Got any good entrance pics? (stoke thread, hopefully)

[Spats]

One of the entrances to Barry @ Snowbird.

[Spats]

Secret Location.

[Spats]

West Face of KT-22. gincognito in foreground.

[Spats]

P4 @ Mammoth. Late spring, lots of rocks.

[Spats]

Philippe's @ Mammoth.

[Endlessseason]

According to Tom, this actually had been skied before and therefore qualifies as an entrance, although we didn't enter this way:


And here is the entry ridge for many a run off the Aigui tram:


Talk about anticipation:


Entrance to Poubelle Couloir:

[Endlessseason]

Entrance to the, shall we say, less-traveled side of the Aiguille Arete:


Envers du Plan:


One of my favorite "entrance" memories from Cham:


One of the many Verbier stashes:

[Endlessseason]

Entrance to the backside of the Ghee:


Scoping out a very scary drop from Mary's Nipple (supposedly has been skied):


ColdSmoke realizing how steep it is:


Awesome shot from Alta's closing day from Brad Stewart's site:

[bad_roo]

I like the look of this line.

[davidof]

Ok here are a few from some less well known spots:



Couloir de la Mina - Porte Puymorens, Fr - about a 45degree entrance but flattens out to around 38degrees



View looking up.


Coulée des Cabines - Mont Dore


The 'Y' Mont Dore, France

If you are a resident of the Axis of Weasel this month's French 'Montagnes Magazine' was impressed by our article on Mont Dore. Perfide Rosbifs.


View from Cable Car of the Y


Couloir W - Chamrousse

[davidof]

Press the down button for 3000 feet of fun from Bochard to the Mer de Glace. Argentiere 2002.

That looks like a pair of broken ski tips poking out over the edge. Damn Euro winters!

[Turbojügend]

This is Voodoo Chile, one of the many steep couloirs in a small valley in northern Norway.

[edg]

Les Arcs, top of Genepi and Robert Blanc



Les Arcs, from tram station, face og Aig Rouge



Les Arcs, Can't remember where though

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[jonski]

hmm, I noticed hence the deletion!

try to get them back up in a bit....

[edg]

hmm, I noticed hence the deletion!

try to get them back up in a bit....

Should be fixed now... Never had much luck from the top of the Aig. Rouge... it was closed most of the time, and when open was packed (on the varet) and cloudy. Mid-station has some nice stashes, however (As long as you kept away from the lanches, flying km and lower end of robert-blanc) The ridge from dou de l'homme -> lanches and coming off the end of that ridge are good though... It's the lee side so catches all the windblown basically from the Aig. Grive round (even if it's a bit heavy) and sloughs off nicely...

edg

[jonski]

Thanks for that edg....forgot my manners, as well as how to link pics, last time!

Yeah, got quite lucky as was there for a month (feb->mar) and it coincided with some good snow snow made for some interesting skiing as it was my first visit to the area. Plus one of my best friends spent 5 seasons there so had the skinny on where to look for some nice stuff elsewhere in the area

Don't rate the link to La Plagne though - takes soooooo long to get over, it hardly seems worth it!

[Ferniefreeheels]

Feuz Bowl -Kicking Horse - Golden BC



Redemption Ridge also at kicking horse

[edg]

Thanks for that edg....forgot my manners, as well as how to link pics, last time!

Yeah, got quite lucky as was there for a month (feb->mar) and it coincided with some good snow snow made for some interesting skiing as it was my first visit to the area. Plus one of my best friends spent 5 seasons there so had the skinny on where to look for some nice stuff elsewhere in the area

Don't rate the link to La Plagne though - takes soooooo long to get over, it hardly seems worth it!

I was surprised at the snow too - was there in April and not only was there powder but pretty much daily refills. Main problems were the crowds (both on and [not too far] off piste) and the temperatures - the snow lower down (~1800m) was getting soft really quickly - which lead to some rather painful head plants when transferring for plowed to unplowed (there isn't much resistance held up by a tele binding if your skis come to a grinding hault ). Good times none-the-less.

Tries the La Plagne link once, and it did take forever. There seem to be some good stuff over there if you're staying that side, but the sun tends to beat your to it, and if you're going over from Les Arcs just too much damned effort.

And no problem!

edg

[Baconzoo]

and a real Boney Once is Enough in Jackson Hole BC

[Baconzoo]

From my buddy:
Aaron Bear Chan
Owner
CASA Tours
Chilean Andean Snow Adventures
http://www.casatours.com

[half-fast]

dodge's drop-tuckerman ravine (hermit lake in background)

[wookalar]

dare I say, the best thread I've ever seen on this board....


dare! dare!

[Trackhead]

Kristen at the rappel of a goodie.


Das Coalpit


Storm Mtn.




Great stoke thread by the way.

[warthog]

Decisions:


Somewhere at Snowmass:


Entrance to Highlands Bowl:


Further up the ridge:


Top of Highlands Bowl:

[powstash]

Storm Mtn.


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Great stoke thread by the way.

PUCKER FACTOR. I feel it tightening up just looking at the photo.