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Just figured I would start a string given Admins radio silence. Didn't actually ski at Alta either day.

After three days of intense touring at Rogers Pass needed a break day. Kicking Horse got 17 cm fresh last night (Revy got twice that but I am base camped in Golden). The lift was crowded - I think that people must know when it snows nowadays. Maybe a 15 minute line. Anyways, there was fresh...

OK, Utah must not be happening or I would be reading about. Skied Rogers Pass with a guide today, maybe got in 5000 vf which is fine because I have to do it tomorrow, the day after, and the day after that. The snow was creamy and base depths have picked up to 180 cm (sounds deeper, doesn't...

Off for the winter as of yesterday and having already exceeded the recommended lifetime dose for PM2.5 decided to head 7 hours northeast of Seattle rather than 13 southeast. Coverage here is good - the woods could use more base but the bowls and runs were nice. A cloud hung over the top of the...

Just checked, they went down. If this is the start of a trend, I won't have to save as much for my retirement. Of course, skiing may be a moot point by then, anyways.

Flat terrain, crud off-piste, unfinished base area with Tyvek siding. At least is was inexpensive and of interest to students of the financial crisis.

Yesterday was like Alpental on Monday. An icing event at midday sent most of us to the lockers. Today was much more fun. Wind buff on the West Rustler face and Gunsight with good vis. I assume y'all know what this place looks like and that I can post without pics.

Yesterday was a blow down so I skinned up to Max's Face twice. Got about 8" of very windblown dense new snow. Today was a "country club" morning as the roads to Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula were closed until around noon. No lines anywhere/ still the 18" got tracked out fast. North...

The cold temps eased up a bit today and with 21" of storm snow in the cat skiing area the skiing was perfect. In fact, the guides, who are probably instructed to say this to every group, said it was the best skiing they had ever had out there. They may be telling the truth. It was the sort of...

First off, I get why I see ads for goggles and avy beacons when I am surfing this forum, but what was with the Ukrainian dating streamer? Is it just me? Am I mail order bride material? It has been a cold week in AK. Single digit cold. With that old has come gradually firmer snow conditions...

Since the Utah gang has gone quiet I will file an entry from the PacNW. Alpental has an excellent base from the November storms (around 70" at the top). It did not snow for weeks on end in December during which time the snow got progressively firmer. Happily, it has been snowy the past...

No data plan in Canada so no cell phone shots, sorry. Plus, I am a slow typist skiing by myself this week so not a lot of text, either. Dec 17 Left Seattle at 5:30 AM and got to Whistler Creekside at 9:30. Definitely less convenient than leaving SugarHouse at 8:40 and getting to Alta at...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbRuKFTLakM Last Saturday toured Mt Slalock above the upper Joffre Lake. It was perfect weather and blower powder. Sunday did Fissile in the Whistler backcountry. The terrain here is spectacular/ we have had no spring yet either. When it comes it is going to...

Had enough Utah sunshine for a while. Took the last Southwest flight out of Salt Lake City on Friday (but not before getting a Comma Chute in/ very cool) to Seattle. Traded my sports car for an ex-girlfriends Subaru and loaded up for the Cascades. Keep a pile of old Gore Tex grubs around my...

Worst. Snow. Ever. Crowded to boot.

Mostly a log of how we got up today: 7:30: Drove to my friend Steve's house right at mouth of LCC. 9:15: Got into the canyon but came to a stop about a mile up. 9:35 Started to move/ came to a stop at 10:00 between Entry 1 and 2. 10:00 Called Alta phone/ heard the road open at 11:00/ area...

Denser snow today but plenty of it. The past few days have definitely put Alta over the top. All the traverses are great. And if you like to ski the runs as well, they are also great. Expected Canyon opening was 8:30 this morning. In fact, it opened at 8:15. By the tie I ws driving up at...

For the third consecutive day, the best day of the season. 14" with no crowd. Everything was deep for the first few hours/ after the trackage had occurred, winds transported snow onto the West Rustler chutes that drop off the High T. This meant soft surfaces all the way until closing time...

3" overnight and few more in the morning reset things nicely. The low overnight total kept the rabble away, leaving soft turns everywhere. Backside opened around 12:30; a line up of around 75 was waiting at the High Notch gate. I was probably about 40th; passed on Yellow Trail as it had a...