Let Mikey Ski It! wrote:
AstroPax wrote:
Alta, today, 12/10/04.

If anyone is interested, a few shots taken during control work
activity...

Wimpy!!! You Utah guys don't know big slides. This is a big slide:

http://homepage.mac.com/saemisch/Temp/BFSlide.jpg

This is Breckenridge control work Saturday caught mid-slide as the patrol
brought down the north half of Horseshoe Bowl. The crown is up to 8-10
feet, in my guess. Also note debris at the left from when they brought down
the south side of the bowl. Peak 7 went to the dirt Sunday, too.

How the hell do you get an 8-10 foot crown with a 41 inch base? You
get some wind, eh? S'Ok.. we'll take smaller slides, and be wimps. On
the other hand, total snowfall of 98 inches? Dude.. We had that in
October from our first storm. We're up to almost 250". You should come
back this direction.

Then again, you want to see a big slide, I'll scan a series of slides I
took in basecamp on the Kahiltna that show an avalanche come down at
least 3000 feet leaving a powder cloud 150 to 200 feet high. We
watched that come down and just put away our transceivers. No use for
those in that kind of slide. It just inconveniences your
partners. Sounded like a jet taking off.

At least we got rid of those early season conditions and can start building
the ski base.

I'd say... 98"??? You never even got started.

Sorry to hear about the Utah deaths and your injury, Astro. Bummers. (An
acquaintance was lost to a Utah slide last year).

I think our annual record for deaths is 5/yr. We're already at 4 for
the year, and it ain't gettin' better any time soon. Only one skier
though, and he had all necessary gear, just bad juju.

Good weather to stay home and pay the mortgage.

-klaus