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Wednesday, April 24th, 2013Great conditions on Lassen right now, perfect corn cycle … and the approach/exit is still in, but disappearing very quickly with the warm temps. A bit of rockfall as well, but the skiing is stellar.
bc couloirs
Sunday, March 24th, 2013
Had a chance to go drop into some couloirs this week … surprisingly good snow on the due north facing aspects - all the new snow had slid, leaving a firm, but manageable surface to work with. Great to get the heart rate up a bit.
backcountry update
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013beautiful out there right now … very warm temps, but we had a decent freeze last night, temps inverted, but good enough to get the corn in… early is best as it got sloppy relatively early in the morning. surprisingly great winter powder on the north facing aspects. not a drop of wind out there […]
storm(s) update: incoming
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012Ok. Looks like winter is finally ready to arrive at all elevations. Coverage and skiing above 7,500-8,000′ has been great. It has stayed cold up high and the snow has been holding nicely. Variable, to be certain, but there is a lot of snow in the upper elevations - it looks like February up there. […]
“atmospheric river”
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012Big weather event about to unfold for Northern California - a major subtropical moisture plume is setup to unleash on us. Forecast is calling for a lot of liquid, and some snow way up high. Snow levels will be fluctuating greatly over the next five days. NWS is calling for 12-20 inches of rain in […]
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