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- From: traiger@cheshire.oxy.edu (Saul Traiger)
- Subject: Re: Mt. Baldy 1/19
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.033157.23851@cheshire.oxy.edu>
- Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
- References: <1jknrdINNhnk@mizar.usc.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:31:57 GMT
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- In article <1jknrdINNhnk@mizar.usc.edu> lapworth@mizar.usc.edu (Bill Lapworth) writes:
- >Mt Baldy 1-19-93
- >Base: Adequate (The snow cat on top of Thunder Mt. is buried up to
- > mid windshield)
- >New stuff: 6" of semi dry "powder"
- >Snow line: below the village.
- >Ski down to parking lot?: yes, but there is a raging brook coming down
- > the mountain that must be walked across if you end up on the
- > wrong side.
- >Crowds: 2 min lift line maximum, usually < 30 sec.
- >
- >HI(lo)lights: 1) Finally, some soft snow to see how my pre 1200s work in
- >conditions they were designed for! ahwoooooo!!!
- >2) Road was icy below village, snow & ice higher up. I saw a Honda
- >CRX (with chains!) spin going 20 mph on a straight - on a road that
- >some Front wheel drive cars made up without chains. Sheesh - some people
- >really need driving lessons.
- >3)snowboarders can be so much fun sometimes. Saw two guys in tight
- >formation at high speed climb up a steep bank at edge of run, do a
- >'jump-pivot-lets_smash_agains_this_big_ball_of_snow_and_then_rebound turn'
- >Only the big ball of snow was a snow covered rock. They both slid back
- >down to the run and groaned loud enough to be heard 100 feet away.
- >
-
- Update: I skiied Baldy on Friday (1/22) and the snow was holding up
- beautifully, in spite of the fact that the temp at the top was above
- freezing most of the day. All runs (and chairs) were open, and it was
- fantastic "spring" skiing. It wasn't crowded, but it wasn't empty
- either. The wait on the Thunder Mountain lift averaged about 10
- minutes through the middle of the day.
-
- Saul Traiger
- traiger@oxy.edu
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