Toadman, it looks like you scored some sweet turns this morning but you've been living in the PNW too long if you use "cream.cheese" and "pow day" in the same sentence.
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Toadman, it looks like you scored some sweet turns this morning but you've been living in the PNW too long if you use "cream.cheese" and "pow day" in the same sentence.
Took 3 hours to get to west village from Redmond - leaving at 7:15, which was my bad. Snow was thicker than expected but fun. Was 3 chairs from the top when NWX stopped at like 1 pm, which isn't exactly a cozy spot. Looked like it opened again soon after but didn't want to risk it. See ya tomorrow.
Anyone the lives in Redmond knows 0700 in Bend.
I had a great day. There are rules one must abibe by for success. Missed the hwy reopening by 10 minutes going down. Oh well.
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Yes, look at that rooster tail !!!
Got my season started yesterday - first turns and i remembered why i love to ski! Didn’t take long!
Too much work going on so sent the kid up today thinking he could use a buddy pass discount off my season pass and discovered that benefit no longer exists (miss you, sahale!)…so dynamic day ticket pricing = oof!
At least one of us gets to ski pow today — gonna see if I can get enough done to sneak out tomorrow with him…!
Strong work JQuote:
Originally Posted by Tap
And agreed, showing up is an important factor for success.
Snow was lighter density today, more like a nice whipped cream. Had to deal with the rime up top. That's the deal when you sign up to ski at Bachelor.
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Skigee or GTFO
This. Also west bowls were heroic with zero lines on the slow ass lift after about 12:30.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tap
I'm thinking this is the storm that provides enough concrete mix to build the snow bridges to access canyons... hopefully
Got up for an afternoon ski at Meadows with a buddy. Left the greater PDX metroplex at 10-ish and MHM showed all lots open. Get up there and stuck in purgatory our in Twilight. Despite stuffed lots, the hill skied pretty good. Plenty of spots that were set up from teh brief moments of sun, though stashes and cream to be found. The upside was that as of yesterday, I equalled last year's number of ski days... :nonono2:
Skiing is pretty great and yesterday reminded me of that. I missed it. Although, the hour it took from Twilight Lot to Silent Rock wasn't so awesome. So it goes, I guess.
I hope you Bachelor Mags are out getting it today. I'm tryig to head over tonight and cash in before the freezing levels peace the fuck out for a few days.
Very heavy “pow” this morning. Fun to be in boot top snow again tho!
Sweet man. Congrats on getting back into the action. (Assume this break was an injury?) Enjoy Bachelor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat Sig
It was exceptional skiing at the B. Sucker hole prevalent over CC & Sunrise. Boot top depth with some density. Cut up by 1130. That is alll.
I'm getting as many runs in tomorrow as I can before the FL skiesQuote:
Originally Posted by ::: :::
Actually, no. Stoke levels got too low and only made it out Christmas time last year. I think I never adjusted to realities of skiing (and driving) for PNW skiing after two decades in Montana. And it got to me last year. Also, lots of motorcycles.Quote:
Originally Posted by puma
No matter, stoke levels are quite quite high. Tomorrow morning should be good at Bachytrons. And targeting an MLK long weekend in Mammoth with some SoCal Mags.
Think snow and FKNA!!
They were doing avy work in there Sunday so got to be working on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by boar2m
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looks like a full reset with 9” on telemetry to start the morningQuote:
Originally Posted by k2skier112
get it while it’s good!
A little warm & breezy at Mt Brokenchair today
PMX, OBX NWX all on wind hold
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Outback/nw not opening today. Deep but real heavy
I have no other option, prior to my trip down there...but to call it good base building...Quote:
Originally Posted by Andyski
I can feel my Quads burning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andyski
quote from the college-kid-home-on-break on the way home yesterday: "meadows has more freeride terrain than i remembered"Quote:
Originally Posted by interloper
if i jumped off that much shit on a single run down, I'd only have lasted one run :)
I left 15 minutes too late today
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I missed getting a shot of the 2 others, this is by Sunrise lot
Trick to get iPhone photos righted. Edit the photo quickly with the magic wand.
Skibowl opening on Thursday.
Hhmmmm, that didn't work. First time I tried editing on the phone tho
The pics are sideways on my phone, but correct on the PC
Every time I post on my phone I get the 45 second timeout between posts message, everytime. I close the page and open it up, it's posted. Works fine on the PC
Meadows reports backup power this morning with gusts over 90mph
Yesterday MEX ran slow for about 10 minutes. The lift hostess said people were having a hard time getting on the chair. I asked someone else as we got closer to loading, and the chair finally went full speed again, he said it was for ramp work. This is the 4th time I've seen MEX run slow for extended periods, over 1-2 minutes. I hope this isn't SOP.
If we pulled this shit back in the olden days, we got an ass chewing. Don't kids know how to shovel in-between chairs?!
Meadows sucks tell your friendsQuote:
Originally Posted by ::: :::
Tline closed today for windQuote:
Originally Posted by k2skier112
As is OBX and the Roulette Wheel at Mt B
And with 60+ gusts on PMX I don’t that to run long…
Mt Brokenchair... lulz. Accurate.
Bachelor yesterday was good time; just about worth the drive. Ripping laps on Red and CCX before the Freezing Level took too many bong rips that it got it got too high and left the mountain altogether.
Doubling my days over last was another bonus and getting a pow day of knee-deep cream was pretty great. Bummer about OBX and NWX not even getting a sniff to open. I was hoping to catch a few runs over there before the too-warm liquid precip descended. Oh well. Stoke remains high while we wait out this warm patch.
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Unrelated; how TF do you post a picture through a third party these days? the [img] don't seem to work.
YAHTZEE!!
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It was good to experience some classic, PNW storm action yesterday.
What glove/mitten setup are you guys liking for a heavy rain for keeping your hands reasonably warm and dry, and then also not taking forever to dry out (say hanging in an RV near a heating vent)?
I know this is a tech talk question but west slope PNW skiers probably spend more time actually skiing in the rain than other folks …
Also I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to recognize that I don’t have a legit glove setup for rain skiing.
Snowblower gloves from the hardware store. Some people call them crab gloves. Fleece lined urethane gloves. Usually bright orange. They’re warm enough when it’s wet enough to worry about wet gloves and your hands will be bone dry at the end of the day.
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Yup, if it looks like it’s for an abattoir, that’s the glove you want. Won’t need to dry them out; moisture dies on contact
Add full PVC rain suit and skigee to complete the ensemble
After a million trials I have settled on the ultimate rain glove setup:
Liner gloves (whatever you want, I have some thin merino ones for warm days and the Rab knit primaloft yard ones for cooler ones [they are the best liner gloves ever, tbh])
Temres 282-02 (the black ones with the gauntlet) -- the key to these is to cut out the shitty synthetic knit liner that *never dries*. order them a size up
If it's really pouring or it's really windy or whatever add a pair of waterproof overmitts (the BD ones are good material but the sewing on the hang loops and so on is of poor quality)
Skigee is the ultimate stocking stufferQuote:
Originally Posted by river59
STOP ALL THIS TALK ABOUT UNCRYSTALIZED PRECIPITATION!!!
Impressively complex solution ptavv, I would suggest just going with the Atlas snowblower gloves from Ace.
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Temps resetting to seasonal levels on the longest darkest day of the year