Wasatch Conditions 11-12

[skifishbum]

First off RIP Steve and Chris and vibes to everyone up in the Teton's.

Yesterday I couldn't bring myself to finish scrapin my skis after hearing of the loss of these two outstanding members of the backcountry community
Today turns will be made in their and others who are no longer with us honor

If you have spent anytime in the wasatch bc you probably shared or crossed skin tracks with Adam and his crew.

Sadly Adam passed away due to injuries received in an avalanche outside Golden BC Fri.
I wasn't real close to A, but mutual friends ment. I had shared a few tours, a night in the millcreek yurt, and party favors in the skituning mancave.
Adam was one of those magnet bros the kind of guy who brought good like minded peeps togather in worthwhile pursuits, a trip organizer, a natural leader, and a nurturer through his job as a outdoor youth councilor all with that shit eatin zest for life grin.
cross posted from his friends blog as are the pictures

Vibes to his family and his bros who knew him better than I.
There is no way the wasatch or anywhere on this earthly plain is better without him.From what i understand the canidian coroner has yet to release his remains, but hopefully a celebration of his life will occour soon in the future.
Please be safe in your endeavors and make a few turns or commit some act of kindness for AL
Ski on in endless white room bliss

you will be missed and fondly remembered

Please feel free to join us in a celebration of the grand life of Adam Layton this Saturday March 10, Our Lady of Snows, 7-9 pm.
All are welcome

[getoutside]

^^ vibes for the friends and families affected by the recent losses in the tetons and golden bc.

didn’t have a lot of time before work but found some mid-elevation settled soft snow in NW-N facing aspects in the brighton periphery. breakable crust pretty much everywhere else. better than expected.

[Snowvols]

Anyone skin up Argenta today? Thinking of dawn patrolling it, but concerned how much the sun as baked it.

[criscam]

near perfect corn on s facing mid elevations just after 10 today.

[FufFufFreak]

Nice traxs this way

Saw somethin up here

Lil closer

Not much going on up here

Lotsa untracked nice pow NNW SugahRay

[Brad Davis]

UDOT will be testing artillery above the White Pine Chutes, White Pine, Little Pine areas tomorrow.
Backcountry on the North side of Little Cottonwood Canyon from gate B to gate D (Lisa Falls to Superior) will be closed from midnight tonight until noon tomorrow.

Thanks, Brad

[tyfalk]

High east was skiing surprisingly well this am. Mid-elevation, south aspects were skiing well with something resembling corn at around 9:30.

[Brad Davis]

March 18,2012

UDOT Avalanche Control Work Lt. Cottonwood Canyon this morning. Backcountry closure all areas north of canyon road from Closure Gate C through Grizzly Gulch as of 4:45 a.m. Anticipate restrictions lifted by 8:30 a.m. 3/18/12.

[Brad Davis]

Update 0615am

March 18,2012

UDOT Avalanche Control Work Lt. Cottonwood Canyon this morning. Backcountry closure all areas north of canyon road from Closure Gate B through Grizzly Gulch as of 6:15 a.m. Anticipate restrictions lifted by 8:30 a.m. 3/18/12.

[bigdude2468]

who cares when winter arrives, good in the trees, easy to collapse, stayed low angle, going to be better tomorrow

[Brad Davis]

UDOT will be conducting artillery avalanche control in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Monday, March 19, 2012. A backcountry closure will be in effect for terrain on the north side of the canyon road from Gate B through Grizzly Gulch from 11:59 pm tonight March 18 until 8:30 am on March 19. The road into Little Cottonwoon will close at 6:00 am on March 19. A map of the closure area is posted on the UDOT website at www.udot.utah.gov/avalanche
Brad

[JTrue]

Got out bright and early with Wills. Snow seemed to be bonding well in the mid-elevation trees, no whoomping or cracking observed. Higher ridgelines could be scary with the wind event last night, didn't venture up high.

[bigdude2468]

Got out bright and early with Wills. Snow seemed to be bonding well in the mid-elevation trees, no whoomping or cracking observed. Higher ridgelines could be scary with the wind event last night, didn't venture up high.

way to get after it

[gmkayaker]

Experienced back-country skier from Alberta looking for people to show me around the Wasatch back-country Wed-Fri March 21-23. I'll be staying with non-skiing friends in Jeremy Ranch.

Gerard
skiing at gerardm dot com

[StopMakingSense]

Just slid to the road after the Wildcat parking lot entrance before A-Lodge, 3' deep or so

[skifishbum]

found pretty decent bonding and few instabilities and damn fine skiing n ne bcc, below 8k the snowpack was a wet sloppy unconsolidated mess
wifeypoo

jh

and pondo mcflakie

ever hear the story bout the louisianna mailman who couldn't deliver in crunch time?
paid him millions and even named a street after him
Weird huh?

[bigdude2468]

Agreed, low elevation was manky but it quickly turned lighter with not a huge gain in elevation.

[Brad Davis]

We had a natural cycle last night from 11:50 to 1:00am with Little Pine stopping in it's track, White Pine just short of the road, White Pine Chute 1 to the road, White Pine Chutes 2 and 3 running to some where in their tracks, Red's, a road bank just down canyon of the forest service garage, crossed the road 2 feet deep 30' wide.
With artillery this morning we got a few class 1's in the White Pine Chutes, a class 2.5 in the High Models above the Snowbird Village and a class 2.5 crossing the highway 3' deep East Hellgate. No visible results elsewhere.

Watch out for the warm up in these parts.

-Bradley

[Canada1]

Best turns of "the winter that never was" so far this morning. Huge smiles by all!!

[brutah]

Crazzzy deep out there today, so deep that it was hard to get.down the flat sections on argenta. Couple laps on the.north facing trees up there. Super good, about 24-36" of new snow above a stout crust. ECT s and CTs failed.in mid.teens with q3 shears in the new snow, minor sluffing observed.

Heard God's lawnmower ran HUGE down to facets 200' wide by 1500 vert, human triggered, nobody caught.
Tomorrow might be better than today

[OldSchool1080s]

Any of you mags on here happen to be the guy I lent my yellow/grey stoic mitts at Brighton Friday 3/16 night? You and a buddy had your packs and were headin to Wolverine bowl for the night to sleep in a snow cave. Said you stopped in at Molly Greens to take a shot and left your gloves there so I lent you mine. Got your number 860 area code, but don't remember you name and you aren't returning texts/calls.

[tyfalk]

Great skiing out there today. A few density changes were pulling out on the steeper slopes with clean sheers, within the storm snow about a foot down. Kind of a mess getting up the canyon especially for this guy...


The sun tired to come out today but didn't stay out long enough to effect the snow up high in lcc.

[Canada1]

Epic yesterday. Be smart out there today. Stuff is going to break all over the place once the sun puts weight on this.

Peace out.

[Johnny Deep]

Comments on Sunday and Monday: Fvck yeah!


That is all.

[dcb31]

[QUOTE=tyfalk;3589078]Great skiing out there today. A few density changes were pulling out on the steeper slopes with clean sheers, within the storm snow about a foot down. Kind of a mess getting up the canyon especially for this guy...


The sun tired to come out today but didn't stay out long enough to effect the snow up high in lcc.[QUOTE=tyfalk;3589078]

I heard the guy who was driving that car talking about it yesterday at the Albion Grill. He was looking at the Wildcat parking lot instead of the road and got his right wheel into the snow and off he went.