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

[Xover]

At a morning meeting a few years ago Piney asked us how to slow people down in Schuss Gully.
I responded that the first thing to do is change the name...

Bwahahahahaaaaa!

[Woodsy]

Bwahahahahaaaaa!

miss that cackle, hoping for a highboy sunset with you in April

[brutah]

miss that cackle, hoping for a highboy sunset with you in April

#altamagic

[whyturn]

Another good day in consolidated pow








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[getoutside]

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^ nice. skied that fun line last thursday but some sharks down low. hopefully this last storm kept you above them.

ran into a pair of skiers at the top. yesterday's sun effected the east facing and saw previous days cracking on the up. solid turns.

[D-Roc]

^ Yea man it was good, no sharks , but definitely some deft maneuvering required for the exit back to the road!

Dawn Patrolled up to Sunset today, actually pretty calm at the parking lot, al though a lot had been skied up that way, plenty of room to make your mark. Pretty good spot since the sun is still pretty low in the sky this time of the year.

[skifishbum]

Another good day in consolidated pow








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good skiin ya &
gittin out
above the haze
didnt suck


cheers

lemme know when the paradise bullwheel goes round or the ridge opens

[D-Roc]

^ I want to be your friend

[altacoup]

Sounds like a bad situation developing off the 9990 chair. Hope everyone is safe

[sfotex]

https://www.ksl.com/article/50084231...-officials-say

[PaulC08]

Yup, I was about to get on the 9990 lift when ski patrol came through the line looking very rushed. About 30 mins later saw the chopper. Hoping for the best.


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[jtran10]

https://twitter.com/SummitCountySO/s...38109861793794

This reads like solo skier/boarder without gear to me, full burial

^^^obv just speculation on my part

[sfotex]

https://twitter.com/SummitCountySO/s...38109861793794

This reads like solo skier/boarder without gear to me, full burial

^^^obv just speculation on my part

Yeah, they probably did a beacon/recco search depending on what ship was on scene and didn't get a hit so they are moving to dogs/probe lines.

[wasatch_carpetbagger]

Sad situation, but it was really bound to happen. PWL + storm this week + lots of new recreaters in the BC...

Even though I know ive been conservative most of the time, like many of us there were days looking back that the risk was higher than I wanted. It's sobering to think about how these small choices are the only things holding us back from what happened today.

Prescient UAC....

[schindlerpiste]

Since Monday, west monitor, dutches, square top and the sound of music area have all slid. Given current conditions can’t the canyons ski patrol close the gate at the top of the 9990 lift? Today I almost took a picture of the duchess slide. Here is a picture of the recent square top slide

Anyway+++vibes+++

[HammySlapwagons]

Since Monday, west monitor, dutches, square top and the sound of music area have all slid.

It's insane how much of the PC ridgeline has been sliding. Super sketchy up there right now.

[Phall]

fatality confirmed,
sad day.
https://twitter.com/SummitCountySO

[telefreewasatch]

Since Monday, west monitor, dutches, square top and the sound of music area have all slid. Given current conditions can’t the canyons ski patrol close the gate at the top of the 9990 lift? Today I almost took a picture of the duchess slide. Here is a picture of the recent square top slide

Anyway+++vibes+++

I might get a detail wrong here, but,
the permit to build and operate that lift required a permanently open gate.
Believe it was Pave our Canyons pressuring the F.S.
Tough hand dealt there.

[Dantheman]

So sad to hear about this.

[Sirshredalot]

Since Monday, west monitor, dutches, square top and the sound of music area have all slid. Given current conditions can’t the canyons ski patrol close the gate at the top of the 9990 lift? Today I almost took a picture of the duchess slide. Here is a picture of the recent square top slide

Anyway+++vibes+++

My understanding is that patrol has never had the authority to open or close that gate. You leave it, you're on your own and the resort is never going to tell you that it's "okay" or not.

Given how often Sound of Music gets skied and how mellow and tasty it looks, it sure does move.

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[lemonhead]

It sucks indeed that someone passed. I feel for the friends and family. I still believe in access to public lands and don't think Canyons/PC needs to do more. They have all the scary signs. Unfortunately, I believe this may be the first of many this year.

[El Kanone]

Don’t close the gate. Don’t even think about closing the gate.

I’m currently 2000 miles from there and I knew for certain some one was about to die just from reading this thread from time to time and glancing at the UAC site. They even said yesterday that luck was about to run out on someone. This was 100% predicable. Last few times I clicked this thread I thought to myself, I wonder who died.

[HammySlapwagons]

My understanding is that patrol has never had the authority to open or close that gate.

While I'm not sure on patrol's authority regarding the gate, I have seen it closed before. It seems the laws/rules regarding the avy gate at PC aren't super well known. Interested to learn more about them if anyone knows.

[mall walker]

It's insane how much of the PC ridgeline has been sliding. Super sketchy up there right now.

I think certain prominent local folks have done the newer bc community or whatever a disservice by constantly hammering the pc ridge line and spraying about it. It’s always sketchy this time of year... thin and wind loaded is the norm

[lemonhead]

I agree with Mall Walker and unfortunately I think the Instagram Pic culture is here to stay.