2007 Summit Picture Thread

**Vicious** · 04-02-2007, 03:09 PM

Good work all. Great times for the short amount I was down there...stupid work!

Great to put some faces with names.

Already stoked for next time!

**covert** · 04-02-2007, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by FrankZappa

Sooooooo.... Was that a Maggot mobile (dark toyota w/ topper) that was saved by the "lone tree" on the curve that kept it from going over the edge and ending up in the creek??? (Apres-apres-ski thurs).

i pulled a 720 with bonk on the road last week after several agro passes and then stopped to inspect the damage to my dark toyota with a topper. no "tree save" though. pretty drunk, don't remember what day it was. my only "tree save" story is from two years ago..

**Kya** · 04-02-2007, 04:58 PM

That is some goooood shit everybody

My spring break was a week too soon. But I couldn't figure out why, after what seemed like many months of NO SNOW, why now. And it all becomes suddenly clear. The Maggots have gathered and brought the snow storms to them! The Force is strong with this group.

**Yossarian** · 04-02-2007, 05:29 PM

Un frikken belieable.
I was supposed to be there for this, then life/work/etc intervened.
Oh well.

Looks amazing, I am super, super jealous.

But thanks for the pics!

**nick > jesus** · 04-02-2007, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by Pow4Brains

sweet a picture of me, despite the fact that i was at telluride to race, not for the summit (though i was able to free ski a total of 1.5 out of 4, could have been worse) I am the one in the green riding the lift solo.

sweet pictures P4b, that cabin looks amazing

**reidhresko** · 04-02-2007, 09:45 PM

thanks to everyone who was a part of making this past weekend happen. i can't remember laughing so hard for so long so many times in a four day period

although it went down a few days before the summit, here's a before and after of a line I had long been coveting...Palmyra...

we started things off on wednesday night with the man, the myth, the legend, 27 year Breck local Mr Pete Drummond getting after some sick deck hucking...
clicking in...

the approach...

3,2,1...dropping...

and, yes, he stuck it...

only a few silverton pics, but it looks like some other folks have that angle covered...oh yeah, I was too busy hiking after our guide, who set a swift pace all day long. Borasa would have eaten it up

marshall coming on up...

cold_smoke doing the same...

the way out to alta lakes...

the ophir needles looking mighty nice...

the ghost town of alta lakes...

**reidhresko** · 04-02-2007, 09:50 PM

silent smoker finding the loving on friday afternoon...

Jay peak represent!

nicky sticks in the white room

cold_smoke all cheefed up...

the damage

scenery wasn't too shabby either...

skin track stoke...

**reidhresko** · 04-02-2007, 09:56 PM

then the evening began...

a fine box of wine...

uh, what the night, or rather every night felt like...

sticks putting'er back...

how about some more beer?

not a bad moose...

i love waking up in this place...

cold_smoke pulling away from paradise...or heading into it...

**reidhresko** · 04-02-2007, 10:02 PM

some saturday morning skin track stoke...

looking down alta 2...

looking up alta 2...

shrall killing puma chute...

cold_smoke laying down some perty 11's on the apron...

dave making it look easy...

the way up and the way down...

again, thanks to everyone who was there, in body or in spirit. it was great to meet some new rippers and chill with the best of old friends...this was truly one of those weekends you are lucky to have just a few of and that every skier dreams of...blessed

**marshalolson** · 04-02-2007, 10:56 PM

nice john. thanks again, for everything, man... and a big thanks to all the kind folks that tossed a few bucks here and there. so so so cool. so stoked, such a great experiance.

/end sappyness

**brice618** · 04-03-2007, 09:41 AM

sick stuff guys keep up the good work!

**PowTron** · 04-03-2007, 09:50 AM

ok, that is the best looking experience I have seen on TGR....

Marshal, your leopard slippers are dead sexy....

I am so jealous of the turns though, and I am DEAD set on next year being my year for getting the backcountry goods...

congrats to all, and if I may ask, how do you get to rent out the observatory? or is that even the building you stayed in? I am just all mind-scrambled with glee looking at the pics, so excuse my jong-ness on the rental...lol

**reidhresko** · 04-03-2007, 10:02 AM

www.altalakes.com

jim russell is the owner/builder and he is the man with the plan if you want to rent it out. the place is absolutely stunning in the summer, as well.

**PowTron** · 04-03-2007, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by reidhresko

www.altalakesobservatory.com

jim russell is the owner/builder and he is the man with the plan if you want to rent it out. the place is absolutely stunning in the summer, as well.

nice, I will check it out...

that link doesn't work, the website may be down....

THANKS!

edit: I was thinking summer would be INSANE, for sure...

**reidhresko** · 04-03-2007, 10:27 AM

PT,
my bad, try www.altalakes.com and it will work. i am still trying to pull myself out of a week long bender that definitely diminished my mental capacities...

as for the summer - there are some epic 4,500 - 5,000 ft buttery smooth shuttleable singletrack descents pretty much right out the front door....

**Vicious** · 04-03-2007, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by reidhresko

as for the summer - there are some epic 4,500 - 5,000 ft buttery smooth shuttleable singletrack descents pretty much right out the front door....

So, when are we going?

**PowTron** · 04-03-2007, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Vicious

So, when are we going?

um, ditto...it is on...I am going to start looking into it this week, fo sure...

**Dside11-11** · 04-03-2007, 12:15 PM

Looks beautiful!!! Wish i was there.

**DJMingus** · 04-03-2007, 01:01 PM

FKNA that looks like a SWEET trip... cheers!

**reidhresko** · 04-03-2007, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by PowTron

um, ditto...it is on...I am going to start looking into it this week, fo sure...

considering snow melt and whatnot, later in the summer would be better. we should wait and see when silverton mtn decides to run their chair and book it around then. then we could hit up alta lakes, silverton, naturita, maybe ups/lps/porcy, and the ribbon and big marbles in GJ.

whenever its on, tentatively count me in. that said, you might want to get on it relatively soon because they do a grip of weddings and whatnot up there in the summer. jim is also a pretty crazy dude and would most likely respond better to me (as opposed to someone he does not personally know, like i said he's weird, but in the coolest of ways) if I contacted him about heading up there in the summer, so if you want to do it, feel free to check out the website and let me know when you want to go and i would be happy to call him directly. if you email the email addy on the site, it might not get read for the next two months...

let's git it

**PowTron** · 04-03-2007, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by reidhresko

considering snow melt and whatnot, later in the summer would be better. we should wait and see when silverton mtn decides to run their chair and book it around then. then we could hit up alta lakes, silverton, naturita, maybe ups/lps/porcy, and the ribbon and big marbles in GJ.

whenever its on, tentatively count me in. that said, you might want to get on it relatively soon because they do a grip of weddings and whatnot up there in the summer. jim is also a pretty crazy dude and would most likely respond better to me (as opposed to someone he does not personally know, like i said he's weird, but in the coolest of ways) if I contacted him about heading up there in the summer, so if you want to do it, feel free to check out the website and let me know when you want to go and i would be happy to call him directly. if you email the email addy on the site, it might not get read for the next two months...

let's git it

nice...yeah, I emailed the site. I will let you know for sure...this sounds like it could be a great two or three day trip, for sure. In fact, since you know him, I would also like to check out the place for a possible site of for a wedding, as my fiance looked at the TR and freaked out, saying "we could get married there!"....immediately, I thought "what a great excuse to go check it out with my BIKE this summer...hahah"

Let's wait and see about Silverton, that sounds good...PM me if you have any other ideas, etc....

Thanks! Talk to you soon!

**FrankZappa** · 04-03-2007, 02:34 PM

Not positive, but I think Jen at S-ton was sayin somethin like 3 weeks late July-ish. Check with her cuz it's a short window. The season is lightning dependant...

**Pow4Brains** · 04-03-2007, 03:25 PM

Way to get it reidhresko that is a beautiful peak! Droool....Got one on my plate that has been calling for a long time too

Thanks again for such a good time.

Zappa, it was really nice to meet you (again, I think, in pretty much a fog) and Buster. I love this pic! We need to hook up for some slednecking before the snow is gone.

**FrankZappa** · 04-03-2007, 03:47 PM

Yeah, we might oughta head up Winfield way and beyond...

^^^I really dig that Red area - def a favorite of mine. Was a lil wierd skinnin up to that line - a friend of a friend was killed in a slide there where we uptracked and the sun was warmin things up in a hurry on it. But hey, with lines like that only a quarter mile from the road... who can pass it, right?

**cold_smoke** · 04-05-2007, 09:42 AM

Here are some more Alta Lakes Pics from my POV. Since the debauchery was already covered in depth I'll keep it clean

Another early start...

Sled ride in, a sign of what was to come!

Some more shots of the fine craftsmanship.

First day, It's f*ing dumping some serious fluff....
Dave came all the way from jay peak to see what spring corn is all about here in Colorado

There he is...

There he goes...and that smoke was not from all that mexican food!

A little VT air

Coming back to the Observatory...

Day 2: Some serious skin track stoke

and some more...

Glad the skin was over I rounded the top to see I wasn't quite there yet...let the bootpack begin!

But well worth the effort!

One more time around to nail Puma Chute. Marshal and cold_smoke lay some curved elevens while powder sluts reidhresko and Dave from Jay worked the pow.....THE DAMAGE

What a killer time....The crew getting ready to head out...

Thanks again to reidhresko and all the people who made it for Silverton and the rest of the trip. A trip of a lifetime that will have to be re-created in the future!