General Conditions

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:54 pm

TacoDelRio wrote:Anyone know what the snow level is at the moment?

People on the WW site are reporting snow from West Cayon valley, which puts it below 4500'.
The News just said Palmdale is getting snow. That puts it at 3500 or below.

Post by **Taco** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:13 pm

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL YEAH!

THANKS BILL! 8)

bertfivesix · Post by **bertfivesix** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:44 pm

Nice. I'll be headed up in the morning to ruin all that virgin snow.

Funyan005 · Post by **Funyan005** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:44 pm

Went up Icehouse Canyon this morning just to check it out, snow level as of 9 AM this morning started round around the parking lot. Within half a mile it was easily 4 or so inches, and it only got deeper quicker from there.

Tons of snow

Dont go up baldy unless you have chains, I had to push a few cars that were stuck because theyre retarded. Planned on Ski hut trail but there were too many idiots up there without chains

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:08 pm

Funyan005 wrote:Tons of snow
Dont go up baldy unless you have chains, I had to push a few cars that were stuck because theyre retarded. Planned on Ski hut trail but there were too many idiots up there without chains

What's it say under some one's messages on this board - "You can't fix stupid" - but you can push them off the road

bertfivesix · Post by **bertfivesix** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:53 pm

I got onto register ridge around noon and it was nightmarish. I got knocked off my feet a few times and called it quits. Going down my tracks had disappeared. Fun.

Saw someone in a little hatchback pretty much flooring it around icehouse, just crawling uphill spinning his tires. Fuckin' hilarious.

Post by **Taco** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:10 pm

LA car owners + mountain weather = GTFO of the way!

gregp909 · Post by **gregp909** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:18 pm

Instead of the sobriety checkpoint the cops setup sometimes on Mountain Ave for drunk sledders on their way home from Manker, they should setup a stupidity checkpoint on the way up to keep the idiots and the east LA crowd out of the hills.

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:49 am

Lookin good, kids...

He219 · Post by **He219** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:10 am

Yeah, Baby!

Augie · Post by **Augie** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:38 am

gregp909 wrote:keep ... the east LA crowd out of the hills.

Is that really called for? Legitimate gripes about how some people behave in the outdoors are one thing, but to tar a whole ethnic group is unjustified. I see comments like this one from time to time on this forum and it really disturbs me.

gregp909 · Post by **gregp909** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:17 pm

Augie wrote:
gregp909 wrote:keep ... the east LA crowd out of the hills.
. . .legitimate gripes about how some people behave in the outdoors are one thing. . .to tar a whole ethnic group is unjustified.

I am happy you felt compelled to call me out. . .I like people with opinions that aren't afraid to share them.

The fact you recognize that there are legitimate concerns with the way people behave in the outdoors means that you understood the intent of what I posted. I didn't I tar a whole ethnic group, since 1) I didn't use any ethnic terminology that singled out any particular group, and 2) even if you mistakenly inferred something from my comment, I didn't realize the whole of any ethnic group lived in just east LA.

My best friend is from latin heritage, I lived in South America for many years, (I even LOVE Mexican food

) so be careful before you imply someone is racist -- you know what they say about assuming something before you know your facts. . .

Cheers.

***Sorry to hijack the post, let's get back to the weather and all the glorious snow we are all so excited about!!!

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:23 pm

gregp909 wrote: I didn't I tar a whole ethnic group, since 1) I didn't use any ethnic terminology that singled out any particular group, and 2) even if you mistakenly inferred something from my comment, I didn't realize the whole of any ethnic group lived in just east LA.

do people from east LA have their addresses printed on their shirts when they go in the mountains?

Funyan005 · Post by **Funyan005** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:51 pm

SO! I see it's raining outside, that's uhhh a lot of snow? And uhhh..yah hw bout all that snow

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:58 pm

Cricket! Cricket! Cricket!
Yup. It's snowing!

Post by **Taco** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:08 pm

Hey hey, all the feelings in this thread are making the snow melt.
Plus, it's the JERSEY crowd you wanna keep outta the mountains! Then again, it's preferable to keep them out of everything.

Any numbers of what's up there from folks up there? How's Wrightwood?

Just got me thinking... time to check up on the Wrightwood forum.

Edit: link: http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php

asbufra · Post by **asbufra** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:33 am

"January 22, 2010 Snow Report-
We picked up 12-18 inches of new snow over our 3-5 foot base "

By my math thats about 6-8 feet of snow just at the notch.

glamisking · Post by **glamisking** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:12 pm

I was up there yesterday for about 8 hours before we pulled the plug around 10PM because of intense lighting strikes. I will post a TR but there is an insane amount of snow!! It is almost pointless to measure because there is so much. Numerous signs of slough avalanches including many which totally covered the road past the gate. So dig pits and be careful. Lots of hail fell during the thunderstorms further compromising the adhesion of the snowpack. Good luck this weekend

There is at least 4 feet at the trail head as of 11PM on Thursday.

mve · Post by **mve** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:04 pm

Where exactly were you? Ski Hut trail? How far up it? Did you use pons, snowshoes or neither to get up there? Come on man -- not enough info!

glamisking · Post by **glamisking** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:41 pm

chill...just can't wait for a TR can ya? We camped low (6,600 ft) on the Register Ridge. Forget about crampons and forget about making it past the gate without snowshoes.

Post by **Taco** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:56 pm

FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

gregp909 · Post by **gregp909** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:10 pm

MTN HIGH - 22 JAN 2010

glamisking · Post by **glamisking** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:20 pm

Greg- That looks AMAZING. I was up there last week and there was nothing outside of the blown snow on the runs. I assume that's you?

Taco- ????

Post by **Taco** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:26 pm

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Without saying it.

glamisking · Post by **glamisking** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:34 pm

Ha. No I know what you are saying but I was wondering why...

Jealous?

glamisking · Post by **glamisking** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:50 pm

Ha. No I know what you are saying but I was wondering why...

Jealous?

mve · Post by **mve** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:01 pm

glamisking wrote: chill...just can't wait for a TR can ya? We camped low (6,600 ft) on the Register Ridge. Forget about crampons and forget about making it past the gate without snowshoes.

come on dude stop teasing us put up the TR -- not need to get fancy with words

picture's worth a thousand words!

So I need snowshoes? This hobby is getting to be really expensive lately!

mve · Post by **mve** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:04 pm

mve wrote:come on dude stop teasing us put up the TR -- not need to get fancy with words picture's worth a thousand words!

Never mind -- you already did post it -- https://eispiraten.com/viewtopic.php?t=2407 thanks!

Post by **Taco** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:02 pm

glamisking wrote:Ha. No I know what you are saying but I was wondering why... Jealous?

Just happy about the amount of snow. I've done enough camping in snow and whatnot, so there's no jealousy there!

jimqpublic · Post by **jimqpublic** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:35 pm

Hi all,

My daughter and I are going to snowshoe from Manker Flat tomorrow morning. How early should we plan exiting the 210 to get a good parking spot and avoid the deluge of crazy drivers?

Thanks,
Jim
Long Beach