2016-2017 ORYGUN - Annual Pow, Beer, and Duct Tape Thread

[Game Over]

I don't think so but have your phone out ready to record just in case!

[abraham]

Got busy and forgot to reply yesterday, hope your place is ok Steep

[Game Over]

^^^ yup let the general decide. I ain't even thinking of touching it that's fo sho!

Got busy and forgot to reply yesterday, hope your place is ok Steep

Thanks. I have the utmost confidence. They did a amazing job during the B&B fire 15 or so years back

[TBS]

^^^ Jebus.

I'm heading over Santiam tomorrow morning; am I making a big mistake?

Tripcheck is your friend - looking good at 1940pdt
https://www.tripcheck.com/TextPages/...m%20Pass/2728#

[Flyoverland Captive]

Yep, I've been watching that. We'll see how it looks tomorrow morning.

[Game Over]

You make it?

Different fire just put McKenzie Bridge on pre evacuation notice.

[Flyoverland Captive]

Smooth sailing, almost no traffic.

[SchralphMacchio]

It's nuts thinking about how far Eugene is from actual fires, but it's so socked in here that the moon (almost full last night) was barely visible and the street lights were lighting up smoke. Smokey in Florence, clear in Yachats yesterday. Medford must be a mess right now, I can't even imagine how bad it is in Brookings where they can't even fly.

Anyways, who's coming to TGR in Eugene?

[Supermoon]

Saw in the Gram that Crater Lake is hidden from the rim because of all the smoke. Nuts.

[Game Over]

It's nuts thinking about how far Eugene is from actual fires, but it's so socked in here that the moon (almost full last night) was barely visible and the street lights were lighting up smoke. Smokey in Florence, clear in Yachats yesterday. Medford must be a mess right now, I can't even imagine how bad it is in Brookings where they can't even fly.

Anyways, who's coming to TGR in Eugene?

Isn't it something like October 18th?

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Ash falling in pdx tonight

[TBS]

Welcome to my world...
Actually, this am is the clearest I've seen in two weeks

[puma]

Welcome to my world...
Actually, this am is the clearest I've seen in two weeks

I wish it would have just stayed in Sisters! It ruined a trip to Central Oregon for a 3 day weekend...but the Gorge now? Makes me real mad. Yeah, let's take an M80 along on the Eagle Creek Trail. That seems like a great idea. Thoughs are with those evacuating.

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Pdx getting ash still

The eagle creek fire jumped the Columbia last night and both 84 & 14 are closed east of Troutdale

[SchralphMacchio]

Isn't it something like October 18th?

Yup, at Hult Center ... but I realized I have to be in Raleigh NC for work so I won't be able to make it.

[OregonDead]

Last day on Palmer yesterday but people are very optimistic about October operations. Sure seems like upper Palmer has enough snow to hold over. Much fun was had by all jumping the cat tracks. Two big trenches turned into a double stunt ditch. Stoke was high!

[core2]

Hood River sunrise on Sunday. Creepy af.

[core2]

I've been around forest fires all my life but have never seen smoke that intense. We got through 84 about two hours before they closed it yesterday. People had sprinklers going on their roofs.

[TBS]

This has been the view at my house from Aug 22 until yesterday

[SchralphMacchio]

From Oregon Smoke Blog:

[SchralphMacchio]

Rain in EUG! Fingers crossed for minimal lightning. Looking forward to less smoke ...

[Game Over]

Yup, at Hult Center ... but I realized I have to be in Raleigh NC for work so I won't be able to make it.

Shit I never make it anyhow.

Rain in EUG! Fingers crossed for minimal lightning. Looking forward to less smoke ...

Ain't it great! We got a decent bit. Super humid but it seems "fresher".... although still smokey out here.

[jonesy]

[puma]

Either I am getting old, I have been skiing to often with Jonesy\TBS, or both...but I like this from Bachelor:

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IMPROVING CLOUDCHASER

You spoke and we listened. After an awesome first year of skiing and riding the new Cloudchaser trails, you'll enjoy wider and smoother runs this winter!

Our mountain crews have been working hard to remove trees and stumps, grade the terrain and improve transitions between trails. With these improvements, Wanoga Way (shown in the photos above) is poised to become Mt. Bachelor's signature run - an intermediate cruiser dropping 2,700' from top to bottom.

Other trails are getting attention, too! Some of the hilly sections of the east catchline are getting smoothed-out. And we're adding new way-finding signage to help you navigate throughout the Clouchaser area.
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I really did have some good days over there. I'll always love deep northwest, Outback, and Pine\Red (Honestly, until the family came around, I'd not been to the Sunrise lodge, or near Skyliner since I was a kid) I must admit...Cloudchaser is fun...

Improvements to the catchline were very much needed. Widening of runs and smoothing things out were not exactly necessary for me, but very much needed from a family perspective. (My wife likes wide, and I was always VERY paranoid when my son was on those runs and idiots were blowing by him at mach one...seemingly inches from a collision)

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i wonder if they'll smooth out the dent my helmet made at the cat track?