What's the word in Utah?

Looks like you fuckers are going to get/getting HAMMERED. In CO now with the folks for turkey day - been snowing for about 2 days but there was nothing before. First hour or so on the hill has been decent, but nothing is open so it gets jammed up and shitty super quick. Looks like we should get a bit more out of this storm.

Bro models arrived yesterday but there is not enough snow here to warrant them - put two core shots in my board this morning.

To sum up: fuck you guys in your stupid fucking asses! Git sum.

check that. weather channel is saying 1 - 2 feet in mountains in the Denver, Salt Lake and Reno areas by tomorrow AM. everyone is gonna git some. yeah!

:the_finge :the_finge :the_finge :the_finge I only hope the canyon stays open tomorrow. :fmicon: :fmicon: :fmicon:


Cottonwood Canyons Forecast
for use in snow safety activities and emergency management Date/Time Issued:
2004-11-27 12:32:00

Synopsis: ...heavy snow warning through Sunday morning... A cold storm system will move directly over your region tonight and into SW Wyoming...then slide south on Sunday. This will keep periods of snow through the night which will change to snow showers and snow squalls for Sunday morning. There may also be a period of lake enhanced snow late tonight and Sunday morning. Snow will taper off Sunday night as the storm system continues to move south. Dry and milder weather will begin Tuesday and continue into Wednesday.
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12 Hour Forecast beginning 17:00
Alta Guard Temperature: 9-11
Weather: Snow...heavy at times...

Most Likely Snow Amount: 15-18 Probability: 60 %

Next most Likely Amount: 12-14 Probability: 40 %

Ridgetop Wind Speed: moderate
Wind Direction: NW
Comments about the Wind: west wind becoming NW early
Lightning: no

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12 Hour Forecast beginning 05:00
Alta Guard Temperature: 14-16

Weather: Snow showers and squalls.

Most Likely Snow Amount: 6-8 Probability: 60 %

Next most Likely Amount: 9-12 Probability: 40 %

Ridgetop Wind Speed: moderate

Wind Direction: NNW

Comments about the Wind: Wind shifting to NE in afternoon and gusts to 40 mph

Lightning: no

Remarks: below zero wind chills on Sunday in exposed areas tardy

did some laps yesterday and today at Loveland....some deep shit in the trees, but still rocky

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Originally Posted by gonzo

check that. weather channel is saying 1 - 2 feet in mountains in the Denver, Salt Lake and Reno areas by tomorrow AM. everyone is gonna git some. yeah!

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uh, how about a big ol :the_finge from Montana?

i'm going to go hike bridger tomorrow anyways, but damn some of these storms need to roll north just a bit.

sorry bro. there's two big fuckers in the pacific right now that are a bit more northerly...

unjinx.

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Originally Posted by fez

uh, how about a big ol :the_finge from Montana?

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I'll represent one on behalf of the Northwest :the_finge
for our 10 - 15" of base :(

GET AFTER IT GUYS!!!! Those upcoming TR's should have a rating- for SICK!

Montana- keep up hope- it's coming- next weekend, the northerly track returns (anti-jinx).

FYI, we've had around 10" so far in the Wasatch, (and the storms not even really here yet), and that's on top of 10" that fell Thursday into Friday...

Not even Iceman can stop this storm.

BobMc

Just got off the mountain and it's pilling up quick above 8000 feet. Very, very nice. Tomorrow should be epic.

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FYI, we've had around 10" so far in the Wasatch, (and the storms not even really here yet), and that's on top of 10" that fell Thursday into Friday...

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Hey Red Baron, any chance of sharing some much needed snow and giving a former Utard and his snow starved posse a sweet December storm forecast for the Northwest and our bro's in Montana? ;) Please, pretty please....

(anti-jinx, anti-jinx, anti-jinx, anti-jinx, anti-jinx, anti-jinx, anti-jinx)

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Not even Iceman can stop this storm.

BobMc

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How do you spell hubris?

Go ski those Bros, Gonz. You can't hurt them.

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How do you spell hubris?

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J-E-A-L-O-U-S-Y ;)

BobMc

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J-E-A-L-O-U-S-Y ;)

BobMc

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m-e-r-c-i-l-e-s-s.

shrub-i

hmmm kay now we're supposed to get 10 - 20...

Unfreakingbelievable. Yesterday had nothing on today.
Best day of the season.
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Before Xover can beat me to it, today was.....


















SICK! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Fresh refills, snow piling up FAST, Maggots everywhere. Tomorrow......hurry up and get here already!

By 2:30, my knee really couldn't take it anymore. I went up to GMD and had few beers with a few other tired soles. By 3:15, it had snowed what looked like 6" already. I couldn't take it, got back into my boots and gear (kinda damp and cold) and came out of retirement for two more runs of Alta goodness. Man it was good. As long as the canyon is open tomorrow, we are in for a very special day (news guy just forecast up to 30" tonight!)
Be ready boys and girls, it's here!

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everyone is gonna git some. yeah!

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I'm not :( its 45° raining and there are hurricane force wind, I need a beer

wish all the maggots could be here for tomorrow to experience another legendary alta pow day - it's gonna be filthy from start to finish!!

cool today to meet and ski with some new mags from blurred (dude really is pretty cool to ski with even though most don't like his opinions on the board here), byciclekick, grizz, apd, will wissman and my mind escapes me right now for the other half dozen new mags met. had alot of fun tearing around the mountain hitting all the stashes and loved to hear the twinge in MD's voice when I showed him where we start from to hit Rus 4.

as far as tomorrow goes, crystalextrm thinks he's gonna get first chair - stupid alta rook has alot to learn, but just think about your alltime best pow day and times it by at least two and thats how it will be. the kind of alta pow that is so common place where your tired, sore, old body just falls into a rhythm with the snow that feels like you have supernaturally become one with it - truly soulful and spiritual - God I love that feeling.

if backside, glohole and bad news open there's gonna be at least 4' of pow sittin out there so clear the airspace over Alta for tomorrow cause there will be some shit go down tomorrow.

the "new" phunk might even grace us with his presence tomorrow after he finishes his cocoa puffs and chocolate milk

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Best day of the season.

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... you obviously didn't ski on halloween

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Originally Posted by Mr. Altagirl

SICK! :biggrin:

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... you should've seen the look on Piney's (patrol director's) face today on my last run when I told him that after maching by his fat ass down west rus - he was just like huh? what? ah, ya. told him congrats on the new kid, he thanked me and I took off.

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wish all the maggots could be here for tomorrow to experience another legendary alta pow day - it's gonna be filthy from start to finish!!

cool today to meet and ski with some new mags from blurred (dude really is pretty cool to ski with even though most don't like his opinions on the board here), byciclekick, grizz, apd, will wissman and my mind escapes me right now for the other half dozen new mags met. had alot of fun tearing around the mountain hitting all the stashes and loved to hear the twinge in MD's voice when I showed him where we start from to hit Rus 4.

as far as tomorrow goes, crystalextrm thinks he's gonna get first chair - stupid alta rook has alot to learn, but just think about your alltime best pow day and times it by at least two and thats how it will be. the kind of alta pow that is so common place where your tired, sore, old body just falls into a rhythm with the snow that feels like you have supernaturally become one with it - truly soulful and spiritual - God I love that feeling.

if backside, glohole and bad news open there's gonna be at least 4' of pow sittin out there so clear the airspace over Alta for tomorrow cause there will be some shit go down tomorrow.

the "new" phunk might even grace us with his presence tomorrow after he finishes his cocoa puffs and chocolate milk

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My thoughts: :fuckyou:


But seriously, you suck

No really, I hate you all


That was POTD material X, it's just hard being a gracious victim: git after it!

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but just think about your alltime best pow day and times it by at least two and thats how it will be.

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so you guys are expecting 200" new then?

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so you guys are expecting 200" new then?

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never say never in LCC fuzzy Fez :biggrin:

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... you obviously didn't ski on halloween

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Nope. Skied before it, but not on it. I heard that you said it was good.
If Halloween was better than today on Baldy, the Cirque, and in Mineral Basin, then I guess I missed a good one. No matter. ;) We'll have many more like 'em this season. :D

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never say never in LCC fuzzy Fez

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i know. i worked at snowbird for a couple years, including 94-95 season. if you see a year like that you will be a lucky man.

endless, how many a tram wait?

APD, sorry, I didn't ride it so I can't answer that. I have a tram pass, but hardly ever ride that thing on pow days. Too much waiting for me. You get hella more vert per hour in MB than you can get on the tram. Or any place else in Utah, for that matter. :)

Hey, maybe that's changed with Collins. How long is the ride, and how much vert is it? MB is almost 1500vf in 4.2 mins at avg speed.

I'm almost positive that the new Collins chair is the exact same vert as the Bird's lower chair Gadzoom, around 1830 or 1840 vertical feet. If Collins makes that trip in less than 5 1/2 mins that would mean it's a faster chair than MB.

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Hey, maybe that's changed with Collins. How long is the ride, and how much vert is it? MB is almost 1500vf in 4.2 mins at avg speed.

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it's quick up and quick down. the legs are burning. i think the vert is like 1,900 or something like that. germ pass is ~10,500. the base is around 8,600. i should have trained more on the tram. i can hike up just fine. it's the top to bottoms with lift access that's killing me.

edit: it is close to that fast. maybe 6 min?

Sounds like today was kinda okay, and tomorrow will be like, uh, mediocre or something?? :cussing:

Fack. Maybe I'll run into some of you guys/gals on Monday at Alta after I fly back into SLC?

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edit: it is close to that fast. maybe 6 min?

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If Collins is more than 5 1/2 minutes, then MB is still Utah's highest vert per hour chair (for those interested in such nonsense).

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Maybe I'll run into some of you guys/gals on Monday at Alta after I fly back into SLC?

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I'm trying right now to figure out if I can afford to take Mon off.

Hey Endless, out of curiosity, where would JP at basin fit in? It seems pretty fast.

Flyk, it's 2359vf (third most chair vert in North America). I don't know how fast it is. If it's faster than 6.8 minutes, it covers more vertical feet per hour than Mineral.

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If Collins is more than 5 1/2 minutes, then MB is still Utah's highest vert per hour chair (for those interested in such nonsense).

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if it wasn't so cold i'd time it tomorrow. i'd guess that without the mid-loading station it would be pretty close to mb.

Endless, do you happen to know what Super Condor's vert per hour is at the Canyons?

I do not. Please enlighten.