Anyone have any deals on lift tickets for alta or snowbird? Just moved here and want to ski something other than snowbasin (where I have my pass).
Anyone have any deals on lift tickets for alta or snowbird? Just moved here and want to ski something other than snowbasin (where I have my pass).
Check KSL.com lots of 60-70 days on share cards around.Quote:
Originally Posted by NBABUCKS1
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Got after it again with skidog and his crew again, solid solid day getting to things I haven't in the past. Tired as fuck now, trying to keep up w the crew all day.
Can do. Plans are gelling now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skidog
Glad to see winter showed up for you in slc. Looks sweet.
Firm up here now... Corny though.
He's on a maggotful mystery tour for sure..Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
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Soli was fantastic yesterday!
First chair fishstix
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Had a knukledragger crew that had never solied and a skier buddy in tow. Ran into team sfb. Got an evergreen booter and the hunnycomb opener. Gspot skied deep! Tell mrs sfb my buddy ted is sorry for bumping rails with her! Safety was met and multiple mexicañ sport drinks were consumed. All and all another stellar day in the wasatch
I am looking for reports on snow conditions for the Wolverine Cirque chutes, in particular Granny Chute.
I am an old guy (72) who has skied Granny once each of the past 2 years. I was lucky and hit it when the snow stability was safe, snow conditions were very good, and there were only 2-3 tracks on that slope. I doubt I would dare to try any of the other more difficult chutes.
If you have recent first-hand knowledge of conditions there this year, please answer these questions:
1. How is the snow stability? Are people avoiding the chutes due to the weak persistent layer and now the UAC's warnings about deep slab? Are the North facing Chutes like Granny's more of a worry than the East, NE, and NW facing ones?
2. How much have they been skied, Granny's in particular? Are people only using Granny's for the booter to climb back up, or have there been more than 2 or 3 tracks on that slope?
Im not super familiar with the names of those chutes, but if the one you are speaking of drops back towards alta nothing on Tuscarora or Wolverine looked overly tracked to me last few days i been out Catherines way at Alta. Friday there was a couple tracks down far lookers left of Wolvie. No clue about stability on Wolvie itself, but from what i've skied on Mid patsey Marley things are ok. Also lots of lines down upper Patsey.Quote:
Originally Posted by lhitchner
Good luck with getting your line again this season. Hope im still looking to score lines like that when I am your age.
^^^Ski Dog^^^
Are you serious - you don't know which chute is Granny and you call your self a LCC skier.
Look at a map once and a while.
CAT
I suck at names of runs at Alta man...to me it's just "I skied over there near the tree by the snow covered rock". I could give a shit what a run is called or how gnar it is...I'm not checking off any lists. I'd just say "I skied a line on wolvie".Quote:
Originally Posted by F#*k You Cat
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Search function Jong
Wolverine is not inside Alta's Boundaries.
Maybe consult your bro brah pal Julian Carr for proper names in LCC
Dude I'm well aware of Altas boundaries. Thanks though.Quote:
Originally Posted by F#*k You Cat
Who controls it though? Yeah thanks
ETA what I meant was that even after all my years at Alta I don't even remember those names, much less the names of silly sidecountry chutes. I ain't got time for that, it only matters to you bro brah types. "Yeah man I scored xyz line I'm so gnar".
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Alta will shoot it from time to time for sure. As well as all along the pastey Marley Ridgeline. Wolvie could potentially slide into the lower part of Altas Catherine's area I guess if it was really big. Unlikely for sure, but I've seen bomb holes over that direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by mall walker
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There's Mt. Wolverine, and there's Wolverine Cirque. They are not the same.
Which does grannies spill into Cirque or over the other side?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
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Yeah ok...that's the side you cannot see from Alta. Alta controls wolverine that faces it's inbounds terrain. My apologies for the mistake/confusion.
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I've only ever gone down to lake Catherine from the Alta side doing the Alta, Brighton, solitude loop. Never down wolvie that direction. Thanks for the education.
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Thanks man. Me too. THC was fun that day.
As far as over naming of Wasatch Backcountry, while I think every 50' pitch doesn't need to be named, slopes do need names to identify them for avys and observations. I personally like hearing what other people skied and how it was. In fact, when not sure of snow coverage (mostly spring and summer), they are very useful particularly on Instagram to give a clue on coverage so you don't waste a day.
Enough of this crap though. The last 4 days have been incredible. Stoke post upcoming
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Yesterday was sick. Skied the Whipple. Not too many rocks but low vis made it interesting.
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Skied Maybird this morning. Was super deep and amazing. Unfortunately 1 in our party of 4 had a hard stop so we (just 2 out of the 4) had to stop 400' from the top. So I get to have 3500 more feet of fun later in the season to truly tick it off.
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^^Dopeness. Headed up little superior yesterday afternoon after the bird to check out how the new snow was on south facing. Quite good and stable. So went back early today for the south face with some friends who hadn't done it before. We dropped about five minutes before things got real busy. Top to bottom best conditions I've had on sup.
As F#*k You Cat wrote the Wolverine Cirque isn't inside Alta boundaries. A few hearty Alta side-country-ers sometimes ski there, but it's a long climb to get there and an a long climb back up to the microwave ridge for the run back to Alta. You can find out about Wolverine Cirque and all the named chutes (I think there are about 14-16 of them) in several places. Start here, http://wbskiing.com/2447 , but this only runs on a laptop or desk top computer, not on mobile devices. The bible of Wasatch chutes is Andrew McLean's "the Chuting Gallery" (http://straightchuter.com/chuting-gallery/ and https://www.amazon.com/Chuting-Galle.../dp/0962193577).Quote:
Originally Posted by Skidog
In Andrew's book he describes and uses the Steepness Rating system. The Steepness Ratings go from S0 to S7, and in addition to the steepness the rating includes factors such as whether there are "terrain features" that require maneuvering around, if there is a dangerous fall potential, and how safe the run out zone is. S7+ is described as "60 degree slopes with nasty obstacles. A quick and certain death if you fall." There is also an Aid Rating for chutes that require rappels to enter.
Granny Chute is by far the easiest and safest chute (people have died skiing the harder, steeper, narrower chutes) and it's rated at only 38 degrees with S3+ rating. Most of the other Wolverine Chutes are rated S4- to S4+ with Roman's Chute rated S5- (that normally requires a rappel to enter it and that's where the fatality occurred). For comparison Mt. Superior South Face and Suicide Chute are rated S4. Most people don't ski down Granny Chute but rather use it as the ascent route back up for doing more laps. Most climbers boot it up Granny's because it's a little too steep and narrow for a skin track. Occasionally some hearty souls who must love doing lots of kick turns on a 38 degree slope put a skinner up it (fortunately there's only a short choke point just below the top). That's why I asked whether the traffic on Granny's has been mostly just the booter or whether some folks have been putting downhill tracks on it. In my times skiing it there were only 2-3 downhill tracks. So, for us old timers who want to do an easy run rather than the other more serious chutes Granny's can be quite nice with good, safe snow, and only a booter up it.
In Mall Walker's photo the Granny Chute is the big wide chute to the left of center with the huge run out zone (one reason it is rated so easy).
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Check out the beater marks on the third track from the left!Quote:
Originally Posted by lhitchner
Thanks. I know where it is now, was confused as to which side. I know the bootpack from the Alta side off Catherine's area. Last few days saw many hiking up it. Couple Skinner's too...Quote:
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What's the one 3 to the (lookers) right from grannies? I assume in that last pic grannies has the skintrack?
Back when my oldest son used to ski, nearing the top of Grannies, summer 2014. Taken by my buddy Travis, I was much too lazy to go along that day.
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Holy shit. Straightline to tomahawk tomahawk to straightline. HahahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by abraham
Today in upper White Pine quite a few folks went up Red Baldy. We crossed paths with 2 who climbed it twice (talked to them again in the WP parking lot at the end of the day). They said the party of 4 who put in the skin track all the way to the summit skied off the back side down Icefall (http://wbskiing.com/6069), then climbed back up the Silver Creek drainage to the top of Red Stack (Red Top) and skied down the Tri Chutes (http://wbskiing.com/3500) . My buddy Doyle and I were less aggressive. We put in 2 more tracks after the 4 that were there before ours on the NE face of Lake Peak and then we put in 2 tracks after the none that were there before us in Dog Dish. Fantastic weather day, no wind, cool up high, and pretty good snow up high (but sun damaged below 9,000' or so).
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silly sidecountry chutes are like chicksQuote:
Originally Posted by Skidog
once ya nail em ya tend to remember the name:fm:
and no control work gets done on the bigger better canyon side of wolvie cirque
jl i cant believe your nephews a pro and out on tell a friend pro broing while i mount all the binders at work
sorry photofuckits been holdings my stokes hostage
grannies and the cirque have been gettng skied a bit
got to watch fri as it got skied and booted
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as for stability that tends to bode well
yet "never trust a hoar, they dont have your best interest as a priority" has been the sage advice ive been using to help with terrain selection this season
once again think we were a couple hours behind get outside fri judgng by the sun in his shots
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good to hook up with friends you havent skied with this season for an eb flannies lap
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specally when your week included news that an old friend who had beaten ass cancer suddenly passed away
well tl ill miss ya buddy
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pcmr steeps private club sometime in the 80's when ya got yur mini bottles outta the closet in the stairs
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done poured a sip out an sharlped the blue ribbons pow pows for ya
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solisunday didnt suck
nice to hit apex to an open summit and the skiing of the green peak from a 9am cto
albeit a day late for st patty
mrs. sfb crushes egp ups n downs
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and is looking forward to skiing you fools for
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and always good to ski the fuggiestives and nail dat g spot
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shouda skied a guild line but my spansered brand ambasador needed to check in, provide feedback, and taste test some new flavs with the chief betty
o yeah and attempt to secure a bakers soli party central icepad blessing
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order now for added blessings
and a few from the turn of the century sfb satch archives
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lifes short fragile and fickle
git ya sum while ya can
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brock hit up djongo mag solid is he
and hopes to ski you fools this weekend after i road trip to celebrate another friends life well lived
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bump
#xoverdontknow
Sorry for you loss man... RIPQuote:
Originally Posted by skifishbum
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So, 3" of water in the forecast with snow levels to 9,000'. Oof.
Yes, ATLskier and i have been discussing how the expected deep faceted hydroslough this storm will deliver will affect our snowpack.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
I attended the UAC chat last night in Holiday. Staples and Drew flat out said that our snowpack structure likely will NOT support the expected SWE from this pineapple Express. Be careful out there.
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Grand Junction forecast looks promising. Desert biking seems preferable to Snake Creek laps at Brighton where everybody and their brother will be riding the only lift where it's not raining at the base. NFW I'm touring during this storm.
So yeah. Once again I'm flying in Friday night. i am at a conference all week in Baltimore, get back to Charlotte at 2. Will run out to truck, grab my next set of bags, change and head out to SLC. I'm kind of hoping the cold front hits a little faster. I've had horrible timing all season so I'm hoping this isn't too bad saturday. I'm mobile and can go anywhere. Ironically, its going to be 8" of snow in Baltimore.Quote:
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X2 on not touring during this. I'm looking forward to next week once the post-storm cycle is complete.Quote:
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I am kinda jonesing to get out on the bike at this point. It's been a while!