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Awesome...nice to see some photos of that line on Copper. I gotta convince myself its worth the time and money to get there. Thanks for the inspiration to do so.
That end of the ridge is alot of fun. Strong turns with no highbacks...crazy. Did you see santa out there?
TBill getting much interenet cred on that one. Thanks for the tip. We rode the crooked and then the circus later that day on the 10th. Crooked still had good snow and the circus was untracked pow. Fun alternative to the slot.. which looked like alpental from the top. Crazy there was still snow in there...I wouldn't have believed it when i looked in.
WOW-- that is so cool! I've been hearing nothing but positve about skiing in Japan--lots of fresh to be had it seems...
Thanks for the great TR and pics.
Thanks for the great TR and pics.
That's just ridiculous. How amazingly easy to get great turns in the Wasatch. Man there is no doubt one of the best places to tour on the freakin planet..........
Great pics bro, thanks for sharing.
Great pics bro, thanks for sharing.
anyone that thinks wet slides arent a big deal have never been in a wet slide. wet slides can be a lot worse than dry/soft
Mountain commute > city commute. Great pics, looks wonderful, I especially dig the shot of those wild rocks.
My friend and I skied the slot the day after this. Surprisingly good snow for having seen a weekend worth of skiers go down it. I agree, that skin track climbing back to the col truly was great. The morass of terrible skin tracks on the way up the Phantom, however, left something to be desired. It would have made a great teaching moment for how to not put in a skin track.
Great pictures. Must have been sweet to get to ski in that light snow! The only time I skied Utah was a drought year...
Sounds like you guys had a GREAT time!!! My friends and I rode Niseko this time last year, what an incredible place! the quality of the snow was absolutely insane. I've ridden lots of places in the states but I've NEVER seen anything that light... BEST EVER!
Sweet! Thanks for the memories. I take those are on the N face of Olympus? I've glissaded there coming down off winter climbs of the rock face, but I didn't have the skills to ski there on skinny skis BITD.
Well it won't be tracked out as there only 3 of us in the whole area .
Thanks gents, hoping fo rthe north side powdery snow to endure and at least the south sides should not be frozen. Sunny sky predicted, so who can complain!
John
John
We were there and saw Andy's slide , Actually it was 4" crown about 50' wide that broke on first(back bowl) south facing 35-40 degree slope. Although we were nordic touring on top MAzama that top 4" got very wet. We left later than Andy did. Might not be good conditons tomorrow on south facing.
Thanks for the clarification.
Nice attempt.
Yeah, there are a bunch of places where the snowmo roads get groomed by a cat dragging a groomer that leaves corduroy behind. Presumably funded via sno-park passes (or is it NOVA funds??). I've seen them out doing the grooming a few times when coming home late via one of these roads. If you hit the road early enough in the AM you tend to get to see it in pristine shape.
Yeah, there are a bunch of places where the snowmo roads get groomed by a cat dragging a groomer that leaves corduroy behind. Presumably funded via sno-park passes (or is it NOVA funds??). I've seen them out doing the grooming a few times when coming home late via one of these roads. If you hit the road early enough in the AM you tend to get to see it in pristine shape.
No rain, some snow flakes while I was there; forecast for tonight is cloudy; that means, perhaps, less nasty crust in the morning but no resolution of the wet snow on the crust.
Thanks Andrew,
Any rain?
Maybe a cold clear night can dry the snow out on North aspects??????
John
Any rain?
Maybe a cold clear night can dry the snow out on North aspects??????
John
Thanks for the heads up! Several times I've been riding MRNP areas and have had other folk on the routes explain to me that wet slides and sluffs/point releases aren't dangerous whatsoever, I laugh and sarcasticly say "alright dude". I've been carried a good distance by a sluff, they can easily take you over cliffs and other terrain traps.
Uhh, is Mt.Yotie by Clara Lake? I'm confused by your post Jamie!
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Wow....that groomed teanaway road is amazing. Is that normal? Do they use a fancy grooming cat? It doesn't look like a sno-mobile road at all. It looks like a nice place for XC skiing. I thought 29 pines was more a sno-mobile only area.
The road was probably groomed the night before our trip. Coming out the road was a starting to be eaten up by snowmobile...
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Love that you had a Clif bar on the side, just to top the breakfast off...
Dessert ;)
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Jesus, shave.
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nice headband, too prof. plum.
but yeah, well done. How many days is it for you now?
Haha. Jealous of the natural face warmer T? Tomorrow will be day 50 on the winter, including 23 in a row!
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Aw...
Love that you had a Clif bar on the side, just to top the breakfast off...
Awesome man! Any plans to head back to the PNW in the near future?
What's with the small breakfast, you on a diet or something? ::)
What's with the small breakfast, you on a diet or something? ::)
Freakin awesome. I'll need to venture that way! Thanks for the inspiration.
Nice trip. Where's all the people? Surprised there was so much pow in those chutes after skinning up them and sending a few skiers back down.
Cool lines; great photos. Thanks for posting!
Nicely produced video. Looks like you had lots of company on the mountain despite the fog. To avoid the crowds around Paradise on Saturday we went skiing at White Pass with the grandkids ;D Follow the Leader We went back to Paradise on Monday and found it the most tracked out we've seen it in 25 years. Paradise Valley Road was so packed it looked groomed, the trail up from 4 xing too; the front of Mazama was really trashed...
Awesome tr - That wasatch blower looks nice from here in the northwet. Breakfast of champions too; nice work.
Jesus, shave.
Edit:
nice headband, too prof. plum.
but yeah, well done. How many days is it for you now?
Edit:
nice headband, too prof. plum.
but yeah, well done. How many days is it for you now?
Thanks guys!
ski2fly: You are correct, there's a gully that takes you right to the top of the Pipeline from the backside and from there you can bump over to that lookers left entrance.
ski2fly: You are correct, there's a gully that takes you right to the top of the Pipeline from the backside and from there you can bump over to that lookers left entrance.
Inspiring. I wish I had more time. :-[
Wow....that groomed teanaway road is amazing. Is that normal? Do they use a fancy grooming cat? It doesn't look like a sno-mobile road at all. It looks like a nice place for XC skiing. I thought 29 pines was more a sno-mobile only area.
it's rare that i can show snowboarding stuff to the family and hold their interest, but this video was an exception. hell, i even had a couple of 2nd graders enthralled watching over my shoulder!
thanks, saign, for the suggestion on a great way to spend last friday. after seeing the footage from your earlier trip with leyland, it was damn fun to ride those lines in such optimal conditions.
the view from the road gives a great overview of the potential... th...
thanks, saign, for the suggestion on a great way to spend last friday. after seeing the footage from your earlier trip with leyland, it was damn fun to ride those lines in such optimal conditions.
the view from the road gives a great overview of the potential... th...
Looks like a great line. Is "An alternate entrance on the looker’s left side can be accessed from the top of the Pipeline and is a little mellower. " top left of the big snowfield, the small visible snow section? So does the pipeline then make a sharp looker's right up behind the rock and start at this alternate entrance to "the hourglass"?
That is you are at the top of the pipeline / hourglass alternate entrance and skier's right is pipeline, skiers left is...
That is you are at the top of the pipeline / hourglass alternate entrance and skier's right is pipeline, skiers left is...
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From the top of the summit there was a lot of burn as you skied down which made the tree spaces real nice and fast for descents. Don't know how recently they burned but yep and how did you know that have you skied the bc there?
The burn inside the ski resort is from around the turn of the century (and predates the lift that serves it). There was another big...
Ha! I loved your 11:30 am alpine start.
Also, thanks for reporting in detail on these lines. I'd really like to ski them this spring when they are in!
Also, thanks for reporting in detail on these lines. I'd really like to ski them this spring when they are in!
lost trail is sick. never ridden out of bounds.. never really needed too either i guess
Wow!
No wonder I didn't run into you out there. You don't have to wait for the crowds to fade to run that line!
Nice work!
No wonder I didn't run into you out there. You don't have to wait for the crowds to fade to run that line!
Nice work!
Looks like some pucker factor!
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Looks like the Kendall Pk couloirs?
First time I have seen the entrance to one of the eastern chutes pictured in a post. I bit steep for me but may have to try some day.
Thanks,
John
Great trip! Many folks have forgot about the Gold Hills Ski Cabin or talked about it. ;)
Making good use of the weather windows as usual -- nice work guys!
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Yes! What a gorgeous day! Here's a shot of Kenji linkin' em from the high point.
Very cool, David!