3/14/12

Morocco

Major pooling effect out there today..
(manageable?  less so than we like)

Thwarted my morning objective.  
but salvaged the afternoon with a Guinness and this line after lunch.
photo by Zach Hilditch

3/13/12

styrofoam

Back in Cooke.  Things are well.   

Aside from the big W (you'd think we were in Livingston).


Styrofoam on the mid and upper elevation norths!
(read:  primo conditions for steep skiing)

3/12/12

ricochet

photo by Chris Lundy

Spent the weekend in the Sawtooths.  A spring break of sorts.

Got terribly ill.  Slept for 22 of 24 hrs upon arrival.
But conditions were in, so I managed to pull it together and make the most.

Here’s a couple from our north Heyburn to Sickle link-up…







photo by Ben Zavora

3/9/12

Hog roast tonight


I'm out of town though...  So here's one from the archives.  (It's the Bear's Tooth)

3/6/12

storm skiing today


The panda's diet is 99% bamboo.



Point Forecast: Cooke City MT
 45.02°N 109.94°W (Elev. 7833 ft)
Mobile Weather Information | En Español
Last Update: 3:19 pm MST Mar 6, 2012
Forecast Valid: 6pm MST Mar 6, 2012-6pm MDT Mar 13, 2012
Forecast at a Glance
Tonight
Snow Likely Chance for Measurable Precipitation 70%
Snow
Likely
Lo 3 °F
Wednesday
Mostly Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 31 °F
Wednesday
Night

Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 6 °F
Thursday
Sunny
Sunny

Hi 36 °F
Thursday
Night

Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 15 °F
Friday
Mostly Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 45 °F
Friday
Night

Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 19 °F
Saturday
Sunny
Sunny

Hi 41 °F
Saturday
Night

Mostly Clear
Mostly
Clear
Lo 17 °F

3/5/12

Current Conditions


Well, went 2 for 2 on plowing the driveway the last couple days..
Funny, there was an offering from a bison in the way, figured I would just flip it over the berm,
like when you are mowing the lawn and find some dog shit..
Went to flip it, and found it about as soft as can be (20 minutes old ;).

So conditions, are coming around quite well.  Our last series of storms came in at around 2-6" per day, for about four (just what we like).  But alas, as elsewhere around the region, the SW winds have been blowing fairly sincerly (bad).  And it's warm (which is good.  at least in the long term.)  From the standpoint of getting on some bigger routes, safely.  Sometime soon.  Big ski traverses as well.


3/4/12

Party of Nine. Mt. Wolverine


Lot's to celebrate.


The highlight of the day for me, was watching Dale (whose birthday it was) and the gang
 skin the upper ridgeline in sustained 30 mph winds.  The kind you have to lean into.

3/1/12




From Kathmandu to Tengboche – 30 Days in Nepal

Live, tonight, in Red Lodge.


If you are around, stop by the Café Regis at 7:00 pm tonight, 
for an evening/ slideshow with Traute, Pete and friends.