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Vallee Blanche looks closed for weather when MarzNC was there. While I stand by my view that VB is easily accessible for intermediates with decent fitness, there's no way you want to be there if there is any question about visibility. Presumably the required guide services make that call.

That's the only reason I'm pushing the test now for EMSC, to find out if that will be necessary for his son. I do not know if EMSC's "soft plaque" issue is directly related to lipoprotein(a). From same source above:

From Dec. 26 - Jan. 4 there were 7 days of rain with only one inch of snow in the SoCal ski areas. At the time the big news was the mudslides in Wrightwood, which closed the roads to Mt. High from Dec. 24 - Jan. 9. Deja vu. The February 2001 storm was more favorable to skiers, dumping 7 feet...

Chair 23 was the classic example. All of the older lifts (except 25, allegedly can't handle the extra weight) at Mammoth got them retrofitted in 2021-22, so not that long ago. Maybe part of the notoriety of that VB arete is that it's a descent. When I did the Via Ferrata in Briancon with...

Incident was Jan. 31, chair 17 (quad with bar but no footrest). I read some comments. She never got completely on the chair when loading, so it seems the lift traveled quite a ways before being stopped. Fortunately the girl was not injured, just has a sore hip. Very lucky considering she...

And Kylie can easily do it with you, considering all those hiking pics sbooker posted last year.

I checked in with my cardiologist last month and got another nuclear stress test, with normal results of coronary artery blood flow. This was the test that diagnosed Stuart Winchester. I insisted that they keep me on the treadmill for the full 12 minutes. My heart rate was 152 at the end and I...

Has the High T been melt frozen yet? When it is, it can be bulletproof until well past noon. But maybe like Backside, it doesn't get enough direct sun until later in February. Still no direct report on Snowbird from kingslug or Jimk?

I'm sure James would do just fine. Everyone is roped up and wearing crampons. Remember also that Jimk and son were there under very low tide conditions, opening weekend I think we discussed earlier. Despite James' aversion to high profile tourist destinations, Vallee Blanche lives up to the...

Despite Liz’ imminent departure for Africa this weekend, we skied Monday-Wednesday at Mammoth because of the WWSRA industry demo. I convinced Liz that 3 days of exercise at 10,000 feet would be good for her before her Kilimanjaro hike next week. The last new snow was when were here last on Jan...

That's probably accurate for the lower elevations that got a lot of rain. It is not accurate for the higher elevations where the coastal-type high water content snow built a much more solid snowpack than snowfall totals would suggest. At least that caveat was mentioned, but no one should be...

Overall late March/early April is probably the best time of year for Banff as for many locations with gradual snow accumulation but good preservation. The cold is a big part of the reason preservation is good. First trip in 1999 I had to buy Adam warmer gloves at Sunshine even though it was...

Wawa arrived in Princeton maybe my last year there. We noticed them a lot in Florida in 2020 because many of them had Tesla superchargers.

I’m guessing that he’s firmly in the Euro mainstream with narrow racing type skis. After all our :popcorn:and :brick: I applaud James for making this effort.

The OpenSnow guys are deviating from their usual policy and discussing the likely breakup of the current dry spell after a month of it, even though it's still a week out. The models all say it will happen, but they disagree on the details of which places will benefit the most.

Loveland was the site of the Rocky Mountain region demo event where we are currently attending the California region's. The PNW event was at Misison Ridge with similar conditions to Loveland (12-21 inch base, 18% open). The Utah event was at Brighton, which is covered but has a lot of melt...

I’m at the Mammoth industry demo now for the 7th time. Last snow here was Jan. 8 so we will be testing lots of under 90 skis.

Interesting, haven't we been hearing complaints from Snowbird, or maybe that was just BCC which doesn't have quite as favorable altitude (Solitude) or exposure (Brighton)? Jimk is home from Europe, we should hear more about Snowbird soon. Mammoth is skiing well too, but I've seen this scenario...

A Canadian? Must be for a non-ski reason like James under current conditions..

This is only the third worst season to date at Loveland of the past 53 years!