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11-26-2010, 05:10 PM #101
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11-26-2010, 06:09 PM #102Registered User
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The tree's surrounding gun barrels were ridiculously today. Waist deep shots from top to bottom. Wow it was good.
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11-26-2010, 08:07 PM #103
Great conditions today. I hope some mags got some!!
It was quite reactive today on avalanche control, hazard was bumped to HIGH.
Expect a full round of AC on Whistler tomorrow, hopefully leading to a mid day opening of some avalanche closures for hiking. It will still be out of bounds.
I'm hearing about a possible Peak Chair opening next weekend.
Base is still only a metre! Take it easy. Ski out to the valley looks like it's possible now.
Anybody ski out today?
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11-26-2010, 08:17 PM #104
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11-26-2010, 10:23 PM #105
ski down to base 2 was iffy.. rock skis+
wait for it to be packed down
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11-26-2010, 10:31 PM #106
I was up Blackcomb yesterday and it was pretty bare. Was originally going to go up today but decided to ace that plan due to lack of coverage. End of next week is looking good though. I'll be up there again for sure.
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11-26-2010, 10:54 PM #107
Both you guys who've asked this question might also find it helpful to subscribe to the Whistler avalanche forecast at www.avalanche.ca
Skinned up to Lesser Flute today to the saddle NNW of the Flute- Lesser Flute col. Remarkably audible (think hollow BOOM) sound on the skin track at about 1900m. HS between 95 - 105 on this NW slope (our track was on the low angle skin track approach so the settlement did not induce involuntary loss of bowel control. Ski pen while breaking trail was between 40 - 60cms (deeper when approaching trees) possibly indicating near ground faceting.
To summarize it was more than a bit spooky although the ridiculously light (for whistler) snow made it worthwhile . Meadowskipped out on shallow angle slopes
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11-27-2010, 04:44 PM #108
Lee, are you SURE that whump wasn't Sharon's chicken sandwich special?
Bruce Tremper never mentioned about how being back of the pack also (usually) means being downwind.
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11-27-2010, 06:40 PM #109Registered User
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Today did NOT suck
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11-27-2010, 09:11 PM #110
Unreal laps in Lower McConkey's today...
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11-28-2010, 09:31 PM #111
sweet day
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11-29-2010, 09:03 AM #112
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11-29-2010, 10:57 AM #113
first phalanx of the year!
stairmaster was a slog, and there is no high traverse from corona to the stairmastr apron, best to access by skiing spearhead and skinning the flats. Heck of a hike.
Was very cold (>-15) and our cameras all died, so its memories from this point on.
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11-29-2010, 11:35 AM #114
hiked all weekend starting with crystal, then 7th, then blackcomb glacier.. at's are being replaced so it was all bootpacking. gorgeous weekend, unreal snow.. can't ask for much better.
Also, dug a snowpit on the glacier (just below the wind lip, north aspect). Found the top 30cm of storm snow on consolidated snow and two weaker layers (finger test) ~2 and 3 feet deep. Compression test failed only the storm snow after the first elbow hit, consistent with trends observed by BCSP. Friends on Whistler found the same layers.
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11-29-2010, 11:51 AM #115Registered User
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11-29-2010, 01:23 PM #116
Last edited by ROCKS; 11-29-2010 at 01:33 PM.
The skills of evaluating evidence, posing questions and answering them, of writing, of mobilizing information in order to make an argument. I think all of that is important in a democratic society if people are actually going to be active citizens - Eric Foner
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11-29-2010, 01:32 PM #117
I think the area you're referring to is called McConkey's Trees, which start below Highway 86 below the bottom of West Bowl.
I'm referring to Lower McConkey's, which I think is a marked run. It's the big, open gully to skier's right of the Harmony Chair, just to the left of Gun Barrels. It was about a 5 minute sidestep/traverse to get there but that was enough to keep it fresh for most of the day.
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11-29-2010, 01:35 PM #118The skills of evaluating evidence, posing questions and answering them, of writing, of mobilizing information in order to make an argument. I think all of that is important in a democratic society if people are actually going to be active citizens - Eric Foner
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11-29-2010, 01:53 PM #119
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11-29-2010, 02:34 PM #120
W/B should keep the alpine lifts closed all season. They could save some serious coin and we could all enjoy extended pow days!
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
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11-29-2010, 02:52 PM #121
^ agreed
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11-29-2010, 03:01 PM #122Registered User
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11-29-2010, 03:04 PM #123
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11-29-2010, 03:16 PM #124Registered User
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11-29-2010, 03:23 PM #125
The lemming effect is in full force. People give you that stupid smile and say "oi mate, mind if I follow?" with out a clue as to potential consequences. I asked one kangaroo the other day what the locals back in oz say when some barney without a clue paddles out on a dangerous break. No reply at all.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
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