SNOW AT THE END OF APRIL MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

im from chicago, its supposed to be 80 there this weekend. let me rejoice hahaha im not used to this
 
Nah dude haha Im stoked to, I love it. the past two days were in the 70s in Great Falls and I was cruising around everywhere on my pedal bike now its snowing and Im going skiing this weekend.
 
yah man, i had my longboard out all over town, enjoyin the sunshine in shorts, no shirt and flip flops...
i was in full summer mode, but now.... i wanna ski more, beehive? bridger? who's going where?
 
Anyone know if there are any jumps built in Beehive? A pre-beartooth session would be uber sick.

Kevin; I am going to the little belts this weekend. Possibly Showdown but I would rather skin up Deadmans, Weatherwax, or something up the back of Long Mountain but the problem is finding someone to go with. Probably in a few weeks, once the snowpack gets isothermal I plan on skinning into Hour Lake up on the Front by Choteau and some other mountains out of Augusta I want to hike.
 
hot damn kip you make me wish that i had an AT setup. Hot damn maybe this summer i'll buy one when i have money. If you move to bozeman ever then i'll definitely buy one
 
bunch of us just had a fat sesh at the skate park we set up some rails and seshed for bout 3 hours good times prolly go up to bridger sat or sunday also
 
yeah im signed up for the emails. but they stop like at the end of march. which btw, its montana... they should go later than that
 
Yeah it seems like people could definitely benefit from them for another month at least. Oh well, it's probably not cheap to do.
 
Dude, if your setting up rails down towards the base of the mountain you will be in areas of such low incline (probaly 10-20 degrees) that an avalanche would be nearly impossible. If your planning on hiking the ridge or building jumps then it would definitely be something to consider.
 
hahaha i know. and thats what i plan on doing. i wanted to hike though, but that changed my mind.
 
You'd be surprised how much you start touring once you have the option. I probably spend 1/2 my days in the backcountry, and it will go up substantially now that I am forever condemned to skiing pow.
 
hah, i was just gonna throw that out there too -- i'm definitely down to go build/set up something. anybody wanna go?
 
Issued by The National Weather Service

Great Falls, MT

5:40 am MDT, Mon., Apr. 27, 2009

... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MONTANA... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA... WHILE 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL MONTANA. IN THE MOUNTAINS... 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AND WET... CAUSING WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO LIVESTOCK... TRAVEL... POWER TRANSMISSION AND ALL OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... WHICH WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA... DIAL 5 1 1.

&&

More Information

... MAJOR SPRING STORM TO IMPACT MONTANA THIS WEEK...

.A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL IMPACT ALL OF MONTANA THIS WEEK. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT... THEN IT WILL MOVE INLAND AND STALL OUT OVER THE REGION... BRINGING ABUNDANT PRECIPITATION AND COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK.
 
if the snowpack keeps piling up, this might actually be the year i ski every month. only missed september last year...
 
Word. Are you guys above average (snowpack) down there yet? I know last year was a pretty good year for most of the state including SHowdown and we have allready surpassed last year by a pretty big margin.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top