You know you've been through some serious schwack fests when 39 trips in, an exit that looks absolutely horrible barely gets mention.
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You know you've been through some serious schwack fests when 39 trips in, an exit that looks absolutely horrible barely gets mention.
The exit was the scariest part of the second line. Thin sketchy snow over exposure... yikes.
I liked the part where Cody repeatedly stated that going over the tracks was highly illegal.
I can only assume the cameras were then turned off and you all proceeded to walk over the tracks :fmicon:
Yeah, a couple of shots of that exit looked fucking scary. Maybe not "fall you die" scary, but certainly "fall and you will be severely fucked up" scary.
What skis are you and Greg on? Proto MTN 105s?? :eek:
Emma looks like she's on the new MTN 96. What a badass.
ETA: that looked like about my ideal (massive) day of touring for serious lines. FKNA! :yourock:
Hard to tell but the top of that line(swiss north) is very steep with a fair but of exposure, the line is massive. One of the longest laps in the canadian rockies. Its been getting skied more as of late, like most things, but i still think it only gets a few descents/year despite being an all up then all down highway access zero approach traverse(with the added skin back below the tracks). Its not quite tnf of robson but it is that one on most ski mountaineers list that they just havent gotten to. Tnf of rogers to start and the route finding on to tnf of swiss adds a fair bit of adversity to a line that already has a lot to think about. The locals adversity add on prrhaps? Super impressive for Ms Patterson to slay that as her 1st rogers pass ski, and like it was just a fun day out. Thats a loong day. Longer than the 7k feet would suggest. The skin out to stone arches mustve been heinous. Fun watch. The skiing looked sooo good
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For sure. "Hey just walk down there to that cement thing to make it look like we're going under"Quote:
Originally Posted by ey_allen
IIRC it's just tresspassing on private property. Tough to get arrested for, but certainly not something you'd want to record yourself doing and post on the internet.
The major problem is that both cp rail and parks take it very seriously and areas end up getting shut down for everyone. Theyve considered shutting everything down different times or atleast talked about it. The rail and the highway are priority
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ExactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by grinch
Cannot mention enough of this, it only takes a few to fuck it up for everyone.
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There are two entrances for NE of Swiss, both very steep and very exposed. Getting caught in your slough on the entrance we took, would definitely b fatal. You're right, it's definitely been getting skied more and more, yet still probably only has a handful of descents per year because it is a very serious line with very high consequence. To me, the added complexity with throwing Rogers is was fun for sure. And you can take Roger's a bit deeper than we did, but then it puts you climbing under some very large, a very active seracs. Plus about a week before, a guide got caught in a small slide and was feet away from being dragged into a very deep crevasse. So ultimately, I wouldn't do the link up again because it's not that worth it. But I would honestly set a lot of stuff aside in life to ski NE of Swiss in the conditions we got it in again. It should be one of the most sought after lines in the Selkirks because it is seriously rad...granted, there is a lot of other stuff out there that will remain unnamed and unmentioned that could be as equally as bad ass out there. Just a lot less eyeballs on them than Swiss since you can see the NE face of Swiss from the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
Story telling keeps getting better and thanks to all the guests who show up to tour with you; sure adds a lot. Great kickoff for ski season
Exactly. Roger's Pass skiing is under constant threat to be closed down. People skiing in closed zones, crossing railways and skiing without Winter Permits is a path to get it all shut down. The highway and the railway pretty much find all skiers a complete and total nuisance and if they could, would shut it down in a second. So yeah, the fine would suck. Being the person that gets a drainage totally shut down would be far worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
Cody, one of your more impressive feats this season is getting those ZipFit GFT liners into your MTN Summit boots. Any tips? Did you cut out the gaiter or something? I tried to get my GFTs into a pair of MTN Summits today and didn't even come close, even with a ski boot horn.
Well, I do have 27.5 liners in 28 shells, so maybe that's how. I have Intuition Pro Tour liners in my 27.5 Summit MTN boots and the GFT's in my upsized 28 shells. So probably that has something big to do with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jongle
hey alka: what's the deal with calling it the "ne" face of swiss? was there a local's or first descensionist's tribunal that i missed hearing about? you on a unilateral side quest for naming accuracy in ski descents? (it should prob be the "nne" face then... ha!) or am i confused as to what you skied?
cause as far as i know what you skied down, after rogers, has been called the "n" face of swiss for as long as it has been skied...
i do agree that if there was a way to guarantee mint conditions, this is a line that people should drop everything for... i skied it a couple years ago and didn't get it in as good of conditions as you got... despite the more careful turning and less ripping result, it was still the sweetest line i've had the chance to ski down so far... hence the personal interest in hearing the rest of the story regarding your naming proclivities!
Technically the face is NE. I think we just get lazy and call it Swiss N. That's pretty much the reason.Attachment 434519Quote:
Originally Posted by bot.gee
I saw you throw a thanks out to Danyelle at the end of this episode. Are you scamming inside info?
I dunno, just heard it referred as such. Or maybe that was written as such in the book and it stuck with me. Funny enough the book hasn’t been the most reliable for beta. Either way, yeah doesn’t matter and wasn’t trying to be all super accurate, just repeating what I thought it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by bot.gee
But yeah man, such a damn memorable line. Was just blown away turning around and looking back up that thing right below.
….maybe. I mean when you have known someone for 12+ years that works on the pass and pretty much runs the place, you go to them for info when ya can.Quote:
Originally Posted by weibo
That is definitely the right move. I used to work with her, she is good people and an awesome resource.
Well well, a nice surprise drop at lunchtime. Episode ends on a cliffhanger - the suspense is killing me!
Sleeping in that cabin looked 10/10. Sleeping on a snow bed with soaked gear and moist air looked 2/10. But what do you want when you sign up for a torturefest?
Those packs looked brutal! Looking forward to seeing part 2 of the traverse.
How are the GFT liners working out for you, Cody? Speaking of liners, I can't believe Tobin went for such a long walk in powerwraps!
Nice work on E1! So excited for the new few to come! How heavy were your packs on average for the traverse?
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As always I thoroughly enjoyed it, looking forward to the next one. Keeps getting better each episode.
Right?? It seems like two weeks is too long to wait for Part 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulster2626
We weighed and evened them out before departure on Day 1 and they were all about 54-56lbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khrolar
Interesting. I managed a sierra traverse with 45lbs, 8 gets of food.
But i was counting every gram.
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You probably didn’t have 20-30 lbs of camera gear with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by rod9301
I can’t imagine how many Sony batteries Bjarne had to bring for ten days of filming in the cold.
Yeah you can go lighter than we did, but also a traverse in Canada is a lot different than a traverse in the Sierra when it comes to gear / weather / terrain prep. Also as others noted, we’re filming the whole thing so that brings another factor of necessity for equipment. Cameras, batteries, audio recorders, recharging equipment…it adds up quick.Quote:
Originally Posted by rod9301
Yeah, forgot about the camera equipment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
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Were you guys on the traverse at the same time as Simi, Linden and Ben or did you cross paths around that time? Any thoughts on your approach/decision making in comparison?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
We were watching last night.... and were wondering about Bjarne(sp). How does he do it? Saw the fifty that you held the cam. But seriously, give the guy a huge props. I can only imagine he carries the most equipment... or do you share the weight?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
Cody, for the sake of trip/story continuity did you consider making this trip one extended episode instead of a part 1 and part 2?
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Yeah was on at the same time as them and ran into Simi and crew on the Deville on Day 2. I have no idea about their approach/decision making because I really haven’t talked to Simi about their trip. Seems like they went decently light and fast but other than that didn’t talk to much to them about the specifics of their trip. Is there info out there somewhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
Yeah we did, but first cut was and hour and 45 minutes long and making something that is continuously watchable of that length is really difficult. So I cut it down to three parts so we could tell a lot of the story while also not feeling repetitive.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtid
Nice, yeah I've chatted with him a bit about their trip. They were def going light and fast and had some sticky moments up high.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkasquawlik
I understand that North -South is faster if you’re side hilling your way to a FKN, but in my experience doing these tours, South - North means climbing firm South faces early in the day and skiing powder on the North faces. What am I missing?
In the video they said they did north to south so they would limit their exposure on the south facing slopes. I think it was warm and they were worried about natural avalanches coming down on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by kootenayskier
Yeah you're spot on but we addressed the exact reasoning behind our decision in the episode. It had to do with not only with warm afternoons but a massive forecasted warm up 7 days out from our start. So entering into the much bigger and more hazardous Selkirks during a warm up that was forecasting overnight freezing levels above 3000m seemed incredibly dangerous and stupid. The goal was the complete the traverse, so our direction gave us a far better chance of finishing. The day we left the mountains it was +3c at 3000m at 9am. If we were going up from the Glacier Circle cabin during that warm up it would've been sketchy as hell. Decision making in the mountains is all about giving yourself a lot of margin for error, going North to South gave us that. Going South to North would've been more pleasurable but more dangerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by kootenayskier
Hey Cody, can you tell us what you took for glacier gear?