Wasatch STOKE, Conditions, Observations and assorted drival 15-16

[brutah]

conditions have been top notch this week. Hope y'all been getting some. Spent monday in the sheep pen skiing around upper and mid days. Yesterday skied that big beautiful north face off thunder mountain north peak, definitely deserving of its classic status. snows been great both days if you know where to look

[criscam]

^^^Nice!
anyone know if e/s faces have been corning up?

[zartagen]

I'm in town and looking for a good tour in lcc or bcc to do on Saturday. Any suggestions? Looking for something short-ish and probably north facing so we can head back to CO in the afternoon.

[mall walker]

conditions have been top notch this week. Hope y'all been getting some. Spent monday in the sheep pen skiing around upper and mid days. Yesterday skied that big beautiful north face off thunder mountain north peak, definitely deserving of its classic status. snows been great both days if you know where to look

Fkna nice

[skifishbum]

i was surprised we didn't haz to look hard on the crack o noon slackcountry special patrol
bit o og skywalkers make that booter saferz


pretty sure ya lose the suns out guns out gnar point if your dry humpin the knife edge

well thats a interestingly worded sign

for a ga cat ya can turn em well amazin what a semester at au can do 4u


gear up ya can bring a harness but probaby don't need to look that hard

[marmar]

conditions have been top notch this week. Hope y'all been getting some. Spent monday in the sheep pen skiing around upper and mid days. Yesterday skied that big beautiful north face off thunder mountain north peak, definitely deserving of its classic status. snows been great both days if you know where to look

Nice work! How is the waterfall right now? Down-climbable? Is there a fixed hand line? Rappel?

[brutah]

Nice work! How is the waterfall right now? Down-climbable? Is there a fixed hand line? Rappel?

we rapped it.

[zion zig zag]

Booter's in.

[Dantheman]

Nice. Which line did you ski?

[skifishbum]

the good one from the top i hopes
strong work
fkna the 1st step to skiing the twins or timp gnar is skiing
Sftoxes minny maggot ripper will probably ski em both

that or end up atop fantasy w/ a mottly crew of ski bums, bday snowbunnies, or professional a rookie troller breakin his booter cherry

long as he aint callin what he's wearing an outfit

wasn't as crowded as shitshow weekend has been in the past
nfacin untracked still skiin good
corn cycle was slow yesterday
green slope looked heinous
nothin says green lights slope stability like multiple braaapppp heads highmarkin atop each other in corner pocket
way over the top mag

not sure i can ditch the valentine spanser but am trying to take the maggot rad dad tour your way to make you take sum of it back
save me a free donuts
did i mention how fast and rad my red skis marshall o hooked me up with are?



did i mention how fast and rad my red skis marshall o hooked me up with are

[Skirotica]

So the family made it. We're currently unpacking a mountain of boxes. But we can see mountains from our loving room. So I'm officially living the dream. Looking forward to making a few turns with some of you guys just as soon as I can catch my breath.
On a similar note, where can I get beta on some accessible afternoon tours. I'm thinking set out at 330, go up for an little while and catch 1 or 2 laps before dark.

[zion zig zag]

Nice. Which line did you ski?

NE couloir to the hanging snowfields into Broads.

[mall walker]

On a similar note, where can I get beta on some accessible afternoon tours. I'm thinking set out at 330, go up for an little while and catch 1 or 2 laps before dark.

It's none too exciting but you can skin up under the Great Western lift at Brighton after 4pm and come down a groomer. Nice post-work solo affair. Also most of the stuff on the north side of the BCC road (Beartrap Fork for example) is short/low angle/good for a quick evening lap. In LCC I believe Grizzly Gulch (Alta-maintained cat track at the very end of the road) is the analogous option.

[lhitchner]

Well, this is a bit of a tardy reply, but, yes, I was there. Went up Grizzly to TLP then dropped in from the top of Heaven's Gate and over to Figure 8 Hill. I didn't arrive until after 12 noon. But, still had first tracks in great snow. Some guys had made a climbing track up the middle of the run, but for some reason they skied way off to skier's right. The main hill was pristine. Went back for a 2nd run, and there were a couple of new tracks, but I still was able to ski without crossing any tracks. Yeah, you should kick yourself.

Anyone lucky enough to be out in this surprise 13" up in LCC? I was gonna head up Grizz and just got too lazy to bother convincing the wife last night, now I'm kicking myself...

[mall walker]

Wife and I went up to Alta today... low vis, stingy sleety snow. Thought about Grizz -> Silver but didn't seem worth it, everything underneath the ~1" fresh was pretty crusty, plus you couldn't really see shit. Could use some legitimate accumulation of fresh.

[zion zig zag]

Nearly 5" of heavy wet snow today up north. Ran really easily on the old bed surface. Skinning on steep slopes was challenging. Skiing was fun surfy creamy.

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Wife and I went up to Alta today... low vis, stingy sleety snow. Thought about Grizz -> Silver but didn't seem worth it, everything underneath the ~1" fresh was pretty crusty, plus you couldn't really see shit. Could use some legitimate accumulation of fresh.

Rowad was pretty busy on the downhill around 1pm. Deep enough on sheltered mid-elevation EB after 2. Saw more cracking and sensitive 3" windslab at bottom than top.

[skifishbum]

no slagsters
no tipsters
just bums of ski in ft royal
good shit mags

[thebirdhunter]

Anyone know the poor snowboarder who got taken out by an out of control touron in Great Scott yesterday at the end of the day? Snowboarder had broken femur, lots of screaming. Touron skier was shaken up but seemed ok. It was dumping snow and the wind was howling, doubt life flight could fly. I'm sure it was a long painful sled ride down. Vibes to the boarder. Don't wish that upon anyone.

[sfotex]

Went up Twin Lakes pass and poked around, wanted to stay up high for hopefully better snow quality. Lot's of wind slab but didn't seem to reactive, if anythings seemed more squishy then springy. Wind was blowing hard and viz sucked, but the turn were better then I thought.

I was rolling solo, but don't worry, I had the proper safety gear.

[muted]

Always a good idea to have a chicken on you to throw on the slope to see if it goes. Just don't tell skifishbum, he'll start clucking about it.

[claymond]

Anyone know the poor snowboarder who got taken out by an out of control touron in Great Scott yesterday at the end of the day? Snowboarder had broken femur, lots of screaming. Touron skier was shaken up but seemed ok. It was dumping snow and the wind was howling, doubt life flight could fly. I'm sure it was a long painful sled ride down. Vibes to the boarder. Don't wish that upon anyone.

Fuck, my friend was telling me about that. Not good.

One from today. Love this creamy snow.

[Skirotica]

It's none too exciting but you can skin up under the Great Western lift at Brighton after 4pm and come down a groomer. Nice post-work solo affair. Also most of the stuff on the north side of the BCC road (Beartrap Fork for example) is short/low angle/good for a quick evening lap. In LCC I believe Grizzly Gulch (Alta-maintained cat track at the very end of the road) is the analogous option.

Gracias!

[mall walker]

Has anyone ever skied up around Peak 9773 / Hobbs Peak, what looks like the top of Thomas Fork (or possibly 1 sub-drainage lookers left) out of Neff's? I guess this would be the the area you'd hit if you topped out over the Whipple, judging by the wbskiing map.

I sit and stare at it out my window all day and it looks pretty skiable, just curious about the approach up Neff's/Thomas...

[sfotex]

Has anyone ever skied up around Peak 9773 / Hobbs Peak, what looks like the top of Thomas Fork (or possibly 1 sub-drainage lookers left) out of Neff's? I guess this would be the the area you'd hit if you topped out over the Whipple, judging by the wbskiing map.

I sit and stare at it out my window all day and it looks pretty skiable, just curious about the approach up Neff's/Thomas...

I've spent quite a bit of time up there, it's best hit when there's snow on the valley floor, but it might be good for a few more weeks if it cools off a bit.