Baker TR 12/5

Game on! Most of the standard Baker interweb ski-dorks were around (never saw Grrrr or Fiddler or DINMS) and we had a nice influx of Seattle-types to round out the crew. WC and I started out by two runs down the chute under chair 1 (the second gave me some negative GNAR points with a binding-to-butt on a landing) then we ventured out to Pan to milk some of that. Amazingly we were able to ski right up to mid-1 w/o waiting in line at all the first time, but when we returned after Pan the line was to the bottom of the ramp. Fuk dat, time to hit Elbow! Got a few runs from the top of 4.5 then used the nice track that MBS and BB pushed out to Elf to hit upper Elbow and then eventually Elf. Some nice deep snow was to be found all over the place; landings were cherry, hucks were hucked. WC stepped up to the plate and hit a nice 15-20 footer with speed, so now he can no longer say he goes bigger on his bike than he does on his skis. It was still a bit bony in places but whatever...
Unfortunately some of the Seattle crew didn't have their gear and had to stay inbounds w/ the rest of the peons. Tsk tsk.
Solid bro-down in the Tap Room at the end of the day and then a nice continuation at Casa in B'ham (with some fuzz drama for me on the drive home...for tailgating? WTF?) :fuckyou: before they had to hit the road south.
No pics from me, but it was by far the best day of the season so far.

You're welcome for leaving so you actually get snow! Sounds like it pretty much went off, and things must have really filled in!

So jealous of the tap room conclusion to the day :cool:

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Originally Posted by hop

Unfortunately some of the Seattle crew didn't have their gear and had to stay inbounds w/ the rest of the peons. Tsk tsk...

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yes, including boots.

that's the biggest fuckup I've ever done. Huge thanks to BakerBoy for saving my ass on that one...sorry to make you turn around, but I really sincerely appreciated it.

Still can't fucking believe I forgot my boots. Damn! :eek:

It was fantastic to meet up with this group again...I'm glad we left dinner when we did, as my stomach was hurting from laughing so hard.

Sounds like a good time. Hopefully, in a few weeks I'll know where all those places are.

BTW, how much backcountry there can be bootpacked? Is AT gear a requirement to go bc? Just wondering cause I'm about to mount my BROs with alpine bindings.

I sucked today even more than usual. Had fun though once my boots started cooperating. DINMS and weski, his dad, rode up with me, they hit some goods on Gabl and especially under the rope right off 6. Good snow today, I'm hoping for more on Tuesday since I can get off work if I want it.

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Originally Posted by funkendrenchman

BTW, how much backcountry there can be bootpacked? Is AT gear a requirement to go bc? Just wondering cause I'm about to mount my BROs with alpine bindings.

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There are about 17,000 acres of skiing reachable on a day trip from the MBRC parking lots. Maybe a thousand of that is in the ski area and another 3000 reachable by "beasts of burden", as bootpackers are known. AT just makes sense.

no need for AT unless you want to go skinning, but most of the stuff is bootpackable or trekkerable if you have that option.
Edit because BakerBunny is more core than me: of course that depends on how far you want to go!

This weekend Baker definetelly delivered.. Sat was the wetest day evar. though.. Sunday was well just peacy..

I was really suprised how well the snow held up all day..

Grrrr <=== so working too much. Failed to show, saving up days off for better coverage. :o

Glad some was gotten. Even if chair one does suck...

Well it's about Damn Time! BAKER WAS :biggrin:
Started off with MBS and BakerBoy- broke trail out to Elf Chutes for the first of a couple laps. It was like, "Wow, fresh snow, is it really here? Damn! Give me sum of dat!" And special thanks to MBS/BB for letting me break trail on the crappy section near the 'death bowl' :fuckyou:

Elbow was sweet, sank into about my upper thighs for a few turns. Holy Crap! After ducking back in-bounds after lunch, met back up with the rest of the Crystal crew for some smoove turns off 4.5, 8, and 1. BC-Flow and I dropped a late run off Sam's Ridge and found super deep sheltered light cold ever so thank you for finally showing up powder - nirvana! A nice mandatory 12 footer midway thorugh, then the brush/rock slalom to the cat road.

B'ham guys- great hanging out, as always. Thanks again for the hospitality as we try to get the Seattle mountains open. Another foot or two should do it- and Fox 13 last night said 16"-20" on the way by Tuesday night :biggrin: with more storminess through the week.

GREAT F'IN DAY, Fellas! Sorry- no pics- my camera froze up. (would have been a great op for Hop tailgating Senor Sherriff off 542).

For sure there is mucho bootpackable goods. Then there is the other 14,000 acres -- such as: (standard excuses apply -- not much light, too much snow for dicking around with a camera):

Beyond the boots

I guess it depends how much you like to see other tracks. Crossing another track is kinda like swallowing something that someone else chewed.

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Originally Posted by hop

Unfortunately some of the Seattle crew didn't have their gear and had to stay inbounds w/ the rest of the peons. Tsk tsk.

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True, I left my toys in the car. Still, I got nice turns inbounds with the rest of my fellow peons, besides, knowing my luck, I'd have been in the group setting the bootpack up the arm when the fog rolled in. :wink:

Yesterday was bone fide good times from start to finish...minor bumps along the way aside (Jumper's infamous last words when he realized his boots were in his car in Seattle and we were 20 miles south of B-Ham, my stupid fucking stitches that i had to fucking baby all day). Baker is super sick and I look forward to coming back to rip around with the local crew, just remind me not to let Hop drive to the mountain. :nonono2: Good day kids...good day...

Yep, good times at Baker.

I did the solo thing yesterday, should have probably looked for the other TGR fools on the mountain but I was doing my own thing. Hope everyone had a good time.

I am thinking about wednesday going up there....any takers? Prefer not to be solo, missed out on a lot of Hemispheres yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Duder

Yep, good times at Baker.

I did the solo thing yesterday, should have probably looked for the other TGR fools on the mountain but I was doing my own thing. Hope everyone had a good time.

I am thinking about wednesday going up there....any takers? Prefer not to be solo, missed out on a lot of Hemispheres yesterday.

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I might be down. It looks like we could have a foot or two by Wed/Thursday.
Gonna wait on the weather for a day or two before deciding.

How the fuck do you forget boots? :nonono2:

Seriously.

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Originally Posted by Squirrel99

It looks like we could have a foot or two by Wed/Thursday.
Gonna wait on the weather for a day or two before deciding.

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Agreed. I will wait to make a decision tomorrow and check the nwac.

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Originally Posted by 13

How the fuck do you forget boots? :nonono2:

Seriously.

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I assure you that the very best have done this. They get excited and ...
... well, ask the guy that started this thread.

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Originally Posted by 13

How the fuck do you forget boots? :nonono2:

Seriously.

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By waking up and leaving your house to go skiing at 3am

Gloves, I had left before. Goggles too. But boots, this was a first, and definitely last, time.

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Originally Posted by 13

How the fuck do you forget boots? :nonono2:

Seriously.

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I forgot my boots when I was skiing w/ BakerBunny a few years ago. That sucked... going from T-race to T3 on fat skis was a bit of a change. But they hiked well enough! The bunny might still have the video somewhere....?

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Originally Posted by BakerBunny

I assure you that the very best have done this. They get excited and ...
... well, ask the guy that started this thread.

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:the_finge

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Originally Posted by hop

no need for AT unless you want to go skinning, but most of the stuff is bootpackable or trekkerable if you have that option.
Edit because BakerBunny is more core than me: of course that depends on how far you want to go!

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I have some AT skis, just wondering if I should mount my Bros AT, or alpine and just bootpack it... looks like I'll be mounting them alpine.

to clear it up, hop was pulled over for tailgating a sheriff :D :D :D :D :D what a retard :D :D :D :D :D

this weekend was definately an ass-kicking good time. it was good to finally meet some of the seattle mags, maybe next time we will actually make some turns. note to visitors: backcountry gear at all times! note to hop: don't tailgate cops :D :D :D :D :fmicon:

Define "backcountry gear" - the basic beacon/shovel/partner, right? Or skins and trekkers too?

and Hop...I don't know WA law (I assume your car is registered here), but in MT (where my car is registered) you have until the end of the expiring month before your plates become expired. This is important to me right now as my plates currently have the 12/04 stickers on them...so I have 20-some days, still.

Yes, Hop was pulled over for tailgating...and got the ticket (a steep one too) for having expired tags. Gay!

backcountry gear= brain, beeper, shovel, probe, parter, knowledge of terrain and snowpack, brain, and common sense. Skins and trekkers aren't necessary for everything but it doesn't hurt to have them and they don't weigh that much. Water and food doesn't hurt either.

For the record, I wasn't THAT close to the sheriff! I was trying to maintain my speed going uphill and he was slowing down faster than I was. If I wasn't hauling WC's fat ass and he could have held his beers a bit longer none of this would have happened, but whatever. All is well because the dealer that I bought my car from fucked up and told me the reg. was valid when I bought it (they don't sell cars w/o valid tabs) and are going to pay the ticket.