Wasatch 22/23 - Gondolas, grooming highboy, and other comical anecdotes

**schindlerpiste** · 11-09-2022, 01:42 PM

Moonbeam tomorrow afternoon.

**muted reborn** · 11-09-2022, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by tBatt

SWE is pretty common nomenclature.
Read the SWAG, bro

Elitist backcountry abbreviations are gatekeeping all the morons like me from being part of the conversation!

**Dshack89** · 11-09-2022, 02:05 PM

Hard at work digging trenches today...

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**NBABUCKS1** · 11-09-2022, 02:24 PM

Enough with the weather expert lingo bs, here is a nice puff piece about the best wasatch snow forecaster.

**jtran10** · 11-09-2022, 02:34 PM

https://twitter.com/UACwasatch/statu...97786625028097

11/9/22 Solo skier triggered and caught in avalanche on the Park City Ridgeline within PCMR. Not buried, not injured. 2’ deep, 40’ wide, 150’ length (est). Please share to stay out of ski areas getting ready to open. They are using explosives, doing grooming, other work.

**Dantheman** · 11-09-2022, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by NBABUCKS1

Enough with the weather expert lingo bs, here is a nice puff piece about the best wasatch snow forecaster.

“There’s something to this,” he recalls thinking. “It’s not 100 percent, but there’s definitely a correlation.”

https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

**whyturn** · 11-09-2022, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Dshack89

Hard at work digging trenches today...

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I’m at work. Thanks for the stoke. Oh I am in the wrong business man

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**snowaddict91** · 11-09-2022, 04:34 PM

Man, this thread has me missing the Wasatch something fierce. Glad y'all are finally getting after it instead of whining

**schindlerpiste** · 11-09-2022, 04:46 PM

Almost signature worthy

**Yukonrider** · 11-09-2022, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by muted reborn

"Moonbeam Express and Link Lift will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with access to Same Street, Little Dollie, and Easy Street."

Oh. Well I guess I'm going touring then.

**telefreewasatch** · 11-09-2022, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by muted reborn

Elitist backcountry abbreviations are gatekeeping all the morons like me from being part of the conversation!

Some elitist ramblings:
The avalanche world doesn't weigh the water in snow in grams, it's in inches.
A quick inch of water is generally considered enough to tip the balance on a weak snowpack with a trigger.
Say we get an inch of water with scouring W winds at upper elevations. Means 2"+ water weight on the other side of the ridge.
Water weight not new snowfall depth is the more important factor when figuring hazard.
Yesterday we had 24" of snowfall with 3.7" snow water equivalent (SWE). What was the density?
Hint: 10" of snow with an inch of water is 10%.
So, if one knows the new snow depth and density, one can figure the water weight...

**Boissal** · 11-09-2022, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by D-Roc

We call that going through the "nuns" , you know because you trying to figure out what you did wrong and why your being punished lol

Brilliant imagery!

**muted reborn** · 11-09-2022, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by Yukonrider

Oh. Well I guess I'm going touring then.

They'll probably open Eagle last minute if you do and then you will curse me.

Originally Posted by telefreewasatch

Some elitist ramblings:
The avalanche world doesn't weigh the water in snow in grams, it's in inches.
A quick inch of water is generally considered enough to tip the balance on a weak snowpack with a trigger.
Say we get an inch of water with scouring W winds at upper elevations. Means 2"+ water weight on the other side of the ridge.
Water weight not new snowfall depth is the more important factor when figuring hazard.
Yesterday we had 24" of snowfall with 3.7" snow water equivalent (SWE). What was the density?
Hint: 10" of snow with an inch of water is 10%.
So, if one knows the new snow depth and density, one can figure the water weight...

I'm familiar with water weight and it's relation to avies, but I've been seeing 'SWE' posted without much context lately on Twitter and just could not put 2 and 2 together on WTF it meant. IMO they need to type it out if they are a weather person trying to teach people and inform them. I do appreciate your ramblings anytime though of course, it made me think about the wind scouring consequences a bit more precisely.

But I still stand by that I'm a moron, even if my post you quoted was just a joke.

**telefreewasatch** · 11-09-2022, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by muted reborn

But I still stand by that I'm a moron, even if my post you quoted was just a joke.

Not poking at you, just puttin some edumacation out there.
And you're not a moron, seeing all the solo touring you appear to do without incident.
Respect.

**wasatchgravityresearch** · 11-09-2022, 08:28 PM

As someone who was pretty critical of the close call in East Bowl last March, I was really glad to hear from the involved parties tonight at USAW. Pretty insightful and glad Willie looks to be a-okay. Heroic rescue.

**Bunion 2020** · 11-10-2022, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by telefreewasatch

Some elitist ramblings:
The avalanche world doesn't weigh the water in snow in grams, it's in inches.
A quick inch of water is generally considered enough to tip the balance on a weak snowpack with a trigger.
Say we get an inch of water with scouring W winds at upper elevations. Means 2"+ water weight on the other side of the ridge.
Water weight not new snowfall depth is the more important factor when figuring hazard.
Yesterday we had 24" of snowfall with 3.7" snow water equivalent (SWE). What was the density?
Hint: 10" of snow with an inch of water is 10%.
So, if one knows the new snow depth and density, one can figure the water weight...

Great info TFW and impressive numbers, hope it keeps coming.

**alias_rice** · 11-10-2022, 10:18 AM

Alta is already sitting at over 20% of last season’s total and we are still a week out from opening. I’ll take that.

**Dshack89** · 11-10-2022, 12:45 PM

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**muted reborn** · 11-10-2022, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by telefreewasatch

Not poking at you, just puttin some edumacation out there.
And you're not a moron, seeing all the solo touring you appear to do without incident.
Respect.

Thanks - I'm no snow whisperer like you I mainly do sidecountry anyways.

Originally Posted by wasatchgravityresearch

As someone who was pretty critical of the close call in East Bowl last March, I was really glad to hear from the involved parties tonight at USAW. Pretty insightful and glad Willie looks to be a-okay. Heroic rescue.

What did you learn that surprised you?

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very nice

**Boissal** · 11-10-2022, 01:38 PM

Beauty of a shot, looks like March!! Not jealous at all right now...

Maybe a caption is needed about this abomination of a traverse halfway across the bowl? Lots of kooky shit going on in that zone in general but that's a new level of weird

**BobMc** · 11-10-2022, 02:44 PM

If anyone bought a Snowbird parking pass if you call the ticket office they'll mail it to you. Otherwise they'll expect you to pick it up in person.

**detrusor** · 11-10-2022, 02:45 PM

Except they are not available until Monday

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**tBatt** · 11-10-2022, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Dshack89

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My caption:

Every single ski tourer from SLC was at the top of West Bowl today.
From the lady with no pack, to the Woodward bro who has his other bro "is your beacon on" in which he replied "its in my pack" to the entire UAC staff.