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Way to get it!

http://www.vimeo.com/8450422

http://www.leelau.net/2009/Cerise2009_12/dec26/index.html - and more to follow

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... maybe Ron and company knew something we didn't. We sure found lots of sastrugi, windboard, crust, and some windblown powder. Good character building day. I really need to tune my skis.

Not sure we knew any more than the rest of you, Chris. Found the same as you did in the open areas so we stuck to north and west facing glades which seemed to have mostly...

We went about 3 to 400 yards around the hairpin before heading uphill.  The skinning was very difficult and we expected the same conditions down. Did you try ski crampons?  made life much easier as the conditions changed between the sliding breakable crust and steep hardpack.    Fortunately thats not how it ended up.  It seemed like the inversion and elements ruined the high exposed slopes and the lower slopes have stayed fresh for a while. 

Thanks for the report Lee!

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Nice vids.  Found this while searching for all you telemark lovers...thought it was pretty awesome - considering the era.

Telemarking Vid

that is ski beyond measure.... but then... give me a sound track like that and i'll show you some rippin!!

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The Hardest Button to Button by the White Stripes

Thanks

Nice video.
What's the song? I really liked it.

Roads are good.  Some snow/ice on the last 4 miles but there were cars in the parking lot so they must have been okay.  I have a 2WD Toyota 4runner (I guess it is really a 2runner) and I slid a tiny bit but was fine.  Bring chains in case if you are worried but it was nicely plowed the whole way.  Enjoy.  If you have plans to hit it up, reply back to this post and maybe I'll join you.  Brad

I found similar conditions off Duffy - about boot high powder/facets on top of a somewhat spongy crust - made for surprisingly nice turns. All north facing runs - some received a few hours of sunshine but otherwise in the shadow. Pemberton east didn't seem to be as affected by the inversion. No wind & not a cloud in the sky.

what a great day it was up there.  that pic makes squeak look ferocious!  silas, we look forward to skiing with you again too, perhaps sometime this spring...  ;)

Oh man....i"m jellass....hasn't been fresh snow over here since February! Hope to be back in time for the harvesting of the fresh pow. Enjoy Walmart!

SM

I'm happy for you but crying inside!
Very Nice.

What? no beer review? :D

I think my wife and I followed your (mostly windblown) track on Sunday.  Lots of variable density snow patches loaded all over the place.  Skiing was pretty good considering, but if you got too comfortable...well this happens:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqdISpmbWSo

I parked on 2 at the rock mt trail head. There where 2 tele guys an hour or so ahed of me. Eventually bumped into them and found out I had done a lap with one preseason at stevens. Never saw anybody else.

On the way past smithbrook on the way home I saw 3 riggs for snow machines, and at least a 1/2 dozen more vehicles. Looked like a busy day there.

Where do people generally park their car to approach Nason Ridge in the Winter?

Nice job of capturing the day with photos and video, Jayme!  Great to see you and Chris up there.  We toured across to look at the Nisqually, but it looked to firm for me, so I chickened out and we headed down towards the P-patch, then across to Mazama ridge and out.  I found the death crust the hard way, with a lightly sprained ankle.

Great day in the mountains:  Our crew in the TAY Vanpool:  Rusty Knees (Don), Moscawulff (Brad), Snow Bell (Joe), Skier Lyles (Chris), Alta Snop (Jay)...

Nice looking turn ikkin!!

Thanks, I was curious how yodelin would have rode today.

Heh -- I recognize that pic.  Nice work getting out in the sun today, Nikki.

It was pretty still all the way up, and there wasn't evidence of any previous loading that I observed.  Keep in mind tho, my powers of observation are pretty questionable.  I'm making an effort to learn as much as I can about what snow does on mountains, but this is pretty new to me still.

On that note, I will say that I was going to ski this same area a couple Wednesdays ago when all that snow was had.  I was pretty cagey considering the conditions, but I wan...