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April 17, 2013 at 11:12 pm #660619
SwitchBack
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I was able to squeeze out a quick tour this morning. Did one lab from wolverine peak down to mary lake. North facing was still dry but it had settled some. Still rode amazing, especially for mid april.
Another pic of some more north wind cornices..
The chute was a bit wind scoured near the top.
Is it swimming season yet?

April 27, 2013 at 9:48 pm #660620
mej
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All this talk on the Oqhirrh weather thread got me excited to get out there. This morning I biked up the closed Middle Canyon Road to the White Pine Flat road, where I was able to begin skinning (~6800′). I skinned up the drainage, and then through a beautiful aspen glade to the ridge east of White Pine Cirque Peak. From there I ascended/traversed to Piney Pass and thence up to Kelsey Peak. Rode the east face of Kelsey Peak for about 2200 feet of best-I’ve-ever-had-in-Utah corn. It was really good. Really good. Too bad its so warm this afternoon and gonna be even warmer tomorrow. I’m sure the refreeze tomorrow morning will be totally superficial. After that I ascended a snowfree ridge to the top of White Pine Cirque and descended that back to my bike, then coasted back to the car. The corn in White Pine Cirque wasn’t quite as good as run one, but still high quality. The north facing parts of the cirque held nice settled powder down to about 9500′. That will probably change by tomorrow though.
Sorry, no camera, no pics. It doesn’t look like there will be any precip for a while, and hopefully cooler temps this coming week will continue the corn harvest.
May 2, 2013 at 6:17 am #660621
wasatch surf
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attempted the grunge the other day. way too damn hot and the mountain started falling down around us, rode one of the pinball alleys and got the hell out. long walk for a 2000 ft shot, but it was a real nice day and no one around until we got back to the parking lot.
Not today

You shall not pass!

Weird

i’m a loser

May 7, 2013 at 2:14 am #660622
Snowvols
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What a good season it was. Fun touring with new people and wish I could have hooked up with more people off of here. Does anyone know when the Uintas start to melt out? I am getting antsy about getting some trail runs in. Anyone want to trail run this summer?
May 7, 2013 at 2:52 am #660623
Snurfer
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@Snowvols wrote:
What a good season it was. Fun touring with new people and wish I could have hooked up with more people off of here. Does anyone know when the Uintas start to melt out? I am getting antsy about getting some trail runs in. Anyone want to trail run this summer?
Why wait until summer? 😉 If its vert you’re looking for, I’ve been getting up to the 8500-9000′ range lately. Shoot me a txt if you wanna go there.
Cheers!
Shark Snowsurf Chuna
Voile V-Tail 170 BC
Voile One Ninety Five
Spark R&D Arc
May 7, 2013 at 2:59 am #660624
Snurfer
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Holy shit dude, you’ve got to get a flowing cape to go with that look 😉@wasatch surf wrote:
i’m a loser

Shark Snowsurf Chuna
Voile V-Tail 170 BC
Voile One Ninety Five
Spark R&D Arc
May 7, 2013 at 1:07 pm #660625
singlewhitecaveman
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Teletubbies wear capes?
Those bindings are an offense to my eyes (which, given the pants you’re wearing in that shot, is no light insult). Come around and pick up that set of demo Phantoms I’ve got!
May 7, 2013 at 8:20 pm #660626
wasatch surf
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@singlewhitecaveman wrote:
Teletubbies wear capes?
Those bindings are an offense to my eyes (which, given the pants you’re wearing in that shot, is no light insult). Come around and pick up that set of demo Phantoms I’ve got!
hahahaha fuck off. deal on the phantoms.
May 10, 2013 at 11:07 pm #660627
SwitchBack
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in case anyone was curious..
SouthWillow Canyon road in the Stansburies.

Closed at the boy scout camp, 2 miles from the dry fork trailhead.
North facing thawed out enough to be fun around 1230.

good continous coverage to about 8500, maybe lower.
May 11, 2013 at 5:35 am #660628
WhitePine
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It’s getting warm out there. Are the walls coming down yet? I was hoping for a summit on Saturday.
May 12, 2013 at 5:16 am #660629
WhitePine
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Switchback – that’s a great line. Its definitely on my list.
Tried for a Superior summit today but the lack of refreeze overnight and the warm temperatures kept me from it. The snow got way too sloppy so we had to call it a day. We witnessed a natural of cardiac ridge.

Its was a beautiful day though.

May 14, 2013 at 6:12 pm #660630
wasatch surf
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morning trip to suicide chute on sunday. it was HOT! no real refreeze, but it was a pleasant morning. snow is fading fast.
May 15, 2013 at 3:31 am #660631
Snowvols
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Dan, saw your car and figured it was you headed up Suicide. Looked like someone beat you to it that morning?
May 15, 2013 at 4:50 pm #660632
Snurfer
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Had a fantastic run (the kind with with shorts and shoes) up to the north aprons of Gobblers yesterday.
If you don’t mind getting up really early and lugging your stuff up to at least 8500′ it might be a fun place to do laps while its in the morning shade.
Aside from that it was truly epic running straight up and down Pole Canyon on consolidated snow…
Wished I’d had a snow skate for the down, would have been most excellent!
Have a swell summer spitters :guinness:
Shark Snowsurf Chuna
Voile V-Tail 170 BC
Voile One Ninety Five
Spark R&D Arc
June 2, 2013 at 4:25 am #660633
buckchow
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Eric Michaels, June 1st in what I’m going to call Packraft Chute, Uintas.

June 3, 2013 at 12:10 am #660634
singlewhitecaveman
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Packraft chute? You didn’t flip a raft and lose ANOTHER ski, I hope?
I’m jealous.
June 3, 2013 at 8:50 pm #660635
Snowvols
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Went with Bucky Saturday and then met up with some friends in the Stansbury Mountains for some more shreding. I tried to keep a slow pace Saturday as I knew it would be a long day so thanks for putting up with me!
Here is looking down ‘packraft chute’ Those turns were money I must say.
I got to the trailhead in the Stansbury Mountains at 8PM so I was treated to a nice sunset while I went to meet up with the homies camping.

Bucky: The chute from the summit is totally doable on a good year with a rap at the bottom.
The twins have gotten hammered this year? I have ridden them for three years now and have never seen tracks on them until this year. I guess more people are actually getting outside of the snatch now?
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