good info from Joe Lammers...
http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/VHZ5mS...anche-scenario
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good info from Joe Lammers...
http://www.avalanche.ca/blogs/VHZ5mS...anche-scenario
What's the Malakwa Rd being plowed to this year?
Mmmm a cabin in mica sounds awesome. Too bad I'm in the Mac for another two weeks.
Come January I will probably make a trip or two up there.
From a avy course up at Monashee pow this morning.
"Rained. 3 cm crust forming at 2000m. suspect the CR goes to at least 2400m. Was raining this morning at 1600m, but has since turned to snow. Looks like 10-15cm today over the CR, then -20. HS = 140 to 200 cm @ 2000m."
Will be interesting tomorrow at the gorge, maybe I should dig up my old race skis?
Any word from revy resort? Trying to convince a friend not to waste his $$$ and wait in line in -20c.
To put it simply, two days ago, it was looking epic. Now, not so much. I'll probably head up around 10 and hope for the best.
Two words, man: Media preview!
They should have had you out there on Wed.
Bummer about Revy. I hit Silver Star opener Thursday and figured that to be any good Revy would need the whole new layer of snow on top that they had been forecasting. Now that post freeze snow pretty much petered out to not much. Too bad coulda been great
Been watching Fidelity and Rogers Pass temps. At 2200m and 1300m max temps have been about 0 deg to -4. It's a roll of the dice whether its rain or snow up there. These are just second hand obs. Will relay first hand when they come in
Stay home , cold , crust .
Cold as fack but no one there and pow on stoke chair. Ate shit just sliding down to stoke from gondi for first run. Felt like bruised a few ribs. Good reminder that coverage isn't the same as last spring duh
We also enjoyed opening day at Revelstoke. Despite the extremely cold temperature I thought it was rather good. Coverage was pretty solid on the upper mountain and we had some nice turns. Avoiding frostbite was the real challenge (I don't think I've ever put on so many layers) and the coverage/ski quality started to get questionable below ~1600m or so. Did anyone ski the pass today? I fear lamothe did...
Prob good high but in and survival skiing out in -20 has me thinking crack o noon laps at the hill. Wed warming with snowQuote:
Originally Posted by Dromond
Yep - it wasn't too bad up there today. The good thing about opening day is that most people still don't know where they're going, so you can find good snow even if you show up two hours after first chair. But damn, that was cold. I only lasted five runs, which is more than lots of people I know.
Ended up hitting Big White. They had a real good opener skiing boot top pow all day. Not much crust. Fucking cold
Lol I ended up having a great time once I figured out what was where . I ended up going home for lunch when north bowl opened cam back it was closed, glad she's open
Boot deep powder on top of a supportive crust at Kootenay Pass.
Gorge was pretty nasty and cold. About 3-4cm thick rain crust with 5cm's of blower on top. Interesting ski, was actually pretty fun trying not to tear my knees apart.
ok I laughed , only cause your knees survivedQuote:
Originally Posted by el hefe
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last week come baaaack
Yeah, before Thursday it would have been excellent. Great coverage. The snow under the deathcrust was great still.
Thanks for the update hefe - those FL's yuck.
Went to the gorge on sunday, dust on a crust like people said. We found a nasty weak layer about 80 cm down, did a compression test and the column slid right off just cutting it with the snow saw, potential for huge avalanche up there so watch out next time you ski up there. K3 or mustang was also doing avalanche control using explosives
^^How high up? What aspect? We only went to about 1800m and turned around. Too cold to dig a pit, and the burner was calling.
Hey, sorry to spam but is there anyone in the Invermere area on here by chance? I desperately need a pair of skis shipped from there to Squamish as I'd like to avoid the 20-hour trip. I will provide plenty of beer money on top of shipping costs.
invermere is in rockies thread. good luckQuote:
Originally Posted by filthyfrenchbum
Has anyone been up to Mt. Macpherson Fingers or Burnt Knob in the past week? Wondering what the conditions are like?
Managed to spend a couple days at the pass, Wednesday, Thursday. Everything above 1800m was light, boot top pow. some wind affected snow in the alpine, but lots of sheltered options... First day was Mix of cloud and sun and very chilly... Yesterday, blue skies all day, little warmer. 1st day was Ursus Minor. Great snow, beautiful views over to the north side of 8812. Very tempting, to drop in the west side, but with a late start, early season legs, and short days, We skied down the chute and found a slot into dispatchers bowl and out. Great snow, but the light was a bit flat in the afternoon....
Yesterday, with blue skies, thought we'd try Video, but by the time we got to the base the sun had been going hard for 3-4 hours and a pit showed the layer 120 cm down was still reacting in the moderate range. Didn't see anything moving over the two days, but if something does, its going to be big! So it was just up to the top of the pass between Video and Ursus, that had already slid. Steep and bullet proof for the first 5 turns but then it was soft and sunny! From the bottom it was back up the ridge to 8812 bowl. Best run, by far. Soft and consistent all the way to the ski out... Amazing couple days with great views!
Clouds heading down Ursus
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Blue skies looking back
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From Ursus Minor, looking over to Ursus Major (Still some big holes back there!)
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Day two looking at the west face of Ursus Minor
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Looking down into Hospital bowl
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On the ridge toward 8812
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A few tracks already down the bowl.
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A Thanks for the update!
1900m on east aspectQuote:
Originally Posted by el hefe
Other side of the pass could b where it's at or maybe other side of divide
Was raining to ~ 100m below Kootenay Pass yesterday. Filling in slowly above.
Chiming in from south of border out here in Bellingham.
Whats the week look like for snow out your way, I seem to only be able to find rudimentary forecasts, and am wondering if our 8 inches of forecasted rain is heading your way and turning into snow.
Looks better than here. Will have to start paying attention? Enjoy the season.
Supposed to rain up to about 2200m - 2400m this week. Could be just what the pack needs a as reset. Hopefully normal December conditions can follow. Was up at Caribou Basin towards Mica on Saturday and around 3 valley Sunday. Both spots had excellent snow above 1800m. Stable as well. Pretty low tide though still.
I got to the hill this morning to enjoy the reported 14cm of fresh. It was fun but the snow turned to complete elephant snot below about 1800m. I can't imagine the skiing will be any fun anywhere for the next little bit.
Anyone up at Whitewater Monday see this man, Edward? He hasn't been see since he went up. Apparently his vehicle is around the Glory chair. Contact RCMP if any info please.
http://i.imgur.com/L7yEyh9.jpg
Can someone press the reset button please
This is the reset button. Hopefully starting fresh after this weekend. Glad I got out last weekend in the good stuff
Glad they found Edward... Must have been some miserable nights.
Can't wait for these temps to drop, this rain is horrible. A good time to get the skis waxed, gear sorted, and trips planned out. It will be back.
I was back at the hill today to see how the snow was before making a decision on touring tomorrow. There was good snow in North Bowl above about 2,000m. and the Sub Peak hike was worth it. The Three Bears area was OK, but the trees that get you back to the Stoke Chair were terrifying. I didn't ski off-piste below that.
I guess it's not so bad I have a ton of work to do this weekend.