Wasatch Conditions 10-11

[Trackhead]

isn't that around 70 miles?!

No, it's only 37 or so in the winter from gate to gate.

[ectreeskier11]

No, it's only 37 or so in the winter from gate to gate.

nice man i should start getting into something like that, i popped my shoulder out with my SKINS ON yesterday!

[yabyum]

TH, No time for that epic skate. Off to the savage and vile round valley. Take the blue heeler out for a ski, PS she will win that race!

[Trackhead]

TH, No time for that epic skate. Off to the savage and vile round valley. Take the blue heeler out for a ski, PS she will win that race!

I call Round Valley, Cougar Valley. I love it up there for many reasons

[powstash]

I call Round Valley, Cougar Valley. I love it up there for many reasons

You speak the truth... The views are plentiful. Thx for the MLH invite beyotch.

[truth]

Awesome Day with the Wasatch Powderbird Guides
by Andrew McLean

[Finstah]

Awesome Day with the Wasatch Powderbird Guides
by Andrew McLean

So, sounds like he wanted to be able to skin 30 minutes from the base of two major ski areas on perhaps the best day of the season and find silence and solitude? Good luck with that.

[Skidog]

nice man i should start getting into something like that, i popped my shoulder out with my SKINS ON yesterday!

Time to go get the shoulder fixed permanent like...

[StraightChuter]

Any maggot take credit for this set of lines on the rock slabs below Cardiac?



If so, nice job! I was heading up towards that ridge and got a front-row seat for the ice falls huck & stuck.

[Trackhead]

The Crow's Tail was pretty spooky at the base. Had several cracks shoot out under me.

Did you ski the lower right, or lower left exit?

The bottom is spooky. My old roommate dug a dead guy out of the base of that thing in the late '90's when she was doing avy dog work, hence the signage now posted up there.

[salida]

Neil calls for a pattern change for Ut: http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/...enerous-snows/

[Slaag Master]

wow! finally came up for air! as you all know this week was killer. i miss hangin wit me buds at da bird HOWEVER this no crowd and endless untracked at brighton has its own thang. overall conditions i found were stable - crust and ice on the ridges - sweet pow down under

[Southeast Maggot]

Super fun day out with skifishbum and his buddy Topher on Kessler.

The pen been busy:





Still blower up high, skifishbum getting after it:





Topher has chosen wisely:



Very, very wisely:





Smooth all the way to the bottom:

[Mark H]

Did you ski the lower right, or lower left exit?

The bottom is spooky. My old roommate dug a dead guy out of the base of that thing in the late '90's when she was doing avy dog work, hence the signage now posted up there.

I took the skiers left exit. Got both forks in the bag now . Yea the bottom is one hell of a terrain trap.

A little tidbit from today: if any of you have ever wondered where the trail going up the north side of the lower Crow's Foot drainage goes..... well it goes NOWHERE! ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE!! Zach and I tried to use it to access a chute in Bell. It just ends at the ridge and leaves you in some of the nastiest, most unnavigable terrain the Wasatch has to offer. There, I got that off my chest

[TOEJOE]

Watched Crows Foot be ridden from 90th and I15 with binoculars about 5 pm. Nice sluff on ski/board cut from top. Ran quite a ways. Spotted yah on the quite insane skinner. Good Work!

[Trackhead]

I took the skiers left exit. Got both forks in the bag now . Yea the bottom is one hell of a terrain trap.

We skinned up the west, skied the east. But that bottom is spoooooooky, even in stable conditions.

[wra]

Did you ski the lower right, or lower left exit?

The bottom is spooky. My old roommate dug a dead guy out of the base of that thing in the late '90's when she was doing avy dog work, hence the signage now posted up there.

The person killed in an avalanche was buried at the bottom of the dolphin, not the crows feet.

[Trackhead]

The person killed in an avalanche was buried at the bottom of the dolphin, not the crows feet.

I wasn't referring to the Crow's Feet, I was referring about the line to the south, not sure of the name, I guess you call it the Dolphin. I just arbitrarily called it the Crow's Tail.

[Southeast Maggot]

Silver Fork with Paj today. North/NE aspects still skiing ok, some wet slide activity noted in west facing terrain in Days.

[icelanticskier]

Silver Fork with Paj today. North/NE aspects still skiing ok, some wet slide activity noted in west facing terrain in Days.

nice pic, nice form. snow looks foofy, but maybe just a bit noisy. skis good now, could be scary in a weeks time or so.....................or when it snows with a high weight of
H2O

rog

[Alx88]

I wasn't referring to the Crow's Feet, I was referring about the line to the south, not sure of the name, I guess you call it the Dolphin. I just arbitrarily called it the Crow's Tail.

Its the skunktail!!

Anyways, we skied some fckna sweet powder today
We broke trail and got first run, by the time of our second run another splitboarder had gotten a run (dude was rocking butter smooth turns) and on our way out roughly 64 more people were on their way up.

Here's some photo-graphical evidence that today's turns were just as good as any made this season. And here's the FB video, I might put on youtube in a while; http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/vid...93020&comments



YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PJIWsWLNGc

[Mark H]

I wasn't referring to the Crow's Feet, I was referring about the line to the south, not sure of the name, I guess you call it the Dolphin. I just arbitrarily called it the Crow's Tail.

And I've heard others call it the St. Bernard Couloir. So we have people seeing it as either a dog, dolphin, or crow tail. It's time we assemble the Grand Wasatch Maggot Council (GWMC) and name this thing once and for all. I'll bring nachos....

The council can also settle other important issues like: What is our official greeting to the Powderbirds? Is it flipping the bird or mooning? We need to be more unified in our offensive gestures folks....

[Trackhead]

The council can also settle other important issues like: What is our official greeting to the Powderbirds? Is it flipping the bird or mooning? We need to be more unified in our offensive gestures folks....

Men, flip the bird or hold a 12 foot banner. Woman with nice booties, drop trow.

I have no desire to see Athey's white ass in photos, or in person. No offense Bob. Plus, I think Rusty Trombone might just like seeing that from the air anyway.

[Trackhead]

37 miles of nordic skiing today over the Mirror Lake Hwy. Warm temps, light winds, perfect snow.

My obs:Reids Peak South Couloir is good to go. Skied it a few years ago, and it appears nearly skiable from the top with some billygoating.

Reids is the peak on the right, with the south couloir shown.


Hayden looked ok, windswept as usual.

[TheMessenger]

Um... Wrong thread JONG. This is the 'wasatch' conditions thread.