Yeah, the wood berms were on Blue Berry and Big Spruce over on Chair 3.
I'd go for another push but my bike is tired. Bad bushings and wheel set and Boxxer blowout all add up to sloppy ride. There is always next year!
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Yeah, the wood berms were on Blue Berry and Big Spruce over on Chair 3.
I'd go for another push but my bike is tired. Bad bushings and wheel set and Boxxer blowout all add up to sloppy ride. There is always next year!
[QUOTE=carpathian;2859302](Sorry for all the offline images. The site I upload to has been on the fritz.)
So far America has been pretty good to me.
Within 48 hours of rolling into town I found this nice little chalet and bought it for $3000. The current owners want to build a new house on the foundation and basically were going to have to pay to demo the place until I came to the rescue. It is going to be a pain to move it but heck, it is a $3000 house.
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You bought that from my uncle
And before that wasn't it Gary King's son's house?
Either way here it is now after several months of frantic work adding the second floor and all.
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Just in time to hit the road!
Man, the sub arctic taiga forest can be dismal in early october. That is Sanford or Drum, don't remember.
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Desolate, lonely mountains near Christochitina
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Traveling south at this time of year is like going back in time, in regards to the seasons at least
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Though it is not as warm as it looks here at Lake Kluane, despite the tropical colors
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Out here you see about 1 car per hour
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Vesna is thinking about going for a dip
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Getting warmer in the heart of the Yukon.
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By the time we hit the lower Cassiar there were more leaves still on the trees and the air was warm(er)
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After 30 some odd hours of driving @ 80 mph we intersected Highway 16 and were soon in Smithers
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Just in time to see what the Smithers crew has been up to all summer. Hitting more jumps then me, I suspect!
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For you. Brian and Gabe on Paydirt
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Ah the memories!
Glad to see you made it up. I always thought that trail was special then I saw your vid and it confirmed it. Too many jumps to count.
They got some new stuff in the works...
Waking up to another day in Smithers, BC.
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Smithers is a special place tucked in the middle of nowhere
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Life at the end of the rainbow
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A place where chickens run free
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and lettuce grows tall
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Where hippies burn sage
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and run chainsaw like nothin at all
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You can see Paydirt down in there, about to hibernate for the season
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The forest is fertile above
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and below
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As you can see, SnowWalker is excited about the snow.
Welcome back Jake! Can't wait to see you and Vessie and Rosie at Laurie's party at the end of the month.
I hate to tell ya Gman, but we are heading back north here next week.
Getting on the ferry in Rupert then 3 day cruise to Whittier then 20 minute drive to Girdwood. See what Alaska has to offer. Basically full time work, grandparents in immediate vicinity and... well... powder covered spines.
See if I can push some of these skis on the locals and go from there.
It has been a bittersweet stay here in Smithers but I have learned that it won't go anywhere like Alaska did not go anywhere while I was here in Smithers for 6 years.
Have a good season!
Aw, shit. Way too bad. Don't suppose you'll have time to stop in for lunch or dinner on the way through??
Well you know someone said once (and I'll butcher the quote no doubt) that life is either a thrilling adventure or nothing at all. So go get it man. Yep, you're right about the places staying there...
If I don't see you on the way through, all the best man! Give my love to Vessie, and I'll see you next time Jake.
ps, I'll keep a look out for you on the intraweb, keep on posting the great things that are your TR's and life documentary. It's a great read man!
Who says snowmobilers are dangerous in the backcountry?!!
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Devish is looking decidely upscale in that picture normaly he dresses like a sheep herder from the hindu kush
You will be back cuz this place is a magnet for a certain focus group of freaks & wierdo's
hope you got the compound rented
later ,al
You could get a foot in the door, start at the bottom by writing copy for the website. I like your tone, your lackadaisical but honorable pomp. Your spelling and punctuation are good.Quote:
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The snow is creeping down the hill as seen from my Smithers driveway. I know it is hard to believe but it is time to head north
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I built this spiffy new gate to keep winos out until the new renter shows up
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Vamanos!
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It started to clear up on route to Prince Rupert
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Welcome to Rupert. Getting on the ferry in the morning...
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The route includes a day and a half in the inside passage up to Juneau and then almost 2 days crossing the open Gulf of Alaska with a quick stop in Yakutat:
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Good bye Rupert Canada, see you again someday!
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Lone light house
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Welcome to Ketchikan!
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The mountains start getting bigger in Juneau
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6 hour layover in AK capital
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On to the open ocean!
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We went all night to Yakutat, Sunset over Icy Straight
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The next morning
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Rush hour
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This is the first of many breaks as the beach stretches ^^^ for 400 miles back towards Juneau
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Many hours later, slush on deck
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Southern tip of Kayak Island; middle of nowhere
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6am the next day. It is always shittier in Whittier, sleet.
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It sure is good to be home! When it rains down low, it snows up high
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Big League is looking sweet...
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Thank you so much for sharing your life with us!
I can't tell you how much I enjoy reading this thread.
Wow! You almost made me want to ride the ferry again.
^^^I just started working with someone yesterday who works at Seaba and she told me to talk to you/them about a guide job later this winter...? Are you Sonny? No wait, big guy from Montana?
I did the guide course with Seandog back in 03. PM?
Speaking of Haines:
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We decided it was time to pop the cherry on the 2010/11 ski season. Started driving towards Turnagain Pass but were deterred by the low hanging clouds so turned around and chased a promising sucker hole above Crow Pass.
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It is pretty thin coverage down low so we opted for easy walking in hiking boots to cover ground.
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Still hiking...
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The objective: Jewel Mountain, we circle around the left hand side there and spiral around up to the summit and ski the north side
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Hiking...
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Jewel Mountain is the classic early season Girdwood Valley ski. After a few more feet of snow the long pass you have to traverse up is a sure avy terrain trap so there is only a small window to ski the area in October and November.
More hiking, actually only about an hours worth.
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Finally enough snow to skin
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Getting there
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Only a few more steps
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Time to ski!
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Did I mention that it was thin coverage?
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Nice! way to get after it. So you guys were skiing the glacier on the north side? No shit about the traverse around Barnes Mtn. to get back there I've been turned around there in the spring trying to get on the Raven Glacier super sketch to traverse across a big open ~35* slope with a gorge at the bottom.
I was going to head up to Hatcher this weekend. Should be more snow up there.
^^It snowed all night and into the morning. I was hanging around working on shelving units and stuff when Sean drove up with his ski gear. There was a growing hole in the clouds south towards Turnagain so we decided to make a run for it.
As we started driving the clouds completely burned off revealing the surrounding hills.
Pyramid and carpathian in far distance
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There was so much moisture still in the air and in the snow that you could see it vaporizing out of the snow pack.
Tombstone and Petersen Headwall
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North face of Big Chief in Seattle Creek drainage
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Wolverine
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I know, it's like being a kid in the candy store. But you have to be patient and wait for the season to come together. Days like this are quickly becoming more rare as we loss 7 minutes of daylight every day. Soon it will be dark and stormy and all of these gems will get plastered for a few months...
We were on day 2 so Sunburst it is!
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The alders were not too bad down low
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The air continued to warm and it started moving snow
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Magnum
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Climbing up under hang fire...?
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Relative safety of the ridge with Tincan Proper in back ground
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This little dog caught up with us from the group behind us. This ridge proved to be somewhat irksome as it kept wumping underfoot.
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Well we made it to the top, time for some solid hip wiggling
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2000 feet of knee deep to the car
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Good one!
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I can't believe we had that window yesterday!
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Looks like you could have a good early season this year, keep the stoke coming.
make me some skis already. i decided it's time to turn pro. with my recent stint of long term unemployment i haven't squirreled enough dough to eat my way through the winter. so in the interest of my own psychological wellbeing i decided i need to justify the poverty life i live with. like thoes artsy puffs in the city with there fixey gearbikes and book of misunderstood poetry stuffed in a back pocket, thoes fuckers make being broke look fucking cool suffering to legitimize their misunderstood art. this is why it's so apparently obvious that i need a pair of carpaithians. like seriously Dude sponsor me
sincerely
Mark D Houston
ps give PO bear a sweet belly rub and let him know its from me.
^^^ RKT!
Sounds like you're keeping it real in Pemby, suffering the ski bum malaise.
Any snow down there? I saw Pierrot's fresh DOA shot in Powder, that was sweet.
My shop is in a half functional state as result from the long haul there last week. I thought you were going to get a press together? I can't promise you more then a couch to sleep on right now. Maybe if you do make it up here I can give you a pair in person? Maybe find you a nice Alaskan girl and a green card and you could build bike trails with me?
Here is some incentive:
We barely made it out of the driveway but decided to venture south to the pass to see how deep DEEP really is
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Tincan is good for storm days in the backcountry
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Half hour climb later
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Heavy precip in all directions. Up down and otherwise.
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Get those arms up to reduce drag!
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Vesna laying the jump turn
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Like I said, heavy precipitation
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Fly like an eagle into the future.
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you picked a good year to bail still no snow at valley bottom and minimal up on the praire
damn I drove to seward this weekend and it was looking good. wish I didn't have the kids with so I could have stopped now. There's always this weekend and it's still snowing. I'm insanely jealous of your ability to get childcare.
^^ Grandma is the key!
My Grandma's taking care of my Grandpa and his broken hip now:nonono2:
Yep....That all looks VERY familiar. Lately, I've been going to the hills just outside of Portage for early season half-day stuff (but NOT this season...wwwaaahhh). Super easy to get to. You can park right by the train-car loading zone and hike in. No trails of course, but not too much brush. The great thing about early-season is that there is really no avi danger yet. For half-day trips...anywhere along the Seward highway all the way to Moose Pass you can find stomp trails leading in to the pow. Bird, Indian Creek, Ingrahm creek...it's all good...it's all paradise. I usually stay away from Turnagain Arm Recreation Area though because of all the blasted snowmachines, at least on the weekends. It DOES have some great bowls though and only feet from the parking lot.Quote:
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Beyond Moose Pass and before Seward, another really good half-day spot is Carter Lake Trail...it's at milepost 33 and usually has plenty of parking at the trailhead. Up trail are some great little chutes.
I had to go to work but Vesna went skiing and met up with some random snowboards dudes and they decided to shred!
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Random Skunk Ape siteing!
whenever i check this thread i get inspired to do cool shit.
^^^That is what I want to hear!
Girdwood is wet these days so we took a chance and made the run south to Summit Pass. It is usually a bit drier so we hoped for at least a glimpse of the sun.
Upper Summit Lake
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The light opened up just enough and there was snow in the air. We climbed and the skied little mountain there on the right.
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STOP! Heavy powder this way...
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At the top of the old ski hill
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Time to shred!
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Good thing I have these water skis on my feet!
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Good Day Summit!
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hey man just got out on the new skis again yesterday and they are proving to be super fun!img/file:///C:/Users/Drakken/Pictures/2010-11-14%20ski/ski%20001.JPG/(img)
just giving this picture thing another try, if it doesn't work can you post how to post them, word
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Snow Walker I sent you private message:
Jed and I made an early start in Summit Pass. Once again the light was all right!
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The Eagle said 'the powder is this way...'
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Hiking surrounded by eye candy
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Pointy ones
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Round ones
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Lots of these uglies
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Still hiking
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A stiff south westerly picked up for a bit
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Lots of options with ocean in far background
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The top: How far away is that?
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Beer thirty and Jed's first turns of the year.
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Creamy turns on endless rolling ridge in flat light
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Jed laying her down
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To the car
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What a great day. Good weather good snow. No carnage despite my flailing around.
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glad to see you guys got some already