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author=danpeck link=topic=40745.msg161877#msg161877 date=1527565741]Curious about the elf slippers.Scarpa Alien RS.. game changer, engineering marvel.
Being an avid mountain biker I am also a purist when it comes to e-bikes on a single track mountain bike trail . Don't approve at all.However, as I pedaled up the Sunrise road using the lowest eB...
No ... this is a haiku.Suncuppy skinning upwards,Slushy delights through the larches,crow with elf slippers.
Awesome.
Looks to me that one of the seasons weak layers got lubricated and slid.Not sure it happened during the recent sunny spell. IMO it more likely happened during the following wet spell at the end of l...
Thats a bit sobering!I was in the ski area on Sunday mainly for touring fitness training( it sure wasn't for the skiing).I stayed mainly on the groomers as the snow conditions were atrocious and...
Guides are not required.Contact Beau at Yellowstone ski tours.com
author=Norseman link=topic=40503.msg161016#msg161016 date=1523371321]Fun pics (though I'm tempted to second the "shhh" comment by Matias...shrug). You'll have a good time skiing wi...
Awesome photos.Heading there weekend after next.Got two day booked with local guide Beau Fredlund.
George.. please read.https://www.wildsnow.com/10011/alpha-angle-avalanche-safety/
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg153173#msg153173 date=1485918536]Ha! Any way you can work in "participation trophy" into those lyrics? Thanks for the feedback.... I'll try.I'm...
As Poet Laureate of TAY this wonderful thread has inspired me to compose the " Ballard of the Seattle Skintrack."To be sung to the classic Monty Pythons " I'm a Lumberjack and I�...
author=Good2Go link=topic=37687.msg153146#msg153146 date=1485892278] Helps the codgers get all the spray out of their system. URBAN DICTIONARYCodgerThe origin of codger seems to lie in the complex lin...
The thought process I try and abide by when setting a skin track is based upon the "Best Practices" protocol that we use at work to avoid killing people when engaged in complex construction...
It should be noted that the most recent avy death in Washington involved a friend of mine and occurred while she was skinning not skiing in the Crystal BC.See the latest NWAC accident report.The wer...
Well, thanks for the reply.I must beg to differ on the question of crossed, irregular tracks taking up a large portion of a slope, "bad handwriting" as you so aptly put it.It's not a qu...
You are of course free to go wherever you choose and do what you want, however there are a few rules of back-county etiquette and style that if would be good to consider.#1 if you follow somebodies sk...
author=freeski link=topic=31774.msg133516#msg133516 date=1401214347]That area is called 'portly basin' and was named about 30 or so years ago in honor of a local who was a key figure in deve...
Truly amazing post Dave.You have been admonished/shamed by.The former Freeride ski world ChampionThe sates' most eminent ski historian.Several professional guides.A sponsored Snowboarder.Several...
author=tabski link=topic=31441.msg132230#msg132230 date=1398204566]What would John Muir do? He would be pissed they paved the road in the first place. He would keep the gates closed all year. He would...
author=Charlie Hagedorn link=topic=29641.msg124535#msg124535 date=1384914029">True; people usually buy guidebooks to learn about good places to go in a new environment. Nonetheless, their behavior is...
author=Jason4 link=topic=29641.msg124421#msg124421 date=1384800865]dictates where I can go without fear of (another) coreshot. I'm not looking to reduce the numbers. There's your problem r...
author=aaron_wright link=topic=29641.msg124416#msg124416 date=1384798802]^^^with age comes wisdomIt took me a while... ;)
Solution: Avoid places where other will be: There's a lot of space out there....it may take some extra effort but don't go to areas that you KNOW will be filled with other people.Easy...
WOW!Very impressive...not a route many have got so early....good job thinking outside the box as they say/
Thanks for the pictures as my son is out there right now with a bunch of guys from an EC University who have been studying the North Cascade glaciers for over 30 years.My son's a geology major an...
Nice to meet you and your son.....good work Sam.We only went to the Ruth Col ( I was bonking) and skied down before you.....it was pretty good.Nice cool wind for skinning.
Nice job Steve and Peter.
Nice.... What a season they are having in Chamonix, incredible conditions.Can't wait to get back out there.Great report....but the video is unwatchable....you should have edited rather than ...
Svalbard or Lofoten/Norway?