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I’ve never been a Baker guy. Is that the arm that slides big every few years and ends in a terrain trap?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunder
Genuinely curious what the right way to travel through this zone is. Is this just an “avoid entirely” situation?
From the top down off the lift…Quote:
Originally Posted by ey_allen
Yes. That is the beast on the arm that slides big every few years and has a massive terrain trap bellow. The correct and obvious way to access it is from the well established skin track and boot pack from the top of chair 8 that goes out and stays on top of the ridge. Even if you were to break trail going to correct way it’s certainly faster than what these dip shits did.Quote:
Originally Posted by ey_allen
I suspect (and have heard rumors) they didn’t have lift tickets and even if that’s the case it would have been easier and faster to use the traditional route or instead skin up heli line (still frowned upon) but at least that’s more reasonable and (probably quicker too)
Got it, thanks. I remember seeing your photo of that massive crown from 2012 maybe? It forever put that zone on my 'do not fuck with' list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gunder
That's serious terrain, and compounded by the fact that any number of gnarly kooks could drop in on you at any time.
What the fuck!Quote:
Originally Posted by BeardedClam
Plenty of fun to be had at the crusty resort but we are in need of a refresh bad. 46* at summit house today with too much brown pow and base grinders lying in wait. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b89b19914b.jpg
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Had fun chasing my wife around the groomers this morning but yeah it's thin. Brain damage still has gizzard stones in its gullet:
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The traverse from the top of 6 to hamburger and the southback hike was choose your own adventure territory yesterday.
Don’t drive take the bus but when you get there stay warm only if you are spending $ in these 15 minutes. Why is there a parking problem?
“Ski area closed today (Saturday) while we wait for the snowpack to drain from the precipitation we received last night”.
Baker marketing avoiding the R word :yourock:
Meanwhile Crystal report page today says it's 40 *F at the base and "snowing"
Maybe we've all been too critical of the new lodge...what if it has some kind of magical meteorological mitigation properties built in?
Here’s to hoping the freezing levels drop fast and snoqualmie sees some solid precip soon.
Baker has webcams but doesn't let the public see them because it's better for the people not to know about the rain
I spent a delightful day at Baker doing an avalanche rescue course. I can confirm that it was raining sideways until the afternoon, when it started snowing sideways.
If you were up early enough, the crusty valley provided some excellent am turns. Dumped up high for most of the day, and dipped out when the crowds finally showed their faces.
The lady loved it.
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Like the c basin septic system?
Flashed the brakes when I saw elk.
I left my house just past 6am with plans for Crystal. Hit the red snake of traffic death just outside Enumclaw around 0745, waited in line moving around 5 miles over an hour and said fuck it, went touring instead. In the future I guess I'll just get there super early and do a quick lap in Buillon before the lifts open to avoid that clusterfuck again...
Makes a change from soup?Quote:
Originally Posted by rpearce1475
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Good morning at crustal, the drive up was way better than yesterday :fmicon:
BLueBiRD!!!1!
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Coverage definitely improving...
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...but there are still plenty of things to hit.
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That rust looks like old damage, it’s on the retention tabs on the inside of the ski.Quote:
Originally Posted by BaseFloopy;[emoji[emoji6[emoji640
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Believe it or not all the light orange rust formed on the way home and after sitting in the garage for a couple hours. It all wiped off with rubbing alcohol and a paper towel when I started the autopsy...
The darker stuff on the tabs is probably metalgrip from an old core shot repair but these have been revived so many times I can't remember.
In any case my favorite rock skis are dead; long live my new favorite rock skis!
I have an open tab for that:Quote:
Originally Posted by Norseman
https://lidarportal.dnr.wa.gov/#47.80466:-124.19555:16
The last 4 days have been fantastic for walking and skiing about in the hills. Ready for a refresh.
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Thursday at xtal showed a solid base, and a mountain in desperate need of a refresh.
South faces are still a bit scary in places even up high, but at least it’s a promising.
Also- fuck driving through Buckley.
Off piste was an adventure, that's for sure. Refrozen dog shit, glazed bumps with grass in the troughs. Back tomorrow with metal and sharper edges.
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Found some soft turns off 7th Heaven this afternoon. But fingers crossed the NWS forecast for snoq is off and the snow level comes down, because the 4hr roundtrip is really getting old.
FKNA good stoke.Quote:
Originally Posted by kamtron
I’ve eyed the line in the 3rd pic many a time
My college kids are done with finals and ready to hit our first weekend at Stevens. Was going to say I’ve got a parking reservation and plan to leave quite early, but then I realized The Summit/Alpental doesn’t even have an opening date yet. At least I get to ski tomorrow, regardless of the hassle.
Thanks for rubbing it in [emoji28]Quote:
Originally Posted by Bandit Man
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Have been trying to decide whether to go to Crystal tomorrow. Was there today skiing with my kiddo, was snowing dense stuff all day and pretty windy. Full on ripping blizzard snowing sideways at the gondy summit by 2pm.
The banner that they're out of reservations makes me feel like I should just cancel mine and skip the shit show.
Powder Saturday and Summit closed.
Get there at [emoji639]am.
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Yeah, tomorrow was sold out late this afternoon. 25% available for Sunday, which I have but feel a bit similar to you. I will be pushing the family for a very early departure get some in, and leave early. Sure hope Snoqualmie gets some goods out of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by ptavv
Good luck with the crowds. Should be good.
Long piece today in the Seattle Times about Riblet doubles, their slow extinction, and chairlift technology in general. Hope most of you aren't paywalled:
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/ou...steady-demise/
Nice AD. For anyone paywalled I quoted the article in the Alpental thread HERE