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It's on bitches!
Oct 22 - Heliotrope Ridge, Baker:
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Heyo! It has begun.
NOICE!
Bring it
Thanks for kicking off the thead.
Thank you, man. Thank you.
Here we go! Hoping to get out skiing with all you kooks this winter.
Here are some weather links that I find useful:
Obviously the NW Avalanche Center: http://www.nwac.us
WRH/SEW NOAA Mountain Weather Forecast Map (Has clickable points for various mountain locations): http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/forecast03.php
Near term GFS forecast: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ove..._pcpn_slp+///6
Longer term GFS forecast: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ove..._pcpn_slp+///6
Full list of UW Atmos weather models, satellite images, etc: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/
Lets do it
Hell yeah!
Looks like a great start to the season
Another useful link, by someone who I think posts on here occasionally: http://winterscience.com
well done!Quote:
Originally Posted by raypruit
repost for new thread.... thing #2 in Squamish 2 weeks ago. Thanks for kicking this off JONG! :fmicon:
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Point forecasts:
Mt. Baker Ski Area
Stevens Pass Ski Area
Summit At Snoqualmie, Alpental
Crystal Mountain Ski Area
White Pass Ski Area
Mission Ridge Ski Area
Hurricane Ridge Ski Area
Loup Loup Ski Area
Backcountry:
NWAC Avalanche Forecast
NWAC Mountain Weather Forecast
Volcanoes:
Mt. Rainier Recreational Forecast
Mountain-Forecast.com: Baker, Glacier, Rainier, Adams
MRNP Twitter (road status, conditions, etc.)
Webcams:
Stevens Pass
Summit + Alpental
Crystal
White Pass
Mission Ridge
Mt. Rainier NP
Hurricane Ridge (ONP)
Getting There:
WSDOT Pass Reports
WSDOT Statewide Travel Alerts
Hurricane Road Twitter (plowing starts 12/1)
Other:
NW Radar Loop
NWAC Hourly Weather Data
Larry Schick's Powder Alerts
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
WA SNOTEL (snow depth, SWE, etc.)
Think Snow!
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This form of skiing should not be encouraged.Quote:
Originally Posted by oftpiste
So is hop really going to be burned at the stake if it doesn't snow this winter?
I read it on the internet it must be true.
At the snow stake.Quote:
Originally Posted by shirk
There's also a specific thread for this type of skiingQuote:
Originally Posted by Mofro261
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...nd-rocks-today
Hopefully that means we'll need a shitload of excelerantQuote:
Originally Posted by Mofro261
No, that'll just make him better. Accelerant might hasten the burn.
TouchéQuote:
Originally Posted by Norseman
That was apparently a couple years ago but I was too busy skiing to notice!Quote:
Originally Posted by shirk
Excelerant. Good stuff.
Yeah, I hate park rats who ski without poles, too. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mofro261
The countdown has begun. Can't wait to ski you jokers soon.
Orygon thread transplant. See you peeps around, wife won a season pass to blue wood, I went with white pass. See how winter in the dri shitties is.
ah, I remember you receiving some dry, shitty advice about the place... funnyass threadQuote:
Originally Posted by Patarero
We'll all cross paths, I hope. Bobby! Send out dem BBI stickers for secret squirrel magID
Heliotrope was awesome today up high. ~12-18 inches of dense PNW pow.
Legitimate send on heliotrope! Seems official now...
Not impressed with the forecast or options on hwy 2, I still decided to take my board for a soggy stroll yesterday. Seen an inch or two on the Jupiter cam. Drove up Smith Brook to the back side of rock. Tennis shoes in the rain to snow line at 5'000'ish. Abruplty went from nothing to knee deep. Skinned the next 2 g to the top. Low vis, cascade snow. But depth was no issue! West face of rock is nothing but grass, so it only needs a foot.
Guaranteed to be crap now, but highly recomended if you can catch a window before Smith Brook snows in.
Joined a set of skin track 50' from the top, from some other who solo'd from the south.