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 My photogallery has become corupted with something that prevents viewing, so I 've thrown a couple pictures onto Teletip's gallery. Enjoy if you wish.

Bob

So, take a guess...do you think Muir will be worth some turns this weekend????

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Nice to see you're getting some turns snoslut.  Looks like we may be warm and dry for several more weeks down here in Tahoe. >:(  Let me know if you get down this way, esp. Shasta/Lassen.  ;D

Wow - thanks for the highly detailed report. :-)

Good work.  We were north of the mountain hiking yesterday, and I wouldn't have expected Muir to have good snow.  Thanks for the update.
-s

Thanks for posting O.  Got any pictures of fresh snow/fresh tracks?

So have you been up there this time of year in the last few years?  I'm just curious, thinking of a baseline from which to compare, "Never seen it so broken up..."  I might like to crawl up the CD route some time soon, maybe.  I hear there's some good skiing off the top.

Oyvind and I skied the CD from the Summit on April 23 this year. &nb...

Jason_H: yep, I knew who your father was :)  

And Robert, I agree, it wasn't very early, but for October turns it sure seemed so considering I left home at 6am (though in spring I've been known to leave by 430am-uggh!)

And snoslut...your name came up a few times-glad I could hang with other ski circles out there and bridge yet another gap btwn groups

Keep dancing and it will keep coming...

~L

the dude with the gnarly red goat puts the empty beers in your boot!

and lara- it was not that early!
roberto

yeah... but how does it compare to last year?  We were up there in mid-October.  The lower glacier, below 7000ft, was "more broken up than I'd ever seen it" (I've been up there in fall for the past 5 or 6 years probably, and the snowfield/depression below heliotrope ridge had always been smooth with almost no crevasses, but last year it was full of holes).

However, above 7000ft the route was fine (a bit circuitous on a snowboard, but not so bad).

So...lapaz you skied with my old man. Ha. I'll let you guess which one

Here's a hint...he doesn't have a gnarly red goat.

He also puts da beers in da ski boot so doesn't forget.

Yep, go for it!!!! You could always check out the Paradise web cam, too...

~L

Welcome aboard, Oyvind. I believe we've talked skiing before, I'm Greg from Louie's in Ballard . . .

Nice way to nail two month's worth of turns, Oyvind.
And Welcome (now, officially) to TAY.
Happy Skiing  ;)

Congrats on getting your 12 months in, no small feat this year; and thanks for the inspiring report.

G3baron185, I have removed all but one of the posted photos so that your report will be in line with our posting guidelines, which include that there be only one photo/thread for trip reports. I also added a link to your gallery so that readers can see the rest of your photos. Thanks for the report and congratulations on getting your September turns in such a spectacular setting!

There is still a good chance we will have as good of an October as last year at MRNP, we actually had lots of new freshies to play in last Halloween  ;D.

You can see a few more photos of our fun

Thanks. I see how year round turns can get addicitive.

We need to get a Utahn on your "year round skier" roster!!!!

FF

Welcome, James.
And congradulations on your 12 month streak!
We'll look forward to hearing more from the Wasatch contingent.

Ah yes..same day last year was pretty darn epic.  If I remember correctly, there were 15 + of us random TAYers up on Muir the day Kam shot his photo (um, yeah, I hit that, too!).  Incredibly good memories-freaky to think about the conditions up on Muir now. I'm every hopeful this year is going to be great :)  

Can't wait to get out there for some more turns...maybe even this weekend?

Do not fear.  Powder season appears to have already started on Baker, as seen in this photo from cc.com.



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Cleaned that crack out real well, didn't I?  As I recall, Lowell stopped and I was going to crank a nice swooping turn to stop just below him, but for some odd reason, my ski kept wanting to follow the fall line.  Then I achieved one-ness with the Muir.  ;)

Yeah, it's a heck of a thing to become famous for...

But, as I recall, the snow up high was real nice - and I have photos of Lowell to prove it - and the day was one of the nicer October days I can remember.  ...

Mark, it was actually pretty fun, and there were a number of those good stretches. All of the hazards, visible and especially hidden, were what made the skiing a bit worrisome for me. Lowell had a good (?) story about Dave catching his ski in one of those meltwater slots during a turn last September and I definitely did not want that to happen to me.

Thanks, Mark - cool to see so many famous TTipsters in one place!