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

[telefreewasatch]

I really don't get peoples desire to tour at closed ski resorts. It's great if that's where everyone ends up though.

The point for you is that through WBR we are allowed to rescue even you in the backcountry.
If you need it...
Know that there won't be air ambulance services for in or out of bounds rescues; have that in one's risk taking calculation.

[dfinn]

The point for you is that through WBR we are allowed to rescue even you in the backcountry.
If you need it...

Much appreciated, thank you.

[snowaddict91]

Thanks for the update, TFW. Sad to hear ropes have been pulled. Thanks for keeping us safe even in this abbreviated season.

[mall walker]

Word is that Alta and Solitude have convinced external powers to allow uphill traffic beginning tomorrow.
Teardown was done on Tuesday, but the convincing part took a couple more days.
Closure will be used when control work is needed to protect infrastructure.
The two areas have volunteered the WBR services of their ski patrols to rescue others in need both in and out of ski area boundaries.
Seems like Alta and Solitude recognize what they can do to promote outdoor therapy during these strange times.
Thank them and help with social distancing in parking lots...
this appears necessary for the external powers to be satisfied.

that's rad, thanks for sharing this.

[Boissal]

Surprisingly deep. Elevation matters though. 2” of pretty damp snow at the WP lot. 10” of light snow on top of Rainbow. Not bonding very well at all to E faces but just sluffing, no slabs.

It must have settled a bit overnight, I found 6-8" of creamy pow up high in WP today. It skied well with very rare moments of bottom feeding on crust. Clouds were in and out and vis was changing quickly, someone's going to have a good laugh when they see the imprint of my ass after I aired an invisible wind lip at full speed. It was super humid with no wind and some really cool growth was observed:



Really quiet up high, a couple of people skied by my skinner but I never saw them. I think there were 4 tracks on W Scotties, everyone must have been socially distancing on main Scotties which looked like any other run at Alta. Gaggles of people were skinning straight up the gut, WTF is up with that center-punch skinner? It's certainly not any faster than going around, it's steep as shit if you want to take it to the top, and it's always occupied by people who somehow find it super sketchy if you ski 100' to their side while they're happily ignoring the fact that they are sitting ducks directly below the entire headwall...

[skifishbum]

props all involved with that
the phall fine offer on bikes of if you need ski fixins stuffs the wps maggot mancave is still there for community needs
theres already beer in the fridge and ive already been maggotly rewarded
I do like stickers though
I thinks were going wyo river social distancing
text or call if you wanna go

[Dshack89]

Not sure why I went to Grizzly this afternoon but I did. Tons of people out. I was beacon checking a few parties that looked like they were on their first tour and got a pretty bad hit rate.

I was texting with a few of you, but I could see massive crowds filling up Alta parking lots on Saturday getting everything shut down. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Snowing pretty hard when I came down the canyon around 4.

[dfinn]

Kinda similar tonight except the sun popped at the end for a killer sunset, high was deeper, low was heavier.

[Boissal]

^^^ Nice score!!

[happytimefunbox]

Anyone up for dusk patrol tomorrow? I can be at the mouth of either canyon at 230ish

[BobMc]

Anyone up for dusk patrol tomorrow? I can be at the mouth of either canyon at 230ish

BYOB. Bring your own bowl...

[getoutside]

^^ killer sunset is right. brighton closed uphill traffic.

[Dshack89]

Alta Ski Area will allow uphill access within the ski area starting March 20th. Backcountry Conditions Exist. No access to Snowbird.

Restrooms in the Skiers Services building at the Wildcat Base and Albion Ticket Office at the Albion Base will be open for public use. These restrooms will be cleaned regularly between the hours of 8am-5pm.

Please note that the Town of Alta has issued an Emergency Proclamation that prohibits gatherings of 10 or more people. We encourage all visitors to the ski area to abide by the Emergency Proclamation and not gather in groups of 10 or more people in the parking lots and ski area.

[snowaddict91]

Alta Ski Area will allow uphill access within the ski area starting March 20th. Backcountry Conditions Exist. No access to Snowbird.

Restrooms in the Skiers Services building at the Wildcat Base and Albion Ticket Office at the Albion Base will be open for public use. These restrooms will be cleaned regularly between the hours of 8am-5pm.

Please note that the Town of Alta has issued an Emergency Proclamation that prohibits gatherings of 10 or more people. We encourage all visitors to the ski area to abide by the Emergency Proclamation and not gather in groups of 10 or more people in the parking lots and ski area.

Thank you Alta!

Hopefully everyone is responsible so we can enjoy this privilege for as long as possible.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

I really don't get peoples desire to tour at closed ski resorts. It's great if that's where everyone ends up though.

Skier and groomers compacted snow also consolidates and skis better in spring conditions.

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[getoutside]

meadow chutes skied better than expected and flanagans skied even better!

[tBatt]

Restrooms in the Skiers Services building at the Wildcat Base and Albion Ticket Office at the Albion Base will be open for public use. These restrooms will be cleaned regularly between the hours of 8am-5pm.

I went from skiing every day to bleaching door knobs every day, so that’s fun.

[Dshack89]

^ you guys deserve some sled assists up Collins for that!

[mall walker]

next time I’m up in lcc I’ll leave some beers up there for you guys too

[mc_roon]

Anyone know if Solitude is good for uphill traffic? Or at a minimum OK for parking in their lot?

[snowaddict91]

Anyone know if Solitude is good for uphill traffic? Or at a minimum OK for parking in their lot?

Solitude has historically been non-uphill friendly.

[skifishbum]

Anyone know if Solitude is good for uphill traffic? Or at a minimum OK for parking in their lot?

Word is that Alta and Solitude have convinced external powers to allow uphill traffic beginning tomorrow.
Teardown was done on Tuesday, but the convincing part took a couple more days.
Closure will be used when control work is needed to protect infrastructure.
The two areas have volunteered the WBR services of their ski patrols to rescue others in need both in and out of ski area boundaries.
Seems like Alta and Solitude recognize what they can do to promote outdoor therapy during these strange times.
Thank them and help with social distancing in parking lots...
this appears necessary for the external powers to be satisfied.

stay safe and slightly more observant some times pwl and info gets buried a page or or inches down

[mc_roon]

stay safe and slightly more observant some times pwl and info gets buried a page or or inches down

Saw this from yesterday & the Alta announcement - but could not find anything from Solitude. Knowing their historic policy, want to avoid driving up the wrong canyon tomorrow AM

[happytimefunbox]

Fack Im out for dusk patrol.
Good luck team!

[altacoup]

Upper elevation north facing terrain was awesome this morning. Hero pow for sure.


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