Steep and Deep: The Snow Skiing/Boarding Thread

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

So much powder up here today.

40+" by tomorrow and a blue bird day!

[Walter Sobchak]

SGs posts about the awesome ski conditions remind me that he lives out of state.

Ikr!

I think my son and I will dine at Cafe Rio before attending the game tonight. #utahcountylife

[TripletDaddy]

SGs posts about the awesome ski conditions remind me that he lives out of state.

Enjoy the epic ski day!

[Walter Sobchak]

So much powder up here today.

[BrutusBuckeye]

It really doesn't matter what the sign says, skiing anything out of the boundaries without a buddy and transceivers in these conditions is stupid.

What conditions are you talking about? The people who who give the risk rating I'm sure are aware of the dangers when giving it. Recently, I've seen the risk as high and extreme, but conditions can change and the other day was considered moderate, which I find to be acceptable without a beeper.

Out of bounds does not automatically mean avalanche danger. There are a lot of areas that are out of bounds with no avalanche danger. I'm familiar enough with where I was (and others, by the way) that I felt comfortable going where I went. If I were to go a little further, I would agree with your blanket statement.

[Shaka]

I try to mitigate any heightened danger when going out of bounds. The gate I went through said the risk in that area was moderate, so I felt ok about it. If conditions were rated as high or extreme, I wouldn't have done any hiking that day. I also stick to a place that isn't too far out of bounds and isn't known for having many avalanches. If I were to continue on where others go, the danger gets even higher as you get away from the boundary lines. Most avalanches you see on the news are pretty far from the resorts' boundaries.

It really doesn't matter what the sign says, skiing anything out of the boundaries without a buddy and transceivers in these conditions is stupid.

[BrutusBuckeye]

Sincere question: I'm not a skier, so I don't know how skiers really view this stuff, but when heading out of bounds, do you worry about avalanche danger? You watch the news and it seems that is all they talk about - that by skiing out of bounds, you are essentially taking your own life. Is the media blowing it all out of proportion or are you just a crazy ass son of a gun? Or do you just know where to go to avoid the avalanche conditions?

I try to mitigate any heightened danger when going out of bounds. The gate I went through said the risk in that area was moderate, so I felt ok about it. If conditions were rated as high or extreme, I wouldn't have done any hiking that day. I also stick to a place that isn't too far out of bounds and isn't known for having many avalanches. If I were to continue on where others go, the danger gets even higher as you get away from the boundary lines. Most avalanches you see on the news are pretty far from the resorts' boundaries.

[Walter Sobchak]

Snowed all morning... just stopped. It's perfect up here right now (@Brighton).

[smokymountainrain]

Beautiful day at Brighton today. I'm a horrible park skier, but since there weren't many people there today, I messed around in there a bit before heading out of bounds to find some fresh snow. Not the best powder in the world, but it was fun.

Sincere question: I'm not a skier, so I don't know how skiers really view this stuff, but when heading out of bounds, do you worry about avalanche danger? You watch the news and it seems that is all they talk about - that by skiing out of bounds, you are essentially taking your own life. Is the media blowing it all out of proportion or are you just a crazy ass son of a gun? Or do you just know where to go to avoid the avalanche conditions?

[TripletDaddy]

what is going on this winter? it has been complete poo. We are still in mid Feb and it feels like winter is completely over.

[BrutusBuckeye]

Beautiful day at Brighton today. I'm a horrible park skier, but since there weren't many people there today, I messed around in there a bit before heading out of bounds to find some fresh snow. Not the best powder in the world, but it was fun.

[Lost Student]

Sad news for anybody who skied at Targhee--"Slim," who was a liftie there for the entire 45 seasons since the hill opened, passed away on Wed.

http://www.tetonvalleynews.net/news/...9bb2963f4.html

[Goatnapper'96]

Funny you should mention that. We were nosing around that silver creek express or whatever it was called and then made our way over to the left...bunch of chutes over there and the chair is called Mahoney or mahogany or something like that. It was icy by 2pm and also very windy. We were told to head over to that empire express chair because the snow tends to be better over there. We make our way over to that side of the mountain and after one run and noticeably better snow....chairs close. Grrrr.

I would have thought it would be great. I am heading down to Canyons tomorrow and am really excited for all the fresh pow-pow!

[TripletDaddy]

The one place at dv that I have been able to find relatively good snow is the Empire chutes.

Funny you should mention that. We were nosing around that silver creek express or whatever it was called and then made our way over to the left...bunch of chutes over there and the chair is called Mahoney or mahogany or something like that. It was icy by 2pm and also very windy. We were told to head over to that empire express chair because the snow tends to be better over there. We make our way over to that side of the mountain and after one run and noticeably better snow....chairs close. Grrrr.

[hostile]

Went to dv today. Snow was ok, not great.

The one place at dv that I have been able to find relatively good snow is the Empire chutes.