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8:34 update on conditions page — no early load on HRM [nice of them to get this info out!:fuckyou: — storm recovery ongoing, I guess…]Quote:
Originally Posted by k2skier112
have fun y’all…hope it stays dry for you!
Yeah, I found out about "storm recovery " when I got to HR. Pissing rain, no lifts open, we'll BC and the carpet. I'll ski in the rain with no lines...
Butts in chairs on HRM @ 9:17
Late opening or even being drenched is one thing but the skiing is shit right now. Even the untracked stuff is horrible. Oh well… sucks for all the kids camps though.
Sunrise base was the place to be. I, however, along with half the skiers was over at Summit West. Red popped at 11am. First run I thought I might tear a knee ligament. Was wishing for an extra 10 mm of width and more rocker. A slight breakable crust on top of that 9" was not to my liking.
Watching the avy dog getting face shots was the highlight of the morning.
https://i.ibb.co/554hX3V/IMG-2528.jpg
I’m pretty sure Schmoodoo took the literal cake (batter) for being worst snow in Oregon this morning. Truly comical conditions off piste. It was 33F and raining at 840 AM … all the way to the summit. I knew it would be bad off piste but when my wife called it after two runs, I had to poke in to see for myself. And if you enjoy tailgunning deep cake batter that was cooked at 250F for just 15 minutes, then you might have enjoyed that kind of skiing! I’m sure I looked like a mega gaper but people on the chair were cheering at me … because the snow was so fucking awful. But hey, it isn’t even 2025 yet and we have a decent high density base, I’ll take it.
We took the dog for a walk around Clear Lake and that was much more enjoyable [emoji16]
And oh man is the McKenzie running seriously high water right now!
^ You need protests, they rule those conditions! Makes it effortless and unlocks a cheat code.
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That’s how I felt at meadows on the Arv 95. First lap in untracked powder was treacherous and after eating shit on a blue groomer 2 minutes later (still no idea what happened), I called it quit. Did not even go to the car to pull the 115mm wide skis that might or might not have helped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toadman
Tough on the kids too. They stopped the camp at 11:00. I had the 7 y.o. In a full melt down after I picked him up. Drenched and freezing. Took a while to recover from the multiple ”I never want to go skiing ever again!!“. Rewarding him with restaurant of choice for dinner for having been tough helped :D Looks like we’re good now. Lol.
I was on some 110mm wide and it wasn't enough. People were cartwheeling all over the place on the first lap. Need the temps to drop a few degrees. Only the boarders were staying on top of that stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mani_UT
Funny enough I had some new-to-me Billy Goat 118s in the truck … not quite Protests but partway there for these conditions. But because I was with my wife I knew I could not subject her to such misery so I grabbed my Woodsman 110s instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
Yep!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Toadman
I used to be good.
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That's what we refer to as upside down pow.
All these glowing reports of powdery bliss are making the decision to not get out of the car justifiable
SSX and HRM both closed at 2:15. You don't see that often
We're gonna giver a go on Sunday, and I'll do Tuesday, just so I can get my count into double digits for the year
Same. Saving the lift tickets for another trip down!Quote:
Originally Posted by k2skier112
Le Snow this am at Bach.
Pow!
Tap, is that your kid making a pro-looking turn?
Where is that? The tree's are kinda growing sideways ;-)
Awesome shot
Smartphones auto tilt at Flachelor
Faceshots ftw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toadman
Yessir!Quote:
Originally Posted by ::: :::
That was on Red, right side lift line. The tree tilt is only cause she kept passing below me so I was panning to keep her in frame. Here’s one just prior.
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Technically the wind is dying down
Is anyone going out to Meadows today, who could haul a teenager back to Portland with them? He’s on a logistically complex, multi-day, birthday party ski trip, and his ride back to town for today got sick and bailed.
It’s a lot to ask, and I wouldn’t be offended by radio silence as a response, but advice on transport options are also much appreciated.
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I really dig your stuff. Nice work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tap
@lucknau
Don't know how old your teen is or how feasible it is for them to ride public transport but there is a 4 hour bus and train route from mhm to PDX through the gorge.
Snow and conditions decidedly better this morning at Mt Brokenchairwindholddeicing.
https://i.ibb.co/kH0fYt1/IMG-2536.jpg
I think he can probably figure it out. Thanks. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by river59
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108" base. Ski with a partner.
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Wow,
And just think, that’s after the 30-40 cm of settlement already visible in your picture!
It was good up there. Even had someone say thank you for helping set the bootpack on the Cone. Knee deep goodness was worth the effort.
Mt. Brokenchair lived up to its namesake. Pine had some stop and go issues for about 10 minutes around 9:30am or so. Got it sorted eventually.
https://i.ibb.co/88yg7KQ/IMG-2545.jpg
We left Meadows about noon. HRM & Star on wind hold @ 1:33
Twas delicious
Looks tasty. So how dense was today’s snow? Would expect heavy wind hammer, but you seem more upbeat…Quote:
Originally Posted by Toadman
Gonna hit it tomorrow. Been off since Xmas due to crowds, wind and my granddaughter’s gift of a rhinovirus.
^^^ No wind hammering that was detected. Snow was medium density. Needed to keep the speed up on the shallower pitches and all was good. Should be good to go tomorrow with the colder temps. Hopefully a few more inches to reset.
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Apparently Outback around noon today. I'd still rather be there than back at work! Hope you all found some good turns! The hordes will leave soon, and you'll no doubt be posting gorgeous reports of uncrowded goodness soon!
MHM skied pretty well today. Nice to have a blue sky and fresh cold snow!
You’re too easy to please.Quote:
Originally Posted by puma
All hope that most of the tourons visited us last week was dashed at 0705 this AM when traffic was stop-go from Chandler roundabout to MP 14. Took 55 min to get to parking lot from Chandler. Guess I gotta be there by 0630 tomorrow…
Snow was med-light with wind effect in exposed areas. Some blue sky was an added bonus. Got 4 ski-on runs like this
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Before CCX shit the bed.
And the crowds kept coming. Could see them crawling their way to WV from top of CCX. Lines were bad enough to leave by 1100 - although not as bad as what Puma posted. But OBX hasn’t spun much the last few days, so everyone is willing to wait in line for an hour to get maybe one run of untouched snow
Rumor is that Summit will open tomorrow. I’m skeptical given the amount of ice on the towers and rope, and the lack of de-ice work today. We shall see.
BTW, what do you call a group of tourons? You know, like a Murder of crows or an Unkindness of ravens. I’m thinking it’s either a Shitshow or a Clusterfuck…
I feel ya TBS! I rolled in to Summit West at about 7:15am. Got an epic first lap down skiers left of Thunderbird. (Pic are patrol's)
Poked around in the trees around Coffee and Olympia and once into Grotto. Spent about 15 minutes in the Pine Marten lodge and came out to the downhill bonzai with the Outback rope drop. Did one and done but it was really good. It was a traffic jam trying to get out of Summit West parking lot at 11:30am. But the half dozen runs was worth it.
I got the sense that half the mountain was on the Ikon pass just from some of the conversations in the lift lines and on the chair.
https://i.ibb.co/PFyPSYY/IMG-2550.jpg
I agree on the Ikon thing. Got some dirty looks in the lift line when another local and I were joking about “Ikon not wait for you to leave.”
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It was good till it wasn't.