Wasatch STOKE, Conditions, Observations and assorted drival 15-16

[Underoos]

SFB gettin' after it
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I've never skied with Dave, but I've fished with him. I'm guessing it's the same. Lots of vital and useless shit attached to him. Generally just fucking around and killing it at the same time.

Traits of a good teammate.

[skifishbum]

I've never skied with Dave, but I've fished with him. I'm guessing it's the same. Lots of vital and useless shit attached to him. Generally just fucking around and killing it at the same time.

Traits of a good teammate.

you can change the 1st part at any time
i'm on a show out o town mags the wasangles goods roll
grabbed the cats of january and headed up to slay sum soli pow
funny how a sight communication breakdown can change things.
and trust me bro i didn't name the furkid after a place of marginalities
next thing he knows hes skinning up through shubbery ya probaby aint gonna wanna ski down

and the easy 5 pitchs on a slidepath skinners i told ya about gots ya in the woods goin to grannies house via minerals then back the west colouir ridge
overall not a lot of in your face instabiities, definately some suspect wind slab on the final pitch and top of west coliour
sometimes ya summit for the views
or in this case cause ya aint gittins no higher

and well ya knows how the rest of the stories goes down
team B L T gittin sum





personaly i'm hopin the bestest day of his road trips still to comes blanket styles
but ya don't gets to summiit a cassic wasatch peak, score a couple k of untracked blower pows faceshots and meets and parties w/ the icemans every damn day
thanks mr davis your crew has been crushin it this season the buffed out traiheads and roadside grading to allow access and timely openings have been great this season

[getoutside]

^^ great stuff. pretty fun for sure

[Brad Davis]

Backcountry closure in Little Cottonwood Canyon begining at midnight tonight to 8am tomorrow 1/17/16. All Backcountry access closed, except for White Pine Trailhead to the south. Hwy 210 will be closed from 6am to 8am, 1/17/16.

Thank you

[dfinn]

Somewhat upside down funky snow in spots and feeling the bottom here and there but for the most part some really good turns were had today. No instabilities noted.

[skifishbum]

most def some wind affected and not the consistent blower of fri
but still the stuff of ski bum dreams
for as many cars and packed trailheads woulda thought we'd see more folks in silly forks

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Sick pics! ....Did I see someone skiing Faceshots conditions with no goggles? Uhhhh....

[cat in january]

SFB sure put out the white carpet for this traveler. The good were proffered and gratefully taken.

Yeah I goofed on the googles. My squinty eyes seem to make it.

[tBatt]

Went up Grizz and skied the N Facing Patsy trees just above the saddle. Definitely punchy. Dug a quick pit about 9400 N facing. ECTN, CT3 about 30 cms down, CT16 about 70 cms down. Saw some people skiing what I thought wouldn't have been a good choice today with no movement. The Howitzer got some movement on Superior but not much else. No pics, but sun came out and made for a beautiful day.

[loopie]

Went up Grizz and skied the N Facing Patsy trees just above the saddle. Definitely punchy. Dug a quick pit about 9400 N facing. ECTN, CT3 about 30 cms down, CT16 about 70 cms down. Saw some people skiing what I thought wouldn't have been a good choice today with no movement.

"Human triggering (of avalanches) involves dynamic forces applied to the snowpack. As such, the mechanics are very complicated, and should not, simply be calculated by applying a model with a static load.

The dynamic problem involves both viscous and elastic deformation with time dependent loading.

Since slab avalanches release by propagation of shear fractures in the weak layer, it is not appropriate to discuss stability in terms of applied stress alone: the energy delivered to the snow pack is what matters."

[JimmyCarter]

Apologies in advance for the current non-stoke question, but:

Buddy and I are heading out to Snowbird on Thursday for the weekend and weighing the cost/benefit of trying to hit Park City Powdercats on Saturday.

Pro:
Probably better snow on Saturday than Alta or Bird?
Not skiing with Saturday crowd at resort?

Con:
Money
Long ass drive from snowbird to PCP
Risk of it actually snowing Saturday and road closing = lost money

Anything else? They seem to have a lot of terrain, but looks like a good amount of meadow-skipping?

[muted]

Powder Mountain has a cat operation, did you look into that?

[JimmyCarter]

Powder Mountain has a cat operation, did you look into that?

Heard of but hadn't looked into. About the same price/distance, any thoughts on how the two compare?

[skifishbum]

"Human triggering (of avalanches) involves dynamic forces applied to the snowpack. As such, the mechanics are very complicated, and should not, simply be calculated by applying a model with a static load.

The dynamic problem involves both viscous and elastic deformation with time dependent loading.

Since slab avalanches release by propagation of shear fractures in the weak layer, it is not appropriate to discuss stability in terms of applied stress alone: the energy delivered to the snow pack is what matters."

#coolavvywisdomstoryjong
ya otta give credit ifin it aint yours

SFB sure put out the white carpet for this traveler. The good were proffered and gratefully taken.

Yeah I goofed on the googles. My squinty eyes seem to make it.

ullr and mother nature laid out the sweet carpets
just an enablin addict blessed and willin to shares the stokes
hope snowbasin and the rest of the trip holds similiar goods
till we ski ya bgc style
eh
the sat canyons shit show slightly subsided sunday
hit the days w/ the powders ponds & sfotex
team skittle train

mixed bag with wind affected being the predominate ingrediants
sfotex

pows ponds sets a booters

and lays em down

hooked up w/ team silly dieing girraffes
tried to summit the read & benson ridgelines but the pleasure to risk and rewards factor dwindled as elavation was gained
an escapee from the jailhouse in Ely finds some sheltered pows

[skiballs]

Apologies in advance for the current non-stoke question, but:

Buddy and I are heading out to Snowbird on Thursday for the weekend and weighing the cost/benefit of trying to hit Park City Powdercats on Saturday.

Pro:
Probably better snow on Saturday than Alta or Bird?
Not skiing with Saturday crowd at resort?

Con:
Money
Long ass drive from snowbird to PCP
Risk of it actually snowing Saturday and road closing = lost money

Anything else? They seem to have a lot of terrain, but looks like a good amount of meadow-skipping?

I've skied there once. It's meadow skipping. Fun tree skiing, but nothing challenging.

[loopie]

#coolavvywisdomstoryjong
ya otta give credit ifin it aint yours

I'm not even pretending it's mine that's why its in quotes. It's from The Avalanche Handbook by David McClung and Peter Schaerer.

Compression tests and the like highlight weak layers and create a pit profile nicely but it does equate to the amount of force needed to trigger a slide. Topographic variability in a slope, shade, what's underneath the snow pack, micro and macro scale all are factors and in addition to the huge difference between static and dynamic load properties. To pretend a pit profile represents an entire aspect let alone a single slope is foolish.

[skifishbum]

spatial variability and group dynamics can git ya
theres a whole forum for wisdom dispenserary of avalaunche natures
thank apd and consider using it
the members of the community who care youre an avvy expert is low

[criscam]

To pretend a pit profile represents an entire aspect let alone a single slope is foolish.

when did he say it did?

[skifishbum]

he didn'ts
evidently jong read the avvy handbooks this weekend and was sharing wisdom and sucked at interpolatin tbatts fine ob
wind and jong and work
4 letter words
ftl

[loopie]

he didn'ts
evidently jong read the avvy handbooks this weekend and was sharing wisdom and sucked at interpolatin tbatts fine ob
wind and jong and work
4 letter words
ftl

hahaha oh man ever since I told you I couldn't understand what you were saying you have had it out for me.

That's cool really, I'll continue being a "jong" and you can continue being a middle aged man past his prime trying re live the glory days (well you don't really have a choice do ya?).

I really do enjoy the exact same style of pictures you post over and over and over of your friends doing super radical pow turns though.

[snowaddict91]

hahaha oh man ever since I told you I couldn't understand what you were saying you have had it out for me.

That's cool really, I'll continue being a "jong" and you can continue being a middle aged man past his prime trying re live the glory days (well you don't really have a choice do ya?).

I really do enjoy the exact same style of pictures you post over and over and over of your friends doing super radical pow turns though.

Why don't you stop cunting up the stoke thread. If you don't wanna see pics of people skiing pow, stay outta the thread where people post stoke where it snows.

[mall walker]

blah blah threadcunting blah blah

take a lap guy

[muted]

Geez, how much weed and powder do you guys need before a couple comments don't twist your powder panties?

9 more inches at Alta today btw.

[sfotex]

Geez, how much weed and powder do you guys need before a couple comments don't twist your powder panties?

9 more inches at Alta today btw.

I heard Snowbird got 11"

[Skidog]

I heard Snowbird got 11"

Lulz