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Backcountry Skiing Journal and Vert Tracker
Total Uphill: 338,695 ft
Total Downhill: 367,870 ft
Total Days: 115
Total Downhill: 367,870 ft
Total Days: 115
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Earnsturns: January 21, 2011 Uphill: 2,700 ft. | Downhill: 2,700 ft.
The snow was pretty good as far as skiing goes considering we had rain to almost 9000 feet less than a week ago. We skied west and south facing slopes between 8200/9400 feet. At the lower elevations...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: January 20, 2011 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Not a bad way to spend entering into my 30's. Great cold snow and fast! There was about 6-12 inches in spots above a firm crust.Skied with jdubs and gripnrip. Jdubs showed us the awesomeness of the wa...[view]
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Ddrwyoming: January 20, 2011 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
DEEP. Only one down the claw-slog getting out, but soooo worth it!! Felt some crust on the cliff section but otherwise epic stable snow....[view]READ MORE
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Ddrwyoming: January 19, 2011 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 5,000 ft.
We got dumped on! And it remained cold! YES. Felt stable, tried to trigger off slabs. Only set off a couple of small pockets on lower NE Ridge....[view]READ MORE
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Seattleslider: January 19, 2011 Uphill: 3,100 ft. | Downhill: 3,100 ft.
Good to have fresh snow for the first time in a week, even if it was only 2-4" on top of the rain crust. Fortunately the new snow is bonding well to the crust, and there are no rain runnels....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: January 18, 2011 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Good snow and fast. Looked to be a crown on avy bowl's lookers right side...[view]READ MORE
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Brennanlagasse: January 18, 2011 Uphill: 4,500 ft. | Downhill: 4,500 ft.
The Juneuary Harvest is on. Perfect corn at the top, and smooth butter for the rest of this long south facing corn run. I almost forgot how good corn is until we skied this. No pow around means adapt ...[view]
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Ddrwyoming: January 18, 2011 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
windblown, cream cheesey turns. still good...but we are spoiled! Crusty in spots. Didn't trigger any slabs. Low elevation sucked. Up high is where you want to be. But.... ITS DUMPING OUT NOW!!! ...[view]READ MORE
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Alpenglowsports: January 18, 2011 Uphill: 3,050 ft. | Downhill: 3,050 ft.
FIRM......this afternoon should be great though....[view]READ MORE
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Ungrounded: January 17, 2011 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
hiked up the king again this morning, icy bootpack, rain covered icy sh#t crust on the way down, but i was stoked to be out there....the leg is coming back...[view]READ MORE
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Earnsturns: January 16, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
This was suppose to be a good storm day. We were planning on skiing something closer to Ketchum but it was raining most of the way up Galena Pass. We skied on the Smokey mountain side of the pass on...[view]READ MORE
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Tahoenieve: January 16, 2011 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 1,600 ft.
Junuary conditions!!!!!!!!!!!!Loved the performance and comfort of the dalbello virus with their swanky intuition liners....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: January 16, 2011 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
A great day on the pass. The storm was starting to roll in warm and the snow and wind were coming from all angles. Good peeps and soft snow. The track out was a little sticky.First time out using my n...[view]READ MORE
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Jdubutah: January 16, 2011 Uphill: 3,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Nice character building exercise in LCC today. Strong winds on ridgetops at upper elevations. Rain up to 9,000 feet, then rain and sleet as high as 10,100 feet. Dug quick pits at 8,500 feet and 10,0...[view]READ MORE
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Ungrounded: January 16, 2011 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
snow king bootpack is in great shape.....lots of soft and wet snow....[view]READ MORE
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Powderpirate: January 16, 2011 Uphill: 1,000 ft. | Downhill: 1,000 ft.
Raining constantly for the last 2 days below 1600m, have lost alot of the nice stuff that dropped last week. Freezing level staying at 1600m tonight so unlikely to see a change tomorrow, although it i...[view]READ MORE
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Earnsturns: January 15, 2011 Uphill: 3,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,200 ft.
We skied a little west of Ketchum on a mostly north facing slope in between 6500/8500 feet. The snow was light recycled powder, kind of faceted on top but the pit scores were really stable. Top laye...[view]
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Noliftlines: January 15, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Snow was a bit crusty and sparse in areas with winds at higher elevation and open areas....[view]READ MORE
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Gsanders: January 15, 2011 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 700 ft.
Heinous. Good to get out but can it get cold again? Nothing like skinning in a downpour and then skiing rain crust....[view]READ MORE
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Gripnrip: January 15, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
testing out the new boots. nice day....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: January 15, 2011 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Headed out just before the sun started to set. Low vis, but not really snowing. Snow was good but thicker and grippier than normal. Still plenty of good snow to be had....[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: January 14, 2011 Uphill: 3,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Great snow in a great spot. Didn't seen any danger signs. But some of the new snow is sitting on some crusts. It was hot and sweaty for the first 20 minutes or so while the sun was out, but then the c...[view]
