Wasatch 08-09 Conditions

[Lonnie]

Holly crap, Trackhead can walk on water.

Is that really surprising?

[Trackhead]

Holly crap, Trackhead can walk on water.

Paypal money to _ _ _ _. When the totals reach $1,000,000 I'll show you this feat again. At that point you will be indoctrinated into my church and the light will shine upon your cranium.

[UtahOutside]

Trip report from Butler Fork (seems pretty popular these days).

Rime falling from the sky, made for interesting skiing on east facing slopes. Dug pit on east/southeast side of Circle All and found it was pretty stabe to the ground. Thin rime crust with some new fluff on top.

All that new powder is about ruined and it's only going to get warmer this week. Maybe we'll be talking about corn skiing in a few days . . .

Full trip report with pic and short vid at my examiner page.

[skifishbum]

My skis match.

Them skis are sweet but they aint got no hemi in em biatch
Here is some stoke from a week ago in Tlp. Posted them in blurred Colodrama thread but that thread sucks. Don't remember observing much other than bluebird face shots.
photo credit JVJ
Mrs.


Bummin

Th let me know if you need another high pressure wanderer in your crew

[clarnitty]

This was December 9th, 2008

[Trackhead]

Went up Broads with Sfotex, Dibs, and some other folks.


If I worked an hour later....could have skied this.


But instead skied east into Mill B. Zipper rime crust did not effect the quality of the turns. Nice settled pow with a zipper. Fun stuff.

[sfotex]

What an awesome way to start the day.

[skifishbum]

Damn good skiing the Rhime zipper crust was manageable and it was cool to watch a 1000 tiny marbles spill down the slope after partners made turns.
Less crust in trees.
pit w by sw failing Q2 ct15 below slightly evident rain crust. Rueschblock test failed 2' down on dense warm storm layer on full jump, but not able to get collapse to ground facets.
Nice to see bonkers skied, rumor has it Gramps was involved. Bummer he don't post much any more here.
A few shots



How'd them Lotus 120's ski that mill b, snowshoe, scrub oak, luge run Th?
Them stiff ass carbon lahsas were kickin my ass
Dp in the am anybody???

[Skidog]

Dp in the am anybody???

Where ya going? What time? Mind a slow newbie?

Let me know man!

[sfotex]

How'd them Lotus 120's ski that mill b, snowshoe, scrub oak, luge run Th?
Them stiff ass carbon lahsas were kickin my ass
Dp in the am anybody???

The Bibby Pro's with the collapsing soft tail had me skiing that thing switch in a few spots.

I'm down for some DP tomorrow.

[Skidog]

I'm down for some DP tomorrow.

Let me know where guys...if you dont mind me possibly tagging along...

Sfotex...ill call you tonight about the stickers.

[climbhigh1119]

Skied Bonkers, then over to west Mill B today w/ Jdoll and his buddy Rob. The snow a little crustier in Bonkers, but still fun all around.

Snow pit mid-bonkers failed at ground facets only with full body Judo chop and with a really dirty shear. Even still, we felt a little sketched out and avoided the steep rollovers.









When I crossed the stream coming down out of Mill B I submerged one of my Dynafits and being the idiot I am, threw the ski over the stream into the snow while I climbed up the other side. The front of the binding froze to the point the toe pins wouldn't fully close, despite my best attempts to unfreeze it and pick at it with my Whippet. There was only one thing left to do - piss on it. I was fresh out so my buddy Rob ponied up. Thanks to him, I made it back to work on time.

[Trackhead]

Went up Twin with Gramps and Stoy. Approach was via Broads to saddle between Sunrise and Twin. East Ridge was mostly uneventful for an approach line. Skied the always crusty, but refreshingly remote SW face of Twin into Deaf Smith. No instabilities to speak of.

Exit was the long slog back up to the east flank of Twin. Chickened out on the Diving Board due to apparent windloading. Opted to ski out Bonkers with a slight south variation.

Long and fun day.


SW face of Twin.

[Xover]

semi-toured late this afternoon from Brighton
hit up Stupid Chute then to two laps on Figure 8 Hill with JWest

In lines with all the most recent AV reports, snowpacks with thinner depths around rocks still prove to warrant caution. Rolling into close to the top of Stupid Chute, a handpit revealed 18"-24" of solid snow on top of suga below it. I got the heg outta there; pronto.

On the other hand, less rocky and deeper snowpack Figure 8 Hill, had right side up snow as long as my arm was and skied "fun" for a rime-crust on Prophet 130's and Megawatts.

From conversations with good friends, sounds like East Facing is the only aspect that escaped the thickest of the rime crusting. Also, with warming of the sun, due south facing may/will most likely yield some heavy cream in the next day or two.

just my $0.02

[4-TEEF]

When I crossed the stream coming down out of Mill B I submerged one of my Dynafits and being the idiot I am, threw the ski over the stream into the snow while I climbed up the other side. The front of the binding froze to the point the toe pins wouldn't fully close, despite my best attempts to unfreeze it and pick at it with my Whippet. There was only one thing left to do - piss on it. I was fresh out so my buddy Rob ponied up. Thanks to him, I made it back to work on time.

BWAH!

[Trackhead]

BWAH!

You should submit that story to www.wildsnow.com

[Hart]

Coming down to LCC with the old lady and some friends for the weekend, man. Giving you guys a heads up so when you see someone you don't recognize slaying High Rustler like you've never seen before you'll know who it is.

[BigJay]

Coming down to LCC with the old lady and some friends for the weekend, man. Giving you guys a heads up so when you see someone you don't recognize slaying High Rustler like you've never seen before you'll know who it is.

Thanks for the warning. Hope you are good at zipper lining bumps for 1000 vertical feet (or whatever it is).

Oh yeah, wrong thread jong.

[Skidog]

Coming down to LCC with the old lady and some friends for the weekend, man. Giving you guys a heads up so when you see someone you don't recognize slaying High Rustler like you've never seen before you'll know who it is.

I think you mean look for the beater on the rope tow headed towards sunnyside?

thanks JONG!

[Hart]

I guess using the funny hingey bindings too much gives you a sore pussy.

[SchralphMacchio]

When I crossed the stream coming down out of Mill B I submerged one of my Dynafits and being the idiot I am, threw the ski over the stream into the snow while I climbed up the other side. The front of the binding froze to the point the toe pins wouldn't fully close, despite my best attempts to unfreeze it and pick at it with my Whippet. There was only one thing left to do - piss on it. I was fresh out so my buddy Rob ponied up. Thanks to him, I made it back to work on time.

that deserves its own TR

[sfotex]

When I crossed the stream coming down out of Mill B I submerged one of my Dynafits and being the idiot I am, threw the ski over the stream into the snow while I climbed up the other side. The front of the binding froze to the point the toe pins wouldn't fully close, despite my best attempts to unfreeze it and pick at it with my Whippet. There was only one thing left to do - piss on it. I was fresh out so my buddy Rob ponied up. Thanks to him, I made it back to work on time.

What does piss do to gorilla glue?? How about foam cores?

[criscam]

Went up north today to peak bag and scope out some potential spring chutes.

The objective:



Flyzionzigkdog practicing proper routefinding.



The final boot up the ridge.



LA?



And Finally, a few turns. zzz getting jiggy.



Skied mostly E-SE aspects with little instability noticed. Chalky above 8k. Variable down low. Minor rollerballing on S slopes.
Special thanks to truth for keeping an eye on us from down low

[Trackhead]

Skied every aspect of the compass today in multiple canyons, no instabilities to speak of.

[skifishbum]

That pretty vague Th
Skied the east ramp and the NE couliar Kessler off into Cardiff holy crustofari
Went up to the catchers mitt slight rhime crust much better turning conditions good skiing on exit in sheltered trees. The turds pounded Mineral yesterday and were pounding days & Cardiff today. May go south mananna.