WASATCH STOKE, CONDITIONS, OBSERVATIONS and ASSORTED DRIVAL 20-21

[mall walker]

it’s in an IG story so I don’t think it can easily be embedded, at least not by me. from the looks of it argenta went nearly to the bottom, like to the top of that first flat area ~600’ or whatever up

[schindlerpiste]

A still from the video just to wet your appetite

[Brock Landers]

Holy shit! Def wets the beak

[123ski]

I skied with my daughter yesterday. I think we probably crossed 10 tracks all day. I finally made her call it when she was falling over for no apparent reason because her legs were soooo spent. I can't imagine how good it is up at the bird with maybe 300 people. Good for them!!

Where?


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[Boissal]

I'd pour one out for the shrubbery but my bet is that it gave no fucks and barely suffered a couple of broken branches. Only way to clear that shit is a massive spring gouger. Or it has to grow big enough to lose its flex, another 20 years or so.
The Stairs slide was juicy too...

[dfinn]

My buddy brought binoculars this am. Looking over from BT it was carnage everywhere. Hell of a day!

[Todds]

Video showing the retrieval of UDOT vehicles hit by an avalanche in the Seven Turns area Wednesday morning in Little Cottonwood Canyon. ⁦
https://twitter.com/johnegleason/sta...50857728860160

[telefreewasatch]

[QUOTE=telefreewasatch;6235203]Having a photographic record of the range this year, at least mentally, is important.
If something slid deep x 100%, why couldn't one play there next storm?
Problem may be how to get there and get away if travel is under slopes that haven't slid.
Especially after a large water/wind event when triggering large slopes above is possible from the flats in years like this.
And it sounds like one is brewing.
Avalanches that run uphill after crossing bottoms occur around here. Look at runout trimlines.
That W Porter sure was a runner...

So, looking at Tim's videos, where would one go skiing with 8" of high density?
Amended from the original foot.
Stairs? Fuck no.
Coalpit 4? Fuck no.
Place me on top of Main Argenta please...
Trick is getting there safely, eh?

[new yabyum]

So, looking at Tim's videos, where would one go skiing with a new foot of high density?
Stairs? Fuck no.
Coalpit 4? Fuck no.
Place me on top of Main Argenta please...
Trick is getting there safely, eh?

Thanks Jimmy for keeping us up to date on LCC. Strong work form all the crews.

[steadieflow]

I heard something like between alta and bird there are only like 1K people. I mean ive had what I considered Country Club days at Alta, get up before road closes for whatever reason, half full lot, but this is something else.
There are Country Clubs and there are places like Augusta. The folks up there today got Augusta. Amazing...

I had a day like that there....I think it was 1997 when the P-Dog got hit. We were sitting in the Rustler bar and watched the slide come down. An hour later we were skiing straight line to the lift. Road never opened chest to neck deep 3% density snow. Entire day is burned into my brain so fucking good.

[telefreewasatch]

In big slides, bed surfaces kinda get hot and can become a decent base, and the slope gets smoothed out at the same time.
Yeah, high on those slopes where less friction occurs may not have the best base, oh well.
Don't have to ski it from the top, eh?
Sometimes it only takes a foot of high density for great skiing after big events.

^^^
To add to my last post,
With this "hot" slide" I reckon 8" of high density will do...

[wra]

[QUOTE=telefreewasatch;6239755]

So, looking at Tim's videos, where would one go skiing with 8" of high density?
Amended from the original foot.
Stairs? Fuck no.
Coalpit 4? Fuck no.
Place me on top of Main Argenta please...
Trick is getting there safely, eh?

I'd head into upper Cardiff for a look around. Interesting slides on Ivory and Cardiac ridge. Not wall to wall with lingering hang fire.
No additions to the bowl or Black Knob. No Holy Toledo. Is it good to go, yet?

[Tiktaalik]

I got up at about 330, and though the country clubbers pretty much tracked the whole place out, there were still good turns to be had.

Props to UDOT for getting those roads cleared, and the patrols for opening the terrain.

[telefreewasatch]

I'd head into upper Cardiff for a look around. Interesting slides on Ivory and Cardiac ridge. Not wall to wall with lingering hang fire.
No additions to the bowl or Black Knob. No Holy Toledo. Is it good to go, yet

Always good to go for some it seems, eh?
How'd that shoulder come out?
Haven't heard of replacements 'til yours...

[wasatch_carpetbagger]

Anyone deal with a repair like this before? Am I fucked? First time cracking a sidewall. Edge is otherwise intact.

Got a little too frisky in supreme bowl on Sunday. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0pzO...HrbD2jy1A#Alta

[wra]

Always good to go for some it seems, eh?
How'd that shoulder come out?
Haven't heard of replacements 'til yours...

I'm off the meds with no pain but, stuck in a sling. See the doc next Wednesday and hopefully start pt.

[powdork]

Am I fucked?

I'd say yes. Looks more like a broken ski than a cracked sidewall.

[#######]

I'd say yes. Looks more like a broken ski than a cracked sidewall.

X2 edge isn't straight

Also looks like you left foot booted a stump/rock at 0:08. Could have been a tib/fib or MCL rescue under the chair so silverlinings

[telefreewasatch]

I'm off the meds with no pain but, stuck in a sling. See the doc next Wednesday and hopefully start pt.

Yeah, man.

[wasatch_carpetbagger]

Also looks like you left foot booted a stump/rock at 0:08. Could have been a tib/fib or MCL rescue under the chair so silverlinings

RIP ... I was particularly fond of these powder skis

But youre right - Im lucky to not end up back at the ortho.

[hardkorps]

I was in that car! Or at least I'm guessing its the same. March 2006. A friend and I were working at Alfs part time that winter. It was a 20" in 12 hours sort of day at the end of a huge season. We skied all day and hitchhiked down the canyon with a family of 5 or 6 on vacation from Missouri, riding next to the kids in the back seat. I can't remember the slide path, but we were hit with a natural, pushed off the road, rolled several times and landed upside down mostly buried. My buddy kicked out a window so we could squeeze out and we helped the kids climb the steep slope back up to road. There were a bunch of officials parked there but they had no idea we had been swept off. We got a ride home and they dragged the car out the next day... absolutely mangled. Incredible that no one was hurt.

Looking down from the road. X marks where the car was buried.
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And a look at the car after it was removed.
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I checked the data base ( i have some access) Apr 6th 2006 6:10pm White Pine Chute 4 Gnarly ride glad you were all OK.

[Hey Diddle Diddle]

Don't be such a lil bitch. What a snowflake you are.

Are snowflakes bad now?

[123ski]

What’s the consensus for tomorrow?

New storm rolling in tonight, albeit much smaller

I can’t imagine much terrain opens at Alta or Snowbird tomorrow if the storm materializes tonight

I’ve also seen reports of resorts advising guests to wear beacons

I normally ski alone at the resorts. Happy to strap my beacon on, but won’t do me much good if I’m solo. Never skied my airbag at a resort before. Am I crazy to be considering it? Something about this snowpack is giving me all sorts of flashbacks to the last few inbounds avalanches at Alta and Snowbird.


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[nate]

I checked the data base ( i have some access) Apr 6th 2006 6:10pm White Pine Chute 4 Gnarly ride glad you were all OK.

Ah, thanks. I guess the date gets fuzzy after 15 years but that makes sense. Looks like 21" at Collins that day.

[muted]

Nate, crazy story, holy shit.

123pee, I usually avoid avie terrain if I’m spooked. Especially small pockets at Snowbird, I’ve set off 3-4 small slides at Snowbird solo. Took one ride into a tree even.