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The messageboard is now in read-only mode and no new posts or topics can be created. We will leave the messageboard up for historical purposes, but you will not be able to make new posts or comment on existing ones.
We have started a Discord server and hope that you all will join us on there. Technology has changed over the years and maintaining the messageboard has become somewhat of a pain in the butt and Discord offers many features for users, the main one being a very polished mobile app.
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Skiing Rules' ongoing TR's and observations from High Boy friends
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maybe an update coming soon. The last few weeks have been great! I used to not get excited for spring because the season is coming to an end, the snow gets manked right quick, and there has been a lot of melting. This year that has changed. The day of the depth hoar is drawing to a close and big lines are becoming skiable. We went up red baldy in White pine and skied a surprisingly great NE facing couloir in pow. I went up broads fork with Tyfalk from TGR earlier this week and skied the E face of the twins which was by far the biggest line of my life, I hit rocky point during ATLskier's visit in all time conditions and sent a pretty good cliff, I've become pretty proficient with backflips, we hit the seagull chute on Tuscarora around the Alta periphery 2 days ago as well as my first descent of Toledo chute- not a big line but great skiing and very easy to get to. Everywhere was bulletproof but the E facing ramp in the chute was 10-15" of fresh dense pow. It just started snowing this morning allowing for a welcome refresher hopefully we can squeeze 6" out of this fleeting cold front. Some buddies of mine at the Alodge and myself have our sights set for some good classic lines tomorrow and tuesday. The hypodermic needle and timpanogos are about to get skied
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K here are a few pics from the last weeks of snow skiing in the Wasatch mtns. None of these shots are inbounds. the best skiing in the wasatch is NOT inbounds, just fyi.
Well this is one shot from inbounds. First sunny day after a 50" storm that came in right side up, with no wind, and ended with a nice 30" topper of Alta snow-- complete blower, low density, bliss. the storm made landfall 1 day after ATLskier's arrival, and he saw the whole thing through and was properly introduced to what Alta really is about.
Later that day I was showing him around supreme chair and Catherine's area. I took him out to the ropeline to see brighton, tuscarora, sunset pk, and Rocky point. Upon our arrival we saw a small crew of pro level skiers setting up in-runs for some of the hits in rocky Point as well as a pro photog, Kevin Winzeler ready to fire away. After some deliberation and prep I skied down to help Noah set the inrun for B Frame which is around 25-30' but launches the rider a little bigger than that. A guy name Petey hit A frame which is a little bigger at 40'. He sent a HUGE nose grab laid out backflip and ended up taking it around 55'. Noah went next and sent a backflip, I followed suit and threw a backflip after him. It was a great experience that I really didn't see coming. I'm comfortable throwing backs off hits and kickers inbounds, but I've never attempted anything that big. I'm glad I went for it.
Setting up
p: ATLskier
the whole thing
p: Atlski
The next day a few other Alodgers and myself went up Red Baldy at the top of White Pine. It's an incredible massif not visible from the road or anywhere inbounds in the wasatch, but it's there. 4 miles and 3600' vert later we were there. It was pretty gruesome skinning due to the warm temps and sun, but we made it albeit sunburned. The safety meetings and Cliff Goo helped.
Red Baldy- from last year
we skied the obvious couloir/chute in the center of the photo
No shortage of Huge terrain and big lines up there. Pfeif in the foreground
A great looking chute we found on the backside of some mtn west of the West twin at the bird
Our crosshairs are on that guy
SR enjoying a savory pow apron after the steeps
Eddie ripping it up
Last tuesday Tyfalk and I went up the Broads fork Twins. They are the tallest most prominent mtns on the wasatch front above SLC. 7000' vert above the city. It's a stunning place with mind blowing views of the Salt Lake valley including the lake itself. We started moving at 6:30 and reached the top at 10:40. We kept a speedy pace, but it's a huge approach. First mile is low elevation trail walking due to no snow. Whole approach is approx 5200' vert. We saw no one else during the 6 hours we were gone, which was very nice due to the crowds that hammer LCC, B/C included.
The East face from the top of Tanner's slide path. Photo from the internetz. There hasn't been nearly that good of coverage on the E face this year, due to lack of precipitation
No camera pics just frame grabs from Contour.
Top down. The top is 50 degrees and was covered in an interesting combo of stout suncrust, chunder, and bullet proof bed surface. Lower down once the angle lessened slightly the snow improved dramatically before emptying onto a huge untracked low angle apron.
I like me some steeps
incredibly good exit chute
Ice tools required for this tour, fortunately bc.com was having a sale. Pic from the mellow lower apron. Still a swarm of butterflies flapping around in my gut at this point
That's all for now. Apologies for the still frames the quality is sub par to say the least
Well this is one shot from inbounds. First sunny day after a 50" storm that came in right side up, with no wind, and ended with a nice 30" topper of Alta snow-- complete blower, low density, bliss. the storm made landfall 1 day after ATLskier's arrival, and he saw the whole thing through and was properly introduced to what Alta really is about.
Later that day I was showing him around supreme chair and Catherine's area. I took him out to the ropeline to see brighton, tuscarora, sunset pk, and Rocky point. Upon our arrival we saw a small crew of pro level skiers setting up in-runs for some of the hits in rocky Point as well as a pro photog, Kevin Winzeler ready to fire away. After some deliberation and prep I skied down to help Noah set the inrun for B Frame which is around 25-30' but launches the rider a little bigger than that. A guy name Petey hit A frame which is a little bigger at 40'. He sent a HUGE nose grab laid out backflip and ended up taking it around 55'. Noah went next and sent a backflip, I followed suit and threw a backflip after him. It was a great experience that I really didn't see coming. I'm comfortable throwing backs off hits and kickers inbounds, but I've never attempted anything that big. I'm glad I went for it.
Setting up
p: ATLskier
the whole thing
p: Atlski
The next day a few other Alodgers and myself went up Red Baldy at the top of White Pine. It's an incredible massif not visible from the road or anywhere inbounds in the wasatch, but it's there. 4 miles and 3600' vert later we were there. It was pretty gruesome skinning due to the warm temps and sun, but we made it albeit sunburned. The safety meetings and Cliff Goo helped.
Red Baldy- from last year
we skied the obvious couloir/chute in the center of the photo
No shortage of Huge terrain and big lines up there. Pfeif in the foreground
A great looking chute we found on the backside of some mtn west of the West twin at the bird
Our crosshairs are on that guy
SR enjoying a savory pow apron after the steeps
Eddie ripping it up
Last tuesday Tyfalk and I went up the Broads fork Twins. They are the tallest most prominent mtns on the wasatch front above SLC. 7000' vert above the city. It's a stunning place with mind blowing views of the Salt Lake valley including the lake itself. We started moving at 6:30 and reached the top at 10:40. We kept a speedy pace, but it's a huge approach. First mile is low elevation trail walking due to no snow. Whole approach is approx 5200' vert. We saw no one else during the 6 hours we were gone, which was very nice due to the crowds that hammer LCC, B/C included.
The East face from the top of Tanner's slide path. Photo from the internetz. There hasn't been nearly that good of coverage on the E face this year, due to lack of precipitation
No camera pics just frame grabs from Contour.
Top down. The top is 50 degrees and was covered in an interesting combo of stout suncrust, chunder, and bullet proof bed surface. Lower down once the angle lessened slightly the snow improved dramatically before emptying onto a huge untracked low angle apron.
I like me some steeps
incredibly good exit chute
Ice tools required for this tour, fortunately bc.com was having a sale. Pic from the mellow lower apron. Still a swarm of butterflies flapping around in my gut at this point
That's all for now. Apologies for the still frames the quality is sub par to say the least
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I'M THE BEST SKIER ON THIS BOARD
but SR is pretty good
really great lines, pictures and experiences....to make a move and excell at your choice is a dream accomplished (not many of those laying around for free)
but SR is pretty good
really great lines, pictures and experiences....to make a move and excell at your choice is a dream accomplished (not many of those laying around for free)
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Well, the last picture I posted is the last frame from the series , so I really couldn't tell you 