Oregon ‘23-‘24 El Niño Schralpadelic Rumble Thread

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[thefortrees]

Stay safe and make conservative decisions out there, a party of two triggered a massive slide on PG ridge and walked away from it today.

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Not to be obnoxious, but holy shit that seems like an all-too-likely outcome…why test that slope so early in the storm loading?
Everything is crust below this new stuff

[thefortrees]

Fun fact: this is the guy who got the hood fkt last year.

Yeah exactly my thoughts, AC. Creek crossings aren’t even in yet and below treeline coverage is heinous, so not a fun entry or exit anyway!

[river59]

Stay safe and make conservative decisions out there, a party of two triggered a massive slide on PG ridge and walked away from it today.

Lucky SOBs

T, where did you find this picture/report? I don't see anything on NWAC's obs page, but I am also a bit delirious after NOC shift in the ICU.

[k2skier112]

2/3 back in main lot

Traffic must have slowed for you too. What time did you park 7:30?

We had as much fun on Waterfall as O-ring. Ski on laps at Daisy

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Lucky SOBs

T, where did you find this picture/report? I don't see anything on NWAC's obs page, but I am also a bit delirious after NOC shift in the ICU.

Yeah, I see an observation report on Avy app but no incident indicated (& how many people were really on Pea Gravel? had to be them…)


Is it Hood R scuttlebutt?

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Traffic must have slowed for you too. What time did you park 7:30?

We had as much fun on Waterfall as O-ring. Ski on laps at Daisy

I was coming up the double curve below Ski Bowl @ 7a & that’s where the slowdown started for me…was +/-25mph from there to MHM. I think it had to be a plow creating the slowdown. I didn’t see any driver silliness. Was at the off-ramp at 7.25a.



Ha, I looked at the waterfall side trail & thought “uhn-uhn, not today”

I lost a basket off new folkrm poles…i can only think i punched thru the crust in 4.5 bowl & left it behind

[Toadman]

Had dreams of a Cone lap that turned into reality.



Way more crowded than yesterday. Wind affected and a bit more challenging to ski with some wind drifts in places. Rime made an appearance as well.

[ptavv]

T, where did you find this picture/report? I don't see anything on NWAC's obs page, but I am also a bit delirious after NOC shift in the ICU.

I don't think Jack knows about the avy app (he's not a PNW local). He posted all about the tour and the slide on his IG. (My brief recap of what he said in his IG stories They'd been out being conservative and had only gotten some small localized wind loaded pockets to move. Later in the day that slid after being remote triggered from many feet away and above it and was even above where they'd put the skinner. They theorized that it got storm and wind loaded during the day due to the lots of accumulation and wind transport since it was categorically not there when they went up.

Jack's not an idiot (in addition to the Hood FKT he has the ones for Shasta and Denali and probably does more backcountry skiing (by vert, days, whatever) than almost anyone). His IG stories (for now) have all the deets about it including what he thinks happened and the mistakes they made in their judgements and why https://www.instagram.com/jackkuenzle

[k2skier112]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1ycHViO...NpYTgxOXRqYQ==

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I don't think Jack knows about the avy app (he's not a PNW local). He posted all about the tour and the slide on his IG. (My brief recap of what he said in his IG stories They'd been out being conservative and had only gotten some small localized wind loaded pockets to move. Later in the day that slid after being remote triggered from many feet away and above it and was even above where they'd put the skinner. They theorized that it got storm and wind loaded during the day due to the lots of accumulation and wind transport since it was categorically not there when they went up.

Jack's not an idiot (in addition to the Hood FKT he has the ones for Shasta and Denali and probably does more backcountry skiing (by vert, days, whatever) than almost anyone). His IG stories (for now) have all the deets about it including what he thinks happened and the mistakes they made in their judgements and why https://www.instagram.com/jackkuenzle

Appreciate the extra info

TFT’s image shows an nwac tag so that was kind of odd not to see it there

[benk]

The Govy500 is the ultimate FOMO antidote

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https://www.instagram.com/stories/th...F3Z21wdm42d3Vp

[thefortrees]

Appreciate the extra info

TFT’s image shows an nwac tag so that was kind of odd not to see it there

Bottom of Jan 7 Avy report

https://nwac.us/avalanche-forecast/#/forecast/10/128472

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Staying in the red this week


(with some weird temperature fluctuations that indicate temporary or localized inversion? Just odd to see cold temps & rain icon at some points — today & Fri)

I went to bed with this fx for portland

But that got revised overnight to a more expected yet-still-cold pattern

[Mani_UT]

Little late for a PSA but the usual slick spot below the Sherman camp area on the way to HR was treacherous last night. First time I almost lost it.

[Andyski]

Been a little volatile in the CO fcsts too - be fucking careful late today and tomorrow morning in CO: bit of a warm up before getting cold AF again early Tue and staying that way. little layering of density to go with the usual windjacking. Snowing nicely W of Redmond this morning

[puma]

Staying in the red this week


(with some weird temperature fluctuations that indicate temporary or localized inversion? Just odd to see cold temps & rain icon at some points — today & Fri)

I went to bed with this fx for portland

But that got revised overnight to a more expected yet-still-cold pattern

Models are jumping around a bit, as always, low elevation snow is tough around here. The track of that low is critical. It does look like some warm air aloft could be an issue with some freezing rain. What does look good is big snow in the mountains...

Soft turns to you all, and slow and steady on those roads with all the idiots unprepared out there!

[CnRzG]

The Govy500 is the ultimate FOMO antidote

Ain't that the truth.... We left the hill at 2:00... It took a good 30 minutes just to get to govy and another 20 to get past the douches on the side of the road.

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MHM pulled the plug for tomorrow already
Tline acknowledging the weather but hasn't acted on it yet

[interloper]

On a good day flachelor has a couple of lifts spinning.

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Several lifts were on diesel Saturday, I wonder if that is part of the early closure notice

[k2skier112]

Several lifts were on diesel Saturday, I wonder if that is part of the early closure notice

I asked about that, they said there wasn't a power outage. Maybe a glitch in the new 6 pack?

I got run over by a snowboarder today, last pitch skiers right of blue. I was opening it up going 25-30 and got slammed from the left rear. He was very apologetic, but I chewed his ass hard. He tried to make excuses that his hood block his vision, but I interrupted him, THEN SLOW THE FUCK DOWN! Someone reported an accident, had to do an incident report. Ears were ringing, vision got blurry, but went away soon. I still made 8 more runs