WASATCH STOKE, CONDITIONS, OBSERVATIONS and ASSORTED DRIVAL 19-20

[whyturn]

So I’m stoked on the pow today. No pics yet but may get some. Wind drifts yes but spots of pure blower.

2:15 at home hill and it’s still really goooood












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[baron]

mall walker and brutah - appreciate the discussion and call out. everyone has different risk tolerances but I like seeing it discussed.

interesting stuff...

I have pushed the envelope many years ago & got lucky... digging a pit was smart; but, the pit does not tell you what is going on upslope of you. With such wind and freshies ,I hope you consider less risk.

That storm reminded me of JP's last powder day ;RIP. He liked to test the slopes with the "human bomb test" ..sadly we all know that didn't work out in the end.

..good idea to at stay out of chutes,at least, if we want to push the envelope on super deep days- give yourself a chance

[skifishbum]

ill keep the b right on stokes goin and risk tolerance considerable is the new moderate drivel to a minium
got the VT crew up crest and out pio with a couple $20 1 riders yesterday
props 2 them for offering that option
targets were acquired

bit o wind

topped out pio

well yeah

check out my ski tips radness ob
bit o wind buff top o valentines

but thin cover rips bout any snow condition covered

as does his bro


conventional avvy wisdom would frown upon the Canadian style

fuck it eh
found the skinner and made it atop sunset
bit of snow being transported

like before a bit o wind funk up top and fkna good consolidated pow mid elevation



the boys set a fine skinner back to pio ridge for my old man ass

we watch somebody ski our same line
solo from the alta
with style at least
did I mention the wind transporting snow

wasn't sustained but it blew


skied the dog lake ridge and chutes down and out



got em on the 705 early bus up the 210 with shop compers
said alta skied great this morn and the sheltered griz gulch patsey m trees are even colder blower more better
work didn't suck
but it wasn't what they described
git sum 4 dr k
with style

[whyturn]

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[skiATL]

Finally back in town for at least one of these storms (its been a frustrating winter for me, to say the least).

Solitude was sick today. Felt like 4-5 years ago. Didn't think I would even make it up there after leaving late, and that the bcc road was completely stopped for 25 minutes while some slide-off got towed out. (that was just beyond park and ride at 7:50), but traffic was smooth from there. I guess the 2" snow report and road issues kept more people away, but it didn't feel very crowded, even with honeycomb not opening.

[telefreewasatch]

Dibs + Brian nice pics and stoke...
Thanks.
Vibes to the brothers at Alpine...

[Robik]

Anyone willing to show some nice spots to newbie around Salt Lake or Ogden areas? Don't have season pass to any of the resorts, so trying to avoid those on the weekends.
Basically looking for some folks to tour with...

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[whyturn]

Anyone willing to show some nice spots to newbie around Salt Lake or Ogden areas? Don't have season pass to any of the resorts, so trying to avoid those on the weekends.
Basically looking for some folks to tour with...

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Can show you around up north. Others will have better knowledge on mill creek and cottonwoods


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[Robik]

Can show you around up north. Others will have better knowledge on mill creek and cottonwoods


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I've been watching your posts carefully so I'm up to explore that area.

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[JKnight]

tfw, thanks to you and the control teams for facilitating our fun, getting Alta open before 10! It was a Mike Tyson punch of a storm with refills and howling winds all day. Lines swelled a bit with influxes of Snowbird folks and groms - just enough time (10 min?) to catch a breather. Transpo down canyon was timely at 4:20. Hope everyone can get going early enough tomorrow morning to take it easy and enjoy our stellar conditions!

[TOLOCOMan]

tfw, thanks to you and the control teams for facilitating our fun, getting Alta open before 10! It was a Mike Tyson punch of a storm with refills and howling winds all day. Lines swelled a bit with influxes of Snowbird folks and groms - just enough time (10 min?) to catch a breather. Transpo down canyon was timely at 4:20. Hope everyone can get going early enough tomorrow morning to take easy and enjoy our stellar conditions!

Will add my thanks for getting so much terrain open so quickly. We are in visiting from Banff right now, and was quite impressed with how things opened considering the storm kept pounding. Great day of skiing!

[dfinn]

The sky opened just in time for the ski out

[MakersTeleMark]

Man, that last one could be so good with a crop.

Awesome.

[criscam]

Damn fine day out there despite a lot of people and the powderturds buzzing the drainage all morning.










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[tBatt]

Baldy tomorrow?

[sfotex]

++vibes++

18-Year-Old Dies After Farmington Peak Avalanche

The teen was wearing an inflatable backpack that “improperly deployed,” according to police; Dabb said a “couple dozen bystanders” located the victim and began digging him out.

https://www.ksl.com/article/46706107...nyon-avalanche

[mar123]

All time out there today!...good stability on routes traveled, snow bonded well no sluffing. South facing getting damp around noon and most likely crusty tmrw. East -North will be good, not sure if west facing heated up.

Snow was fantastic even off the ridges, wind damage wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it be, nice right side up pow turns. Wind was pretty much non existent all day...Would put it at moderate with pockets of considerable.

Party on Wayne

[telefreewasatch]

Baldy tomorrow.
Vibes to the young man who died up Farmington way today.
Seems like they were trying to play proper...

[JTrue]

Fun day exploring.

[zion zig zag]

^^^^Nice J true!

Yesterday was the best day of the year so far for me. Blue skies, light wind and cold powder. Showed up at the trailhead with 15 car loads of other skiers and was pretty disappointed. But it turned out that they all ignored the area that we were looking to ski. So we set a skinner and took 4 laps tracking up our own side of the canyon.

Vibes to the avalanche victim and his family, father and son out enjoying a day in the mountains.

[skifishbum]

All time out there today!...good stability on routes traveled, snow bonded well no sluffing

Party on Wayne

bcc snake want bad at 730 made it to Cardiff round 8
had no boots
sent the better 1/2 , thin cover and his bro up to jorges
employed many anti snake back road manuvers got home and booted and resnaked
got to mill d just in time to catch the Cardiff express
Turns out a friend bought
http://www.miningutah.com/id298.html
while it aint a rainbow fart powered unicorn power
the ride up the cb's mine was sweet

ditched the 2 tracker and headed up one of skins


stunner day


got up top

like bro said stellar snow

hooked up w/ the vt crew and headed back ups


well yeah

downdidntsuck



to the valley floor

party on in a sharing of the living the dream manner Garth

[JTrue]

bcc snake want bad at 730 made it to Cardiff round 8
had no boots
sent the better 1/2 , thin cover and his bro up to jorges
employed many anti snake back road manuvers got home and booted and resnaked
got to mill d just in time to catch the Cardiff express
Turns out a friend bought
http://www.miningutah.com/id298.html
while it aint a rainbow fart powered unicorn power
the ride up the cb's mine was sweet

ditched the 2 tracker and headed up one of skins


stunner day


got up top

like bro said stellar snow

hooked up w/ the vt crew and headed back ups


well yeah

downdidntsuck



to the valley floor

party on in a sharing of the living the dream manner Garth

Looks like Dalton is getting his fill!

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[JTrue]

^^^^Nice J true!

Yesterday was the best day of the year so far for me. Blue skies, light wind and cold powder. Showed up at the trailhead with 15 car loads of other skiers and was pretty disappointed. But it turned out that they all ignored the area that we were looking to ski. So we set a skinner and took 4 laps tracking up our own side of the canyon.

Vibes to the avalanche victim and his family, father and son out enjoying a day in the mountains.

Thanks man, it's always nice when everything works out. Usually, regardless of crowds, a day in the hills is better than most alternatives. I've had the same experience, even skiing the Emma's, a shit load of folks on the skin track, but sometimes the low hanging fruit goes untouched.

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[Buster Highmen]

sfb, check your pm's. In Ogden now, maybe cottonwoods tmrw?

[skifishbum]

going to work now
no funday tommarrow
stay till tues
and my training for magbake 20
shall continue
TC and VTT scored as good as the satch gits
there was a look of hesitation this morn at the airport
but he says if he moved here the kids wouldn't eat
stoked to be an enabler