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09-06-2017, 01:19 PM #2201Registered User
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Its my bad, should have seen that.
Right now since I don't have an avy kit and this past season was my first time with an AT binding/skins, I was just skinning up hyak for some turns when they were closed during the week. I love alpental but, with my current skill level, I really enjoy shredding hyak (I love hidden valley).
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09-06-2017, 01:48 PM #2202The 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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09-06-2017, 01:55 PM #2203
Meh, even if it torches the trees fully, there'll be green undergrowth next year. Might make some of that riding pretty fun, with good viz through the black snags.
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09-06-2017, 02:05 PM #2204
Exactly. I rode a lot of trails east of Winthrop that were burned, and just weeks after the aspens were already poking out. After 2-3 seasons on the West fork of the Methow Trail there was so much Buckbrush it was basically a huge pain and I stopped riding there. That one season though after the fire was the best, because you could see so far ahead and you could just rail everything.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
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09-06-2017, 02:18 PM #2205
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09-06-2017, 02:55 PM #2206
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09-06-2017, 03:03 PM #2207
Yep, sad to say goodbye to the big cool trees, for sure. I remember feeling heartbroken when returning to the South Climb TH on Adams a few years ago, 9 months after the place blew up... seeing charred snags and ash where there were grand groves of Doug fir and beargrass the time before. I'll never forget that sight and the feeling... but it was definitely interesting, and felt kind of refreshing and adventurous, seeing the forest born new again.
Seems like we've got to make a shift in our thoughts about wildfire, right? I think we probably need to embrace fire as a healthy, normal part of the forest lifecycle, bringing public attitude in line with more modern understanding of forest management where shit should be allowed to burn unless a significant threat to infrastructure or dwellings is apparent. Fire policy status quo will glide on unless we start to change our minds, eh?
Goes against our instinct in a way, maybe? Certainly we get attached to the mature forests, and change is scary.
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09-06-2017, 03:44 PM #2208Registered User
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Most definitely. I understand a little bit why especially in the early part of the season having vegetation and trees can be a contributing factor in an avalanche. The weather early on seems like it can be a dangerous thing even with a shallow snow pack. Especially in the PNW temperatures will often be around 32 degree I imagine. I figure that the vegetation/ground cover can end up with a bed surface for an avalanche. With the temperature at or above 32 rain can cause rapid loading, and rain crusts. The temperature and sun can change the snows settlement and the creep rate of the upper snow pack, and with a potentially weak layer that is the bed on the vegetation . Surface hoar on the bed of snow upon the vegetation can become depth hoar, leading to a weak layer that can will stick around until something like a skier cause it to shear, producing an avalanche.
I know a tree in a shallow snow pack can be a trigger point, but not sure how that works exactly.
cheers.
Edit: I can see that this now belongs in the slidezoneLast edited by BeardMech; 09-06-2017 at 03:58 PM.
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09-06-2017, 04:15 PM #2209
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5594/
Sawmill Creek Fire few miles NE of Greenwater now has own inciweb update.... heard rumors this was from a camp fire.
People were asking vendors in GW over weekend where they could buy fire wood.
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09-06-2017, 04:16 PM #2210Registered User
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Which would you trust to stay intact when wiping your ass, an intact sheet of TP, or a sheet of TP with a bunch of holes in it?
Al these fires are giving friends work though, and making all these MTB trail closures on timber land look awfully smart. The rains cannot come soon enough for me.
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09-06-2017, 04:20 PM #2211Registered User
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Ah thanks, that makes a lot of sense.
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09-06-2017, 05:20 PM #2212Banned
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I was gonna spew some anti-California vitriol but then I realized
Trees: Smoke 'em while you've got 'em...
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09-07-2017, 11:59 AM #2213Banned
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Tree or rock on a snowfield acts as a stress concentration point. Like a chip in a windshield, it creates a weak spot that allows loads that would normally not be large enough to create a fracture to allow the snowpack (or windshield) to fail.
Additionally a rock or tree will act as a heat sink and warm the snow around it creating temperature differentials that weaken the otherwise uniform pack.
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09-08-2017, 12:56 PM #2214
$40k donated to GW & Crystal fire departments in a day.
https://www.gofundme.com/crystal-mou...eenwater-fires
Give some if you can.
Helicopters flying today.
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09-08-2017, 08:53 PM #2215
Hadn't been following the PNW peeps lately, just saw the news on the Crystal fire. Holy fuck! Vibes to those affected.
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09-10-2017, 01:18 PM #2216
Detailed new map released late last night.
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/WAOW...36.966-CDT.pdf
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09-11-2017, 11:43 AM #2217The pictures below were taken in 1934 from the area of Mount Clifty (near the present Naches and Cle Elum Ranger District borders) at North Ridge Lookout, which no longer exists. These pictures are the only known record of large fire history on the Naches Ranger District in the same area as the Norse Peak Fire's eastern portion. You will notice the 360 degree markings on the pictures that indicate the direction in which the photo was taken.
The photo facing 310-0 degrees (north) shows the area between the Norse Peak Fire and the Jolly Mountain Fire. Many burned trees left standing.
The photo facing 180-300 degrees (south-west) shows Mt. Rainier, with some of the area of the Norse Peak Fire in the distance. Many burned trees left standing.
The photo facing 80-180 degrees (east-south) shows views in the direction of the Norse Peak Fire, showing a barren hillside in the distance.
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09-11-2017, 08:55 PM #2218
^^^Thanks for posting the photos.^^^
Hiked around Commonwealth Basin at the Pass yesterday, smoke from the Norse Peak fire was faintly visible.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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09-11-2017, 09:01 PM #2219“I have a responsibility to not be intimidated and bullied by low life losers who abuse what little power is granted to them as ski patrollers.”
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09-11-2017, 10:25 PM #2220wickstad
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09-12-2017, 09:29 AM #2221
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09-12-2017, 09:38 AM #2222Registered User
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09-12-2017, 10:07 AM #2223
FS in Enumscratch host an annual meeting with a raffle of dates at the two lookouts.
The meeting is interminable and deeply tedious because they go through the endless instruction, "safety" protocols, radio instructions, and on and on and on .. then there's a question and answer session before the raffle takes place. Last time I attended winning the raffle won you 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc picks of two night blocks at either cabin.... so the winners machinations about what date or location to pick took until late at night.
It is a cool place to stay though. Gus enjoys it.
He and I took my Dad there last time I had some nights.
One of the all time best cribbage marathons took place.
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09-13-2017, 11:02 AM #2224
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09-13-2017, 11:17 AM #2225
Fack... sharks in the waters.
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