parts of the town of June Lake are under mandatory Evac. due to Avalance danger now.
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Here's the point forecast for right on top of Loveland CO. The link is also in my OP at the start of this thread.
National Weather Service
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Its cold, albeit sunny, this weekend and early next week there.
We turned back about halfway to Mammoth. Highway conditions were pretty gnarly and we saw probably 6 bad accidents in that time, one happening right in front of us.
Between the driving conditions, road conditions between Bishop and Mammoth, and the updates from Mammoth Snowman saying that they would likely need a day or two AFTER tomorrow to dig the town and lifts out, we just called it off.
Bummer, but oh well.
Between the driving conditions, road conditions between Bishop and Mammoth, and the updates from Mammoth Snowman saying that they would likely need a day or two AFTER tomorrow to dig the town and lifts out, we just called it off.
Bummer, but oh well.
Where are they gonna go? The 395 is closed in both directions, June is effectively isolated (as is Mammoth Lakes).
Smart move. The hill will be there long after we've gone the way of the Dodo bird.
Once in a while the clouds go away on our little volcano....
Fug I'm at the point where Id almost kill for that rn. Need some cold crystalis freshies and vitamin D like fugging pronto. Been getting warmer by the week here. 40 at 5000 next few days 
What started out as a great winter for at least a few weeks has ended up being kinda blah. This warm south Pacific track blows chunks. I thought this was a legit cold La Nina not an warm El Nino. Carry on......
What started out as a great winter for at least a few weeks has ended up being kinda blah. This warm south Pacific track blows chunks. I thought this was a legit cold La Nina not an warm El Nino. Carry on......Not a bad way to start off the season yesterday at Kirkwood. Several inches of fresh snow on top of several feet from the days before. Patrol was avalanche bombing all morning so mountain was generally opened up in stages. Was antsy I guess so didn't sleep particularly solid the night before but was out in the door by 5 AM and in the parking lot before 9; took the long way (50 to 89/88) to be safe. So was everyone else. Lot of people from Reno; apparently Heavenly had a power outage. Still no lift lines to speak of at all but it did explain the number of people; I guess I need to leave 15 to 30 minutes earlier on powder days.
That first run I took a little beyond Cliff Chute area was so fun, I ended up doing it the next run too before I branched out from there. Aside from the galeforce winds (normal) at the top, it was actually a pretty warm day. Which was funny. Everyone (including myself) was amping on the backside to be opened but it didn't. and didn't. There were all sorts of gradual powder lines around Chair 2 that were surprisingly really fun but everyone was thinking lemon next to pie. I gave up on backside opening, went back to the ride to get lunch and chill, came back, STILL not open so said fuck it, went back across the mountain to Palisades Bowl, got back to Wall chair just as it closed and then found out backside was NOW open. Goddamnit, raced over there, got to base of Sunrise 3 minutes before closing.
Remember when I said it was warm? Nothing like heavy ass powder, Sierra Cement at its finest topped with sun slush. Lemon next to the pie alright but the pie sat in the sun too long and got mushy. So that was funny; day was pretty much done, grabbed one last run up Cornice at 3:59, near where I started the day.
Good stuff and great way to start off the season.
That first run I took a little beyond Cliff Chute area was so fun, I ended up doing it the next run too before I branched out from there. Aside from the galeforce winds (normal) at the top, it was actually a pretty warm day. Which was funny. Everyone (including myself) was amping on the backside to be opened but it didn't. and didn't. There were all sorts of gradual powder lines around Chair 2 that were surprisingly really fun but everyone was thinking lemon next to pie. I gave up on backside opening, went back to the ride to get lunch and chill, came back, STILL not open so said fuck it, went back across the mountain to Palisades Bowl, got back to Wall chair just as it closed and then found out backside was NOW open. Goddamnit, raced over there, got to base of Sunrise 3 minutes before closing.
Remember when I said it was warm? Nothing like heavy ass powder, Sierra Cement at its finest topped with sun slush. Lemon next to the pie alright but the pie sat in the sun too long and got mushy. So that was funny; day was pretty much done, grabbed one last run up Cornice at 3:59, near where I started the day.
Good stuff and great way to start off the season.
37 degrees at base when I left at 4:30 PM. Backside must have been in 40s. I am laughing because deep down I really should have known better.
Yep been there done that. Had a pass there for 8 seasons. Bro report from Whistler is it's raining at base. Kinda looking at tickets to UT. Sounds like they've had to much of a good thing with resorts closed due to avy danger. Guess they were dropping bombs with helis at the Bird the other day.
Too bad so sad that this area was closed yesterday. Good enough reason why.
Been seeing endless insta posts from Brighton of the established order and the new kids all killing it. Looks like it's been going off endlessly the past few weeks.
Brighton seems to be the new center of the snowboard world. Lots of talent and content coming out of their regularly.
More snow for the Cali and UT bros.
Parade of Storms Continues to Batter the West
Summary We remain in an active pattern with several more storms lined up to bring additional snowfall to the West. The Sierra remains the primary target of the next two storms, but plenty of snow will make its way inland. The jet stream will then likely retreat a bit north shifting the focus to...
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Too good not to share. Totally respect his decision to shine on that terrain.
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Cliffed out on Steep Gullies A-Basin
and before you comment that I'm not good enough for this trail watch the beginning again as this trail is specifically for expert sKiErS. I'm a snowboarder s...
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