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02-15-2021, 09:15 PM #2701
I feel like that kinda proves my point that there's little difference between considerable and extreme when it comes to decision making. Any con/high/ext day has terrain where skier-triggered slides are likely and can bury you. This goofy fuck is super lucky with the way that pile swelled, crested, and crashed over him. F that mentality of surviving it means smile and brag. Didn't even report to SAC. Only putting that out today instead of Friday when it happened is weak sauce if you are really trying to alert people to the danger.
Even sometimes when I'm snowboarding I'm like "Hey I'm snowboarding! Because I suck dick, I'm snowboarding!" --Dan Savage
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02-15-2021, 10:24 PM #2702Registered User
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02-16-2021, 09:18 AM #2703
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02-16-2021, 09:36 AM #2704
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02-16-2021, 09:37 AM #2705powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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02-16-2021, 11:08 AM #2706
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02-16-2021, 11:39 AM #2707Registered User
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Whats the situation on rubicon parking this season? Ticketing at the water tank? People parking down by the lake?
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02-16-2021, 12:25 PM #2708
Sounds dodgy, as usual, although hearing conflicting stories of sheriff telling people to tear up their tickets and homeowner zealously calling the cops. Rumor has it TBA is trying to get gate opened and plow parking behind it. Until then, there is a legal spot on the right before the gate. It will squeeze two vehicles side by side unless the twatwaffle with the silver Tacoma parks in the middle of it like a fartface. He's usually there very early so either get there earlier or try your luck parking to the side. Also feel free to leave him a note that says "if I got here before you, you would still have a parking spot."
Even sometimes when I'm snowboarding I'm like "Hey I'm snowboarding! Because I suck dick, I'm snowboarding!" --Dan Savage
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02-16-2021, 12:36 PM #2709Registered User
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02-16-2021, 01:21 PM #2710Registered User
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Yes, we were outnumbered by split boards last Sunday, including Jules. Our first guided trip in December with Nettles, there was a guy who had snowboarded 5 times. Holy cow, the other guide that was with us got back to the trailhead at Pole Creek at 6pm. We got back at 5pm as it was. He couldn't ride powder at all. We were lucky we had a great group last Sunday that were all good in deep pow.
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02-16-2021, 01:25 PM #2711?
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02-16-2021, 02:11 PM #2712
Had Jules for my avy 1 as well last year, he was a lot of fun. On our last day, we ended up having to navigate across a bulletproof rain crust, none of us had crampons so had to boot across it. I was barely able to get one corner of my toe into the crust, and it was pretty frightening going across a slope where I knew a fall would be at least 50 ft slide on ice, but after we got through it I thought it was pretty sweet to be doing mildly techy stuff during a level 1. Plus, after all of us struggling a bit, Jules went through the additional effort of using a shovel to cut out a path for us to walk on. He was great.
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02-16-2021, 02:14 PM #2713
Wobby! Was hoping you’d see this. Schell Creeks and Egans looked much more filled in than the park. Had a clearish drive yesterday, and the toiyabes are looking quite filled in, at least in the guts of the range. I could pm you some pics (pics from the road) and some more details if you’d like later today.
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02-16-2021, 02:23 PM #2714Registered User
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Wow! Sad indeed. I saw this as it happened. Saw 2 skiers roll in from the top and then avalanche broke above them near the cliff/rocks - I think the person who died was below these guys and was overtaken from above. My friends and I had just skied promised land and before that Scott chute. Conditions felt sketchy and we had literally just discussed the possibility of in bounds slides and then this happened. Needless to say, we shut things down very quickly and stayed on “safe terrain”.
Weird part was that we yelled at people from the lift as it seemed nobody else had seen it and then it took me 40 minutes until I could find a patroller so I could give them details of what I saw.
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02-16-2021, 02:43 PM #2715Registered User
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Put the patrol dispatcher numbers in your phone: https://www.squawalpine.com/footer/m...afety-policies
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02-16-2021, 02:52 PM #2716
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02-16-2021, 03:01 PM #2717
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02-16-2021, 03:19 PM #2718one of those sickos
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My good friend, who is unbelievably upbeat about all conditions, even when I'd consider it terrible, called me from near Kirkwood in the backcountry today and said that it was worse than could even be imagined. "Ball bearings on top of the worst breakable crust ever". At least the groomers were "sheets of ice".
Your photo is a great illustration.ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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02-16-2021, 03:58 PM #2719
Anyone get out near Mt. Rose today? Curious how that zone faired. It was raining pretty much all day near CP yesterday, so I'm not surprised by that brutal pic
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02-16-2021, 04:04 PM #2720
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02-16-2021, 04:20 PM #2721
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02-16-2021, 04:25 PM #2722
Beware ski skate week. I thought maybe it wouldn't happen because all season has been ski-skate season. I was wrong.
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02-16-2021, 04:58 PM #2723Registered User
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I went out yesterday afternoon. The wind has done a number in exposed areas. Higher density and a little grabby snow about 2-4in above a crust in east-southeast aspects yesterday. Sheltered north areas held a little soft snow still with some pockets of thin higher density wind slabs. Overall it was still fun and supportable snow, not bulletproof or breakable crust. Not sure how it changed overnight and through the day today.
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02-16-2021, 05:37 PM #2724
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02-16-2021, 05:39 PM #2725
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