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Topic: Sasse Ridge, Jan 3-4, 2007 (Read 1251 times)
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Larry_R
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My dad taught us that sometimes you just have to go no matter what the weather, because sometimes those turn out to be the best trips. Conditions skiing in Wed were less than ideal; 32 degrees, mixed rain and snow, 12 to 14 inches completely rain soaked unconsolidated snow. At least the heavy rains, which had just stopped, had not left the usual rain runnels that can mess up an otherwise nice hill. I made it to my usual 3800 ft elv. campsite however, and watched maybe 4 inches accumulate by nightfall.
Overnight the temp dropped to a low of 26, with another inch of snow. It was still snowing off and on when I started out the next morning a bit after 6 am, with another inch or so by the time I got to the top of the ridge. By 4500 feet or so, there was a foot or so of unconsolidated snow, quite light on top, with no layers, no crust. That is, just about ideal! So take a guess what the run was like. It lasted almost all the way to the tent, where Wednesday's rain soaked snow became a breakable crust.
Not much to photograph this week, except a few night shots. Here's one of the snow accumulating on the tent fly. This is a fairly unusual fly by the way, homemade and sewn using some sail making practices. When the snow builds up a bit more, it will shed almost all of it spontaneously. But this is supposed to be a trip report, so I'd better not say any more about the fly or I'll end up on Charles' problem poster list. 
Larry
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Joedabaker
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My dad taught us that sometimes you just have to go no matter what the weather, because sometimes those turn out to be the best trips.
Don't Know Unless You Go!
This has always been my motto.
When I rave of the great conditions to those that balked they write it off to my over optimistic attitude on snow conditions.
Action speaks louder than words.
Great job of going to get it Larry-Truly inspiring to those that believe in our motto!
Joe
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If it's called common sense, why isn't it more common?
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MW88888888
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Larry, you're going to have to start paying taxes for your homestead on Sasse! That, or you're going to have to start reporting to the NWAC for a new Sasse Ridge telemetry site.
Thanks for the snow report.
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