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Heads up for poor Tahoe people like me, Squaw is doing $5 Fridays all through June. Considering they’ve gotten two feet of snow in the last week, that sounds like a pretty great deal to me.
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# ? May 21, 2019 23:43 |
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Breck is open the following two weekends past memorial day now. June 9th is the new closing day. Sound like they are dropping down to only Independence chair for those extended weekends.
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# ? May 23, 2019 04:05 |
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Moey posted:Breck is open the following two weekends past memorial day now. June 9th is the new closing day. Sound like they are dropping down to only Independence chair for those extended weekends. Only Independence will be garbage unfortunately. You need the fun terrain up high. Should be there Saturday though!
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# ? May 23, 2019 05:57 |
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Despite having plenty of snow, Telluride will remain closed for elk calving. I did get to go ripping around the resort on a snowmobile today though. That was good.
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# ? May 23, 2019 06:14 |
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spwrozek posted:Only Independence will be garbage unfortunately. You need the fun terrain up high. Yeah, hopefully they can keep peak 6 up and running. We have and to go camping this weekend, but the weather is making that sound horrible.
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# ? May 23, 2019 19:03 |
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Meadows cancelled operations for the weekend because of the weather. So I'll be camping in some less than ideal weather, but gently caress it, I'm gonna be out in the woods and that's almost as good and playing snowboards.
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# ? May 23, 2019 19:29 |
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Lmao, this is crazy
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# ? May 25, 2019 02:54 |
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Sweet sweet. Hitting Breck tomorrow. Woo
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# ? May 25, 2019 03:04 |
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The Glumslinger posted:
They ain't closing this year. It's all hands on deck.
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# ? May 25, 2019 06:09 |
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Wistful of Dollars posted:They ain't closing this year. It's all hands on deck. How are the conditions there? I know that the snow conditions at Mt. Hood on the last few days of the season were just too sticky and not fun to ski in, at least for me. Is it still cold enough that you are skiing on good snow?
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# ? May 25, 2019 16:31 |
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Wistful of Dollars posted:They ain't closing this year. It's all hands on deck. “Seasonal” workers
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# ? May 25, 2019 16:57 |
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Mammoth got a foot like a week ago. According to the patrol site it has been getting below freezing overnight up top, so while that persists there’s still a melt freeze cycle. It’s been a very mild spring here in CA though so that could change at any point
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# ? May 25, 2019 21:14 |
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Peak 6 hike (six senses) was firing today. So good. 1st lap, awesome heavy pow run. 2nd lap, two cliff drops. Booooooooosh! E: my girl took a very crappy video of the bottom half of run two and have commentary. https://youtu.be/YWDTuPcfWtg spwrozek fucked around with this message at 22:32 on May 25, 2019 |
# ? May 25, 2019 22:26 |
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Well it would appear our drive south got a little longer yesterday https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MY3mevjXOfY
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# ? May 26, 2019 17:21 |
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Yeah, that is crazy! Luckily no one hurt.
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# ? May 26, 2019 21:14 |
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So mammoth got another 3 inches. I'm up here and it just started snowing. I might never leave.
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# ? May 27, 2019 18:14 |
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It’s nuking haha this is great
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# ? May 28, 2019 04:43 |
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Jesus, this year is legendary, I should have gone to Tahoe this weekend
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# ? May 28, 2019 04:46 |
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We set a 42 year drought record last year for our river basin. Be interesting to see where we end up E: Oh just 659% of median snow water equivalent https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/states/co/snow/state/daily/co_update_snow.pdf Moot .1415926535 fucked around with this message at 20:59 on May 29, 2019 |
# ? May 28, 2019 04:48 |
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Went boarding Saturday and Sunday in Mammoth. Saturday was nice enough (if harder than I would’ve liked), and had high hopes on Sunday when we woke up to snow falling, and a lift near us at Canyon opened up so we could just walk there...then the wind picked up. I think the forecast was around mid 20s with 25-45mph gusts. Didn’t need to put on my midlayer but would’ve been nice for the lifts. My goggles and helmet were killing me though, whatever little wind/snow getting through made me feel like I was getting stabbed. Day ended when I just gave up on a run after getting back to Canyon. There was no visibility left once I got to the open area, it was all just white at that point. I was slowly moving around blind until I saw lift chairs moving and followed that line down. Then everything cleared up while walking back down to our place . And a small bear approached us while we were putting our boards away So 10/10 would go again. I have a friend going in June so tempted to go again...but Edit: bonus bear pic japtor fucked around with this message at 23:00 on May 29, 2019 |
# ? May 29, 2019 21:18 |
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Mammoth is really good at that weird weather move where on the hill it's blowing 20+ and whiteout but five minutes down the road in town it's mild and calm.
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# ? May 29, 2019 22:37 |
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Anyone been to South America to ski? We can't decide on where to go since we want to resort ski/Backcountry ski/ and have something to do on down days.
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# ? May 30, 2019 02:46 |
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spwrozek posted:Anyone been to South America to ski? We can't decide on where to go since we want to resort ski/Backcountry ski/ and have something to do on down days.
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# ? May 30, 2019 03:08 |
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Everything around here is closed now. Until next year.
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# ? May 30, 2019 04:15 |
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spwrozek posted:Anyone been to South America to ski? We can't decide on where to go since we want to resort ski/Backcountry ski/ and have something to do on down days. Absolute best terrain, extensive bc, stable maritime snowpack, remote with little else to do: Las Leñas. (Argentina) Cute mountain town, more accessible, less reliable snow and less variety of expert terrain: Bariloche. (Argentina) Chile stuff is more accessible from major cities, you can rent a car and spend a couple days cruising around wineries. I was less impressed with the terrain in Chile (Portillo, Valle Nevado, etc) but it’s fine. Really it’s tough to overstate how incredible and extensive the expert terrain is at Las Leñas. If you’ve got the time to hang out for a couple weeks there you will be rewarded with remarkable skiing at some point. edit: here’s Las Leñas on a pow day. This is just directly lift served stuff, there’s twice as much available in the side country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdrKRVXCWPM bawfuls fucked around with this message at 04:33 on May 30, 2019 |
# ? May 30, 2019 04:27 |
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That is basically my assessment. We will be down there for two weeks. I could literally ski every day. My girlfriend has to have a day off each every 2-3. So 4-6 days off nothing to do in Las lenas is not really great sounding. She was thinking bariloche but she is worried it is to touristy overall. On the Chile side Santiago isn't far obviously but it seems like just a big city. Maybe go to two places...
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# ? May 30, 2019 04:47 |
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Well the thing about Las Leñas is that if you’re there for two weeks you will probably get 4-5 down days just because of the weather anyway. I would not recommend trying to combo Chile and Argentina areas on the same trip, just a lot of travel to make that work and the weather may not cooperate. Chile is more conducive to a mixed trip where you hit up some wineries etc for a few days in between different ski areas, if that’s what you’re seeking. You can do that in Argentina too but the travel times are longer on that side of the Andes. Honestly I can’t really speak to what’s available to do actually at any of these places when you’re not skiing because that’s never been my focus when I was there. In Las Leñas, when the weather had things shut down, I spent my time reading or drinking or hanging out in the nice hotels stealing their WiFi. All of these places share the same problem that there’s essentially zero tree skiing, so storm days do put a damper on things.
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# ? May 30, 2019 05:07 |
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That was basically my experience. I was to spend a month in Las Leñas. It was mindblowing at times, but got boring in the downtime, so I spent a week in Bariloche, too. Not that touristy at all, I was at Penthouse 1004, and they were fantastic. The skiing there (only while I was there) was absolute poo poo, though, total ice sheet, and I got written up by ski patrol for not having a leash on my snowboard bindings (wtf). Gorgeous town, though, I'd highly recommend it, and a week or maybe a week and a half in Las Leñas if you can swing it. edit: Thanks Bawfuls for the idea / recs back in 2010, you were the whole reason I went! ante fucked around with this message at 20:38 on May 30, 2019 |
# ? May 30, 2019 08:23 |
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Thanks for the thoughts guys. It is hard to balance the ski vs not ski thing. Especially with the best places being completely remote. As noted getting between Las lenas and really anywhere is long and difficult. I am sure whatever we decide will be good though.
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# ? May 30, 2019 15:27 |
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I just met this new relative at my sister’s wedding and he pushed kicking horse hard. Anyone been there? Confirm/deny?
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Moot .1415926535 posted:I just met this new relative at my sister’s wedding and he pushed kicking horse hard. Anyone been there? Confirm/deny? Its steep so you need good snow, which they can get in spades depending on the time of year. Some of my friends say its the best skiing they have had when prime. When not its clenching.
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# ? Jun 1, 2019 05:29 |
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Legit terrain at Kicking Horse. A big mountain. If you get it under the right conditions it compares to Jackson or Snowbird imo. ante posted:edit: Thanks Bawfuls for the idea / recs back in 2010, you were the whole reason I went!
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# ? Jun 1, 2019 08:21 |
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kicking horse sucks tell your friends
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# ? Jun 2, 2019 20:48 |
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Landsknecht posted:kicking horse sucks tell your friends yeah, what this guy said. Also, Castle Mountain in Alberta totally sucks balls and no one should go there.
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 03:00 |
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Few laps at a basin today. Still pretty decent out there.
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# ? Jun 9, 2019 19:53 |
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spwrozek posted:Few laps at a basin today. Still pretty decent out there. Still no lake reveal?
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# ? Jun 9, 2019 20:15 |
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Moey posted:Still no lake reveal? Not at all. It didn't even feel like it was coming honestly.
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# ? Jun 10, 2019 05:47 |
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In case you needed reminding about why you should use glacier guides. A Norwegian rescue team recently won an award for a glacier rescue. The area is more of a permanent snow cap and has a summer ski lift, but obviously shares some important features with glaciers such as many opportunities to die. An older man had fallen down a narrow crevice, some lucky circumstances led to a great rescue mission. Had cell coverage and just enough battery to last, they zeroed in using his reports of helicopter noise and the observers saw his tracks when he had a few % battery left. You can see his footsteps and then the glide tracks. He was booked to go on a guided tour, but when he got up there he felt he wasn't up to it and stayed behind. He asked someone at the the ski center where it was safe to hike for a view and did so. But then time went by quickly, the bus departure drew near and he ended up looking for a shortcut... A good educational example of how someone with good decision making ability ends up making bad ones in incremental steps.
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# ? Jun 16, 2019 13:35 |
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I skied Aspen yesterday and it was good. Thank you Al Gore for inventing climate change and this endless winter
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# ? Jun 16, 2019 14:30 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 16:46 |
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Heading up to Mammoth today. Gonna be my first time boarding in July!
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# ? Jun 30, 2019 19:20 |