November 23, 2006, Alpental
11/23/06
WA Snoqualmie Pass
2680
2
Early trip to the top of Chair 2 to work on the Telemetry/weather system. Communication with this site was lost around 0400 on 11/22 due to a dying battery. After a few repairs it looks like the site is working again, minus the wind speed due to other electronics troubles :(
Descent via Internationale- good ski cutting with 10"+ fractures on a lower density layer within the new snow. Good propagation as well. Not as sketchy down lower, though the main cliffs were really unloading! The skiing was quite good. On to other tasks for the day, by the time I left the pass (just after 5:00pm) we had nearly 40cm new snow on the 24hr board!
Needless to say, there's a lot of new snow and anyone venturing out needs to really watch out.
Cheers,
Stimbuck
Descent via Internationale- good ski cutting with 10"+ fractures on a lower density layer within the new snow. Good propagation as well. Not as sketchy down lower, though the main cliffs were really unloading! The skiing was quite good. On to other tasks for the day, by the time I left the pass (just after 5:00pm) we had nearly 40cm new snow on the 24hr board!
Needless to say, there's a lot of new snow and anyone venturing out needs to really watch out.
Cheers,
Stimbuck
No need to rub it in >:( ;D
Thanks for getting the equipment fixed. It will be helpful. Was that you guys riding chair 2 up?
We found conditions very unstable. After causing very large fracture below Schluct that was 50 feet wide and 18” in depth above, we decided to get out of there. We skied down Gunmount.
We found conditions very unstable. After causing very large fracture below Schluct that was 50 feet wide and 18” in depth above, we decided to get out of there. We skied down Gunmount.
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