WASATCH STOKE, CONDITIONS, OBSERVATIONS, AND ASSORTED DRIVAL 18-19

[altacoup]

People who take the bypass thinking it will be faster are gigantic assholes. You're creating more merging and slowing the whole thing down for everyone.


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[Skidog]

People who take the bypass thinking it will be faster are gigantic assholes. You're creating more merging and slowing the whole thing down for everyone.


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Pretty much. Guess he learned his lesson. Stay the course.

[BobMc]

We offered him wine, .

[BobMc]

Great evening last night to watch the traffic go by.



Today wasn’t bad either. Still some nuggets to be found, although the pickens will be getting slim.

[alias_rice]

We offered him wine, .

This is true. After we drove away, my son said he should have asked for some chips.

Road wasn’t near as bad today, but I rolled out at 3 to play it safe.

[dfinn]

Props on the long walk mall walker, that sounds like a leg burner.

[skifishbum]

Good snow and decent views were on the menu in BCC every day this week.

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thanks my crew watched ya git sum git er done yesterday across the fork
we use yur skinner bit sugary in that hood huh
dig me sum R&B tongue
and solar skin on the off north aspect today
sumthin got ates

my betty's on the road but there were still a few on the skinner

hell of a day place time and company to share a bummery of snow life choice

fuks aint been over yonders since that furkid rainbow bridged out
i gotta get up there put a collar in a tree and pay sums homages to that good ole god
maybe tuesday

didnt suck

[tBatt]

Grizzly Gulch closed today for WBR heli training.

[mall walker]

real good times with snowaddict and getoutside this morning









us wimpy skiers kinda poked our way over the crux rock band but getoutside just went full send lol. wish I had a pic, but it was glorious. aired it the fuck out!
good times gents!!!

[snowaddict91]

^What a great morning ski! Here's a bit more stoke.

[Boissal]

thanks my crew watched ya git sum git er done yesterday across the fork
we use yur skinner bit sugary in that hood huh
dig me sum R&B tongue
and solar skin on the off north aspect today
sumthin got ates

Not sure if you should thank me or if I should apologize for that skinner, it was a bit on the sporty side...
Something definitely got munched up there, we saw a bald eagle flying around, wonder if that was his snack!

[Skirotica]

LCC has become a pretty toxic road last few weekends. We sat for a while on Wasatch getting to Alta Saturday, but it was easy going to White Pine Sunday after 10 (and after i realized i forgot my boots). The way out was fucked though and the smell of brakes is still in my nostrels.

On the stoke side, i saw a massive backy on baldy shoulder Saturday. Guy went HUGE! I know this isn't newschoolers, but i was super stoked to shoot it.

[claymond]

^What a great morning ski! Here's a bit more stoke.

Nice nice

[getoutside]

real good times with snowaddict and getoutside this morning

^^ no doubt. real good times

[mall walker]

[Norseman]

Couloir week

[mall walker]

Couloir week

what else are we to do with all of this high pressure...?

[Boissal]

Couloir week

what else are we to do with all of this high pressure...?

Amen! Skiing edgeable windboard in steep terrain was a nice change of pace from all the stable pow we've had so far this month. And couloir skiing always delivers some hilarious shenanigans.
We were the 3rd party on the booter this AM and saw 2 more coming up. Fortunately nobody dropped above us to make the rope work more exciting.
Recipe for a good time:

Boot and/or wallow:


Point at stuff:


Milk the occasional soft patch:


But more often than not violently jump turn your carcass around:


Reflect upon the slope angle:


Enter the steeps:


Make classy turns in the no-fall zone:


Observe the consequence of objective hazards:


Get psyched about playing with ropes:


Take the obligatory cave shot:


The choke section below the rap provided endless entertainment and tons of material for blackmail. Let’s just say any ski longer than 150cm doesn’t fit and some seriously inventive “skiing” is involved.

[mall walker]

^ badass!! looked up at that yesterday from the bottom of the easier one and just thought "nope" lol. great pics too

[Boissal]

^ badass!! looked up at that yesterday from the bottom of the easier one and just thought "nope" lol. great pics too

Go do it, it's in perfect shape right now!

[snowaddict91]

Might as well keep the stoke going...Caught Little Chute open for the first time of the season!

[Foggy_Goggles]

Excellent dudes. Given the good base and generally low avalanche danger, I will be scheming a touring, paragliding, IKONic Wasatch mission soon.

[mall walker]

Go do it, it's in perfect shape right now!

let me see what excuse I can come up with instead of just admitting that I am afraid... how about "all of my skis are longer than 150cm and I refuse to compromise the integrity of my turns"?

Might as well keep the stoke going...Caught Little Chute open for the first time of the season!

niiice

[Norseman]

let me see what excuse I can come up with instead of just admitting that I am afraid... how about "all of my skis are longer than 150cm and I refuse to compromise the integrity of my turns"?



niiice

Time for the BC Bladez

[Boissal]

let me see what excuse I can come up with instead of just admitting that I am afraid... how about "all of my skis are longer than 150cm and I refuse to compromise the integrity of my turns"?

Excuse rejected.
It goes with sporty sideslipping (read: involves your ass touching the rock a lot) on 186cm planks, almost as classy as making turns. It's not pretty but it's a great way to detune the tip of your Down skis without wearing off a gummy stone!
I haven't skied all that many lines involving a rappel in the Wasatch but this one was probably the least scary. Getting to the anchor was way less gripping than on the NW of the Pfeiff where the bolts are a few feet above the cliff, right in the steepest part of the line, and you have to clip the bolt while standing on blue ice with your tips bouncing against the rock.
The anchor is also way more inspiring than the random bushes or ancient nuts around loose flakes I've rapped from elsewhere in LCC.