SirJibAlot 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 PART 1: Alright, I promised a trip report - no matter how pethetic. However, it has been puking all day (2-3M) and I intend to get first chair up tomorrow and hopefully some better pics for PART 2. I arrived up here on Sat. and went up for a half day. Mostly just rode around the mountain to check out the coverage on the runs - excellent coverage, they had recieved a storm the week before (20 inches) and seem to be faring much better than some Japanese resorts this season. Unfortunately, I got sick on Sat night and was f*%cking miserable on Sun and Mon and just stayed in the cabin and blew thru about 3 boxes of tissue. Finally on Tues, I said F*%ck it - and I went up. View of Huntington Lake from China Bowl SJA in the China Bowl Shot looking back up into the China Bowl Since I was a loner this day (wife was sick), no other pics really - I pretty much just cruised the mountain and hit a few jibs in the park. Busted my ass on a box, but I won't post any arse pics per BP's request This place has a pretty sick park, they've expanded it every year and this year the place is insane. Wed Me, Z-Diddy, and M-Dogg went up and played in the park most of the day. I noticed that they weren't running the firebowl T-bar and decided to check it out for any untracked pow. Sure enough some of it had been tracked out, but there were still a few clean lines to be had. So Z-Diddy hiked up first so I could get some video of him coming down. Then, I hiked up and found an untracked spot to hit. This pow was a few days old and heavy as hell, not much fun - but something different after a day of resort and park riding. All day Wed, the buzz in the resort was a big storm coming in. Sure enough when I checked out the forecast, they were saying blizzard/white out conditions, so I skipped Thurs. Here's a pic from the resort cam while it's puking up there. Sooooo, After today's storm, they should have about 2-3M up there of fresh pow - It was pretty cold up there (by cali standards...-7 to -11) so hopefully it will be dry pow. Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow...... -SJA Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Good pics, like the goggles one. Hope your wife gets better. Link to post Share on other sites
miles-t 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Quote: it has been puking all day (2-3M) Link to post Share on other sites
kaiser soce 0 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I thought that was a typo at first then I saw it again! Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Now that WOULD be impressive. Thanks for the pics Jibbsama Link to post Share on other sites
3da5snow 0 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Ah! I miss the Cali mountain scenery. So many tall coniferous trees. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 For reference, here is where the photos were taken... The total tally of snow fall from the strom including overnight accumulation is over 2 Feet! Anyway, i'm outtie to jump in the stuff... Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 Part 2: So I woke up to blue sky's and a pleasant surprise of additional snow accumulation. The wife was feeling better - so we grabbed our gear and headed up. Unfortunately, we got stuck behind a bus that refused to let people pass - so we missed first chairs, but did manage to get up early enough to get some fresh tracks in. Heading up the lift. Now, I don't profess to be an expert on riding pow, but I have done it a few times...however, I was not prepared (or skilled) at riding stuff this deep - but I gave it a shot anyway... As you would expect, everything was pretty well tracked out by lunch time. I do have to say though, that conditions here couldn't be better, unfortunately - today was my last day and we're heading back to LA tomorrow Anyway, it was fun while it lasted - now back home to Japan... -SJA Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Dude, awesome snow! Please bring some back with you... Link to post Share on other sites
XilR8 0 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Looks fantastic! I'm going to have to wait till next year to win my powder spurs. BTW, 2 feet and 2 metres is pretty different!! Although still a lot of snow! Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted February 25, 2007 Author Share Posted February 25, 2007 Yea, the storm was supposed to be a monster - they had winter storm warnings up across the high sierras and were expecting a dump of 2-3 feet from 10a - 10p, then an additional 2-3 feet from midnight to 6am. Apparently, it lost a lot of the moisture as it dumped rain across Fresno and the brunt of the storm hit just south of us...we were only greeted with a total of 2 Feet when it was all over. 6 feet (2M) would have been somthing! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 sirjib, nice TR mate Glad you had a good time there. Shoulda asked for some PSP games for you to bring back Link to post Share on other sites
The Takayama Tearer 0 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 More powder in America than Jpn? Looks wicked! Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 CB, I'm still in Cali and the wife is now stretching in the other room preparing for some HARD CORE shopping Let me know if you want me to bring some games back for you...i'm going to be looking at getting a few for myself. TTT, It's unusual for the California mountains to get such a big and cold storm - all the folks on the mountain that day had big sh^t eating grins on thier face while they were shedding the pow. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Bastards Nice report! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Hey SirJib - hurry it on will ya? We are still waiting here! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 sirjibalot i need an xbox 360 power cord and tv cord. It will be a crap load of money but if you could ill pay you back. Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 sirjibalot i need some tutti dolci lipgloss in sugar wafer flavour from bath & body works Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 SirJib I need a crate of mangoes Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 now you guys actually ruined it im actually serious you cant get the powder cords here. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 FT, just PM sirjib, he's a really cool bloke and am sure he'd do it in a heartbeat for you Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 no no i'm serious too, it's my favourite lipgloss and i lost it on the skateramp at naughtys. SJA if you pass by a bath & body works and can find some of this stuff i'd be so stoked!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 we have a bath and body works in Kobe EBC I like that store Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 no way!!! do ya?!! fancy going on a lipgloss mission for me?! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Hey! I'm serious too FT! You just can't get good mangoes here in Japan. And I wanna crate of em! Link to post Share on other sites
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