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

[Skidog]

Well as promised, here are the scans of the handouts from the udot meeting. For my penance for starting this shit again, I promise to post some decent stoke over the next few days. (Oh and it totally makes sense they are thinking about a gondola for the Olympics)

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Yeah no way they would be able to accommodate all the traffic an Olympic event at snowbird would bring. I am wondering what event they could hold? Super g and slalom on regulator? There's no real obvious big steep line looking from the base.

Gondola seems lowest impact and on Creek side mostly Unobtrusive.

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[SJG]

today at SB was the best run of the year (2 of them actually), top to bottom.

[getoutside]

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good times skiing with you as always

^^ total blast chasing pow

[baron]

Well as promised, here are the scans of the handouts from the udot meeting. For my penance for starting this shit again, I promise to post some decent stoke over the next few days. (Oh and it totally makes sense they are thinking about a gondola for the Olympics)

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a Gondola would be sweet>though they never put enough parking in for the Bus routes... If we had to walk 1/2 mile in ski boots ,like at the BCC entrance-it would be another fail

[getoutside]

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[Boissal]

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Thanks, days like today make it so easy!!
I tried to convince MW to escape from Porter for once and come tickle the Mower with me but my start time was unacceptably late... A solid 2 hours after you guys'

[dfinn]

You could use ice skates on the bypass road right now. I had to put my truck in reverse to control my speed as I slid down it.

[bigdude2468]

For real! Alta skied great this morning. Much better than expected after the conditions yesterday.

Last chair turns were the best

[Lone Star]

neither Ikon Passholders nor the season passholders who bitch about them were on the hill all day today. fun transition from deep and bouncy to more of a smooth windbuff. OM NOM NOM NOM!! seems like we always get one April sleeper. hooray!!

[whyturn]

Hit LCC just past light at 9. Waited 15 minutes without moving and went to solitude. It’s a Wednesday in mid April. What is the deal?

But sillytude was pretty damn good for sure. So there is that!

[telefreewasatch]

It's still snowing...

[Boissal]

It's still snowing...

Tomorrow is going to be epic and/or terrifying. If the winds kept at it today I might tuck tail and actually go to work, wait for the Friday extravaganza.

[alias_rice]

Hit LCC just past light at 9. Waited 15 minutes without moving and went to solitude. It’s a Wednesday in mid April. What is the deal?

But sillytude was pretty damn good for sure. So there is that!

I did the same. I had to be to work fairly early and didn’t want to waste too much time in my car. But no complaints about Soli this morning.

[altacoup]

Hit LCC just past light at 9. Waited 15 minutes without moving and went to solitude. It’s a Wednesday in mid April. What is the deal?

But sillytude was pretty damn good for sure. So there is that!

That's weird. Alta was a ghost town all day. Maybe everyone went to BCC. Bird didn't look packed when I was driving home.


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[bigdude2468]

We got to the mouth of the canyon about 8:00, they let everyone up to I think Gate B, we were stopped short of gate A and waited about 20 minutes. Alta Central at 8:10 said the road was open, not sure it opened quite that early as we did not move until about 8:30 and there was no downhill traffic until 8:30 or a little later. There was a UPD squad at the mouth in the check tires position, he was reading a newspaper or something when we drove by. I did not see any 2WD vehicles driving up the road nor did I see any vehicles having an issue getting up. BTW, road was super greasy on the way down.

[SJG]

word on "greasy". I saw 2 cars go off the road at 1230pm on Wed right in front of me. 1 new Ford pickup 4WD with super wide low profile tires, and a Lesbaru with street radials.

[jtran10]

No skiing for me this morning, partially due to not wanting to deal with this nonsense

[mall walker]

day 100 this morning



some kinda rime event happened at some point at least up to ~9k







the new snow was much more settled out today, dense surfy pow all the way to the car. what a winter

[1thenaton1]

Yesterday pretty awesome up at snowbird. Wind was blasting up high, baldy was character building but worth it.
few turns on gad 2

[dfinn]

quite a bit deeper out there this morning in BCC than we were expecting, trail breaking was fun

[1thenaton1]

^ that looks like goggles deep but kudos for the commitment to spring skiing!

[dfinn]

That's how he rolls, even on the deepest days. And he's had a lot of those this year.

[telefreewasatch]

Day 100. Good on ya!
And thanks for the photos all year...

day 100 this morning



some kinda rime event happened at some point at least up to ~9k







the new snow was much more settled out today, dense surfy pow all the way to the car. what a winter

[JTrue]

That's how he rolls, even on the deepest days. And he's had a lot of those this year.

Less skiing with those heavy goggles weighing you down on the way up!

[mall walker]

Day 100. Good on ya!
And thanks for the photos all year...

thanks! been a helluva year and not over by a longshot...