A little taste of heaven partial TR

[crstlextrm]

Ok so Im trying to do some homework but its not really happening right now so I thought I would post some pics of my trip to Kicking Horse from 3/7-3/9. There are a bunch more pics than this but my buddy took all the pics and still hasnt made me a cd yet. Let me just say the Kicking Horse is the best ski area I have ever been to and will definitely be spending a month out here next winter. Oh, and I wanna say thank you to my buddy kyle for showing me the goods.

my buddy kyle entering the gut of our first backcountry run in Rudy's bowl


me entering the chute the hard way


This is still from the first run


brian tearing it up, again this is still the first run of the day


kyle killin it in the trees


day 2 comin up...

[crstlextrm]

day 2 was a storm day and while the light sucked the snow was epic, this is what 9 cm of new looks like in the kicking horse BC

Kyle gettin a face shot


yeah, the terrain here is pretty good


me gettin some glory turns


more...


last run of day 2


Day 3

another cornice drop entry


I felt like takin a dip in the hot tub


words cant describe how good these turns were








comin out of the chutes



oh yeah, we had first tracks bwahahahahahahaha



me back flippin it, believe it or not i actually stuck the landing


little cliff huckin, it looks like im flippin off the camera but its just the pole strap


Im this much happy


lookin back towards the resort


lookin the opposite way, possibilities everywhere you look


kyle nailin the grab


just some more immaculate pow



same drop where i did the blackflip


This is just the appetizer, I have a whole seasons worth of TR's i will be posting in the coming days.

[P_McPoser]

that place looks lame.

[PNWbrit]

Kicking Horse is the best ski area I have ever been to and will definitely be spending a month out here next winter. ..

You were lucky to get good snow but you really need to visit some other mountains.. how can you say that after the season we've had at Crystal

Kicking Horse is without doubt the most over rated/hyped area I've ever skied at.

[mc_roon]

i would agree that it is a very over rated mountain

[pattyowe]

^^agreed, but still looks like a killer trip

[crstlextrm]

You were lucky to get good snow but you really need to visit some other mountains.. how can you say that after the season we've had at Crystal

Kicking Horse is without doubt the most over rated/hyped area I've ever skied at.

umm, well maybe i havent skied as many mountains as you have, but maybe you just didnt ski in the right places. We have had a great season at Crystal, but Crystal doesnt have over 4,000 vertical feet. Not to mention the chutes we were skiing make Brain Damage and Pinball look like gaper runs, the only chute that I think compares to the chutes at Kicking Horse is the Dogleg chute, but even that has considerably less vertical footage. Then again, maybe your being sarcastic .

sorry, i wont post pics of over rated mountains any more

[skier666]

s i c k

[fattwins]

you are lucky that big wind loaded cornice didnt drop onto you though. cornices are best avoided if you want to spend lots of time in the backcountry they will kill you.

[Arty50]

sorry, i wont post pics of over rated mountains any more

Yeah, really. Way to fucking shit on a TR folks. How about you STFU and take the time to post one yourself. Making a TR takes a lot of time and dedication and to cunt one up is just fucking lame.

Thanks crstlextrm!!!

[dfinn]

Looks like a damn good time to me. Is all of that lift accessed terrain or is some of that in the BC. Sorry, not that familiar with the area.

Great pics, BTW.

[fattwins]

its good pics yes indeed but how many back country types going jumping off of big cornices? Ill do a big cliff over a cornice any day of the week! that cornice is big enough to set off a massive slide.
Still like the pics and TR though.

[crstlextrm]

Looks like a damn good time to me. Is all of that lift accessed terrain or is some of that in the BC. Sorry, not that familiar with the area.

Great pics, BTW.

All of that terrain can be accessed by a 15-20 minute bootpack once you get off the gondola or the stairway to heaven quad. There is also a bunch of great inbounds terrain at the resort too, despite what the naysayers might say. This place is gonna be huge in the near future, my advice is to get there while it is still uncrowded. The longest we waited for a gondy was 2 or 3 minutes!

Also, I was well aware of the danger posed by the cornices. We did a fair amount of cutting and shit seemed pretty damn stable. I do realize it was still a risky endeavor but the only person i was putting at risk was myself, and I felt comfortable so I went for it, o well.

[fattwins]

Like i said good TR.

I stay way away from cornices and wont huck them. If you feel comfortable hucking them then go for it. I would hedge my bets that it wont be long before one breaks on you though. Dont take it as beening cold its a fact that 99% of the time those things are going to break at one time or another.

[RootSkier]

Thanks for the sweet pics, man. It looks awesome.

To all you thread cunters, all I have to say is