PORTILLO ....pics

Printable View

10-13-2005, 03:05 PM
Jim S

PORTILLO ....pics

:biggrin:
Some pics of skiing the Andes this summer and to get stoked for this coming season.

Santiago to Portillo via heli

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tsnowpeaks.jpg

Get out of bed in Portillo and look out the window to see this every morning

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...valleyview.jpg

Chutes in back of the hotel

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...chutelines.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...argantito2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...urtherdown.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tuaripping.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lateaulift.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...stebigturn.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ardCrssaJn.jpg

Skiing across the frozen lake...heard it hasn't frozen over in the past 5 years

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ncrosslake.jpg

Heli trip
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...raycoolpic.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nfromfront.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...thecornice.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...esteepview.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ebigtracks.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...eroverhips.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...oostertail.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/happyJim.jpg

Chis Davenport, me, Shane McConkey

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...meMcConkey.jpg

"A season's pass to Squaw doesn't mean this fool can buddy up to me!"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...yandSloves.jpg
10-13-2005, 03:07 PM
lemon boy

way to totally not suck! :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:
10-13-2005, 03:11 PM
truth

Good stuff, though not tahoe rad.
10-13-2005, 03:14 PM
avacadotoast

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim S

:biggrin:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...meMcConkey.jpg

Gettin a little frisky with CD aren't we?! ;)

Very nice!!
10-13-2005, 03:25 PM
subtle plague

you met famous people ! :yourock: ;)

nice pics.
10-13-2005, 03:25 PM
Tippster

Sweeet. Another entry in the "whenthefuckamIgonnawinthegoddamnlottery" ledger.
10-13-2005, 03:34 PM
hoarhey

Great pictures. Looks like it was a great trip. Heli from Santiago to Portillo, holy shite, man.

FYI, the lake froze over in 2002.
10-13-2005, 05:45 PM
Squirrel99

great portillo action.

i'm really digging this shot. makes me wanna go skiing right now :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...esteepview.jpg
10-13-2005, 06:02 PM
jump

Very nice stuff, I have to find some way to get down there next year.
10-14-2005, 12:36 AM
janus

Tap that ass.
10-14-2005, 06:37 AM
Xover

was your heli guide frank coffey??
10-14-2005, 06:40 AM
Jim S

Pilot was Mario and the guide was a Frenchman with an unsual name, Mann or something. I was so stoked I could barely remember my own name.
10-14-2005, 06:41 AM
bad_roo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ardCrssaJn.jpg

Great pics but the bald guy in the shades looks like a turtle who needs to be punched out.
10-14-2005, 06:46 AM
Artie Fufkin

That did not look like a bad trip, sweet pictures!
10-14-2005, 06:50 AM
Jiehkevarri

Way to use those Pistols in the 6th picture from the bottom (compared to the tracks seen on the skier's left)

Reminds me of the long hauling done in the Girose Glacier in Grave last winter...hmmmmm goood
10-14-2005, 08:32 AM
Jim S

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiehkevarri

Way to use those Pistols in the 6th picture from the bottom (compared to the tracks seen on the skier's left)

Thanks. I wanted to balance high speed straightlining with making the run last so I made big high speed turns. I was asked to ski last as clean up in case anybody else lost it. BTW, they are the Vicious and not the SP. :)
10-14-2005, 10:29 AM
Xdog

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim S

:biggrin:

Skiing across the frozen lake...heard it hasn't frozen over in the past 5 years

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ncrosslake.jpg

Nope, I skied down to it daily in '02.

Schweet pix tho'.
10-14-2005, 02:15 PM
HyRUPz

Lindisimo!
10-14-2005, 02:31 PM
basom

i thought your t-shirt had boognish on it, but it was only the spitfire logo. too bad. otherwise, looks like boner city.
10-14-2005, 03:14 PM
Altaholic

I'll be in South America for about 4-6 weeks next year, think I'll be in Las Lenas. How long does the season last there? Until mid-october? I can work at my seasonal waitstaff job until the start of September.
That thread is frickin' awesome!!!!!! :biggrin:
10-14-2005, 03:20 PM
powstash

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirrel99

great portillo action.

i'm really digging this shot. makes me wanna go skiing right now :D

Everything makes you wanna go skiing right now. :D
03-16-2006, 02:03 AM
StuntCok

Sweet, although last year was the best season on record for them. The year before was awful. Let's keep our fingers crossed for this year.
03-16-2006, 06:24 AM
enlosandes

Everyone should go to Portillo this year!
03-16-2006, 07:25 AM
mojorisin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim S

:biggrin: ...

Chis Davenport, me, Shane McConkey

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...meMcConkey.jpg

What you don't see in the picture, is that Jim is firmly cupping Shane's ass... hence the big shit-eating grin on Jim's face and the awkward smile on Shane
03-16-2006, 08:04 AM
skiing-in-jackson

LLLOOVVEEE the pic of you looking down over your skis into the chute!

I've been trying to get the bread together for a summer ski trip for a awhile...stoke like this really helps...actually it hurts...