10.10.05
Loveland Pass
October Maggot Feeding Frenzy Video
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A large system moved into Colorado on the 9th of October and still hasn't let go in the high country. We've had a little over 4 straight days of unsettled weather and periods of heavy snow. I've never seen this much snow dump on Colorado this early in the season. Roads were shut down, schools and work cancelled, and the Colorado Crew came out of the woodwork to feed on some pow.
Day 1 I met up with SheRa, Blurred, Evil E, and PowderPig for a dawn patrol on Loveland Pass. A good 25 or so inches dumped up on top of the pass, which made for a very nice morning. Shit eating grins were worn after a few laps of fairly light blower pow. It was hard to leave, but I knew the next day would bring more. Headed back into the city for work and could only think about what the next day would bring for the rest of the afternoon.
Day 2 brought more of the same and a nice long tour. Met up with Wahamma 88, Jon Pierre and Kya for a Jones Pass/Butler Gulch supertour. Day started partly cloudy, but once we got above treeline we got socked in by more snow. Visibility sucked by the time we reached the ridge at 12,500', so we waited it out until we got a small window to make turns down the east face. Vertigo got the best of us as there were no landmarks, not even rocks sticking out to see where we were going. We made it down to the flats and then traversed over to the southern ridge of the Jones Pass basin. A nice and steep climb up to the ridge and we were on our way to a nice shot we scoped out earlier in the day. The weather broke just as we reached the entrance to the snowfield, and we were amazed by the coverage below. Kya dropped in first and made some nice swooping turns down the face. The rest of the crew followed and were not disappointed. A second lap of the face was in order, so despite our tired legs we booted back up and went for it again.
We ended up tacking on over 3,500' of turns and over 6.5 miles of skinning. Not a bad tour for the second week of October.
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10-12-2005, 09:51 PM #1
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Video TR: October Powder Maggot Feeding Frenzy
Last edited by iskibc; 10-13-2005 at 08:39 AM.
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10-12-2005, 09:56 PM #2
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Good to see more early season madness. Can't wait to see the front page fill with more skiing related material as the snow continues to fall.
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10-12-2005, 10:04 PM #3
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Holy shit!!! I think we have a natural vid editor in our midst!
Good fucking job Dave!!! I'm impressed!
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10-12-2005, 10:06 PM #4
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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens
Holy shit!!! I think we have a natural vid editor in our midst!
Good fucking job Dave!!! I'm impressed!
Heh, thanks man. I think it took me longer to figure out how to send the file to you than it did to edit. Damn email file size limitations
. Time to upgrade to something better than windows movie maker.
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10-12-2005, 10:13 PM #5
mmmmm.....California
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wow, its awesome to see you guys ripping it in early october......conditions looked sick......(as i sit in the library studying for midterms, listening to the rain outside.....) If this is just the start of the season i can imagine you will provide plenty o' stoke as the season progresses.......
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10-12-2005, 10:14 PM #6
Snow? Yes thank you.
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How does that song go?
Happy days are here again, happy days are here again........
In drove this drunken madman and stopped on a dime! Unfortunately the dime was in Mr. Rococo's pocket!
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10-12-2005, 10:25 PM #7
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FKNA, Dave - nice work!
The sequence where you are driving through the forest on the small road with all the trees covered in a thick layer of snow is awesome. Just by watching it, I can feel the anticipation for what's coming up next...
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10-12-2005, 10:27 PM #8
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Holy shit that's an awesome video. I can't believe it was that deep and light this early in the year. I can't wait until my first day out. I promise, one of these days I'm going to sack up and get some avy gear and join you guys.
Now all I have to do is get a kick-ass job like Iskibc and I'll be good to go.
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10-12-2005, 10:29 PM #9
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awesome video.
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10-12-2005, 10:32 PM #10
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I called it! >>>> Right here.
That's solid work Dave. Keep it up!
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10-12-2005, 10:33 PM #11
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great fucking vid!!!!
wish i hit up jones yesterday...looks fucking sick
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10-12-2005, 10:51 PM #12
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Dave i have a copy of pinnacle movie editor if you want it. PM if you do Originally Posted by iskibc
Heh, thanks man. I think it took me longer to figure out how to send the file to you than it did to edit. Damn email file size limitations . Time to upgrade to something better than windows movie maker.
Nice vid
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10-12-2005, 10:53 PM #13
...darkness is beautiful
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Dudical!
I can't even begin to explain the STOKE that you just brought to my living room on this Wednesday evening in October.
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10-12-2005, 11:01 PM #14
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Damn fine work. Now that's what I call early season stoke!
Everything in moderation, including moderation . . .
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10-12-2005, 11:04 PM #15
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Nice, have some serious stoke going on here.
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10-12-2005, 11:11 PM #16
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man oh man, in October?!?!?! wow, great work on the viddy dave, great stuff. I am pumped.
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10-12-2005, 11:14 PM #17
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STOKE METER
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10-12-2005, 11:31 PM #18
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Very nice. bravo.
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10-12-2005, 11:57 PM #19
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Sweet early October stoke, very nicely done Dave!
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10-13-2005, 12:00 AM #20
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that overflows my keg with stoke. the second touring day looked prime.
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10-13-2005, 05:53 AM #21
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Dave, that was really beautiful.
I gotta be more patient for the camera next time. I just wanted to ski. So greedy.
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10-13-2005, 06:45 AM #22
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That's so high tech, jp! Have you got your heart rate stats too?
just kidding - it's really cool
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10-13-2005, 06:48 AM #23
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nice early season stoke, but i didn't know blurred had "earned" an Alta sticker yet though
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10-13-2005, 07:05 AM #24
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Fantastic work on the video. I loved the Jones Pass segment.
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10-13-2005, 07:24 AM #25
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well done indeedy on the vid, inspiring cuz I wanna make one now...
funny lookin CDs goin up and down hills, jp- very cool info on a day's tour
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