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shymac
Since 20 Jul 2005
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Home Valley, Wa.
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Scored a snowkite weekend of pretty sick blue bird. Coverage is decent and snow was 6.5 out of 10!
Wind > Buttery 12-15kt
Kites > 13Fuel/14RPM/14Rally/12RPM/13REVII
TIME TO SNOWKITE! Keep your eyes on the forecast... Even next weekend looks like possible riding???? Storm during the week and then clearing for the weekend.
Leave HR by 5am get to Sledpark by 12:30pm. Leave sunday by 2:00pm get back to HR by 9:30pm. Just sayin... 
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shymac
Since 20 Jul 2005
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Home Valley, Wa.
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waynepjh
Since 27 Jul 2008
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jackson wy
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| Mon Jan 30, 12 1:13 pm |
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SICK!!!!!!!! Nice work shy! Lots of fantastic photos! I am packing my bags to head out that way! Going to hit lima peaks, craters of the moon then fairfield. hope to see ya out there! STOKED! Here is one I took from yesterday!
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J_Matic
Since 14 Oct 2011
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InDaHo
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| Mon Jan 30, 12 1:36 pm |
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Sickness Shymac!! Scored the goods, way to get after it.
Stoked to be back home @ the Camas after a week in Skyline. 
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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Bettyboarder
Since 18 Mar 2005
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PDX/ White Salmon
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| Mon Jan 30, 12 5:43 pm |
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So jealous looks sick! Sunny and Windy thats the best
Anyone know of any places to rent out there beside the hotel and that ranch thats up the hill?
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noah
Since 19 Oct 2006
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Bozeman, Montana
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| Mon Jan 30, 12 6:43 pm |
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| Better get there asap... the models are shutting us down for next weekend in a big way - Baja to BC - high and dry. I guess there is always Ririe!
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shymac
Since 20 Jul 2005
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Home Valley, Wa.
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| Mon Jan 30, 12 7:06 pm |
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Or Motto! bRAP
Thanks for the stoke everyone.. Lucas has a sick line! nice.
Tis the season! now get out there and show us some dam photos!!! 
Just wait till i get around to posting the Baja photos from Ventana and beyond...
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J_Matic
Since 14 Oct 2011
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InDaHo
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| Tue Jan 31, 12 9:01 am |
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| Bettyboarder wrote: | | Anyone know of any places to rent out there beside the hotel and that ranch thats up the hill? |
There's a big cabin owned by Steve Claridge about 6 miles from town that sleeps up to 10 for $100 a night.
I don't know his number though, check with Brad Gordon--he's stayed out there before.
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surfcamp
Since 09 Sep 2009
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HR
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| Tue Jan 31, 12 9:15 am |
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Awesome!!! Glad to see the snow starting to pile up!!!
Oi
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shymac
Since 20 Jul 2005
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Home Valley, Wa.
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Matt E.
Since 22 May 2008
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West Coast Sales Rep
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| Thu Feb 02, 12 4:56 pm |
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| Any idea if this weekend will be good?
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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flodega
Since 11 Nov 2009
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| Thu Feb 02, 12 9:51 pm |
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| noah wrote: | | Better get there asap... the models are shutting us down for next weekend in a big way - Baja to BC - high and dry. I guess there is always Ririe! |
What drives the dominant prefered weather in the camas valley? Pre frontal? Post frontal? Pressure differences? Thermal?
West wind in the flats and the snowmobile park, east wind up at last chance...but what about good north and south wind spots?
Thanks in advance.
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waynepjh
Since 27 Jul 2008
212 Posts
jackson wy
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| Fri Feb 03, 12 6:53 am |
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Its going to be good at craters of the moon and big southern all week! We are going to snowmobile the road to big southern today and see what its like! let us know if anybody else is going to be in the area! 307-413-3977 wayne
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J_Matic
Since 14 Oct 2011
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InDaHo
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| Fri Feb 03, 12 4:02 pm |
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[/quote]What drives the dominant prefered weather in the camas valley? Pre frontal? Post frontal? Pressure differences? Thermal?
West wind in the flats and the snowmobile park, east wind up at last chance...but what about good north and south wind spots?
Thanks in advance.[/quote]
The best answer is, it depends: W and E are primarily thermal and pre/post frontal winds. S & N winds rarely exist in pure form due to the orientation of the prairie heading West to East. Most wind is a combination of SE (typically light) prefrontal and NW (typically strong) and are held in the 'icebox' known as the Camas Valley.
It really creates its own winds aloft because of the Sawtooths/Smoky's on the N side and the Snake River valley on the S side which traps cold air in a vacuum which then flows up the mtns at night and down the mtns during the day.
I'm no metereologist, but snowkiting and reading these winds for years gives you a good understanding of what's happening in the air above the mtns. Its kind of like any other plateau, the wind smoothly floats through the area uninterrupted by jagged peaks or drastic variations in terrain.
Short answer: it blows b'c it does and we kite cause we can. Go get some!
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flodega
Since 11 Nov 2009
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| Fri Feb 03, 12 7:49 pm |
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What drives the dominant prefered weather in the camas valley? Pre frontal? Post frontal? Pressure differences? Thermal?
West wind in the flats and the snowmobile park, east wind up at last chance...but what about good north and south wind spots?
Thanks in advance.[/quote]
The best answer is, it depends: W and E are primarily thermal and pre/post frontal winds. S & N winds rarely exist in pure form due to the orientation of the prairie heading West to East. Most wind is a combination of SE (typically light) prefrontal and NW (typically strong) and are held in the 'icebox' known as the Camas Valley.
It really creates its own winds aloft because of the Sawtooths/Smoky's on the N side and the Snake River valley on the S side which traps cold air in a vacuum which then flows up the mtns at night and down the mtns during the day.
I'm no metereologist, but snowkiting and reading these winds for years gives you a good understanding of what's happening in the air above the mtns. Its kind of like any other plateau, the wind smoothly floats through the area uninterrupted by jagged peaks or drastic variations in terrain.
Short answer: it blows b'c it does and we kite cause we can. Go get some! [/quote]
Thanks, I appreciate your input. Local knowledge is priceless.
whats your take on the crazy high pressure taking place for the next two weeks or so? I'm hoping to head out, but haven't seen such a huge ridge in the last three years.
thanks again.
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