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Thanks for the tour update in the Wasatch.
Glad the return was only a semi epic.
Glad the return was only a semi epic.
Great news! Congratulations!
I was hoping that the new 100 month skis would have the nano damping materials that you have been working on. Well maybe next 100 edition.
I was hoping that the new 100 month skis would have the nano damping materials that you have been working on. Well maybe next 100 edition.
Rock on, Ally & Kam!
Norie... I love that name.
I'm really happy for you guys.
Norie... I love that name.
I'm really happy for you guys.
Corn in January? That's nuts. It does not look like there is a lot of snow either.
Are you having a low snow year in south Washington?
Are you having a low snow year in south Washington?
Congratulations!
Good luck, health and happiness for the next hundred to you and your newly expanded family.
Good luck, health and happiness for the next hundred to you and your newly expanded family.
Congratulations! Many happy turns for all three of you! :)!
Outstanding! Congratulations to the three of you!
Mark
Mark
Awesome Kam & Allyson, congratulations!
We ran into you guys descending from the false summit. I was accompanied by my wife and my very tired dog.
You have four days to get Norie out to begin her streak of Turns All Year, get on it!
Best wishes to the whole family, they sure have a nice new nest. :)
Best wishes to the whole family, they sure have a nice new nest. :)
Congrats, Kam and Allyson, and welcome to the brave new world!
oldhouseman- i also ventured out sunday on hood with the hopes of a softening forecast, only to find high winds, and bullet proof ice. Needless to say it was a short day. This trip was my reward.
bcglaxer- The trailhead is at a maintained winter snowpark (marble mountain). The road is clear.
bcglaxer- The trailhead is at a maintained winter snowpark (marble mountain). The road is clear.
Patrick were you the ones Silas and I ran into on the way up or the guys on the other rib on Red? We were a running a bit late this morning. Left the false summit (when silas got puckered on his new set of skiis) at around 2. It was smooth for the board. Silas said it was heavy on the skis. Videos to come.
Did you run into Silas? He stopped by to rub it in on his way to Red this morning...
Outstanding! I definitely need to get down there this season. Can you comment on the road conditions?
We got suckered by the weather forecast on Sunday and ended up turning around at the weather station due to rain. It wasn't raining too bad, but we were there to have fun, and skiing in the rain isn't much fun IMO. The snow wasn't too bad, but it was very firm.
The route you followed down is very nice.
The route you followed down is very nice.
sorry to hear about the flu, maybe something better than corn on the couch
here's another pic (w/o eyes closed!) - red jacket with red mountain
here's another pic (w/o eyes closed!) - red jacket with red mountain
Thanks for that picture at the beacon park Cumulus. You must have had to do some photoshop to make me look that good. Now that the sun an corn is out I'm stuck on the couch with the flu Arggg.
Yes, sorry for your friend's loss.
Do try and make smart choices: My understanding was they had no beacons and traversed under the finger's cliffs so I'm not sure they were aware of the danger they were in.
Do try and make smart choices: My understanding was they had no beacons and traversed under the finger's cliffs so I'm not sure they were aware of the danger they were in.
Was aware (sorry for the loss of your friend), always smart, and here we go...
WHoah - nice job. So that's what was going on while I was working today.
Hero Corn for sure ;D
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http://contour.com/stories/mount-st-helens-dave-012611
http://contour.com/stories/mount-st-helens2
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=60178&id=100000218445455&l=4efd9eeb61
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http://contour.com/stories/mount-st-helens-dave-012611
http://contour.com/stories/mount-st-helens2
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Tony,
Not sure if you were aware but a few days prior a guy died in an avy there.... (friend of a friend)
http://avalanche.state.co.us/acc/accidents_co.php
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20110121/NEWS/110129966/1078&ParentProfile=1055
Be smart out there!
Not sure if you were aware but a few days prior a guy died in an avy there.... (friend of a friend)
http://avalanche.state.co.us/acc/accidents_co.php
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20110121/NEWS/110129966/1078&ParentProfile=1055
Be smart out there!
Well done. If you can't ski pow, you might as well ski corn!
Thanks. A pleasure to read. I'd just gotten into night skiing over the last couple years mostly on full moons. Builds character.
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Awesome! Ask and ye shall receive! I am planning to put together a talk on how to use and interpret NWAC weather instrument data for the next NSAS workshop. I have been trying to think of ways to get my hands on photos of why instruments sometimes don't work right. Can I use your photo?
Of course. Consider it in the public domain.
Awesome! Ask and ye shall receive! I am planning to put together a talk on how to use and interpret NWAC weather instrument data for the next NSAS workshop. I have been trying to think of ways to get my hands on photos of why instruments sometimes don't work right. Can I use your photo?
What I will do next is post a request on TAY for such photos. The TAY skier army will be unleashed and soon I will have plenty.
By the way the NSAS is a public avalanche workshop that t...
What I will do next is post a request on TAY for such photos. The TAY skier army will be unleashed and soon I will have plenty.
By the way the NSAS is a public avalanche workshop that t...
digitally we did uhhh 9.11 miles, or was that 6.99? hardcoded into stats, and hard to say... though we did all agree the announcers voice was hot.
Transceiver Training Park is solar, should be working today, wasn't yesterday - nevertheless the views were fantastic. It's amazing what one can do and still be home by 3:30. Fun day, good to meet you both!
Transceiver Training Park is solar, should be working today, wasn't yesterday - nevertheless the views were fantastic. It's amazing what one can do and still be home by 3:30. Fun day, good to meet you both!
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That second shot is really cool George.
Ta! Snow plush flash give a funky effect.
That second shot is really cool George.
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Could you shift that last photo to the right a bit? I would like to see the rime on the NWAC wind instruments. :)
Here you go.. this was solid stuff, more like milky glass than styrofoam in texture. The vane was still moving, the anemometer is quite immobile.
Could you shift that last photo to the right a bit? I would like to see the rime on the NWAC wind instruments. :)
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a few pics are up.
Lots of good pic's from all over the place. Thanks.
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Great photos, especially the second one. Are the ovals frozen footprints?
Yes, you could see the alternating step patterns.
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Nice Jeff.
We helied on Sat 1/22 and didn't find quite as good conditons generally although Madison Av and especailly Liberty Bowl skied well.
Cosmic Blast was windpacked hard but still fun.
We had a great time though.
Yeah, the wind did some damage up high. We were able to find good snow but it definitely wasn't everywhere. Headed b...
Sweet, I wish we had been there longer, the snow just kept getting better and the avy danger was decreasing!
We did it in a day. Took I-84/82 both ways and it was about 14 hours. Hit a rock at 2am outside of LaGrande, blew a tire and bent the front shock so that cost us a couple days.... we did go skin at Anthony lakes which was also very nice (not as much base tho).
Go, it'll be sweet!
We did it in a day. Took I-84/82 both ways and it was about 14 hours. Hit a rock at 2am outside of LaGrande, blew a tire and bent the front shock so that cost us a couple days.... we did go skin at Anthony lakes which was also very nice (not as much base tho).
Go, it'll be sweet!
How long was the drive trees4me?
I'm thinking of doing the same thing soon based upon our snakebit local forecast.
I'm thinking of doing the same thing soon based upon our snakebit local forecast.
Thanks for posting another splendid visual adventure. During these times of variable weather patterns, it is pure pleasure to read and observe the images.
Loooooooong day ! ;)
Loooooooong day ! ;)
Great trip report. Thursday I am headed to Victor ID to tour Teton Pass and other areas. The weather will hover around 28 to 31. I am hoping the avalanche conditions remain low. I'll be with a local however so that should increase my chances of good safe snow. Post some photos!
awesome ... gorgeous scenery too
Thanks guys,
I'll try to add a few more thoughts later today. One thing new: I finally bought a top of the line parka, the $450 sort. I've always been frugal, and had my doubts about what one gets for an extra 200 dollars when buying a parka. I'm not sure if there was that much difference in the past, in a cold pouring rain for example, but for me at least, *there sure is now*. In conditions similiar to this trip, my 3 or 4 year old mid price range Mountan Hardware p...
I'll try to add a few more thoughts later today. One thing new: I finally bought a top of the line parka, the $450 sort. I've always been frugal, and had my doubts about what one gets for an extra 200 dollars when buying a parka. I'm not sure if there was that much difference in the past, in a cold pouring rain for example, but for me at least, *there sure is now*. In conditions similiar to this trip, my 3 or 4 year old mid price range Mountan Hardware p...