Snow for the Euros.

[Mike Pow]

Popova Shapka, Macedonia is still delivering.

Wind packed powder with 5-10cm penetration
Non wind affected powder above tree line with 30-40cm penetration
Treeline and below, knee to mid thigh deep. Sheltered gullies = face shots

Sunny the past two days. Chair on hold today, but hiked up to the top at sunrise. Magic.

[Hicks]

^^^^Sounds good Mike - I should have headed your way instead of Valais.

[cberry]

If it is the same place Jamie Pierre dropped, it´s pushing 25-30 meters? Looks pretty much the same to me, just a lot more snow right now..

YouTube - Jamie Pierre's 55m Cliff Ski Off

Will check the youtube later when not at work and figure this out. I would say it's much closer to the 25-30+ metres vs the 15 metres. Unfortunately didn't have any people in the photo for perspective.

[teosickrider]

Well, nice huck anyways. I bet it's Scandi-made.

[jumpturn]

Still able to find some pow shots....but it is not easy....
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[subtle plague]

->Subtle, turn down the shadows&highlights a bit, your gf is glowing

i wish i knew.....

it always seems normal on my crappy screens....

and yes. it is the same clif jamie hucked. only he hucked it further right and much bigger.

Cberry: yeah we should have stayed the second day..... but we had extremo alpine hero greg with us he hates ALL OF YOU and so we did a tour. !

P.S. the forecast makes me angry at ullr and very sad at the same time. i wish i was in the eastern alps so i could enjoy at least a few more nice days.

[ulty_guy]

I'll be in Cham in exactly one month.

At what point do I become worried?

This isn't a surprising cycle, actually. Western alps have traditionally had bit high pressure cycles (3-4 weeks) followed by huge storm cycles. It's only been last year and the beginning of this year where we had more consistent refills but less overall snow.

Worst case, be flexible and hop the train to Engelberg/Andermatt and crash there if the northern/eastern alps are where it's at.

[Stromseth]

Just wanted to say that it's dumping in the Arlberg area (Austria) There was some really good snow in Stuben today! here's two edits from the last two weeks!
http://www.loooped.wordpress.com
Stay tuned on the Looped page for more updates!

[Lostinthetrees]

whip it out, teleal!!!



sorry to hear lack of freshies. Western US & anywhere around Great Lakes is the place to be this year.

I think its time to pull this out.....it may take a week but I know it will work.....it MUST!!!! GO AL!!!!!!!

[Dam Skier]

Just wanted to say that it's dumping in the Arlberg area (Austria) There was some really good snow in Stuben today! here's two edits from the last two weeks!
http://www.loooped.wordpress.com
Stay tuned on the Looped page for more updates!

Nice vid, looking pretty good. Pretty pumped, I will be in Anton in just over a week.

[uncle kraut]

Kaltenbach/Hochfügen in Zillertal were pretty sick last weekend even--boot deep and lots of easy fresh tracks to be had. Unfortunately, I'm not making it out during the week this week, but the weekend is looking good too.

Low elevations in the eastern Alps (e.g. Kitzbühel area) still need some decent coverage before the tree skiing gets good. I hope it comes soon, because I'm sick of driving 2 hours instead of 45 min...

[jumpturn]

I'll be in Cham in exactly one month.

At what point do I become worried?

No problem, patterns generally set in for 3-6 weeks.

You'll have a new pattern.

Now, you might want to worry that it is a dry pattern!

Look at the bright side; you'll get really good at crust, moguls and boilerplate, just like the straig8line campers with their fat rockers yesterday....

Seriously, it's not that bad right now; just stay off the gnarly piste and sharpen your edges. There is currently good chalk skiing in the coulies with the correct exposition and pow for the cognoscienti... Jerome will hook you up for sure.

[Tectonically_Neglected]

whip it out, teleal!!!

Dutch version

[patxi]

What's all this talk of no snow?

Yesterday

[Lostinthetrees]

Dutch version

It VIL flocken uber all.


or, something like that.

[Lostinthetrees]

[QUOTE=patxi;3158572]What's all this talk of no snow?

Yesterday
[ 2 pics of shredding the pow in Central CH... i believe. ]

[QUOTE]


just sticking my nose in here to start some trouble.

congrats! u found the goods

[LaZapatilla]

[ 2 pics of shredding the pow in Central CH... i believe. ]



just sticking my nose in here to start some trouble.

congrats! u found the goods

It looks like Austria to me

[addict]

Still snow to be found. Went out today with workinforturns and Toby...and finally a camera.

































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[K2ski]

Leaving for La Grave tomorrow. Any update on conditions there? Hoping it softens up a bit. Will post pics after.

[Vihren]

Popova Shapka, Macedonia is still delivering.

Wind packed powder with 5-10cm penetration
Non wind affected powder above tree line with 30-40cm penetration
Treeline and below, knee to mid thigh deep. Sheltered gullies = face shots

Sunny the past two days. Chair on hold today, but hiked up to the top at sunrise. Magic.

I knew it we should have stayed on Tuesday.. sounds like you had the whole mountain to yourself Mike !!
My first real powder turns this season:


Mike and the Pow :

Viktor posted some more of his photos here: http://www.tribe-mag.com/Popova_shap...audara-389.htm
It was epic indeed..
My brother and a bunch of other powder-hungry people will be in Popova Shapka this Saturday, will you be still there this weekend? It seems that more snow is coming tomorrow..

[davidof]

Leaving for La Grave tomorrow.

aie

[uli]

Who searches will find something, even in the Bas Valais . . .

[uncle kraut]

What's all this talk of no snow?

There's definitely snow at this point. It's the base that I'm worried about. I'd like to be able to ski trees at lower elevation resorts, e.g. Westendorf or Kitzbühel, and there's still not much of a base in the woods. Don't want to hurt my new baby JJs...

[Mike Pow]

I knew it we should have stayed on Tuesday.. sounds like you had the whole mountain to yourself Mike !!

Pretty much. The Eskimo Cat crew were skiing the front side too, but didn't cross tracks. Did some hiking too. To the telegraph towers peak, lookers left of the chair. Excellent.

My brother and a bunch of other powder-hungry people will be in Popova Shapka this Saturday, will you be still there this weekend? It seems that more snow is coming tomorrow..

Started snowing yesterday afternoon and hasn't stopped since. At least 30cm on the ground. Visibility zero at the moment, and blowing a bit. May take a rest day and watch it build.

Will be skiing tomorrow, leave Sunday.

Get back here Vihren.

[Ripzalot]

dear ullr,

will it ever snow again in western CH?

signed
depressed in the west