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09-28-2021, 06:34 PM #4151Registered User
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No experience with Utah courses - I took my course in the Sierras. But reading Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain greatly improved the benefit gained from taking my level 1, even if it meant learning less day(s)-of.
Also, the UAC rescue courses are great, and good to do with ski partners. It's kind of painful to do, but if you can take a powder day off to do rescue practice, it really bolsters your confidence in your touring partners. Well worth it.
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09-30-2021, 11:30 AM #4152Registered User
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Solitude new weekend hours - 8-4 before daylight savings, 9-5 after. Pretty psyched to slush until 5, but I feel like 8am opening is a mistake, it's not like avy control will happen any faster
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09-30-2021, 02:43 PM #4153Registered User
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09-30-2021, 03:09 PM #4154Registered User
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wonder what lifts will be part of the extended hours program
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09-30-2021, 03:14 PM #4155
they will always close summit and hc early as those sweeps take much longer and should be done before front side closes and those sweeps start
"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
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10-04-2021, 10:32 PM #4156Registered User
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sooo....
Next wednesday????
Sure pwl blah blah blah.... still beyond pumped for some turns!
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10-05-2021, 06:11 AM #4157
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10-05-2021, 10:24 AM #4158
i.e., the worst-case scenario.
Another hiking death over the weekend; vibes to sfotex and the SAR team, and the victim's friends and family: https://www.ksl.com/article/50255658...t-lake-county-
The body count since the spring is crazy. I can only imagine how many other non-fatal rescues there have been that didn't make the news.
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10-05-2021, 10:45 AM #4159Registered User
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Brutal. I've only gone to the lake and never thought of going to the top of Sundial. Is the hike to the top of Sundial as sketchy as it looks from the lake viewpoint?
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10-05-2021, 10:52 AM #4160User
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10-05-2021, 10:57 AM #4161User
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As far as SAR callouts this year, I wonder when some of the busier systems (SLC county) will start to have paid staff on duty? They've got to be burning out the volis.
https://www.outsideonline.com/cultur...a-overwhelmed/
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10-05-2021, 11:33 AM #4162
There are ways on and off the peak that aren't technical but they involve going way up drainage to gain the ridge then backtracking along the ridge. That involves exposed scrambling on loose rock and it's hard to get to an actual summit, there are dozens of bumps on the ridge all about the same elevation. The top of the Sundial face is quite a bit lower and hard to get to with convoluted downclimbing on choss. Getting off that definitely involves some raps or some really sketchy downclimbing on vegetated stuff.
Super sad to hear about another fatality. The SAR crew has had a lot on its plate this year but pulling dead bodies has to be the worst of the worst."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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10-05-2021, 12:04 PM #4163
Sunday/Monday was the 13th body recovery of the year. I hope this isn't the new norm. Tons of people getting whomped by the Wasatch. Lots of easy access to sketchy places I guess. We pulled a guy off of Devil's Castle on Friday that got cliffed out and we were talking on the hike down. We were talking about the South Ridge of Superior and how lackadaisical people have come about it -- you are on exposed alpine semi-chossy rock almost the whole way, it deserves your respect.
We have had less calls to places like Mount Olympus and Grandeur recently, I have to think the non-stop stream of hikers has made it harder to get lost or run out of water, etc.When life gives you haters, make haterade.
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10-05-2021, 12:54 PM #4164
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10-05-2021, 12:58 PM #4165
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10-05-2021, 01:04 PM #4166
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10-05-2021, 01:17 PM #4167
I'll plug our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/slcosar/
This May we had a whole run of serious climbing accidents. The guy that fell 70' from the chains in BCC and survived in one piece was the most impressive.When life gives you haters, make haterade.
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10-05-2021, 01:36 PM #4168Registered User
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I've done it up through the drainage to the south ridge and then northbound on the south ridge. That traverse is 4th class with 3rd class scrambling to get there.
However, the route is kind of confusing and I'm pretty sure if you tend too close to the sundial on the way up, you can get cliffed out in some sketchy shale type stuff. Similarly if you try to come down that way. Depending on where the body was found, maybe the person got off route.
Regardless, very very sad. The number of recoveries has been pretty staggering.
We were talking about the South Ridge of Superior and how lackadaisical people have come about it -- you are on exposed alpine semi-chossy rock almost the whole way, it deserves your respect.
I have been having this conversation w/ some of my running and hiking friends. Many of them want to go up the S Ridge weekly, or more frequently. I don't see the point. I find it pretty secure if you have the focus and care, but it is fatal exposure, and I try to avoid superfluous flirtation with death. If it's part of a line or a mission or something else, it can definitely add to the experience. But to do it recreationally, or casually, doesn't seem to make much sense to me.
Anyways, on to winter which is clearly coming soon! Hopefully the fatalities won't continue and we'll get 650" and green roses starting mid-Dec. Will there be a new thread soon?
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10-05-2021, 01:43 PM #4169
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10-05-2021, 02:36 PM #4170User
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10-05-2021, 05:36 PM #4171
If'n it snows enough for someone to make some turns, new thread.
I nominate D-Roc...Time spent skiing cannot be deducted from one's life.
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10-05-2021, 06:12 PM #4172
We have a full time UPD officer that works with SAR that does a lot of the gear maintenance and what not.
They also just approved budget/hours for 2 of the Canyon officers to become SAR members and come to call outs which will be nice. That, and UFA handles a lot of the medical stuff, so it's not too hard on the volunteers. Oh, and WBR in the winter.
When I first got on the team 14 years ago we had like 20 members, and I think I got deployed whenever I showed up. We have 35 team members so we have been able to spread the load out more, and I think we have something like 75 applications in the queue.
DPS got budget for 3 more helicopters. They are going to station one down South and one somewhere central TBD. + a backup bird. I think that will help a lot. But the wind still blows and the snow still falls, so they're great until they can't fly.When life gives you haters, make haterade.
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10-05-2021, 08:43 PM #4173
Sad about the Sundial fatality. It’s a beautiful thing to look at from below, but geez from every side I’ve seen it, it looks sketchy and loose. Sorry to see SLCOSAR doing another recovery, that’s a burden I can’t really wrap my head around carrying. This and Drom like a month ago, those are pretty heady places to be. Dunno what if anything is “the answer” but I feel for the people carrying out the ones who didn’t make it.
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10-06-2021, 09:43 AM #4174
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10-06-2021, 10:43 AM #4175
i think it was a record year for drownings deaths on our waters
the big red snake matters too
https://www.ksl.com/article/50256408...-jammed-canyon
#cogemall"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
"I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno
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