Blackcomb TR 12/08/07

[powder11]

Considering the freaky weather all week, the skiing has survived well. No rain crust up high and lots of stability on wind loaded north facing. The recent switch in wind direction beat it all down a bit. Hopefully we won't see another Hawaiian punch for this season[antijinx].

no pineapples up here



LeeLau and co made some sweet turns on the march out to Decker



Tim and Phil make their way up to Don't Swill



Phil drops in to Don't Swill



Phil charging the sugary pow off Don't Swill



Tim sniffs out the goods on Husume



and Maya follows



Phil charges into the wind buff at the top of Husume



sneak peak at Whistler from Blackcomb

[squirrelmurphy]

nice!! great pictures, looks like an awesoem day!

[facedeep]

I miss whistler. Nice pics.

[shirk]

powder11 killing softly as usual.

Wish I had upped the shutter speed on that one a bit to get it a bit crisper. The ligth was nice.

Fun day considering we were expecting the worst post Pineapple.

[powder11]

a couple more photos

Shirk taking his turn on Dont Swill



Maya getting her swerve on



BTW, for those wondering... Frozen was last seen hanging out at the Glacier creek lodge pounding Kokanees, asking the snow bunny with the fuzzy pink playboy hat if her bra & panties matched the hat while pontificating to everyone within earshot that if he was in Utah he wouldn't have even rolled out of bed for conditions like these

[flyby]

Damn! wish I could've been there. Next time guys. Next time.

[meatdrink9]

BTW, for those wondering... Frozen was last seen hanging out at the Glacier creek lodge pounding Kokanees, asking the snow bunny with the fuzzy pink playboy hat if her bra & panties matched the hat while pontificating to everyone within earshot that if he was in Utah he wouldn't have even rolled out of bed for conditions like these

That's my boy.

[jwolter7]

Aw, I miss Whistler, Two years was not enough!

[GoNads]

Git'r done boys! (and maya)

[grapedrink]

looks nice!

[LeeLau]

toured blackcomb - went to Decker; Spearhead; Husume. N faces skied well but SE faces skied steep and deep. Rain crust around 2000 - 2100m. Foot pen of about 20cms at 2350 on Decker N face. Ski pen of about 10 cms. Bluebird all day and gorgeous. GE only started rolling at 1030 am wtf?

[bcrider]

Sweet terrain!

[powder11]

toured blackcomb - went to Decker; Spearhead; Husume. N faces skied well but SE faces skied steep and deep. Rain crust around 2000 - 2100m. Foot pen of about 20cms at 2350 on Decker N face. Ski pen of about 10 cms. Bluebird all day and gorgeous. GE only started rolling at 1030 am wtf?

lets see your pics biatch

[jon turner]

Looks nice up there. I need to go check out those mountains some time.

[LeeLau]

Sz 1 skier triggered avalanche on skintrack to Corona Bowl @ 2.00pm @ 2300m. NE aspect. Crown about 10cms on 44 degree slope. Failed on w/s. Not a clean shear on the stauchwall. Buried facets about 10 - 20 cms down. Ran about 50m.

Looks like remotely triggered by 4 - 5? person party. Slide ran from above track. Looks like one person skied out from it. Will post pics later

[Atrain505]

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday...then every day. Bastards.

[postman22]

Sz 1 skier triggered avalanche on skintrack to Corona Bowl @ 2.00pm @ 2300m. NE aspect. Crown about 10cms on 44 degree slope. Failed on w/s. Not a clean shear on the stauchwall. Buried facets about 10 - 20 cms down. Ran about 50m.

Looks like remotely triggered by 4 - 5? person party. Slide ran from above track. Looks like one person skied out from it. Will post pics later

yeah that was us, would say it was maybe class .5, nothing to worry about

[postman22]

some more pics

toby and tim

the gang mya, brian, toby, tim

toby charging like a bull

[LeeLau]

It's cool phil. I was saying to jameson and sharon that it would probably have been us who would set that off if we hadn't decided to yo yo some powder. "Didn't see that one coming"

[powder11]

Crown about 10cms

surface slough or an avalanche?

[Squirrel99]

oh man, I'm jealous! patiently awaiting a hopeful storm that may or may not come through here on Tue and/or Fri.

if you get a chance, can you send some base layering snow down to the central cascades? please don't make me have to come up to whistler

looking forward to making some turns with you clowns sometime later this month. but for now, keep on keeping on!

[Beatdown]

Looks like you guys had a damn good morning.

[scarlet begonias]

Wow. Just wow. Reminds me how much I love Whistler.

Great pics.

[postman22]

surface slough or an avalanche?

it was def more of an avalanche and not surface slough. richard dug in while the snow raced past him and robin had to ride it out

[LeeLau]

Sz 1 skier triggered avalanche on skintrack to Corona Bowl @ 2.00pm @ 2300m. SE aspect. Crown about 10cms on 44 degree slope. Failed on w/s. Not a clean shear on the stauchwall. Buried facets about 10 - 20 cms down. Ran about 50m.

Looks like remotely triggered by 4 - 5? person party. Slide ran from above track. Looks like one person skied out from it. Will post pics later

One person skied out from it. One person went for small ride on it.

Taken from south rim of Spearhead Glacier looking N to Corona Bowl bootpack and entrance





Taken from SE rim of Spearhead Glacier



Bootpacked up from skitrack to take a look. Clean shear on lower stauchwall



View of runout



Crown view



Upper stauchwall not so clean



Crown