For those that stayed home today....

[winter brew]

....don't trust the weatherman. Snow was mashed potatoes but lots of new since last weekend, No rain, weather was nice until about 3pm when it started snowing above 3500ft...hard!...and didn't see any other sleds all day, had the whole mountain to ourselves!! Had a great ride

 

[Vincenthdfan]

Where'd ya go?

 

[Snowbyrd]

....don't trust the weatherman. Snow was mashed potatoes but lots of new since last weekend, No rain, weather was nice until about 3pm when it started snowing above 3500ft...hard!...and didn't see any other sleds all day, had the whole mountain to ourselves!! Had a great ride

Worthless without pictures!

 

[2Thetopp]

Thanks for the report, just the kind of conditions that you've been waiting for so you can dial in the clutching for our normal concrete, we've been spoiled with all this powder. Good to hear it's snowing up high and the weather dicks are wrong, 8,000 ft. huh! Anything sliding up there?

 

[H20SKE]

We had the same for our on the hill avy training and practice---was great!! Glad I took the tinme to learn more and practice--so I can save others lives---now If I can get my riding buddies to do this!!

Just because you own a beacon, maybe a probe and a shovel---if you have not practiced with the equipment--- you might as well not have it--because when the time comes to use it--your buddy will be dead by the time you figure it out.


H20SKE...

 

[shmuckaluck]

Hey guys,
So are you saying that the weather doesn't suck as bad as they say. Because I drive over the pass all the time for work and it has been raining a lot, I know we ride higher than that but it hasn't looked good from the numbers there posting. This has been my worst winter riding season yet, with family things and work days jumping around and riding buddy's being hurt and me not having the contacts I need, I have only been riding once, and now this F-in rain on the hills. I'm ready to go mother F-in POSTAL!

 

[Flakey]

Pics or it didn't happen...........

 

[xpspenziv]

OH IT HAPPENED.to busy in the trees and climbing for pics.i got a few good ones but if he wants them seen then he will post them......the short track in the group needed a little help through out the day.IT WASNT THE SLED IT WAS THE OPERATOR VALVE.in the garage till the am ..bad idea not again,ill be more rested and less dehydrated next time.DEEP,STEEP-N-TIGHT.

 

[nelson450]

fun time

xpensive looking forward to riding with you soon,taking the girls up this weekend.Lets go the weekend after PRAY FOR SNOW!!!!!

 

[xpspenziv]

where are you and the ladies going?the wife wants to go up again.

 

[cpatts2000]

rode the steep and deep on a high avy day, sounds like you dodged a bullet. Glad you are all ok and had a good time

 

[winter brew]

rode the steep and deep on a high avy day, sounds like you dodged a bullet. Glad you are all ok and had a good time

We rode heavily treed areas that we know well....we are careful and were aware of the conditions. The odd thing was we saw no signs of sliding and did plenty of digging ... and found no weak layers, have definatly seen much more hazerdous conditions in the area we were in.
Good point though, never hurts to remind people of the dangers....it's easy to forget when your having a good time

 

[Lushbomb]

Need a zipperlips forum here..
Its far from unusual for different weather to hit across the state

 

[cpatts2000]

Need a zipperlips forum here..
Its far from unusual for different weather to hit across the state

Not trying to ruffle any feathers here I just want people to make it home safely, and the avy conditions(by NWAC avy report) were all the same in WA on the 15th, HIGH. I know from personal experience the difference between "the best day ever" and "the worst day of my life" is one mistake. When the avy danger rating is HIGH the room for error in the decision making process is almost zero. Everyone has a different level of acceptance, for me, staying home and knowing that I am going to be safe and waiting for the avy danger to decrease is better than probably coming home that day. I am not saying that people should not ride when they want to, and if you think that you are being safe to the best of your knowledge, then by all means have at it.

Just one more thing that I picked up from a ski avalanche course, If the trees are open enough to ski then they are open enough to avalanche and a sled is wider than a skier. I will shut my mouth, or I guess stop typing and get off of my soap box. Again I am glad you all made it home safely and had a good ride.