm. Ice climbing is closed on Dec.11 until 1pm in central Provo Canyon, including Bridal Veil Falls. Please stay clear of the area.
-Brad
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Originally Posted by icelanticskier
Dooood. Rub it in. I have recurring nightmares of the heady brews in Telee's guest fridge taunting me and 20 mins in the car only gets me to Blanford.
I would never cunt this thread. 'Satch tribe abides!!!
Dude, the beer fridge is stocked and awaiting your presence.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoWork
Thanks. That's a point I think about a lot when I'm taking pictures. I feel like when I'm out shooting less-experienced skiers, I've got the "expert halo" burden to think about but also a "photog halo" where someone will do something for the camera that they wouldnt do otherwise. Kind of like kodak courage but amplified.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lone Star
I've skied with and shot pics of peoeple I taught avy classes to a year or two ago. It's gotta feel weird for them to call me out like "Yo, I'm not into skiing that" when it's much easier to rationalize that their doubts are unfounded. The best solution is to adapt the talk some mountain guides give their clients that's along the lines of "I've been doing this for a long time, but I also miss clues and make mistakes. Every pair of eyes is out here is valuable and we need to collaborate if we're going to blah,blah,blah" Plus I usually have more fun and get more shots i like by asking "what's your line? okay,sounds good. I'm going to go over there and see if it's cool angle on where you're talking about"
I also like to ask myself "why are we going to this spot?" If it's just because it might look siiiiccck even though everything else about that spot is dodgy, it's time to reconsider.