Wasatch 07-08 Observations

[BigJay]

Finally snowin' above 4000 feet on hood!!!

http://www.timberlinelodge.com/ski_r...ons_webcam.php

That doesn't help when it is 70 degrees in the Valley here.

[beaterdit]

Finally snowin' above 4000 feet on hood!!!

http://www.timberlinelodge.com/ski_r...ons_webcam.php

WTF???

Dude, you got the wrong thread or somthin.

Today was...

Not good.

But at least now we know.

[shmoesmith]

WTF???

Dude, you got the wrong thread or somthin.

Today was...

Not good.

But at least now we know.

So I didn't end up going since I had no partners in crime. Where did you guys end up going? What happened?

[pointedem]

warm before the storm?

shit.

Whatever. WTF are we gonna do?

Just remember the thanksgiving 100"
05-06 was similar to this start in terms of snow, and that year turned out to be all-time.

[shmoesmith]

warm before the storm?
shit.
Whatever. WTF are we gonna do?

Yeah, huge storm we have coming *sigh* If we are lucky we might get 3 inches at Alta.

Lat/Lon: 40.6 -111.64 Elevation: 9797 ft

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind between 13 and 20 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a southwest wind between 20 and 22 mph.

Monday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 24. West southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming north northwest. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 26. North northwest wind 14 to 16 mph becoming south southeast.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 5. South wind 14 to 16 mph becoming north.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow before 11am. Partly cloudy, with a high near 22.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 4.

Thanksgiving Day: A slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a high near 33.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 11.

Friday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 8.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

[lax]

no more storm speculation in this thread.

[pointedem]

Whatever.

we don't have a huge storm coming. Accept it. Whining gets us nowhere.

Deal with what we have, or fly somewhere that's going off right now.

In the meantime, get your ass in shape by hiking the snow we do have.. over and over and over ( General comment-- don't know if you're ripped or what)

[beaterdit]

no more storm speculation in this thread.

WORD!

IT'S NOT GOING TO SNOW, LET IT GO PEOPLE!

[Trackhead]

11-18-07
Went out with Beaterd, Alto, Jon R, and his son Shawn. After recent fun on other east facing lines, we figured Pipeline environs might be good to.

Ran into APD on the way up. He seemed equally cynical.


If it weren't for snow guns, we wouldn't be skinning.


Booted 3/4 way up Pipeline and eventually got turned around by 3-4 feet of horribly faceted snow sitting over a quartzite rock slab, topped of with natures finest 8" wind slab. No thanks. No need to rip out a mini avy and get waxed.

Beaterd, making the best of it. Facets, wind slabs, and water ice.




The bowl was kinda fun.


Pipeline Bowl (or whatever you Snowbird folks call it), was 1-3 feet of facets. We didn't dig a pit, just pole jabs. The couloir was a horrendous nightmare of very faceted snow, with huge hollow sections and generally a pile of shit.

[sfotex]

Well,
I just spent a chilly weekend in Driggs and it was looking like winter up there. Came back today and put on shorts and flip-flops and went to dinner... Wierd...

[AltaPowderDaze]

Pipeline Bowl (or whatever you Snowbird folks call it), was 1-3 feet of facets. We didn't dig a pit, just pole jabs. The couloir was a horrendous nightmare of very faceted snow, with huge hollow sections and generally a pile of shit.

the cirque is the same as you've described. i had hoped to find out pipeline was in better shape. best snow i've seen has been off of silver fox and under toad hill.

it's hard to keep a good attitude when you're setting the mountain up with a ranger and haven't skied more than a day in november.

La Nina and El Nino it'd be nice if the 06-07 season ended and we could get a consistent pattern again. layoffs may be coming soon, so it looks like i'll be doing more duck hunting.

[skifishbum]

it's hard to keep a good attitude when you're setting the mountain up with a ranger and haven't skied more than a day in november.

Skiing a WROD with wanna a b gangstars wearing neon camo/plaid snow pajamas, is messing w/ my attitude and making me feel old.
I thought about trying to learn to ride "browneye" first but I'm scared to hurt
my best attribute.

[grizzle6]

Skiing a WROD with wanna a b gangstars wearing neon camo/plaid snow pajamas, is messing w/ my attitude and making me feel old.
I thought about trying to learn to ride "browneye" first but I'm scared to hurt
my best attribute.

Dibbs--
What in the name of Chris Kringle does that mean? Are you breathing? Or did your acid-infused fingers just start typing away??? DO YOU NEED AN AMBLIENCE?

[alto]

OK, I've recovered from yesterday's soul-thrashing, and I think I have an idea. Dawn patrol in the morning anyone? I gotta work by 10 so the least I can promise is that whatever hell we go through won't last long.

[SPREAD EAGLE]

This thread is turning into a cry fest. It always delivers so stop worrying and get out climbing, biking, etc. I'm heading down south for some canyoneering in Zion for the first weekend of December then I'll come back and shralp the hoar layers. Of course that is after I've eaten a week old Turkey sandwich.

Get busy livin' or Get busy dyin'
I'm with Gramps

[tromano]

Was up at Tony Grove on Saturday. 6" of slush on a base of wet pine needles. Found a small kicker and had some fun. I guess i am used to this kind of thing coming from PA.

[Trackhead]

This thread is turning into a cry fest. It always delivers so stop worrying and get out climbing, biking, etc.

Per the thread title, I'm posting observations about current Wasatch skiing conditions, not canyoneering or climbing.

I think there are other sites for that.

[Trackhead]

Got a whopping 1/8 to 1/4" of snow over night. Atleast it made the icy skin track a little easier to deal with.

Seems the cold temps have made quite a bit of progress at further rotting out the snow. It seemed noticeably more degraded today, in terms of faceting. I'm not a snow scientist, not even close, but that is my observation.

Alto, walking up Baldy.


And had I not been a retard, I would have had some cool frame grabs of him skiing something other than this alpine meadow. Need to remember to hit the big, red, record button.

[alto]

The arctic temps fucked up the snow pretty good. If it wasn't faceted after sitting in the shade for a month, try turning the nob to 0° F.

[pointedem]

One big storm will clean all that shit out and we can start over again.

Hopefully.

[marauders]

Booted up Main Chute, Mt. Baldy to celebrate the first turns of the year! Good firm snow, and a bit of ice, for climbing, not so good for skiing, but the ride down Wildcat on sun-kissed corduroy was spectacular. Wildcat alone is worth a few laps.

[powstash]

Someone should indroduce this guy to the world of ski mountaineering. Same fun going up, more fun going down.

[Trackhead]

Someone should indroduce this guy to the world of ski mountaineering. Same fun going up, more fun going down.

I skied past them on their way up Main. I was wondering where his skis were.

Kinda felt sorry for him.

[marauders]

Someone should indroduce this guy to the world of ski mountaineering. Same fun going up, more fun going down.

Tell me about it! None of my climbing buddies have converted over, they've stuck with a resort setup. Everytime we climb they ohhh and ahhh about the potential of skiing the backcountry, but when it comes to putting their money where there mouth is they back off. I figure if I can get them to walk enough miles, posthole enough slopes, or win the lottery, something will give.

[JTrue]

Soul_skier, Paul(nonmag), and I made it up to Alta today, still had fun even though it hasn't snowed in what seems like forever. Skied some lines above ballroom that were still a bit soft.