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It says something that you didn’t go out and wear the hardboots right off the bat…. I’ve gotten some tours in up north, and there is some bomb snow out there, last weeks storm around Jones pass was deep, I’d say 15+ inches near the top. Lots of wind loading obviously(that’s what makes it rideable) but solid and soft. Snow showed minimal signs of sketch. Pretty much skate skied to the car. Another foot or two and maybe I will venture into the trees.
cant wait for some big snow to try out the new decks!
New to splitboard.com. In the longs peak cirque, rode lamb slide couloir on 10-26 and was real good, stopped about 200 feet short from the top due to water ice. Went back yesterday 11-17. Made it to the top sticking to climbers left to avoid the ice (thin but ride-able). The snow was hard pack with some wind crust. But lower down in the couloir made for real good turns. About 9 hours car to car. Flying Dutchman is not in and looked wind blasted. It’s always a long hike but worth it.
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Just saw a picture of this remotely triggered avalanche on Wolf Creek Pass on Sunday. I probably won’t be anywhere near alpine this weekend when I tour. I think the trees picked up enough base last weekend to stick in there. They also stated that 5 people have been caught in the N San Juans. Be safe out there folks.
That’s a lot of large blocks… E Face, not exactly sure where that is.
And CT, if you mean skiing Red Mountain 1,2 or 3, I would say that would be pretty “progressive”. I was on McMillian W face last weekend which is approx 20-25 degrees top to bottom. It was completely scoured, and I expect there are some large persistent slabs lurking on the Reds, with a massive start zone.
Please be safe and smart out there, it’s pretty unstable in Colorado right now. :thumbsdown:
“If it’s deep enough to ride it’s deep enough to slide”
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All were “skier assisted” nobody hurt so far, but looks like this was a close call at Commodore Basin.
You San Juanitos’ have more snow so your slides have been larger.
2 days this past weekend, one Wolf Creek, and second day at Chatanooga on 550 near Silverton. Surprisingly, we got first tracks for 2 laps. In the past 5 days, Red Mountain has picked up 2.3 snow water equivalent, and snotels reading around 14″ more. Felt like a lot more yesterday though, feeling like we picked up 2-3 more feet. Its the same as late January last year, and felt like it. It’s seriously GOOD. Snowpack overall below treeline felt pretty stable. The storm came in wet and finished cold, so it’s a sign of good things to come, but we’ll see. At and above treeline is still pretty touchy, and there were lots of avalanches set off, but below treeline now has the base and protection that it is really good.
Wolf Creek did a little better with the storm, as the storm went more south. They are sitting at a 53″ base on snotel, and 10.1 SWE compared to Red which is 41″ and 7.6SWE.
Chatanooga E face
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