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author=Scotsman link=topic=15194.msg63706#msg63706 date=1263942072]
Silas obviously trying to rub my nose in it regarding my heli-trip.

Nah, just jealous, but not enough to return to paid employment to fund heli life. ;)

1/19/10 8:35am

Scotsman

author=silaswild link=topic=15194.msg63647#msg63647 date=1263882752]
Looks pretty good for non-heli skiing! ;) Way to get it, you don't know if you don't go.

very nice Chris.
Silas obviously trying to rub my nose in it regarding my heli-trip. your snow much cheaper than mine. ;D ;D ;D ;D

1/19/10 7:01am

bobS

author=skierlyles link=topic=15194.msg63643#msg63643 date=1263880419]
And yes, those were our tracks further up.

Nice work Chris (et all). It would have been fun to run into you up there- or at least in the lot for the post ski beers. Next time.

Looks pretty good for non-heli skiing!

Yea it was pretty good. Plus we got t...

1/19/10 6:48am

savegondor

January 18, 2010, Mt Hector, Banff National Park.

nice shots Jim!!!!

1/19/10 6:00am

David_Coleman

Hell yeahhh! Nice work fellas. Good to see something "big" on here. I knew you would deliver. ;D

1/19/10 4:25am

Monika

January 18, 2010, Mt Hector, Banff National Park.

Looks Incredibly beautiful and super cold !
Any other day tours from your Rockies trip?

1/19/10 1:01am

Joedabaker

January 18, 2010, Mt Hector, Banff National Park.

Just flippin amazing pictures.

1/18/10 10:49pm

JimD

We met you on top of 5476. Much better conditions than I'd anticipated. It was hard to find uncut snow (but we managed to hit a couple shots), there was a lot of pent up powder energy waiting to be unleashed! A beautiful day with new and old friends.

1/18/10 9:42pm

silaswild

Nice and simply excellent report!

1/18/10 2:42pm

silaswild

author=Scotsman link=topic=15187.msg63604#msg63604 date=1263847683]
Conditions up at WA pass are superb at the moment despite the lackluster conditions down here.

author=bobS link=topic=15194.msg63564#msg63564 date=1263757196]
Surprisingly good conditions yesterday. Above 4600 about a foot of fairly light snow on solid thick crust.

There was some...

1/18/10 2:32pm

skierlyles

Saturday was definitely the good day out at Steven's. Bluebird skies and light pow waiting to be found sure beats the trap crust and widely variable conditions we experienced Sunday. Both very nice days out, maybe someone will post a tr. Here are a few pics of our (moscawulf, alecapone and my) day out on Sat.

And yes, those were our tracks further up. Surprisingly good low density snow and well bonded to the crust below. And best of all, did not ever feel bottom above 4,500 feet...

1/18/10 1:53pm

skierguitarist

Jan 17 - 2009, - Duffy - El Nino was kind

COOL TRIP...THANKS FOR MAP AND VIDEO!

1/18/10 1:36pm

ema

It's "Duffey" Lee. Nice trip! Is that the equinox slide path extending down towards the clearcut in your first pic?

1/18/10 12:49pm

savegondor

Jan 15, 2010, Heather Ridge/Moonlight Bowl

LOVE the andriod phone!!!!!!! soon our GPS toys will be obsolete, very soon.

1/18/10 12:40pm

cascadianwarrior

We were out from about 10:30 until 2:30 and you're spot-on about being soaked. Amazingly good snow considering the weather!

1/18/10 5:10am

bobS

author=alecapone link=topic=15194.msg63579#msg63579 date=1263793851]
It was a great sunny day, eh? Lot's of people up there enjoying the day.

Did you happen to get any more shots of Tye with the lines a little more lookers right?

Alecapone- Here's a wide angle view that I cropped down a bit. The tracks in the previous pic are off the little knob far left of this view but they are hard to see as its overexpose...

1/18/10 3:01am

jwplotz

author=alecapone link=topic=15196.msg63580#msg63580 date=1263794639]
Another nice one from the icicle creek!

Glad to hear the slide was just a minor lesson.

Thanks Ale! In retrospect the slide really wasn't that big, but you certainly don't realize it when you're in the middle of it with no control anymore. Sure feels much bigger.

Chris: The road is closed, meaning a 3 mile approach t...

1/17/10 3:26pm

Charlie Hagedorn

Jan 15, 2010, Heather Ridge/Moonlight Bowl

Glad you all got home safely - looks like a beautiful day.

1/17/10 3:25pm

alecapone

Well played. I was just down the road, wet to the bone, and turning around at 4500'.

What time did you guys get started?

1/17/10 2:11pm

alecapone

Another nice one from the icicle creek!

Glad to hear the slide was just a minor lesson.

1/17/10 2:03pm

alecapone

It was a great sunny day, eh? Lot's of people up there enjoying the day.

Did you happen to get any more shots of Tye with the lines a little more lookers right?

1/17/10 1:50pm

chrism

Sounds like a fun trip. Glad the scare was only a scare. Are you able to drive to the parking lot on 8 Mile road?

1/17/10 5:35am

jwplotz

Runout

Looking back up

1/17/10 4:21am

gkunz

Jan 9, 2009, Hurricane Ridge

I was up there for a few laps in the afternoon. Saw 10-15 people not including the mtneers. Excellent snow for about 300 feet of vertical, then it was character building to say the least below that. My rockered skis seemed to combat the breakable crust in a way that made it almost fun.

1/17/10 3:53am

telemack

:D A whole new meaning to being buried by your work.

1/17/10 2:10am

danvon

We ran into the Mountaineers but they were digging pits, doing beacon practice etc. so were not going up high. They missed all the good stuff. Saw maybe a dozen other people-more than usual. I think the water-in-the-desert theory is exactly right.

1/17/10 1:08am

gwarm

Sounds like you got some fairly good snow and missed the Mountie's. How was Lyra's trail breaking?

1/17/10 12:54am

HappyCamper

We (2 skiers, 2 splitters) got up early and got a few laps in before the groups showed. But they seemed more focused on instruction than getting a lot of turns in.

Sunny for most of the day and the conditions were nice up top. In the trees, I'd even say great, but that might be the talk of a man wandering through the desert and finally being given a glass of water. The crust more or less went away until right before we got back to our uptrack.

1/16/10 11:48pm

alecapone

Jan 14-15, 2010, Sasse Ridge

Thanks condtions report. We where wondering how Yodelin would be while riding nearby. Sounds like you got better then we expected as well. Hope the crust wasn't too hard on Lyra.

where there a lot of people there? I thought the mounties where doing a ski touring class outing at yodelin this weekend.

1/16/10 10:43pm

Larry_R

author=brownc9 link=topic=15184.msg63538#msg63538 date=1263691541]
Nice nitrile gloves! What do you use those for?

Nitrile gloves are another little necessity for me, especially with my Raynaud's Disease (hands and feet loose circulation with cold exposure).

I use them over my liner gloves whenever the liners might get wet, like setting up the tent, taking skins off, or even adding clothing when the outer layer is...

1/16/10 10:37pm

Gary_H

Jan 9, 2009, Hurricane Ridge

author=telemack link=topic=15144.msg63528#msg63528 date=1263629497]
We did 2 runs each on the NW and NE sides of the high point of Sunset Ridge (NE bowl in the third photo), three on the east and west Lodge Runs. Lots of surprisingly good corn and mush, but also some manky crust and old soft-slide boulders.
We passed your class in the PM! But I felt lame interrupting so we skinned on by.
Probably would have lost a lap if we had stopped ::)

1/16/10 2:44pm

telemack

15 Jan Delancy Ridge- North Cascades

Yippee! Party with a view. ::)

1/16/10 2:01pm

Stewie

Heres some pics of today! Bluebird and powder. Doesn't get much better then this.

1/16/10 11:45am

brownc9

Jan 14-15, 2010, Sasse Ridge

Nice nitrile gloves! What do you use those for?

1/16/10 9:25am

Plinko

January 14, 2010, Snoq. Pass, Silver Pk slabs

Nice. Thanks for the pics and update James!

1/15/10 6:24pm

telemack

Jan 9, 2009, Hurricane Ridge

We did 2 runs each on the NW and NE sides of the high point of Sunset Ridge (NE bowl in the third photo), three on the east and west Lodge Runs. Lots of surprisingly good corn and mush, but also some manky crust and old soft-slide boulders.
We passed your class in the PM! But I felt lame interrupting so we skinned on by.
Probably would have lost a lap if we had stopped ::)

1/15/10 4:11pm

lrudholm

15 Jan Delancy Ridge- North Cascades

Nice!!

I'm glad to hear of the nukage in my homeland. I might be heading back there in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for the stoke.

1/15/10 2:08pm

skierlyles

15 Jan Delancy Ridge- North Cascades

Nice! Glad to hear you all got some. I figured even if the avy danger was high you all would still find a way. Have fun tomorrow, and try to take a few pics so the rest of us can salivate over them.

1/15/10 10:31am

alecapone

I was wondering how Saturday went. I would have joined you all if I had known about the plan switch. Sounds like I didn't miss out.

Well, it all turned to heavy today. I tried to race the freezing levels up lichtenburg, but I am too slow, and I slept too late. It wet snowed on me until about 4,500', and then it turned to rain. So, I turned around. It was not very fun on the way down, even with one big water ski.

raining at yodelin on the way past. Looked better a...

1/15/10 6:48am

JimG

January 14, 2010, Snoq. Pass, Silver Pk slabs

NICE tr. good to see something other than rain crust....

Fl's look like the might hold out for Sat Sun. You tourin?

1/15/10 3:23am

jhamaker

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Just trying to save space ; )

Here are the bigger versions:

1/15/10 1:55am

Marcus

author=alecapone link=topic=15166.msg63477#msg63477 date=1263569243]
I'll be there bud. Last years injuries prevented me from doing the avi field trip, so I only have MTR 1. This tour was part business trip. I was meeting a surveyor up there to plot out where to put the foundation for my snow fortress.

Sweet! Building the snow fortress is the best part about MTR.

1/15/10 1:22am

Joedabaker

I like the look of your backyard!

1/14/10 11:42pm

alecapone

January 14, 2010, Snoq. Pass, Silver Pk slabs

I'll be there bud. Last years injuries prevented me from doing the avi field trip, so I only have MTR 1. This tour was part business trip. I was meeting a surveyor up there to plot out where to put the foundation for my snow fortress.

1/14/10 11:27pm

Plinko

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1/14/10 6:46pm

Marcus

Awesome -- you should come with this year to help me find it for Sunday laps after the class is done.

1/14/10 2:51pm

blitz