Wasatch 21/22 - We're All Here 'Cause We're Not All There!

[skifishbum]

vibes sucks when those who are in their prime and doing good things go down

its all kinda serious terrain in these conditions
looked like a crash nets going across the terrorchute exit
a couple in stupid chute but not much else goin on
out there

im jaded but meh to midlin lookins

on the stoke front 10 yo sfotex gromems killins it


i dont really members my 1st honeycomb

stoked she did so well on hers


better form than my wife

[Boissal]

Proper kid stoke, nice!!!

Saturday's 1st lap on the arctic stairmaster:



Called it 700' below the peak when we ran out of snow. I like talus surfing as much as anyone else but with 40mph wind gusts the summit wasn't a particularly attractive spot for lunch.
We thawed at this goat penthouse instead. Spent 1.5 hours in the sun trying to convince ourselves to get back in the freezer.



#MAKEDOWNSKISAGAIN



Seriously Down, I beg you. No need to make them great again, they've always been great. Just make more.

Steep and firm but at least consistent. Can't get too lose, there's a cliff band somewhere below:



Round 2, with feeling in our toes this time:



Why don't we traverse around the peak to see what kind of shit snow is hiding on other aspects! Should be easy terrain to navigate:



Terrible scenery the whole time. Do I see artificial islands on that lake?



Optional veggie belay:



Found this hidden beauty:



Still firm but oh so fun:



Great white snake:



The place could benefit from a good scouring to control the pesky brush:



Liquid courage for the 1400' luge track exit of doom:



Litter control doubling up as protection against full impalement:



All in all, a great day in the mountains. Firm snow makes you appreciate what we get on most normal years.

[D-Roc]

Nice Stoke Everyone! Love seeing all of us getting out despite the dry times!

Its funny how the ice climbing has been pretty great, love tossing a tool around and brings me back to my VT/NH days of getting sendy.

Saturday:


Sunday:
Went upto Provo peak for a nice ass kicking, what an amazing place, sadly felt very spring esqe with a dry start through Rock Canyon. Approached through the campground but instead chose a sportier path in the cirque of East Provo and Provo proper. Man that place is kick ass felt like a few Nebos in line with each other. Also found the Powderbirds were circling the area, sort of a downer, just hearing the rotor washing in the background the whole time and felt they sort of buzzed us once they saw us approaching from that direction, the views were definitely worth it tho. Windy as fuck too, 30-40 id say. Required all the alpine bag of tricks to summit. Ski down was a mix of conditions but some spots you could open up.

[Boissal]

Hell yeah! Both Cascade and Provo peaks are monsters, serious gnar on all aspects, huge lines, big slogs from the valley floors. Nice work!

[CirqueScaler]

damn bros yall are rad

[bigdude2468]

Received my own personnel propaganda mailing from Gondola WORKS in the mail yesterday. Brought to you by Snowbird, Alta, POWDR, Love Communications, Exoro Group, CW Management & Utah Clean Cities

[baron]

Slap the Gondola crap into its own thread please... it takes away from the good stoke here

COMMON SNOW! Hail Ullr

[Benneke10]

still some good skiing out there. the skinning conditions on the other hand...

[googledidoo]

Slap the Gondola crap into its own thread please... it takes away from the good stoke here

COMMON SNOW! Hail Ullr

Calm down bro

[baron]

Calm down bro

really want more snow and refuse to be calm about wanting a snowstorm

[Mynx_Butticus]

Any recs for a shop/person to mount up a CAST system in SLC? Don't have access to a jig or workspace right now, and I know the tolerances are pretty low for CAST

[skifishbum]

come see me at the millcreek l9 ive got the cast mount dialed now
i like herbs
i wish my tolerances were low
and sum "he of the homogenized hyman hippie turn"

stuffs

[Dantheman]

Received my own personnel propaganda mailing from Gondola WORKS in the mail yesterday. Brought to you by Snowbird, Alta, POWDR, Love Communications, Exoro Group, CW Management & Utah Clean Cities

"100% Reliable 365 Days Per Year"

Well that's definitely not intentionally misleading. Also convenient that they don't mention that it won't run during interlodge or during avalanche control.

[jackstraw]

Yes there was. A surgeon. They were skiing expert level terrain, went over a cliff and died from blunt force trauma.

Just heard about this from an acquaintance who worked with my wife. It was his good friend that died. Sounds like he may have EC roots maybe via college. Sad.

[googledidoo]

Just heard about this from an acquaintance who worked with my wife. It was his good friend that died. Sounds like he may have EC roots maybe via college. Sad.

Very sad. Just sucks. Life can be so fragile and be over at a moment's notice.

[Dantheman]

Damn, sorry, jack.

[brutah]

Mmmmm corn ... Had a late lunch of rare February alpine corn.

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[MTT]

This thread has really delivered so far this year

Thank you

[baron]

Mmmmm corn ... Had a late lunch of rare February alpine corn.

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Skiing has been rather fun despite the 5 -6 week drought (we had 2 small storms .lol)

Hope this warm up is followed with big Storm Cycle !
...and yea, thx everyone for all the sweet trip reports and pics so far this season

[Mynx_Butticus]

come see me at the millcreek l9 ive got the cast mount dialed now
i like herbs
i wish my tolerances were low
and sum "he of the homogenized hyman hippie turn"

stuffs

Beautiful, just what I was looking for!
I think I have some oregano around.....

[D-Roc]

Is it naive of me to think that a warm up might be a partial mitigation to the surface faceting problem?

@Obi Wan Kenobi aka TFW

[criscam]

Mmmmm corn ... Had a late lunch of rare February alpine corn.

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What was the timing? Prob gonna hunt for it tomorrow.


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[Lone Star]

Is it naive of me to think that a warm up might be a partial mitigation to the surface faceting problem?

on the solar aspects maybe but probably not this early in the spring on the shady side of the compass.

[skifishbum]

Beautiful, just what I was looking for!
I think I have some oregano around.....

saffron or the turkey tendon teams always lookin 4 hookups

[Boissal]

"100% Reliable 365 Days Per Year"

Well that's definitely not intentionally misleading. Also convenient that they don't mention that it won't run during interlodge or during avalanche control.

Also, no emissions? Really? I mean, the bins don't have a fucking tailpipe spewing exhaust fumes but I'm pretty sure the thing isn't powered by Jebus' good will.
I'm also not sure giant steel towers are doing more to preserve the natural experience than a road that's already in place... but, they wrote it down, it simply must be true.

Mmmmm corn ... Had a late lunch of rare February alpine corn.

Corn for breakfast, corn for lunch, what it this, Iowa??

Sowing:







Reaping:



Paying the piper post-harvest:





Got roped into this one late last night and figured why the hell not. Spent the first 30 minutes wondering if I should just turn around but fellow members of the bad idea's gang kept promising it looked better up high. I kept going, I'll take bad skiing over the office any day...
They were right. Some of the best spring snow I've skied in years. Couple of bare spots required taking the skis off but otherwise it goes to the road with minimal shenanigans. Helmets are probably a good call on that one, lots of bombs dropping off the walls.