December 2, 2012, Alpy
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Sure, it was nigh raining at pass level, but who wants to ski at pass level?
NWAC forecast was right on. Active thin soft slab and wind slab forming at and above mid-height on Chair 2. Skiing was good/great above Chair 1, if spatially variable. Below Chair 2, gradually degraded from heavy/fun to soggy mank. Coverage is limited under Chair 1, especially at the bottom.
Short/narrow rock skis were the wrong choice for the day; fat skis would've made it even more fun. Gotta get fatter rock skis. Didn't hit any rocks, but there are a few sharks lurking.
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NWAC forecast was right on. Active thin soft slab and wind slab forming at and above mid-height on Chair 2. Skiing was good/great above Chair 1, if spatially variable. Below Chair 2, gradually degraded from heavy/fun to soggy mank. Coverage is limited under Chair 1, especially at the bottom.
Short/narrow rock skis were the wrong choice for the day; fat skis would've made it even more fun. Gotta get fatter rock skis. Didn't hit any rocks, but there are a few sharks lurking.
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Four legs was the best way down today
We brought the fat skis, so even the lower mountain was pretty enjoyable when you kept the speed up and stayed in the top few inches. Much nicer skiing than last Sunday!
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Made two laps up to the bottom of Chair 2 (partner forgot skins). Heavy as soon as you get below 4000' but good coverage on Debbie's; I didn't find any rocks and dodged all of the trees.
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Made two laps up to the bottom of Chair 2 (partner forgot skins). Heavy as soon as you get below 4000' but good coverage on Debbie's; I didn't find any rocks and dodged all of the trees.
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View from the top...
View from the top...
Much nicer than a week ago. Looks like no more scratchy sounds when the skis touch the snow...
author=gravitymk link=topic=26324.msg111147#msg111147 date=1354637731]
View from the top...
Gravity, did you notice any signs of instability up high there? Looks like alpy has gotten a whole heap of snow above 4500' lately.
author=andyrew link=topic=26324.msg111171#msg111171 date=1354665738]
Gravity, did you notice any signs of instability up high there? Looks like alpy has gotten a whole heap of snow above 4500' lately.
I was wondering the same thing............
author=andyrew link=topic=26324.msg111171#msg111171 date=1354665738]
Gravity, did you notice any signs of instability up high there? Looks like alpy has gotten a whole heap of snow above 4500' lately.
author=Griff link=topic=26324.msg111179#msg111179 date=1354675199]
I was wondering the same thing............
Sorry, got busy and didn't get back here until this morning.
There was a 10" soft slab release in the crux at Rolland (SW aspect) that went about 50'.
It appeared to be wind transport.
Other than that I saw 12" with pockets of 18" of low density, consolidated snow over a high density consolidated base. Things appeared to be bonding at that point (12 ~ 1 pm) with little or no instability, I didn't experience any wind effected snow in Nash except for the very top at the entrance. There were signs of past (prior to Sundays accumulation) slide activity down the main section of the run. It appeared to have come off the ridge.
There has been more snowfall since then, however it also looks like temps (on top) were pretty consistent despite freezing level fluctuation, and a lot more forecast for the week, at the moment.
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