Wasatch Conditions 13/14

Nice day to be out with a maggot, lots of good discussion in the skinner about grizzly. Its warmed up a bit but still below freezing so the turns were surprisingly good for how thin the snow was . Headed to a nne facing meadowed bowl in bcc around 9400 ft and found a thin and complex snowpack in that wind sheltered area . It had a buried and intact hoar layer under 35 cm of storm snow from the weekend which was very reactive going on isolation in the shade and 4 to 6 from the elbow in the sun. Didn't have much energy or propagate far but had beautiful perfect shears. Under that there was a 30 cm fist finger fist sandwich of shit and facets to the ground. We dialed it back a bit after an in depth safety assessment. Neither of us have an airbag so it was hard to decide who went first...

I'll try to get a pic or two up later when I can get on a real computer.

Buried hoars

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#lotsoffilters

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Quality Athlete

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Could of fit at least 30 wiggles here but instead crossed tracks and had fun

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Originally Posted by icelanticskier

oh i'll be back!

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Please reconsider.

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Originally Posted by Bud Green

Please reconsider.

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eh, that place went to shit when I left. hillsides marked by mindless pivot skids of meh. no order. crossed tracks. 3 skinners where there should be one.

you'll know when the time comes:)

rog

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Nice day to be out with a maggot, lots of good discussion in the skinner about grizzly. Its warmed up a bit but still below freezing so the turns were surprisingly good for how thin the snow was . Headed to a nne facing meadowed bowl in bcc around 9400 ft and found a thin and complex snowpack in that wind sheltered area . It had a buried and intact hoar layer under 35 cm of storm snow from the weekend which was very reactive going on isolation in the shade and 4 to 6 from the elbow in the sun. Didn't have much energy or propagate far but had beautiful perfect shears. Under that there was a 30 cm fist finger fist sandwich of shit and facets to the ground. We dialed it back a bit after an in depth safety assessment. Neither of us have an airbag so it was hard to decide who went first...

I'll try to get a pic or two up later when I can get on a real computer.

Buried hoars

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#lotsoffilters

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Quality Athlete

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Could of fit at least 30 wiggles here but instead crossed tracks and had fun

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blessed are those who share the hokies pokies w/ maggots
only ob and stoke on the page
spent the last couple morns pokin round a dope basin away from the "kickin and stompin cornices all day" fucktards who should know better and set better examples
http://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches/18940
and wanna be pro hoes lookin for facial money shots and happy endings despite being shit upon by mother nature
in this hood
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps800a855d.jpg
Didn't observe a whole lot of obvious red flag instablities tues decent hasty bonding and the only cracking was atop the ridge were the winds had formed a few slabs
johny wasatch gits sum
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...pse11ae0b9.jpg
kinda glad we didn't bother quantifying much that day
cause i can't say ct low single diggies gave me a lot of stability confidence
ect failin before complete iso q1 on a bed of buried surface hoar
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps5d5dc31b.jpg
aint what i was hopin to find
basal depth whores were a bit more promisin lookin if ya needed a well it aint all fucked flag
gonna haz to find your athletic ass a helmet spanser bro:tongue:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps471daf0e.jpg
nice form though
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps2d1a1df1.jpg
more obs
sun gods rainbows
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps48ef0ac8.jpg
smiling seafoam clad chicas on a cold ass skinner
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps05caf352.jpg
fugly bummages
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps305cd4ed.jpg
always felt the best part of every tour aside from what ole river rat buzz holmstrom calls the "doin of the thing"
is returning to the trailhead
and sometimes the simplest ob is the one that has the most meaning in whatcha do and why ya keep doin it
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps1d2938b7.jpg

^^^^
now that's how its fuckin' done right there kiddos
skifishbum for the win
keep safe in the 'satch all ye armchair qb's and those actual skiers down there

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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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THou shalt try and be more like Slagg, always stoked, always positive, and this here /\/\ is about the only 'mean' thing hes ever posted.


Anyone want to go touring? I've got no ski pass and seem to be short on touring partners this year.

couldn't stand by and watch the shops fng mount up his bd skis w/ the guardians
and not offer to drag his nue hamshire jong ass out for a taste of the utarded hokey pokey.
went back
post a little beta on the tubez and the next time you show up
goddam whores abound
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps80202ee3.jpg
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uberhoars
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps0a1bff94.jpg
prob b sum good loud pow taterchip skiin
prob gonna get interestin should it snow w/ any significant accumulations

great pics!!!!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!

My buddy just kicked off a slide on Patsy Marley. Said it propagated about 40 feet, 20 feet above him. His girlfriend yelled and he cut out, it washed out the whole gully to the ground.

was in that hood all day along with bout 8 avvy groups didn't see it aspect?
more pits dug in the gg than evers i bet
good day for pokin round and knockin down hoars
skied well to although variable
even better when ya take off both skins.
may your fuckups be inconsequential enuf to laugh at em
want some pit data
get out n dig one or several spatial variations abound
so after skiing 1kturns and fig8 with one enough glide to pull it off mohair skin still attached
sought redemtion down the drive in movie theaters
little bit of everythin bullit proof top, some pockets of bliss, rocks n tree huugin shubberies exit
pretty cool to see a lot of smilin faces out in a crowded area and get up out of the manks
found sum goofy turdertipper expat athelete as to not b stokeless
says Biff McQuickslip his name
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takes a real beater to ski a run with one skin still on and not know it. maybe it made you ski better? can't get much worse:)

rog

i blame it on chemical dependency and trying to hang with the still reigning powderkeg tele champ
uber stud Biffers

skied Alta. one coreshot. one awsome sundog. one fun day!


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want some pit data
get out n dig one or several spatial variations abound

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ESE Facing Rocky Point @10k - 40cm of Settled Snow on 40cm facets to the ground. CT failed @ 10 from the wrist on round one, 2 from the elbow on round two.

Looks like some avy debris will keep you off the rocks. Think I'll stick with low angle for now.

no obs
but the fact that there is one less wbr avvy dog and my friend lost his best friend has a tear in my eye
de og's don't rest in peace
so i imagine Ikes workin the rainbow bridge range now
pour a sip out
pet yours
thank a troller for his or buy a wbr or resorts dog shirt as a holiday gift in support of these amazing creatures
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ki/soli003.jpg
dog bless

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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mods - please place this as Post #1 in Roolz

ETA - nice photos of the hoar.
What's a WBR?

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What's a WBR?

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http://www.wbrescue.org

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no obs
but the fact that there is one less wbr avvy dog and my friend lost his best friend has a tear in my eye
de og's don't rest in peace
so i imagine Ikes workin the rainbow bridge range now
pour a sip out
pet yours
thank a troller for his or buy a wbr or resorts dog shirt as a holiday gift in support of these amazing creatures
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ki/soli003.jpg
dog bless

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Always tough, no words to describe the hurt. I have a draw full of Groundhog Day shirts, some pretty cool, some used for drying the car but always buy two.

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Always tough, no words to describe the hurt. I have a draw full of Groundhog Day shirts, some pretty cool, some used for drying the car but always buy two.

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Same here, rescue dogs rule!

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Thanks. Cool program. Vibes to the hound and his/her human.

Bummer always cool to see those pups out there on a daily basis. Must be cool to be the owner/partner too. Just curious what's a groundhog day shirt?

Anyone care to show a California splitter and an Austrian East Coaster around on NYE or NYD? If things are touchy, we'll probably end up at the Bird, but would love to skin if anyone feels like being magnanimous and showing us about.

I've done AIARE 2 and can write in complete sentences, the Austrian likes to poke fun at East Coast types, while living the academic's dream of East Coast Ivy League life. We can both ski and board okay. All I have to offer is a pledge to share the same if anyone is visiting Tahoe, or shit, Oakland for that matter. And maybe I'll shoot a new facebook photo for you.

ive done avvy 2
complete sentances baffle me sometimes though
the mrs. and i always try and start the turn of new year earnin
always been magnomisis about sharin wasangles
dont facebook
not enough nun fisters in that community

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Bummer always cool to see those pups out there on a daily basis. Must be cool to be the owner/partner too. Just curious what's a groundhog day shirt?

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I am surprised you would not know, Alta Ski Patrol sell Shirts to raise funds for their four legged associates, care, training etc. not sure where the GroundHog name came from other than they sell them starting mid February.

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I am surprised you would not know, Alta Ski Patrol sell Shirts to raise funds for their four legged associates, care, training etc. not sure where the GroundHog name came from other than they sell them starting mid February.

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Shirts are typically available earlier, around the holidays.

Back in the day skiing was difficult and therefore people who could ski well were cool. Telemark racers were among the coolest. Groundhog Day was the Alta local celebration held on Cecret lift. There were two dual courses. One for telemark and one for parallel. The top 16 racers on time from each dual course then battled it out in a dual elimination format with a pro bump added. The pro bump had a flat landing with a gate immediately on landing. There were no time penalties for judged missed telemarks. This was alpine racing on skinny telemark skis and homemade frankenboots. Racers came from the Summit Series in Colorado and Montana and the rest of the West. Every year Victor Roy was the man to beat. He was an elite alpine racer who would put on the tele gear one day a year and win. Groundhog Day at Alta was an incredible drug and alcohol fueled Ullrfest. I don't know if it is still held.

^^^thanks man!!!! that brought back the damp wool memories!!!!

Very touch conditions on the park city ridgeline today. Failing sometimes on the two side cuts of a ct. q1 with lots of energy...

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Back in the day skiing was difficult and therefore people who could ski well were cool.

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back when skiing was cool. even the mailmen were cool. just found an old article that talked about 90 year old elbert. he was once asked how he stayed alive delivering mail up LCC for much of his adult life. "the elbert rule". any time an appreciable amount of snow fell in the upper cottonwoods, he'd wait a good 48 hours to let things settle before making the trek up for his next delivery. imagine that?!:)

http://www.avalanche.org/moonstone/C...al.TAR24.1.pdf

http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=3762,3608925

I knew I wasn't crazy!:D

rog

That's sweet Rawj, I like how you quoted what someone said and then inserted your own cunted BS that doesn't have anything to do with the original quoted statement, just so you could be the narcissistic cunt that you are.

Thou shalt not cunt regional threads that thou pussy cunt doesn't reside.

^^good call.

It's only been two days and it's starting again.

Please restrain yourself Rog.

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Very touch conditions on the park city ridgeline today. Failing sometimes on the two side cuts of a ct. q1 with lots of energy...

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Were you able to identify on what layer this failure was occurring?

Can't say for sure. But it was old November snow. One of the pockets even had some characteristics of the hard variety...

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Back in the day skiing was difficult and therefore people who could ski well were cool. Telemark racers were among the coolest. Groundhog Day was the Alta local celebration held on Cecret lift. There were two dual courses. One for telemark and one for parallel. The top 16 racers on time from each dual course then battled it out in a dual elimination format with a pro bump added. The pro bump had a flat landing with a gate immediately on landing. There were no time penalties for judged missed telemarks. This was alpine racing on skinny telemark skis and homemade frankenboots. Racers came from the Summit Series in Colorado and Montana and the rest of the West. Every year Victor Roy was the man to beat. He was an elite alpine racer who would put on the tele gear one day a year and win. Groundhog Day at Alta was an incredible drug and alcohol fueled Ullrfest. I don't know if it is still held.

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thanks for bringin the goods to the thread
my obs from the sillytude skier compaction team
couple naturals/crowns in the stupid chute/ millie hood
21 ran 3/4 track with a pretty impressive debris/dep zone
as off most off 22 and a pocket off pinacle
a good collapse on a shallow brushy faceted traverse left of scree
damn good skiin
please roj listen to mom
go back and count how many posts you have in these wasatch OBS threads and ask
why?

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my obs from the sillytude skier compaction team

please roj listen to mom
go back and count how many posts you have in these wasatch OBS threads and ask
why?

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Was across the street in the land of willows and bears watchen you pivot skid sfb. You really need to lock your ankles together bro, do more damn turns. :ski:

My obs from the upper BCC 9800 down to 8200 S to SW facing. No formal pit dug but multiple hand pits and pole probes. Surface hoars down low on top of 10 inches of the good stuff. Up near the ridge more hollow feeling with some mild damage from the SSW winds Thur morning. Lots of collapsing up on the PC ridge and some impressive wind loading on the N faces. No activity seen though. We were gonna stomp some cornices so we had an avalanche to report but then I remember some sage advise from a wise ski bum and left the slide path alone. It looked ready to go and I didn't wanna piss it off. Kept it low angle and the the turns were super duper fantabulous. Even the exit was fun for as little snow was down there. Teams of people were shredding pow lots of folks out and about with smiling faces fat skis will be the end of us all. Roj would be sad at this crowded corner of the wasnatch, maybe he won't come back (to this thread hopefully)?

Now for some stoke...

highway to heaven

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LEROYJENKINS!!!!!! Nice angulation there buddy...

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Feeling small in a big world...

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Tracks...

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Skied from Figure 8 back down to Alta today. Saw a nice little slide right behind Chad's gap. There was a couple there who were "making sure no one was under there" but didn't have any beacons.

Just saw the report come up on UAC. Interesting..

I know this isn't ski related, but help my friend find her dog, which took off while up Neff's today.
http://instagram.com/p/iM8aNyEcva/
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The geese fly high this Solstice morn,
The woods are bare, the snow is deep.
We wait for Herne to sound His horn
To wake His children up from sleep
To celebrate this happy night,
When Winter may be put to flight.

“Encyclopedia of White Magic"


Merry Solstice to all and to all a good night. LET IT SNOW!!!

Checking in/lurking here & UAC for Wasatch obs, thanks.

Much love for the dogs here.

Find the hound.