Thanks for this post! I thought there was no snow in Utah this year?
Yeah, let's hope. This whole winter has been a series of "look, the pattern is changing!" only for the pattern to change the wrong way. So, I'll remain hopeful, but I'll also believe it when I see it!@BobMc thanks for helping keep the stoke alive!!
I'm thinking this is encouraging for the ridge to break down.
https://opensnow.com/dailysnow/utah
Love your reports, Bob! When I'm stuck at work I find it very enjoyable to live vicariously through your posts.
Do you know what bindings Travis skis on? That low, low tele stance tells me they are not NTN. He looks like a rippin' telemarker too!
see here.Is it starting to look like a mid march trip to SLC would be wise?
Tomorrow looks to bring storm riding in the afternoon and a big storm for Sunday night into Monday. I may have trouble going to work on Monday.
I'm guessing we'll have a canyon closure this morning. That'll tangle traffic something fierce, the choices are pretty simple. Get up at 4;30ish and beat it or spend some time in the car on Wasatch Blvd. I doubt things will open early, I'm guessing a Regulator only for the ride down from first tram. It all depends on your value of sleep to turns.
I think the crowds all decided an open road + MCP pass made it worth the drive to Snowbasin.I hope you made it up Wade.
We scored a lot of powder today, it was a steep admittance price though, I got up at 4:50 this morning. Travis drove this morning, we hadn't seen any notifications of road closures until we got into the canyon and saw they had a 6:00 closure at B gate. We passed by B gate in a long line of cars at 6:04, counting our lucky stars.
We parked in the pond lot and headed to the tram building knowing interlodge would be in effect. We got to the tram line about 6:30, joining about 4-5 other people, all regulars. One of the tram ops even brought us a couple chairs and I scored a seat for the next 2 1/2 hours. The line built behind us as it got closer to 9:00, it was a three boat wait when we lifted off promptly at 9:00. We all figured we'd be handcuffed to Regulator but when atop we were informed everything but Baldy, Road to Provo, and Mineral were in play. The Cirque Traverse and the Peruvian side were open from the get go.
Travis got a place by the door, I was a bit deeper inside and he headed off to Great Scott, I made a rookie move in attempting a run on the Cirque and went too low and missed the traverse, my consolation was an untracked Puckerbrush. We'd planned to meet at Wilbur and proceeded to milk some of the low hanging fruit off that lift for a couple laps. We bounced around the mountain for the rest of the day skiing till 2:00. Saw another Pugski sticker again, saw VinceK as well, another of the callers in sick.
We kept wondering when the crowds were going to show up yet they never did. It wasn't till later we learned the road had closed back down again soon after opening. Several accidents and a bus off the road gummed things up enough they had to shut it down. Our last lift ride I told the liftie, "Gotta give a shout out to all the people that turned around and went home when they shut the canyon down again!"