TR w/ pics, Mammoth, October 27

[Vets]

First, here is a copy of the Mammoth Mountain Dump Alert for Wednesday, Oct 27:
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!! DUMP ALERT !! DUMP ALERT !! DUMP ALERT !!
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Record Breaking October
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We're smashing records up here at Mammoth Mountain. A powerful
storm dropped two feet of snow in the last 24 hours bringing
our October snowfall total to 82 inches. That's almost 7 feet
before Halloween!

Mammoth Mountain Snow Report for Wednesday, Oct 27
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Mammoth Mountain Snow Report
If you love (or even like) powder, today is the day to get up
to Mammoth. Cold temperatures prevailed in this massive storm
that left two feet of light fluffy powder on Mammoth Mountain.
Can you believe conditions like this before Halloween?
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They were actually being subtle. It was much better than this!
Here is what I saw when I first arrived:
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This is the ridge near Chair 2.

I hiked up past McCoy Station to check out Dry Creek. Here is the view across Dry Creek from Coyote:
http://www.loloville.com/132-3242_IMG.JPG
This is what it looked like before Gondy 2 opened (more about that later.)

The snow in Dry Creek was dry, deep, and there was plenty of untracked.
It looked like Chair 3 would open soon and there was a substantial line there. I didn't want to wait in an L.A. traffic jam, so instead I traversed below Paranoids for more untracked snow. Then I went back to check on 3. It was running, but the line was still long. Then - a miracle - I looked to my left - Gondy 2 was running for the first time this season! A quick skate over and a short ride up and I was at the top of Climax. A few hop turns to make my way in and then I noticed something. The few people who entered before me had traversed away to the left and right. No one had skied straight down the fall line yet. It was still untracked! High speed arcs in deep pow. I know why it is called Climax. I had the same post-orgasm blissful feeling while I continued down through Dry Creek.
After that I did two laps on the backside in between Santiago and Hemlock. It required a hike out on a cat track. The Heli-ski quality turns back there were well worth it.
When I got back to the main part of the mountain to finally check out Chair 3, I noticed that the mountain was already starting to empty. It wasn't even 2:00 yet. I thought that I had the slope to myself when I saw a familiar blue and silver helmet. It was Arty50. Together we traversed toward Chair 5 for more untracked pow including some stashes that were waist deep.
Arty said that we may have stumbled upon "Punani Secret Powder Stash # 53287!" I'm not allowed to reveal it's location. But here is a picture of Arty in the "secret" tree entrance:
http://www.loloville.com/132-3254_IMG.JPG
followed with an up close fly by:
http://www.loloville.com/132-3255_IMG.JPG
I would have taken more pictures if I wasn't so busy skiing pow.
Fresh tracks in at least 2 feet of snow all day long! What a great day. I'm still buzzing.

[PulverSchwein]

weird man I open this thread and I can't see a damn thing on my screen. Nope, nothin to see on this page. wonder if it was a good day? Heh, probably skiing on rocks all over the place. Must be some kinda hardcores, skiing on rocks everywhere down in California right now. LALALALALALALALALALALALA

[Vets]

weird man I open this thread and I can't see a damn thing on my screen. Nope, nothin to see on this page. wonder if it was a good day? Heh, probably skiing on rocks all over the place. Must be some kinda hardcores, skiing on rocks everywhere down in California right now. LALALALALALALALALALALALA

You figured it out. I must have posted pure fiction. We all know that Mammoth is practically flat, has lousy snow if any at all, coupled with never ending lift lines that extend all the way to L.A.

[Droopy]

mmmmmmmmm..... lift lines.... so tasty

[splat]

Damn, Vets. You're all over it.

[fubar]

Vets I mean this in the best possible way... and


Its called green with envy.... nice pics you lucky bastard.

[PulverSchwein]

bumpin the stoke

[freshies]

WOW....so amazing for Oct....{am off to get sum myself tonight - finally! }way to get after it boyz, that just looked amazing....

[72Twenty]

Send some uh-dat my way! I'm a thinkin' I'll take a trek this week-end and see what I can see at about 11,000 feet.

[Stikki]

[Cartman] I hate you guys [Cartman].

If this really turns out to be an El Nino year I'm going to cry.

[Helicrackjnky]

Must get back to Mammy fast Stuck @ work that just hurts!! Way to get it

[Arty50]

Excellent TR Vets. It was a great pleasure skiing with you today. Especially, in zee trees. Orgggggghhhhhhhh!!!!! Powder!!!!!!!


Here's me splitting some trees after I clipped a tree above and went digging.
http://www.loloville.com/132-3254_IMG.JPG

What we purposefully left out of this sequence was me waist deep in pow. God forbid we make you jealous or anything.

http://www.loloville.com/132-3255_IMG.JPG

The run before this was one of the best runs of my life. Same area but consistent waist deep fresh with steep pitch and trees. I lucked out in my line choice and just kept finding opening after opening through the trees. Top to bottom nonstop. With each turn yielding fresh untracked blower. Some of the lightest sweetest snow I've ever skied, and it was October 27th.

[yogachik]

I'm here and it's fucking colddddddddddddddd.
Pics and TR manana.

[meatdrink9]

You guys are killing it.

[Arty50]

I'm here and it's fucking colddddddddddddddd.
Pics and TR manana.

Wind chill today - 5 degrees.

Once the top closed, I rode 3 one last time and then said fuggit. My hands were frozen and my legs were shot.

[natty dread]

Spatulas or gotamas Arty?
I am fricking jealous. Nice work.

[Karl Stall]

I am now freaking out.

[xboat]

that is just fucking crazy. not even november

[tibaher]

^FAK n A mang!!!!

All I can think about right now is June > Aug when I last had some....

b';ah

[Arty50]

Spatulas or gotamas Arty?
I am fricking jealous. Nice work.

Spatulas. Yup, I was waist deep on Spatulas. Sickness.

Today I would have killed for the Gotamas. Sadly my warranty pair hasn't come in yet. They make top to bottom runs so much fun. You can go right from surfing pow up top to railing the groomers down below. Which is really nice when you head out towards chair 23, but the chair is down and you have to ski down to the base.