Tahoe area, keepin' on snowin'

2/15/10

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Posted by all mtn on 2/6/10 6:21am

- the latest system was supposed to give us 2 - 4 ft, instead we got about half that. but it does keep snowin'. some higher density snow - which is fine by me, as you dont hit bottom as opposed to a La Nina condition. today, I skied a slope that is right above the road {Mt Rose highway}. it is shaped like a pyramid, so I just call it Pyramid Pk. the pitch is about 35 - 40 degrees. I did 3 laps, with the last being the best. my turns were the classic "perpindicular to the fall-line"

2/6/10 12:10pm

billk

author=all mtn link=topic=15503.msg64840#msg64840 date=1265494914]
"perpindicular to the fall-line"

?

Please explain... if it's classic, I wanna know :)

2/6/10 12:47pm

ughly-skier

Hey allmtn: Did you park at the rest area just East of the summit? I skied that area last spring with a Renoan. . . Renoite . . .uh . . . dude that lives there and got into some great terrain, nice variety. How feasible is it to gain access to the North facing slopes off of I-80 (I think that's the main East/West freeway out of Reno to Cal.). . . (Renoburgher?)

2/6/10 3:25pm

tonym

author=BillK link=topic=15503.msg64859#msg64859 date=1265514161]
?

Please explain... if it's classic, I wanna know :)

It's a classic traverse off the the fall line:

http://www.mathopenref.com/perpendicular.html

2/7/10 3:36am

billk

Thanks for the geometry lesson...I'm a social worker, we don't do math ;)

I'm still in the dark about classic....unless he means it was so steep he was doing jump turns. A traverse across the fall line sounds more like "sucky line" than "classic". Are we allowed to say sucky?

EDIT: I think I finally get it...10 turns, traverse; 10 turns, traverse; 10 turns, traverse, etc, etc...to maximize vert on an off-fall line pitch. No qualitative statement intended on the use of the word "classic", just a description of a frequent occurence in terrain.
-Bill

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