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Breck control work (was Control Work at Alta, Today, 12/10/04
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. At least we got rid of those early season conditions and can start building the ski base. Sorry to hear about the Utah deaths and your injury, Astro. Bummers. (An acquaintance was lost to a Utah slide last year). Mike... -- Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com) See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us Carpe powder-diem |
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Nice pic Mikey. Bet they were glad to see that one go. We got some
pretty rotten snow earlier this season. Now, maybe they can get it open after the next couple of storms. snoig |
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snoig wrote:
Nice pic Mikey. Bet they were glad to see that one go. We got some pretty rotten snow earlier this season. Now, maybe they can get it open after the next couple of storms. Thanks. Did you notice the debris in the lower left of the picture? Think about how far that is from the runout of the bowl. I believe it was from the slide to the south of this big one. I think they had fun that day. I blew up the picture to 100% and saw the patrol guys were not visible - they must have been well back on the ridge (luckily). Mike... -- Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com) See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us Carpe powder-diem |
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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 |
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:53:07 -0600, "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. At least we got rid of those early season conditions and can start building the ski base. Sorry to hear about the Utah deaths and your injury, Astro. Bummers. (An acquaintance was lost to a Utah slide last year). Mike... Thanks for the pic Mike! Very cool! We thought about skiing Breck Sat. but couldn't stop ourselves from going to Vail with all the terrain opening up. At A-Basin on Sunday we rode the lift a few times with a fellow who had laid tracks Saturday here on A. Pretty sketchy, and pretty scary from what I could see. The ridge at A-Basin is generally the same aspect and steepness, and it had slid in several places due to control work (B). http://home.mchsi.com/~uglymoney2/sketchy.jpg nate |
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klaus wrote:
... How the hell do you get an 8-10 foot crown with a 41 inch base? You get some wind, eh? ... I prefer to think we get Copper's powder in addition to ours. That crown will be half covered by this weekend, even with no new snow. This ain't no wimpy Utah fluff. ... You should come back this direction. Yah yah yah. Bite me. 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. ... Yikes. Let me put my brown drawers on first. Mike... -- Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com) See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us Carpe powder-diem |
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