tseeb
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Wednesday (corrected) 5/10
@Tony Crocker gave me another great Spring tour of Mammoth although conditions were not what he expected in a few places. Our first time down Dave's, snow turned very abruptly from never been melted Winter to soft Spring. Dropout Chute skied well although flatter area at bottom needed to be skied more and smoothed out while Wipeout was great in most places but had been scraped down to very firm and shiny old layer in some places. Gravy Chute is so filled in that big rock usually at bottom cannot be seen. Tony Crocker in Gravy.
Run of the day that I repeated a few times was Andy's Double Gold. Fascination next to it was also good. Best snow of the day was the apron below the choke on Hangman's which along with Climax, we skied once. After afternoon break, we skied Dave's again and conditions had changed. It was sunny, then it looked like clouds had covered the sun for the rest of the afternoon, then sun came out again. And it had re-frozen. Tony Crocker was waiting in sun for Liz to get in then ended up skiing it when shaded by clouds.
Liz had partial then full sun. She traversed across Daves to well covered Rock Garden. We planned to do face behind her the next day.
While getting my skis off the rack after a short break on Main Lodge deck, Glenn Plake started taking to me about Mustang Powder after seeing the sticker on my helmet. I almost didn't recognize him with a hat covering his Mohawk. Then I noticed guy sitting on one pole
while standing on his ski tips. He did it for 10 mins. Not sure I could do it at all. I skied from just after 830 until 320 and SkiTracks counted 7’ under 30K.
Thursday (corrected this one too) 5/11
Tony Crocker, Liz and I started not much after 830 and skied chair 2 runs at least 4 times as they had some firmness even though it was warmer than previous day and there was no wind. We moved to chair 3 and planned to ski Coyote, but I missed it twice. The first time I stopped at a tree to left of run where I ended up on a steep face that skied OK as long as I stayed out of shade from trees. On next lap I found mdf at base of chair 3 and led him and Liz too far right and we ended up skiing sunny left side of Dry Creek which was softer earlier than on previous day. We went up upper Gondola with him and ran into Kirk/mountain_monster and Bob Yoder, who skied Mustang 35 times and sold me Blizzard Spurs that I could have used there this year, but didn’t as binding had not been adjusted and checked. We all skied steep face between Rock Garden and Huezos Grande (from previous days photo) except Bob skied Huevos from top. mdf/Mike from Boston area on Climax.
The middle of the rest of the day is somewhat of a blur, especially without SkiTracks to review where I went, skiing fast on race course runs once they opened to public, plus skiing Wipeout 2 and Paranoid no. 2, Gravy Chute with Liz and a few laps on lower race course runs. @Tony Crocker entering and in Hangman's
Tony and I skied Hangman’s then he got me into the top of Huevos Grande, something he said I should try to do as it’s rarely got coverage. He took easier entrance, then after skiing it had a crash in soft snow in flats getting to chair 5 which was stopped. Then, after a few false starts, chair 5 where we were headed, and which still had very good snow, went on maintenance hold, so he quit for the day. I rode chair 10 and did not find very good snow as it was mostly too soft although lower Dry Creek was OK. I rode chairs 2 and 23 and skied Drop Out 2 that still had good snow with some firmness. I quit at 330 with 31K, counted by new to me Avocet Vertech watch. Tony in Huevos at 240.
I broke up my return to So. Tahoe with stop at Travertine Hot Springs, 1.5 mostly dirt miles E of 395 just S of Bridgeport. I went into what I was told was only developed spring without mud bottom. It was very warm, probably over 105 degrees. After soaking up to my waist, I got out and was soaking my feet when most of the water drained out of it as drain plug must have been dislodged by new guest. Then I walked about 1000 ft to where there were about 3 more pools (they continue around corner to right) with even better views.
@Tony Crocker gave me another great Spring tour of Mammoth although conditions were not what he expected in a few places. Our first time down Dave's, snow turned very abruptly from never been melted Winter to soft Spring. Dropout Chute skied well although flatter area at bottom needed to be skied more and smoothed out while Wipeout was great in most places but had been scraped down to very firm and shiny old layer in some places. Gravy Chute is so filled in that big rock usually at bottom cannot be seen. Tony Crocker in Gravy.
Run of the day that I repeated a few times was Andy's Double Gold. Fascination next to it was also good. Best snow of the day was the apron below the choke on Hangman's which along with Climax, we skied once. After afternoon break, we skied Dave's again and conditions had changed. It was sunny, then it looked like clouds had covered the sun for the rest of the afternoon, then sun came out again. And it had re-frozen. Tony Crocker was waiting in sun for Liz to get in then ended up skiing it when shaded by clouds.
Liz had partial then full sun. She traversed across Daves to well covered Rock Garden. We planned to do face behind her the next day.
While getting my skis off the rack after a short break on Main Lodge deck, Glenn Plake started taking to me about Mustang Powder after seeing the sticker on my helmet. I almost didn't recognize him with a hat covering his Mohawk. Then I noticed guy sitting on one pole
Thursday (corrected this one too) 5/11
Tony Crocker, Liz and I started not much after 830 and skied chair 2 runs at least 4 times as they had some firmness even though it was warmer than previous day and there was no wind. We moved to chair 3 and planned to ski Coyote, but I missed it twice. The first time I stopped at a tree to left of run where I ended up on a steep face that skied OK as long as I stayed out of shade from trees. On next lap I found mdf at base of chair 3 and led him and Liz too far right and we ended up skiing sunny left side of Dry Creek which was softer earlier than on previous day. We went up upper Gondola with him and ran into Kirk/mountain_monster and Bob Yoder, who skied Mustang 35 times and sold me Blizzard Spurs that I could have used there this year, but didn’t as binding had not been adjusted and checked. We all skied steep face between Rock Garden and Huezos Grande (from previous days photo) except Bob skied Huevos from top. mdf/Mike from Boston area on Climax.
The middle of the rest of the day is somewhat of a blur, especially without SkiTracks to review where I went, skiing fast on race course runs once they opened to public, plus skiing Wipeout 2 and Paranoid no. 2, Gravy Chute with Liz and a few laps on lower race course runs. @Tony Crocker entering and in Hangman's
Tony and I skied Hangman’s then he got me into the top of Huevos Grande, something he said I should try to do as it’s rarely got coverage. He took easier entrance, then after skiing it had a crash in soft snow in flats getting to chair 5 which was stopped. Then, after a few false starts, chair 5 where we were headed, and which still had very good snow, went on maintenance hold, so he quit for the day. I rode chair 10 and did not find very good snow as it was mostly too soft although lower Dry Creek was OK. I rode chairs 2 and 23 and skied Drop Out 2 that still had good snow with some firmness. I quit at 330 with 31K, counted by new to me Avocet Vertech watch. Tony in Huevos at 240.
I broke up my return to So. Tahoe with stop at Travertine Hot Springs, 1.5 mostly dirt miles E of 395 just S of Bridgeport. I went into what I was told was only developed spring without mud bottom. It was very warm, probably over 105 degrees. After soaking up to my waist, I got out and was soaking my feet when most of the water drained out of it as drain plug must have been dislodged by new guest. Then I walked about 1000 ft to where there were about 3 more pools (they continue around corner to right) with even better views.
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