Baldy TR, Sunday, Feb 27th

[jojo_obrien]

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Got up to the ticket counter at 7:15.

Everything that did not require hiking was tracked. Goldridge, Thunder, even most of South Bowl was pretty chewed up.

Back to Claremont by 12:30.

For the most part, a zoo up there....15 min wait for both chairs 3 and 4.

It's becoming the norm now adays.........

jojo

 

[Tony Crocker]

It's becoming the norm nowadays.........

And will stay that way (on weekends at least) unless coverage gets good enough at the base to allow those who care about their gear to ski to the bottom.

 

[baldyskier]

It's becoming the norm nowadays.........

And will stay that way (on weekends at least) unless coverage gets good enough at the base to allow those who care about their gear to ski to the bottom.

I was up there on Saturday, and there was plenty of coverage to ski chair 1. There's never really a guarantee of no base risk at Baldy, IMO, because there are so many underlying rocks, boulders, fallen trees, etc. It's about as good as it ever gets now, as long as you avoid windstripped areas. The problem with Baldy is that a 3.5' base may have barely covered a boulder or fallen tree that would have been visible (and aviodable) with a 2.5' base. I thought conditions were very good on Sat., including coverage on Bentley's.

 

[Tony Crocker]

Of course I haven't seen the current storm results, but the Baldy report says it's skiable to the parking lot now. As the storm was 30 inches, I agree that's enough for experienced Baldy skiers to get down and stay out of trouble for the time being. So this is SoCal's first "A" weekend of the season.

 

[Mike Bernstein]

I like your goody room.

How was the hitchhiking back up?

 

[jojo_obrien]

no hitchhiking....plus it was impossible with the completely packed parking lot.....besides, real men hike the whole way up, right?.... \/