mattp Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 OK. Who went skiing today, and what can you tell us about the snow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scot'teryx Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 went to stevens yesterday (Friday) and it snowed the whole day with little visibility, but the snow was pretty good on top of seventh, but a little wet down at the bottom went to alpental today (Saturday) and got freshiez off of chair 2, but once again the visibilty was real poor, and the snow was great up top, but slushy down below. Let loose quite a bit of loose snow on a traverse up top near denny and top of chair 2. Tomorrow should be awesome for anyone going out skiing, or doing the rando race. Supposed to be sunny according to NOAA. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Here, I'll give my stock weekend skiing report... Â "good turns for 2 runs, then all the other people tracked up the snow. Jee, I wish I have saved my $40 and earned my turns" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 well i took a few turns at Alpental yesterday. oddly vacant in the AM. 'bout 8" of new but it was a little on the wet/heavy side. Better in the back country  a little bit of new this AM. i'm gonna give a test drive in a few minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapertimmy Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 i had the pleasure of jon and gaper chase coming down from seattle this weekend to ride the freshiez with me. Â coming of the epic wednesday, it was hard to match the fine turns that were made, but it was great to get out with those wankers and make some turns. Â friday the snow was ok, but the visibility ate nuts. yesterday was perfect, but a tad too crowded for my likes. Â all in all, a good time was had by all, today brought another blue bird, but unfortunately not any new snow to go along with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Second hand but my roommates went up to do some back country turns across from Stevens yesterday. The scary layer was about 3.5 feet down, but they thought it was good to go. They had about 18 inches of fresh and had a blast. Went back today for more. Sorry I didn't see this last night Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joekania Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 16" inches of fluffy champagne to pop my cork here in Vail today. And after 9" yesterday, well, it's been nice. I need a quadriceps transplant in a hurry. Any donors? You can find me in the hot tub, escaping from my 18,000 closest ski buddies. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cman Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 went to arrowhead. the snow was great, nice fluffy powder. the temps were nice and cold. whoever broke the skin track up high must be in love with switchbacks, they put one in about every 20ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyleg66 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Drove from Kamloops to Joffre Lake planning on skiing into Saxifrage for two days. Got out of the truck and realized my boots were still in Kamloops. Continuously apologized to ski partners for 3 hour drive back home. Skied hardpack up at Sunpeaks on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Table mountain snow was perfect. Lots of people but fresh runs were to be had for anyone desiring so. Â My camera froze up so I didnt get any action shots. Not that I was going to post any here anyway. Â I bet it's still good today too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted February 24, 2003 Author Share Posted February 24, 2003 I took this shot yesterday, near the top of Hidden Lakes Peak. More pictures are here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 We were up on St. Helens on Sunday. It started out as a beautiful day, but the snow conditions were mediocre. We turned around at about 6500'. We had hoped to skin most of the way to the top but had heavy wind and ice and were at a serioud disadvantage without snowshoes. We got in some nice turns in the gullies on the way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Went to Paradise on sunday and just yo-yo'd up and down some slopes. Saw a sweet slope that looked mighty tasty, saw some people cut some nice turns down it, and thought about doing it. Then I looked up at a nearby slope with nearly identical aspect, which had recently popped off a slab with about a 2-3' scarp at the top (I'd guess maybe a day or two old, and the aspect was right to be a wind slab). Decided I might find a different slope for turns since it was pretty difficult to predict the wind loading with the 180° switch in wind direction. Otherwise, bright, sunny and a hell of a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-rock Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Cavey, you were on table yesterday? I probably poached your line. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-rock Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Vail sucks, beater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 E-rock said: Cavey, you were on table yesterday? I probably poached your line. Â What line was to poach I'm not greedy anyway. There was plenty of good snow everywhere... Lots of people on Herman too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Crystal yesterday. Didn't get into High Campbell or the BC, first day back on sticks since I got hurt at work, hadda take it a little easy. Â Snow conditions were good, the best we've seen all year. Some ice on the groomers and high winds in places, but Snorting Elk Bowl and some of the steeps on the front side were in good shape. Â Coverage is still not perfect, we both got a few shallow base gouges. Still, though, it was beautiful weather and nice fluffy pow off the piste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-rock Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Yeah it was crowded, but people were trying really hard to farm. Made it easy to keep moving further out from the last set of tracks. Did you ski anything south-facing? I imagine the southern aspects are crusty today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Nothing south facing really. Everything else looked better... Â Thinking about something up in British Columbia soon... Maybe if I can get some others to go... .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryland_moore Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Headed up to top of Palmer twice this weekend. Poor conditions in a whiteout on Saturday and Sunday windy down low but beach bum weather higher up! Got to meet Mt. High and Pete and I got in a good sufferfest Saturday in chilling winds. You gotta love skiing in a whiteout when you feel like you are moving, but you really aren't and all of a sudden you fall over for no reason even though you have been standing still for the last 20 seconds? You all know what I mean! Pete_A dug some test pits Saturday evening and we couldn't even separate an area before the slab released! Saw some natural avis up near Devil's Kitchen on the S. Side as well. Should settle soon with this weather I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I thought MtnHigh was Pete ... is he schizo or referrring to himself in the 3rd person like Bo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryland_moore Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Sorry, Mt. High is Pete, but I was out with Pete_A, another Pete, and just happened to meet Mt. High Pete while skinning up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Cpt.Caveman said: Nothing south facing really. Everything else looked better... Â Thinking about something up in British Columbia soon... Maybe if I can get some others to go... .. Â Don't bother, there's no snow here either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Nice one oddball, that you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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