Powder Mountain 2/4/10

Powderqueen":3ie5eyqg said:
Definitely not getting tired of the sunny days, especially when there is still plenty of powder to ski.

http://harvey44.blogspot.com/2010/01/ut ... -2010.html

We are going back tomorrow.

Storm coming in for the weekend \:D/
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Awesome T/R PDQ and great pictures, you make Powder Mountain sound like a must visit place. How does it compare to the other SLC area resorts for snow, exposure etc. Hey, if that "Buffalo Burger" was truly made from Bison, you will know it for sure this morning, very rich meat that...but I digress.
 
Obviously I've been following this adventure closely. Powder looks INCREDIBLY cool. I mean I've read a bunch of stuff here about PM, but wow. I'd be curious to know if there are other mountains out in Utah or out west that have this kind of approach to access.

Also ... hope this is OK with PDQ ... this pic was hard to make work in Harvey Road's smaller format ... so I thought I would post it here:

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Harvey44":1yiuj6l2 said:
I'd be curious to know if there are other mountains out in Utah or out west that have this kind of approach to access.
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It may be a lack of coffee this morning, but I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Care to elaborate?
 
Powderqueen":2hfb2f80 said:
Storm coming in for the weekend \:D/
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From this mornings avie report (whos weather predictions i trust exclusively in winter)

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The weather pattern for most of the winter continues with a series of storms crossing California and tracking through southern Utah and Arizona. We will get a few pulses of moisture that these storms feel benevolent to fling northward. Unfortunately, none of them look like they will involve much snow. We will be lucky to squeeze 4 inches out of it through the weekend.

Ridge top winds will remain from the south and remain light. Ridge top temperatures have warmed up into the mid 20's and the daytime highs will climb to near freezing. Skies will be mostly cloudy but the moth-eaten moisture will give us several breaks.

The extended forecast calls for more of the same."

If 4" is a storm to ya...then good on ya.

M
 
Marc_C":va6dsjk5 said:
Harvey44":va6dsjk5 said:
I'd be curious to know if there are other mountains out in Utah or out west that have this kind of approach to access.
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It may be a lack of coffee this morning, but I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Care to elaborate?
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Maybe it's a dumb question. I admit to knowing very little about skiing out west and especially Utah. What I was trying to say was that the variety of methods for getting expert skiers uphill seems diverse, funky and unusual. Snowcat, school bus, snowmobile, poma lift. It's almost NELSAPian. I think it's way cool. Is it unusual in Utah?
 
Harvey44":28a23ejc said:
Marc_C":28a23ejc said:
Harvey44":28a23ejc said:
I'd be curious to know if there are other mountains out in Utah or out west that have this kind of approach to access.
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It may be a lack of coffee this morning, but I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Care to elaborate?
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Maybe it's a dumb question. I admit to knowing very little about skiing out west and especially Utah. What I was trying to say was that the variety of methods for getting expert skiers uphill seems diverse, funky and unusual. Snowcat, school bus, snowmobile, poma lift. It's almost NELSAPian. I think it's way cool. Is it unusual in Utah?
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Kinda - certainly the schoolbus is. There also are extraordinarily few poma lifts in UT - but that's pretty much true now everywhere - yet Alta does have it's funky rope tows. Alta also has a snowcat operation, but it's a full day affair for $350 or so; not the single ride concept of PM. There's also a heli-ski operation at PM (but not run by PM) that charges by the single ride ($150). PM does not use any snowmobiles for uphill skier transport.
 
Marc_C":3redjhzi said:
PM does not use any snowmobiles for uphill skier transport.
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...anymore. They used to use one in lieu of the Lightning Ridge snowcat on occasion on slow days.
 
Marc_C":25g9ccnf said:
in UT
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Love to see this question opened up to the entire west or put in the general forum for all 'odd' modes of ski transport. Colo still has a few odd modes to ski too.
 
Yesterday they were saying a foot of snow, but since then it has been downgraded. Best we can hope for is 3" each of the next few days. Regardless, the skiing out here is still better and cheaper than at home. Paid $49 to ski Powmow and there was plenty of powder, still is.
 
Powderqueen":2pok1xl6 said:
Yesterday they were saying a foot of snow
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Who's "they," Accuweather? Nobody reliable was ever talking about even half that.
 
Admin":1cundkxr said:
Powderqueen":1cundkxr said:
Yesterday they were saying a foot of snow
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Who's "they," Accuweather? Nobody reliable was ever talking about even half that.
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Utahskiweather.com says 6-11 by the end of Saturday for Alta....I can't help but look everyday even though I won't get any of it.
 
longshanks":6l73bdaz said:
Powderqueen":6l73bdaz said:
Definitely not getting tired of the sunny days, especially when there is still plenty of powder to ski.

http://harvey44.blogspot.com/2010/01/ut ... -2010.html

We are going back tomorrow.

Storm coming in for the weekend \:D/
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Awesome T/R PDQ and great pictures, you make Powder Mountain sound like a must visit place. How does it compare to the other SLC area resorts for snow, exposure etc. Hey, if that "Buffalo Burger" was truly made from Bison, you will know it for sure this morning, very rich meat that...but I digress.
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I think Powmow is a must visit place. It is very different than the other SLC resorts. It is very laid back, low key, uncrowded and it is friggin huge. The mountains are rounder and less steep on average than the LCC resorts, but after hard charging at Alta, Snowbird and Solitude, the less-taxing terrain at Powmow was welcome. Lots of fresh powder in low-angle trees was a delight. In Powder Country you get some good pitch. Short hikes/traverses can yield great rewards.

After chatting with others who have skied the other resorts in the last 2 days (Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, Park City) it seems that the snow at Powder Mountain, even with the bad weather, seemed to have better snow conditions, mostly because it wasn't beat up by the masses due to the massive acreage and distance from SLC which thin out the crowds. The parking lot was not even half-full.
 
socal":2rkmcrxd said:
Utahskiweather.com says 6-11 by the end of Saturday for Alta
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I hope they're right, but personally I think that they're very much overly optimistic.
 
Admin":tlyqflt0 said:
socal":tlyqflt0 said:
Utahskiweather.com says 6-11 by the end of Saturday for Alta
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I hope they're right, but personally I think that they're very much overly optimistic.
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Isn't Utahskiweather.com tourist info? Would make sense if inflated to bring people to the resorts.

I'm not holding my breath, but would be happy for even a few inches to freshen things up a bit. My friends said that Alta was beat up and was like eastern skiing yesterday. They wished they went to Powmow with us. There was nothing resembling hardpack there.
 
But of course it isn't going to snow much. I am the Anti-Ski God and I am arriving Monday morning. :-(

I will be there Mon-Sat and the forecast is pretty much precipitation-void.

I never get storms when I go to Utah. However, you can all plan for a big dump on Saturday, starting around 3PM when I head to the airport to go home. Mark my words, it always pounds on my way down canyon to the airport...
 
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