Snow and Ice 09 10 season

Shaft · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:40 am

200#gorilla wrote:

is there any evidence that it's possible for resort snowboarders to evolve in to backcountry skiiers?

i'm over the resorts and i'm not real motivated to carry my ride up the mountain.

Make your own, I'll come over and drink your beer and document the attempt with your camera...
http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/01/ma ... -you-need/

200#gorilla · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:34 pm

Shaft wrote:

200#gorilla wrote:

is there any evidence that it's possible for resort snowboarders to evolve in to backcountry skiiers?

i'm over the resorts and i'm not real motivated to carry my ride up the mountain.

Make your own, I'll come over and drink your beer and document the attempt with your camera...
http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/01/ma ... -you-need/

Hah! there is photographic evidence that you might make a really good hiking partner for me.

beer drinking sounds good...............

builttospill · **Joined:** Fri May 27, 2005 12:23 pm **Posts:** 203

An updated Provo report.....

Things are looking better than last week:

Stairway is in through five pitches. The fifth pitch column looks about typical (not super fat, not super thin). No ice touching down above p5.

Bridal Veil right is in, White Nightmare looks good. Bridal Veil left is sort of a disaster.

Down-canyon, Pipe Dream/Kitty Litter Wall is in, but the upper stuff is not. The standard climb is in though.

Up-canyon, the Fang looks good from the road. Also, to the left of the fang, there is a massive wall of ice that looks good and thick as well.

Finger of Fate is in about as "easy" of conditions as I've seen it. There must have been a slide in that gully, cause there is a TON of snow built up around the base of the climb. It looks really good right now.

Miller's Thriller also looks quite good. It's recovered nicely from the warm snap. There is ice above the crux pitch if you're into rambling up some additional WI3 (it was fun a few years ago).

Post Nasal Drip is still in mixed mode.

samg · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:18 pm

sevrdhed wrote:

boissal wrote:

No, it's not photo-chopped, a branch crept in the frame.

Crept in? Uhh, looks more like that bastard leapt right out in front as you were snapping the shot. Fuckin trees.

If there are trees anywhere near the "DONG," there is a much higher than average chance that there will be a battle. What did you do, boissal, burn down a forest in a previous life?

boissal · **Joined:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:44 am **Posts:** 1229

samg wrote:

If there are trees anywhere near the "DONG," there is a much higher than average chance that there will be a battle. What did you do, boissal, burn down a forest in a previous life?

Funny that you mention that, I actually clipped an aspen on Wed and am now nursing a badly bruised shoulder. I swear it jumped in the way, there's no way I would just hit a tree while skiing "in control".
It might have been angry about all the scrub oak I've been tr, got trashing, bent both of my ski poles doing it...

sevrdhed · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:21 am

boissal wrote:

It might have been angry about all the scrub oak

There's no way. Nobody likes scrub oak. Even other trees hate it.

rob duncan · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:14 am

As we have learned from mosquitos, evolution does make mistakes. Scrub Oak is one of these

zacrobinson · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:56 pm

BackClip · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:41 pm

Scrub Oak makes you stronger. Especially with ski poles.

steveoh · **Joined:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:13 pm **Posts:** 342

zac you building up your karaoke repertoire?

skiing's still good on north facing shots.

boissal · **Joined:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:44 am **Posts:** 1229

steveoh wrote:

zac you building up your karaoke repertoire?

skiing's still good on north facing shots.

What are you doing tomorrow? I got a long brushy battle in mind...

monkey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:37 pm

Shaft wrote:

200#gorilla wrote:

is there any evidence that it's possible for resort snowboarders to evolve in to backcountry skiiers?

i'm over the resorts and i'm not real motivated to carry my ride up the mountain.

Make your own, I'll come over and drink your beer and document the attempt with your camera...
http://backcountrybeacon.com/2010/01/ma ... -you-need/

Done deal!

I got a coors light, (still in the plastic),K2 board for free last year. The Split kit is on order.

It aint no good ,if it's not cut down the middle.

Any bids?

steveoh · **Joined:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:13 pm **Posts:** 342

boissal wrote:

steveoh wrote:

zac you building up your karaoke repertoire?

skiing's still good on north facing shots.

What are you doing tomorrow? I got a long brushy battle in mind...

fished today... i'll probably ski again when it snows. We'll definitely have to ski this season at some point.

boissal · **Joined:** Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:44 am **Posts:** 1229

WARNING!

Skiing through too much of this:

or that:

will inevitably lead to tears:

The appropriately named wailers took a beating...

samg · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:17 pm

Classic.

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