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author=GaryJan link=topic=22412.msg95885#msg95885 date=1322030220]
This trip marked 24 consecutive months of skiing in Olympics for me and 26 months overall for both Tyler and me.
Oh wow! You guys are my heros. 24 months in the Olympics. Would you divulge your secret places for some of my wife's chocolate chip cookies? ;)
Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing, this really motiv...
author=telemack link=topic=22412.msg95869#msg95869 date=1322007680]
Thanks Gary for some photos; great snow for Nov. with even a "micro-base".
Conditions were surprisingly good given the limited snow fall. Any November day which doesn't result in a core shot or two is a good one. ::)
This trip marked 24 consecutive months of skiing in Olympics for me and 26 months overall for both Tyler and me.
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Theres so much universe out there right now . I'm going to have to go spiritual and pray for the 700 club to open the door to the beyond for me. X
Thanks Gary for some photos; great snow for Nov. with even a "micro-base".
author=freeskiguy link=topic=22433.msg95867#msg95867 date=1322005874]
x, we depend upon you to get that trail broken, if you burn your sled up doing that, well thats the price we have to pay.
Yeah, what he said.
author=haggis link=topic=22413.msg95775#msg95775 date=1321888368]
Looks fun, didn't know there was a big shark right in the middle of the slot, I guess a few storms down the season and it will be buried.
Ah, so that is where I dropped my pet rock...
author=Jeff_Ward link=topic=22415.msg95847#msg95847 date=1321980028]
Glad to hear you are enjoying them. This is my third season on mine and I still love them. I did just pick up a pair of the DPS Wailer 112's. I'm looking forward to seeing how they ski. It's going to be hard to top the Drifter when it comes to surfing the deep stuff.
I've got a pair of the DPS 112's , pures184.... Skied my first real...
author=Scotsman link=topic=22415.msg95828#msg95828 date=1321937485]
I agree....I bought my Voile Drifters after skiing with you on that heli-touring trip. Love them so very very much! :)
Glad to hear you are enjoying them. This is my third season on mine and I still love them. I did just pick up a pair of the DPS Wailer 112's. I'm looking forward to seeing how they ski. It's going to be hard...
author=CookieMonster link=topic=22427.msg95839#msg95839 date=1321957423]
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Nice - I was thinking about heading up there but instead continued out towards source lake. Skied the Big Tree and No fog areas and found bountiful amounts of face shots and soft snow.
Oh!!!!! Cookie you funny guy ;D ::)
Ron sounds like Geezer ground hog day :D thanks for the observations
Ron sounds like Geezer ground hog day :D thanks for the observations
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Hey Mack,
Good summary of the weekend.
Thanks for joining us for Winterfest, early reports suggest the event exceeded our expectations. :)
Sunday was an enjoyable day of touring. A good combination of aerobic exercise intermixed with some sweet turns.
Here are a few pictures;
1. Tyler dropping the north side of Hurricane Hill
2. Jan breaking trail, Jeff close behind
3. Mack stylin' as only a telemarker can................
Good summary of the weekend.
Thanks for joining us for Winterfest, early reports suggest the event exceeded our expectations. :)
Sunday was an enjoyable day of touring. A good combination of aerobic exercise intermixed with some sweet turns.
Here are a few pictures;
1. Tyler dropping the north side of Hurricane Hill
2. Jan breaking trail, Jeff close behind
3. Mack stylin' as only a telemarker can................
author=Jeff_Ward link=topic=22415.msg95826#msg95826 date=1321935589]
I know Josh is skiing on the Voile Charger. A little skinny for my tastes.
I agree....I bought my Voile Drifters after skiing with you on that heli-touring trip. Love them so very very much! :)
I know Josh is skiing on the Voile Charger. A little skinny for my tastes.
John,
Thanks for the info. Sounds like it was a little more widespread where you were.
Thanks for the info. Sounds like it was a little more widespread where you were.
Thanks ron j and the 6 others who shoveled and measured.
So what are the pontoons you guys are skiing on? Nice turns.
My two cents on my first trip on this route. The open areas, which were relatively few until we reached the top bench at 5K+ feet, were deep and nice. The tightly treed steeper areas, which were relatively plentiful, were err ah not my idea of hero snow.
I took the descent cautiously to avoid shoving a ski under a tree trunk or similar, but still managed to hook a tip on some damned little sapling under a swath of icicles and above one of the many mini cliffs to lookers left of Phant...
I took the descent cautiously to avoid shoving a ski under a tree trunk or similar, but still managed to hook a tip on some damned little sapling under a swath of icicles and above one of the many mini cliffs to lookers left of Phant...
almost thought I saw the legendary Methow Double Pole Plant.....
think we saw you over there doing the blazing shovel thing ~ too busy taking face shots to be sure... nice day :)
Nice photos! Was great riding with you guys yesterday.
A great team work to get up there! A few pictures to show the evolution of the day :)
Did not manage to clear all the ice from the webcam.
A few more pictures at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104952785231857279993/CampMuir02
-Victor
Did not manage to clear all the ice from the webcam.
A few more pictures at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104952785231857279993/CampMuir02
-Victor
185 cm measured at Artist Point.
author=Jeff_Ward link=topic=22410.msg95780#msg95780 date=1321893930]
John,
Nice work on Jove. We were looking over at it longingly from Stevens yesterday.
Do you remember what elevation the Surface Hoar was at? We were finding large surface hoar on Stevens but it was limited to a small band just above the lower clouds (approximately 5,100'). The classic "ring around the bathtub."
My guess is this surface hoar will...
Before a morning run down 2 k from the Asulkin Cabin I reminded everyone to bring their skins. Like a true dolt I left mine. Dug a ten foot pit to the ground in the time it took volunteers to ski back up and down from the hut. Pete's not alone by far. But an empty gas tank on the first powder day of the season....at the time it was tough to take. His welts should heal nicely.
author=ryanl link=topic=22396.msg95788#msg95788 date=1321898841]
We should start a thread for this. I once drove from Seattle to the Icicle at 2am only to learn once we got there that my partner had forgotten his skis.
Did the same thing but to marblemount with skins... In February there was no hope of a tour without them.
We were back in Seattle for breakfast ;)
Huh, for once the skiing was better on this side!
I'll have to admit that I turned around about 200 ft from the shelter as my partner, Erik Henne, caught up and we noticed his nose was showing signs of frostbite. It was pretty interesting to see somebody's nose turning paper white. I was trying to catch up to you guys breaking trail as a goal. Thanks to the guys breaking that trail...that was a lot of work. The decent down was horrible...I felt like I was doing 'wall sits' the entire ride down just tr...
Meanwhile, 3500 feet lower and 1km to the east, a half dozen folks desperately tried to track out a bowl filled with thigh deep, untouched powder before they ran out of daylight. But the march up to Muir sounds like it was better training :-)
That looks like hard trail breaking....good job..... but you know it's not mandatory to tag the Muir shelter.... Amar will forgive you ;)
author=peteyboy link=topic=22396.msg95770#msg95770 date=1321861194]
I definitely get the collar for "worst partner ever" until someone wrests it from me.
We should start a thread for this. I once drove from Seattle to the Icicle at 2am only to learn once we got there that my partner had forgotten his skis.
John,
Nice work on Jove. We were looking over at it longingly from Stevens yesterday.
Do you remember what elevation the Surface Hoar was at? We were finding large surface hoar on Stevens but it was limited to a small band just above the lower clouds (approximately 5,100'). The classic "ring around the bathtub."
My guess is this surface hoar will just get pushed into the low density snow that it's sitting on, but it would be...
Nice work on Jove. We were looking over at it longingly from Stevens yesterday.
Do you remember what elevation the Surface Hoar was at? We were finding large surface hoar on Stevens but it was limited to a small band just above the lower clouds (approximately 5,100'). The classic "ring around the bathtub."
My guess is this surface hoar will just get pushed into the low density snow that it's sitting on, but it would be...
Looks fun, didn't know there was a big shark right in the middle of the slot, I guess a few storms down the season and it will be buried.
Yea, I am going to guess that your clutch disk is a bit thinner now. A good predictor of that being the smell and the blue smoke coming from the engine bay when Gib and I finally set the whips aside.
Beautiful John! We have to get out for a tour this season.
Silas, it was nice chatting with you up at the lift shack yesterday. I still cant believe how fantastic both the turns and coverage were.
-not matt :)
-not matt :)
I definitely get the collar for "worst partner ever" until someone wrests it from me. But Gregg and Gib's frustration was channeled in to successfully shaming me into driving to 1.5 miles from the trailhead. Officially not recommended. Jon & Nikki and I took the now gassed up sled there today - funny, that's a lot easier and not scary at all!
Great video. As much as I like POV/GoPro videos its refreshing to see one without any of those shots. :D
We went through the gate before 9 am.
Glad you got the maiden voyage on that one..catch up with you soon!
author=Gregg_C link=topic=22396.msg95704#msg95704 date=1321793966]
one mile. We were towing a sled. Although the sled was pretty light with no gas in it. :(
Laughed out loud at this one Gregg!
Marcus, we can carpool.....
Nice one Jeff! We were up there yesterday and I thought I might run into you. Pretty amazing how filled in it is, eh? Looking forward to getting out with you this year!