bushpig 0 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Happy B'day SM! Link to post Share on other sites
sock_monkey 0 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Thanks guys, All i want for my b-day is fresh pow, so start the snow dance for Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites
exdream110 0 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 i would die to board on terrain like that but i need more practice and av training !!! and a beacon!!!and trustworthy friends who board or ski as well !!! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 Well SM How was your trip? Jer, Davo and I went up that ridge above Happo to ski a short south face and were nearly blown off the ridge by gail force winds. Wasn't the spring snow we were expecting Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 to bad toque I had a crying kid who was a great skier. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 How old? Yah you would have liked our little tour Jer felt really bad for losing your skin bag He almost went running over the north face to grab it and I had to yell to get him to stop Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I sent him a mail mate you gotta tell him that im not gonna get angry at him. I would have been happy to just get a bag later than to have him buy something too expensive. He is one of the nicest guys I have ever known Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 That's cool And he was really stoked to be out touring You'll just have to get on him to buy some bindings Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 he needs to buy some gear but he is strong enough to get away with trekkers Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 And discuss Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 Davo above Happo on the weekend. Just about ready to freeze our asses off when the wind picked up Jer nearing our drop in point. Easy to see how windy it was with the snow blowing everywhere Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 > And discuss Is that the aftermath of a huge slide on the right there with somebody's tracks leading into it...? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 yeah, first pic looks like it has a huge crown across the right face and you still skied it? Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 That was the North Face and we did a Sth facing bowl. Yep O11 a huge crown and the run-out is pretty much endless, I hope whoever set it off was able to ride it out safely. We chose not to go down the North side yesterday, this being one reason. I'd say there were plenty of safe routes down there but the above slide just demonstrates the potential for trouble. My contribution to the discussion is that you'd better be damn sure the conditions are safe as before you go plowing straight down the guts of an aspect like that. Sweet day out yesterday Touque-cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 That's a north face just above Happo-one. That picture was taken from just above the top chair. Yah it looks like a snowboarder skied onto the face and then as soon as he hit the rollover it triggered. I wouldn't call it massive but it is scary. Maybe 30cms deep but it looks like it ran a long ways. The rain layer from Wednesday was really slick under the new snow We didn't ski any north faces at Happo and anything that we slid wasn't fracturing like that. Just lots of sluff. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Davo, you have snowshoes? Glad you had a great time. How was creekgirl in the car on the way home? Is her back really bad? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Skiers ought to love snowboarders for their willingness to check out the safety of bowls for them, eh. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 The girl were cracking up at my friend and his stories about going to the New Japan Sauna in Umeda, which he insists is not a pinku establishment. She was hobbling about quite bit so I think she took quite a tumble. No snowshoes and I think most of the time I've been hiking they'd have been a hinderence more than anything else. Would still like to get some though-at times they're essential. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 guess since it wasnt powder it wouldnt be that big a deal eh? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Ocean11: Skiers ought to love snowboarders for their willingness to check out the safety of bowls for them, eh. It was strange that this actually slid Because the day before we saw a load of people skiing high alpine lines with no movment at all while we were in the trees setting off big sluff slides just traversing slopes Further along the ridge in the above picture we also saw 3 skiers ski a line on the same North East aspect that didn't move at all Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 The run the boys did was far from extreme. a nice 30 to 35 degree meadowish bowl with a huge run out that you can lap up on a good day. kinda like tengupara cb but way better lines, and 0 trees. The weekend was strange Im just glad we didnt push the limit really and stayed smart. I dont think we wouldve be buried but loss of gear or tree crash were likely events. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Davo: Yep O11 a huge crown and the run-out is pretty much endless, Could you elaborate on this? Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 It goes all the way down to the valley floor, so if it were a big slab fracture it could go huge. There's a good reason why there are no trees in these areas, that is, massive slides in the past. This one wasn't so big, in terms of snow volume, but it was big enough. I've seen it down to the dirt up there at times. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Thanks , I'd guessed that is what you meant by runout, but it's clear about the implications now. Where in the photos can I see the crown? Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
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