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03-16-2020, 06:25 PM #126Registered User
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Skied one of the gullies of Big Draw on Sunday. Great conditions. Rain crust down below but nice snow in the trees and great windbuff up high. I ran into some other Splitboarder’s who were lapping the chutes of Jepson. Rain crust was more persistent there. Put skins on 3.5 miles from the trailhead. Big Draw had wind slabs but none propagated on testing. I’m sure all of the conditions will change after the storm. Hoping to get to Baden Powell later this week.
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03-16-2020, 06:26 PM #127Registered User
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03-16-2020, 07:53 PM #128
Nice work. Hopefully after this storm you can ski most of the way back to the car.
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03-16-2020, 09:47 PM #129
Solid work gentleman. Thanks for the beta. I will update with any plans and/or TRs.
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03-17-2020, 12:18 PM #130
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03-17-2020, 06:27 PM #131Registered User
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We left our trail runners about 8200 ft and 3.5 miles from the trail. Sure you could ski further now
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03-17-2020, 06:28 PM #132Registered User
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Going local tomorrow to Waterman if the road is open. Will provide beta
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03-17-2020, 10:06 PM #133"Have you ever seen a monk get wildly fucked by a bunch of teenage girls?" "No" "Then forget the monastery."
"You ever hear of a little show called branded? Arthur Digby Sellers wrote 156 episodes. Not exactly a lightweight." Walter Sobcheck.
"I didn't have a grandfather on the board of some fancy college. Key word being was. Did he touch the Filipino exchange student? Did he not touch the Filipino exchange student? I don't know Brooke, I wasn't there."
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03-18-2020, 09:51 PM #134
Baldy is selling daily tix, with 15-min intervals between redemption at ticket office.
Thinking of Friday am...anyone?I have mastered all major sporting activities to a high degree of mediocrity.
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04-06-2020, 03:53 PM #135
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04-06-2020, 05:16 PM #136Registered User
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Ya, my buddy on Baldy FD said all trails have been closed due to the shitshow of people suddenly needing to hike.
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04-14-2020, 02:29 PM #137
does anyone have any ski wax thats in the area? i am in palm desert, really need to wax the skis.
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04-19-2020, 09:16 AM #138Registered User
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Looked like Waterman may have been turning yesterday. We went further and did 3 laps on Kratka on some corn that turned to slsuh by the end of the day. Snow was great but melting quick.
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04-20-2020, 07:45 AM #139Registered User
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The owners have been running the lifts for themselves and family throughout this pandemic. They come in midday and track out the open runs. They're not good enough to ski the trees so after fresh snowfall there is still plenty freshies to be had. They turn away anyone asking to use the lift. However, yesterday I heard they let some people on. Not sure.
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04-21-2020, 06:12 PM #140Registered User
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As I'm already thinking about next season, what would you consider classic backcountry ski lines in Socal?
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04-22-2020, 07:43 AM #141
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04-22-2020, 09:01 AM #142
Dunno, but I'll be there about 10:30 for some Cornvid-19.
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04-22-2020, 09:09 AM #143"Have you ever seen a monk get wildly fucked by a bunch of teenage girls?" "No" "Then forget the monastery."
"You ever hear of a little show called branded? Arthur Digby Sellers wrote 156 episodes. Not exactly a lightweight." Walter Sobcheck.
"I didn't have a grandfather on the board of some fancy college. Key word being was. Did he touch the Filipino exchange student? Did he not touch the Filipino exchange student? I don't know Brooke, I wasn't there."
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04-22-2020, 09:43 AM #144
Boom! in for 11am....
"In a perfect world I'd have all 10 fingers on my left hand, so I could just use my right hand for punching."
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04-22-2020, 01:46 PM #145
Conditions are goooood, creamy schmooo.
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04-22-2020, 02:26 PM #146Registered User
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SoCal Kick-Off
Lol you guys this is rad!!!
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04-22-2020, 05:45 PM #147
Call Big Willi Mountaineering in Lone Pine and talk to Blair. The man could write the book for SoCal backcountry lines, he used to live down here and knows the region better than anyone I've met. Some of his reports are on summitpost.
Gorgonio and baldy couloirs are bound to be in the classic descents.aerospace eng with a gravity fetish
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04-22-2020, 05:52 PM #148
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04-22-2020, 05:58 PM #149Registered User
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Damn. Coverage looks real good. How different was the resort setup because of the social distancing rules? Was the Notch closed?
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04-22-2020, 07:30 PM #150
Social distancing was good, nearly everyone wore masks and behaved. Never went to Notch, stayed on the chair all afternoon.
Other than maybe a couple days right after big storms, coverage is probably the best it's been all season. Only Herb's and Andy's are starting to get patchy, it's deep most everywhere else. Hasn't fully consolidated, pole plants often go much deeper than you expect so don't use straps. Mid-fat skis are still a good call, it's not corn yet.
Lots of cops around (PD chopper even circled the area a few times), so be sure you have a mask and use it.
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