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Lots of snow = good
Very strong winds for two days = bad
There might have been 2 feet of new at Alta, but it was well buried by the 4 inch layer of very dense windbuff. I've never skied denser windbuff.
Additionally, Collins didn't open until 11:15. The High T still hadn't opened as of 1:30. Obviously, backside, shoulder, castle, and just about everything was closed.
Does that mean tomorrow will be off the chain?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bum Z
Something like that....too bad it's supposed to warm up so much, i hate that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jayfrizzo
Edit: oh, and waiting at the park and ride for so long, ending up not skiing because of the delay sucked a bit too...but at least i'll ski this weekend, could be worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by altachic
man, what a morning, and I don't mean that in a good way... :confused:
Hmmm.. so I don't need the big boards tommorow?
I thought alta was always good.
this isnt altaholic, he was logged in but,
you guys are smoking crack. that was super fun.
enough said.
Bitch bitch whine whine. :rolleyes:
Alta Snow Snobs! ;)
Alas, do not fear! You've been spoiled by consistent blower and have forgotten how to ski the pow that the rest of the world gets. So the Tahoe mangions have sent you hardrider to show you the way. Just look for the obnoxious red pants and a pair of wizard Exploders. He'll be smiling and bombing down the hill while you're complaining about the "wet" snow. :D
It's all because I stayed home. ;)
Could be a good huck day soon if it doesn't get too warm? I'm sure that wind layer on top won't matter at all when hucking.
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Originally Posted by Altaholic
That's what I want to hear. I'm making my Utah/Alta debut tomorrow, I am assuming despite the winds and possible warm temps there should be some good turns to be had with 2' feet of new snow. :D
I'll be on the lookout for Maggots.
this snow was PERFECT for stomping stuff.
fo' sure
Brian, have fun in UT. Huck your meat for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artie Fufkin
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Originally Posted by Altaholic
stomping on the steeps, yes. in anything flat, no.
md, the top wind layer is all you can get to in most areas that are exposed to the wind. the stashes even have signs of wind and dense snow.
i had fun today. if you weren't expecting to ski deep blower, which i wasn't, it was good. fast and smooth for the first few runs. with nothing open besides mainstreet, freds trees, lower shoulder and the ho----things got tracked quick. when i left, they had just started another bombing run on the hi-t. they are busting their asses to open it since they really need to get some skier compaction out there. it just wasn't ready yet.
if anyone wants to stomp some lift accessed cornices tomorrow, let me know.
Seconding the vote for "You guys are on drugs."Quote:
Reply here if you are from a flat and/or mostly snowless state and have become incredibly spoiled the few years you've lived in Utah.
The only bummer about today was how much stuff was closed. That just means more freshness tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by cmsummit
Will do, now that my legs have finally recovered from Silverton.
I was disappointed in LCC today, mainly because I wasn't there. I'm marooned in NJ for another 37 hours where it is currently 50 degrees and raining :cussing: . At this point, any snow is good snow in my book. :D
clearing off the deck was a bitch today, we started at 7 and didnt get it cleared till 11:30, and we had about 5 people workin on it. didnt get to ski till about 1 today, they never opened the high-t but o well, i guess ill just have to get first chair tomorrow.
I had fun at the bird today. Not saying the snow was the greatest but it was good to push around and landings were soft. Fuck yeah it was good.
Oh man, Tomorrow should be good. I love the kind of Fridays I’m about to have! Altachic, lets hookup in the morning for some Alta Love (Not the DTM kind either :biggrin: )?
Oh I'm definately disappointed...disappointed that I:
a) am sick
b) am at work
c) wasn't in LCC at all today
d) all of the above.
The correct answer is d. Don't complain; at least you were out in the snow and not coughing up a lung at a desk job. A crappy snow day beats bronchitis ANY day. When you want to complain, think of people like me being jealous of people like you. All in good cheer here.....tootles!
....cough...grin...cough....cheers....choke...coug h :fuckyou:
Ahhhh....the one day i'm working 9-5. The reason for this...DTM is coming in tomorrow night, I'd like to NOT be at work when he arrives.Quote:
Originally Posted by skibe
We'll be skiing all weekend, and all next week, so let's hookup then!
It's raining where I live. :fuckyou: :the_finge :fuckyou: :the_finge
Well, I wasn't really expecting it to be blower considering the warming and the wind, so I wasn't expecting much. Would have liked to have had more terrain open, but I had a lot of fun today. It was just like skiing back home in the PNW.....really fast snow.
Z - next time I see you up there I hope it isn't waiting 45 min at the gate for the High-T
Today was the weirdest snow I have ever skied at Alta. First run off Wildcat (while everyone and their mother waited for Collins to run) was really cool. Definitely not a power day but still fun. Tomorrow and the weekend should be great.
RB / Lumpy, sorry I lost you. I waited at the bottom for quite a while until someone said RB had wrecked and was going to be a while. I tried to lap back up but lines were still a little slow at that time. I stayed until 2 pm waiting for the High-T to open but no luv.