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Topic: Nisqually Shoot/Muir Snowfield June 5th 2010 (Read 1459 times)
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Joedabaker
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Sunny day with perfect smooth proto corn on the snowfield. No Avalanches there, just butta!
We were going to do the PG, but sastrugi snow guarded the entrance for what looked like a long way. I'm sure it was good lower, but we did not want to lose vert on marginal snow when such goods were on the snowfield. We skinned to about 9200 and the snow was getting less than perfect. Rather than marginalizing skiing for more efforts we stopped and skied down perfect, I mean perfect corn for 1600vft. We were just left, past the entrance to the main chute entrance on Nisqually staying on the snowfield. Skinned back up and skied the best corn conditions I have ever skied down Nisqually's main chute. No slide action there, but as we got lower into the moraine the perfect corn got deeper and stickier. With a quick skin out Alta we slid by the Paradise circus and back to the rigs. Superior day with questionable company. 
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If it's called common sense, why isn't it more common?
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Zap
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Joe,
Beautiful photos ! The snow surface looked fantastic. The pleasures of skiing smooth corn with and inch of cream allowing you rebound turn after turn as you descend a steep fall line. Yahooooo ! It feels so good - it must be illegal.
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altasnob
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Is that Scottsman with the new Dalbello Virus boots? How'd they ski?
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Scotsman
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Joe, I would prefer the notation to read KermittheScot please as I am not French.
I thought I cut a rather stunning figure in my Sounders green shirt and boots!!
And why do you keep taking photos of my ass!
My wide-assed skis as Joe likes to call them handled the corn and the slush with equal aplomb despite their drivers meager skiing skills.
Helicopters overhead most of the day.. hope they find the missing climber. On a sunny day such as yesterday the mountain feels so benign yet she can be so deadly as well.
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« Last Edit: 06/06/10, 09:26 AM by Scotsman »
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Scotsman
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Is that Scottsman with the new Dalbello Virus boots? How'd they ski?
They ski and skin just fine and despite the constant sarcastic remarks about their color from my partners, I like them more than any other AT boot I have owned.
They have improved my downhill performance from "bloody gaper" to just "gaper"!
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Chuck C
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We were going to do the PG, but sastrugi snow guarded the entrance for what looked like a long way. I'm sure it was good lower, but we did not want to lose vert on marginal snow when such goods were on the snowfield.
Thanks for that decision. The sastrugi were there but wimpy. The snow on the glacier was untracked and phenomenal until we got to the bottom then it was heavy slush with a breakable crust underneath. Lots of slide activity along the west side of the valley below the glacier. In some places whole sections of the ridgeline have gone way down. Also lots of hanging cornices.
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FreeBird
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Gotta love that butta! 
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PNWBrit
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I am not French.
I was asked if I was Scottish yesterday. Was asked if I was Gavein K-H.
Maybe the guy had seen me ski?
Nah.....
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I was asked if I was Scottish yesterday. Was asked if I was Gavein K-H.
Maybe the guy had seen me ski?
Nah.....
WOW ,being asked if you were Gavin K-H quite an accolade!
Your performance on snow reaching great heights!
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Nice job on hitting the corn guys!
Chris
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