Recent content by TeleProphet

I have to disagree. The October snow *did* stay through November and remain as base through the season. I was able to ski (gingerly) Alta throughout all of the November skinning season. If you discount October and November prior to opening, how can you use the base depth totals now being...

The PC resorts have been closed for two weeks now, but there is plenty of skiing still going on on this side of the Wasatch. Mid winter conditions still to be had, but the top surface was a bit strange (grabby) today. Mostly a good outing for the sake of climb, not so much for the skiing down. Tele

What an amazing season it has been. Didn't get my spring gear out until today. Every other day was mid winter conditions. I'll take another La Nina season any time. Although the season started a bit slow (we didn't get dumped on til early December), the storm track never let up. More...

Mile was great guy to get it started and Hank Kiel runs the Teletribe now, which my son loves. Daughter is more into racing (this year anyway) and is just looking to do something else when not race training. She loved it, and now wants the gear (those were rentals). Sigh....it gets more and...

About 6" over night. Very winter-like this weekend. Still an amazing amount of snow from the base all the way up. I'd say there is still about 4' at the base and about 10' in Jupiter (top).

Indeed it has been a great winter at the PC areas. However, all the snow in the world can not stop the annual increase of direct sunlight on the slopes. PC resorts are flatter and lower at their bases and are starting to soften up. Higher up, about mid mountain and higher, the skiing is still...

That pic of Groove & Waterfall take me way back. I skied Heavenly in the 70's & 80's. What a funky place..up, down, up, down just to work your way up the mountain on the CA side. Trivia question: What lift, no longer there, gave Heavenly the honors of being the second tallest vertical lift...

Went to Brian Head for the end of season J5 races that my daughter was in. Was able to ski around a bit Saturday and Sunday between races. Even got to hike to the Brian Head Peak (11,300'). Brian Head is all about aspect, or more precicsly, the wrong aspect. There are lifts going each side of...

It works under certain strategies. When we get a cold, low density storm, top to bottom new snow depths are not as extreme. In terms of competing with other skiers, there is no contest; the upper mountain tracks out way faster. If I have just an hour or so in the morning before work, I'll stay...

Today was an upside down day. Bottom of the mountain was better than the top. About 8" new last night of light density snow. Yesterday was very warm, in the 50s in town, so the now snow crusted up the layer underneath. As is the case this time of year, the powder hounds were in such a rush to...

Boy have you two missed out. Sunday was probably the WORST day of the season at PCMR. That's how good it's been. This was the first day I said to myself that we could use a freshup. The sun was nice, though.

It's an interesting study of perception when it comes to skiing powder. Time after time you see these kind of posts on ski boards regarding a real angst over whether there will be powder during that one week window someone has booked months in advance, with a real discernable dissapointment if...

Too lazy to put skins on.

After one of the better days skiing in bounds at PCMR, my son convinced me to hike to top of our backyard and ski down. Post holes up to my waist made for tough going - good thing I had my son blaze trail as he is far lighter than me. Very good light density snow, about 60" in total depth. Kinda...

Just lettin' you know that the Prophet is alive and kicking. TeleProphet, that is.