@skiing rules 242389 wrote:Heres a better pic of Little superior in relation to proper. It's the pyramid summit on the ridge
Awesome looking snow there,looks like avalanche type snow,but I'd ski it if I had a couple friends and beacons w/me!
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we all have avvy gear. the south facing aspects heal pretty quickly because the sun heats the slopes up which allows for better bonding than the colder shady north facing aspects, but there is a wet avy danger once the slopes get cooked. We did get slight sluffing with the new snow but that was it. there were tracks all over cardiff and we saw no crowns or signs of avalanches
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Looking back at those earlier pictures, everyone in line is wearing a helmet. Interesting considering an earlier thread in which so many people were against helmets.
Might have something to do with the crazy terrain you are dealing with.
Might have something to do with the crazy terrain you are dealing with.
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@Jaybez 242488 wrote:Looking back at those earlier pictures, everyone in line is wearing a helmet. Interesting considering an earlier thread in which so many people were against helmets.
Might have something to do with the crazy terrain you are dealing with.
I think anybody who doesn't wear a helmet is definitely not being smart. Let's put it like this, the ground is hard, your head is 6 feet off of the ground (approximately) and weighs about 4.5 kg. This means in a fall from a standing position you could hit your head on the ground at over 13 mph. Now it doesn't make any sense to just go around wearing a helmet all day; however when we participate in high risk activities (like skiing where our speeds can easily exceed 40 mph as we dodge past trees and over hard ice) it makes lots of sense to wear a helmet. As a person who skies really damn fast, loves trees, and has already sustained more than one serious concussion I always wear a helmet, coolness be damned.
This even applies at Cloudmont where I can just see myself pullin up for a steezy hockey turn, catching an edge and being flung onto the hardpack on my head where I lay for 5 minutes out cold...not a fun dream (nightmare)
in a different story....
Hope you're enjoying it out there SR; today looks like a lot of fun and tomorrow could be awesome if it really comes down this afternoon/tonight!
Might have something to do with the crazy terrain you are dealing with.
I think anybody who doesn't wear a helmet is definitely not being smart. Let's put it like this, the ground is hard, your head is 6 feet off of the ground (approximately) and weighs about 4.5 kg. This means in a fall from a standing position you could hit your head on the ground at over 13 mph. Now it doesn't make any sense to just go around wearing a helmet all day; however when we participate in high risk activities (like skiing where our speeds can easily exceed 40 mph as we dodge past trees and over hard ice) it makes lots of sense to wear a helmet. As a person who skies really damn fast, loves trees, and has already sustained more than one serious concussion I always wear a helmet, coolness be damned.
This even applies at Cloudmont where I can just see myself pullin up for a steezy hockey turn, catching an edge and being flung onto the hardpack on my head where I lay for 5 minutes out cold...not a fun dream (nightmare)in a different story....
Hope you're enjoying it out there SR; today looks like a lot of fun and tomorrow could be awesome if it really comes down this afternoon/tonight!
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Yea I always wear a helmet. I ski on the edge of my ability most of the time because thats whats fun for me. Skiing fast through skied snow in trees and off cliffs and rocks it just doesn't make sense not to wear a helmet. and its not like helmets aren't cool, most people I see use them and a lot are pretty neat looking. mine has a visor so its even good on sunny days
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as this threads official spammer (and trying to get this thread back on topic) I'm watching snowbirds snow cam and it looks like its starting to come down out there. hopefully y'all get pounded tonight so you can enjoy some excellent fat tuesday powder skiing.
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Yea we got about 3' of snow. Yesterday was super bomber, the snow as a little heavier which just means it was about 8% instead of the 4% as of late. It is inevitable to get spoiled if you spend a season at Alta. Anyway there was about 16" of fresh and it was game on in the Supreme bowl area. I pretty much lapped supreme bowl under the lift and sent a few airs I've been looking at and a few other routine hits, so it was super fun.
then we did a gunsight to Eagles nest run that did not suck after which we skied a doorknob lap. Doorknob is pretty much always the best run on Alta/Snowbird combined and yesterday was no different. Hardly any tracks combined with the storm coming in with no wind made for some pretty awesome turning; faceshots included. I hit an air on the way down that used to have me gripped, but now its a no brainer to send with some heat.
Today went bluebird before interlodge lifted with another 20" of blower pow. I grabbed mike's mirrored lens goggs that ended up not working at all. they were very blurred for some reason so I skied an eagles nest run in deep pow bright sun and no goggles. it was not an experience I would like to repeat in any way; i was pretty much blind the whole way down. I got to the big grizz which was still buried and not running so I had to walk up to the snowpine to change goggles and by the time I came back out the mtn was pretty thrashed. I also had pretty terrible shinbang from being stupid and trying to straightline some moguls under wildcat on Monday, so the day was fun , but it could have been better. Tonight I went and bought a chesty mount for the gopro at backcountry so hopefully I'll have some good footage to post soon. I haven't skied with a gopro much at all this year but i feel like my skiing is finally at a point where I can get some vids actually worth watching, so stay tuned.
then we did a gunsight to Eagles nest run that did not suck after which we skied a doorknob lap. Doorknob is pretty much always the best run on Alta/Snowbird combined and yesterday was no different. Hardly any tracks combined with the storm coming in with no wind made for some pretty awesome turning; faceshots included. I hit an air on the way down that used to have me gripped, but now its a no brainer to send with some heat.
Today went bluebird before interlodge lifted with another 20" of blower pow. I grabbed mike's mirrored lens goggs that ended up not working at all. they were very blurred for some reason so I skied an eagles nest run in deep pow bright sun and no goggles. it was not an experience I would like to repeat in any way; i was pretty much blind the whole way down. I got to the big grizz which was still buried and not running so I had to walk up to the snowpine to change goggles and by the time I came back out the mtn was pretty thrashed. I also had pretty terrible shinbang from being stupid and trying to straightline some moguls under wildcat on Monday, so the day was fun , but it could have been better. Tonight I went and bought a chesty mount for the gopro at backcountry so hopefully I'll have some good footage to post soon. I haven't skied with a gopro much at all this year but i feel like my skiing is finally at a point where I can get some vids actually worth watching, so stay tuned.
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Today was a great day of skiing with one incident that ended up turning out ok. I skinned up Scotty's bowl on the other side of the bird and ended up on no name. No name is a big bowl/cirque area above scotty's lookers left of the edge of scotty's slide path. The snow was fantastic up high despite the greenhousing. The snow was settled but still very powdery and feathery and knee deep up high. I waited up top for a bit just hangin' out until a group of 4 came behind me with the plan of skiing the same route as me, so I waited for them and we all skied together because the avvy danger was moderate and the line was steep ENE facing trees below the ridgeline. I skied first since I was there first and the others in the group didn't want to poach my line. I skied down through a shot in the trees and made about 3 turns. The snow was incredible and since it was steep trees the snow was flying overhead. I got down to the flat and looked back to see that I had broken off a small soft slab about 15' wide and 15" deep that was still running into the flat behind me. I was ahead of it as it was a short shot and it never caught me. The rest of the group saw what happened so the next skier ski cut the slope and triggered a 60' wide by 15" deep slab that broke around him and carried him a short distance into some trees. He did a good job self arresting into the bed surface or else it could have been bad. I saw it perfectly from the bottom; he was cutting and I saw the whole slab break around him and immediately pull him off his feet then he dissappeared. He didn't get buried and he ended up being ok. After that we skied lower angle trees in deep pow until we merged left into scotty's. No other instabilities were noticed. I forgot my camera and could shoot myself for it because it would have been great to get pics of the run and the slide. I might head back up tomorrow and if I do I'll take some pics. Mike just got back in town today so no gopro footy either 