Thread: TR 05/15/04: Apres-Ski Super Secret Yosemite Waterslide Reconnoissance

Met up with Walter Sobchak at Mammoth for a day of spring turns. After the lifts shut down I decided to scout out the conditions at the Super Secret Waterslide.

Overview of the Basin
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/f4.jpg

The Waterslide: when the water dies down a bit we slide down this on a closed cell foam pad into the pool below. One can really pic up some good speed through the speed trap zone right before the pool.
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/f2.jpg

A little further up
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/f3.jpg

Good Sized Waterfall
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/f7.jpg

Senic Shots
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/f8.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/f5.jpg

The window to hit this thing is very short. Go too early(like now) and the water is too cold and to strong. Go too late and there's not enough water to get you down.

Here's a few shots from last year.

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/w3.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/w1.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...s/10616/w2.jpg

Hopefully within the next month or so this thing will be prime and some current action pics and video will be posted.

Mmmm... that was good.

Nice pix... Ansel was no fool to hang around Yosemite.

Super Secret, huh? Would really, really like to know where that is. Maybe if I wait by the side of the 5, I'll see you go by, and tail you all the way to said Super Secret spot. I'm an expert at camouflage.

Originally posted by SponsoredByDuctTape
Super Secret, huh? Would really, really like to know where that is. Maybe if I wait by the side of the 5, I'll see you go by, and tail you all the way to said Super Secret spot. I'm an expert at camouflage.

Well you're certainly not very good at route finding The 5 and I don't mix. But since you're an expert at camouflage then you should also be an expert at keeping classified information classified, right? This thing is pretty diffucult to find unless you know where it is. There is no trail, it's a total 45 min. cross country foray. Maybe we'll have to get an early summer mag/min waterslide mission set up. I'll update this when the conditons warrent. Who's in?

damn, that looks like fun!
nice pics btw!

No fucking way! I "discovered" that a few years ago myself. That spot is the ultimate natural water park. Especially as when the water level is good for sliding, it has run over several miles of sun warmed granite which warms the water to a perfect temp.
Craziest thin is that cascade has been run in a kyack (I think it was in one of the Liquid Lifestyles movies)!

That looks like kick ass fun!

Heaps of similar water slides all along the Tuolumne River, but most require a couple days of walking to reach. Also, you'll go faster if you do it naked.

-also at Lionshead North of Priest Lake in the Selkirks; best natural water slides I've seen -steep and crazy! Great pics.

I'm in - natural waterslides sound cool :-)

As always, I depend on you crazies to properly orient me to the Sierras!

Originally posted by Greydon Clark
Heaps of similar water slides all along the Tuolumne River, but most require a couple days of walking to reach. Also, you'll go faster if you do it naked.

Naked? Chaffing?

Great pics, looks like a load of fun.

I'm in, and I think I have a genereal ideas as to where it is, given the scenery. Looks fun.

That sorta looks like a super secret one that I went to ~ 10 years ago near Wawona... so super secret that I no longer know where it is. It's supposed to be good pretty much year round, as long as you could handle the water temps.

I'm in! How about sometime during Memorial Day weekend? I'll be at Mammoth at least one of those days - prob. Saturday. How about Saturday afternoon?? Looks like a blast! I love water. I'm such a waterslut!! Let's go!!

shhhhh....

http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=11&n=4...77&datum=nad83

Originally posted by CaddyDaddy77
Naked? Chaffing?

Great pics, looks like a load of fun.

Naked?...yes. Chaffing?...no.
Sorry, but I don't have any pictures

Originally posted by divegirl
I'm in! How about sometime during Memorial Day weekend?

I'm planning on skiing memorial day weekend unless it really looks like the snow will be not worth it.

However, I would be entirely supportive of a trip any weekend following that.

Originally posted by chill winston
shhhhh....

http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=11&n=4...77&datum=nad83

Dude, don't point.

Gee what's that little bump poking up on the background center skyline haha! Nice waterwheels now but no doubt ice cold.

Sounds like I'm not the only one who's going to be in Mammoth that weekend (I'll be there the whole weekend, but will probably only ski Sat and Mon).

I'm assuming we'll do 10 at mid-chalet. Are there any other planned activities?

Originally posted by SponsoredByDuctTape
Dude, don't point.

Haha, i get it