Remarks, NZ 9-21-04 TR

**skier666** · 09-22-2004, 04:36 AM

Great day today, but some mean wind at the summit. Gollum broke his leg launching an 8 footer so he will not be represented in these photos.

Hill of Hearing out in the distance, no heli skiing due to strong winds and Frodo's bad breath:

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Crack of Doom in the core of Orodruin, the Shadow Basin Quad runs right over it:

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Mrs. 666 heading to the council at Minas Tirith leading to the War of the Ring:

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Mrs. 666 abrogated her mission in the War of the Ring and became a shape-shifter to make some open powder turns:

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Mrs. 666 enjoying some Middle Earth shuga', still can't find Liv Tyler:

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Orcs and Dwarves and other speaking creatures love to ski Elevator in the Alta Chutes, sweet wind buffed powder and consistent pitch:

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The royal emblem of Gondor was found in this area known as Pipeline, home of some quality billygoatin':

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**skier666** · 09-22-2004, 04:38 AM

Sauron's fortress of Barad -dur is hidden under the double cone the top of the Remarkables, the Grand Couloir down the center. From that couloir to the lookers right of the next picture is the Alta Chutes...the main reason I love coming here. You can hike to anything from left to right and its all good. South facing, steep and littered with scary lines.

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After Sauron settled there, the land became known as Mordor (the Black Land) - no record of an earlier name for this region exists, but the locals now call it the Alta Chutes:

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Jeremy Pierce rinsin' it out propa' with Araggon taking the photo:

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Mordor was a land of approximately rectangular shape, measuring some 600 miles east to west and 400 north to south. On all but its eastern borders, where it marched with Rhûn and Khand, it was surrounded by the mountains of the Ered Lithui and the Ephel Dúath.

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Skier666 doing the token shot with Mordor in the background:

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**The General** · 09-22-2004, 05:26 AM

I heart skier666 trip reports............ and New Zealand!

Nice shots man! I'm jealous....

**Baconzoo** · 09-22-2004, 08:05 AM

Do they still have "The Cow" restaurant in Queenstown? Great pizza
How about Sagauros? The southern most Mexican restaurant in the world. I used to work there rolling tortillas for $3 an hour - haha

You lucky son of a proud mother