Wasatch 23/24 Stoke Thread: Red Snake Coverage coming at you live from tgapp's fartba

[Yukonrider]

No stoke, sorry. Eat shit Stuart Winchester!

Way to prove him wrong

[alias_rice]

I’m gonna cash in a bitch ticket because I can’t get a parking reservation tomorrow. First strikeout of the season.

[telefreewasatch]

jack you used one of your bitch tickets on yer 1st post of the thread.
See the OP rules.
Where is 3) Utah hates everything from anyhow?

[Shaaarrrp]

I’m gonna cash in a bitch ticket because I can’t get a parking reservation tomorrow. First strikeout of the season.

sent you a pm but if its alta, worth refreshing the browser from time to time. had luck that way last year in a couple situations like yours

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[jackattack]

jack you used one of your bitch tickets on yer 1st post of the thread.
See the OP rules.
Where is 3) Utah hates everything from anyhow?

I welcome the fart bag

[altacoup]

I’m gonna cash in a bitch ticket because I can’t get a parking reservation tomorrow. First strikeout of the season.

Just go up early park at the bird and catch a bus to Alta.

I quit paying attention to the weather years ago, as I ski everyday the lifts are spinning there’s absolutely no point in wasting energy on forecasts. Can’t ski the forecast. Every remote worker/desk jockey is trying to do that. OpenSnow and better forecasting has certainly led to more crowds and don’t even get me started on Surfline (the creators of that website deserve a spot in hell).

The chalk in great Scott is primo, the access isn’t. No tram line during the holiday week is a bonus. Need a bunch of savy skiers on high rustler to spend a few runs turning on top of the bump instead of the trough to skier groom it.


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[Skaramanga]

The 68 mm life can also be a rewarding one.

[UTaho']

I don’t come here often & I’m in another part of the Wasatch than most here but luv the posts from those skiing & appreciating how good it actually is, has been & the positives of low tide .
Front row parking
Not compelled to battle for first chair
Easy to dress for
No lift lines
Good visibility
Stress free driving

Still some freshies


& if ya gotta do a groomer it’s still pretty damn fun!

[Boissal]

Low tide approach:



High tide descent:



Both pics pillaged from a friend.
Getting harder to find good untracked and manage the various crusts and pockets of weirdness.
Makes for brainy skiing, it's nice to occasionally have to pay attention instead of mindlessly opening it up.

[Shaaarrrp]

Apron @ Alta opened today

Tourists galore but still a great day

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[mst1228]

I’m gonna cash in a bitch ticket because I can’t get a parking reservation tomorrow. First strikeout of the season.

Not sure how successful yet, but I’m finishing a holiday side project to bang the reservation system every minute if a date is unavailable hoping to sneak in if someone cancels. If it works, I should be able to open it to other mags. Should work at all resorts besides Alta morning parking for now.


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[baron]

Bird chalk n fluff holding up if you know what angles to hit

ended some afternoon laps lookers left of silver fox.. did not disappoint. YE HA!

[Duffman]

Just out of curiosity, how have the holiday week crowds been in the cottonwoods? More or less than usual?

[Dshack89]

Just out of curiosity, how have the holiday week crowds been in the cottonwoods? More or less than usual?

Seems pretty typical at Alta. With the parking reservations it can only get so crowded. Definitely a lot of jerries on groomers who think they are better than they are....I'm not taking my little kids out this weekend.

If you go in with proper expectations, the skiing is still a ton of fun. Like others have mentionrd, nice chalk in the predictable places. Off trail is a ghost town.

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[Dantheman]

Just out of curiosity, how have the holiday week crowds been in the cottonwoods? More or less than usual?

Parking filled up at snowbird today but it was walk on trams all day.

[Buster Highmen]

Parking filled up at snowbird today but it was walk on trams all day.

Everybody is too busy posting. Happens at Crustal all the time.

[altacoup]

Alta had one of its busiest days ever on Thursday, same day the bird parking was full but walk on trams and the only long line I saw was on chickadee. When most of the terrain is open LCC can handle crowds that are in line with beds and parking spots available in the canyon. Close a few lifts and terrain and its huge lines. Snow on the road and it’s a 3-4 hour junk show if at Alta, entry 1 bird probably cuts off 2-3 hours of car frustration. Clear road, like today, and it’s slow but not horrible.


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[baron]

Everybody is too busy posting. Happens at Crustal all the time.

all the gapers get funneled to mineral basin & frontside lifts have short lines.

sign at the tunnel warned of 45 min lift line down in mineral.

before xmas was pretty empty, but seems crowds showed up this week after the 25th passed us by.

[crankplank]

When it's snowing and lifts are all running, the bird is not congested but there are definitely not walk on trams until about 3pm. Peruvian and zoom can get very tolerable lines and the mineral line gets bad. Today was parked out just the same and I couldn't find a liftline. Is the difference just more full cars, full buses and private shuttle loads of people? Or are the same number of people there but everyone is actually skiing at the same time? Theoretically the difference at the bottom of some of those lifts could be 500 people spread around, right?

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[Slowtimer14]

In regard to backcountry travel, what’s the groups assessment on getting to George’s via Cardiff fork trailhead? I’ve heard fences, people with guns, omnipresent surveillance ? Sounds dystopian !

[One (+) Sentence]

When it's snowing and lifts are all running, the bird is not congested but there are definitely not walk on trams until about 3pm. Peruvian and zoom can get very tolerable lines and the mineral line gets bad. Today was parked out just the same and I couldn't find a liftline. Is the difference just more full cars, full buses and private shuttle loads of people? Or are the same number of people there but everyone is actually skiing at the same time? Theoretically the difference at the bottom of some of those lifts could be 500 people spread around, right?

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The way Alta and Snowbird regulate skier traffic on the hill is through parking restrictions.

Sometimes cars have 6 people in them, sometimes they have 1.

[wra]

In regard to backcountry travel, what’s the groups assessment on getting to George’s via Cardiff fork trailhead? I’ve heard fences, people with guns, omnipresent surveillance ? Sounds dystopian !

I've skied out of Cardiff several times. Georges is seeing significant use. There's some tattered orange mesh across the trail in a coupla places. Have seen skiers and boot hikers on the up track, no guns. Surveillance?

[muted reborn]

Who wants to guess how many cars park at Snowbird and take a bus to Alta to ski there all day (weekends only)? Is it 10-15% of all cars at Snowbird? That has to help keep the crowds down at Snowbird, unless very few do that.

[D-Roc]

Who wants to guess how many cars park at Snowbird and take a bus to Alta to ski there all day (weekends only)? Is it 10-15% of all cars at Snowbird? That has to help keep the crowds down at Snowbird, unless very few do that.

Guilty at this sometimes, but only when I use the SB daycare.

[D-Roc]

I've skied out of Cardiff several times. Georges is seeing significant use. There's some tattered orange mesh across the trail in a coupla places. Have seen skiers and boot hikers on the up track, no guns. Surveillance?

White Pine is holding still good snow, all though the walk is long for some, worth going up. Seems to be more 'consistent' with windboard / sustrugi up high and soft low.