SkiSickness

Perfect weekends keep stacking up in Cascadia!
This time around the Amarometer detected hero volcano conditions five days out at 5σ.

I had only skied [Big] Tahoma once before, via the Emmons route, for my sixth day ever on skis. Luckily, volcano skiing is so easy, even snowboarders can do it.
So I was down for whatever. Everything is fat--I'm sure it all went.


The Gib Chute was waffled over, but the Finger/Thumb won out for [relative] quietude I suppose. So we packed up as much stuff as we could put in and on our packs, and set out over the rollers at Nisqually Beach.


With a bunch of avy gear and steel accessories we shifted into 'super slow'

You got my heartbeat running away!

After setting in a few decoy tracks to provide extra exercise for latecomer Dave Brown, we settled into perfection.

Lots of blue and white. No sign of wind on the summit. Vedddy nice.

Where can I get an Amarometer?

Nice one you all

huevón wrote:Everything is fat--I'm sure it all went.

...for the "shit ski mountaineers say" meme?

Amarometric win, if I ever saw one. Great way to celebrate the weather window; nice turns.

Aromameter? something smells funny on volcanos.
entertaining report, nice skiing ja.

ryanl wrote:Where can I get an Amarometer?

My data tells me that to qualify for Amarometry you need to be nice, reliable and not too sketchy on the mountain, and/or a rippin girl skier. Bright colors a plus. Qualified applicants encouraged to submit CV and photos to amarsangels@skimowteneer.com

E_$ wrote:Aromameter? something smells funny on volcanos.

Ah, that was just my poo bag when I fell on it after submarining a 163cm ski in mush on my way down to the bridge. Luckily, only gas phase poo was emitted in the collision.

huevón wrote:My data tells me that to qualify for Amarometry you need to be nice, reliable and not too sketchy on the mountain, and/or a rippin girl skier.

I thought having an Amarometer would get me a rippin girl skier, not require me to be one. Hmmmmm. Seems alot less interesting now....