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11-17-2009, 08:49 PM
hopped

Sup dudes,

I got my Avy I cert last year, but this is the first year I'll really be doing more than a couple days of BC skiing, mostly because I finally sprang for an A/T setup over the summer. Hoping to meet up with some mags this weekend to break it in?

Anybody willing to let me tag along this weekend (LCC parking lot meetup or something)? I've done a little BC with past mags (is Telephil still around?) but that was when I was much younger and much dumber and honestly was just following other people around. Promise I'm not a JONG (first sign of being a JONG, amirite?), though I haven't posted in a long time.
11-17-2009, 08:59 PM
powdherb

http://students.washington.edu/demas...e/P1010833.jpg

Pipeline.

Skied it today. Forgot skins. Taped towels to skis.
11-17-2009, 09:04 PM
PROVO

that looks niiiiiice...

I really believe you taped towels to your skis
11-17-2009, 09:08 PM
ectreeskier11

heh, did you read the last 2-3 pages of this thread hopped?
11-17-2009, 09:24 PM
hopped

Yes? Saw some kid get jong'd, preceded and followed by pretty normal "hey we're going out if other mags want to meet up" stuff.

I'm not looking for a BC bestie or something, and I'm not a BC noob, I just wanted to hook up with some mags again because it's been a good experience in the past. If that's no longer cool or I'm supposed to take it to one of the 1,000,000 subforums that have been created since the time I used to post here regularly, I'm sorry 'cause I didn't mean to 'cunt up' your thread by making a post without any 'beta'.

edit: i think i really need to ski: this post makes me seem like a real dick, which i'm not. i promise :)
11-18-2009, 05:46 AM
MESKIBUM

Quote:

Originally Posted by powdherb

http://students.washington.edu/demas...e/P1010833.jpg

Pipeline.

Skied it today. Forgot skins. Taped towels to skis.

That does look nice. I have no idea where Pipeline is, but you guys are really luck out there. Cunting up thread stopped.
11-18-2009, 04:23 PM
marauders

Quote:

Originally Posted by powdherb

Forgot skins. Taped towels to skis.

Ah yeah. :cool:
Hopefully I'll have some obs (read: spray & pics) next week. I can't wait!
11-21-2009, 01:41 PM
Lone Star

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopher3000

going straight to wolverine cirque once you figure out your new alpine trekkers (and before you snap them in half) because you saw it in a ski movie would be very stupid.

using trekkers to access something that you can reach with a 15 minute bootpack would, indeed, be very stupid.

btw, ur sooo cool, you alta 'backcountry' guru, you
11-21-2009, 04:52 PM
WestCoastPDR

Will the so called Lake-Effect Snow by NOAA accumulate to anything more than an inch or so? Can anyone chime in on this. Will this cold air do anything other than allow the snow guns to be on?
11-21-2009, 09:18 PM
skifishbum

Quote:

Originally Posted by EastCoastPDR

Will the so called Lake-Effect Snow by NOAA accumulate to anything more than an inch or so? Can anyone chime in on this. Will this cold air do anything other than allow the snow guns to be on?

Cold air = hard nipples
What happened to the jerky pic? Was thinking maybe wow had a new spancer or maybe he was gonna do a Jack Links messing with Sasquach
video where they turn his dukes down from 16 to 1 before he drops in to the gnar.
I dig this one though
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...urfer-hoar.jpg
What are you shooting with that takes those nice maco shots?
Thank god nobody bumped this thurs. to tell us a storms coming I'd be pissed.
11-21-2009, 09:27 PM
RTR

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...6_954358_n.jpg

Skied this, this evening. Not much to see other than about a dozen telemark skiers making parallel turns. :fm:

And yes, that's my pole.

Good to get out and remind me what an atrophic desk job does to your legs.
11-22-2009, 07:19 PM
WestCoastPDR

Web cam at brighton looks like the lake effect has kicked in.
11-22-2009, 09:54 PM
yemntftb

just a heads up but alta is closing up hill traffic starting tomorrow. anyone got an obs for the supreme area?
11-22-2009, 11:09 PM
jtran10

About 8 inches on the Snowpine deck at 10 PM
11-23-2009, 12:08 AM
mortimer

Quote:

Originally Posted by yemntftb

just a heads up but alta is closing up hill traffic starting tomorrow. anyone got an obs for the supreme area?

i dont know how to read this -- uphill traffic closed monday or tuesday?
11-23-2009, 12:51 AM
alma del polvo

Quote:

Originally Posted by mortimer

i dont know how to read this -- uphill traffic closed monday or tuesday?

11/23 monday
11-23-2009, 08:36 AM
yemntftb

yeah according to their website no more uphill traffic beginning today except for summer road and supreme.
11-23-2009, 09:31 AM
Johnny Deep

You shouldn't be up there anyway. It's dangerous.
11-23-2009, 03:47 PM
The Gnarwhale

:D Poor visibility for LCC dp'ing today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...b/P1080403.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...b/P1080473.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...b/P1080483.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...b/P1080486.jpg

Snow was sluffy on slopes above 35, but didnt find any other signs of instability: new cornices were soft, stomping on them didnt yield anything interesting, ECT's reaffirmed lack of new slab in the area we skied.
11-23-2009, 04:18 PM
yemntftb

skied rocky point around noon. snow was stable with little sluffing if any at all. coverage was good and the snow was deep. great turns. couple pics to follow later.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n...ry11172009.jpg
11-23-2009, 04:27 PM
SkiFreeor...

Nice! But at the same time just pisses me off, I wish I had sick time to use. What direction where the slopes facing?
11-23-2009, 04:32 PM
Johnny Deep

North through east.
11-23-2009, 04:37 PM
SkiFreeor...

Really? I thought they were going to be less stable that the stable described.
11-23-2009, 05:50 PM
pointedem

holy fucking blower gnarwhale.
11-23-2009, 05:52 PM
WestCoastPDR

Quote:

Originally Posted by pointedem

holy fucking blower gnarwhale.

That looks like alot more than 9 inches of snow.

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