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I totally agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by tillPOWdidwepart
Let it Snow!
Me three.
put the skis away. 4 more days left in ROCtober son.Quote:
Originally Posted by 213
well, the snow is cooked, but if anyone wants to do beacon / avy scenario practice we left a pretty sizeable and realistic looking debris field near the trees above the Chalet bar @ Alpine Meadows today.
Nice to dust off the rust so early ... MTB muscles =/= skinning and heavy snow skiing muscles ...
I got nothing on skinning up Alpine or KW, but I actually managed to get out and ski today. Found some decent skis for $85 at the North Tahoe Swap, and took 'em to Boreal to try them out.
Wasn't too bad for a WROD. Might've only been one lame lift turning but it wasn't too busy, and I've skied worse snow, especially on a 50 degree fall day. At least it looked like winter, too, even if most of what we saw was locked down.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8184/8...2beef90fdb.jpg
IMG_0377.jpg by maximstensel, on Flickr
View from the overlook on the way back was pretty badass, too. I missed some freaking amazing golden hour light by like 5 minutes while crawling through the detour, though...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8334/8...7b2fc0e771.jpg
IMG_0389.jpg by maximstensel, on Flickr
(Also the Panorama feature on the new iPhone is pretty cool!)
Mellow's the wrod at the Ranch. Blew out the cobwebs, and did my first bootpacking. Coverage was good, 2 foot soft blanket on the north sides. I'm ready for more.
Which side -- Yellow or Scott? What did you hit?Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
Oh, forgot to mention the other thing about Boreal the other day - I have never seen so many cameras packed into such a concentrated area on a slope in my life. In every group of four or five guys, at least one of them had a 5D or a high-end camcorder on some sort of stabilizer rig. I even saw a guy rolling with what looked like a high-end Panasonic camcorder (might've even been the AF-100, the µ4/3 one) with a full cine-style rig on it, follow focus, matte box, the works. From the quality of skiing/boarding they were shooting, they were obviously all just doing it as a hobby kind of thing too.
I'm wondering what Tahoe's gonna look like in general this season. If the last couple years were the rise of the GoPro, this might be the year where everybody's trying to do full ski cinematography to post on youtube. (Probably since they all want to one-up the GoPro vids.)
I for one, would very much welcome more people actually putting some time into their 'videos'Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Archer
Yeah, that's a good point. That said, I've been in several other communities that have had amateur photographer/cinematographer arms races go down, and it can get pretty messy...Quote:
Originally Posted by kidwoo
I'd really like to see more stuff like this happening in the freeskiing/big mountain/BC community, but sadly I suspect it's mostly going to be limited to the park stuff.
i already posted the one pic of kfactor from wednesday. here is the rest of the pics from the day
nacho, happy to be back on snow
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...-day-1-018.jpg
me dropping into monte wolf
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...rkwood-092.jpg
nacho and hutchski there too
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...-day-1-059.jpg
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...day-1-059e.jpg
kfactors sequence on lookout janek
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...-day-1-112.jpg
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...-day-1-113.jpg
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...-day-1-114.jpg
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...-day-1-115.jpg
http://www.aboutlaketahoe.com/ski_re...-day-1-116.jpg
Just did another little tour de frog laque. Heffalump's back was still holding good boot deep pow in the upper most north facing aspects. Kinda korn / porn for anything in the sun.....it all skied good tho and hit very little earthen objects. However, it was 60 degrees at Carson Pass when I left so the white is gonna vanish quick. God damn we all needed a week like this, eh?
^^^^sure did
PD, Did hutchski pick up your one pole steeze?
she keeps reinjuring the shoulder she f'd up at highland lakes. you'll notice her pole looking like a radio antennae out of my pack.
Scott side, visible from the Chalet deck. We just did a quickie lap down the main bowl from the summit. Good times. UCL had some fun with multiple burial scenarios ... he rescued me in quick order but MapleLeafGillies was definitely unconscious, CO2 poisoned and hypothermic by the time UCL gave up on the multiple signal flagging function of his beeper. I guess Gillies and I shouldn't have been standing next to each other in a slide path taking pictures of UCL dropping in ...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad
Heh, most of the folks I know are too busy trying to beat the sun / get the fuck off the mountain to be troubled with setting up a fixed line for someone to shoot from or waiting for a filmer to get get into position above the couloir etc etc etc. Jordan Manley is the man, and I don't see many other folks beside him setting up for some serious ski mountaineering lines to be filmed in a cinematic style. Basically, the difference with filming park vs. ski mountaineering is, if you don't do it carefully, you're conflating the danger factor big time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Archer
Hiked into thunder saddle today. Snow was still really good & coverage was good to. It was a super warm day, but absolutely beautiful
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It doesn't hurt how easy it is for the park guys to keep trying, either. Just ride the lift around and around.Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
Seriously shooting mountaineering requires serious skills and a serious budget, no doubt. I do think, though, that it might be cool to do some of the more hardcore inbounds stuff, and with that you get the easy access and repeatability of a lift. Not to mention the especially big benefit of alternate routes for the guy with all the camera crap on his back to get there if desired.
how much of this got fried away today?
quite a bit at lake level, but it seems to be staying around longer on the mountainsQuote:
Originally Posted by Driver
are we gonna get october corn? the rarest of all corn.
Referred to as Cornholio?Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
Some pretty cool shots, ottime, powdork and 213!
I figured that much of the fancy equipment was with Woodward's. Part of the Video camps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Archer
Let it Snow!
ps. Mom, can you let this knee settle down before you smile on us again?
Mmmmm. Surf is small. But I do new to dig this French drain. Can someone go out today and roast some up and report back? An I wanna know more about thunder saddle.
Nice pics everyone. Curious to see what the peaks look like now after the warm weather this weekend.
Yeah, I had something come up on my Orthovox 3+ that I have never seen in approximately 20 multi-burial scenarios (likely 1/2 of which were close multi-burial scenarios). I plan on going back to the same location when we get more snow and trying to re-create this issue ago, although I suspect I will not be succesful.Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
In any event, if anyone has run into this before, please let me know:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...11#post3790511
And Schralph, despite all of the issues I still got Gillies dug out in 9 minutes as Victim 2.... Given he had an avalung, I am sure he was just fine ;)
On a serious note, I don't think that area will be re-useable again for a debris field until we get more snow. It was extremely hot up in Tahoe yesterday and at least at my house at base of the Alpine access road the snow was completely melting out and a gloppy mess by 9 AM.
So down Scott Chute, under the lift?Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
Coverage was great. One man & two man are good to go. Snow was a variety pack. Heavy & wet in the trees, punchy down low. Crust on the skiers right of the tree chutes & cold pow on the skiers left. It was good fun turns. The snow on the top of the saddle was definatly starting to corn up. Hope the storm this week cools down a bit. High rain would be devastating. The snow is forming a perfect base right now. We almost went for 99 steps but it looked a little thin & burnt out. Covered Wagon looked great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
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Hopefully Wed and Thursday shape up for another layer... would 12" be too much to ask for?
11/2- Blizzard of Aahh's at The Start Haus at 4:00 then Legend of Aahh's at the Squaw Valley Institute at 6:00 with a round table of Robb Gaffney, Gregg Stump and Scot Schmidt.
Figured it's about high time I get my Avy 1 cert.
For those who have done it on the North Shore, what's the word on the following outfits:
ASI
they are asking $450 for the 3-day AIARE cert
NASTC
they are asking $425 for the 3-day AIARE cert
Donner Summit Avalanche Seminars
they are asking $350 for the 3-day AIARE cert
I've heard about ASI (actually thought they were the only game in town until I dug around the Webz). I am familiar with NASTC from their skiing courses. But I've never heard of the Donner Summit Avalanche Seminars outfit. Any recommendations (I'm leaning toward the cheaper option because it's $100 I can throw around elsewhere).
As long as it doesn't rain and ruin what we've already got I'm not gonna complain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Driver
Driver - as of Sunday morning stuff was melting super fast and it seems that this latest event is going to be rain pretty high up.
Some shots from Saturday - none of us had a camera so these are all from my phone (which, surprisingly, is the first time I have ever tried to shoot pictures with it). Worse, we accidentally had it in video mode most of the time, so these are screen stills from one second videos. Hence, took a good amount in time in Lightroom to be able to get these to a post-able form. But regardless...
Schralph on the skin up to Alpine Summit
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-m7tc...m7tcQhj-XL.jpg
MLG working up with parts of Keyhole off in the upper left - coverage looked thin in there.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-Ndct...-NdctmsS-L.jpg
UCL and MLG - was actually a great day and didn't get ridiculously hot until around 10 AM.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-vQVw...-vQVw9ZB-L.jpg
The snow up top was still soft and not too sticky, although the lower mountain by 10AM was getting pretty heavy. MLG at the summit.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-RHbj...-RHbjHb4-L.jpg
The Schralph official snow depth measurement. On a serious note, I measured it "officially" at 100 cm in a slightly wind-loaded zone on the summit line.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-XPbK...XPbKTfr-XL.jpg
Not bad for October 27th.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-449g...-449gcFz-L.jpg
The snow in the upper bowl was fun and good coverage (even though it looks like I am going right at the only visible rock).
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-74gG...-74gGZq8-L.jpg
MLG dropping in. FWIW - the Sherwood side was entirely bare rocks, as expected.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-8nVd...-8nVdZ47-L.jpg
UCL getting some of the softer turns of the day.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-X3rm...-X3rm7vg-L.jpg
A couple of MLG in the lower mountain.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-zS5M...-zS5Mgnm-L.jpg
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-sXqV...sXqVvWq-XL.jpg
Dookey
DSAS is run by Randall Osterhuber who runs the Central Sierra Snow Lab. He was the papers chair for ISSW. Active in SAR. A good guy to take a course from fo sho. You'd like him.
^thanks for the intel TM. I've driven by the CSSL more time that I can recall over the years and always wondered about that place. Plus, the price is nice!
dookey - I have had good experiences with Asi for both Level I and Level II, although for Level I I am sure any of the choices you noted will be good. It seems TeleMike's guy would fit the bill as well.
Although you obviously mentioned North Lake, also consider LTCC in South Lake, as it is a cost-effective option and I know a lot of folks on this board have had good experiences with them for Level I. Would require you to stay down there for the 3-day course (rather than the drive each day from TD). But I have heard good things . Finally, Geoff Clarke teaches Level Is at Kirkwood and he is a great guy and an excellent instructor as well. Not sure about pricing.
Note: This may be stating the obvious, but wait to take the course until late January or February so we have a deeper snowpack to work with (e.g., don't take a course offering in December or anything).
but early snow can provide some wonderful funkness that we do not always see in the Sierra - you can take a course any time and get the idea - a deeper snowpack is good, but you can learn A LOT from a shallower snowpack - when I did Level 2 in UT we had 8' to work with, but it was still quite a bit different than the 40 we had in Juneau - take the class when it works for you
Fair point - although Level I is less about snowpack analysis and more about rescue scenarios, basic snowpit tests and tour planning. I just thought it is easier to learn Level I digging techniques and companion rescue when there is actual snow to work with.
For Level II, entirely agree with you the thinner, funkier snowpack is more fun.
Thanks UCL. Was hoping you'd chime in. I've heard about LTCC, but given where I'm living (T/D) and working (plus my work schedule), it makes more sense financially and logistically to take the course in/around Truckee (i.e. the money I'd save on the cheap course in SLT I'd spend on gas, food, and lodging). And yeah, I was looking at Jan/Feb, again due to work, but also giving forethought to snow conditions. Plus I should have an AT set-up (again) by then!
^ 2nd that.