Crystal - 04/03

Nice pictures Ron. I can't wait to ski that new run next year. It blows me away that we were just skiing that a week ago. Who knows what problems that lurk below the surface. I imagine Brand X could have its day too if they blast that out.

Yeah, it was pretty awsome to watch. We heard the blast and I looked over to see the start of it but I didn't bother to get my camera out for a viddy as it looke like it would stop before I got the camera out. But then whe it started leveling trees without even slowing down it was hard to fathom. Quite something to watch.

Assuming nobody got hurt, this is pure awesomeness.

Kim Kircher (Crystal patrol) sent me a few photos from the Bear Pits slide.  Crazy stuff.  Glad no one was hurt.  Ron, lucky -- good timing to get to watch Rockface go...

EDIT -- A link to some more photos and a video:

Kim's blog

Ron, lucky -- good timing to get to watch Rockface go...

I think Rockface (above Kelly's Gap Road) went on Thursday or Friday. The one we watched on Sunday (which seems to be most often referred to as the "employee housing" slide) was started at the ridge just uphill from gun tower in the general area of Upper Niagara and continued down, taking out all the trees almost down to the employee housing building.

Right, right -- Niagara's. Amazing amount of activity in-area. Scary stuff.