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love them skinny skis
Skied up Lone Pk this morning. Crust over mush to 10k' made for slow booting or edgy skinning. The easiest solution was to go straight up. These are the days that ski crampons are made for.
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The Provo bros almost to the top of the North headwall.
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3" dense snow and graupel over carveable old snow made for quality turning
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Random hiker: "Is there still snow up there?1?"
Next hiker, two minutes later: "Is there still snow up there?!?"
Next random hiker: "Is there still snow???"
Ian: "No."
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bootgasm at the Bells trailhead
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Nice! Good to see someone getting after it this morning. The snow was good today. Sounds like those hikers have the Utah blinders on, they keep you from looking up.
Seriously. At first I thought it was sarcasm, 'cause you can see there's still lots of snow up high, even from the leafy green parts of the trail. But then we kept getting asked sincerely again and again so it got funnier. Or maybe it was just the "no point in going to bed now if we're leaving in two hours" all-nighter slap-happiness.
best to announce yourself in the early summer "Watch you kids, crazy people approaching!"
Nice shots!
The Tetons are horrendous in that matter as well. Hiking down in June with skis, if the trails are dry and hikers are coming up, you almost need a billboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale
"Yes, there's still snow. Yes, we skied".
"Yes, we went to the top".
i love showin up at the plasma center with my face sun burned black and tan lines from boot tops to below knee shorts - oh ya an my spring bird pass around my neck...n you can see the entire slc wasatch with SNOW from the front windows - Trackhead i consider you the UAC in the off season - thanks for many great obs.
LIKE.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale
tells a great tale.
rog
Wait-Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale
There's snow still up there?
Mind = Blown.
Ho-Hum. Not that any of you give a shit anymore but another 12-14 inches def. possible through the next 72 hours. Yawn. We at 800 yet?
I was lazy and skinned up north aspects at 9:30am to 11,000ft. All aspects were Wasatch Mash Potato with no refreeze.
We always have big hopes for corn here, but it rarely seems to happen.
I skied some dry new snow around and above 11,000' this morning. The best skiing was in the upper reaches of a deep drainage, in a concave chute. Below that was mashed potatoes after 10 a.m.
my best corn experiences when living or visiting out there were in winter under weeks of high pressure. i can remember scoring some excellent corn on the green slope in upper snake creek in jan, and some great days sitting on main days throwing snowballs over the edge till they stuck, in march. damn, and then there was raymonds shoulder with corny gobbs exit and dreamy two trees mid morning corn deluxeness in late april before spending the rest of the days across the road at the bird. skied some amazing corn in late april of 09' never stays as good for as long as many other regions, but is nice when timed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
just needs to friggin stop snowing out there.
rog
I still care, or perhaps it's just an incurable addiction. ...and I have my money on 802, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by lionelhutz
Nice morning at Alta with about 10-12" of new snow, slightly inverted, but skiing well. Lots of folks out for a little holiday fun.
bumped this one back off page 1 seems like a long time ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by sicktird
So faceshots and ~ a foot of powder on a damn near 200" base on mermorial day is fkna 'EPIC' in my book. Alta got hit pretty hard surprisingly upper days was pretty much deserted. S skied as well if not a bit more consistant than N on our 2pm exit.
Goddamn what a rediculous winter out there. I can't wait to get my spring turns in. Hopefully we'll get another dump for the 4th.
Another vote for epic winters conditions yesterday. Turns were good into the afternoon but early morning subfreezing runs were blower over the top, incredible.
Dammit you people really make me jealous that I don't have a touring setup this year. Anyone want to volunteer to lend me some skis and drag my jong ass around the wasatch this weekend?
Excuse me, I'll go sulk in my corner now...
It was a ghost town out there this morning. We had the whole dranage to ourselfs. Gusty winds up high this morning helped slow the rapid warming. High N/NE skied well this am, by noon things got cooked.
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epic...now i need 3 days to recover
Unusual observation from the top of Superior this morning:
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Vanessa Aadland earns mad Gnar points.
Praise ULLR
Most appropriate display of the "Ski Bum" tattoo ever!
That's got to be wonderwoman - look at that bullet proof bracelet
I like that she's being safe and wearing her transceiver.
Oh goodness gracious. You kids.
Where's the frontal shot wonderin about her airbags.:wink: The comments on the unifishal site are funny.
Here's some random pov from April-May If you're not into pov or down with RL or James McMurtry don't push play.
couldnt help but notice vanessa isnt actually on the summit. does it count?
i never could count
Nice LineQuote:
Originally Posted by beaterdit
Nice LineQuote:
Originally Posted by beaterdit
:rolleyes:
http://www.mediasrvr.com/himg/620/40...ssa-skiing.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by skifishbum
Guess you'll have to zoom it a bit ;)
More pics in the update here: http://unofficialnetworks.com/2011/06/03/vanessa-aadland-bn-update-questions-answered/
damn, i've been doing it wrong all these years. dressing down for the hike and throwing it all back on for the ride down. that's probably for the best though.Quote:
Originally Posted by bklyn
snow looks supportive^^^^^^^^:biggrin:
rog
skied some sweet buttered corn in JEANS this morning. yea i said jeans. yea i'm cooler than you.
met a couple Jeaners over on bookends around 11, that you guys?
naw, we were up on kessler, snow skied well down to 8000' around noon. still not too much of a pain in the ass to exit argenta. kessler is going to win this ski season for most summits for me.
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my camera sucks
North Baldy was incredible around 12:30....South facing aspects of Baldy were best between about 10 until about 10:30-11 but started getting soft real quick after that.
fun few days in lcc canyon http://vimeo.com/24752083