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  1. 03-28-2004, 10:48 PM #1
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    Thumbs up TR: Winter returns to Colorado in a deep way (pics)

    3.28.04
    Cameron Pass
    24” of fresh

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    After 3 ½ weeks of 50-60 degree temps in the high country with little to no precipitation, Ullr decided to bless the Colorado mountains with some of the driest, lightest, deepest pow pow we have seen in a long time.
    Funken and I hit the road early after making some last minute plans the night before for Cameron Pass. I’ve never had a bad day at Cameron, in fact I’ve never been there with less than 6” of fresh on the ground. Cameron pass is a low key backcountry destination with a plethora of terrain and snow. The closest towns with civilization are Ft. Collins (65 miles) and Steamboat (55 miles). So, as you can expect, this is not your typical weekend backcountry gaperfest destination for most.

    Looking over near the Nohku Crags:


    http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...70/Cnv0035.jpg

    About halfway up the Poudre canyon it almost seemed like we crossed a magical line from no snow and sunny to whiteout conditions and snow covered roads. Sweet, looks like we’ll have a few inches to push around up there today I thought to myself. The snow continued to dump at a good rate for the rest of the drive.
    We pulled into the parking lot and both of our jaws dropped in amazement. There was 16+” on the ground just in the parking lot! Only 1 other vehicle was in the lot, so there would be plenty of face shots to go around. We made a mad dash to gear up and get ready to go. With all this new snow it kind of felt like opening day of the new season again. Anticipation and excitement was taking over. We skinned up one of the gullies and made our way up to the top of Diamond peak. It continued to dump harder and harder as we made our way up to the top. Fresh, deep tracks weren’t far away.

    Funken:

    http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...70/Cnv0036.jpg

    We traversed over to a nice steep tree lined slope and dropped in to nipple deep over-the-head blower pow. Today was kind of crappy for taking pics because we couldn’t see each other, yet alone what was in front of us:

    http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...70/Cnv0034.jpg

    Lap after lap we got cold punishing face shots that made our faces purple and our smiles larger. The white room was open for business all day long. The addiction was in full force. I didn’t want to let this day slip away. I wanted more, I couldn’t get enough. Perma grins were plastered to our faces from the first skin up to the final turns of the day.

    last few turns before the parking lot:

    http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...70/Cnv0040.jpg

    Life is good.


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  2. 03-28-2004, 10:52 PM #2
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    nice!
  3. 03-28-2004, 10:58 PM #3
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    schweet. How far south did the snow go?
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    Originally posted by splat
    schweet. How far south did the snow go?
    Aspen/Snowmass faired pretty well too (around 16"), Silverton (9"), Durango (4"), Telluride (7")
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    FKNA! Sweetness...ski porn is always good to see. Thanks dudes.
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    nice!
  7. 03-28-2004, 11:09 PM #7
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    sweet, its good to have winter back
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  8. 03-28-2004, 11:16 PM #8
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    Thumbs up

    Nice work guys.

    Funken, new lid? BTW, I still got your jammies.
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    I left Vail this past Wednesday with my family and a very bad sunburn.

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    nice nice stuff, glad to see some CO mags got the goods in a big way.
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    This just in...I hate you both.

    Thanks for sharing that little slice o heaven with the rest of us. Glad to see Ullr is blessing you guys.
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    Originally posted by iceman
    I left Vail this past Wednesday with my family and a very bad sunburn.
    thanks for the heads up.
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    sweet pics - glad you guys got some, and thanks for sharing!
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    Awesome TR....good to see Co mags still gettin after it....
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    thx for the report, great pix
    I will post some from today sometime in the am

    you guys going to come up b4 the season ends?
    hope so

    cheers
  16. 03-28-2004, 11:48 PM #16
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    Great pics! Really love that landscape shot looking across the big valley. Nice location and great snow conditions!
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    Originally posted by raddam

    thx for the report, great pix
    I will post some from today sometime in the am

    you guys going to come up b4 the season ends?
    hope so

    cheers


    Raddam

    An Aspen/mass trip is definitely a possibility. I have some comp time from work coming up, so I may head down there midweek within the next few weeks. Funken always has time to ski with his tues-thurs school schedule .

    Can't wait to see your shots from today. Funken has all the money shots on his camera from today. A few, "where's waldo" submersion shots and some other cool stuff.
  18. 03-29-2004, 01:02 AM #18
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    way to get after it, nice tr!
  19. 03-29-2004, 01:13 AM #19
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    I left Vail this past Wednesday with my family and a very bad sunburn.

    TrueIce, Inc. is not my favorite thing, but it should be yours.

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    Seems like funken's getting in a damn good season!
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    Great pics. Beats watching T.V., eh?
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    The new snow measurement. Gonna be good!

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    Peak-a-boo!

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    1st chair on Aspen mtn. yesterday was pretty good. The dumps hadn't been open for a couple of days so they were fairly flat under about 16" new. First tracks on FIS, Pinball,Bearpaw, S1 and Zuagg.
    The low angle back country should also be really good. Little Annies domed over with 16" of light fluff is really fun. The steep stuff will be scary for a while. Be carefull out there!
  25. 03-29-2004, 09:35 AM #25
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    Originally posted by Shredhead
    1st chair on Aspen mtn. yesterday was pretty good. The dumps hadn't been open for a couple of days so they were fairly flat under about 16" new. First tracks on FIS, Pinball,Bearpaw, S1 and Zuagg.
    The low angle back country should also be really good. Little Annies domed over with 16" of light fluff is really fun. The steep stuff will be scary for a while. Be carefull out there!
    We found very little if any weakness on every aspect and pitch. CAIC is rating bc danger as LOW with pockets of MODERATE. The danger couldn't be much lower.
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