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Odds are I can get you some 50% off for LL tickets. are you skiing on Wed, or at ASRA?

email me, and I can set it up

Originally Posted by Gripen

There isn't usually a skin track there, but always a bootpack. I boot it even if I have my touring gear, just as fast, if not quicker....

I'm getting lazy in my old age. If I'm gonna sweat less due to skinning instead of boot packing, I'll do it even if the transitions mean it will take 5 minutes longer. But thats just me.

Resort conditions update as of Tuesday the 7th of Feb. reflecting the past days and probably the next few at least.
Current resort rating is / 5. I would have rated it 4 poo's out of 5 however it's been really nice out and it is still skiing after all, for another poo we're just missing the big refreeze balls of death. Only East Coast can score 5 poo's out of 5 under my rating system. Lake Louise is wide open and there's some good fall and slide out of control to your doom terrain open. ER6 is still closed.

Originally Posted by time2clmb

Resort conditions update as of Tuesday the 7th of Feb. reflecting the past days and probably the next few at least.
Current resort rating is / 5. I would have rated it 4 poo's out of 5 however it's been really nice out and it is still skiing after all, for another poo we're just missing the big refreeze balls of death. Only East Coast can score 5 poo's out of 5 under my rating system. Lake Louise is wide open and there's some good fall and slide out of control to your doom terrain open. ER6 is still closed.

I'll give the same rating to the Flower Couloir as well. Originally was looking at Hidden Couloir on Bow Peak, but there was going to be 2 groups ahead of us, so we changed plans. The actual couloir part was pretty manky. It had been side slipped and was really beat up. Almost unskiable. Upper bowl skied pretty well, but you still had to be on the look out for the transitions between "kind of powder", and "wind blown concrete". On a positive note, the main slopes at Bow Summit are fantastic if you want to practice your mogul skiing.

Damned...those things have gotten popular. Definatley do Flower again when the snow is good, it's totally worth it and if you're looking for some one to hit it with i'd be keen on doing it again on the next round. I watched a guy beater down the flower stem 2 years ago....way over his head and then bit it 2 turns in to it. I felt it my duty to heckle from the parking lot.

Originally Posted by TOLOCOMan

I'll give the same rating to the Flower Couloir as well. Originally was looking at Hidden Couloir on Bow Peak, but there was going to be 2 groups ahead of us, so we changed plans. The actual couloir part was pretty manky. It had been side slipped and was really beat up. Almost unskiable. Upper bowl skied pretty well, but you still had to be on the look out for the transitions between "kind of powder", and "wind blown concrete". On a positive note, the main slopes at Bow Summit are fantastic if you want to practice your mogul skiing.

Yeah, it was fun last spring in corn snow. Today not so much. Felt like I would have beatered it if I had tried to ski it any any speed.

We're up for touring any time. Tues/Wed full day off, can do shorties Thurs/Fri mornings.

^cool, will contact you when I get back from work....pulling the plug on this high pressure and getting in a 5 day shift.

Excellent, I'm waxing up the powder skis in anticipation!

Huge surface hoar crystals building up around here. Skied the farthest out slackcountry this afternoon at Kimberley and still a few fresh lines topped by a couple inches of crystals. Skis made a sizzling noise as you turned.

We will need a wind event or a relatively warm storm to keep that hoar from becoming a problem layer.

^^ I'm in for some touring as well. Took out the Z11's today for some high speed groomers, and had enough after about 4 hours. .

Gonna take the cross bike out for a spin tomorrow...

Originally Posted by Eldo

Huge surface hoar crystals building up around here. Skied the farthest out slackcountry this afternoon at Kimberley and still a few fresh lines topped by a couple inches of crystals. Skis made a sizzling noise as you turned.
We will need a wind event or a relatively warm storm to keep that hoar from becoming a problem layer.

Out at Quartz Ridge on Sunday and found similar huge surface hoar developing, made for nicer turns than sun crust but will suck if it gets dumped on without a wind event..

Excellent, I'm waxing up the powder skis in anticipation!

Some snow coming in for the weekend according to the forecasts, which is why i'm only going to work until Sunday...I will miss nothing.

Originally Posted by Alex.C

Out at Quartz Ridge on Sunday and found similar huge surface hoar developing, made for nicer turns than sun crust but will suck if it gets dumped on without a wind event..

same shit only worse going on at rogers. fucking gorgeous day out there. Ran into Grinch today too.

Originally Posted by Alex.C

Out at Quartz Ridge on Sunday and found similar huge surface hoar developing, made for nicer turns than sun crust but will suck if it gets dumped on without a wind event..

Same all over KH slackcountry. Largest I think I've ever seen.

On a related note, went to ski the north wall of T3 yesterday. Dropped a cornice with little/no result, but then dug a pit. Still a deep instability that failed early and spooked us bad enough to back off and ski something far more conservative.

Originally Posted by Lamothe

Ran into Grinch today too.

That big fat fuck? He's nothing but a trucker who thinks he can ski. Hope to make it out that way soon.

Originally Posted by repete

That big fat fuck? He's nothing but a trucker who thinks he can ski. Hope to make it out that way soon.

note to self- save energy and extra shittalk for onslaught of hippy freeheeler-check. funny thing is at work they think i'm a skier who thinks he can plow snow.good to see ya out there Lamothe. fine day. might try and get up the dome tomorrow before the storm hits

Originally Posted by Eldo

Excellent, I'm waxing up the powder skis in anticipation!

Thanks T2C!

Originally Posted by grinch

note to self- save energy and extra shittalk for onslaught of hippy freeheeler-check. funny thing is at work they think i'm a skier who thinks he can plow snow.good to see ya out there Lamothe. fine day. might try and get up the dome tomorrow before the storm hits

Maybe you can do neither, have you thought about that?

I'll try getting in touch with you tomorrow. I'm hardly a hippie, slacker; yes.

Originally Posted by Huckin eh?

Thanks T2C!

Get fucked...i'll be back before the weekend is over. I'm not missing shit this season. It can puke on Friday night i'll be skiing it Monday.

Originally Posted by time2clmb

Get fucked...i'll be back before the weekend is over. I'm not missing shit this season. It can puke on Friday night i'll be skiing it Monday.

You had to go and do that, didn't you. Now the forecast has changed from awesome to a 'chance of snow/flurries' on friday. Maybe pick up a couple extra shifts into early next week?? Pretty please?

new to the forum, from canmore.
skied south bow summit glades this morning -24'C at road and +3'c in and hour and about 300m elevation gain. localized freak surface hoar blades 47mm long(biggest I've ever seen). bow summit above car park looked like sunshine on a bad day.

anybody up for a slide on friday??

Originally Posted by repete

Maybe you can do neither, have you thought about that?

I'll try getting in touch with you tomorrow. I'm hardly a hippie, slacker; yes.

but in other news Chris sent me pics of that spot farther down the 93s. he said 2ft snowpack at the rd and climbing over dead fall but nice up high. he figures the deadfall might keep the masses away

Originally Posted by Fat Mike

Maybe pick up a couple extra shifts into early next week?? Pretty please?

fuck-that-noise.

Originally Posted by time2clmb

fuck-that-noise.

Well, after skiing the Lake today, I decided you were being generous with your rating of the conditions, so there is really no hurry in coming home...

Originally Posted by mntlion

Odds are I can get you some 50% off for LL tickets. are you skiing on Wed, or at ASRA?

email me, and I can set it up

Missed it as I was traveling. Thanks though it would have helped. over 80 bucks with tax! I don't mind giving Charlie some cash vs RCR.
Maybe I will sneak one more day in with some more notice.

Originally Posted by TOLOCOMan

Well, after skiing the Lake today, I decided you were being generous with your rating of the conditions, so there is really no hurry in coming home...

Conditions weren't bad enough to keep you from skiing 10-4!
Good times yesterday... you and the Lady are fun to ski with. I'm a little sore this am from skiing all the "powder"...If I would just stay on the ground when conditions are that bad I would be better off...
Even with lousy snow a bluebird day in the Rockies is tough to beat.