Snowbird-Alta, UT 6/20/2010

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Day 69: Pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday with regard to weather, runs and people. I'll therefore skip you the details and just throw up the photos. And FYI, rumor has it that Snowbird may give me a chance at a lift-served Day 70.

01 snowbird regulator 100620.jpg


02 snowbird peruvian cirque 100620.jpg


03 snowbird gad valley 100620.jpg


04 snowbird shot12 tele jon 100620.jpg


05 snowbird shot12 marc_c 100620.jpg


06 snowbird shot12 amy 100620.jpg


07 snowbird shot12 bobbyd 100620.jpg


08 snowbird shot12 kelly 100620.jpg


09 snowbird shot12 karan 100620.jpg


10 snowbird baldy georgie karan 100620.jpg


11 snowbird baldy marc_c 100620.jpg


12 timpanogos 100620.jpg


13 snowbird baldy amy 100620.jpg


14 baldy telejon karan kelly georgie 100620.jpg


15 alta main chute karan 100620.jpg


16 alta main chute amy kelly georgie marc_c 100620.jpg


17 alta main chute kelly 100620.jpg


18 alta mt baldy 100620.jpg


Marc_C took pictures, too, so I expect that he'll add a few to this thread.
 
Yes, but the reason it looks that way in that photo is because of grooming, not snowmaking. The snowpack has a brown dust layer on top from wind storms blowing in from the desert. Grooming tills the snow so it's more white.

Regulator Johnson gets the full brunt of prevailing winds all winter, thus the natural base in other locations is substantially deeper despite the snowmaking on Reg.

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Admin":3pco1xka said:
Yes, but the reason it looks that way in that photo is because of grooming, not snowmaking. The snowpack has a brown dust layer on top from wind storms blowing in from the desert. Grooming tills the snow so it's more white.
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So it's not oil from the snow guns?
 
no that's all desert dust blown in on south winds . and yes there is some purpose for man made snow i guess in the month of june !! main chute today was ditto of yesterday . still top to bottom no questions asked at alta . saddle skied as nice today as yesterday
 
Tony Crocker":t2202czy said:
Is that strip on Reg the only June grooming? What about Mark Malou?
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Nope, Reg and Reg only, although there are some other places (for example, Chip's) where road plowing, etc., resulted in a strip one cat wide that wasn't intended for skiing.
 
Admin":6faeidbt said:
Tony Crocker":6faeidbt said:
Is that strip on Reg the only June grooming? What about Mark Malou?
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Nope, Reg and Reg only, although there are some other places (for example, Chip's) where road plowing, etc., resulted in a strip one cat wide that wasn't intended for skiing.
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Just to clarify a bit...they groomed Mark Malou regularly during their spring season, but that ended last weekend (6/13).This past weekend was a special extended opening, thus Regulator only.
 
sorry i don't ski snowbird for grooming any time of the year ! if i had my way i'd eliminate grooming and blasting budgets all together -that stuffs for girlymen :popcorn: :popcorn:
 
where admin is standing in the first new photo - is really no ground underneath him ! the flat surface he's standing on is the thickness of the snow pack - considering the snow has to melt all the way to the ridge behind him .
 
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