WASATCH STOKE, CONDITIONS, OBSERVATIONS, AND ASSORTED DRIVAL 18-19

[detrusor]

Would love one! PM incoming!


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[boardtodeath]

Mike Maughan posted this on Alta's website, re: traffic solutions in LCC.

https://www.alta.com/blog/lcc-traffic-solutions

I like the fact he is not talking about tunnels, trains, gondolas etc, "keep it real". No need to raise the fines for not having properly equipped vehicles, just enforce the current regulations.

UPD: TO OBSERVE & IGNORE

I mean, I guess an avalanche shed isn't a tunnel but I kinda lump them in together. Avalanche sheds are absolutely needed and it's crazy we don't have them yet. They have them in the middle of nowhere BC.

[mall walker]

I thought the rain might've smoothed out all that debris but I thought wrong

[skaredshtles]

<snip> it's crazy we don't have them yet.

Not really...

[bigdude2468]

I mean, I guess an avalanche shed isn't a tunnel but I kinda lump them in together. Avalanche sheds are absolutely needed and it's crazy we don't have them yet. They have them in the middle of nowhere BC.

Maughan has been a proponent of a tunnel between BCC & LCC, that was what I was referring to. I think sheds might have a place in the solution.

[MultiVerse]

I thought the rain might've smoothed out all that debris but I thought wrong

Apart from the debris, how was the skiing? Corn on the south aspect? I skied an east facing line today with about a 20-30 minute window of good turns before things flipped quickly to mashed potatoes, all preceded by a shallow refreeze with a barely supportable crust.

[mall walker]

Apart from the debris, how was the skiing? Corn on the south aspect? I skied an east facing line today with about a 20-30 minute window of good turns before things flipped quickly to junky and unsupportable, all preceded by a shallow refreeze with a barely supportable crust.

Above the debris there was a good freeze (up to maybe 10k' which is roughly where I ran out of time) with maybe 1" of new snow on top, the underlying crust was supportable and actually the whole thing was relatively pleasant skiing aside from the 1500' of refrozen wet debris lol. I think a south facing slope that wasn't a debris field would ski nice tomorrow if we get a similar freeze. I descended around 8:30am ish though and there was no direct sunlight on the line at that time so I didn't get any corn window. Also I know that in the absence of well-below-freezing overnight lows, the quality of the freeze depends on loads of things this time of year, so to some extent I may have just gotten lucky.

What elevation were you at today?

[MultiVerse]

10-10.5K or so to the top of Days starting in BCC. Given conditions it was more exercise than a real tour, whereas your line and those in the vicinity have potential if overnight temps drop.

[schindlerpiste]

Wasatch

[Dshack89]

I'm hoping to harvest some corn Thurs morning, but need to be back in the valley by 8:30. Anybody got a sense for when E facing at 9.5k is softening up?

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[brutah]

I'm hoping to harvest some corn Thurs morning, but need to be back in the valley by 8:30. Anybody got a sense for when E facing at 9.5k is softening up?

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this morning it wasn't soft at 9 am. Pretty chattery on all aspects. probably different on thursday given the warm up

[Dshack89]

Thanks!

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[mall walker]

afternoon stroll up from white pine, the bridge is fat!









also fat is the nw on the pfieff, which looks like any old line right now... I was far too late with the sun on it, but dang

[Dshack89]

Should have set the alarm for earlier....Little Superior was cooked at 8.

The weak refreeze last night didn't help, although I did still appreciate my ski crampons.



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[mall walker]

^ looks much better than little pine did around 8... south facing season drawing rapidly to a close lol

[snowaddict91]

If anyone cares, the Bird has adjusted their hours to 0900-1430 due to the warm temps.

[Skidog]

If anyone cares, the Bird has adjusted their hours to 0900-1430 due to the warm temps.

Is that going to adjust if temps go low again? I mean it is still not even May, those hours typically dont kick in until at least after Alta closes. Must be warm.

With the big snow year have they made any announcements about extending past Memorial Day (i assume they will easiily make that)?

[snowaddict91]

Is that going to adjust if temps go low again? I mean it is still not even May, those hours typically dont kick in until at least after Alta closes. Must be warm.

With the big snow year have they made any announcements about extending past Memorial Day (i assume they will easiily make that)?

I wouldn't be suprised if they keep the hours adjusted even if it gets cold. Its been real warm the past few days and there have been a couple rain events in the past week. Simply put, there is a ton of H20 in the pack right now!

It would also appear we went the past two nights without a good freeze at most weather stations, but I haven't been in the mountains to confirm.

[mall walker]

It would also appear we went the past two nights without a good freeze at most weather stations, but I haven't been in the mountains to confirm.

can confirm

[getoutside]

mineral looking pretty fat...

[mall walker]

no lack of a good refreeze last night, it was fucking bulletproof well into the day at some aspects... went up the pfieff thinking about the NW but it would've needed a lot more sun, even NE was pretty hard still when I descended

anything southerly was corntacular around 11:30. some decent freezes coming this week too...











met a few friendly folks on the way up and down, including the two guys pictured there heading for the NW... hope it went well gentlemen!

[mall walker]

kinda hoping for a sunny morning, oh well





free park detune at any rate...

[Dshack89]

Did a quick evening lap at Alta. Maybe 3-5" of new snow, so the best skiing was low angle groomers. It was nice to just get some exercise and see cold snow again!

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[mall walker]

well it's may, and I hear the it's the season to #gomtbwithyourfriends



headed up toledo and did a lap in the chute, but the chute was sluffy and bottom-feedy, so I went back up for the face



absolute money. hit it 2 more times after that.





saw a bunch of headlamps over at alta but pretty quiet where I was, one guy followed my skinner and dropped into cardiff, another guy coming up as I was on my way down... people gearing up in the lot, but not the crowd I expected for a may powder day

it also got me pretty stoked to see people climbing the Y on my drive out LCC... the Y which still goes clean to the road in may... I remember a couple years ago climbing rocks past a waterfall to ski what was left of suicide with snowaddict in may... after a year like this, the Y might need to get it again

[Skidog]

well it's may, and I hear the it's the season to #gomtbwithyourfriends



headed up toledo and did a lap in the chute, but the chute was sluffy and bottom-feedy, so I went back up for the face



absolute money. hit it 2 more times after that.





saw a bunch of headlamps over at alta but pretty quiet where I was, one guy followed my skinner and dropped into cardiff, another guy coming up as I was on my way down... people gearing up in the lot, but not the crowd I expected for a may powder day

it also got me pretty stoked to see people climbing the Y on my drive out LCC... the Y which still goes clean to the road in may... I remember a couple years ago climbing rocks past a waterfall to ski what was left of suicide with snowaddict in may... after a year like this, the Y might need to get it again

WOW Y going clean to road this time of year is impressive as hell...