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01-18-2021, 10:11 AM #1301
All the real locals will stick to the Albion lift when the snow is good
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01-18-2021, 10:46 AM #1302
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01-18-2021, 11:14 AM #1303
Anyone recommend a local shop with some good deals on last years skis right now? Would love to pick up something 50% off in 105ish width. Or hit me with your used offers! ~170-183 length
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01-18-2021, 11:30 AM #1304Registered User
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01-18-2021, 11:31 AM #1305Registered User
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Tried searching but couldn't find anything. Looking for recs on a good touring guidebook for the Wasatch and Uintas. Thanks!
The K-12 dude. You make a gnarly run like that and girls will get sterile just looking at you - Charles De Mar
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01-18-2021, 11:33 AM #1306Registered User
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I've got just the ski for ya! A brand new pair of DPS Wailer 106 with a tour/alchemist hybrid layup for sale in 178 cm.
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...DPS+wailer+106
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01-18-2021, 01:54 PM #1307Banned
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01-18-2021, 03:17 PM #1308
Collector's item right now I imagine.
The 3 volumes of the old Wasatch Tours books by Kelner & ?? are great. Published way BITD when touring was in its infancy and skiing Superior would have been considered "an extreme endeavor only considered by the most reckless of daredevils and other breeds of adrenaline junkies".
That being said it covers a shitload of terrain, including stuff outside of the central range that has minimal traffic, and provides many very safe ascent routes that some people in the Wasatch would benefit from reading about... And it's well written and full of funny anecdotes.
There used to be some paper maps of the range, can't remember who makes them, basically one big aerial picture with many ascent/descent routes highlighted. They were more useful than a guidebook for planning.Last edited by Boissal; 01-18-2021 at 03:39 PM. Reason: correct book name
"Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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01-18-2021, 03:33 PM #1309
^on the map front, if you aren't familiar with the "wbskiing" map, buy the app for your phone or the paper version. No beta but lots of named runs which you can generally use to find beta on the interwebs.
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01-18-2021, 08:10 PM #1310Registered User
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Thanks for the suggestions! Looks like the Wasatch Touring book vol 3 could be what I'm looking for in addition to downloading the WBskiing app. Definitely looking for shallow, meadow skipping opportunities as we build up our BC skills - we're currently more about exercise and learning than skiing anything fun.
The K-12 dude. You make a gnarly run like that and girls will get sterile just looking at you - Charles De Mar
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01-18-2021, 10:51 PM #1311
Not much else to do at the moment. I feel like we have access to about 20% of the terrain that was skiable the past 2 seasons right now, it's nuts. A narrow band of mid elevation terrain centered on the SW end of the compass is all you get.
Wasatch 3 is full of ideas for off the beaten paths tours. Gives you approach beta for things that are quite a bit harder to get into than the roadside Cottonwoods stuff."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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01-19-2021, 03:49 AM #1312
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01-19-2021, 08:18 AM #1313Registered User
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No one's gonna bring this up?
https://www.deseret.com/platform/amp...-alta-snowbird
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01-19-2021, 08:27 AM #1314
I’ve said many times that I think this is actually a done deal. They just haven’t been very public about it and are now leaking it out bit by bit. Whenever the decision on the Olympics comes odds when they’ll go full steam ahead. They might have the Udot plow drivers in on it. 2 inches of snow mid canyon turned into a disaster.
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01-19-2021, 08:43 AM #1315Banned
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agree and said it quite a long time ago. I think it could be hung low enough on the creek side and colored as not to distract too much from the views. Could implement some solar to offset power usage. Would for sure be a "tourist attraction" in all months.
The complaints about the snowshoers and other outdoor recreationists is kinda BS. On a pow day you think they wanna wait in ski traffic? This would be a godsend for them even if there was a small toll. White pine tourers on a pow day? Not having to wait for ski traffic? WIN....Also way less obtrusive than a train for sure...
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01-19-2021, 09:14 AM #1316
Seeming more and more like climate change will solve this issue for us before a decision is actually made.
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01-19-2021, 09:17 AM #1317
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01-19-2021, 09:17 AM #1318"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
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01-19-2021, 10:00 AM #1319
Go read the EIS. UDOT says the gondola will move 1,050 people per hour, while the remaining 2,250 people per hour that need to go up the canyon during peak times will have to travel in private vehicles on the road. The road will still be a clusterfuck when it's storming. Estimated travel time using the gondola is around 60 minutes, while enhanced bus service+bus lane is 36 minutes.
P&R Gondola: $546 million, 63-minute travel time, 3 transfers
https://littlecottonwoodeis.udot.uta...0_2020_FIN.pdf
La Caille Gondola: $576 million, 55-59 minute travel time, 2-3 transfers
https://littlecottonwoodeis.udot.uta...0_2020_FIN.pdf
Enhanced bus service+bus lane: $481 million, 36-minute travel time, 1 transfer
https://littlecottonwoodeis.udot.uta...0_2020_FIN.pdf
But, yes, we should totally go with the slowest, most expensive option, and the only one with viewshed impacts, because the gondola is "cool." My money says cost overruns for the gondola will be at least +25% above UDOT's estimates. The cog rail's estimated cost is over $1 billion and there's no way that shit is happening.
Here's the link to everything in case you're interested: https://littlecottonwoodeis.udot.uta...-alternatives/Last edited by Dantheman; 01-19-2021 at 10:28 AM.
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01-19-2021, 11:00 AM #1320Registered User
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You forgot the most important part: The Gondola is the only option where some private individuals are going to make a shit-ton of money by developing the base area on land they magically bought up/own!
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01-19-2021, 11:07 AM #1321
more shitty bus service disguised as "enhanced" aint a real red snake answer
mur freeheal freakiness
yimby a ganjola under 10 minutes walk from my crib aint gonna bugs me much"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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01-19-2021, 11:19 AM #1322
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01-19-2021, 11:31 AM #1323
when you look at the complexity of all the options, living in a dorm with a bunch of people young enough to be your children doesn't sound so bad.
might not scale well enough to be a sustainable long term solution.
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01-19-2021, 11:32 AM #1324Registered User
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Haha when I read the article, my first reaction was that Cox likely got a nice campaign contribution from the proponents of the gondola.
Glad to see nothing's changed with Mormon politics
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01-19-2021, 11:33 AM #1325Banned
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