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Bargainhunter
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Feb 12, 2019 - 01:46pm PT
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When Bishop locals talked about skiing Basin's couloir flat out to the Horton trailhead or Mt. Tom's Elderberry Canyon down to the sagebrush, I was incredulous. Kind of hard to imagine that in sweltering 100F summer temps, but now I'm a believer.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Feb 12, 2019 - 03:33pm PT
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We'll be tearing ACLs well into July and August!!! :)
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Feb 12, 2019 - 09:35pm PT
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Just wait two more days!
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Jamesthomsen
Social climber
Mammoth Lakes, California
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Feb 12, 2019 - 10:45pm PT
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Last week in Mammoth. Then we had another few feet and it's starting to snow now, with an estimate of 2-3 more feet. July should be great Spring skiing.
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Feb 13, 2019 - 09:54am PT
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It looks almost as deep as winter of 1976. We measured 27' on the ground in Walt's Ghetto. You guys are in for some deep snow, its still only mid February and most of Mammoth's snowfall is Feb/Mar.
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MarkWestman
Trad climber
Talkeetna, Alaska
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Feb 13, 2019 - 10:02am PT
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That photo reminds me of winter of 82-83 in Mammoth. Massive drifts in town, 25’ deep corridors getting into the condos. Spring skiing that year was off the hook.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Feb 13, 2019 - 10:08am PT
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That photo reminds me of winter of 82-83 in Mammoth. Massive drifts in town, 25’ deep corridors getting into the condos. Spring skiing that year was off the hook.
yeah, that was a huge year.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Feb 13, 2019 - 10:56am PT
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That is so great! Now get out there and ski it.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Feb 13, 2019 - 11:08am PT
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Is the winter of 69 the only one with it's own bumper sticker?
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MarkWestman
Trad climber
Talkeetna, Alaska
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Feb 13, 2019 - 12:19pm PT
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Some shots from winter/spring/summer '83. Ok maybe it wasn't 25' deep in town, but it was still massive!
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 13, 2019 - 01:45pm PT
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Nice to get all this snow. It may slow down the renovation and re-opening of Tioga Resort.
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 13, 2019 - 01:48pm PT
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Tioga Resort will probably get crushed again.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 13, 2019 - 02:03pm PT
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Yeah, unfortunately you may be right. The footprint there is so tiny, a small flat spot at the bottom of that sloping ridge. Anyone with even a cursory intuitive sense of snow pack physics can see there will always be a vector pushing both downward and outward.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 13, 2019 - 10:40pm PT
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Couple more pics from Mammoth '83 storms- we showed up from LA to find our house on Evergreen completely buried.
Only the peak of the roof showing.
Had to do some epic tunneling to get down to the front door.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 13, 2019 - 11:58pm PT
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hey there say, justthemaid...
ohhhhhh myyyyyyyyyyyyyy.... :O
say, how was the house, inside... ?
just curious...
iced? etc?
thanks for sharing...
thanks, all for chipping in here, too...
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 14, 2019 - 05:55am PT
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Yes Neebs- the house was completely buried under that pile of snow^^^ Pretty weird being inside the house. I was a little kid at the time- there was a narrow ice cave/chamber that completely surrounded the house about (under 20 feet of snow). It was total kid-heaven having your own ice cave for the winter. ;)
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Feb 14, 2019 - 06:54am PT
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Hey, Maidy, thanks so much for digging up those pics. Wow!
BAd
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 14, 2019 - 07:17am PT
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Wow. Makes me wish I had still had the knees to ski (at least the R one). Recently started snowboarding with the kids but so not a backcountry tool. Mark mentioned Baldy, which is getting plastered, though that is having other unintended consequences since people are having some difficulties getting up that steep narrow road in the snow.
Good thing I didn't have Bishop plans until late March...
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