Tuckerman Ravine April 15/16

[ga2ski]

Once again Steve you are wrong.

That picture always make me laugh and cry at the same time. I laugh because the peole are riding the lift downhill and cry at the thought of the lift being installed at Tucks.

I will make a trip this spring as it is a tradition, but the weather is not looking good for this weekend. . .. maybe next weekend.

 

[awf170]

So whatever happen with this? Right now it looks like I might be up someday next week, most likely tuesday or wednesday. Maybe one day up Tux and another day skinning up Wildcat:???:

 

[riverc0il]

there wasn't much left of wildcat from what i saw yesterday.

 

[awf170]

there wasn't much left of wildcat from what i saw yesterday.

Great....
Like how bad? They are still open so there has to be atleast one top to bottom route available. Doesn't really matter that much though because after a day at Tux I'll probably be beat anyway.

 

[riverc0il]

they have definitely enough coverage for this weekend, though shutting down this weekend is a good call. definitely not enough for top to bottom next weekend, imo. though the top half of the mountain would definitely be skiable and skinable.

 

[awf170]

So Steve do you think your going to be up next week at all or have you burned all your vacation days in the past month... Right now tuesday-thursday look amazing. How much is left in the GoS? Will it still be a good after some more warmth?

 

[riverc0il]

GoS will certainly be fantastic this week, there is plenty of snow up there though. i am done burning mid-week vacation days for the season though, not for lack of them but i would rather save some for the summer and carry over some for next winter. i will be heading up on any good weather weekend from here on out, perhaps grabbing some mid-week after work turns locally once jay shuts down. hell, tuesday might be worth a dawn patrol if jay's weather forecast is accurate, though i hardly put ANY faith in JR's forecasting abilities.

 

[awf170]

GoS will certainly be fantastic this week, there is plenty of snow up there though. i am done burning mid-week vacation days for the season though, not for lack of them but i would rather save some for the summer and carry over some for next winter. i will be heading up on any good weather weekend from here on out, perhaps grabbing some mid-week after work turns locally once jay shuts down. hell, tuesday might be worth a dawn patrol if jay's weather forecast is accurate, though i hardly put ANY faith in JR's forecasting abilities.

Hmmm.... one day in GoS, one day Tux. Sounds good.
How does GoS work anyway, does the trail just cross the bottom of the gullies and you keep going until you get to the one want to ski? Hopefully no bushwacking, right? Also I think I heard somewhere that your not aloud to hike the trail once there is no snow on it because of erosion.

 

[riverc0il]

if you couldn't hike the ski trail, you wouldn't be able to get to GoS. the only ski trail that i am aware of that does not allow hiking is sherbie. the gos ski trail gets you to the gullies, the main gully is open, at this point the other gullies might require some wiggling through the trees. the snow fields would definitely be bush whacking unless you drop in from the top and climb out again.

 

[awf170]

if you couldn't hike the ski trail, you wouldn't be able to get to GoS. the only ski trail that i am aware of that does not allow hiking is sherbie.

Oops. I meant you were not able to hike it when it was not covered with snow.

Also, so this is the first gully you see, which would require some bushwacking so you continue to the next one?

 

[riverc0il]

you'll see it when you get there. i have no idea what your double negative is suppose to mean. you hike the ski trail even though there is no snow until near the top.

 

[awf170]

you'll see it when you get there. i have no idea what your double negative is suppose to mean. you hike the ski trail even though there is no snow until near the top.

I meant that you are only aloud to hike the GoS ski trail when it was snow covered, once the snow is gone on the trail it is technically closed. But anyway this probably isn't even true because you hiked it friday, or they just don't enforce it at all.

 

[riverc0il]

I meant that you are only aloud to hike the GoS ski trail when it was snow covered, once the snow is gone on the trail it is technically closed. But anyway this probably isn't even true because you hiked it friday, or they just don't enforce it at all.

like i said, i have never heard of this and unless you heard that from an official source, i suspect it is dubious information.