Kirkwood was Deep

**splat** · 03-04-2006, 04:32 PM

Jeezuz, it was deep. And light. Only skied the morning so I could get back to work shipping skis, but - what a morning! Caught Punani and Ty in the line at Chair 6 at 8:30 for freshies into Funnel Chute. Then we found Arty and did it again. I lost them after my glasses fogged up, so I continued alone to the Wall, then the opening of Eagle Bowl. It was easy 2 to 4 feet deep. It was much deeper in the trees. Places like Funnel sluffed and left super deep piles below that did not compact. I was on the 179 Bros and had to change up to the 188s. At 210lbs, with that snow, they just couldn't keep me up on top of the chokingly light shit that has accumulated since Wednesday. Then went to Thunder Saddle, where it was insane. Ty called to say they hit Big Jims, an 50 footer doable only on a day like today. I'm sure an epic 666 TR will be coming tonite.

edir: height adjustment

**splat** · 03-04-2006, 07:48 PM

This snowpack is unbelieveably stable, gimp.They bombed the shit out of the wood and nothing moved, beyond minor sluffs on steeps. Blew me away after seeing the sheet ice from the rain on Tuesday.

**splat** · 03-04-2006, 09:10 PM

So I bombed down towards the Saddle trees.

Ha! I was wonderin who had gotten there ahead of me!
Always the lightest, still good when I hit it.

**splat** · 03-04-2006, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by shirk

Okay now CA can give the storm flow backt to the PNW.

Good work on slayimg Big Jims boys. Was it 80 feet or 50 feet?

I could be totally misinformed or hullucinating saying 80.
I was thinking that was obtainable off the highest point.
I can't speak for them, so I should shut up.