Some quick Las Lenas pics

[Ripzalot]

dayum. somebody scored big!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

. (or drink some Latitude 33 malbec)

that's the SHIT!

A new wine shop opened up near me with a good selection of Argentinian and Chilean Malbecs. I couldn't remember the names of a few we tried last year, but thanks for the reminder!!

...back to the picture stoke...

[teleee]

I am soooo jealous right now! Must get back to LL soon.

[shamrockpow]

That's what I thought when I first saw those pics, too! Funny how that picture flattens out the perspective- especially since it approaches 50 degrees or greater in a few spots.

Awesome pics, thenk yewwww!!!!

BUT FOR GODSAKE, PLEASE SKI ENTRE RIOS FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(and tell her i'll see her next year)

And after that hit Torrecillas!

Hope the blue skies hold up for all of you down there. Those lines bring back some sweet memories and a loooooooooottt of jealousy

[Squirrel99]

And last year, Squirrel, Ty, and Arty accidentally skied it too. Sin Salida is a sneaky little bitch.

Not completely unplanned- was thinking of hitting Frankies first that morning, then following it up with Sin Salida. We just happened to ski those two in, um, reverse order


more pics please!

[Mtn Man]

Keep kickin' that arse for us. Very nice pics, please keep em' coming!

B)

[MeatPuppet]

You are sooooo wrong to post these pictures. It was 103 today in God-forsaken North Texas...........Thanks

[Cirquerider]

Great that Marte went off on time for you, and nice that you were able to meet up with the guy from Vail. If I don't miss my guess, he is healing a leg fracture and is a great skier.

[Pow4Brains]

I AM SO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW!!!!!!












but really, thanks for sharing........i hate you guyz

[Jim S]

Thanks for the stoke. Sorry but....FKNA: 10 days until I leave for Portillo!!!

[SilentStorm]

Las Lenas TR 8-7-2006


That’s right, the Marte- which has been closed for over a month- is opening… in about a half an hour!!!!

killer day! Foot of fresh, bluebird, and Marte open. Doesn’t get much better than that

YOU LUCKY DOG ! Despite our endless jealously, we are praying to the snow gods for you up here in the N hemi. Keep us green with envy...we want more pics.

<living vicariously>

[Spats]

Beautiful. Marte...mmm...I'm glad you got some.

However:

I would definitely not be the first person down Sin Salida the morning after a big storm. Sin Salida rolls over, unlike Frankie's which starts out steep. If you hit the rollover and it ripped out like Frankie's did, I wouldn't want to lay odds on your survival.

[mtnbikerskierchick]

And hey buy the guidebook from the gift shop it's 90% total crap but the last 10% in the back have each couloir on all faces in lovingly rendered pastel topos and descriptive text. Sin Salida, Eduardo, Exocat, get to know them all.

Also hanging on the wall in the wine bar in case you can't score a copy.

Good to know! Thanks!

Squirrel- tried your lemon pie and it was tasty!!!!

Weather moved in yesterday, and dropped a fair bit of snow. It was still pretty snowy this morning, and now it´s cleared out. But, the classic Las Lenas winds are here. They have only 2 pomas running now, and there is SUCH sweet pow to be had if you seek it out a bit... albeit the runs are short. It was quite an adventure getting here from Los Molles this morning, so it´s making me appreciate the skiing more than usual Hopefully the wind will clear out tomorrow and goodness will be had again!!!!!

[mtnbikerskierchick]

Beautiful. Marte...mmm...I'm glad you got some.

However:

I would definitely not be the first person down Sin Salida the morning after a big storm. Sin Salida rolls over, unlike Frankie's which starts out steep. If you hit the rollover and it ripped out like Frankie's did, I wouldn't want to lay odds on your survival.

Thanks for the warning. Two others had skied it before us though.

[lemon boy]

I would definitely not be the first person down Sin Salida the morning after a big storm. Sin Salida rolls over, unlike Frankie's which starts out steep.

Sorry but this is classic lemming behavior: MBSC don't be a lemming.

[skier666]

Hell yeah....Get SuM!

[brettf]

hah. All day I have been asking how to get to Sin Salida and only to find out from Squirrel that I accidentally skied it! Hah! Sweet. One down on my list

Hah! Brit, that's exactly what happened to me last year!

Lookey like a good season down there! Enjoy!

[mtnbikerskierchick]

Sorry but this is classic lemming behavior: MBSC don't be a lemming.

Thanks! I appreciate the warning. Just because somebody went down it before me doesn´t mean that I wasn´t weary of the conditions. We took that into consideration. The line we skied, the snow seemed wonderfully stable. We talked about it checked it out, and decided to go. I was surprised that the avy on the other side happened. Yes, I took it as a fair warning for sure, which is why I posted the pic in the first place. But also, it goes to show that even when a slope is similar aspect, and nearby (samer ridgeline), certain other factors such as wind loading and shape of the slope also have an affect on the conditions causing more to worry about.

I appreciate you looking out for me, all of you, I really do. Thanks. I have no intentions of being a lemming or a dead lemming at that. I was trying to provide stoke. That´s all.

[comish]

Good discussion for all of us.

You are definitely bringing the stoke! Keep at it, we appreciate it. Damn my summer travels, of which there have been none, have sucked after last year... Missing the dulce de leche, malbec, and Argie pow!!!

[Greguar]

You are the queen of summer stokenage, keep em comin!!!

[mtnbikerskierchick]

I didn&#180;t know stokenage was a word, but I like the new word, so I&#180;ll use it!

[Spats]

Sorry but this is classic lemming behavior: MBSC don't be a lemming.

I just saw a post about skiing a very, very steep couloir with no exit first thing in the morning after a big storm, in a place where I know they don't do any avalanche control, where a huge slide had just occurred less than a few hundred yards away on the same aspect, and I didn't hear anything about evaluating the snowpack first. Now you're accusing *me* of being a lemming for saying "hey, maybe that isn't the best idea"? WTF?

(MBSC: I don't want to crap on your stoke. I've been there and skied fresh of the Marte, and I'm stoked that you're getting to do the same. I'm just concerned that people are taking what look like bigger and bigger risks, and someone is going to die or get hurt.)

[iskibc]

Alright, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and probably catch a lot of shit, but fuck it, I'm just looking out for the safety of a friend.....


First of all, great pics, nice stoke, happy for ya for getting the goods. Very nice.

Now for my concern.

1. What were you thinking when you dropped into an avalanche prone zone without knowing the history of the snowpack in that area? There had been recent avalanche activity on similar slopes, which seemed to be ignored. The lift had been closed for a month, this was your first day out in a different country, completely different snowpack, and unfamiliar terrain.

2. Curious as to how you arrived that the terrain was safe. Dig a pit? Tests? Ski cut? Talk to patrol? etc.

3. You trusted some random guy you rode up on the lift with to save your life if you had gotten caught? I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that 98% of the people that venture into the backcountry on this forum would never trust some random guy they had just met to save their life in a high risk situation. I certainly wouldn't. Did you talk about what type of training he had? Experience level? Was he sporting avy rescue gear?

4. Did you talk about strategy in case something were to happen? Plan? Safe zones? Looking at the picture of this area, I can't find many, if at all any, safe zones along the route.


This is not meant to be an attack. Just a friend who cares and is concerned. Maybe everything was done as safely as possible and procedure was by the book. Maybe you had tested the snowpack and took all the precautionary measures.

Be safe, have fun, and ski some more pow for us northern hemi folk.

[PNWbrit]

(MBSC: I don't want to crap on your stoke. I've been there and skied fresh of the Marte, and I'm stoked that you're getting to do the same. I'm just concerned that people are taking what look like bigger and bigger risks, and someone is going to die or get hurt.)

Alright, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and probably catch a lot of shit, but fuck it, I'm just looking out for the safety of a friend.....


First of all, great pics, nice stoke, happy for ya for getting the goods. Very nice.

Now for my concern.

1. What were you thinking when you dropped into an avalanche prone zone without knowing the history of the snowpack in that area? There had been recent avalanche activity on similar slopes, which seemed to be ignored. The lift had been closed for a month, this was your first day out in a different country, completely different snowpack, and unfamiliar terrain.

2. Curious as to how you arrived that the terrain was safe. Dig a pit? Tests? Ski cut? Talk to patrol? etc.

3. You trusted some random guy you rode up on the lift with to save your life if you had gotten caught? I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that 98% of the people that venture into the backcountry on this forum would never trust some random guy they had just met to save their life in a high risk situation. I certainly wouldn't. Did you talk about what type of training he had? Experience level? Was he sporting avy rescue gear?

4. Did you talk about strategy in case something were to happen? Plan? Safe zones? Looking at the picture of this area, I can't find many, if at all any, safe zones along the route.


This is not meant to be an attack. Just a friend who cares and is concerned. Maybe everything was done as safely as possible and procedure was by the book. Maybe you had tested the snowpack and took all the precautionary measures.

Be safe, have fun, and ski some more pow for us northern hemi folk.

This needs repeating...

From somone who has had there share of near death experiences in LL. The whole skiing in August and Marte is finally open thing is a combination that overides good judgement.

[lemon boy]

I didn't intend for this to go down this path although I guess I shoulda seen it.

Spats, I was merely pointing out a heuristic trap in your original advice. Go/nogo is a decision outside of if somebody's skied that yesterday/today/10mins ago.

As always, I'm not gonna internet QB MBSC's descision making process.