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Putting out some feelers to see if anyone has any recommendations for lodging/floorspace/ski partners/lift ticket deals/etc. in Golden and/or Revelstoke in February (for my girlfriend and myself). We are going to Fairy Meadows for Feb 7-13th, and looking to spend the month of Feb in your beautiful country. Favors/advice/hookups happily returned in Bozeman, MT or Haines, AK.
Thanks!
Some good friends of mine have just started up a B&B in Revy worth checking out - http://bigshreddybnb.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by Z
Awesome people that can point you in the right direction no matter what you're looking for and often have deals on lift tickets ect for those staying with them. He's the lead millwright for the resort lift ops and she runs the B&B and also works part-time at the Village Idiot which is a great little restaurant/bar in town. Oh and they both also seriously shred on snow and dirt!
Well been getting out a whole bunch . It just hasn't been all that great. Sled down , it's cold and conditions are touchy. Skiing above revelstoke today on macphearson
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What happened? You just got that sled this winter or last, I forget.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamothe
just a quick fix....once the part gets in. Bought a house about a month ago so been kinda busy, skied the last 9 out of 12 days. bit of a mixed bag. Gorge looked okay i guess, if you like that kinda stuff HefeQuote:
Originally Posted by Eldo
Well that was my slowest drive home from the Pass ever. 7 hours at Albert Canyon waiting for the double fatality to be cleaned up :( :nonono2: :mad: That is the third fatal wreck and the 5th death in a week.
At least it was a good ski day. Had a big whumph on low angled terrain in Dispatchers Bowl but no movement on the lines we skied.
I finally went skiing today with a camera. The Monashees delivered.
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anyone been out with Selkirk Tangiers or the cat operation out of Revelstoke? If it doesn't warm up too much next week I'm hoping to take a trip somewhere during my vacation the 11-17th and while I'm holding out hope for a standby seat in a cat I'm keeping my options open as I have a couple free tickets to Revelstoke anyways. Appreciate any info and hope it stays cold out there!
Conditions update. Red Mountain - groomers are in reasonable shape, off-piste is bushy/rocky/challenging but with good snow quality and still fun. Rossland Range touring is pretty thin down low, and uncharacteristically touchy (Avalanche wise) in the alpine. Kootenay Pass is in great shape, and more stable (from my limited obs) than many assume. Expecting 10-15" by Monday, which should change everything.
yes the snow is coming! have heard it's very touchy as well, a friend who guides at a cat op said that they've been getting a lot of triggered slides.
Did you just say rossland range alpine? Something tells me you weren't on old glory...Quote:
Originally Posted by kootenayskier
Sorry - I'm being bitter. Been out with a hurt back the past week. It should be good to go by tomorrow for some inbounds storm skiing hopefully!!!
Nope, but did see some activity on the SE face from a distance. To clarify, not trying to aggrandize our little range, just using alpine to refer to areas above tree line.Quote:
Originally Posted by drail
Heard there was an avalanche in Teddy Bear trees - possible injury. Hope everyone made it out ok.
Macdonald West Shoulder did not suck today.
Only had a few hours to ski today, skied the fingers, again... the next few days should be pretty good. Can;t ski till friday afternoon. this hurts my feelings
Christina trees yesterday. couple settlements. nothing moving. light dry eastern rockies pow
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fresh top to bottom on fingers today. still plenty o alders
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Take those low angle whoomps for what they are. Had two when our group got together while skiing in the trees. I went a bit further down and came to a stop above a steeper section. Too late. Went for a ride through the trees on the hoar 40cm down. Deployed air bag. Came to a stop half way through the trees get first against a big tree with slab going past me. This was in dense trees. All good minus a lost pole. Just a slight change in incline got that slab to move. . Enjoy the fresh.
shit , glad that worked out. It's touchy out there. time to wiggle in the mellowQuote:
Originally Posted by crashidy
was this in the Teddy Bear trees? as mentioned above & on the bulletin?Quote:
Originally Posted by crashidy
unrelated... I skied the Gorge (17km) Saturday. Only signs of avy activity there was a crown that was a few days old. But we kept it mellow & were careful to avoid steeper roll overs. My first time there, super fun terrain but its surprisingly convoluted terrain, very easy to get sucked into the 'wrong' gully or off the 'wrong' side of a ridge.
glad all is well crashidy. thanks for posting that. it wasn't super mellow where we ended up and wasn't where we were aiming for . yes nothing moved but I didn't like that this slope was lacking as much support as I would have liked in these conditions(steeper rollover below us). we took extra caution after. hopefully this big cycle will flush some things out and add to the mid pack and isolate that sliding surface a bit more
Glad all is well, friends in the Rossland Range had a similar incident on the 3rd.Quote:
Originally Posted by crashidy
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Selected a low angle line/section that was treed but a short, steep pitch where there was very shallow snowpack (maybe 10cm on that hoary coated crust) let go (skier triggered) and propagated outwards in both directions. Crown was at its deepest 70cm, width approximately 30m, and the slide traveled 35-40m downhill.
its a different yr and I imagine this layer rearing its ugly head with potentially huge consequences right thru and into spring. if so those lines will still be there next yr. be safe lads
Holy shit. Almost 2ft in downtown Vernon. Silver Star was excellent today.
silent pass, south east corner of glacier, north west Purcell. Filed a report with avalanche.ca with a couple pictures.
From GAH over new years
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Above 0 now at 1900m. Crazy winter, glad I got the goods yesterday.
Sick shot clam.
Back to back 30 cm days at RMR. Yesterday was blower, today was heavier but pretty much bottomless. Made for awesome skiing but it can't be good for the snowpack.
Painful having to work at the same time every second being reminded of how deep it is. 2 ft of fresh on the highway. What a shit show
Dare I ask how the Fingers are doing?
I was in their last night . It's was pretty scary actually . Fractures , remotes triggering and whumpfs all night . Just hung out down low. That being said , we were plowing chest deep( I'm short) il postQuote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
The video in a bit
If the low angle stuff is whumphing then Imo the higher steeper stuff will pretty much be russian roulette. Thanks for that though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamothe
ww was pretty good yesterday with about 30c fresh, but the base being only 140 made for lots of hazards and caution. today it started out fine then rained to the top. yeah.
Yeah . thats why we turned around. That and skiing in the dark is eerie.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
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Awesome
Some things that are good during the day are just better at night.
Fireworks also more fun at night haha.
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I am hearing above 6000ft it is ok. Anyone else got info?
Got to Revelstoke last night. Apparently yesterday had a significant inversion and cooked the top of the mtn. My first day here today- inversion all morning with heavy fog through most of mid mtn, visibility about 50ft at times. Not knowing the mtn, went to trees skiers left of stoke chair for visibility (think I was in Tally-Ho, hard to tell w the fog). Was a fucking rodeo--hard crusted cut up chunky shit..."Great Equalizer" snow. Hard/firm enough that I was unable to simply plow through (and I'm 250lbs on Cochises). Picked my way through that shit stain then avoided it for the rest of the day. Everything tracked out, but snow still soft and enjoyable around Separate Reality. Snow was nice but fog dense lower down the mountain. Higher up the mountain the trail up to sub peak was open and snow up there "looked" good, but don't know how it skied (alone today, don't know the mtn, decided not to hike). Heard there were still fresh lines around Back 40 but was apparently getting heavy by mid morning and some snowboarders I talked to said it was too heavy for boards but probably still ok for skis.
Anyone have advice on where I should head to on RMR tomorrow in terms of good snow?
Anyone know about conditions at Sun Peaks right now? Heard some very mixed reviews last couple of days.
Solar aspects crusted up, and a temperature crust (and tree bombs) to about 1800m in the Rossland Range.