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10-06-2011, 03:47 PM #26Registered User
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maybe its more about who is NOT where the good snow is?
I have had 1st tracks on the local black runs after lunch
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10-12-2011, 07:43 PM #27Registered User
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Right now it's Blackcomb Glacier!
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10-13-2011, 08:25 PM #28glocal
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That would be under my skis.
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11-02-2011, 10:05 AM #29
Just drove from Utah...
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11-11-2011, 10:05 AM #30Registered User
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I'm so stoked to hit a Utah la Nina year. Now to learn to breathe under snow...
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12-04-2011, 11:05 AM #31WestCoastPDR Guest
wtf. 12345
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12-04-2011, 01:40 PM #32Registered User
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HA! Ya, that 0% density stuff is awesome. Its so blower, its like its not even there.
The heaviest snow on earth has to be west facing slopes of the southern Andes.
Some places there get 10000 mm per year of precip at sea level and theres probably A LOT more over higher terrain which falls as snow. That is downright tropical precipitation amounts. (You might be waiting a while for that bluebird day....) East slopes are incredibly dry too just look at Patagonia.
One day I'd like to rent a car and drive over the mountain passes with my skis. The climate/landscape there is just off-the-hook cool imo.
Check out all the tidewater glaciers to the south on google and tell me that place isn't wet! I'm thinking the better skiing might be further North, where they get less than 10000 mm/year!Last edited by theshredder; 01-10-2012 at 05:10 AM.
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12-04-2011, 05:49 PM #33
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12-04-2011, 06:49 PM #34
^^^ OK, I grew up skiing Tahoe and it has the greatest snow on earth...
I suppose it depends on your definition of greatest. It means a lot of different things to different people.
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12-04-2011, 07:08 PM #35
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02-15-2012, 05:05 PM #36trenchman
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appears to be in bosnia right now.
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02-15-2012, 05:34 PM #37
Out the back door and throughout the San Juans. It does not suck right now.
This fall at the Colorado/Utah border it was snowing when we drove back from Canyonlands. The Colorado snow was a little sweeter than the Utah snow.Last edited by Alpinord; 02-15-2012 at 05:45 PM.
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02-15-2012, 07:01 PM #38trenchman
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didn't want to mention it but since you put the pic up, check out the pnw, been like this for awhile now, like months.
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02-15-2012, 08:32 PM #39Best regards, Terry
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02-24-2012, 06:09 AM #40
not wyoming
tell your friends
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02-25-2012, 03:34 PM #41
Utah is still on track for one of the worst snow fall years in history but things are looking up in the coming week and I still think March will be a big month. Check out my new Utah Weather blog at http://utahweather.blogspot.com with links to detailed snow fall forecast maps and other Utah weather links foucused on snow. I'm a meteorologist and will also post my snow fall forecast at times focused for the Wasatch. Enjoy!
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02-25-2012, 04:25 PM #42
Water freeze's at 32 anywhere in the world.
Anywhere I am skiing is the best at that moment!
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03-23-2012, 10:39 AM #43
Where is the greatest snow on earth?
I could tell you but then I would have to kill you.
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07-10-2012, 11:34 AM #44Registered User
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Assumption: Earth ~ North America for the vast majority here
Answer in no particular order:
- British Columbia, where coastal gives way to interior but before the big dropoff in accumulation
- PNW at mid to higher elevations
- Pockets in Northern US Rockies that get localized, above normal mtn totals. ie. Targhee, Jackson, NW of Yellowstone, some areas in Idaho. maybe Wind Rivers?
- Central Wasatch, Ruby Mtns
- San Juans
- Erm, Alaska
Conclusion: We're lucky bastards and if you're in one of these areas life does not suck. This year it's the NW b/t AK & Cascades and some areas east. Last year Utah killed it along with a few others.
The NW portion of North America from Denali down to Wolf Creek imo is the best region for snow-horing machinists, two plankers, surfers, etc. This obviously includes a bias towards avoiding politically unstable areas or where people don't speak 'merican.
Kind of wish I was in the PNW for summer with all the mountaineering possibilities and mellower temps.
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07-10-2012, 05:13 PM #45
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