Skison 20/21?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Whistler is having a grate season and it’s like a country club for the locals as foreign tourists aren’t allowed in Canada. 

 

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

This is grate!! The five types of skiers you’ll see on the slopes this skison. 

 

 

https://freeskier.com/stories/skiers-of-the-pandemic?fbclid=IwAR2IC9u4FQF9K86UFdEh9-5M4_lOzikpOX7_5rQH9esyvOkBmNHUvj_5yUk

[RidgeRacer]

Whistler is having a grate season and it’s like a country club for the locals as foreign tourists aren’t allowed in Canada. 
 
 

Remember when we thought blue was gonna be a country club? Lol

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

23 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Remember when we thought blue was gonna be a country club? Lol

Bahahaha yeah..if the lifts were running at full capacity wouldn’t be an issue.  

[enjoralas]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Bahahaha yeah..if the lifts were running at full capacity wouldn’t be an issue.  

Still not much of an issue at the DDCC, the Double Double Country Club.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Jackson hole is up to 394” of snow this season. Whoa mama

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Jackson hole now at 405” and the road to snowbird is closed for a second day in a row. 

[toast21602]

Utah is getting nuked. 
 

[saltyant]

6 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Utah is getting nuked. 

Ooooooo yeah 🤠

[toast21602]

3 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Ooooooo yeah 🤠

Correct. 

[Schif]

I guess this is the definition of too much snow

 

[JFskiDan]

2 hours ago, Schif said:

I guess this is the definition of too much snow

 

Interlodged. I saw something i might not fully understand, but avalanches are at like the highest level right now. Alta doesnt appear to have any lifts spinning either. 

[saltyant]

Hope Park City or Deer Valley, Solitude or Brighton, and Snowbasin or Powder Mountain are open or I'll have to find a mint and Morman museums to tour, and maybe ride a funicular

Edited February 17, 2021 by saltyant

[GSSucks]

LCC is 100% closed, Alta & Bird are closed with no reopening date or time posted from what I have heard, maximum security interlodge is in effect with an enacted hourly head count. Alta is reporting 87" since Thursday morning. RT 210 is the most avalanche prone road in the US that remains open year round. A few things have happened, the last few summers LCC had some big mud slides, this takes out more trees/rocks/vegetation (snow anchors) than an avalanche will and clears the way for avalanches. From what I have heard, a UDOT plow truck and cat were burred when Lisa's ripped, LIsa's has not avalanched to the road in 60+ years, Lisa's also had a big mud slide over the summer, see where this is going? Superior also ripped yesterday morning and went almost to the bypass road, that was before the 19" that was reported yesterday and last night. I was looking at the road cameras this morning and a no snow removal was done above Lisas since yesterday, pretty much between Lisas and Bird entry 1 (~5 miles) is a big unknown as no one has traveled it. The snowpack was super touchy before this storm and this is not going to help. Alta patrol is running routs, if they can get the mountain skiable before the road opens it will be a country club day (or few days) for the folks that are interlodged. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

10 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Hope Park City or Deer Valley, Solitude or Brighton, and Snowbasin or Powder Mountain are open or I'll have to find a mint and Morman museums to tour, and maybe ride a funicular

Salty you aren’t there now so no worries. 

[skiincy]

11 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

Interlodged. I saw something i might not fully understand, but avalanches are at like the highest level right now. Alta doesnt appear to have any lifts spinning either. 

Saw this this morning too. Crazy.

I had to research what Interlodge meant .. for anyone else, it's when "outside travel is restricted and everyone is ordered to stay indoors because of the avalanche danger." 

Highway 210 has a "Highway Avalanche Hazard Index of 766, the highest in North America."

https://www.snowbird.com/interlodge/

[saltyant]

Just now, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Salty you aren’t there now so no worries. 

But I will be in 10 days. I wasnt aware there was so much snow there. WJW. Should I go somewhere else instead? Is it safe to ski at resorts (not trollin')?

[skiincy]

Just now, saltyant said:

But I will be in 10 days. I wasnt aware there was so much snow there. WJW. Should I go somewhere else instead? Is it safe to ski at resorts (not trollin')?

It'll be fine in 10 days. No worries. Go for it!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Yeah salty go ski Stowe 

[indiggio]

51 minutes ago, skiincy said:

Saw this this morning too. Crazy.

I had to research what Interlodge meant .. for anyone else, it's when "outside travel is restricted and everyone is ordered to stay indoors because of the avalanche danger." 

Highway 210 has a "Highway Avalanche Hazard Index of 766, the highest in North America."

https://www.snowbird.com/interlodge/

Yeah, it's no joke.  Been at the Peruvian when interlodge invoked.
They literally chain the doors closed so there's NO escape.

@saltyant You said you're headed to Park City/Canyons, you won't have any problems.
Brighton and Solitude aren't on Little Cottonwood Canyon road, so they should be fine too.

I don't think you where looking to hit Alta/Snowbird this trip anyway, correct?

You're gonna have epic conditions and a hellova trip!

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by indiggio

[JFskiDan]

Not that i know tons on the subject, but i have never heard of maximum security interlodge. I also didnt know they did head counts. 
i think it was last year one of the accountant ladies at work stayed at snowbird, tons of snow closed the road, delayed open for avy, but when they got open the road was still closed. Im not sure she really knows exactly how lucky she was. 

[GSSucks]

23 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

Not that i know tons on the subject, but i have never heard of maximum security interlodge. I also didnt know they did head counts. 
i think it was last year one of the accountant ladies at work stayed at snowbird, tons of snow closed the road, delayed open for avy, but when they got open the road was still closed. Im not sure she really knows exactly how lucky she was. 

Thats known as an LCC Country Club day, Interlodge is lifted before the road opens. Alta/Bird open with only the few hundred people that were stuck in Interlodge. 

[indiggio]

14 minutes ago, GSSucks said:

Thats known as an LCC Country Club day, Interlodge is lifted before the road opens. Alta/Bird open with only the few hundred people that were stuck in Interlodge. 

Yeah, it's great if you're staying on the mountain!
Got a bunch of great early runs in until they got the road open and the hoards appeared.

[GSSucks]

Brighton is recommending skiing with a beacon, shovel and probe in bounds today.  

[toast21602]

Just now, GSSucks said:

Brighton is recommending skiing with a beacon, shovel and probe in bounds today.  

Not that I regularly follow avalanche danger, but I’ve never seen anything like this before.