I have a friend and coworker (Timm Phillips) who works for Whiteroom (https://www.whiteroomtours.com/; Niseko and Furano based). Highly recommend reaching out to him if you're looking for ski guides...

High pressure this past week hasn't been all bad
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I'm not familiar with the Movement helmet, but I've used the Summit in the past and am currently using the Haute Route. The Haute Route fits my head better than the Summit (for reference, I use a...

Also, the tip clips that come on the BC-branded skins are absolutely infuriating but are easily replaceable with standard Pomoca bails

"Let's get lost", which lies somewhere between "goes both ways" and "I want you to go deeper" on the BC motto continuum

I've got a couple more days on them now and am more and more impressed every time I take them out. They handle challenging conditions (e.g., dense wind- and/or sun-affected snow, thin rain crusts,...

For sure dude. When will you be around Washington? I'll be out of the country the last week of the month but would be down to get some turns in if you're around before then

3,000'ish. I haven't been on the south side of Baker this season, but I imagine you would be parking substantially lower than that however

3,000'ish. I haven't been on the south side of Baker this season, but I imagine you would be parking substantially lower than that however

And to clarify, I'm not advocating for doing this, just mentioning that it's possible/gets done occasionally. There are far better places to go skiing in Washington at the moment.

I have skied both the Easton and Squak in winter. As noted above, the road skinning is the most tedious part. Assuming weather and avy conditions are cooperative, travel from Schreiber and above is...

I mounted some Plum Guides on them a couple days ago and took them out for a rip yesterday morning. They skied exactly how I expected them to: centered, loose, easy to get forward and drive them and...

I skied the Bagley zone on Friday--lots of sharks and some unstable surface snow (i.e., all half a meter of the pack sliding to the ground on slabs and rolls), but also a decent turn or two in there...

The road was fine all summer, but I haven't been up it since August. I also might be up there Thursday with some folks

Nice shots! Unreal that the east face of the Matterhorn has been skied.

Great recommendations

Hey, sorry for the late reply--been out of service for a bit. Norway is absolutely a bucket-list trip, but I think this trip will pretty much be an Italy and Alps affair. My friend that I'm staying...

Good advice all around. I should have clarified in my initial post that we're not particularly worried about lifts/areas being open or not--we're both very experienced with glacier travel and alpine...

Any general recs for a Euro trip in late April? I'm staying at a friend's in Bolzano from the 22nd to May 2nd and have the ability to travel pretty much anywhere in continental Europe during that...

Katanas are sold; tiny helmet still available

SOLD $200--184 Katana VWerks

Drilled twice, once for a ~330 Duke EPF and more recently for a 303 ATK Freeraider. Skis are 9/10 structurally and 7/10 cosmetically.
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Really enjoyed that--articulated a lot of thoughts/feelings I've had but haven't quite been able to express

Good times out of bounds today. Lots of snow back there...
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This season's Rustler 11 can do all the things you want and is only slightly heavier but considerably more durable than the KVW. I've put about 50 days on my pair this season in all kinds of...

Gibraltar Chute on Rainier is pretty steep in the choke. You also have a couple hundred foot tall serac looming over you for the entirety of the line, which makes the whole experience somewhat...

This week should be good. The crowds will be mostly gone, we've got more snow incoming, and there are still good turns to be had if you poke around.

But yeah, this weekend was a dumpster fire....

They're unfortunately already here. Tomorrow is going to be a shit show of Coloradbro entitlement and dumb questions.

Ktao/Dalee is a great spot. Good local and non-local music, nice layout. We're doing the patrol Hoedown there in March--best party of the year

Hm, I am interested, especially in the Dynastar setup. Let me get in touch with my friend who found the other deal and make sure he didn't already purchase it

Which skis are they and how much are you asking for?

Good to hear. That was my thought, but glad to have it confirmed. The bindings don't have any adjustability, but they do evenly split the old holes, so it should work out well

What are folks' thoughts on multiple mounts on race skis? I've got a line on a good deal for a complete setup, but it's already been mounted twice (282 and 309 bsl), and I would be drilling a 3rd set...

Did you guys enter through the trib or the main entrance? I took the main a couple weeks ago, which ended up being a very spicy meatball

I honestly don't know. Kind of above my paygrade

We've had our hands full with keeping open existing terrain and opening new terrain these past two weeks. Also been battling some mechanical/lift issues. There's been a little work on the peak...

That would be my guess as to why they opened it. I'm on patrol at a resort with comparable terrain to Palisades, and our control work order of operations usually looks something like 1) bomb and/or...

Very down. I work on the hill Friday to Tuesday, so I'm around

The open terrain is still bony in spots but filling in decently well. Unfortunately, we've had a bunch of upslope wind since the last storm, so different aspects are either getting scoured or...

I'll bring fried chicken, pizza, smoked salmon, etc. when I'm working but generally tend more towards the snickers bar, salami and cheese, gummies side of things on personal trips. When I'm really...

Bindings are sold; everything else is still available.

Enjoyed some pre-turkey slab yesterday. Hoping this storm pans out as forecasted, and I can stop climbing and start skiing
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There's an alternate pitch on the regular route on Higher Cathedral Spire that gets a 5.9++ rating in the guidebook. Felt like solid 10+/11-

And it was put up in the 80s! The grade's actually pretty fair--the only sketchy part is a 20ish foot runout with your last piece being small and pretty far right of you.

It's a route called the Ancient Ones (5.9+, 4 p) on Questa Dome north of Taos. Definitely one of the gems of northern NM climbing

Snuck in a late season alpine rock route today. Perfect conditions, great friends, and a classic line.
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I don't have particularly strong opinions on whippets, but I have become violently opposed to bringing aluminum axes/tools or crampons when there is any chance of encountering technical ice or mixed...

That would be rad! I'm definitely interested in knowing more about what kind of data they're using for this project and where it's coming from. Avy research and info exchange is still pretty insular...

Same. The website and articles I've seen are somewhat opaque about where the forecasts/danger ratings come from, but I can't imagine they are original to the app given the scale it operates at.
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Anyone else getting pushed ads for this? https://www.aspectavy.com/ As far as I can tell, it's simply a standard zonal forecast overlaid on a topo map with some buzzwords and commonsense prompts...

The free bathrobe is truly tempting--does it come with an 8 ball in the breast pocket?

I do have a soft spot for forums like TRG because they tend to attract some amount of people who actually...