LL "Trace of new snow" TR - April 28/07

[Eldo]

Apparently the snow reports at LL are now being randomly generated by a computer program, because the "trace of new" turned out to be the best closing weekend powder day I've ever had at the resort. Pow, blue skies and almost no one there in the morning.

Since patrol had their hands full doing control work on the backside, we were forced to do some runs on TOTW for a while.

A classic view looking down at TOTW lift with Lake Louise in the background and soon to be schralped pow in the foreground.


Smooth and creamy snow for April.


WH1 and Boomerang looking good in the distance.


Waited at the sign for any Maggots to show but bailed at 10:10 when patrol dropped the rope on the backside. Great run down ER7 dodging the avy debris then up Paradise chair.


Paradise Bowl waiting to be ravaged.


Ravaging commenced.




Hearing that the WH2 gullies were about to open, it was time to head up Summit.

Best coverage ever in the gullies this season. Even the rocky spines are doable.


Mach snell.


North Face with ER6 looming above. Unfortunately most of ER6 had slid.


By the time the rope dropped on Boomerang it was afternoon and the snow was just starting to get zapped by the sun.

People doing the mad dash along Boomer ridge towards Brown Shirt etc.


An untracked line at 12:15 on April 28. Not bad.


Skiers and snowboarders living together in peace. It was a feel good kind of day.


By 2 p.m. the powder was mostly pooched.

Went back to the Lake on Sunday to meet up with some Maggots. Although first runs were total frozen crap, it snowed hard all day and things just kept getting better. It was great to make turns again with Redskea, who drove straight from Heavenly to catch the miniest mini Summit ever.

No photos from Sunday because the viz was mostly brutal, but what a great finish to an awesome season at the Lake. (Still open Monday and Tuesday, but that's it for me.)

We may hate the the way LL is run, but the skiing make it all worthwhile.

[MeatPuppet]

Damn! I thought you were talking about Las Lenas. I'm already looking forward to this summer.

Nice TR though. Looked like a fun day.

[f2f]

i love it! ll + snow = possibly the best skiing on earth.

[IridePow]

That day did not suck for you I guess!

[gramboh]

I was up on Saturday (as posted in another thread), awesome day. Thanks for posting some pics eldo, I left the camera at home thinking it would be a cloudy/frozen crud day, oops. The first few runs I got off ER3/7 untracked were so damn awesome, very smooth snow. So glad I brought the fatter/longer skis.

[L7]

I shall go to the penalty box and feel shame now.

You know it's not just that I can't stand how they run the place. No wait, it is that I can't stand it and 2 and half decades of it have stolen my soul to the point I just can't face getting in the car and driving for more disappointment. Not that the mountain disappoints, it rarely does, just the shitheads who run it. That's my story and I'm sticking with it. Glad you had a good one.

[f2f]

L7, where do you ski now?

[eldereldo]

You can thank me now for being unable to make it out. I'm sure if I had been able to go it would have been dust on crust.

OH, and how did the Bros' do for you? Am I going to get them back or should I order a pair for next year right now?

[Rontele]

this is a killer TR.

[LeeLau]

Closed? CLOSED???? THAT's frigging unacceptable

[TahoePowShredder]

it's a good thing the resort closed because the snow coverage is definately lookin pretty shabby.

[Gripen]

Today was amazing... six inches of great cold pow on the back and totally bluebird. The mtn was completely empty, easily one of my better days at Louise this year (and we had an incredible year). Here is West bowl at around 11am today. Still had a fresh line down the heart between ER 3 and Swedes at 3.15 today! Amazing, Excellent, Incredible.


West Bowl



Straightline out of Kiddies



ER 7 bowl- at 2.30


Oh and they are predicting more for the end of the week, the Dive should be great Fri-Mon!

[Schmear]

Heh. Heh heh heh. Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.

[Oarhead]

You know it is a great day when you are getting faceshots on the lower frontside of the mountain. It was an incredible weekend with a lot of woo-wooing and shit.

Great to see mel again and glad you kids had a great time. I gotta say, this year was the best year I have ever had at the lake. Start to finish.

[Mex]

I missed it by a day. I was up there Sunday to try and pick through some fresh and some of Saturdays left overs but she was crusty, wet and a bit of a white out. The one good thing was there was no one on the mountain.

[Eldo]

OH, and how did the Bros' do for you? Am I going to get them back or should I order a pair for next year right now?

We might have to talk. I was amazed how well the Bros performed on Sunday when the conditions changed over the day from icy groomers to pow on crust to pockets of deep, soft wind slab. I keep dragging Redskea and the Tedster down runs we probably shouldn't have been on just to see how the skis performed.

It was either the Bros or I suddenly got a whole lot better in the last week.

[bcrider]

Cool pics eldo!

Nice angle on this one.

[Redskea]

Yesterday (MondaY) rocked

My best inbounds day of the season for sure.

First tracks after patrol ER6

First tracks D Gully (WH2)

and many laps of Westbowl ER7 ER3 ER6.....

Blue sky, powder and old friends

[sick.bird]

CAW!!!! CAW!!!! CAW!!!!

[powder11]

bump for the eldos

[Woodsy]

woodsy hearts LL!
I need to go back