I guess Teton Pass is on!

**rideit** · 11-11-2006, 03:22 PM

Seeing as I found out yesterday I am having knee surgery, I guess that's about perfect timing. Count on some pow, kids. You're fucking welcome.

**freshie247** · 11-11-2006, 04:01 PM

That's El Lame-o,

Get better soon!

**GheeePup** · 11-11-2006, 04:29 PM

Sorry to hear about the knee RI. Hope it goes smooth. Thank you. Looks like opening day at the Ghee will be a pow day again this Friday.

Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers in the evening... then isolated snow showers after midnight. Colder. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Lows 15 to 22.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in the mountains. Highs 32 to 39.
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Sunday Night
Cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in the valleys and a chance of snow showers in the mountains. Lows 18 to 25.
Monday
Snow likely in the morning...then snow and rain likely in the afternoon. Breezy. Significant accumulations possible. Highs 34 to 41. Gusts up to 45 mph in the afternoon.
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Monday Night
In the valleys...snow showers and rain showers likely in the evening...then snow showers likely after midnight. In the mountains...snow showers likely. Breezy. Accumulations possible. Lows 21 to 29.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Highs 33 to 40.
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Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers. Lows 11 to 20.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers and snow showers. Highs 29 to 36.
Wednesday Night
Cloudy with a chance of snow showers and a slight chance of rain showers. Lows 17 to 27.
Thursday
Cloudy with a chance of rain showers and snow showers. Highs 32 to 39.
Thursday Night
Cloudy with a chance of snow showers and rain showers. Lows 15 to 25.
Friday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers and rain showers. Highs 36 to 43.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers. Lows 17 to 27.
Saturday
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers and snow showers. Highs 34 to 41.

Snow accumulation of up to 1" tonight? Please. What? Are they on crack? It has been snowing here in Driggs all day. Looks like the rest of the week is going to rain and maybe snow...Bwahhh! Ok I probably officially jinksed it but I am thinking now that Rideit's knee injury over rules my jinks and I will be again enjoying pow turns on opening day this Friday. WTF did you do to your knee mang?

**upallnight** · 11-11-2006, 04:50 PM

rideit...sorry to hear. is it serious? that's a major bummer.

after the rain & such, i'm not venturing up on the pass for a bit. this snow is great, but there are still gonna be tons of rocks around -- was looking kind of bare this past week.

let's see if it keeps up!

(hate that i have to travel out of town next week just as the snow comes in.)

**upallnight** · 11-11-2006, 04:53 PM

ahhh...screw it. i'm going to go take a lap for the hell of it.

**Particle** · 11-11-2006, 04:54 PM

Sorry to hear that ri. lame!

great to see snow and cars on the pass...I'm thinking it's time for the season-opening dawn patrol in Utah this week

**Elkhound Odin** · 11-11-2006, 04:55 PM

What happened to your knee? Recent accident?

**rideit** · 11-11-2006, 05:16 PM

It turns out I have been limping around on a torn miniscus all summer since whistler. Shouldn't be too traumatic.
I trust Dr. Rork completely.

I *might* go up to Targhee and hit a lap anyway. Thanks for the vibeage, folks!

**brettf** · 11-11-2006, 05:17 PM

rideit... hope you get it cut fast, healed fast, and recover fast.

good luck (and thanks for the snowcrifice

)

**ski_faster** · 11-11-2006, 05:38 PM

Rideit Hoping you heel up well.

I might make a trip to Targhee for opening if its going to be good.

**upallnight** · 11-11-2006, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by rideit

It turns out I have been limping around on a torn miniscus all summer since whistler. Shouldn't be too traumatic.
I trust Dr. Rork completely.

I *might* go up to Targhee and hit a lap anyway. Thanks for the vibeage, folks!

damn...is he thinking trim or repair??

snow was funky on the pass. it was actually tough to hike in as the surface was very firm under 3-10" of drifts. sometimes i'd get a full sole in, then the next step i could barely kick my toe in at all and would slide down. the skiing was not bad.

my truck actually slid out on the way down the pass. that gives you an idea of the stability -- a decent amount of heavy snow not bonding to an icy layer underneath.

we'll see if it keeps up.

i overlaid my track over a sat photo. wonder when this was taken as the snow looks like it slid over the road in a few spots.

**upallnight** · 11-11-2006, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by GheeePup

Snow accumulation of up to 1" tonight? Please. What? Are they on crack? It has been snowing here in Driggs all day. Looks like the rest of the week is going to rain and maybe snow...Bwahhh! Ok I probably officially jinksed it but I am thinking now that Rideit's knee injury over rules my jinks and I will be again enjoying pow turns on opening day this Friday. WTF did you do to your knee mang?

ghee(e)pup...
by now you surely realize that forecasts for the mountains aren't terribly precise. i did hear about a cool new program by the NWS to address that issue. they're recruiting people to take measurements daily all over mountain regions and submit them, so that forecasts can become more precise for microclimates and mountainous regions.

**GheeePup** · 11-11-2006, 06:42 PM

How much do they pay??

**rideit** · 11-11-2006, 06:45 PM

You pay them, silly.

**upallnight** · 11-11-2006, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by GheeePup

How much do they pay??

it probably takes 1 minute/day, and the most likely folks to participate are those that already pay attention to their local weather.

in other words: nothing.

**nhtele** · 11-11-2006, 07:25 PM

what do the folks @ Targhee think about pre-season skinners?

**rideit** · 11-11-2006, 07:27 PM

They don't give a monkey's poop, If you stay outta Grant's way. May be skinning up manana.

Caveat: They are a little uptight about dogs. Just keep em' leashed until you are motoring, and no probs, usually.

**upallnight** · 11-11-2006, 07:58 PM

JHMR is cool with it, until the patrol really starts gearing up (~1 wk before opening), i find.

last year, there were some good powder days off of rendezvous in mid- to late-nov.

**GheeePup** · 11-11-2006, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by nhtele

what do the folks @ Targhee think about pre-season skinners?

The folks at Targhee don't think. Do whatever the F you want around here.

**GheeePup** · 11-11-2006, 08:28 PM

Huck a 240+ footer to your head. Go for it! Huck a triple back, yawn. Ski beyond the closed signs and nobody gives a shit. You really think they give a flyiing rats ass if you skin up early season here? The answer is no, in case you had not already guessed.

**skiing-in-jackson** · 11-11-2006, 08:34 PM

Yikes! Sorry to hear the bad news...

How fast will you be up and running?

**upallnight** · 11-12-2006, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by GheeePup

You really think they give a flyiing rats ass if you skin up early season here? The answer is no, in case you had not already guessed.

it's a worthwhile question, as sometimes crews are working hard to get the mountain ready for opening day, and i would bet nhtele is asking b/c he wants to have a good time but not f- any of that up.

i think the problem in idaho is that nobody seems to give a shit about what happens...developmentally speaking. (not that SRA is any great example...rode my bike to the village the other day and almost cried seeing how much dirt they'd already moved)

i hope neither side of the pass gets f-ed up with ill thought-out expansion.

**StormRider** · 11-12-2006, 01:23 AM

Rideit – good luck with the knee! Is this killing your season or just a couple months? Either way, stay strong an kick ass in rehab. Rork fixed my torn ACL in ’93 and did a damn fine job with it.

**baseWeldr** · 11-12-2006, 09:55 AM

looks like another nice day on the pass
good luck with da knee mr it
funny how it took sir upallknight all of 3mins between posts to decide he was goin'- I think most here can relate...
all your hard work is welcome mom nature, keep it up
strange board behavior this AM, testing...