TR: Disease Ridge, Corona on Blackcomb. Pow11 is back

Toby skied his first bc runs after having an unfortunate accident with his neck about 6 weeks ago. Went to Disease Ridge first where one sweet turn led to about a 1000 feet of bullet proof ice. Sketchiest run of the year for me. Next went to Corona where the snow was buttery smooth.

Disease Ridge
http://photos-085.ak.facebook.com/ph...36085_3353.jpg
After this turn it went to bullet proof ice. Just concentrated on making the next turn.
http://photos-086.ak.facebook.com/ph...36086_3628.jpg
Nice tracks on the Spearhead Glacier
http://photos-087.ak.facebook.com/ph...36087_3892.jpg
My lone track on upper Corona
http://photos-089.ak.facebook.com/ph...36089_4400.jpg
Toby getting some
http://photos-090.ak.facebook.com/ph...36090_4655.jpg
http://photos-091.ak.facebook.com/ph...36091_4957.jpg
http://photos-092.ak.facebook.com/ph...36092_5200.jpg

All in all another good day. Can't wait for the storm thats going to hopefully hit us on Fri/Sat

saweeettt...welcome back!

Very happy to see Toby shredding again

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Originally Posted by postman22

Nice tracks on the Spearhead Glacier
http://photos-087.ak.facebook.com/ph...36087_3892.jpg

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Beauty!

Is this inbounds?

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Originally Posted by MadMatt

Beauty!

Is this inbounds?

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nah slackcountry

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Originally Posted by postman22

nah slackcountry

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It's just a short boot pack from the chair ;)

Great to see ya rippin' again toby! Wish we had tried Corona yesterday, everything else was shite...

I don't know Toby, but I'm glad to hear he's recovering well.

Great pics, thanks.

you guys suck! but good to see Toby back again (does Mrs. Pow11 know?) ;)

Woo wooo. Great to see you the other day toby. And great to see you gettin some pow.
See everyone Fri-Sun possibly monday for the storm cycle.

toby you rock dude...see you all during the weekend, cant wait!!

good you are back toby.

still crushing turns
http://photos-091.ak.facebook.com/ph...36091_4957.jpg

disease?? spankys/chainsaw/etc have been closed for three days because of ice.. what were you guys thinking it would be like? corona was nice though. nearly watched someone die today, we were in lower poop shoots and saw some dude riding down sapphire but skiers right of the sapphire chutes straight towards those big 100 foot cliffs. he figured it out about ten feet from the edge, good thing he was able to stop. then he just laid in the snow for a while, probably shit himself a couple times. patrol eventually showed up and helped him down. darwin nearly got one!

edit: oops forgot, nice toby :)

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Originally Posted by grapedrink

disease?? spankys/chainsaw/etc have been closed for three days because of ice.. what were you guys thinking it would be like? corona was nice though. nearly watched someone die today, we were in lower poop shoots and saw some dude riding down sapphire but skiers right of the sapphire chutes straight towards those big 100 foot cliffs. he figured it out about ten feet from the edge, good thing he was able to stop. then he just laid in the snow for a while, probably shit himself a couple times. patrol eventually showed up and helped him down. darwin nearly got one!

edit: oops forgot, nice toby :)

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spankys and chainsaw also got skied for 3 days in the 10 degree heat. disease ridge didn't and as a result we figured it might be smooth enough to hold pow. pow11 had better luck in the top half than i did as he took away all the snow

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Originally Posted by postman22

spankys and chainsaw also got skied for 3 days in the 10 degree heat. disease ridge didn't and as a result we figured it might be smooth enough to hold pow. pow11 had better luck in the top half than i did as he took away all the snow

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dont get me wrong i wasn't trying to be critical, just curious why you guys thought disease would be a fun time :) pictures look better

Hell yeah toby. Nice to see you ripping again, and good running into you the other day.

Phil, your photos look way better after that thread. A lot crisper.

Looks like you made some nice turns despite the ice.

yeeeeeaaaah pow oneone's! stoked i'll be able to ski with ya this may!

http://photos-086.ak.facebook.com/ph...36086_3628.jpg
wtf dude? thats a turn not your usual straightline. weak :)



I was friggen stoked to get a text this afternoon from van_skier that you were back in the game on the goods. Wedge...wedge...wedge :)

I remember that thread from a bit back when he injured his neck, great to see you back out there shredding the BC pow

great news toby:yourock:

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Originally Posted by shirk

http://photos-086.ak.facebook.com/ph...36086_3628.jpg
wtf dude? thats a turn not your usual straightline. weak :)



I was friggen stoked to get a text this afternoon from van_skier that you were back in the game on the goods. Wedge...wedge...wedge :)

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baby steps, baby steps... I had to ski cut the wind drift at the entrance to have something soft to ride down the sheet of ice on.

what a day! its always tough to overcome injuries from a pyschological pov and Im glad phil had the patience to wait for me all day. I got a bit gripped at the top of disease ridge, but it was a nice victory for me to push myself into it. corona felt like the best run of my life even though we were skiing 2 inches of dust on sheer ice. thanks for the encouraging words :D

I don't about y'all, but when I try to guess where someone would be 6 weeks after breaking their neck, this is what I imagine:

http://photos-091.ak.facebook.com/ph...36091_4957.jpg

I wanna come play!!! I had myself convinced that I was over skiing, but then I saw these photos. I suppose I can bear the pain of my ski boots for some more days. I could tour mon or tues if you guys are going.