TR: 24 in 24

[iskibc]

TR: 24 in 24, Berthoud, CO 11.28.04
Iskibc, Knuckledragger Dave

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...cs/Cnv0096.jpg


Word on the street there was 24” of light Colorado goodness draped among the slopes of Berthoud from the past 24 hours. We haven’t seen the sun since early morning Tuesday and we’ve been getting hit with storm after storm since. Saturday night snow valves were let loose and the sky dumped big time. Crested Butte reported 37” in 24 hours, Buff pass got hammered with just over 3 feet in less than a day, and the Berthoud effect was going on with 2 feet of fresh.

First few turns of the morning:

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...cs/Cnv0092.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...cs/Cnv0098.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...nv0091%7E0.jpg

Spent a little time working a line on the west side that had deep pillows of powder for landings. Took some work to get into the line, but we had a lot of fun with it once we got in there.

The line:

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...nv0095%7E0.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...nv0093%7E0.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...cs/Cnv0094.jpg

It’s been too long since Berthoud got hit like this over the course of several days. Even with a packed parking lot there was over the head blower to be found on some of the more popular runs. It was hard to keep up with previous tracks as they were filling in just as quickly as the hike up. Lines that don’t normally get skied until January were going down today with super deep landings. Today was one of those days where you forget about time and worries and focus on keeping your head above the snow and making as many laps as possible through the great deep white.

Love the sting to the face:

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...cs/Cnv0099.jpg

dave:

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...nv0104%7E0.jpg


We stuck to lower angle slopes today. We found out right away that the new snow wasn’t bonding at all with the old stuff. Lot’s of sluffing and a couple of small fractures on some steeper aspects kept us at bay for most of the day. It will be great once all of this settles, but for now be careful out there. Lot’s of instability and we noticed many tracks heading into 1-2 foot crown releases on steep aspects.

Towards the end of the day the sun opened up the sky for a couple of minutes:

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...nv0103%7E0.jpg

Yum, snow:

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...cs/Cnv0101.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...nv0102%7E0.jpg

http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...cs/Cnv0100.jpg

[basom]

sickner. ner.

[watersnowdirt]

nice! Great pix - I actually got little butterflies in my stomach looking at them! sweet!

[Foggy_Goggles]

24 in 48 according to whomever I chatted with from the avi center at the weather station. Blower deep everywhere. Lets hope it settles and bonds well. This season certainly has been off the a great start.

[tele mark]

Nice!!!!

[climb2ski]

sweet pics... We were up there Sat and the gettin was good.

[hev]

wow!

[Ireallyliketoski2]

Berthoud is sick brah.

[Mountain Freak]

Nice TR as usual

[telemetric]

sweet storm, nice pics
btw utards, it never snows in co

[robokill1981]

Did you drop that triple? I can't tell from your pic. I've wanted to do that for years but it's super scary. I was up there Thursday, Friday and Saturday and everyday was better than the next. I'm shoooting for next Saturday, anyone else?

[iskibc]

Did you drop that triple? I can't tell from your pic. I've wanted to do that for years but it's super scary.

No, that triple is indeed scary. I ended up just traversing across the middle drop and then dropping onto the third ledge. Seems like you almost have to acid drop the first and second cliff.

[bad_roo]

phUnk'd hit it.

[Big Tim]

sickness.............. http://socalsoccer.com/forum/html/emoticons/spoton.gif

[freshie247]

Nice report Dave,
I'm glad the heartland finally got what it deserved!

[Ireallyliketoski2]

No, that triple is indeed scary. I ended up just traversing across the middle drop and then dropping onto the third ledge. Seems like you almost have to acid drop the first and second cliff.

Drop acid and then hit it. You got it!

[sick.bird]

CAW! CAW!! CAW!!!!!!!