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That face does look cool.

This is impressive or something; snow camping is rough enough without rain.

-A softy

4/29/19 8:18am

FairiesWearBoots

4/29/19 2:48am

CliffedDoubt

author=FairiesWearBoots link=topic=41858.msg164862#msg164862 date=1556045779]
Nothing personal against Jake. Just noting a growing epidemic.
It's like pushing mongo or paramarking.

Or like flaunting one's superiority in public forums

4/28/19 4:04am

FairiesWearBoots

Nothing personal against Jake. Just noting a growing epidemic.
It's like pushing mongo or paramarking.

4/27/19 5:26am

Stefan

great vid!

4/26/19 2:53pm

dustroyer

sweet video! that viz on the final run to camp haha ;D

-splitboarder who often rides with poles out especially this time of year

4/26/19 2:02pm

CliffedDoubt

author=FairiesWearBoots link=topic=41858.msg164855#msg164855 date=1556038024]
Dear world,
Please stop snowboarding with poles out.
Thank you

Thanks for the hate. Would love to see a splitboarder move as efficiently as Jake in the mountains without... The way he crushes vert, he could be toting two giant purple marital aids and I wouldn't question it.

4/25/19 8:52am

FairiesWearBoots

Dear world,
Please stop snowboarding with poles out.
Thank you

4/25/19 6:07am

CliffedDoubt

April 20, 2019, Black Peak S Face

Link to Video on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/332021793

4/25/19 3:45am

kamtron

Great photos.

Your Subaru story reminds me of a time in college at UVM when we had this massive 4' storm on Valentine's Day. Somehow we had loaded our gear into my friends car but shut the door and locked ourselves out while it was running in the driveway. I was able to break in with a coat hanger and the powder day was saved. I think that day I actually triggered a small wind slab in the trees at Mad River, which I was not expecting!

4/25/19 1:26am

Jake the Brit

April 20, 2019, Black Peak S Face

...really very fabulous photos.

4/24/19 8:37am

Ross B

April 21, 2019, Birthday Tour + Copper Pass (+Avalanche)

Had an extremely similar experience on Red Mountain, also yesterday. No red flags of wet and/or slab activity other than old debris and we remote triggered a wet slab up top. Totally caught us by surprise.

In retrospect we were ascending slopes that had already slid wall to wall earlier this week, which made for easy skinning and great stability. We didn't really consider the possibility of hitting slopes that had not slid, and definitely didn't consider the type of slab act...

4/24/19 4:49am

Onward.

April 21, 2019, Birthday Tour + Copper Pass (+Avalanche)

author=cumulus link=topic=41851.msg164831#msg164831 date=1555948670]
Thanks for the report, link, and photo!

Looks to be sun softened wind slab. Usually remains cohesive in the early hours retaining structure from overnight freeze (hence previous skier tracks), but then looses that structure and becomes volatile with softening by the sun and/or air temps.
Like you said most likely formed from the mid week snowfall (and wind) we had recently.

4/24/19 4:46am

marshallgeo5

Apr 20, 2019, Coleman glacier

Amazing how much changed from 4/16-4/19. There is clearly a lot less snow. Sorry, I am failing to upload this image despite meeting file size requirements. It was a crown face at the lowest exit point (you can barely see that location in the photo above), where the westward wall completely opens up into the Thunder Creek basin. We saw countless other north facing, similar angled aspects during the day but no other evidence of slabs. Slot is obviously a unique feature of Snoqualmie.

4/23/19 11:52pm

kamtron

Run 1 vistas
Raincorn

4/23/19 11:26am

wingy

author=marshallgeo5 link=topic=41849.msg164818#msg164818 date=1555890566]
"2.5-3 foot crown immediately at the exit of couloir, extending from wall to wall"

to be clear, you're saying there was a 30-36" crown *face...?

4/23/19 7:41am

cumulus

April 21, 2019, Birthday Tour + Copper Pass (+Avalanche)

author=aaasen link=topic=41849.msg164830#msg164830 date=1555947719]
I don't remember seeing that crown on 4/13.

wasn't there on 4/15

4/23/19 4:07am

cumulus

Thanks for the report, link, and photo!

Looks to be sun softened wind slab. Usually remains cohesive in the early hours retaining structure from overnight freeze (hence previous skier tracks), but then looses that structure and becomes volatile with softening by the sun and/or air temps.
Like you said most likely formed from the mid week snowfall (and wind) we had recently.

In your photo there are several visual cues of wind drifted snow formations... but I get it, I&#...

4/23/19 3:59am

aaasen

April 20, 2019, Muir Snowfield is good

author=marshallgeo5 link=topic=41849.msg164818#msg164818 date=1555890566]
There is a 2.5-3 foot crown immediately at the exit of couloir, extending from wall to wall, that may have slid earlier this week.

I don't remember seeing that crown on 4/13. Visibility was poor but there definitely wasn't a mandatory jump.

4/23/19 3:56am

Jake the Brit

Lovely photo #2. Good to know you're out there amigo.

4/23/19 3:48am

Jake the Brit

April 21, 2019, Birthday Tour + Copper Pass (+Avalanche)

Dude, it sounds like a battle out there. However if you don't go, you don't know! Or in this case we now all know because you did go.
Thanks for the excellent report.

4/23/19 2:31am

peteyboy

Wow, that is spooky. From your description and picture, I know the exact spot. Even with its gentle convexity and shallow spots there, I'm sure I wouldn't have seen that one coming in the conditions. Did you dig a profile to look at the new/old interface there? Glad you two are ok - thanks a ton for the info!

4/23/19 1:59am

marshallgeo5

April 13, 2019, Snoqualmie Pass

Thanks for your trip report. Out of curiosity, did Slot also have a 3 foot crown extending from wall to wall at the lower exit (mandatory jump) last weekend?

4/23/19 1:47am

avajane

author=snoholic link=topic=41821.msg164790#msg164790 date=1555629903]
It's been pretty much the same throughout the Eastern Sierras Bridgeport to Lone pine. STELLER! If I could figure out how to post pictures from my phone I would but it's too much for my little brain to figure out.

On my phone from the send screen, I slide right all the way to â€œCopy I Cloud Linkâ€. Wait for that to happen and then paste it into the b...

4/23/19 1:34am

avajane

Thanks for report! Best Mountain Weathet Range in the world! Some say.

4/23/19 12:48am

kamtron

author=snoholic link=topic=41821.msg164790#msg164790 date=1555629903]
If I could figure out how to post pictures from my phone I would but it's too much for my little brain to figure out.

The Curse of TAY!

4/22/19 11:29pm

snoholic

It's been pretty much the same throughout the Eastern Sierras Bridgeport to Lone pine. STELLER! If I could figure out how to post pictures from my phone I would but it's too much for my little brain to figure out.

4/22/19 7:23am

GregLange

Yahoo, Snoholic! Go get 'em. Post your follow-up. Love to see wher you've been...

I've got a few pix, but they're apparently too big to be posted. And I'm not tech-savvy enough to compress or whatever I need to.

4/22/19 4:14am

snoholic

Nice Greg, I'm following your footsteps. It's definitely big line time here now!!!

4/22/19 2:45am

rlsg

April 12, 2019, Warner Canyon Ski area (closed)

Sounds really great...thanks for posting...that's big county with lots of choices so I hear..way to tap it!! Any photos ?

4/22/19 2:22am

rlsg

Sounds wonderful...any photos?

4/22/19 2:13am

rlsg

Very cool!!! Thanks for posting..looking forward to more..

4/22/19 1:09am

Mtraslin

April 4, 2019, Earned Turns All Year 151

Awesome..... I climbed and skied Mt Fuji a way back with my brother Andy a ways back. So good. Have a great trip. Enjoy.

4/22/19 12:57am

Mtraslin

Thanks for sharing Andy. What a journey. Some great snow on the back side of biggie. Amazing snow quality. But a trickier snowpack to deal with. Thanks for the vid.

4/22/19 12:41am

telemack

Apr 14, 2019, ONP - Hurricane

A live person at the VC said that the phone system was down yesterday too ???

4/22/19 12:05am

Zap

Nice to read your TR of your recent visit. It brings back memories of skiing Jakes Peak, Crater Crest and Power Plant Bowl back when Jill and I were a bit younger. ;)

4/22/19 12:03am

sprice

Traveling the japan trains with skis and backpacks is more of a crux than most folks realize.

4/21/19 11:10pm

dave095790

Chu-Hi and rice with salmon. Yum.

4/20/19 11:44pm

dave095790

Guys that picked me up, the SUPER BUSY Yokohama train station, and selfie showing the set up that I had to move around the trains. It was not convenient, but ended up not being too problematic.

4/20/19 3:55pm

dave095790

April 11, 2019, Hart Mountain Refuge

route was near the looker's left skyline.

4/20/19 3:52pm

runcle

I hope you can share some pics! I spent a month there in the winter treking around in the 80s and wish I could have skied the summit of Hart Mountain! Wild country with no cattle allowed to graze!

4/18/19 9:10am

mikerolfs

April 11, 2019, Hart Mountain Refuge

Soak and ski. Sounds great!

4/18/19 8:25am

mikerolfs

April 12, 2019, Jim Hill Mtn

"Forceful Steering..." LOL, that sounds brutal!
Thanks for the report, Kenji. I enjoy your photos.

4/17/19 1:47pm

FairiesWearBoots

For future guidebook authors it also goes by the Dave summers pinner chute.

4/17/19 9:53am

jtack

March 31, 2019, Buckhorn Mountain (Olympics)

Boy you guys sure get after it! Thanks for the great report.

4/16/19 11:24pm

RyanLikes2Ski

Hit this same line today. A fair amount of postholing from mile 3 to 4 (intermittent deep snow). Was able to skin the last 1.5 miles. 7 hours round trip

Had great views on the way out. Ski'd down in a cloud. Snow was surprisingly fun/slushy. I'll try and get a full TR up with pics this weekend. In my opinion this route will not be worth the effort in a week or so due to melt. Good times

4/16/19 11:08pm

OregonDead

April 4, 2019, Earned Turns All Year 151

Heck yeah mang!

4/16/19 3:57am

rlsg

Thanks for your trip reports ..hope to get some from your adventures in japan

4/16/19 12:08am

joke