Wasatch Conditions 11-12

**awake1563** · 05-09-2012, 08:35 PM

Found snow at about 8400' on the west aspect, heading up into the NW couloir on Broads Fork yesterday... Well frozen on the way up, and although we didn't give it a chance to soften up, I'm sure all aspects had nice corn at the right time. Today being a bit warmer, I'm curious if it firmed back up overnight?

Andy takes the TR to the next level, as usual. Click for dudes in tights:

wanna hit cold fusion tomorrow smuggs?

**smuggs** · 05-09-2012, 08:40 PM

i have a friend who wants to try for it friday if that works

**rconstan** · 05-10-2012, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by smuggs

i have a friend who wants to try for it friday if that works

thinking about cold fusion on saturday morning. if you head up friday let me know how the snow is if you dont mind. feel free to post here or PM me. enjoy.

**skiski** · 05-10-2012, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by rconstan

thinking about cold fusion on saturday morning. if you head up friday let me know how the snow is if you dont mind. feel free to post here or PM me. enjoy.

Can you drive to the timpooneke road now? Or, how far up AF canyon can you drive now? (I've never really been clued in as to how the road openings work down there).

**TWA** · 05-10-2012, 04:28 PM

Looking to get out tomorrow or Saturday. Not sure where yet. How are conditions/how safe? I have not heard many updates, good or bad in the past few weeks. Not sure how early I will get up to wherever I go so that may cancel out any good corn.

**rconstan** · 05-10-2012, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by skiski

Can you drive to the timpooneke road now? Or, how far up AF canyon can you drive now? (I've never really been clued in as to how the road openings work down there).

havent looked into it yet. In the past I have not had to drive all of the way to the Timpooneke road. you can park along the road by a private camp/lodge called Mutual Dell and head south up a trail that intersects the summer road.

**smuggs** · 05-11-2012, 09:11 PM

you drive up until you cant drive anymore
bike until your legs dont work
skin until you slide out
crampon until the snow ends
then u ski this

**baron** · 05-17-2012, 09:37 PM

skinned up for the exercise and some pics

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**wolfelot** · 05-17-2012, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by smuggs

you drive up until you cant drive anymore
bike until your legs dont work
skin until you slide out
crampon until the snow ends
then u ski this

Is that really all the snow that is left?

**salida** · 05-18-2012, 11:37 AM

Glad the ski areas turned the skiing off. It really has been awful, good thing everyone's heeding their closures.

http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/...-the-pipeline/

**tele mark** · 05-18-2012, 04:19 PM

Main chute skied nice if a bit rock laden on Sat. Good slush on crust conditions with limited runnels and suncups, still a bit bumped up.

Buffarama corn mid afternoon exit.

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**tele mark** · 05-18-2012, 04:21 PM

Medusa skied nice, if short, on Sun. Av Debris is mostly smoothed out from melt/freeze cycles, however the line is the shortest and the base the thinnest in 10 yrs. of spring skiing here (the side moat is only about 3'-4' deep).

A sizeable pine knocked down by a slide blocks the choke to one side (visible in the last pic).

**icelanticskier** · 05-18-2012, 04:54 PM

you are so counter-rotating in that second to last pic, shame on you. oh and lose the gogs and helmet, it's fucking hot n sunny goddamit.

rog

**Skidog** · 05-22-2012, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by tele mark

Main chute skied nice if a bit rock laden on Sat. Good slush on crust conditions with limited runnels and suncups, still a bit bumped up.

Buffarama corn mid afternoon exit.

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Wondered if these would show up here. I was with that group that was coming down while you and your buddy kept stopping to snap shots.

Rocks were easily avoidable.

**getoutside** · 05-23-2012, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by salida

Glad the ski areas turned the skiing off. It really has been awful, good thing everyone's heeding their closures.

not everyone.

**bigdude2468** · 05-23-2012, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by getoutside

not everyone.

Fing Castle looks better now then it did back in March when it was covered with a lot of debris, especially up high.

**Ice_Coaster** · 05-23-2012, 12:22 PM

No shit... the Castle looks better now than it did when I was up there a few months ago.

**mtnbiker/boarder** · 05-23-2012, 12:52 PM

^^^^^^ getoutside.. you wont quit until the last little bit is gone .. way to get after it Reed.. so f--king jealous....good for you and anybody else getting after it out there.....next winter for sure will be out even if I have to bring the newborn.....