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Mammoth Crest wasn't too bad this weekend.
with jetlag

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It was delicious creamed corn almost the whole way, the thick stuff you can really lean into. The choke was just barely filled in enough to get through, but we got down to about 6800 without having...

Hot damn! Nice work guys!

C'mon... mostly? No. Follow the leader, yes. Terrain was super mellow, so it's nice having a track to maintain speed sometimes.

I think it was around 3-4 hours. It's always nice when you can skin right from the car too.

You blew it! The trees around Charlton were Tits McGee. Snow quality was about as good as it gets, easily 2' of fresh up there.


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oh definitely. once we realized it was just old crusty stuff underneath and not rocks we let it rip. first few chairs up 3 tomorrow will have fun; we left some for ya.

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After 18" reported around big bear, I couldn't help but think the same lines we schralped on Gorgonio/Jepson last week would be epic. Let's just say getting there was one of, if not THE, worst slog...

I went. I skinned up the fire road at 7:20, continued on up roller coaster. Got some nice turns in the drifty spots and my first coreshot on the split while plowing through a really shallow patch....

sticksplitman and I will be at baldy tomorrow, with our rock boards of course. Thinking of hitting Baden on thursday and spending the weekend on Jacinto.

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I biffed the settings with my glove and started recording b&w... such a nice line regardless.


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Gorgonio // Jepson Feb 14-17 2013
With: potatoeskillme, jetlag, sticksplitman, and a fellow east coaster

Full-on Slogfest 2013!
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This thread is about to get radical.... wait for it.

Upper elevations on San G might have picked up a decent amount yesterday. Hard to know for sure

Red Cone was a pretty satisfying solo mission yesterday. A bit chalky up top, in a good way, then it got softer and deeper in the trees down to horseshoe lake. Mucha diversión. Plenty of fresh in any...

Haha nice try buddy!

Anyone down for a day trip / tour this weekend? I'm driving a couple buddies up to Mammoth, and have a free lift ticket to ride with them in-bounds for one of the days, but for the other day while my...

What can I say, those shots of Baden got me drooling; I love that gulch run. Figured that little refresh a couple days ago filled in the tracks and the cold temps helped keep things fluffy. It was...

Damn that sounds epic. Way to get it!

Inyo Craters.

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Nice! Been talking about Baden the past week wondering how the snow was up there. Might head that way tomorrow or continue on to waterman and play around for the day.

Can't help you out on the Buttermilks, but a few fellow socal splitters and I hung out around the Convict Creek area for a few days. Hippie chutes were a bit wind packed but the apron was fairly...

Shortcut/Robins was open and they just re-groomed it I think. They were also blowing snow at the bottom of Emile's, but the top of it still looked low-tide and icy.

They tried to charge me $5 to...

Enjoyed my first official day of funemployment by lapping chair 3 at Baldy this afternoon. Took a few cruisers through toilet bowl/bonanza which aren't that bad. I expected more ice, but there was...

Was that around Baden? I knew it would be good around there! Way to get after it... it's killing me not being able to go while I wait for this damn insurance transition.

Could only see San G from the side of the plane I was sitting on... but it looks like the bowls up there could be pretty fun the next few days.

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What's up sticksplitman! You know, I just remembered my health insurance coverage ends today so I might wait until I'm covered again before I hit the mountains. Should be good to go next week or so....

These we're from my friend on Thurs at Baden. It's gotta still be good up there. Thinking about heading up New Years Day if anyone is interested...
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I'd go check out baden powell tomorrow if I wasn't in nyc right now. A friend of mine snowshoed there a few days ago and coverage looked great. With 4"+ fresh, it should be good in the trees.

Oh shit, what's up! I'm on the east coast at the moment but yes, I plan on heading back up there mid-Jan and shredding with PowderWhore.

I think the most common mistake new brewers make is thinking they've totally fucked up their batch when they really haven't. Just be clean, and make sure you sanitize everything well; it's actually...

Mini TR

Went back to Baldy to get redemption for last weeks conditions, celebrate the first day of winter, and to get my last runs of 2012. Skinned up to the top of thunder via...

Today was interesting. Got some funny looks heading up chair 1 with my split, and patrol was doing some work around thunder so they wouldn't let me head over there. I skinned up turkey shoot to the...

Fuck, I slept in. The latest pic from the webcam at 8:30 this morning looks like the trees on thunder got a bit of rime. Typical. If the snow from a couple days ago was wet and heavy it probably...

Yeah I read that, but it seemed excessive to me? 4 liters a night for 3 nights = almost 10 kg (22lbs) Do people really lug that much in for a weekend and use it all? Just looking for input from...

Question from a Duffey JONG... Never been up to BC before, but I locked in 4 days at the Wendy hut the first week of Feb. Really excited to finally get up there! I'm trying to find out how much...

Sounds like the notch got around 6" or so yesterday, and I'm guessing a couple more inches will drop tonight. There might be enough for some super low-tide turns around thunder, maayyybbee. Planning...

Holy shit! I hate you all. No joke though, I quit my job (of 6 years) last week to shred for the next couple months. And I swear if the storm train stops after new years like it did last year, I'm...

^ I wanted to post that this morning, but every time I post a snow forecast for socal it fucking fizzles. Ullr owes us big time for last year! Let's hope it delivers!

Hot dayummm... Red cone and hollywood look prime (also prime for a big slide though...) let that settle for a few days then go hit it! And report back!

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Was up at Hammil Lake this weekend, and ran into a few other fellow splitters from SoCal. I rode Hammil's east face while two others took on Hammil chute and the bowl. Verdict: very firm and icy. The...

Planning on doing a little BC excursion around the Mammoth area for the long weekend, how are the conditions up there now? Reasonably stable snowpack after this last storm? Anyone tour around yet?

Thanks for starting this thread! I refused to do it considering what happened last year.

I think El Nino has been ruled out in favor of La Nada. Either way, there will be more snow in SoCal than...