Wasatch Conditions 09-10

Trackhead and NoHow punch the booter in
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Looking for the fattest way down
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Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale

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thats about how I imagine that exit right now.

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Originally Posted by nieveparasiempre

thats about how I imagine that exit right now.

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It's never much better, so no reason not to go.

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

It's never much better, so no reason not to go.

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oh trust me. i'd take an exit like that over the deluge we've been having up here in the PNW any day.

This is really pissing me off.

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Originally Posted by The Gnarwhale

Trackhead

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whoa holy freakish Trackhead bobble head skier shot.The only ob I can add wold be how utterly marginal the skiing @ Deer Valley was yesterday.;) Obervered a lot of cougars and milfs. The best turns were along the sides of the runs were the groominators looking to avoid Tony Danza syndrome would push the snow. Fun hanging around w/ Parker at the DPS demo tent headed back today.
Who wants to suck down overpiced lattes and $8.00 bowls of turkey chili, while cougar watching?
Come on Th I'll trade ya those lotus 120's for a pair of 78 underfoot Cassiars;)

oops wrong thread;)

^^^ Oh man turkey chili, and the regular chili for that matter. Bout the best thing on this thread in a while

Ok.....since $8 Chili was mentioned.

Snowbird chili and PBR...MMMMMMMMMM

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wasatch observations:

trackhead straight up killing it when people are afraid to leave the resort because they might set off an avalanche, or think there isnt enough snow to ski any lines.

Yeah, well I tried that BC shit, today and look.

http://www.wowasatch.com/pictures/Wi...slip-slide.jpg

Fucking slip slide. :nonono2:

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Originally Posted by pruitt

Ok.....since $8 Chili was mentioned.

Snowbird chili and PBR...MMMMMMMMMM

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I bought a beer there 2 days ago but I didn't drink it outside because of the "No Alcool allowed outside"
I am from France and I was surprised about this rule.

But obviously it is doable. ahahahahha

Went up Silver Fork today, Found wind jacked snow, recrystallized powder, and lots and lots of stout crust. It was looking nice in the morning but the high clouds and light winds that came in kept stuff from softening up..

Trackhead and Gnarwhale...
Saw you guys eatin burritos up there on the Pfeifferhorn yesterday... nice work.

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Skied SE and E on Gobblers. Above 9,600 all was crusted with a brittle 1-inch crust, underneath was pure facets. Could be a problem with the coming storms. Below that elevation, in less wind affected terrain, was great recrystallized powder. The turns were mostly smooth and soft with the occasional wind/sun crust. Fun day.

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off the top of provo peak

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looking south, spanish fork and nebo

good skiing

Haven't checked into this place for months so I figured since I've been outta town I'd catch up on conditions....and it's not much more than a pissing match and sanctimonious overload with a few light helpings of obs and stoke.

I guess some things never change.:nonono2:

Thanks to those that provide the obs and stoke - it helps those of us that aren't in the mix on a day to day basis. ^^love the Provo Peak action^^

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Originally Posted by LittleYellowFriend

They make the Mormons seem like really mellow cool dudes.

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Last I checked I was a pretty mellow cool dude. Anyone second the motion?

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Originally Posted by powstash

Last I checked I was a pretty mellow cool dude. Anyone second the motion?

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Don't know you, but your internet persona is very cool. And, anyway, most mormons I know are pretty mellow. Some are cool, some are not. In that way, mormons remind me of "normal" people.;)

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Originally Posted by powstash

Last I checked I was a pretty mellow cool dude. Anyone second the motion?

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Nah, yer a gun totin' redneck mormon guy from Kamas............

1st time i've looked at this thread this year and prolly the last unless i make a ootah trip. most of u sound like a bunch of whiny pricks. lighten up eh?

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Originally Posted by gimpy

1st time i've looked at this thread this year and prolly the last unless i make a ootah trip. most of u sound like a bunch of whiny pricks. lighten up eh?

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Some of us are joking with each other, others are whiny bitches.

The lot was filling up with snowshoer minions so we thought we'd go over here for a change of pace:
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Coverage was ok most of the way. Some rock 'moguls' to navigate around.
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Some debris higher up. Sun was cooking pretty good, but softened the 1.5 inch crust nicely. It was getting a little mushy in spots as we exited. Not the best turns, but a fun line.
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Originally Posted by Trackhead

Some of us are joking with each other, others are whiny bitches.

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It's whiny pricks douchnozzle.

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Originally Posted by sfotex

It's whiny pricks douchnozzle.

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Stick it asshat, stupid BITCH!

Oh wait, this is an obs thread, oops. Gotta be all scientific and formal and stuff.

Looked at lots of snow, this weekend; saw a fairly constant, developed layer of depth hoar on north-facing aspects between 9k and 10k. NW-aspect, 10k locations over saddles prone to wind-loading had a relatively weak layer of wind crust combined with persistent faceting. That being said, there was not a lot of energy noted in any of the pits that I dug.

However, the predicted snow coming this week should make for some interesting conditions. Be careful out there, while I'm sitting at my desk!:nonono2:

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Originally Posted by TeleThor

Some debris higher up. Sun was cooking pretty good, but softened the 1.5 inch crust nicely. It was getting a little mushy in spots as we exited. Not the best turns, but a fun line.
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Bob the Wizard posted a pic of your tracks. Called you "masochistic". If hitting little pine in those conditions doesn't prove you truly love skiing I don't know what does :)

http://wowasatch.com/Journal-2009-10...anuary-16.html

^^^
Agreed! Way to get after it fellas!

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Originally Posted by powstash

Last I checked I was a pretty mellow cool dude. Anyone second the motion?

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I'll second that motion but amend the original motion to include a good to see ya back around, ski ya soon
-Your rasta/buddist stoner skibum bro;)
Gimpy let me know if you head back out this season no whining just skiing/riding.
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Went up the Pfeif with Grenalds yesterday. Nice day to be out and about, not so nice day to ski. We skied the E facing ridge and dropped in dry creek for a bit then back up and over to Red Lake. Crusts were the theme. Wind, sun, thick, thin, supportable, breakable, and of doom were encountered. Lots of shark teeth looming too...

Ok, what's the local forecast looking like for the rest of the week? I may be there for a coupla days on Wednesday - Saturday and wondering what people think the area will get out of these southern storms.

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Originally Posted by comish

Ok, what's the local forecast looking like for the rest of the week? I may be there for a coupla days on Wednesday - Saturday and wondering what people think the area will get out of these southern storms.

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Alta

Buzz, you failed ;) Your linky is for a bit farther north...

I have looked at the NWS and it says snow, but what do people think. Is this like a 2-4in / day kinda event, or more like the 12" last night for the next few days?

Forecast:
1. 6-10 from 5pm today to 5-pm (mst wed) as the second short wave trough is nosed along by a strong jet.
2. 4-8 thursday as another short wave moves in just ahead of the longwave trough pushing into cali.
3. Long duration event friday into sun. early am as long wave trough moves over head and splits into two lows. One heading n/ne into ID and one heading E through so. UT. This will spread moist unstable air with substantial lifting into the entire wasatch range. Couple that with a flow turning n/nw at 700mb driving air into the range resulting in orographic lifting and you have a rather significant event. High res qpf output provides 1-2 feet tops for the fri-sun. event.
Danger however will exist as there will be high winds, variable temps, graupel and mixed layers of snow density....
(at least that's the forecast now).

Gracias.

Buzz, you are either very quick or have a shape shifter linky as its good to go now.

We meadowskipped around the PC ridgeline today. The clouds blew out around noon, revealing 10+ soft slab slides on E and N aspects. Most were only 30 or 40 feet wide and appeared to not have gone deeper than the storm snow. From a distance we noticed a crown line running the below the diagonal cliff band on High Duches, easily a few hundred feet wide, along with a few other smaller pockets with rider tracks coming out of the debris.

Lots of 25-30degree fun for us today.

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Yeah, I took a pic of an 8"X40-50' crown on the north side of the 9s, very close to Magic Lines. If I can figure out the Blackberry, I'll post it here.
Good seeing you and other maggots, today.

I'll be at Alta thursday, its been asked before but is there any place to pick up cheaper lift tickets?

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yesterday was ok..

Looks like a terrible day.

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Originally Posted by byates1

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yesterday was ok..

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Ahh for fuk's sake....

Work is a 4 letter word today....

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Originally Posted by byates1

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Amazing Photo. One the best I have seen in a long time.