June Avies and Pow 6-6-07

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Originally Posted by alto

As we reached the car, xover and trackhead made their arrival. But we had already tagged all the good lines. Sorry guys.

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BWAH! You didn't tag shitt ;)

Did a lap on the shoulder, which was ok. But met up with Guy and ran a lap in Ballroom, which was very good. Then went up for another, but decided to boot up Main Chute to take a look. Got about half way up, and we decided to bail, due to rapid windloading and increasing danger.

Baldy Chute had easily 1.5 to 2.5 feet of snow in it. It was deep, soft, and very skiable. But also dangerous. The rest of Alta had about 1 to 1.5 feet. The exit out Corkscrew late in the day was absolutely PERFECT!

Guy, wishing he brought his Verdicts.
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June or January? Xover hauling.
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Called JoshP, but he said "It's biking season". Not today.
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Our last run, we booted up Main Chute. The weather was heinous. 40+ mph winds, cold, graupel. Feeling kinda soft really.
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Guy, at 8:15pm, dark skies, 800 ISO, not enough light. But the snow...........
I cut two small slabs about 2 feet deep that ran 100-200 feet. Interesting. Glad Xover suggested stopping and turning around.
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Best June pow day I've ever had. Xover hauling again.
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Notice the smile.
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Tomorrow morning should be good, if the wind doesn't wreck it. Watch out for wind slabs.

Just filthy.

argggghhh - hey Utah looks like B.C. in your pics - you know, grey and cold and windy

FKNA boys, well done :yourock:

I still say it is biking season though :biggrin:

Fucking Josh:cussing:

Putting your hand up a girls skirt is a lot different than taking all her clothes off. But yes, I am justifiably called out.

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Originally Posted by alto

Putting your hand up a girls skirt is a lot different than taking all her clothes off. But yes, I am justifiably called out.

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hahahahaha

Un fuckin real.

I thought ski season ended 3 months ago? Good work, guys.

I'd give up a sore ass from a bike seat for those face shots any day. Nice work there. We just got a quarter millimeter of fresh pow here in Tajo too. I love to hear people bitch about the cold weather.

i hate the east coast.

Great pics!

today is the first day of the rest of my life.

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Originally Posted by alto

Putting your hand up a girls skirt is a lot different than taking all her clothes off. But yes, I am justifiably called out.

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LOL!!! That is abso-fukin'-lootley the best saying I've heard this year :yourock: Can I poach that or do will I have to pay your spancers $$$$ for it?? ;)

Cool to re-meet you since your first year here; still can't believe you guys were leaving "early"; especially with Gramps in tow ;)

p.s. i'm definitely not willing to bet both my nuts that the Uintas were better than Alta tonight Powstash; you lose :p

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Originally Posted by Xover

p.s. i'm definitely not willing to bet both my nuts that the Uintas were better than Alta tonight Powstash; you lose :p

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It likely wasn't better in the Uintas - just closer to home and I saw 0 other people and 0 other cars. True wilderness my man...not to mention 4-8" of the fluffly stuff that once or twice got in my face. Winter conditions in June are a rare treat that I was stoked to experience.

nice work gents.

^ we saw no other bravehearts on the hill either :D

pissed i had to buy the beer cause you bailed ;)

go to bed, so you and TH can lap the goods tomorrow a.m. ..... take your camera :fm:

Yup. Good on anyone getting er tomorrow. Be careful, as evidenced by TH and XO... Be a real shame to be killed by an avie in June.

HELL YEAH!!!

I want some pow also!

Damn! Awesome!

Very nice!!

Can't beat powder in June!

Looking forward to more pics from this morning. Still kind of not believing that much fell up there, crazy.

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Originally Posted by alto

Be a real shame to be killed by an avie in June.

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In my book, it'd be a bummer regardless of month.

sickity!

Dis Eased. I missed my laps with XOver this year....

I heard the ensuing cackle from this pick all the way out in California.

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Solid work.

seems that xover is showing his age, he forgot to put his dentures in

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Originally Posted by Crinkle

seems that xover is showing his age, he forgot to put his dentures in

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Slow pitch....

When I lived in Utah, seems like every year either the first or second week of June there would always be one last rush of winter (with 1-2 feet dropped on Guardsman and just enough- 6" or so- to freak out the tourists in Park City). Was always fun watching the tourists reactions at the hotel.

This shot's great- especially for June!
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Today was even better. Got FIRST TRACKS down Baldy Main. All the wankers this morning wouldn't touch it. Fast, DEEP, and stable.

Ha!

You people suck.


I had a physical this morning, new doctor.

"Do you exercise?"

"Yeah, about six months out of the year."

"Doing what?"

"Skiing."

"Okay, but anything in the past couple of months?"

"Yeah, skiing."

"Really?"

"Yeah. It wasn't as good as last year, when I kept it up until July 4th. Lousy season."

"What do you do the rest of the year?"

"Dream about skiing, talk with my kids about skiing, and watch ski movies."

"You need to find something to do the rest of the year."

"Yeah, I know. Maybe I'll start hiking with the kids."

I didn't clarify that when I said "hiking," I meant "getting an AT setup and hitting Shasta."

De-fuggin-licious, guys, nice work and congrats!

That's sweet, TH.

Is it rock-skis steeze or do you have enough base under there to not care?

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That's sweet, TH.

Is it rock-skis steeze or do you have enough base under there to not care?

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Never hit a rock today. Skinned from the car, and skied to the car.

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

All the wankers this morning wouldn't touch it.

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Hey, as one of those wankers, I will note that I was skiing alone, and scared. Plus, I was running late for work and got further sidetracked by the enemy of the dawn patrol - the unexpected coffee-induced deuce.

you dirty bitches.. at least when we say it biking season out here, it is...

June pow looks really guud.

It's + 90 with 30mph winds kickin up a blizzard of cottonwood fluff and howling wind driven cicadas, outside Chicago today, but after reading this if I shut my eyes i can hear Xovers cackle;) . Thanks for the wish I was home stoke.

couldn't resist not "bumping" this one from a fun night out last summer with Hackhead and Guythelurker :)

almost one year to the day from reaping the harvest this morning :fm:

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Originally Posted by Xover

couldn't resist not "bumping" this one from a fun night out last summer with Hackhead and Guythelurker :)

almost one year to the day from reaping the harvest this morning :fm:

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Today was better, in a different kind of way.

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

Today was better, in a different kind of way.

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.... how? what'd you do? go alone so you could yank your wanker; that's the only way today would be better than that day last year for you :D