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Thread: KW 12/12/04
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12-13-2004, 01:27 PM #1
KW 12/12/04
So everyone on the west coast knows that we've had some warm temps on the tail-end of the last storm. Me, Mrs. 666, with meetings with Greydon Clark, and Monster Dump rallied all over the Wood to find some entertainment.
http://www.vidbusters.com/~casey/Tiburon_1.jpg
We roll into the ever-shrinking space called the parking lot and see that the temp is reading 45 F..ummmmm...at 9:00 am.
http://www.vidbusters.com/~casey/Hal_1.jpg
First off, all the groomers were mid-winter packed powder except for the last few hundred feet of the mountain....so that was enjoyable and most surprising since I was expecting death-granular.
http://www.vidbusters.com/~casey/Wall_12_12_04.jpg
We soon ventured off over to the Wall where the snow wasn't half bad....the temps never dipped below freezing which was good because the snow could still be pushed around in the shade. The steep turns off the top are finally skiable again. However, venturing deeper into the gnar, glazed-untracked met us with might and Mrs. 666 came close to signing the divorce papers right then and there....so we move on.
http://www.vidbusters.com/~casey/Fingers_12_12_04.jpg
However, truth being said, I could still break through the crust and winter snow was buried underneath, so the more people that skied it, the better it got....I was treating it as more of a "protective layer."
http://www.vidbusters.com/~casey/WW_12_12_04.jpg
Rolled over to 6 for most of the day as Monster Dump and I rolled into Ski School chute a couple times. I hit the gnar off of Oops with vigor because it of the glazed-untracked I was so much learning to love. Mrs. 666 and her new Gotamas seemed to like the north facing snow of lower Chamoix, and into lower Oops...so of course, I'm not going to argue with that.
http://www.vidbusters.com/~casey/Park_12_12_04.jpg
At the end of the day Monster Dump, Mrs. 666 and I enjoyed a nice brewski in the sun on the patio...so yeah...it was worth it...and a good time.
...I wish I took more action shots...but I would have screwed those up anyway.
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12-13-2004, 01:32 PM #2
Looks fun!
I guess January came early this year.....
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12-13-2004, 01:38 PM #3
You HAD to put that on there.....
...I'm betting on the "weather can turn on a dime theory"...I'll be busy for a while anyway..but once I say that on the internet...it will snow.
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12-13-2004, 02:03 PM #4
wow that forecast sucks.
KW, as always, is still lookin fun though....the finger chutes look pretty cool right now, but I'm guessin the snow is crap on that face though.Waste your time, read my crap, at:
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12-13-2004, 02:26 PM #5Originally Posted by Punani
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12-13-2004, 02:48 PM #6Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
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12-13-2004, 02:54 PM #7Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
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Les Menuires, 6200ft today.
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12-13-2004, 02:58 PM #8Originally Posted by bad_roo
Ou est Les Manures? Damn!.... is that indicative of the rest of the 2000-mile long, and in many places 400 miles wide, mountain range with jagged peaks that reach over 14,000 feet?
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12-13-2004, 02:59 PM #9
No new snow in the forecast and warm temps is better than no new snow in the forecast and cold temps.
12-11-2004 west shore corn fields
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12-13-2004, 03:00 PM #10
It sits between Meribel and Val Thorens in the Trois Vallees abd most of France is looking pretty bony right now. Still, I think a storm is forecast for Friday. I also think my brother, who has switched his 20th Dec ski week from Chamonix to Tahoe may well be SOL.
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12-13-2004, 03:25 PM #11
I'll second a Kick Ass rating for yesterday. Considering what happened during the week the snow was way better than expected. Fun lines, fast lines, sketchy lines, and good peoples. http://tetongravity.com/ubb/icons/icon14.gif That's what this stupid board is all about.
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12-13-2004, 04:34 PM #12Originally Posted by monster dump.
Yesterday rocked, 3 ½ hours of sleep, 7 hours of driving, 4 cups of coffee, and skiing with a good crew = good fun. Skied until closing bell and was bummed that it had to end. The legs are sore as hell today, 3-pins and fat skis will work the body like a motherfucker.
666, did you ski the gnarr skiers left of ski school chute proper? Someone did and it looked dicey.The trumpet scatters its awful sound Over the graves of all lands Summoning all before the throne
Death and mankind shall be stunned When Nature arises To give account before the Judge
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12-13-2004, 04:37 PM #13
Unless the PNW gets a miraculous dump in the next few days, I'll be making another appearance down in y'alls neck of the woods soon.
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12-13-2004, 05:57 PM #14666, did you ski the gnarr skiers left of ski school chute proper? Someone did and it looked dicey.
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12-13-2004, 06:32 PM #15
666, that is a rad avatar!
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