sibhusky

Dumped all day long. Came home exhausted. Good Med. North Fork: Finally, end of day in Lee's Way:

http://fsavalanche.org/NAC/techPages/articles/06_ISSW_Greene_etal.pdf&cd=6&ved=0CDsQFjAF&usg=AFQjCNHPb1fPsbzkLkWw-TyGmRS56nU5Aw&sig2=1o1v9WYFEv4VvO36uvMNpQ

Really? It's groomed.

Isn't there some study that says most avalanche deaths are during the "considerable" warning times, not the "high" times, because most people have enough sense to stay away during "high" period, but self-styled experts and others with lots of trips think that they will know when to say no, but don't.

Another.

Early tracks after the storm.

There was another tree well death here. Brother of an Olympic skier. http://m.nbcmontana.com/news/tree-well-death-at-whitefish-mountain-resort/24530174

Nice creamy snow in Evan's.

Actually, the most you would pay here is $67 and you can do it for $50. And to me, that's a lot of money. When you add the cost of skiing to the HASSLE of skiing, no wonder people are buying 60 inch screens and a Wii ski app and staying home.

Whitefish is setting new records annually. But, definitely over the past fifty years, skiing and boarding have not kept up with the general population. There have been endless discussions about the reasons on Epic. At least ski areas are finally starting to acknowledge they have a problem. Their approaches to fixing the problem, though, are all over the map. Too many short term profit guys are still running many areas.

No more vast than most places in Colorado.

Yesterday, skiing The Face with a friend. Snow on the way.

Unless she gets hurt repeatedly over the next four years. Tough break.

No. There's no rush. 500 today, mostly paper tickets. I do have friends who start skiing chair six at 8:30, but they're nuts. Chair one doesn't open until 9:30 on a normal day. With these temps it's even later. I've managed to time it so it's just opening as I arrive. Chair 2 opens at 9, but I'm not all that fond of that part of the mountain. Lots of tourons, man-made snow as a base, always groomed, faces south and gets pretty wind blasted. Whenever my stamina is such that I'm running out of day before I run out of energy, I'll get there earlier.

You and the vast majority of skiers that were missing yesterday, praise the lord. Looking forward to another great day if they open the main lift. Not so great if it stays closed. :-(

No, truth.

Wish there were more days like this one. -9F in the parking lot, -18F at the summit, wind chill -38F. Perfect!

It would never occur to me to use anything other than the NOAA point forecast.

Facebook weather? Huh?

This week should be interesting. Tomorrow. Real temp -2, wind chill -25 Tuesday. (Not scheduled to ski, have to go to Kalispell) Real temp -7, wind chill -35 Wednesday. Real temp -6 Thursday. -3 Friday, whoa, heat wave at +4. Love this stuff.

Looking up the pitch from the gorge area of Glory Hole. (I kept forgetting to take pictures today, so didn't have much to choose from.)

No cold toes on me. No cold fingers. No frequent breaks. Remember, I dont have testosterone on my side.

Another

It was brutally cold today, 5 F with 20 MPH winds. Riding on Chair 1 was quite an experience. Butt flaps (I don't wear one, I have two pairs of pants on) help with that. There is one guy who wears one front and back and puts the front one up over his face on days like today.