1/28-29 W/B TR Wow!!

[powder11]

Shit. Didn't know that was you with Atrain. Should have introduced myself. I was laughing my ass off when the group of ski schoolers were forced from cutting in line by the relentless barrage of snowballs...Was thinkin' about dropping Whistler bowl myself, but after standing in that line for over an hour, wanted a longer run. First tracks into West Cirque and West Bowl were crazy. Haven't been first man into West Bowl in a long time....

I was busy dodging snowballs and didnt realize you were who atrain was talking to. thats awesome you scored west cirque/bowl we talked about that same line too, but thought west cirque might be littered with debris. Ive never been 1st down the middle, so it was fun. see you up there sometime.

[Mtn Man]

Noice TR and pics!!! Sux you got nabbed though. If you can ski it well, no need for the pull, only a tongue lashing. At least that's what happened to me so far. Hope to meet up with you guys in March.

B)

[rbtree]

I'm back home after a truly epic day Monday. I have to do my business quarterly taxes today...always wait till the last minute it seems, so it'll be a bit before I post the latest round of pics, some of which are pretty danged good, considering the near worthless camera..and nut behind it......

Nice pic o the day, pow11.....too bad I flubbed the rock drop you did. But the video of Christian airing it is tits, and the smaller one you and Richard did is excellent.

Well, i guess my story and pics let the cat out of the bag...but I doubt if it'll make anything worse for you guys. Regardless, if I angered any of ya's by posting it, I'se sorry. Anyhow, with all this monster snow blanketing the West, people have been dying in avalanches and tree wells all over the place. So it is understandable that patrols from Whistler to Baker to Alpental are cracking down.

[Greydon Clark]

This weekend I made my first trip to Whistler, I liked it.

[rbtree]

I'm trying to upload pics to photobucket but the site is acting up for the time being, so here's a link to a montage of sorts.....
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p...fa496fde75d1fb

[RampagingMullet]

hopefully we'll get a few more days like that before the season is out. So Fun! Thanks for the cool shots Roger, and those deep turns all day long.
peace
Richard
ps. that rock gave those little skiis their first core shot in 5 years

[LeeLau]

beautiful mr rbtree

[rbtree]

Thanks, Lee. hope to ski/tour with you sometime!!

Here's pics from yesterday, which was simply fantabulous. We arrived at 7:15 am, for FreshTracks, but there was a huge mob already in line. bagged that idea, caught some breaky, and headed up Blackcomb instead. first run down Solar Coaster was pretty sick, mainly constant face shots. Next, we shredded Jersey Cream several runs, then headed for Fraggle Rock. Pow11 went off to shoot pics with a local, which left Richard and I to explore the Overbite trees, which did not fail to deliver the goods. "Some Like Em Tight" We met Christian, another young hard charger and skiied under the cliff band on the Overbite area and shot a vid of the Mullet. Unfortunately large masses of Richard's ptex were deposited on some lurkin rocks. Ran into Toby again and hit up Fraggle Rock for more hucking action. Then we got in the Glacier line which opened shortly thereafter. Had more fun, including heading over to a gnar line just right of Cougar..the name keeps escaping my feeble grey matter.... Meanwhile a crowd was forming at Spanky's....just as we were traversing near it, with plans for another run, the gate dropped...talk about timing, eh?! We headed for Ruby Bowl. Christian, Toby and Richard blazed down the middle, having a blast but in avy debris. I traversed far left into untouched virgin deep smoke and caressed its orgasmic sweetness in a run for the ages! Alas, no pics!!
Later, Christian led me gingerly down Chainsaw Ridge in near whiteout wind, making sure to stay clear of the abyss. We dropped into Boxcar, if that what's it called, and found some more nearly untouched goodness. Finished off with some 7th Heaven chairline trees...boy, skiing with you young rippers makes the old bones creak....

8 inches on the hot tub in 3.5 hours!




15 min line at Crystal...


Powder eatin' grins!


No wimps


The mullet rampages

Snorkle'n...










tight trees are where the goods can alway be found...





Nose toots...and powder chutes..

[rbtree]

More Fraggle Rock Trees airtime:

I missed Toby in the air on this nice 20 footer, but he's in there somewhere...

and acknowledges the crowd's cheers:

But the mullet flaps his wings a tad early....gaper steez....heh, y'all need to see the pic of this brass nackered young'un road gappin'--on a hard tail mt bike!!

Pow11 taking all the snow off the rock!





The rampager again!:

[RampagingMullet]

Now that is alot of snow
Sweet pics Roger

Hey Toby, thanks for letting us crash at your place, what a sweet weekend. and congrats on the picture on the main page of the whistler website.
15 FEET!!!

[bigtrubs]

HOLY GUACAMOLE! Those pics are priceless! Glad to see you're all shredding the mad pow for me.

[seatosky]

Very very nice pics. Heading up tonight... stoked!

[Atrain505]

That is epic. Thanks for posting the pics rbtree. I can't tell you how bummed I am that my pass did the double beep that morning in line.

[powder11]

nice pics Roger! Richard is killing it!! that was an epic day. I finally figured out how to do a frame grab from the W/B website, heres one of the pics they used of me:



heres another from monday:

[rbtree]

Yep, Atrain, I can relate..and feel like chit for youse guys. especially since I selfishly just had to shoot pics......which took some time. But I had met Brian just before that run, and felt that he was a very down to earth and approachable fella. When you go in to see him, tell him of your bc experience, relate the Baker story and offer to do any form of penance needed to get back on the hill sooner. Good luck.

Here's a link to most all of the pics, including some of Tim on Hannuka that are adequate. I caught Sam just as he landed-only shot I got of him, which looks like a good 80 linear feet below the takeoff!!

http://photobucket.com/albums/c78/rb...029-30%202005/

Noice, Tobeeeee, yo is deep in da fluff fo sho. Thanks also to ya for da hospitality. Hope the rock wall is intact......

flippin out, just thinking about dem face shots!!

[bigtrubs]

I hope that's your wagon across the street.

[rbtree]

Nah, it seems to have hubcaps....

[ratcliffe81]

Hey Roger, its Christian. Sweet pics. Did the battery cooperate for all the pics you took? When are you coming back up to Whistler?

[RampagingMullet]

But the mullet flaps his wings a tad early....gaper steez....heh, y'all need to see the pic of this brass nackered young'un road gappin'--on a hard tail mt bike!!

here you go roger
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/?op=view&image=563675

[ratcliffe81]

here you go roger
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/?op=view&image=563675

Rich, you're too 'core for me man. Fucking hardtails! When you coming back up to Whis? Cause everyday is a pow day in Whistler!

[postman22]

all i got to say is you guys are fucking killing me

[LeeLau]

I wont post the snorkel pics from the past 3 days then ... yet

[rbtree]

Dang, postman, so sorry for you guys, still crossing my fingers that Brian will be understanding and let ya'll back up there soon.....

orrr..


maybe you should go to Tahoe with bigtrubs....a little S & S might be nice......

[LeeLau]

If its Brian Finestone that you're talking about then do yourself a favour and apologize in person and maybe write a letter and really really mean it. He's a very reasonable guy but don't blame him if his hands are tied.

btw - whistler is now cracking down on smoking bud in the liftlines. Your pass will get pulled for that too

[rbtree]

Yep, Christian, the battery was fine. But I was about done shooting....except for the sunset over Howe Sound on the drive home....some drink and drive... I drive and shoot......