tr: Spring Range NV 2010

[cdlv]

gonna steal an idea from few others on here and just do one season long thread to dump local trip reports on it
01/14/10
first day in Spring back country of the season, 5 inches of fresh overnight on top of old crusty 25-35 inch base:
dawn breaking on Mummy Mt, these lines should be good to go next week

[whipski]

looks like a beautiful day in the neighborhood oh won't you be...

[cdlv]

01-19-10
i love el nino, 10 inches of smooth fast snow over the last 2 days, and storm two is just hitting now. went for a few hikes today stayed to mellower lines as there was cracking on steeper stuff:






great day, and these storms are filling in the lines nicely

this little aspect skied great so i just kept lapping it

[KillingCokes]

Looking Good SeedyLV. Keep me updated on the snowpack down that way. I might need another trip this spring

[cdlv]

KC, I'd say after this week's stormtrain the snowpack should be good for the rest of the season. Was checking out some of the Mummy lines this morning and they are just about filled in on the cliff bands.

[TeleThor]

That's a groovy lookin' range you got there.

So whereabouts in Nevada are they???

[cdlv]

That's a groovy lookin' range you got there.

So whereabouts in Nevada are they???

about 30 miles from the strip, that pic is just Mummy Mt, there is much more:
http://www.summitpost.org/area/range...mountains.html

[Holorinhal]

This will be a cool thread for me. Lee canyon is My home/local mountain. Ill be callin in sic on Thurs/Fri.
Have You ever skied any of Willow peak? Cool thread indeed!

[cdlv]

This will be a cool thread for me. Lee canyon is My home/local mountain. Ill be callin in sic on Thurs/Fri.
Have You ever skied any of Willow peak? Cool thread indeed!

thinking of doing the burn area on willow this weekend.
23 more inches overnight on top of the 44 inches the last week = NUKE

went up for the last two hours @ lvssr yesterday with the new gopro hd:
(raw no edit, turn down yr volume unless you like the sound of snow hitting the cam housing)

hardest i have ever seen it snow here. record was set yesterday for lowest recorded barometric pressure reading. and it's still snowing up there.

[Helldawg]

Nice, way to shred the trees. Bet that jacket smells pretty piney...

Whats up with the skinny sticks tho? Don't you know this is TGR, where we ski only 190+ cm, and 120 underfoot?

[Tye 1on]

wow, you guys are getting full-on nuked. Wonder if that might mean another awesome desert flower show this spring?

[cdlv]

Nice, way to shred the trees. Bet that jacket smells pretty piney...

Whats up with the skinny sticks tho? Don't you know this is TGR, where we ski only 190+ cm, and 120 underfoot?

only on tgr are those skis skinny! was going to bring the ehp's but they needed waxed and i had no time.

wow, you guys are getting full-on nuked. Wonder if that might mean another awesome desert flower show this spring?

yeah there should be a great wildflower season in the spring, might even rival 2005

[backcountryben]

nice pictures from a beautiful, pretty unknown range!

i'll admit, I only think gambling and rock climbing when I think las vegas, but that actually looks decent!

[Holorinhal]

Called in sick today! Hope the boss was not looking at the web cam. Lee was off the the hook today! Man We got sooooo much snow this week! Finally got the chance to try out My new Hellbents. The trees were so goooood! The bents are like having snowboards mounted on your feet, they just float thru every thing!
Ill post some pics later ,if You do not mind it in your thread.

[skibum93]

hardest i have ever seen it snow here. record was set yesterday for lowest recorded barometric pressure reading. and it's still snowing up there.

Lucky.

Seattle, Washington just had the warmest January ever.

Nice tree skiing.

[cdlv]

2 more inbound runs from Thursday from the gopro




off to do some BC

[cdlv]

went up early yesterday morning for a tour before the crowds got up.
conditions were fantastic.

[Lostinthetrees]

sweet dawn patrol!
Nice hiking and tree skiing lines in there.
thanx 4 sharing!

[Holorinhal]

Great vidy! that tree run between yellow chair and slot are the bomb!
I went up on Saturday and today. The lines were a pain in the ass yesterday,no orginization. Today was a little better. Friday was off the hook.
I have seen You there before. I hang out with Brad childress alot, not sure if You know him. Seems like I have seen You talking to him before. Great thread!

[cdlv]

went back up today as the weekend crowds disappeared, did some steeper lines I have been eying for a while. snow staying nice in shaded aspects, sun is baking the clearings and southern facing stuff.
(re-edited this vid, i like the new edit better)

[SchralphMacchio]

Nice C!!!! That's probably the most epic conditions ever been videographed at LVSSR. You heading up to the blue lake after that stuff melts out down there?

[cdlv]

Nice C!!!! That's probably the most epic conditions ever been videographed at LVSSR. You heading up to the blue lake after that stuff melts out down there?

planning on coming up to do some kookwood/tahoe next month.

[tone capone]

Awesome tree skiing, that second line on the last vid looks siiiick. I probly woulda nailed some trees too. Glad your getting snow, good to see you're putting it to good use.

How often is that stuff good to go down there?

[cdlv]

Awesome tree skiing, that second line on the last vid looks siiiick. I probly woulda nailed some trees too. Glad your getting snow, good to see you're putting it to good use.

How often is that stuff good to go down there?

usually every year , but not til later in the season( feb - march) this january has been a boon making this look like it could be the best season since 04
test pits i have dug on north faces the last few days up are about 6 to 7 feet deep.

[JB208]

CD, Those are some sick videos you put up. I'm from Boise, ID but a student at UNLV. I brought my tele setup down with me and really wanna get some backcountry turns in. I hit up the resort a week ago and really not a bad lil spot for only an hour away from Vegas.

I'm relatively new to Tele and only got out a few times up in Idaho over the break. You have any suggestions on an area thats nothing too wild and low avalanche danger? I don't really care about the approach, more workout the better.