KaskadskyjKozak Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 I headed up there yesterday. The skinning was pretty good, especially above 8000. It was less crowded than usual on such a nice day. The snow was great. Maybe a few cc.com'ers were there too and passed me on the way up? :-) Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted April 23, 2012 Author Posted April 23, 2012 Did you see a split boarder with a kite? lol. no. Quote
jon Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 Not a kids kite, a kite boarding kite. Buddy of mine. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted April 23, 2012 Author Posted April 23, 2012 Not a kids kite, a kite boarding kite. Buddy of mine. No, I didn't. But then again what I looked at for about 4 hours was the tips of my skis. ;-) The wind was wicked at Muir... at least 40 mph. Good day for kiting - at least above 8500. Quote
JeffreyR Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 I was up on sunday and saw the guy with a kite at around 7500 ft. He seemed to be having trouble launching it, probably due to downdrafts around terrain features... It didnt look like he ever got any runs in. Quote
JoshK Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 With this title, I was thinking this would be related to burning something inside the hut... Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted April 23, 2012 Author Posted April 23, 2012 With this title, I was thinking this would be related to burning something inside the hut... Glad someone caught that... ;-) Quote
AlpineK Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 I was intrigued at first, but you never mentioned hanging out in the hut. Pictures of kite skiing on the Muir Snowfield would be interesting, but you weren't there. Them's the breaks Quote
Pandora Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 I was up on sunday and saw the guy with a kite at around 7500 ft. He seemed to be having trouble launching it, probably due to downdrafts around terrain features... It didnt look like he ever got any runs in. I saw him too, a little closer to Pebble Creek (7200 feet). When I saw him the kite was in the air; I watched for a couple minutes but he didn't really go anywhere. It didn't look like very much fun! Quote
Pandora Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 With this title, I was thinking this would be related to burning something inside the hut... Glad someone caught that... ;-) I thought the same thing, but it seemed like that was only happening in the Paradise parking lot. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted April 24, 2012 Author Posted April 24, 2012 With this title, I was thinking this would be related to burning something inside the hut... Glad someone caught that... ;-) I thought the same thing, but it seemed like that was only happening in the Paradise parking lot. I only saw tourons in the parking lot. :-) Good to see you post again Pandora!!! Quote
rbw1966 Posted April 27, 2012 Posted April 27, 2012 There was a guy kite boarding on Hood a few weeks ago. He was ripping it up! Quote
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