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  1. ShiftyRider

    Southern California Ski Advice

    Chris, I'ma telemark today Saturday at Baldy look for the Buffalo Plaid/Kinco Style and introduce yourself please. Here's my AR Emoji...
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    Mt. Baldy, CA, March 7, 2023

    Oops, stumbled on a real old shot while looking for something else. After a big January storm we checked with patrol then hiked the backbone from the top of Chair 4 to the obvious ridge that provides a higher entry into Harwood's main south gully (upper right in my Mar 15 message's vidcap). The...
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    Southern California Ski Advice

    For Baldy I recommend you bring your own food, their kitchen tends to be inexplicably slow. Also last week they switched to Courtesy Hour (opening an hour later and) closing at 5:15.
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    S.A Cape Town & Kruger

    ...penguin's tryin to be like ShiftyRider sporting black boots... "The first penguin pioneers that settled Africa millions of years ago all went extinct." https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtomics/penguins-colonized-africa-thrice/
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    Mt. Baldy, CA, March 7, 2023

    My memory is shot, there's often willow-like trees down low Holcumac near where the gulley/creek forms that can be nearly impassable. Here's a video google found that shows a way...
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    Mt. Baldy, CA, March 7, 2023

    Mount Harwood...
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    Mt. Baldy, CA, March 7, 2023

    At the bottom it's back to not wearing your skis for the Chair 1 ride.
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    Mt. Baldy, CA, March 7, 2023

    Well on Sunday I saw a pinwheel 7-feet-tall...
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    Mt. Baldy, CA, March 7, 2023

    Above, we still haven't reached the dirt road (same that Chair 1 crosses). Here's Adawg just below the dirt road... ...swervin like George Jones...
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    Mt. Baldy, CA, March 7, 2023

    Debris, prolly originated a bit above top of 4, 7 daze ago...
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    Mt. Baldy, CA, March 3, 2023

    Two miles from the Pacific, 61 minutes to MBYC :p
  12. ShiftyRider

    Historic Mt. Baldy Snow Forecast

    June and July, if you know how to pressure instead of edge...
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    Historic Mt. Baldy Snow Forecast

    1 hour = excellent service BTW one morning in January I chatted with them as they tested Starlink -- the "dish" was set up 20 yards from the ticket window.
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    Lunch

    Listen up, please. PBJ is kids' food. The same store that sells a jar of peanut butter also sells adult food that you can make great sandwiches with. If you go with shaved roast beef and swiss on sourdough or similar, mix equal parts bleu cheese, avocado, and ranch dressing for your spread...
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    Wax

    The reason I was thinking about wax is cuz I do it for friends before we go to Snow Summit or Baldy, but they travel for skiing too and if that paraffin is still there then, chances are I forgot to tell them they need to plan for that themselves LOL.
  16. ShiftyRider

    Ski Road Trip Misadventures

    I love this shot! To drive thru that at 35 mph will seem like you're driving 140 mph. Riding shotgun late at night, the passenger will nap as I drive thru the high desert. The gods smile upon me as we continue into Harvey's blizzard, I gently tap them awake, wait one second, then scream as if...
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    Wax

    gear review dps phantom Another complexity I skip is scraping, I figure the snow will do that quick enough. 2 exceptions... Powder days you wanna have your best base for the first run so definitely scrape. Additionally if there's gonna kinda be a "race" for the ideal mid- or upper-mountain...
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    Wax

    I use an old clothes iron and paraffin wax from the grocery store. From a wax standpoint California snow is quite different, elsewhere it's best to use actual ski wax. Half my friends have never waxed, I guess the ski shop does it. Where do you stand?
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