The sacrifices you make for the good of the group...
We were hoping to make it back to Tahoe to ski this weekend but got stuck here in Colorado with 2-3' of fresh. Light a candle for us, please.
NEXT WEEK..I promise...Wait, did I shave my legs for this?
Ok, if I do make it to Rose, I will hang out with @Bobalooski . He cares
We were hoping to make it back to Tahoe to ski this weekend but got stuck here in Colorado with 2-3' of fresh. Light a candle for us, please.
Yeah, there is a cold front that will stay a day or two, then you are on your own My rule of thumb is 50F / 10C, That's where it gets funky. Rather, when temps clearly cross that boundary. Oh well, such a Blessing to have ANY snow at this time of the year. AN hour is an hour. My biggest issue is driving 7 hours or 8, if I will perhaps ski 2. It does make it a tough decision ...
Actually most of the terrain was open everyday through Mother's day for (at least) part of the day.View attachment 24504 View attachment 24504 View attachment 24504
Al's blog mentioned Pali's terrain has reopened and that the lift will be open the next 3 days. That should make up for most of that terrain being closed last weekend.
Is this a CA or CO forum?
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Interesting. That doesn't stop the steeps at the top of Mammoth from opening. I would think the Chutes would have a similar stable coastal snowpack. Sustained warm weather just backs up the closing hour at Mammoth.He expects Sat to be Chutes last day as a (light) freeze predicted for Fri night, then no freeze until after Memorial Day.
Maybe it's that most of the steeps at top of Mammoth are over 1,000' higher than top of Rose and will have some freezing even when lower or mid part of mountain is above freezing. Or could it be that Chutes have longer sustained steeps that become more dangerous without freezing?Interesting. That doesn't stop the steeps at the top of Mammoth from opening. I would think the Chutes would have a similar stable coastal snowpack. Sustained warm weather just backs up the closing hour at Mammoth.
I have skied Hangman's as late as July 2. I have been told by some snow safety people (not at Mammoth) that very deep snowpacks have a subfreezing core well below freezing that stabilizes the snow. One evidence of this is the natural pond skimming I did at Mammoth in 1982 and 1991. This implies solid ice in the snowpack that prevents meltwater from percolating through and leaves it on the surface as a pond. These were big ponds, 30+ feet across and waist deep if you fell in. Here's a large surface pond on the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina in Nov. 2011:Maybe it's that most of the steeps at top of Mammoth are over 1,000' higher than top of Rose and will have some freezing even when lower or mid part of mountain is above freezing.
Rose skied really well today. Was kind of surprised!