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  1. #276
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    NW face of 10,420' was steep and deep today. Even the N facing slopes along the west ridge of 10,420' appeared stable (hard to trigger, hard to survive mantra I guess). Sizeable cornice break simply sloughed the new snow on a 37ish degree slope.. Saw a few ppl poking around the NE bowl

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bromontana View Post
    NW face of 10,420' was steep and deep today. Even the N facing slopes along the west ridge of 10,420' appeared stable (hard to trigger, hard to survive mantra I guess). Sizeable cornice break simply sloughed the new snow on a 37ish degree slope.. Saw a few ppl poking around the NE bowl
    Get a look at Claytons? Wondering how many have wandered/ducked ropes out of Brighton into that area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ice_Coaster View Post
    Get a look at Claytons? Wondering how many have wandered/ducked ropes out of Brighton into that area.
    I saw a couple people pop over into hidden canyon and heard a few others. Couldn't see the backside of Claytons.. snow picked up with wind around when I summited.

    In other news, Cardiff gave a lot of love today. Pretty sure sweet baby jesus had a hand in it. Face shots were had by many. Saw a lot of activity that looked related to the most recent storm, primarily localized sloughs that on occasion stepped down a layer but didn't propagate laterally (NE - E, 9,500 - 10,800'). Some wind pockets near the ridges to keep an eye on. And Superior is crusted to hell.

    E Hellgate was georgeous as well.. love the look of the lines on the left side.

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  4. #279
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    Skied from 10k N facing glades in BCC, a couple sensitive cornices off the ridgeline from the south winds. A suncrust on direct south facing. Snow in mid elevation glades that hadn't been wind affected was absolute blower.


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    nice photo. Mmmmm...
    Last edited by Lostinthetrees; 12-27-2012 at 04:02 PM.
    when not on the snow what else do i do...

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    UDOT will close Little Cottonwood Canyon Road for avalanche control work on December 27th, 2012 at 6:30 am. Backcountry access to the North side of the canyon between Lisa Falls and Grizzly Gulch will be closed beginning at midnight tonight until after 8am tomorrow.

    Thanks,

    Brad

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    [QUOTE=Brad Davis;3856975]UDOT will close Little Cottonwood Canyon Road for avalanche control work on December 27th, 2012 at 6:30 am. Backcountry access to the North side of the canyon between Lisa Falls and Grizzly Gulch will be closed beginning at midnight tonight until after 8am tomorrow.

    Thanks,

    Been a righteous cycle, looks like it is going to let up for a few days anyway but plenty of closed terrain to open tomorrow and Saturday.

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    Skied all aspects yesterday. South facing had great knee deep consolidated powder with some snow wind deposits on exposed ridge lines. North facing trees was the deepest and lightest snow I have ever seen. Full pit at 9000' showed 170cm snowpack. New snow instabilities that were manageable and predictable. Sluff was running light but fast. Some remote trigger soft slaps broke along trail that were about 6" deep. Snow seemed to come in right side up.
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    My friend Thomas Martens snapped a few shots from this morning...Saw lots of powder up LCC, lots of sluffing in the new snow but it was pretty manageable.

    Hope you got some out of this cycle, it made me remember why I like skiing..

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ID:	128967My friend Thomas
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    To deep out there today. Breaking trail in 3-4ft was exhausting, but the 5000ft skiied was worth it. No instabilitaties noticed. Skiied the left side of the road up BCC more or less opposite Argenta Slide Path. More towards Renolds peak I believe. Snowboarded one run following a ridge down Renholds towards the BCC road. So deep my back leg was aching (could have been steeper, but better not with 3/5 avy danger). This snowpack seems well bonded in the cottonwoods as reports by UAC.

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    Anchors Away off Soldier Peak: Natural sloughing of new snow on sun crust, north facing 35-38 degree, 9000', heavy wooded pine terrain. One 'whoompf' felt and heard with weight of skier on skin track.
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    N aspect in Mt Aire Canyon up to 8,500'.. Deep trailbreaking with a two foot trench, one of those good problems. Rode MUCH deeper than NW 10,420' yest. Hit nothing but that gotDamned scrub oak.

    Skinning above 8,000' on the N aspect was greeted with continuous collapsing sounds as I broke through what I'm guessing is the November crust. Despite this, ski cuts and trying to set off pockets gave zero results. Skied carefully through the steep stuff and all layers seemed well bonded. As noted in the UAC the depth and composition has high spatial variability, so one obv isn't much for the ridgeline.

    This is @ 7,000'



    Then @ 8,500'




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    december to remember







    overall stablity has been pretty good in the upper bcc. pit results still showing some lingering instablities
    wtf is with the daily reports of anonoymous (cough) experienced dipshits cornice stomping/cutting slides?
    I'm still trying to fathom the clueless stupidity involved in cornice cutting fantasy ridge down into soli's
    inbounds honeycomb terrain during control work.
    "When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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    yay!!!!!!ww!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Moon crusts were non existent 8-11k SE facing LCC. Skiing full on waist deep double overhead blower at 1 am. No instabilities noted.


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    Quote Originally Posted by smuggs View Post
    Moon crusts were non existent 8-11k SE facing LCC. Skiing full on waist deep double overhead blower at 1 am. No instabilities noted.

    So much win in this thread. Thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smuggs View Post
    Moon crusts were non existent 8-11k SE facing LCC. Skiing full on waist deep double overhead blower at 1 am. No instabilities noted.
    You boinked Superior at 1am? Fkn hell!

    Last edited by Bromontana; 12-29-2012 at 06:59 PM.

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    ww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    perfect day in the wasatch!
    had to put my handprint here.

    wish it was deep in the depths of cardiac,
    saw that from flagstaff and wow
    i realized how good it all was right here in the wasatch

    thanks to all you taking the pics to fire the stoke!

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    Couldn't help but go out today despite trying hard not to. Decided Wolverine bowl was the right flavor for the day.

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    The only instability noted was my skiing..
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    Skating across a frozen Lake Mary on the exit was interesting
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bromontana View Post
    You boinked Superior at 1am? Fkn hell!
    1am? heh, do whatcha gotta do to get it untracked, eh? 20 years ago you could wait till 6am to start up for clean canvas

    oh how things change...........fucking fat skis

    rog

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    Just please, shut the fuck up rog.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smuggs View Post
    Moon crusts were non existent 8-11k SE facing LCC. Skiing full on waist deep double overhead blower at 1 am. No instabilities noted.

    Probably not as deep as it was at 9pm, fayeshot.

    Goddamn Rog, it must have been so fucking sick to be you back in the day. What is it like to be a washed up internet skiing expert now that you've seen the glory days of skiing wane into the present/future of backcountry moguls, thinning snowpack, and the ski gear arms race? I mean, it sucks here now, what with all the people and their fat skis and their computers, so I'm curious. Sunday River must really hold the goods by comparison. Do you really ski on icelantics? Are you a little person?

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    Why do you post here, Rog?

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