Finally, a dawn patrol where I can see the dawn

Met up with DTM early this morning. I don't know why I did this to myself, considering I met up with Telephil yesterday morning at the same damn time. But with today promising to dawn clear and crisp I just had to do it. The last 3 early morning jaunts all provided breathtaking views of clouds and low vis. Even though I'm tired as hell now, it was absolutely worth it. DTM and I were like the 4th and 5th people into Toledo Chute and the snow, oh baby, the snow was freaking money. Not deep, but fast and fun.

Oh, and right after taking pics of DTM going down Toledo, WPG bombed Cardiac bowl and apparently it went big. I was like 20 feet below the ridge and saw nothing, but the guys on it said it was huge. Just an fyi for ya.

Enough talk, here are some pictures.

DTM, top of Flagstaff.

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The sun arising.

http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/51160217-L.jpg


Some folks over on Toledo, waiting for the sunshine.

http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/51160264-L.jpg


At long last, sunshine and Superior.

http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/51160284-L.jpg


DTM, waiting patiently.

http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/51160147-L.jpg


Then enjoying the bounty going down into days.

http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/51160077-L.jpg

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Then, on to Toledo.

http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/51160244-L.jpg


Random guy dropping in as we showed up.

http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/51160155-L.jpg


Finally, DTM schralping.

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Super fun morning. Nothing like finding conditions even better than expected.

Those Nordicas give me a beauner. Great pics.

SICKO! :FIREdevil

Great pics. Kick ass damn patrol stoke.

beauner, or boneaur?

beautiful pics, btw. Way to get after Dawn Patrol.

Pffft... SLC rush hour traffic ;)
http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/51160244-L.jpg

cool pix, as usual. nice to see ya gettin' after the dpatrols (we need some more morning light up here, damnit!)

Beautiful light. Thanks for the effort!

Stellar! :fm:

Great pics CS! Looks real nice.

Nice. Very nice. One of these mornings, I'll be able to get up that early.

Noice! Very fun morning and back at work almost by the time the first chairs were loading at Alta, gotta love the Wasatch.

CS,sweet picts.

Looks like you are figuring out that camera!

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Pffft... SLC rush hour traffic ;)

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I can't believe how many people were up there that early, though it is kinda cool to look down on the way up and just see a bunch of headlamps coming up the skintrack.

Comish, yeah, I'm sorta starting to figure it out, barely. It's fun though.

very nice work and great photos. I miss those sunrises.

More and more people are on the Our Lady of the Snows DP crew these days. There are plenty of other lines to be had with little to no traffic. See you in the skintrack one of these days.

Yesss!!!

I can't help myself....My husband is hot.

Great pics Craig, see you tomorrow!

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Save the love notes for home.

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I can't believe how many people were up there that early, though it is kinda cool to look down on the way up and just see a bunch of headlamps coming up the skintrack.

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I was somewhere in that line of lamps this morning. Nice Pics CS, I need to remind myself to take pictures. I get so invlolved with climbing and jamming to the ipod I forget to capture some kodak moments.

really nice action, CS!

i know it takes some time to tweak & upload the photos for us not so lucky to enjoy...and only a couple hours afterwards no less. you rock, dude! thanks!

Awesome pics. thanks for the stoke.

Here’s ATA’s pic of WPB’s carpet bombing.
http://www.pawprince.com/scraps/mad_bomber.jpg

classic! That'll keep that heli thread alive for another month, easy.:rolleyes:

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classic! That'll keep that heli thread alive for another month, easy.:rolleyes:

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as you notice...I didnt post it there....;)

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Save the love notes for home.

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She will if you will.... ;)

Nice Pics CS!

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Here’s ATA’s pic of WPB’s carpet bombing.

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Why shit in a good thread?

I was totally still up, you guys should have called me.

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Wasn’t aware I was shitting up the thread. CS mentioned the bombing in the TR and I figured he would like to see the results.

I’d be happy to delete the posted if asked. :)

great pics...
nice mtn shots and a fun lookin day shredding some fun friendly snow
but what is that bright light? the sun? I almost forgot what a sunny day looked like as its been lake effect gray for weeks here in the flatbrown and rainy mudwest so thanks for the reminder...

I went out wiht LongDuckDong and some folks he knows this morning. I think LDD ran into Dan atop Toledo, though I was lagging as I'm out of shape and 2 weeks back east makes the lungs hurt up at 9500 feet. Now I know who Dan was slutting it out for. Conditions weren't quite epic, but pretty damn close to it this morning. Creamy, bottomless pow (aka hero snow).

We did a lap in Toledo, then traversed over to Days, did two laps in there, and then raced rollerballs down to the cars at around 11:45am. It warmed up rapidly. On to the pics.

WPG dropped two bombs on Cardiac as we hit the summit of toledo - the resulting slide was absolutely enormous. It ran full length, ripped out to the ground. I managed to snap this shot a few seconds after it started. Someone skied the shot looker's right of the bed a couple hours later.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/norma...ines_50045.jpg

Ours (and DTM's & CS's and a few other dawn patrollers') damage on Toledo
http://www.biglines.com/photos/norma...ines_50047.jpg

Looking down at LDD's second turn in Days
http://www.biglines.com/photos/norma...ines_50044.jpg

LDD on the second lap in Days
http://www.biglines.com/photos/norma...ines_50046.jpg

Anyways, good stuff. Wasatch is sweet. And very nice shots, CS!

I just... oops... yep. I've got wood.

http://www.biglines.com/photos/norma...ines_50044.jpg

Damn, sweet pics CS! Maybe I'll get up that early more than once this year!

Great pictures, great thread. Thanks for sharing.

Dayamn, that thing is large. I can't believe I missed out on that. I thought about hiking back up the ridge, but decided skiing sounded more fun.

http://www.biglines.com/photos/norma...ines_50045.jpg


And I think I see my track in Toledo Chute. :cool:

Fun day for sure, and nice pics yourself Stump. (and I know how you feel about the out of shape thing)

Sweet stokage, save the WPG shot in the rocks. Glad I didn't go through with my plan to camp at the Montreal mine last night. While the pics look a bit further up the ridge (b/w Ivory and Montreal Hill) I'd have been cleaning out my shorts, rather than the oatmeal pan. Looks like I might have had some unforeseen "objective hazards" to deal with.

Again, thanks for the stokage and the ammunition.

No more yankee my wankee...

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Glad I didn't go through with my plan to camp at the Montreal mine last night. While the pics look a bit further up the ridge (b/w Ivory and Montreal Hill) I'd have been cleaning out my shorts, rather than the oatmeal pan. Looks like I might have had some unforeseen "objective hazards" to deal with.

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One of the first things I thought of when I saw how far that thing ran in the pic on the first page was "Damn, I hope no one was down there working their way up." Glad you stayed home.

Bummed I chose yesterday morning over today. Oh well, the 1 1/2 hours on my rollers last night were pretty sick too.

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The Donger need food.

Anyway, here are some time lapse shots of the big slide, in case anyone is curious. I heard the first bomb, then looked over and saw the second, and then the ensuing carnage. However, I pulled out my camera a few secs late.

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1136497650
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1136497650
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1136497650
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1136497650
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1136497650

So was that slope a legitamate threat to anyone other than WPG's clients?

Nice work Craig. That's the payoff boss. And Stump--nice stokage as well. Man--I'm definitely due for a DP. And that slide is retarded big.