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Yeah, we do! I'm visiting the boy there in 2 weeks.Now we need some fresh snow in Jackson ASAP!
Did you see all the dudes practicing in the main park? My kid was one of them.today, monday, mammoth was damn empty and fun
You still here today? I'll be up watching my kid's competition in the afternoon.mammoth is so much better today, less crowded
Hope it went well. Speaking of compsYou still here today? I'll be up watching my kid's competition in the afternoon.
Has this been the worst January on record for the Sierras? There has been no measurable snowfall the entire month and it looks to end with nothing in the forecast. Has there ever been zero snowfall at Tahoe/Mammoth for the entire month of January before? This sucks as I have a trip planned with buddies to Mammoth the second week of February. If the zero snow trend continues and the ridge of high pressure off the coast doesn't budge we're probably gonna pull the plug on the trip and postpone it till later in the season. It seems like the past few seasons up there have started with a bang, fizzled through the peak of the season, and then ended with a bang with major atmospheric river events at the start and end of the seasons. Talk about feast or famine.
Well, there's always surfing. The surf has not been all time epic, but it's been pretty consistantly fun.... SO Cal speaking.Has this been the worst January on record for the Sierras? There has been no measurable snowfall the entire month and it looks to end with nothing in the forecast. Has there ever been zero snowfall at Tahoe/Mammoth for the entire month of January before? This sucks as I have a trip planned with buddies to Mammoth the second week of February. If the zero snow trend continues and the ridge of high pressure off the coast doesn't budge we're probably gonna pull the plug on the trip and postpone it till later in the season. It seems like the past few seasons up there have started with a bang, fizzled through the peak of the season, and then ended with a bang with major atmospheric river events at the start and end of the seasons. Talk about feast or famine.
Horizon is crooked.Literally a warm dry Juneuary here in the PNW after 1st week of the year. And high and dry in the entire West. Spent most of last week in Western Colorado. Trip planned a long time ago around a bunch of HS friends schedules. Couple inches here and there, but mostly Roy in and am sun chasing in the PM. Fun carving around the groomers and a nice change of scenery from my home mountain esp the abundant sun and blue skies and lack of any crowds. An upper mountain lift did go one day, but was closed the next due to staffing shortages. Found some fresh up there, but also found some rocks. Didn't know the lines either, so rode it mostly in safety mode following tracks and assuming coverage was a little thin. Peps had also been hiking it so it had been skied to some degree. Good times and lucky they got pounded over the holidays to get a decent base, but did not really get the experience this mountain can offer. Hopefully a trip to Baker for a storm cycle before its all said and done this season. Only gets warmer from here on out.
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Crud snow is injury snow,Went to Snowbird this weekend. First day of my season might be my last. Tweaked me knee around mid day on an easy cat track. Went from sunlight to shade and didn’t see a series of ruts that caught me off guard and tweaked the knee a bit but didn’t seem too bad. Took it easy the rest of the run. Took a couple more runs and it wasn’t so bad. Broke for lunch with the GF and then went back out with friends. On the backside of mineral basin we traversed over to a ridge in the sun that looked pretty untouched and buffed out. We figured it had been softening up in the sun. We were wrong. It was all crust and not great by Utah standards. I was still traversing on my toe edge when I lost it and when my board came out from under me I heard and felt the pop in my back knee. Didn’t want to get up for a solid minute cause I was afraid of what I was gonna feel. Was able to stand up so I decided to gingerly work my way down to the lift at the base of Mineral Basin. Heel edge was fine but I couldn’t ride for a second on my toe edge without my knee collapsing on me and falling on my face. Wasn’t down for a sled ride so I just heel edged my way down to the lift. Rode it back to the summit and took the tram ride of shame down to the other side. Better than being in the back of a patrol sled I guess? Anyway I spent the rest of the day in the Snowbird medical clinic which was busy as hell and surprisingly impressive. Dude at the front desk could have been Travis Rice’s twin brother. Looked and talked just like him. X-Rays came back clean but I’m still skeptical something isn’t right. Spent a day on crutches and ditched them for my travels home. Was able to hobble my way through two airports but it wasn’t fun and for the most part it doesn’t feel terrible. But every step I take needs to be very deliberate. Any time I let my guard down and take one wrong move my knee wants to collapse. Feels almost like there’s nothing keeping it from hyperextending the wrong way and there’s a very distinct pulling feeling that goes down the back of my calf when this happens. I’m super bummed but still holding out hope that it’s just a strain and won’t require surgery ending my season.
The doc in the Snowbird Medical clinic did a bunch of range of motion tests and said my main 4 ligaments felt strong but there was a slight clicking in my meniscus. X-rays were also clean but I am a bit skeptical of the radiologist that was doing them. Seemed a bit of out of her element. Gonna go back to an orthopedist if things don’t improve in a few more days. I def taxed it more toting luggage and boards through two airports yesterday.Crud snow is injury snow,
My meniscus tells me so.
Good luck with the knee, dude!
Fuck me. I came real close to wrecking my knee early last week. Twisting fall going slow in the moguls. Snow was soft enough that the nose of my board dug in. Felt like if I had twisted it anymore sh!t would get real. Untangled myself very slowly and called it a day.Went to Snowbird this weekend. First day of my season might be my last. Tweaked me knee around mid day on an easy cat track. Went from sunlight to shade and didn’t see a series of ruts that caught me off guard and tweaked the knee a bit but didn’t seem too bad. Took it easy the rest of the run. Took a couple more runs and it wasn’t so bad. Broke for lunch with the GF and then went back out with friends. On the backside of mineral basin we traversed over to a ridge in the sun that looked pretty untouched and buffed out. We figured it had been softening up in the sun. We were wrong. It was all crust and not great by Utah standards. I was still traversing on my toe edge when I lost it and when my board came out from under me I heard and felt the pop in my back knee. Didn’t want to get up for a solid minute cause I was afraid of what I was gonna feel. Was able to stand up so I decided to gingerly work my way down to the lift at the base of Mineral Basin. Heel edge was fine but I couldn’t ride for a second on my toe edge without my knee collapsing on me and falling on my face. Wasn’t down for a sled ride so I just heel edged my way down to the lift. Rode it back to the summit and took the tram ride of shame down to the other side. Better than being in the back of a patrol sled I guess? Anyway I spent the rest of the day in the Snowbird medical clinic which was busy as hell and surprisingly impressive. Dude at the front desk could have been Travis Rice’s twin brother. Looked and talked just like him. X-Rays came back clean but I’m still skeptical something isn’t right. Spent a day on crutches and ditched them for my travels home. Was able to hobble my way through two airports but it wasn’t fun and for the most part it doesn’t feel terrible. But every step I take needs to be very deliberate. Any time I let my guard down and take one wrong move my knee wants to collapse. Feels almost like there’s nothing keeping it from hyperextending the wrong way and there’s a very distinct pulling feeling that goes down the back of my calf when this happens. I’m super bummed but still holding out hope that it’s just a strain and won’t require surgery ending my season.