Member ryan14410

Love your tip, Barrows. Not too long after the original post I went back to Backcountry and tried on other boots as well. The TLT6s just seemed more compact than others and fit better than some others. The rest should be ok with the liner molded.

I was still wondering about the heel lift, thinking the lower buckle was fairly far forward to lock…[Read more]

Whitepine: the snow surface is very sensitive to the aspect. I was on short swing this morning. Due west had a crust, WNW had a very slight crust, and NW was even better and held soft snow without any noticeable crust. Even if you do end up riding on crust, sometimes is good to freshen your memory on what’s it’s like and why people don’t enjoy…[Read more]

Morning stroll underneath peak 10,420, NW facing mostly treed, 17deg F. Still soft turns in the sheltered northerly areas. A few mm of surface hoar on a 4-5″ of new snow, followed by about a 1ft slab sitting on basal facets. In an open area out of the trees it was close to 2ft maybe. Two quick hand pits pulled the slab at the ground with some…[Read more]

couple days late on this but: Saturday 12/13 went up Mill D South into Cardiff Fork near High Ivory. Grassy slope so no rocks. The only new snow I saw was graupel. A few hand pits and one real pit confirmed what the UAC is puttin’ out. My pit at about 9600′, 27deg slope (wanted to dig on something steeper), E facing showed about 4″ graupel, a…[Read more]

couple days late on this but: Saturday 12/13 went up Mill D South into Cardiff Fork near High Ivory. Grassy slope so no rocks. The only new snow I saw was graupel. A few hand pits and one real pit confirmed what the UAC is puttin’ out and what SFB found. My pit at about 9600′, 27deg slope (wanted to dig on something steeper), E facing showed about…[Read more]

@Snurfer wrote:

Glad you are okay Ryan, I didn’t realize you were also caught. Scary shit.

In hindsight is there any point that given a ‘do over’ you’d have pulled the plug? I only ask, because I was cringing after the second sentence and full on spooked by the second paragraph.
Obviously I have the luxury of armchair quarterbacking and I have an…

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Very nice trip report! Love all the photos. Sleepin at 10k, were u typically skiing at 13k?

No no no, u shall be skinning underneath the chairs, not riding them! I’m sure it will be a good time, though I won’t be here. Wish I was so I could meet a bunch of u.

Awesome wasatch surf! Congrats to ur buddy on his first trad leads. Trad and mountaineering is the whole reason I got in to climbing. Where was that at?

Ended up going up most of the way up tanners last night. Started at about 630pm. Got down at 120am or so. Not for recreation; we (slc SAR) had a rescue with wbr for an injured skier. Broken tib…[Read more]

I’m tryin to get out sunday; I have an ice climbing clinic saturday

Went up mill d north on Saturday morning. Planned on the north side of Reynolds or Toms hill. The east side of Tim’s hip was really brushy, so we threw that aspect out. South side of little water peak was the same. Decided to head up the north side of Toms hill; apparently it has been the place to be as it had lots of tracks. Still had good fresh…[Read more]

Hunted in bear trap this morning. By 1030 there was a good 4-5in of new snow. Went and got 3 laps at Brighton and there was plenty of deep stuff off the groomers, but u still hit all the rocks and stumps since there’s no solid base. From 11am to 3pm, snow covered the car and parking lot with about 10″ or 12″ of new snow. For those who got out into…[Read more]

Just after work during the week. Anytime on the weekends

I’ll be heading to Brighton after work today around 515 if anyone wants to join. Won’t be much; just want to get on some snow

Well, I don’t think it was 6″ at guardsmanspass pass. I’d say mainly around 3-4 inches. Bu last weekend while hunting I had a view into broads fork and mill b south and there were roller balls everywhere on the open slopes; total wet activity like late spring. Don’t know how shallow that snow is.

Hey, nice job with the splitfest, Bucky! The weather presentation Friday night was great. (This is Ryan, met you in a meeting for the Riverdale project, then I ended up being assigned to a different one) Was only able to get out to the Canyon Inn and tour today.

For anyone wondering about snow conditions: Today we rode the north side of Superior.…[Read more]

Even more specifically, has anyone seen the south side of superior and what’s the coverage like? I know it’s gonna be snowing tonight and that will affect things, but I’m pics of bare ground on the south side of Reynolds

Interested in what the riding was like today. Seems to have been warm, and snow looks like it has been melting off, especially on southern aspects. Anyone see if the snow was gettin soggy later in the day?