Peak 1 avalanche......

[smitchell333]

I'm certainly not one to criticize another for solo travel as I'm a fan of the solo tour myself. I would probably not have thought about skiing that path unless the danger was pretty darn low though, solo or not.

I'm not sure that I understand how/why she ended up in the slide path. I guess no one but her knows whether it was remotely triggered or when skiing down.

I do find it interesting that the flight for life is to be mustered anytime there is a slide with ski tracks into it. Is this appropriate use of resources? I certainly don't have an expectation that FFL is going to fly in and save my bacon if I trigger a slide.

[JaytaeMoney]

took a break from TGR because of dumb comments like this (well and the knee surgery) and now it will probably continue, if she is a legend why doesn't she tell us the story or call CAIC?

WHOOSH. the post you quoted is sarcasm.

[shera]

i bet that^^^ fella got some damn great fucking good skiing in up there while just dropping in daily and whatnot.

when ya coming to the right coast to surf with us? nice lil waves rollin in this am. woodstove loaded, off to the beach!!!

rogblog

What's the warmest water temp you get over there? In September? I might like to go to Maine someday and stuff my face with lobster - eat so much of it that I'll finally get over my cravings...

One interesting thing about peak 1 is that they put in for a ski area permit years ago, but it never happened. Would have much better than Breck. It's a beautiful mountain.

[icelanticskier]

What's the warmest water temp you get over there? In September? I might like to go to Maine someday and stuff my face with lobster - eat so much of it that I'll finally get over my cravings...

we get up to middle-ish 60's at best. 39-41 is coldest in winter. funneh, but i wear a 4/3 all summer and a 5/4 all winter even tho it's often air temps in the single digits and teens. hot air temps in summer make low 60's water temps feel almost colder than winter surfing to me. i never get chilled surfing in winter. you want lobstah?! we got a lobster joint with inside restaurant and killer outside summer bar live entertainment about 200 yards from my driveway and just one mile from a great surfing beach. from 4-6pm everyday it's free wood fired pizza, mussels, wings, and other apps so long as you buy a beer no wonder i NEVER wanna leave home anymore

One interesting thing about peak 1 is that they put in for a ski area permit years ago, but it never happened. Would have much better than Breck. It's a beautiful mountain.

colorado is such an amazing state. LOVE the mountains there. never been a huge fan of the snowpack makeup, but the terrain, weather, and vert make up for "walking on eggshells" much of the time. the people are great too.

rog

[ShadyNasty]

WHOOSH. the post you quoted is sarcasm.

Oh... thank god, i was starting to loose faith in mankind. Still, I'm not even sure if I like it as a joke. An
acquaintance (a 10+yr ski patrol veteran) of mine was an early casualty of last Winter. That and Tunnel Creek really got me thinking last year about the old saying

"The avalanche is not aware that you are an expert"

[ShadyNasty]

To IceSkier: You forgot the killer bud, it really helps with 'that walking on eggshells feeling"

[shera]

we get up to middle-ish 60's at best. 39-41 is coldest in winter. funneh, but i wear a 4/3 all summer and a 5/4 all winter even tho it's often air temps in the single digits and teens. hot air temps in summer make low 60's water temps feel almost colder than winter surfing to me. i never get chilled surfing in winter. you want lobstah?! we got a lobster joint with inside restaurant and killer outside summer bar live entertainment about 200 yards from my driveway and just one mile from a great surfing beach. from 4-6pm everyday it's free wood fired pizza, mussels, wings, and other apps so long as you buy a beer no wonder i NEVER wanna leave home anymore



colorado is such an amazing state. LOVE the mountains there. never been a huge fan of the snowpack makeup, but the terrain, weather, and vert make up for "walking on eggshells" much of the time. the people are great too.

rog

You're making the ice coast sound tasty.

As far as our snowpack goes, you just gotta learn how it works and then flow with it. If you fight it or try to dominate it, you risk the mighty smackdown. Trying to outwit mother nature with snow science can be a justification for rolling the dice when deep instabilities are the question.

For every month of the year, there is a best place to go and ski. You gotta learn if, when, and how any face will run - the history and character of it. Snowy torrents is your friend. That's my take on it all anyway...

I've been so much in bounds with the psia thing the last two years and the pack has been weak. And I was in Utah the year before that. But today I'm gonna stretch my legs on peak 10 above the chair. It's really nice up there. Dig into the snow on a couple of different aspects. See what all that faceting is doing on the cold side. See how the layers are bonding up on the warm side. Ski some powder.

If you come out here to ski, give a shout. We can walk around. Drop in.

[theshredder]

I can't see anyone remotely triggering that slide on the way up and then getting the urge to ski down to the crown and out via the bed surface. I'm thinking near miss. Someone must have spotted the slide from town and SAR got the call. It would have been a relief to see that whoever it was skiied out alright.

I'd think going up there solo would be fine as long as you stuck to the ridge (which whoever it was didn't do, twice).

Which brings up something I've been seeing a lot of lately that doesn't seem correct. I see skin tracks crossing wind loaded start zones all the time, when booting straight up the ridge is clearly the safer option. Obviously taking your skis off and putting them on your back and vice versa eats up time and energy but if the goal is to avoid starting slides at all cost you'd think it would be done anyway. I suppose lots of switch-backing is a compromise between entering a start zone and booting, it requires more energy too though and people get lazy, especially when they're tired.

Why would one prefer crossing a start zone to booting up the ridge? The only reason I can think of is that boots punch deeper into the snow and are therefore more likely to touch a weak layer.