NOOOOOOOOO Say it ain't so Gibby! You're a Snolerblader!
Now, how is it that a dude who somehow can afford to ski three or four times a week, ski's on short short short skis? Either way, you get an A+ in manhood, cause you have to be hanging some major junk to ski that often on Japanese-sized skis. Props!
High Cambell: I got up on there on the 26th of December when the snow was deep, somewhat fresh, but sorta medium density cement. The skiing was excellent (on fat K2's as well) and I did a bunch of hiking vs. lots of runs.
1st run on the new skis was up High Cambell, high out South, around the King and down through the first set of chutes. The turns were butter, but I found I'd blow through the 36" or so deep snow if I really pressed them hard. Nothing like fresh gouges on a new skis. :eeek:
Once out of the shoot and onto the open glade below, I spotted two ski patrol and one messed up boarder. I skied over and did what I could to assist. The rider had smacked a rock with his rear end at high speed, rag dolling him through more rocks. He was probably ok, just very sore and lucky he did not break his back. The snow completely hid the rocks, no lumps. There must have been several feet of windblown for that to occur?
The rest of the day I hit up the front side of Rex, or far skier's left, around the nose a bit. No-one was back there, the snow was untracked and the tree skiing is excellent. I'll leave the pock marked green valley for someone else thanks to it's new-found accessibility.
I love Crystal. I'll be up there in February (on a Sat
).