TRs - July 2013 Skiing

[Shadam]

the best summer thread by far !!!

[PBR and POW = FUN]

Hit up left and center patches a few days earlier- morning of the July 7 and snow was perfect for good times. Left patch was extra fun.



July 4th was on various patches on Lola- hella hot that day.



On page 1 Dookie mentioned the snow at Leavitt being shit when he was there last. I hit up the Y on 6/22, although it wasn't technically quite a patch yet--the top was nice, but yeah...the bottom was total shit.
Top:

Bottom:

[splat]

Yur gonna wear out the snow!

[Vets]

Yur gonna wear out the snow!

Splat, you might be right about the Forestdale patches. When dookey67 and I did 8-10 laps on the right of the right/divide patch we could see and feel the snow getting thinner. Also, when driving up to Carson Pass yesterday I noticed that the left patch looked like a little dot, the center patch was very thin, and it looked like the right patch had completely disappeared.

[Vets]

Yesterday was a return to Roundtop day along with EastCoastPDR and his dog Zater.
We tried to beat the heat (over 80 degrees at over 8,000 feet) by spraying some corn snow on the "Method Man Patch." (The longest visible patch in the Carson Pass area.)

Zater did some grooming/slope maintenance stick removal...



EastCoastPDR...

...is joined by Zater...



Vets spraying corn snow in an attempt to cool off...


Zater enjoying the view:


Zater joins Vets on another run...


A fun day and it did cool off slightly on the hike out when the clouds rolled in and we got a little bit of rain.

[PBR and POW = FUN]

I was up at some smaller patch closer to RT lake. Overcast and light rain did make it feel much nicer than the forecasted temps.

Some dude totally lost his shit at RT Lake- flipped out about someone's German Shepard doing something. This guy even took his pants off at one point during his rant, laid on his back in his old man underwear and screamed that if anyone wanted to see an "anus" take a good look- no shit. It was odd that he used "anus" instead of "ass", because every other word he used was explicit haha- what a jackass. I wish I had brought my GoPro along because he'd be a viral superstar by now.

Anyway, during my hike out a few people stopped me to ask if I was with the skiers they had seen- must have been you guys.

[Vets]

I was up at some smaller patch closer to RT lake. Overcast and light rain did make it feel much nicer than the forecasted temps.

Some dude totally lost his shit at RT Lake- flipped out about someone's German Shepard doing something. This guy even took his pants off at one point during his rant, laid on his back in his old man underwear and screamed that if anyone wanted to see an "anus" take a good look- no shit. It was odd that he used "anus" instead of "ass", because every other word he used was explicit haha- what a jackass. I wish I had brought my GoPro along because he'd be a viral superstar by now.

Anyway, during my hike out a few people stopped me to ask if I was with the skiers they had seen- must have been you guys.

That looks like what is left of the Wu Tang Patch. It can be a lot of fun coming out of the little choke near the top.

Weird to hear about the guy at Roundtop Lake. Usually most nearly all of the people I see on the trail are happy and friendly (or at least somewhat sane) around there.

Did you see if there was much snow on the "Driveway Patch" (other side of Roundtop Lake) or the "October Patch" (just past Roundtop Lake on the way toward 4th of July Lake)?

[WestCoastPDR]

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Some dude totally lost his shit at RT Lake- flipped out about someone's German Shepard doing something.

Could have been the two German shepards staring my dog down when he was swimming after rocks I threw in the lake for him to cool off

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[Vets]

Here is the first of three late July ski days
Saddlebag Lake, July 28, 2013
"Big L Chute" near Lower Conness Lake

Makisha looks up at North Peak on the approach:


Penny encourages me to get going...

...then follows...


Makisha and Penny head up while I get ready for another run:


Vets:


Looking back at the "Big L Chute"


I'll post photos and videos from the next two ski days after I get them sorted out.

[Vets]

The second of three late July ski days.
"The Tribble Patch" on July 29, 2013.

Looking across Tamarack Lake, Vets points at the "Tribble Patch":

(The elusive "Bird of Prey" is further to the left.)

Vets rock scrambling above Tamarack Lake on the approach:


Dookey67 spraying summer corn snow:


A panoramic view looking down from the top of the "Tribble Patch":

(L to R: Tamarack Lake, an unnamed lake, dookey67 bootpacking, Hunewill Lake)

Vets:


Dookey67 is happy with our graffiti:


Video:


Dookey67 can provide a more detailed description of our day.

[Slaag Master]

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vets]

The third of three late July ski days.
Jack's Glacier, Dunderberg.

Vets starts the bootpack up Jack's Glacier:


The view from the top:

(Dookey67 can be seen heading up on the left.)

Vets:


Has dookey67 found thigh-deep snow or is he about to ski over a ridge?

...further down...


Vets:


Video:


Now I need to start a TRs-August 2013 Skiing thread.

[Slaag Master]

indeed!!!! this crew has my vote for the best go broke for stoke on broke thread!!!!!!!

[splat]

Yo! Patch killas!

[dookeyXXX]

The glacier actually calved while we were there.
We had just finished our last lap and I was half considering going back up to lay down a little more graffiti when a rather nice chunk just slid off and into the pond causing large ripples that turned into waves.
Be willing to bet that a bit more calving went on this week and if we get another blast of high temps more will happen.
The glacier was in really interesting shape, aside from the calving. The entire center of the glacier, when you look at it, is pale blue ice. The only really skiable portions are looker's left and right. We've never seen it in this state before. It's kind of cool, but also makes you wonder how much longer this little slice of glacial heaven is gonna be around.

[PBR and POW = FUN]

I decided I would have to go back and get a look at October patch after I read Vets reply above. I went up last Saturday, July 27, and it was holding up well. I took a couple laps on it:




I also decided to take a trip down to Dunderberg this Saturday, August 3, after seeing the photos/report above. I saw Vets and Dookey's tracks down skiers left side of Jacks Glacier and I put 3 fresh tracks over top of them. I made a 4th lap starting from the same spot at the top, but quickly turned across the central blue ice area and crossed to the far right edge of the glacier and went down over on that side.

I don't know if anymore calving has happened recently, like Dookey mentioned. I took a picture from the top and it almost identical to one taken when they were there only what snow was floating in the water has since melted. There wasn't any snow floating in it at all when I was there.

After Jacks Glacier I hiked up the ridge to get a quick look at Hidden Glacier. I didn't put down any tracks on it because I was pretty tired by this point and had a cooler of cold beer waiting back at my camp that was too tempting. Hidden Glacier also looked sort of different this year than in years past, at least from what I'm used to seeing. The main difference is at the bottom. Usually it seems like Hidden Glacier mellows out at the bottom and the snow actually continues out beneath the pool of water at the bottom, almost like a perfect pond skimming setup. This year the snow/ice just drops off, more like Jacks, but obviously not nearly as big a drop off.

Vet & Dookey's older tracks:


View from the top, almost the same as before, but those chunks of snow in the water have since melted:


My addition to tracks on Jacks:


Hidden Glacier:

[skier666]

Loving this pic...nicely done gentlemen!

[Vets]

^^
PBR and POW = FUN, nice job on the October Patch and Jack's as well as providing recon beta on Hidden. I still wonder if October will even make it to September this year. When I look at our before and your after pictures of Jack's I can see that some more calving did take place. Hidden looks like there is still a decent amount of vertical even though the main part looks narrower than last year.

^
Skier666, thanks!

Gone2Alpine and I just returned from two days at Timberline. Once I get caught up on photos and sleep I'll start a TRs-August 2013 Skiing thread.

[mollysharp]

Nice photographs. It looks awesome and now it is driving my interest to go there for skiing and have fun as you did.

[mollysharp]

Nice photographs. It looks awesome and now it is driving my interest to go there for skiing and have fun as you did.