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Post by steve on Dec 18, 2018 12:29:04 GMT -9
Looks like the skiing in the high country is starting to shape up! The foot of wet snow that fell on Pyramid and parking lot last week formed a nasty breakable crust, but now it has 4 to 6 inches of light snow on top to keep from breaking through.
There are still a lot of exposed rock on the ridges, but if you ski in the valleys and carefully choose your route you can link some turns on pretty nice snow.
It is still variable and lots of brush and obstaciles so be careful and ski cautiously and beware, the breakable crust is just below you.
The road was good but the Pyramid parking lot was a mess on Monday.
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Post by patrick on Dec 23, 2018 19:05:01 GMT -9
12/23. I thought I posted but it does not seem to be here. Anyway the road is terrible (water on ice) so I skinned up from the switchbacks. This is not recommended! The ravine does not have enough snow and I had to do some bushwhacking. I probably should have just skinned up on the road itself. I did make it to the top of the south bowl and Pyramid has been slammed with new snow. All the salmonberries are covered and there is like 5 feet of new snow. Powder in the south bowl! I skied out the 3 tree run and that was good too. Tomorrow if it freezes will be icy bad below 1000 feet unless we get more snow. Above that ought to be great. It was snowing down to the top of the switchbacks today at 3PM - and the road above the switchbacks did not actually look all that bad - it was slightly textured ice. If it freezes and we get more snow I think the road will be good.
Patrick
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Post by patrick on Dec 24, 2018 14:12:51 GMT -9
12/24 Skiing up high on Pyramid is EXCELLENT today. About 3-4 inches of powder on a soft crust. The new snow dump froze under the new snow but it is a soft carvable crust. Also the road got graded! Down near the bottom it is a little bumpy and there is only an inch of new snow. But all and all excellent conditions and not very wind effected at all. South bowl REALL good.
Patrick
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Post by patrick on Dec 25, 2018 20:16:32 GMT -9
12/25 Tried an early morning ski but the road past the golf course was TERRIBLE - water on ice. Still it looks like they got more snow on high. I ended up skiing the Upper Buskin. Not good but at least there is some snow cover still.
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