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02-04-2017, 06:32 PM #501
Got a redemption tour from a couple of weeks ago with Bromontana. Good touring with you m, you are definately the best split skier I know!
Lots of wind with the storm last night, there was an angry 6 inches give or take a few inches of grahpooly goodness. Saw some naturals in honeycomb below the cornice and had some cracking in pockets on the ridge to west bowl. Wind was cranking pretty good on the ridge and there was some cross loading further down the bowl than expected but there was nothing that wasnt managable. No pits dug. EB skied fantastical with only sluffs as a concern. Bopped over to days via hideway/quicksilver which skied pretty damn fantastically too. Once there regretted not exercising our option of main days it was fat and not a track innit. Oh well still a great day!
Clouds were giving us the drama on the way up.
Bromon slashing the fuck outta things!
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02-04-2017, 07:34 PM #502cliffed out
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[QUOTE=TheFugitive;4929628]Got a redemption tour from a couple of weeks ago with Bromontana. Good touring with you m, you are definately the best split skier I know!
I demand a split- ski off!!!
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02-04-2017, 07:51 PM #503Registered User
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02-05-2017, 09:10 AM #504
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02-05-2017, 05:15 PM #505
pretty day up there
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02-05-2017, 06:05 PM #506cliffed out
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JTrue and I hit Lone Peaks northeast couloir today. I'd never been out there before. Snow was good, the run is sweet, but the approach and exit make ya pay for it
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02-05-2017, 06:56 PM #507Registered User
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02-05-2017, 09:37 PM #508
Strong work J and Clay!
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02-06-2017, 10:31 AM #509
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02-06-2017, 11:01 AM #510observing free range rude
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You ascend big willow? Strong work
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02-06-2017, 01:09 PM #511
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02-06-2017, 01:15 PM #512
That first pic of JTrue's is definitely in upper BW, ascending the big N facing slope to the cirque's shoulder.
Nice work!
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02-06-2017, 01:16 PM #513
Saturday at the bird waaaay overdelivered. 6" came down as Cali cream cheese and skied like it was 2 feet in bookends area. Also is it just me or were there fewer aggressive skiers there than a usual Saturday? Available first tracks down fairly obvious lines in the cirque at like 2 PM.
No gnar was harmed in the writing of this post...
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02-06-2017, 01:24 PM #514
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02-06-2017, 01:56 PM #515
What's mags' recommendation for week-long rentals in the valley? Got a buddy coming out to visit late March and needs boots and skis for the week with the possibility of buying them afterwards if he likes them. Would need to be in the long-ish range, 186-196 as my boy is a big dude.
"We're in the eye of a shiticane here Julian, and Ricky's a low shit system!" - Jim Lahey, RIP
Former Managing Editor @ TGR, forever mag.
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02-06-2017, 03:02 PM #516
Rent to own or demo to own program kinda deal assuming he doesn't want typical beater rental stuff. Most every shop here has rental rossi super soul 7 type ski as their powder boards but boutique skis who knows. This is a good question and look forward to what you workout. Good luck!
Bunny Don't Surf
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02-06-2017, 03:16 PM #517
In other words thanks for the beta on LP jtrue and boissal! Last question I swear 😈 Have you skied the crows feet and would you BW or sf of dry creek as the approach? Qualifier, I know the bushwhack out from the crows is a killer and would prefer a more circuitous approach route if it makes sense to cut that in half. Thanks again you guys are inspiring me to step it up and get things done!
Spending the day drydocked getting shit done in anticipation of this inbound potential 3" of liquid moisture. /antijinx\
Taking a avy savvy first time splitter out tomorrow. Should be interesting with the wind and heavy snow on top of the graupel from fri/sat. Low expectations and low angles and I think we might be suprised with some good turns. If there are any weekday warriors looking to get out this week hit me up...Bunny Don't Surf
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02-06-2017, 04:04 PM #518
Skied the CF earlier this year and I would STRONGLY recommend against approaching from the bottom via the S Fort of Dry Creek. I consider myself a connoisseur when it comes to bushwacking and I have a pretty solid track record of enduring through shitty brush but that approach nearly reduced me to tears. The first bit lures you in with a dirt road then and what resembles a decent trail and by the time the brush really starts to get mean you've invested too much time to turn around. It took us over 2.5 hours to cover about 1800' of vert in the bottom of the drainage and we didn't even get to the toe of the main slide path. We had to bust out of the creek bed when it got too deep and skin up some really steep and densely treed slopes until we hit tolerable skinning terrain at 7600' after 3.5 hours of soul-crushing work (for 2300'). The rest was manageable but by then we were pretty much over it.
Big willow is a slog but at least there's minimal brush and it's quite scenic. You also get a bonus shot before getting to the top of the CF. The only downside is that the skinner won't be in if you want to ski more than one of the toes.
Edit: here's an idea of what you're dealing with in the SF of DC. There was a ton of snow yet we dealt with lots of open water. I fell off the rocky choke on the way down while hanging on to a handful of shrubs. Broke the tongue of my boots, got whipped across the face a bunch, yanked a shoulder catching a pole in a tree, good times!!
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02-06-2017, 06:16 PM #519Banned
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02-07-2017, 08:11 AM #520
Jumpen jesus on a pogo stick that is sufferage squared. Thanks for the beta boissal. Fuck man next time just lie to me LOL
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02-07-2017, 09:46 AM #521
we were there and agree that it was pretty tame and uncrowded; skied the upper Cirque before 2, and Silver Fox early. 1theNaton gave us a proper tour before bailing to take a walk with his wife and baby (truthfully I was pretty crushed already). Baldy Traverse and bootpack skied well after the top wind affected part.
Saturday around 3 we watched a party of 3 descend Superior while having a loud Grateful Dead ( Providence 87) powered, IPA, tailgate in the Wildcat lot. If that was you, very nice.
Good to meet Bobmc on the Tram, turns next time Bob?
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02-07-2017, 04:36 PM #522
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02-07-2017, 05:01 PM #523
FOUND -- a nice, black balaclava by Smith Optics
Sunday (2/5) afternoon about 2:30 PM on the skin track up from the bottom of East Bowl to the ridge line between East Bowl Pass and Davenport Hill. I think I saw the guy who dropped it, a solo skier who was about 5 minutes ahead of me on the climb. Hoped I would catch him at the top, but no one was there when I reached it.
PM me if it's yours, or if you think you know who dropped it.
I also saw a nice single Black Diamond ski glove, color natural (orangish brown) that some one must have found. It was left at the Grizzly Gulch parking area on the last finger of snow to the South of the main road between the main road and the maintenance road down to Albion. Well, if I posted this on Sunday night, you might have been able to go back and pick it up. But, by now I guess someone either already took it or else it's buried in 6" of new snow (with a foot or more to come soon).
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02-07-2017, 05:20 PM #524
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02-07-2017, 05:38 PM #525Hungover & Homeless
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Pretty underwhelming 20-30"... Better luck next time. Not dealing with super deep wind slab, so that's cool, I guess.
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