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

[bigdude2468]

To swerve and overcorrect

I like "To Observe and Ignore"

[mall walker]

good snow exit trifecta possible for an 11.5k eleven hour day.

hell yeah!

Criscam. You can see the small soft slab that he touched off behind him. Manageable.
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And a quick vid:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNk9ZCF...=1wfapar8eqnso

and hell yeah again!

anyone out today, were the winds as bad as forecasted? I saw something like 30-40/70G WSW on the NWS page, but doesn't look like that panned out...

[telefreewasatch]

hell yeah!
and hell yeah again!
anyone out today, were the winds as bad as forecasted? I saw something like 30-40/70G WSW on the NWS page, but doesn't look like that panned out...

N facing above 10,300 taking on windslab as the afternoon wore on.
Haven't looked at current speed and direction...
Have fun tomorrow!

[WasatchFlatlander]

Weekend warrior here. Went to solitude on Saturday. Very good skiing in the morning. Also picked up my Ikon pass for solitude this summer. From talking with others on the lift, solitude will be an even greater multitude than this year. Have a hard time though seeing how parking and canyon drives isn't the ultimate deterrent of higher ski traffic during holidays and weekends.

[telefreewasatch]

Raining @ 8,500'...
Hope it turns to snow soon.

[telefreewasatch]

Staring to turn.
Still mixed.

[telefreewasatch]

It's snowing!

[snowaddict91]

It's snowing!

Woo! Thinking I may shoot for some afternoon Alta turns today.

[mall walker]

N facing above 10,300 taking on windslab as the afternoon wore on.
Haven't looked at current speed and direction...
Have fun tomorrow!

thanks! it was raining til I hit the Brighton store this morning... but then it turned to snow



I kind of hate the Brighton periphery for some reason but it seemed like a reasonable call for today. Windy, and we were on the lookout for wind slabs forming... found some due north, but due east was ok.





Fun line in this season's signature visibility: "poor"

[Boissal]

Fun line in this season's signature visibility: "poor"

I swear there's been a thick cloud following me around the range lately. Wednesday it chased me around the Mower, Thursday it came over to fuck with me Gobbs. Caught me right at the top and after 20 minutes I decided to ignore it and centerpunch, skied straight into the only frozen pinwheel on the face since I couldn't even see the tips of my skis. Got to the flats and the cloud lifted, luring me back for another run. It came back just in time to screw me out of a proper Davis Gulch run then left as soon as I gave up and headed down.
Saturday it came with me up Red Baldy to make sure I couldn't ski Icefall. Made me freeze to death on the summit and forced me to drop the NW face and deal with the 12 or so people who were going to go somewhere else but then decided to follow the skinner (lazy bags of dicks, use your imagination or help break trail!!). The usual pattern followed: cloud disappears, I run back up the skinner, cloud pops back out of nowhere for a full whiteout experience. This time I tried to wait it out but eventually got bored of shouting in the wind, threatening Jeebus and pleading with Ullr. The second I hit the flats it cleared out. Decided to head up TriChutes in the blazing sun and what do you know, the cloud felt I was ready to drop a few hundred feet off the top and came right back. Skied the whole shot by feel. I'm over it.

[getoutside]

fucking outstanding morning with skiatl and getoutside. that is all.

^^ friday morning was sick.









so much so, called the wife to get her ski shit ready to hit solitude and brought all the kids passes for some friends from work.

poured a sip out and made a few turns for our friend Mike C the unofishceral mayor of the silver forks who passed this week. good to see get outside gittin outside with the fam while waiting for the express lane to silver fork to open. shit got sent

^^ sorry to hear about your friend and good to see you man!

[snowaddict91]

Snow falling today was super manky up to 11,000' and probably beyond. The snow was pretty much saturated with water. Could be a stout crust if we get a good freeze tonight.

[mall walker]

love this shot, I'd love to see what was left of that slope after the 3 of us sluffed it out lol

[F#*k you cat]

Superior looking tasty

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[F#*k you cat]

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[telefreewasatch]

I swear there's been a thick cloud following me around the range lately. Wednesday it chased me around the Mower, Thursday it came over to fuck with me Gobbs. Caught me right at the top and after 20 minutes I decided to ignore it and centerpunch, skied straight into the only frozen pinwheel on the face since I couldn't even see the tips of my skis. Got to the flats and the cloud lifted, luring me back for another run. It came back just in time to screw me out of a proper Davis Gulch run then left as soon as I gave up and headed down.
Saturday it came with me up Red Baldy to make sure I couldn't ski Icefall. Made me freeze to death on the summit and forced me to drop the NW face and deal with the 12 or so people who were going to go somewhere else but then decided to follow the skinner (lazy bags of dicks, use your imagination or help break trail!!). The usual pattern followed: cloud disappears, I run back up the skinner, cloud pops back out of nowhere for a full whiteout experience. This time I tried to wait it out but eventually got bored of shouting in the wind, threatening Jeebus and pleading with Ullr. The second I hit the flats it cleared out. Decided to head up TriChutes in the blazing sun and what do you know, the cloud felt I was ready to drop a few hundred feet off the top and came right back. Skied the whole shot by feel. I'm over it.

Love your posts...but maybe you should shower more often?
Sounds like Pig Pen in Charlie Brown; a cloud that follows you around...
Icefall is one of the better runs in the range when in condition...
Sorry you pig penned it!

[Boissal]

Love your posts...but maybe you should shower more often?
Sounds like Pig Pen in Charlie Brown; a cloud that follows you around...
Icefall is one of the better runs in the range when in condition...
Sorry you pig penned it!

I call it the angry storm cloud of injustice. It's targeting me because I bitch more than anyone else skiing the range... It got fresh ammo on Red Baldy, I popped something in my harmstring and the cursing was out of this world.
Can't be about showering, Ms Boissal would have me sleeping with the cats if I got too grubby.
Icefall is my new nemesis, I needed a fresh one after ticking the NW Twins. There's always that one run that you can't get right no matter how many times you try.

You guy should rejoice though, guaranteed blue bird goodness this weekend, I'm taking the cloud with me to Idaho for a few days.

[whyturn]

Alta tomorrow any mags headed up? Paging jtran

[snowaddict91]

Alta tomorrow any mags headed up? Paging jtran

Will send you a pm.

[jtran10]

Alta tomorrow any mags headed up? Paging jtran

I wish. Used my "sick" karma last Wednesday and Thursday. I'll be up there this weekend though if any mags want to make some turns or BBQ. Will have my grill out somewhere in carpool parking for high boy. Will drop pin with the location Sunday AM in this thread.

[getoutside]

36 at 5:30 winds out of the sw. dense snow made it slightly heavy on the up but creamy on the down. saw cracking on n facing aspects and they closed lcc mid north side an hour after we arrived

[skifishbum]

I call it the angry storm cloud of injustice. It's targeting me because I bitch more than anyone else skiing the range... It got fresh ammo on Red Baldy, I popped something in my harmstring and the cursing was out of this world.
Can't be about showering, Ms Boissal would have me sleeping with the cats if I got too grubby.
Icefall is my new nemesis, I needed a fresh one after ticking the NW Twins. There's always that one run that you can't get right no matter how many times you try.

You guy should rejoice though, guaranteed blue bird goodness this weekend, I'm taking the cloud with me to Idaho for a few days.

i'd check my pack
make sure you not packin a banannas sumthins
you guys have been killin it this season
strong work
puts another solisundays lds editions in the books
thanks to our mnt ops friends who make it happen
and the peeps that give the place the tude
rolled up late to grab the toaster cat
#canyonliving
#refridgeadoor
#lookingoutthebackdoor

levonhelmmattered
#ifeverybodyknew

spun a lap to bobs trees think we lost the icemans
gots a bit sticky whens the sun popped out
spun laps
#deadstuff #oldisnew

tgrlatetopartyagain
lotpartied


#icemanapresinjeans

#nofuckinlastrunbird

pretty good lastchairofseason ph duece turnout



shitgotsent


#tailswagged

solicheers

[SJG]

Avalanche on Organ Grinder at Snowbird (I just skied it). Snow was super wet from mid mtn and lower. Not a surprise.

[boardtodeath]

I figured that might happen today. Hope it stabilizes some by tomorrow.

[snowaddict91]

The turns were real good at Alta this morning with whyturn. Pretty manky by early afternoon and they shut pretty much every gate. Tomorrow is another day!