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

**Bronic** · 02-22-2022, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by BobMc

If you've skied Snowbird for a while you probably know Gin. Pretty cool little feature on him...

https://unofficialnetworks.com/2022/...skier-success/

This was great, thanks for sharing

**tBatt** · 02-22-2022, 11:56 AM

Two national guard helicopters crashed in Mineral Basin this am. Sounds like no injuries. Holy hell.

https://kutv.com/news/local/black-ha...od-canyon-utah

**new yabyum** · 02-22-2022, 12:00 PM

Any one hear about a helicopter forced landing in Mineral Basin?

**Bandit Man** · 02-22-2022, 12:38 PM

I had a boss who was a former Apache pilot in the US Army. He always said, “There are two kinds of helicopters…those that have crashed, and those that will.” Scary stuff.

**fantastic_damage** · 02-22-2022, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by new yabyum

Any one hear about a helicopter forced landing in Mineral Basin?

No deaths, right near the bottom of the mineral chair. Footy us a bit obscured by trees but the audio is pretty clear:
https://youtube.com/shorts/BfJqCwAVaRs?feature=share

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**boardtodeath** · 02-22-2022, 12:59 PM

Buddy was riding up mineral as this happened and sent me a text. Said he actually saw a rotor go flying and that they were operating fine and he thinks they simply lost sight of the ground as the rotor wash kicked up a whiteout.

Could have been very, very bad if the rotor or debris hit the chair, or skiers.

**Boissal** · 02-22-2022, 01:27 PM

Hot damn. Maybe dealing with the Powderbirds isn't so bad after all...

**Yukonrider** · 02-22-2022, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by D-Roc

As a part of the ACL Class of 2021 please feel free to DM with a phone number, hit me with questions or anything you may need!

Thank you much for the offer but:

The PT said it is just a bad sprain!! Some stretching plus ice, and I should be back skiing next week. Thank you to Dantheman for the PT req, they were fast, professional, and only $70.

**NBABUCKS1** · 02-22-2022, 01:42 PM

better video

https://twitter.com/WasatchSnow/stat...03296419291139

**Dantheman** · 02-22-2022, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by NBABUCKS1

better video

https://twitter.com/WasatchSnow/stat...03296419291139

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

**schindlerpiste** · 02-22-2022, 02:56 PM

Man, it felt cold out there today. Great skiing though. Speed 4 moose sitting and watching the skiers go by.

**muted reborn** · 02-22-2022, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Dantheman

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

wow. Looks like one crashed and sent projectiles into the other, who narrowly missed landing in trees.

**bigdude2468** · 02-22-2022, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by Bandit Man

I had a boss who was a former Apache pilot in the US Army. He always said, “There are two kinds of helicopters…those that have crashed, and those that will.” Scary stuff.

Company I worked for had a jet, before departing one day we watched a helicopter land, pilot looked at me and said he would never be caught in one, "only aircraft I know of that's sole intent is too shake its self to pieces".

**boardtodeath** · 02-22-2022, 05:26 PM

I've heard pilots state that they would never want to fly a vehicle whose airfoils move faster than the rest of the aircraft.

**tBatt** · 02-22-2022, 05:40 PM

Imagine if the rotor went into the maze, terminal, or haul rope. Some final destination shit.

Another video, from the lift maze.
https://twitter.com/KUTV2News/status...UXvPLbWXWSETfg

**telefreewasatch** · 02-22-2022, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by tBatt

Imagine if the rotor went into the maze, terminal, or haul rope. Some final destination shit.

Glad everyone is ok. Dodged a bullet there. Or rotor.
It's looked really weird with them landing so close to the lift in their training lately.
Cats had made a flat LZ there that coulda, and in hindsight, shoulda been much further away.
Guess Snowbird won't be using them for AC anymore.

**thebirdhunter** · 02-22-2022, 07:56 PM

Did anyone see that A-35 do a sideways flyby between hidden peak and baldy last Tuesday? That was pretty wild

**altacoup** · 02-22-2022, 08:16 PM

They’ve consistently been doing training runs over the wasatch in f35s for the last few weeks. Two screamed through the air after the crash today. I believe that it was even put out in local media that they would be doing training over the central Wasatch for a month a while ago. Those things are fast and loud. I’ve golfed at the hill afb golf course and you can’t hear a word that your buddy right next to you in a cart says when they take off. And they go straight up after leaving the deck. I believe that the marines have a version that can take off and land like a helicopter/harrier jet.

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**BobMc** · 02-22-2022, 08:26 PM

They’ve been doing it for years. I think the first time I skied with Buster and Iceman (Ötzi) we had one come screaming over us riding Supreme, that was a long time ago, around 2003 or so. (F16 in those times.) Back when chairlift conversations revolved around “I’m armed and my dick hurts.” Heh.

**thebirdhunter** · 02-22-2022, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by BobMc

If you've skied Snowbird for a while you probably know Gin. Pretty cool little feature on him...

https://unofficialnetworks.com/2022/...skier-success/

Gin Chao!!

I've known Gin since the 90's. Great dude. We just finished a couple boxes of his goodies.

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edit: yes I meant F-35 not A

**headrush** · 02-22-2022, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by sfotex

Took the kids to Solitude today........ looks like they can’t groom a lot of stuff because the rocks are starting to come out on the groomers......

Can't or won't? I believe part of the grooming objective is to push snow back up the hill to cover the boney spots.

**baron** · 02-23-2022, 07:13 AM

...lmao No One mentioned the Junior Freeride Comp at the Bird yesterday

Watched a handful of riders between runs...One kid pulled off a sweet huck, musta been 30 footer ,easy...stomped landing smoothly.

Snow was o k yesterday, not super-but way better than early last week

COMMON ULLR -NAIL US TODAY!

**Benneke10** · 02-23-2022, 09:36 AM

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yesterday was a good one. hoping the winds didn't ruin everything going forward.

**Reno912** · 02-23-2022, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by altacoup

They’ve consistently been doing training runs over the wasatch in f35s for the last few weeks. Two screamed through the air after the crash today. I believe that it was even put out in local media that they would be doing training over the central Wasatch for a month a while ago. Those things are fast and loud. I’ve golfed at the hill afb golf course and you can’t hear a word that your buddy right next to you in a cart says when they take off. And they go straight up after leaving the deck. I believe that the marines have a version that can take off and land like a helicopter/harrier jet.

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The Airforce version is called the CTOL (Conventional Take-Off and Landing) and uses a regular runway. The Marine version is called STOVL (Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing) and as the name implies, can take off from short runways and land vertically. The Navy version is called CV (Carrier Variant) and has longer wings that fold up for storage.