Tumalo Lap and dog day afternoon
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Tummy Quick Lap
We rallied for a quick lap at Tumalo on Saturday afternoon. It gave us the time to run some errands during the day and still get a little play in.
The weather and views were stunning as usual and the snow was varied. It warmed up a fair amount during the day so the snow became a little on the heavy side during the descent. It was still awesome to get out and take it all in at the summit.
The views always lead me to daydreaming about getting further in the BC and exploring some of those slopes and aspects.....
The weather and views were stunning as usual and the snow was varied. It warmed up a fair amount during the day so the snow became a little on the heavy side during the descent. It was still awesome to get out and take it all in at the summit.
The views always lead me to daydreaming about getting further in the BC and exploring some of those slopes and aspects.....
Monday, March 3, 2014
Splittie - Tam Mac day trip
On Sunday, we rallied for a quick day trip up to TamMac for a day of backcountry fun. We sledded in to the lake and then skinned up the Playground all the way up to Probiscus. At the top of Probiscus, we decided to dig a snow pit to see what the snowpack was like. As can be seen in the column below, the pack was solid and stable. We also cut a couple of cornices which did not activate anything so we decided it was a go.
We each dropped in and then headed over to the bowl below the playground. We got 3 laps in and ended up having a good day out.
It snowed throughout the day and it was the typical northwest heavy wet snow that had us all soaked to the core by the time we wrapped the day's events up.
We did see a slide in the middle area of the bowl where a couple of skiers had triggered and avie and it immediately started the wheels turning as to our pit the we dug higher (albeit on a different elevation and wind load). It was a good day out and the slide we saw we definitely go into the database of information about the area for future reference…mental note….
We each dropped in and then headed over to the bowl below the playground. We got 3 laps in and ended up having a good day out.
It snowed throughout the day and it was the typical northwest heavy wet snow that had us all soaked to the core by the time we wrapped the day's events up.
We did see a slide in the middle area of the bowl where a couple of skiers had triggered and avie and it immediately started the wheels turning as to our pit the we dug higher (albeit on a different elevation and wind load). It was a good day out and the slide we saw we definitely go into the database of information about the area for future reference…mental note….
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
NY Times - local article
Recently, an article came out in the NY Times about the local snow options in the Central Oregon area. It is an interesting read and struck a chord because the missus made the article via the photos. The backstory is that she was taking an avie class last year up at TamMac and the crew was there at the time doing the article.
Fast forward about a year and the article comes out. The missus is in the photo of the skiers getting towed in on the snowmobile…she is in the 'musher' position on the sled with the blue jacket.
random and fun…link below:
Skiing in My Own Backyard
Fast forward about a year and the article comes out. The missus is in the photo of the skiers getting towed in on the snowmobile…she is in the 'musher' position on the sled with the blue jacket.
random and fun…link below:
Skiing in My Own Backyard
Friday, February 14, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
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