Crustal 11/30/05: ***/****

**Squirrel99** · 12-01-2005, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by BC-FLOW

damn that looks good!

way to pick your day bomber n' buster. thanks for thinking of me, squirrel and gurrlski out there.

i'll slay something for your man this weekend bomber.

bust'uh - when are you going back up? paln on toying with the weekend croud? i think i'm crystal bound on saturday.

!! thenk yhewww for sharing !!

Uhhh, are the Ants getting cold feet for Alpe?

**powder11** · 12-01-2005, 11:00 AM

a big woooooooot woooooot for those pics. looks like WA got more snow than BC on that storm, but no complaints considering the light fluffy boot top at Whistler yesterday. things are looking good and about to get better

**homerjay** · 12-01-2005, 11:02 AM

v. nice buster!

**Buster Highmen** · 12-01-2005, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Squirrel99

Uhhh, are the Ants getting cold feet for Alpe?

Early December Internatinoal entrances doth make for battered bases.

But is Buddhism older than Hinduism or is the pantheon of gods sporting dreadful knitwear?

**Squirrel99** · 12-01-2005, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Early December Internatinoal entrances doth make for battered bases.

But is Buddhism older than Hinduism or is the pantheon of gods sporting dreadful knitwear?

Nah, but I think I will be making a Xtal appearance one day this weekend. Still haven't quite got my early season Niagras fix yet (or Upper E for that matter)

**Buster Highmen** · 12-01-2005, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Squirrel99

Nah, but I think I will be making a Xtal appearance one day this weekend. Still haven't quite got my early season Niagras fix yet (or Upper E for that matter)

MMMMMMMMmmmmmm....Niagra Viagra, huh?

I'll bet they open NB soon too and __THAT__, my pal, will r00000000llll.

**dubu** · 12-01-2005, 11:24 AM

Some shots of NB looked o so sweet yesterday.... as did everything else.. gotta say this was the first tiem at xtal that I managed to ski a completely untracked main run at 1:20pm.. amazing..

o and gota say damm fine forest was well damm fine..

I will be doing some ptex work tonight though... grrr....

question to some of the xtam mags, did they clear out a bunch of trees form the bear pits area? it just seemed different..

**Buster Highmen** · 12-01-2005, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by dubu

question to some of the xtam mags, did they clear out a bunch of trees form the bear pits area? it just seemed different..

They've done tons of clearing there and everywhere else. I think it's overkill and exposes way too many of the gnarly stashes. Oh well, progress or something purporting to be progress, marches on.

**nutcase** · 12-01-2005, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by dubu

question to some of the xtam mags, did they clear out a bunch of trees form the bear pits area? it just seemed different..

did bear pits open yesterday? For some reason I thought it was closed yesterday. Of course I rarely ventured lower than the Campbel basin

**dubu** · 12-01-2005, 12:14 PM

yea it was open and suprisingly good.. dropped down into it after hitting that line lookers left of powder bowl, which was super nice..

**XtrPickels** · 12-01-2005, 09:28 PM

bump, i can't get enough of that pow

**girlski0912** · 12-01-2005, 09:33 PM

One...more...day...of...work...and...then...can... ski...pow...must...keep...it...together....

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

Woodsy-Natty has not been he'UM-ized...yet!

**rbtree** · 12-02-2005, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

This one's called Sasquatch Chute.

(edit) BC - Unclear right now. We have a lot going on between buying a house and two towheaded fireplugs. I'll touch base Friday.

It was ____so____ good Wednesday: no people, thigh deep blower, faceshots every run, skied virgin slopes at 2:00pm and hanging w/Bomber.

Sasquatch is a bit higher up, Buster. It is max 3 feet wide, and was first straight run by John Barker circa 1991, back when he was young and hungry for thrills. He once dropped the 60 foot Hunter's Rock, with his 'troll jacket and pack on. Stuck the landing and needed his shovel to dig himself out. And of course the classic Hole-in-the-Wall 25 footer which he casually dropped, while trailing a sled---empty tho it wuz...

Check out the hole through the far SW corner of Three Way. There's a Barker story linked to it too!! In those days, he was the man..also one of the first to lay tracks on "The Crux"

**rbtree** · 12-02-2005, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

They've done tons of clearing there and everywhere else. I think it's overkill and exposes way too many of the gnarly stashes. Oh well, progress or something purporting to be progress, marches on.

I agree....

Though one line, that we cleared a bit back in the early 90's, Irma La Deuce, needs it again......I'd tell ya where it is, but then I'd have to kill ya......and they opened up the LA line left of Hot Rocks too much, that we also gladed nicely back then..

**rbtree** · 12-02-2005, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by dubu

yea it was open and suprisingly good.. dropped down into it after hitting that line lookers left of powder bowl, which was super nice..

Yup, shredded both of them..and shredded the ski bases thoroughly

**bad_roo** · 12-02-2005, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by rbtree

Sasquatch is a bit higher up, Buster. It is max 3 feet wide, and was first straight run by John Barker circa 1991, back when he was young and hungry for thrills. He once dropped the 60 foot Hunter's Rock, with his 'troll jacket and pack on. Stuck the landing and needed his shovel to dig himself out. And of course the classic Hole-in-the-Wall 25 footer which he casually dropped, while trailing a sled---empty tho it wuz...

Check out the hole through the far SW corner of Three Way. There's a Barker story linked to it too!! In those days, he was the man..also one of the first to lay tracks on "The Crux"

Man, I love hearing this local lore. Whole bunch of it at Squaw and Jackson but I guess every resort has its cool stories. Would make for an interesting coffee table book.

**Rusty Nails** · 12-02-2005, 08:11 AM

BH,

Way to git it! Bomber is a great pow day partner fer sure -- wish I was rippin' with you two again, but maybe later this year!

**joshbu** · 12-02-2005, 08:45 AM

Upper mountain opening today on ANOTHER 11" new.

FARKIN A!!!

**bomber** · 12-02-2005, 09:48 AM

Too bad for visitors from (not Bellevue) London just arrived last night with no gear in their bags

They are great friends and all but this timing just couldn't be worse.

Damn Monique - me so jealous!!! I guess I'm also jealous of all others hitting Aply today as well...post photos!