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Awesome man!! Been really enjoying your videos.

4/22/15 12:46am

Boot

Diamond Peak, OR, 19 April.

Pretty epic vid guys!

4/21/15 11:46pm

Sha-Ray-Ray

We were one of those few people climbing Diamond Peak with you! We've done it in mid-April three of the last four years, and the snow levels this year were dismal. Last year, we started skinning at about 5,000 feet; this year, we couldn't put skins on until 6,000.

We also started at Corrigan Lake TH this year -- starting at Rockpile TH is way more fun!

Due to the recent loose wet avalanche and lots o' pinwheels in the middle of the SW bowl, we opted to climb...

4/21/15 8:36am

Norseman

Great turns, man.

4/21/15 8:33am

christoph benells

awesome, and my favorite sigur ros song too.

4/21/15 4:02am

skibum.roberts

thanks all, its def my favorite mountain for getting good pow turns in, the Northwest couloir is a must for those looking to get 3 k of 45 degree turns in.

4/21/15 3:01am

skibum.roberts

19apr2015, santa fe alpine

author=discostew link=topic=34161.msg140936#msg140936 date=1429583082]
Nice work and great video! I've always wanted to do a line off of Shuksan.

What camera do you use for your videos?

i have the sony helmet cam and the sony ax6000

4/21/15 2:54am

avajane

I hope that same inch of snow falls at Whistler tomorrow night!

4/21/15 2:54am

tabski

Sick stuff, Adam.

4/21/15 2:51am

Charlie Hagedorn

Mighty fine!

4/21/15 12:27am

ski_photomatt

Nice video! Must have been something to have nice powder like that all the way down the NW Couloir!

4/20/15 9:55pm

discostew

Nice work and great video! I've always wanted to do a line off of Shuksan.

What camera do you use for your videos?

4/20/15 3:26pm

avajane

Awesome guys. Beautiful.

4/20/15 2:36pm

Pete A

Late March pow at Icefall Lodge, BC Rockies

wow! great video and nice work!

4/20/15 1:50pm

discostew

Must have been fun being there the first year. I imagine you got some first descents!

Our guide Pierre told us they're opening a new lodge next season somewhere east of Revy if I recall correctly. Smaller groups and more north facing terrain but smaller skiable vertical relief than Icefall. It's definitely on my radar now.

4/20/15 1:29pm

peteyboy

April 15, 2015, Heliotrope

Thanks Marcus! Much appreciation to all our great photographers.

4/20/15 1:16pm

Gregg_C

Thanks for the video. That was quite fun to watch from the dry eastern side of the state.

4/20/15 1:14pm

Marcus

I'll get on it when I'm back from Penticton, Pete.

4/20/15 1:03pm

peteyboy

You guys are brilliant. So much for high risk punch through isothermal mush. Way to get after it yet again.
I miss the changing of the lead picture on the site as the seasons roll. Radka's shot is as beautiful and emblematic of what pulls us to go as a picture can be. But let's bring back the changing lead pic! It's Spring (forget for a moment the winter we just had) - I nominate that second shot of Mike ripping it for lead pic.

4/20/15 12:52pm

jtack

HA! I was wondering!

4/20/15 12:41pm

Lowell_Skoog

author=mikerolfs link=topic=34148.msg140900#msg140900 date=1429421051]
The price for a cookie was to read your fortune aloud followed by "in bed". A super day.

My fortune:

4/20/15 11:29am

mikerolfs

Here are a few more photos:

Dan tele-hop turning above a narrow and steep spot.

Lowell enjoying the terrain

This is Lowell on our last run making the cooked snow look like it's still firm corn. Just to the right of him, you can see my tracks where I punch through the surface...

4/20/15 11:24am

jtack

Nice pictures, sure looks like a great trip, Dan, you were dressed for photo success with that red wind shirt! And that's a great shot of Mike taken through the tight terrain. Thanks.

4/20/15 10:48am

skier8484

author=lrudholm link=topic=34148.msg140904#msg140904 date=1429449811]
You should definitely frame that second photograph. Really nice.

Agreed! Great shot.

4/20/15 10:29am

lrudholm

You should definitely frame that second photograph. Really nice.

4/19/15 12:23pm

danpeck

The adventure was real, the scenery world class, and the company first rate! I'll try to post pics in a couple of days when I get back from my travels.

4/19/15 9:38am

mikerolfs

April 15, 2015, Heliotrope

Great day Lowell. Thanks for the S. Peak suggestion. That was a highlight. The other highlight was the "meet-up' crew on Fortune Pk. handing out fortune cookies. The price for a cookie was to read your fortune aloud followed by "in bed". A super day. Thanks!

4/19/15 9:13am

hop

updated with video

4/19/15 3:16am

AndyMartin

Late March pow at Icefall Lodge, BC Rockies

Nice! Went there on a guided trip with Martin Volken the first year they opened.

discostew

sick!

jtack

Nice, thanks for the powder stoke!

4/19/15 1:15am

avajane

I skinned and skied over 3,000' vertical that day. I was way out of the area, by myself, in avalanche terrain, on a lovely low avalanche danger day. It was backcountry. I took nice pictures of my tracks, and posted them to the right place. If I duck under a rope and ski out of bounds and back in then yes - I'd post it under Lift Accessed Skiing. There's a difference.

I think that life is too short to complain about a post from several weeks ago that do...

4/19/15 12:50am

T. Eastman

April 16, Rainier, Fryingpan Creek

Yo Tony, I don't agree. It can't really be skiing unless they walk from home and then ski the tour...

... well maybe not. The Spearhead and area are regularly listed in this section.

4/19/15 12:16am

rlsg

April 15, Silver Star

Great photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/18/15 10:38pm

kamtron

Awesome! We felt the same about the company in Glacier Basin recently

4/18/15 10:23pm

hop

April 15, 2015, Heliotrope

I know of two parties that reached the summit via the Coleman-Deming route yesterday. Looks like it was pretty good up there!

4/18/15 3:19pm

Garth_Ferber

April 16, 2015, Monte Camicia

This sounds fishy to me. I will only believe it when I see it via photo documentation. :)

4/18/15 2:24pm

Kenji

April 15, Silver Star

Nice shots, Jim! There may be just enough booting for me w/o fighting crowd...

4/18/15 7:16am

joke

Yeah, c'mon. I can't tell you how many times I've been way out on Shuksan and used the lifts to start the tour. Get over your purist nonsense.

4/18/15 2:40am

Floater

May 2, 2014, Dark Peak, First Ski Descent

I see nothing wrong with this post. Yes you do use the lift to start some of these Whistler tours but then you end up going way out first Flute and Oboe then cowboy Ridge and on to Russett Lake Fissile and other locations. You have to skin a ton. If there is a lift to start no biggy. It also gives me an idea on how conditions are in the Whistler BC.

4/18/15 2:10am

TonyM

Looking back, I'm guessing it'll be a while before this one is repeated. Unless sking some of the other nearby un-skied peaks.

It takes about 3 hours driving from Seattle to get to the launch point of the Lady of the Lakes boat/ferry ... then about 2 hours worth of a nice boat trip... followed by appx 1 hour (transfers, loading, etc.) bus trip up dirt / forest service roads to Holden (nice nostalgic type drive...).

Then about 3-5 hours skinning/booting (...

4/17/15 11:30pm

TonyM