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Topic: April 9, 2010 Alpental (Read 1249 times)
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silaswild
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Dogonne these modern kids with their flexible work schedules, and they seem to be "sick" when the weather is cold and wet! Chair two opened right away, and the line was 20 minutes. We stayed on chair one and did laps with no lines and fresh tracks in the 9" of new snow. The backcountry opened midday for the first time since Sunday, it was soft and fluffy, no sun and no wind to foul the rhythmic turns, very nice. April showers bring May flowers, and smiles to powder skiers. 
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« Last Edit: 04/11/10, 10:25 PM by silaswild »
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Trent
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Elevator opened up around 10:15 (I think). Man it was good. Best face shots I've had all year at Alpental. Very nice, dry snow.
I too am confused by the amount of people that can escape on a weekday. But it snowed so hard the first few hours everyone was able to get some!
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andyrew
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Nash opened at 1:30 for a little over an hour. Conditions in the BC were excellent, with 2+ feet of settled snow with 4 inches of blower on top. The top few inches readily sluffed on steeper aspects, and the patrol said someone triggered a sizable slab towards the Pinapple pass bowl.
The cornices above Great Scott Bowl were tender looking as they glistened in the sun. There was some evidence of naturals, possibly started by cornice drops. Hence the quick closure of the BC as temps rose.
There was also an avalanche-caused injury in the Commonwealth that required a heli evac. I hope everyone is doing o.k. over there.
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dkoelle
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Shot Six.
Crazy soft pillows at noon.
Skier's right Eidelweiss...smooooth.
Crowded but worth it!
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weezer
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Good good fun today, So good that the lure of no tracks in the BC, got me my semi-annual cliff out. It seems that once every few years the snow is so nice I miss a turn, and woops. I think I herd it called friskey skiing down there. Well thanks, Don, for waiting while I wallowed up hill
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cjski
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"There was also an avalanche-caused injury in the Commonwealth that required a heli evac. I hope everyone is doing o.k. over there."
As I had to work today I headed up for an evening tour. i noticed a skin track heading up towards kendal peak. The skin track stopped at the top of a slide.... I wonder if that was what you are referring to???
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oftpiste
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Hate to say it but today was my first alpy day all season. Quite unusual. Chair two line was a shitshow all day as was the low t when it finally opened, but the skiing was bloody good.
Took thing #1 with me for a day of hooky from high school.
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BRING BACK PNW BRIT!!!!
BRING BACK PNW BRIT!!!!
BRING BACK PNW BRIT!!!!
BRING BACK PNW BRIT!!!!
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Rusty Knees
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Brad, Stugie and I had fab day. They showed me around Alpental, my first time above Debbie's Gold. I didn't care much for Elevator, but the young bucks had a great time. Once I found Edelweiss and the far right side of that one, I was set for life...well for today anyway. Skied till my legs stopped working. Saw Silas and Kelvin 
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The best part of summer skiing is napping on a warm rock.
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JimH
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Both laps in the BC were totally worth every ounce of effort. Shot 6 gets an honorable mention.
The cornices were sorta menacing on the traverse. The combination of the sun coming out and dropping a couple of those, plus the skier triggered slide (somewhere past Stokes Bowl??) probably shut the party down. Thanks to the patrol for their work all day, including closing the gates when they thought they had to.
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powtothepeople
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Skiing was great. I got there late, had three sweet laps in the BC after noon, and then got my dose of Vitamin-R. Glad that the traverse was downhill under the school bus cornices. Last week the traverse had an uphill section right under the big cornice, making for some nervous side-stepping. Another thanks to patrol!
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Moscawulff
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Brad, Stugie and I had fab day. They showed me around Alpental, my first time above Debbie's Gold. I didn't care much for Elevator, but the young bucks had a great time.
Amazing how complex and intimidating the Alpy BC is eh? Thanks for the great company Stugie and Don, and to Patrol for letting us drop into the BC for a lap (closing the gate as we went through), remember 07-08 when the conditions were like that almost daily? Let's hope for La Nina in 10-11!
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