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08-03-2020, 12:16 PM #2801
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08-03-2020, 12:59 PM #2802
Fully agree here. Other than powder day ski traffic and I-15 for a couple hours per day traffic is a non-issue here. Anyone who complains that the Wasatch Front has bad traffic outside of those two specific conditions has clearly never driven in LA, Bay Area, Seattle, DC, NY, etc. That may all change since the population is expected to double in 15-20 years.
It's also worth noting that the air quality issue can vary a lot year-to-year. No periods of extended high pressure the last two seasons meant that inversions were a non-issue. But, there have been and will continue to be years where it's fucking awful for weeks. Do an image search for "SLC inversion"
I'm not rooting for it, but wouldn't mind it. I had to sit out the whole thing recovering from a TBI and it looked like a Wasatch BC skier's paradise.
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08-03-2020, 01:04 PM #2803
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08-03-2020, 03:57 PM #2804AF
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08-03-2020, 05:15 PM #2805
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08-03-2020, 08:08 PM #2806User
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08-04-2020, 10:44 AM #2807
Well Guys... I have a problem, skiing just wont stop...
Like a moth to a flame... atleast im consistent, but this was easily the longest approach i may have ever done haha. But Fuck, its August AMMIRIGHHT? Plus i needed to get the hell out of hell? SLC is sooo hot....
Got the text from my bud over this idea. I knew it was going to be a long day and made sure i kept my research minimal so i wouldnt talk myself out of going lol. Pulled out all the gear AGAIN and stuffed the sack for a litany of conditions and a fuckton of bugspray...
TO THE WIND RIVER! (This is my first time skiing here, I have climbed up here alot, so it felt somewhat sacrilegious to be up here not climbing haha)
Trip Metrics:
Depart SLC: 5PM Saturday
Arrive Pinedale: 930 PM Saturday
Start Time: Elkhart TH to Titcomb, 1247 AM
End Time: 9ish PM
Vert: 7kish+
Mileage: 41 ish
Move Time: 21 hrs
Bug Bites: 2345112
Ski Runs: 1
Blisters: 1
Regret: 0
Headed out for Mt Helen in the dark, im sure we scared the fuck out many a sleeping hiker... but once the sun rose, it was just Ansel Adams prints all over...
Another one of the approach
Me booting up the Northwest Coulie of Mt Helen, its such a striking line, very reminiscent of the Champagne Couloir on Nebo. 45ish degrees. The WTF its August face...
My man Sam making the first hop turn down. It was surprisingly good, the sun cupping and run striations were very soft at that point given the sun gain, Id say 60% or so of the entire run was very fun!
At the bottom with a view of our work.... now for the 20 mile walk home, well back to the car, and then the 4 hour drive home, and the 4 hours of sleep, then the 8 hours of work... aw fuck...
You took too much man, too much, too much
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08-04-2020, 11:01 AM #2808
Sweet merciful Jesus!
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08-04-2020, 11:04 AM #2809
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08-04-2020, 11:04 AM #2810
damn, that's a long tour
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08-04-2020, 12:22 PM #2811registered abuser
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animal style+++
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08-04-2020, 12:52 PM #2812User
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Goddamn D-Roc!
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08-04-2020, 03:18 PM #2813
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08-04-2020, 05:29 PM #2814
^Amen
You took too much man, too much, too much
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08-04-2020, 06:26 PM #2815
What's next? lol
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08-04-2020, 10:27 PM #2816
That's seriously awesome, well done
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08-05-2020, 11:27 AM #2817Registered User
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damn dude! that's hardcore, can't wait to see what september turns have in store for ya
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08-07-2020, 11:50 AM #2818
^^^^ FKNA Titcomb Basin shenanigans!!! did you have an outfitter spot pack your gear to the lower lake???
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08-07-2020, 12:30 PM #2819User
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08-07-2020, 02:16 PM #2820You took too much man, too much, too much
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08-07-2020, 02:16 PM #2821
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08-10-2020, 11:55 AM #2822
July 4 every day all summer. definitely the year to check out any trailhead besides those 2. meadow, burnt, boulder probably your best options for some sort of solitude. just gotta hike an extra 1500 vert on a hot sunny trail, preferable to passing 200 people in a day?
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08-10-2020, 01:34 PM #2823
That's been my experience in the Uintas this year. Insane crowds, every trailhead packed by 7:30AM, cars on the shoulder for 1/2 mile around the popular ones. Every dirt pullout is now used by people camped 30' from the road, given the traffic the experience can't be that great. I had to drive around the Mirror Lake campsite looking for a buddy and it made me want to gouge my eyes out: multiple cars per site, people on top of each other, generators running everywhere, loud music, dogs running amok... Same thing on trails, conga lines of people everywhere within 3 miles of the trailheads then things calm down a bit. I hiked a bunch of the Highline trail this weekend and saw horses get spooked by out of control dogs, people yelling at horses, horses trying to punt dogs, horse riders threatening hikers and shoving them off the trails, generally what you'd expect when the mob rushes the Walmart door on black friday. Depressing.
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08-14-2020, 09:21 AM #2824
I understand the numbers of people escaping from California, New York and Florida. I'm trying to understand why so many Texas plates? I thought they would all go to Colorado?
I'm trying to be extra polite to others and hoping it is contagious. I had been doing overnights into some of the non trailed lakes in Murdock Basin and seeing no one. And then it lit on fire.
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08-14-2020, 10:17 AM #2825
Looks like it's now more or less contained? For a while it was looking like it was heading toward the late 2018 burn that made it from Murdock Basin all the way to the toe of Agassiz and crossed the Highline trail. As if that area hadn't taken enough of a beating...
From Bald mtn a couple weekends ago:
Burnt section of highline a couple miles from the TH:
At least the fireweed has come back already and make things a bit less nasty:
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