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Yeah, Dude. Syskyo'd. 8)

10/26/12 2:12pm

Rusty Knees

The pleasure coming down the snowfield MORE than made up for the pain getting down past Panorama Point. Tonight I finally got time to look at my skis and voila! no core shots!

Most of the way up after Pebble Creek up to Anvil, we walked in the skin track, seeing no other features. I knew the snow was going to be good, but I was also dreading the actual skiing down. The last time I skied inside the Muir ping pong ball, vertigo had me too sick to ski, and I had to wa...

10/26/12 12:58pm

MNMike

That was such an excellent day 8}

10/26/12 12:17pm

tabski

Oct 25, 2012, Mt. McCrae, Selkirks

Sweet vangrab.

10/26/12 12:09pm

tabski

That looks absurdly good.

10/26/12 12:08pm

jtack

That looks so great, I feel like a lazy bum, for not going out prospecting myself, thanks for the report.

10/26/12 10:34am

jtack

Pure unadulterated torture to look at that great snow, and not have some of my own, thanks for the great pictures!

10/26/12 10:32am

Shred

It was nice to meet and ski with you fine folks!
Here are a few pics.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4795653488277.195529.1204161047&type=3

10/26/12 10:14am

Dustin_B

Thanks for the skin track, it was definitely appreciated! Perfect October Pow and no core shots getting down to the parking lot!

10/26/12 9:12am

WillD

great photos!

we were up there yesterday (10/25) and found excellent conditions. it was clear and cold the night before which made for super light and dry powder skiing. best of all, it was sunny for the first three runs! a whiteout rolled in around 2 pm and we called it quits

i would recommend that powder seekers this weekend go to the very top of the ridge and ski from there because coverage is excellent up high. below the hogsback there were definitely a lot of rocks hi...

10/26/12 6:39am

Kneel Turner

"I don't really know why he's slowing down.?"

Good one.
That seemed to be top speed for the anti pistes that day. It did seem silly slow. Felt like you could have easily straightlined it to pebble creek, but what can I say? I like to turn.

And to Jason:
I did find it hard to believe there were so few people up there considering the reports, weather (reasonable), and the inevitable early season stoke. Just ten of us skiing in one big group that...

10/26/12 6:38am

mikerolfs

wow that looks so so nice.
wow.

10/26/12 5:44am

Jason_H.

Wonderful! Muir powder is certainly rare and it seems to happen most often early season.

...jealous! And I have no excuses for not being up there ;)

10/26/12 5:24am

cumulus

I like Gabe's fat powder skis in that first pic. Chalk one up for optimism!

10/26/12 3:01am

Marcus

Awesome Kam! Yeah, we need a Phirin/Norie shot for sure.

10/26/12 1:20am

davidG

WOW! Love your sense of understatement.. Scrolling down from pic 1 to pic 2 was definitely 'in your face'

author=kam link=topic=25872.msg109390#msg109390 date=1351154135">

.. Again, I've skied worse...

that looks pretty...

10/26/12 1:12am

gregL

OCT 24, 2012, Heliotrope powder Parade

Congrats, and well done!

10/26/12 12:54am

AlpinWeiss

Nice to meet y'all up there. Definitely a great day for October. I didn't take a lot of shots, but got one of you guys descending:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewjohnsullivan/8124121116/in/set-72157631847887207/lightbox/

10/25/12 2:43pm

powhound

Thanks, looks like you guys got it good on Wednesday....I thought about going back...oh well Baker in the morning...I better get some sleep

10/25/12 2:04pm

r1de

author=powhound link=topic=25862.msg109399#msg109399 date=1351177881]
Heres a video from the day

Thumbs up on the vid.

10/25/12 1:40pm

FreeBird

Oct 24 Mission Ridge, YES... Mission Ridge!

Sweet Viddy

10/25/12 12:56pm

wickstad

Looks like mid-season over there. Especially the third photo.

Fortunately the shop at the Hampton lodge has quick base repair turn around.

Affordable too!

10/25/12 12:08pm

snoholic

Nice Video, Maybe I should go back to snowboarding.

10/25/12 11:40am

Awesome to see you guys up there yesterday.. It was a good kickstart to the season!

10/25/12 11:29am

epicpow

Lisa, I am fine, just a sore body and a bruised ego! It was nice to meet you guys out there on the mountain and hopefully I run into you guys again soon! I can't wait to get back out there. It beats the office any day of the week!

10/25/12 10:11am

ShailCaesar!

Looks awesome! Can't wait :D

10/25/12 8:30am

skibadger

October 24th. Good way to start the season.
Andrew forgot to mention the layer lurking beneath the white layer, but I guess it's implied in Roctober.
Didn't have to transition on any creek crossings, just tip toed through them.
Man, it felt good to be back in some powder!

Entering Winter

Creek Crossing

10/25/12 8:28am

ShailCaesar!

10/21/12 - hyak forest road

Just what I wanted to see, thanks! How were the creek crossings?

10/25/12 7:49am

Snoqualmonix

Way to get creative close to home.

10/25/12 7:04am

MNMike

haha, yup, that's us

10/25/12 5:18am

dirtnerd

great pic

10/25/12 5:01am

BrianT

Trim your toe nails, grab your skis...cuz it's on

Just something I had from yesterday, looks like the/a ski van to me :)

10/25/12 4:52am

Mtnmanb

It was pretty nice up there on Sunday, skinned up to Silcox and skied down. I liked the filled in gulleys and trees down to Magic Mile lift, didn't really hit anything. I was surprised they didn't open the lift, stating "Due to low visability, the lifts will be closed today." I could see all the way up Palmer, not sure why they never opened. Still got after it and checked off my first 12 month TAY!

B)

10/25/12 4:31am

BrianT

10/21/12 - hyak forest road

No, this is autocorrect on my phone. This is what I get for posting updates from my phone *sigh*

it's like my other updates when I've posted 'pain point' instead of pan point on the snowfield at Rainier. Good times, thanks for pointing out a funny slip. And yes, there were many spots on the side of the road with yellow snow melt from what I saw.

10/25/12 4:22am

freeskier

10/21/12 - hyak forest road

That's really funny....! Perfect interpretation of what may have been a Freudian spellcheck error. I guess we've all seen "beer melting" in the bc before....

10/25/12 2:55am

jtack

Oct 24 Mission Ridge, YES... Mission Ridge!

It was dog deep, my little black dog is 17 in at the shoulder, and in places he was subsurface! What fun to have fresh snow this early. Mike suggested he had only missed 3 months of skiing at Mission, I guess I'm in the same boat. A few more pictures, don't know if this will last but it sure was a great way to start winter skiing.

10/25/12 2:34am

ron j

author=kam link=topic=25872.msg109390#msg109390 date=1351154135]

...Two days later, our son Phirin (pronouced 'feer-in') was born. Good timing. Mother and baby are doing very well, and 21-month old big sister Norie seems OK with the new addition.

ROCK ON ALLY and KAM!!!
Can't wait to see him. How about a shot with Phirin and Norie together :)

10/25/12 12:34am

Charlie Hagedorn

Congratulations!

10/25/12 12:29am

powhound

Good meeting you too Lisa, Pete's doing OK

Heres a video from the day

https://vimeo.com/52136528

10/25/12 12:11am

Andrew Carey

October 21, 2012, Muir

author=freeskier link=topic=25841.msg109326#msg109326 date=1351029687]
Best video of the year so far Carl! Way to get us all pumped for what lies ahead. Hopefully I'll be up there Friday with some buddies....maybe see some of you up there!

Yes! Very entertaining.

10/24/12 11:14pm

Darryl