Of course locals have special line privileges. It is called “Locals Prerogative” and allows cutting ahead of non-locals.

I have seen many petroglyphs. My all time favorite petroglyphs are in Dry Fork Canyon outside of Vernal. Easy access.

https://www.gjhikes.com/2018/06/mcconkie-ranch-petroglyphs.html

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Totally agree “down and out” was way to go even if it had some tracks in it. Slope angles are manageable and lots of rider compaction. Looks like he ended up in the gully under “over easy”? Hope...

Is that Mont Blanc?

Has anyone heard that employee housing at Kirkwood burned in a wild bender party?

The result is the same so to me seems like a difference without a difference. CYA and lawyers often makes words meaningless.
Big picture we need more fire and fuels reduction. Small picture I spent...

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Ski Apache lifts were fire damaged in 2012. Pajarito Mountain haul ropes damaged in 2011 fire. The haul ropes can be damaged by high temp. They have an inner core that is not metal.

Are snowflakes bad now?

I can add to this on a more granular level after reading the UAC post mortem.
I know this terrain well and have regrouped with partners in the same spot.
Kurt's traverse to where he was going to...

I will take a whack at your challenge. I have seen Patrol at the 9990 gate a few times over the years. It was usually during high danger and they would paraphrase the avy report to those willing to...

Vail resorts is a real estate/property management company that has chosen ski resorts as their niche market. Red Pine Lake at the base of Squaretop is, in my opinion, the most beautiful spot in the...

Part of the deal to build 9990 lift was a permanent backcountry access gate. The original access gate, when American Skiing Co. owned, was slightly below the unload station. This meant no need for...

U are right about one thing in “It might not be that simple”. When U say “control boundaries” I assume that means a rope line, on the ridgeline, from 9990 to peak 5. This is a long distance in wind...

Lost my Free the Powder mittens at kirkwood on Wednesday. They probably landed in the Timber Creek parking lot or along the road.313419

I read it as remainder of party was in a safe zone to side of path. They then entered debris from side and thought they were in close enough proximity to toe of the slide to eliminate it as a...

Preliminary report on CAIC says buried surface hoar was the weak layer on which the slab failed.

https://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/acc/acc_report.php?acc_id=731&accfm=rep

Maybe probes not long enough to reach bottom of debris. Scraped off snow with groomer to probe too bottom.

Condolences to the to the victims and their families and friends. Thoughts also with snow safety, patrol and the other first responders.

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I apologize for the sideways pictures. They are oriented correctly when I pull them from documents. I have a samsung s6 active. Any tips would be appreciated....

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Riding up sky. Pellet snow and getting socked in.

Employee says Heavenly is crowded because this is ski week. Don't know what that means.

At heav now. Cal lot mpstly full.

There is one resort on the northernmost Upper Peninsula of Michigan that is not a "trash hill." Mount Bohemia is 900 vertical feet of blacks and double blacks (100 runs on 600 acres). They are almost...

Even being a little low on the traverse on a steep firm slope can screw the snowboarder. the slope is too steep to hop up to where he needs to be but taking one or two feet out risks slide for life....

Solitude has been nothing but dysfunctional since the day Uncle Gary and his family of congenital idiots took it over. Deer Valley is the opposite of dysfunctional and this will mean better jobs, pay...

Removable liners have always sucked for me. When I pull my sweaty hand out the liner turns inside out. Then the liner won't go back in the fingers. Finally I remove the liner, put it on my hand and...

The PCMR/Vail comments section in the Park Record has been much more illuminating than the articles. It has now been taken over by a couple of Talisker ass-wipes posting under multiple usernames. The...

You are the author of many of these "brutally scathing comments" using your multiple Disqus accounts. The comments section is much more informative than Jay Hamburger's "reporting" but because of...

El nino years in the Wasatch often cause a persistent high which sits over the intermountain west and causes a split jet stream. The southern branch of the split is much more robust. This means big...

Powdr Corp. CEO: Vail in 'a bit of a pickle' with Canyons deal
John Cumming claims the Colorado firm wants PCMR for cheap

Jay Hamburger, THE PARK RECORD

The chief executive officer of Park...

Talisker, confident, prepares to act
upon eviction notice against PCMR
Resort pins the move on Vail, calls for a negotiated settlement to the case
Jay Hamburger, THE PARK RECORD

Talisker Land...

Their garages are in Wisconsin. Out-of-towners are often on a different schedule than the snow.

It is unlikely cornice drops or ski cuts would have controlled either the monster hard slab in 2005 or the localized slab in 2012. Here are the UAC links to both accidents:

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Word is Talisker Jack is suing all Grand Summit owners. Somehow the Talisker take was reduced from 52% to 32% and he is suing for the difference.

Same crew, different trigger.

http://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches/20896

Park City Powder-Cats lead guide ski-cut and triggered this with customers just behind in the safe-zone. Miraculously he rode it down, ended up on...

Dropping a large cornice on a sensitive slope leads to predictable results. Please save the cornice kicking, on the large open slopes we share, for a final slope check before skiing said slope. If...

Back in the day skiing was difficult and therefore people who could ski well were cool. Telemark racers were among the coolest. Groundhog Day was the Alta local celebration held on Cecret lift. There...

Good summary article

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-06/park-city-vail-resorts-powdr-fight-over-ski-mountains-future#p1

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The snow on West Monitor was killed today by ignorant cornice whompers who had no intention of skiing it. The cornice may have eventually fallen naturally and it may have been the same result...

Cody Peak gives a new meaning to the term "sidecountry" for me because it is so much bigger and steeper than what we access from gates here in Utah. I realize it looks so gnarly because the slide...

Jackson and Cody Peak give new meaning to the term "sidecountry." These links discuss if the term is appropriate or not.

http://utahavalanchecenter.org/blog-defense-sidecountry...

Here is the uncensored link to the Mark White West Monitor cornice kicking in foul-mouthed audio splendor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1WYcQf7yyM

I am not sure if this incident is an argument for or against cornice kicking.

http://www.tetonat.com/2012/01/24/taylor-mountain-avalanche/

The geese fly high this Solstice morn,
The woods are bare, the snow is deep.
We wait for Herne to sound His horn
To wake His children up from sleep
To celebrate this happy night,
When Winter...

Back in the day skiing was difficult and therefore people who could ski well were cool. Telemark racers were among the coolest. Groundhog Day was the Alta local celebration held on Cecret lift. There...