TR - Roundtop/Sisters saddle snowpatch

**Vets** · 08-14-2007, 12:29 AM

Date: August 12, 2007

Location: Roundtop/Sisters saddle snowpatch

Weather: Warm and sunny

Participants: MJ and Vets

Gameplan: More August turns, recon for September

Duration: 2 laps

Vertical: not sure, but not very much

Beta: see pics or ask

Pics: MJ and Vets

Music: Bananarama - Cruel Summer

As you can see from the picture below on the cruel hike up we had to endure a brutal creek with many flowers below the snowpatch:

MJ navigating through the various sized cruel summer suncups sprinkled with chocolate chips:

Heading back up for more:

A cool little flying insect checking out a hole in the snow made by a pole plant:

Does anyone know what insect this is?

One of me:

It wasn't all that great when we got there, but it was great getting there. Added on some more August turns and can see some possibilites for September.

**powdork** · 08-14-2007, 01:03 AM

Is it my imagination, or is your snow patch growing. The pictures make it lookm bigger now than July 15th TR.

**Vets** · 08-14-2007, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by powdork

Is it my imagination, or is your snow patch growing. The pictures make it lookm bigger now than July 15th TR.

I think that I'm incorporating your idea to ski them in order to make them last longer. Thanks.

**enlosandes** · 08-14-2007, 06:27 AM

I was going to ask if you have anything better to do with your time, then I saw you are from Topaz and answered my own question, carry on!

**The Dad** · 08-14-2007, 07:03 AM

Well played.

**Vets** · 08-15-2007, 12:50 PM

Enlosandes - lol

Alpinedad, thanks.

**skier666** · 08-15-2007, 01:38 PM

HA!

Paul Mitchell Extreme Dual Moguls anyone?

**skimoore** · 08-15-2007, 02:35 PM

Vets...you are one dedicated man. I like your style.

**skier666** · 08-17-2007, 01:32 PM

Its really hard to see actually how small of an area Vets is working with....

...but not from the air

Pics taken 8/15/07...

Not much left. Round Top...and his patch.

Zoomed croppage....

Cool angle of Kirkwood with Thunder Bowl and California chutes in view...

**Vets** · 08-17-2007, 01:49 PM

Cool shots skier666.
Air recon is a great way to find snow patches.
I have a shot of the same area from August 7, 2004:

Kirkwood on the same day:

It is interesting how the snow fills in differently in certain areas from year to year and how some places fill with snow consistantly from year to year.

Did you get a view of the "October Patch" at the foot of the Sisters near Roundtop Lake? Is it still holding snow?

**harpo-the-skier** · 08-18-2007, 08:54 AM

Vets, I saw the october patch about 3 weeks ago and it was pretty narrow but long enough to be skiable. I don't know about now, though.

**Idris** · 08-18-2007, 03:33 PM

Nice one Vets. Will there be anything skiable next week. I'm in town from tuesday onwards and I need to ski this month!

**Vets** · 08-18-2007, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Idris

Nice one Vets. Will there be anything skiable next week. I'm in town from tuesday onwards and I need to ski this month!

Yes. There will some skiable places.

After hearing this from Harpo,

Vets, I saw the october patch about 3 weeks ago and it was pretty narrow but long enough to be skiable. I don't know about now, though.

I'll probably go on a recon mission up there tomorrow.

Roundtop should have at least 4 small skiable patches left for a while.
Saddlebag/Kook Chute is also still possible, but would involve a bit more effort.

How does Saturday sound to you?