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Oct 23, 2024

Skinned up summit road. Snow has a surprisingly good base on the road. Some wind buffed icy areas, especially closer to the summit pass. Now the Hatch peak/ April bowl are not skiable yet, lots of wind scouring visible. Large plums of snow coming off Hatch peak near the weather station. We will need more [ Read More ]

Snowbird Glacier

Oct 6, 2024

Early season turns on the glacier! Plenty of boulders to navigate, but they can all be skied through [ Read More ]

Hatch Pk

May 22, 2024

If you enjoy isothermal snow and skin glopping, than touring up Hatch Pk at 8pm is for you. Just kidding, there’s still supportable snow to be skied. Toured up the road, up Bennets, and part of Hatch. Snow improved as we gained elevation. [ Read More ]

Skyscraper East Bowl

Apr 25, 2024

At 10am on 4/25, two skiers ascended the skin track for Skyscraper peak from the parking lot up the south east ridge to the summit. SE aspects were wet, but supportable and N aspects were dry and chalky. After summiting, skier 1 descended just north of the summit on a 40 degree SE slope. They [ Read More ]

Sunnyside of Hatch

Apr 24, 2024

Standard up track to the sunnyside of Hatch (up Powder Powder Pimple and then along the ridge). [ Read More ]

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