California/Nevada '19-'20 SoCal Thread, Baldy to Big Bear, Wrightwood to Waterman

[river-z]

I decided not to come up today. Not worth the slow drive with chain control for one inch of new snow.

 

[Mothertucker]

We were there but didn't see you. You must have seen us first.

Even the paparazzi was looking for you @Pat AKA mustski.

 

[Rostapher]

I’ll be up at Baldy tomorrow (Sat) and I’m hoping it’s decent and the crowds aren’t too crazy. They say they got 2 inches over night!

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

I decided not to come up today. Not worth the slow drive with chain control for one inch of new snow.

The conditions were super funky - a mix of soft, ice, and dust on crust. It was one of those "good for you" snow days as opposed to good snow.

 

[Larry]

Read that Big Bear only got 1". Is it worth going up there this weekend? My only free day is monday but I'm guessing lot of melting and slush by 10:30

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

I can’t say how Monday will be, but it’s been colder than predicted every day and the snow has stayed really good- except for today because it was slick once stripped.

 

[socalgal]

Just arrived. Parked on summit road a bit ways down than normal. Seems like its going to be a busy day! We'll do our usual routine- ski till lunch then head home.

 

[socalgal]

Snow was pretty nice today. The groomers did a good job creating some chalky conditions.

Started the day doing some laps on miracle mile, waiting for patrol to open Westridge. The snow was great, chalky and cold.

Did a few laps in the park. It was one of the best setups I've seen at SS. Lots of different levels of features, a good flow to the run.

Once it got started to get heavily populated by the young-male crowd, we made our way towards chair 7. Ended up not making it though, we got distracted by chair 6 instead. First time as a family! Started off on Off Chute which was a wee bit more icy, then took Olympic to cut through to the lower moguls on skiers left of the Wall. Our last run, our DD wanted to do the bumps from the top. The top portion had bigger, harder, steeper moguls. That would be a good place to practice!

As we were leaving, the lines of cars coming up the mountain seemed to have no end.

 

[Rostapher]

Gorgeous day at Baldy today. You could see Catalina Island out in the Pacific from the top of chair 3!

Groomers were good in the morning with pretty easy skiing corn snow. Off piste A.M. was frozen over chunky crust, but softened throughout the day until there were pretty good turns to be had across the mountain. There is very good coverage on groomers & decent coverage off piste. Another foot or three and it will be excellent!


They were busy enough so that you knew you weren’t skiing alone, but I never had to wait more than a minute, maybe two. I kinda expected more people to be up on a holiday weekend, and there were a good number, but they were all tubing, hiking or beginners and so they weren’t riding chair 3. Overall, a pretty great day! Baldy is well worth a visit, you may come away impressed.

 

[Larry]

I made it today(Monday) to Snow Summit.

Well, it was much better than I expected. Snow is still in pretty good shape. Today was slightly cooler(maybe 45ish) and skiing was good and crowds weren't too bad.

I'm glad I went after all

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

I made it today(Monday) to Snow Summit.

Well, it was much better than I expected. Snow is still in pretty good shape. Today was slightly cooler(maybe 45ish) and skiing was good and crowds weren't too bad.

I'm glad I went after all

We were there. I looked fir you but didn’t see you.

 

[VickiK]

@Pat AKA mustski , we're planning to go on Friday. If you're up there, I'll text you in the a.m.

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

@Pat AKA mustski , we're planning to go on Friday. If you're up there, I'll text you in the a.m.

We fly out that day for the mini gathering in Taos. Next time, I hope.

 

[Larry]

We were there. I looked fir you but didn’t see you.

I skied it backwards yesterday.

I started on Ego for about an hour then
The 3 Runs off 6 (wall, Olympic, off shute) for over an hour then
Chair 7 and 10 for another hour or so

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

I skied it backwards yesterday.

I started on Ego for about an hour then
The 3 Runs off 6 (wall, Olympic, off shute) for over an hour then
Chair 7 and 10 for another hour or so

We were with friends who weren't feeling too well so it was a slow moving day that ended early.

 

[dbostedo]

I skied it backwards yesterday.

I started on Ego for about an hour then
The 3 Runs off 6 (wall, Olympic, off shute) for over an hour then
Chair 7 and 10 for another hour or so

You did all that, skiing switch?

 

[Larry]

Sorry about that, I meant I skied uphill on Monday

 

[MountainMonster]

Hard, fast, & fun yesterday, hoping it stays the same today & doesn’t warm up too much today

R & T....

 

[MountainMonster]

Summit’s snow crew continues to do a stellar job grooming.
Hard & fast in the morning, springish by afternoon, all good

 

[Mothertucker]

Summit’s snow crew continues to do a stellar job grooming.
Hard & fast in the morning, springish by afternoon, all good

And with the low angle of sunshine, it starts to refreeze before closing. We could definitely use a storm to refresh the off piste and backcountry though. Methinks I'll hit Bear Mt. today for a change of pace.