Jan 16th, 2009, Crystal Mountain

Last week when I was up on East peak the East face had large wind deposits, so it looks to be persistent on that slope. Good to know for reference. Last week we avoided the wind loaded area skied the gentler slopes on the other side just SE of the summit and it was good safe skiing for 1000vt.
Several years ago there was a Mountaineers outing where several people were caught in and one person died in an avalanche in Cement Basin. I think that was buried surface hoar, but still a reason to think about that location.

Here's a pic of the slope we skied in Cement Basin. You can see our tracks and the skin track in the trees in the foreground we used to get out. Just further south along the ridge of this, the snow was definately different and slabby and suspect.

Jeeeeez you guys are snitching!

That was top of the Northway lift about two weeks ago. Lift caught my backpack as I was sliding off causing massive backward crash!
I try and have only one lift crash a week.

You should have seen the one on Northway last season when I caught my tips in the snow just after loading and did a complete forward pike straight off the chair onto the ground. The lift ops said it was one of the best all season! People I was skiing with pretended they didn't know me.

Nice! I'm still chuckling about this conversational thread!

Here's  a pic of the slope we skied in Cement Basin. You can see our tracks and the skin track in the trees in the foreground we used to get out. Just further south along the ridge of this, the snow was definately different and slabby and suspect.

Let me get out my 60X optical Lens so I can check out those lines and uptrack
Did you take that picture through the other side of your binoculars?
Putting postage stamp size pictures of your secret stashes is a diplomatic way of saying "Not telling"

Let me get out my 60X optical Lens so I can check out those lines and uptrack 
Did you take that picture through the other side of your binoculars?
Putting postage stamp size pictures of your secret stashes is a diplomatic way of saying "Not telling" 

Now one of yours?