FTO Head Offices to Relocate

JimG.":1nv4vc0y said:
So, will the head offices have a cot somewhere for ski technique moderators who need to explore the finer points of skinning up 3,179 vertical foot descents :wink: ?
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...or for other members of the team willing to explore to finer points of Utah skiing :wink: ?

I just need a tiny place to sleep, will accept anywhere as long as there isn't any rattle snake under the cot. :lol:
 
Admin":2kq7chaz said:
JimG.":2kq7chaz said:
So, will the head offices have a cot somewhere for ski technique moderators who need to explore the finer points of skinning up 3,179 vertical foot descents :wink: ?
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How about your own "guest suite" with bedroom, bath, living area with fireplace, and full wet bar? :wink:

Absolutely.
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Now that rocks. This winter has given me an unbelievable desire to get the crap out of where I live. Pittsburgh is a really fun town and all but the snow-bound possibilities are more than a little limited.

Marc, you have to be REALLY excited about this move.
 
Admin":2z22g2az said:
Patrick":2z22g2az said:
You are SSOOOO mean Marc !!!
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Sorry, I misspoke...when I referred to a 2,400 vertical-foot run, I was apparently using a trail guide for the southern route to Grandeur's summit, starting in Mill Creek Canyon. The actual west side vertical from the peak to my house is 3,179 feet. \:D/
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1.5 hours to the top, or so. Out the back door at 4am, at the top by 5:40, sunrise at 5:45 and safely asleep at your desk by 8am. Ooootah is the original home of the dawn patrol, after all...
 
Looks friggin' awesome. I can't help but wonder what it would be like to live in a place like that....

now my questions are:

The summit of that mountain out your back door is over 8,000ft...the base of Alta is around 8,000ft. How far are you from the Cottonwood Canyons? I forgot just how massive the Wasatch Mountains are. With the summit of Snowbird and Alta being well over a mile higher than SLC. I can't imagine that the base of Alta is as high as that mountain out your back door. Just amazing that they go up to 11,000 feet from 4,000 feet in the valley.

-Scott
 
powderfreak":3092ls29 said:
How far are you from the Cottonwood Canyons?
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I'd guesstimate that I'm about 5 miles to the mouth of the canyon, maybe a bit less.
 
Admin":12gkljfo said:
powderfreak":12gkljfo said:
How far are you from the Cottonwood Canyons?
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I'd guesstimate that I'm about 5 miles to the mouth of the canyon, maybe a bit less.
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:) Jeeez. Can't even imagine it...
 
Sorry it took me so long to get to this thread. Been real busy and not looking beyond my regular haunts.

Just wanted to say

Marc...get the hell out there so it will finally dump here in the east :!:

:evil:

We won't miss you that much. But we may visit you anyway :lol:
 
Admin":24qee2qj said:
Note the nearly perfect NNW exposure north of the west ridge hiking trail below, say 7,400 feet on this topo map.
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did u ever end up skiing that or what.... or did u figure out there isnt enough snow on that face for decent skiing.

I bet the top would be nice but the bottom 1000 ft of vertical is probably pretty bad, with what about a 50 inch annual snowfall and all
 
awf170":2twrc5vn said:
did u ever end up skiing that or what.... or did u figure out there isnt enough snow on that face for decent skiing.
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Some years there is, but this year there wasn't. The snow level was unusually high this year.
 
Admin":3tigh0tk said:
awf170":3tigh0tk said:
did u ever end up skiing that or what.... or did u figure out there isnt enough snow on that face for decent skiing.
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Some years there is, but this year there wasn't. The snow level was unusually high this year.
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i bet the top had a ton of snow... what do you think they average snow is there anyway... i think SLC is like 30 but that might be higher...
 
Maybe others can reply or look it up, I haven't a clue.

Even at the summit of Grandeur, you won't get the kind of snow you find in the Cottonwoods, even though it's a couple of miles away as the crow flies.
 
The "Tri-Canyon Area" microclimate with its prodigious snowfalls is pretty small. That's why Wasatch Powderbirds and Save Our Canyons have such a bitter fight over the part of it that lies outside the developed areas of Alta/Snowbird/Brighton/Solitude. Once you get even a couple of air miles away from this area, even at similar altitude, snowfall declines dramatically, often by more than half.
 
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