Nice! But at the same time just pisses me off, I wish I had sick time to use. What direction where the slopes facing?
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Nice! But at the same time just pisses me off, I wish I had sick time to use. What direction where the slopes facing?
North through east.
Really? I thought they were going to be less stable that the stable described.
holy fucking blower gnarwhale.
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Originally Posted by pointedem
That looks like alot more than 9 inches of snow.
Pure beauty. That's a fine pic.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale
Hey uh, if any of the 30 or so other people up on Baldy on Sunday afternoon came across a pair of white Smith sunglasses, I lost a pair somewhere near the top of that hellacious skinner.
u r a dumbphuck :the_finge
that is all CC Crap:biggrin::wink:
Gnarwhale I say GODDAAAAMN!!!!
Looking to head up something around 5AM but have not been up in LCC for 2 weeks. What's the Beta on what's skiing well? Anybody up by Superior or Supreme today that can give me a report? Trying to get out before I head to Boise for T-day... please take pity.
Went up the summer road at Alta this morning. Topped out on Point Supreme...Nothing to crazy the but snow was still soft. A few rocks peeking out on the up/down skin track. A nice groomed slope to finish it off all the way to the parking lot. We need snow...it will come...I think it was 2 years ago that there wasn't any snow on the ground during T-Day holiday. A week or so later it started to snow and didn't stop. I think it was Alta's 3rd snowiest winter on record.
It will come...Happy Thanksgiving to all!
yeah. which steakhouse?
A couple pics and obs from the upper bcc
first I observed a certain uac guy working hard to skin into a thinly covered
Millie bowl to lay down a fine patch of Wanye Wong Wiggle turns;)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...bum/sfb143.jpg
TLP & Wolvie
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...bum/sfb146.jpg
some turns on Patsy M, tlp proper, stupid chute and the THC apron.
MT. Millicent looking thin
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...bum/sfb145.jpg
Good turns/coverage and bonding but plenty of surface hoar on upper EGP. Less so on lower E facing exit down to silver lake.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...bum/sfb148.jpg
Happy Turkey Day Maggots!
Today I'm thankful that Snowbird (private land) allows uphill traffic, and ironically the public land (Alta) does not. Alta still sucks after all these years;)
I'm thankful for Dynafits, carbon fiber rockered skis and heel lifters.
^^^^ I'm most thankful for good bc partners who make bc skiing safer and more enjoyable like you;) Strong post here so I thought I'd bump itThe guy I toured with yesterday was the same guy that strapped a beacon to me (after he made me practice) and laughed his ass of as I stuggled to do 2 laps up butthead aspens wearing a fartbag, mickey mouse boots, snow shoes, skinny ass skis and boots strapped to my pack a decade ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Christopher3000
Since it's the holiday season and I found 7 firstaid kits in the garage the first bc jong that takes the time to get firstaid and cpr certified can have one.
Did the "five wide" skin track up Snowbird this morning.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0232.jpg
More blow than snow at the top, but all smiles anyway.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0247.jpg
The groomers were fun with about 2-4" of new, but the reality for touring outside the ski areas is more like this.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0255.jpg
Fun day anyway, all smiles. It'll come, eventually.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0251.jpg
^^^^ dynafit gloves sweet are they super light weight and cost $100 I need a pair my marker gloves keep falling off my hands;)
Skinned up to the cirque at the bird with the mrs. yesterday quite variable snow and single digit temps. Nice to see the National brotherhood of skiers in town. I so covet the jackets of the Jim Dandy ski club rad x20:D
If you would like a jacket, it can be arranged. They would love to make a guy like you an honorary member. ;) You'd fit right in with the crew.Quote:
Originally Posted by skifishbum
:cool: I'll never forget when brotherhood took over sillytude back in the A frame days We partyed hardQuote:
Originally Posted by bklyn
Single digit chili blustery DP up B right On over to summit best skiing in wind deposited gulleys and terrain features. A few consildated wind slabs and collapsing noted. Good skiing and cool overcast lighting at least with rosecopper lenses on.;)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...bum/sfb162.jpg
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Good, but somewhat variable conditions on upper elevation east aspects today.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0301.jpg
Some sluffs from yesterday, but no new activity today. Too lazy to dig a pit.
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A friend of mine sent me this. Today on N. Baldy I think.
Don't know why he didn't post it here, but it probably should be seen.
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs071...._1512410_n.jpg
He said hard slab on a foot of sugar on rocks.
Well, that sucks.
Still a bit thin out there!
http://www.telemarktips.com/photopos.../IMG_03953.JPG
Some nice turns to be had.
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A couple of small slides in the Wasatch in the last few days.
Conditions have been prime for faceted grain growth: shallow snow pack with consistent cold temperature. :eek:
http://utahavalanchecenter.org/services
Oh well, it's our typicall pre-season snow pack. We tip-toe around for a month or so, then get a series of big fat storms, then presto....stability.Quote:
Originally Posted by jwolter7
It was already puking up high this morning so this looks like one of those big fat storms.
Spent six hours in the sheep pen today lugging a DSLR with no CFlash card, so no pics, but pushed out a similar (slightly smaller) slab like Alto’s picture that was sitting on top of a barely there bed of rocky boilerplate. It was just a quick cut around a southeast facing outcropping on an otherwise relatively safe slope, so beware of spatial variability (note to self).
Also, lots of wind loading up high and the new snow tended to sluff on steep slopes, and run continuously. Still, best turns of the season so far.
bumped for the new incident report from cardiac ridge today, 1 full burial, no injuries, fully recovered. Broke 2.5 feet deep.Quote:
Originally Posted by jwolter7
I was up there a couple days ago, prior to the latest wind/snow event. The snow pack was quite variable with some stubborn wind slabs starting to build up near the rocks at at higher elevations. The wind that day was howling over the ridge from the west, loading things up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phall
http://utahavalanchecenter.org/services
Accident & Rescue Summary:
" Details from a telephone report to the Utah Avalanche Center. More details to follow as they become available."
"A party of skiers were breaking a trail up east-facing Cardiac Ridge. As they neared the top of the ridge, they triggered an avalanche from below, which broke out about 100 feet above them. The avalanche caught the last skier on the up track, carried him down and buried him about 2.5 feet deep. The others responded immediately and as they approached with their beacons on receive, they saw the tip of a ski pole sticking out. They pulled on it and it was attached to his wrist. They reported to have dug him out in about a minute. His face was getting blue and he took a deep breath when they uncovered his face. He was recovered without injuries."
"They reported that they felt several collapses previously but did not think there was enough snow to avalanche. The wind was blowing the snow near the ridge, so they assumed that it was a wind slab, which likely collapsed on the very weak faceted snow."
Terrain Summary:
"The slope was a shallow, rocky section of the broad, east facing ridge. They worked their way up the looker's right side of the slope."
Took a walk on the PC ridgeline today. Lots of whumping in the flats and stomping on convexities yielded soft slabs that ran on a density inversion in the new snow. Didnt get anything to pull out on the facets beneith the new snow, but that was probably only because of the mellow terrain we were in.
Skied some low-angle and noticed shooting cracks propagating +50' from me.:eek::eek::eek:
And then the wind picked up.
Went up for a short tour to Catherine's pass on saturday. Dropped into rocky point area and skied some of the lower angle stuff. Noticed lots of cracking from skiing and doing ski cuts. Some slabs created that only moved a couple of inches. Nothing was really moving on angles lower then 30 degrees, but some small (less then 6 inches deep) soft slabs created on steeper north facing slopes. One small sluff slide that ran maybe 50 feet. And one larger Soft slab went naturally that was most likely created from wind deposits over the ridge. looks like it started on a somewhat lower angle ridge that rolled over into a steeper chute.
Lots of variable snow conditions out there, i would expect a lot of natural activity today due to the increase in snow pack.
I didn't ski yesterday, but judging from yesterdays reports and photos, it would seem things are a bit better today.
Went up here alone this morning.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0340.jpg
Poked some holes in the snow on a safe north facing slope. While digging the pit, the slope collapsed. Dug two pits. First was a R-block of sorts with it failing when approaching. The second was an extended column with both failing and pulling out on the new/old snow interface after 5 from the wrist.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0343.jpg
Continued on up the drainage below the first slide path. Upon entering the meadow below it, the field gave the ass puckering "whooomph!". Took the long way around cause I'm old and skeered. Finally met up with someone else out solo.
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Fun day. The snow is settled out enough to make trail breaking an average effort. Plenty of speed with fat skis to make nice turns and stay alive doing so.
Walked up here
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...Raymond013.jpg
Plans for the day - Look around and get some skiing
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As others have mentioned it was noisy under the snow - I ran into some Whoompfa Loompfa's (consolidations) and they were singing "Whoompfa Loompfa Doopity Doop" that ran on flats and low angles for up to 200 feet. Trees and bushes far away would start to rattle at times. Two people on the B-Fork skinner took an about face and told me of their tales. I decided to venture on for the XC exercise, those whoompfs were only found to be on the flats and low angle terrain. Nothing was heard or seen on slopes rated above 35 degrees, although they may have been there.
Lots of Snow but not so much here (first descent of the day) SW and 30 deg.
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...Raymond021.jpg
Continued on up to the ridge seperating BCC and Millcreek and found the culprits of the storm - NE!!
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...Raymond027.jpg
Naturals up to 135cm off the ridge from wind loading and weak layers on N, and NE at 9,500 - 10,000ft. (not a pit, those are cracks)
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...Raymond029.jpg
E of summit found this in the valley floor :eek: (if you can't see there are huge cracks and debris here, and not from the surrounding peaks)
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...Raymond052.jpg
Made my way down the drainage all the way to HWY 190. Thanks to a few moose whom left a post hole trail (5' deep) that helped out a lonely hobbit out on a tour. I stayed on skis but with warming this week it may not be possible.
Skiing was GOOD, and someone should tackle the peak in the second image. It is a GO HOUSTON!!!
Might want to leave that one alone for a bit, it's just a big old rock slab and the ride wouldn't be pretty...Quote:
Originally Posted by SPREAD EAGLE
Stable conditions and good skiing on south and south west aspects today.
Only dug one pit at around 10k on SW aspect. New snow then just a few inches of faceted old snow on the rocks.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...0384.sized.jpg
Snow was great early.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0394.jpg
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...n/DSCF0393.jpg
Then got a little creamy as the sun got higher.
http://fritzrips.com/Gallery1/albums...0401.sized.jpg
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Originally Posted by SPREAD EAGLE
someone should tackle the peak in the second image. It is a GO HOUSTON!!!
per boisalQuote:
Might want to leave that one alone for a bit, it's just a big old rock slab and the ride wouldn't be pretty...
Hey brotha - the observation was in person - you been up there lately? True East face and it is ready to be shralped - May bag it later in the week as it was looking pretty, I would have taken the plunge but time was NOT on my side.
Some shots from the Alta lot:
Thought this was an interesting choice this morning...
http://chadspectorphoto.com/coppermi...5-_MG_4958.jpg
It didn't even look remotely fun on their way down...
http://chadspectorphoto.com/coppermi...5-_MG_4954.jpg
These turns looked delish...
http://chadspectorphoto.com/coppermi...5-_MG_4963.jpg
This would have been most un-fun...
http://chadspectorphoto.com/coppermi...5-_MG_4961.jpg
I just liked the lines of shadow and ridge here.
http://chadspectorphoto.com/coppermi...5-_MG_4964.jpg
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headed up.
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AMAZING SUNRISE TODAY
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the final push
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...s/SAM_0433.jpg
emma three ( i think) how you say epic?
no instabilities. saw a few small fractures that were from the storm that just trickled into gullies on the SE side.
i am now after this morning 100% ANTI FLAGSTAFF LIFT. FUCK U ALTA BAD IDEA. (see you tomorrow)
Do it. Be safe. Report back.Quote:
Originally Posted by SPREAD EAGLE
Too early for me, I don't have the sack or the will at this point.
Beautiful photos, guys!