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Worth it may be a bit subjective. The coverage in most of the other places is certainly better but it's a further drive, the rain crust is pretty pronounced under the top veerrry light 6-8" new snow and requires a feather light touch or low angle collection zone not to hit it, and it makes for difficult skinning without crampons.
Looking at a possible weekend trip and wondering if it is worth it? Did you go all the way to the top of 2?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Always grateful for a Hood report and with such detail! Thanks.
Just got them and so far so good. I skied both good and bad powder and they were as good as anything I've skied. I think their waist is 108 and the previous widest ski I've owned was a 98 waist (Salomon Sho Guns). For me the sweet sport is somewhere in this area. They are very light. On hardpack in the ski area, they feel light with very little cush. A bit shaky on ice, but I am not used to even a little bit of rocker. I closed down Seppo's on the last day there and lucked into fr...
Cool. thanks for the detailed report
author=TwoFortyJeff link=topic=29875.msg125308#msg125308 date=1386304009]
I want that hat!
Careful, he's probably armed.
Thanks for the report, Robie!
Potential Tatooshers take heed, the road from Stevens Canyon Jct to the E end of Reflection lake was plowed sometime in the past 2-3 days. Any warmup may melt the inch or two of new and expose considerable bare asphalt. Your tax dollars at work! ???
Narada Face is rocks & brush. Trail to Paradise hiking only.
Potential Tatooshers take heed, the road from Stevens Canyon Jct to the E end of Reflection lake was plowed sometime in the past 2-3 days. Any warmup may melt the inch or two of new and expose considerable bare asphalt. Your tax dollars at work! ???
Narada Face is rocks & brush. Trail to Paradise hiking only.
Nice shot on the TJ side -
looks like a pair of K2 Sidestash. care to give a small review?
author=Jeff_Ward link=topic=29867.msg125272#msg125272 date=1386274014">Maybe the first step would be to lobby the powers that be to change the telemetry to Celsius and Centimeters, but that might be viewed as "un 'merican" by some.
Dual-listing telemetry outputs (with fractional degrees C to preserve resolution) would be a nice, lossless step in that direction (and friendly to Canada). When considering questions of water and s...
author=androolus link=topic=29867.msg125281#msg125281 date=1386282071]
Stupid question: Since the road closed 12/3, how did you get there? Sno-mo or chopper or just a really long approach? :)
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Stupid question: Since the road closed 12/3, how did you get there? Sno-mo or chopper or just a really long approach? :)
That looks awesome! Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the info... Now that I think about it, I used to do the same. When I worked as a patroller recently, our boss had us communicate everything to him in metric, even elevation of pits, etc.
author=BillK link=topic=29867.msg125271#msg125271 date=1386271989]
Thanks for the TR, and great pics.
I do have a question, just curious: Why do you post snow depths with metric measurments, and elevation in US customary units? Seems a bit odd...
Good question. Most professionals in North America communicate this way. Essentially everything below the snow surface gets measured in metric and everything above gets measu...
Thanks for the TR, and great pics.
I do have a question, just curious: Why do you post snow depths with metric measurments, and elevation in US customary units? Seems a bit odd...
I do have a question, just curious: Why do you post snow depths with metric measurments, and elevation in US customary units? Seems a bit odd...
That is quite a triumph after a major surgery. Must have been quite satisfying after all the pain, disability and rehab- not to mention cost. Congrats.
Great news! Being a guy who has ome back from past injuries, I can imagine your smile...good job! :)
All was very stable on north and west facing slopes.
nothing wrong with a little stone grind to clean off last years pollen.
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Thanks for posting! Would be awesome to stay up to date on E Sierra conditions during the season. Happy trails.
Whoohoo! Nice to see there's finally some snow up there. Which lodge are you referring to? I was thinking of starting near the main Summit Central lodge and skinning up the Golden Nugget alpine run to access the nordic trails that way. Or maybe there's a different route with better coverage?
author=Pete_H link=topic=29851.msg125189#msg125189 date=1386123924]I met the Mountain Manager, Avalanche Forecaster and another employee heading down just as I finished my skin up. I think they were a little jealous of those of us who got there ahead of them, but I have...
Toured the backside today. Was very good. Stable powder, sunshine, employees making laps and riding the chair up, stating they were "working on the lifts."
Toured the backside today. Was very good. Stable powder, sunshine, and cold temps (but pleasant in the sunshine). Good coverage but some boulders and creeks still exposed. Had to chuckle at the employees making laps and riding the chair up, stating they were "working on the lifts."
Nice powder turned into windcake last night. Southfacing was skiable. Lower down on sheltered runs was still soft.
author=kamtron link=topic=29827.msg125146#msg125146 date=1386089961]
The snow at Stevens pass is currently awesome. Lapped lifts all day with very few other people, and they opened 7th and Kehr's in the afternoon, so we kept getting freshies all day.
"Awesome" is an accurate description. It's rare to get it that deep and cold - without much of a crowd. It was Debbie's birthday and she timed it...
Wow… nice adventuring mac!
I'm glad I missed the rain… and it looks like the weather has turned for the better.
I'm looking to get out on Monday and hoping the conditions stay cold.
I'm glad I missed the rain… and it looks like the weather has turned for the better.
I'm looking to get out on Monday and hoping the conditions stay cold.
The snow at Stevens pass is currently awesome. Lapped lifts all day with very few other people, and they opened 7th and Kehr's in the afternoon, so we kept getting freshies all day.
Thanks---I should have grabbed the plastic poncho much earlier, and left my wallet and phone in the car ::)
Braver than I. Got there at 8:30, it was raining hard. Temp was not encouraging. Wallowed through parking lot slush to the lodge. Couldn't bring myself to purchase a ticket and get a complimentary garbage bag. But did get two candy canes from santa on the patio. Checked in with patrol about uphill travel. They were great but questioned our sanity. Decided to fold the cards and head home. Yup… a selective day. Good job telemack! Was a good day for testing goretex or a garbage bag.
Nice, Randy - way to time it! I'm heading up tomorrow. Let me know if you can sneak away for a tour.
author=Stefan link=topic=29808.msg125096#msg125096 date=1386004045]
that is a well made video! great work!
[Thanks Stefan, this only took about 20 minutes to make on my iPhone with the cheesy little iMovie app! (:]
So glad I made Monday a better day for those going back to work. And I think the snow in the mountains did too! Cheers and lets hope for more snow and cold temps.
While I think it's an interesting exercise I don't think the avalanche mapping is very helpful or accurate. The names are also on the wrong features, especially along the Arm, it looks like they moved everything over one feature.
The summary of their efforts is that everything at Baker is dangerous during and immediately after a storm and that avalanches start at the tops of hill and end at the bottom.
The summary of their efforts is that everything at Baker is dangerous during and immediately after a storm and that avalanches start at the tops of hill and end at the bottom.
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Touring the Alder in the valley is fun! Best done in spring when it is still laying down flat :)
Touring the Alder in the valley is fun! Best done in spring when it is still laying down flat :)
Good work! I'm quite jealous at the nature of the skiing down those dunes! I tried poaching a few turns at the OR sand dunes a few years ago, and was able to skin up without skins and had to push my way down the steepest section... i think it was too late in the day and it was just all mank!
Here, Someone at WWU made a guide for the Bagley Basin already.
Bagley Basin Safety
Nothing else needs to be said. Keep the pounders confined to "the backcountry" and let the gapers get carried. No better way to learn a lesson than to experience your poor decision making skills firsthand.
Bagley Basin Safety
Nothing else needs to be said. Keep the pounders confined to "the backcountry" and let the gapers get carried. No better way to learn a lesson than to experience your poor decision making skills firsthand.
Thanks for the intel, which corroborates the Doppler.
very creative on use of time, place and media!
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