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Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 11, 2009 - 05:33pm PT
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It's getting to be that time...
Let's see your backcountry ski photos.
I'll start.
I took this near Alta Peak, west side of the Sierra just before the Tablelands, at the beginning of the Sierra High Route (the ski route, duh).
This was around 11pm, full moon...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Sep 11, 2009 - 06:12pm PT
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kewl photo
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curt wohlgemuth
Social climber
Bay Area, California
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Sep 11, 2009 - 06:28pm PT
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But whydja set your tent on fire?
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Sep 11, 2009 - 06:40pm PT
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now I can contibute to this thread on a lazy friday - except it's not skiing
Rock Creek, Bridgeport, Mammoth
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 11, 2009 - 07:11pm PT
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Lunch break...
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Sep 11, 2009 - 09:02pm PT
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bump for the purdy pictures
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Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2009 - 01:55am PT
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Dave King, near Banner Peak, Sierra Nevada.
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ThomasKeefer
Trad climber
Between Tuscano and Liguria, Italia
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Sep 12, 2009 - 10:29am PT
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En route to Col du Chardonet:
Mer de Glace
Got French Alps?
Nearing Trient Hut in less than optimal weather
Vallonde del Inferno
Climbing to the Valsorey Hut
Walking in somewhere in Switzerland
Valle Blanche (Chamonix)
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Eric McAuliffe
Trad climber
Alpine County, CA
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Sep 12, 2009 - 11:42am PT
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summit ridge Hiram Pk. Carson Iceberg Wilderness.
Not quite Backcountry, but i took this last season at the XC while on an evening grooming session, look at that smoovvve trail.....
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Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2009 - 11:53am PT
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Doug Robinson near Banner Peak, Sierra Nevada.
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BCD
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Sep 12, 2009 - 02:17pm PT
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Some of my favorites from last year, though it's mostly just a bunch of those damn snowboarders....
first turn of the season:
Mt Walt
Incredible Hulk Left:
Little Slide Canyon
Below Mt Muir:
White Fang:
Emerson:
Picture Peak:
Deerhorn:
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Sep 12, 2009 - 02:41pm PT
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Cool pictures and awesome scenery !!!
Backcountry skiing is amazing, wish I had taken more pics, this year perhaps!
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Mikemcee
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Sep 12, 2009 - 03:14pm PT
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A few from a chilly late winter ascent of Casaval Ridge and then a couple more from the summer solstice corn harvest on the Hotlum Wintun. So much fun.
Alpenglow approach
Just before things started getting a little airy
Corn harvest
All smiles
And a bonus Donner pic
BCD, you set the bar so high. Awesome.
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MisterT
Trad climber
little blue truck
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Sep 12, 2009 - 03:48pm PT
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I learned how this year for this trip...
heading up into a whiteout
lovely conditions
working for it
point success
heading down the Emmons Glacier and really wishing I was a better skier.
only 3000 or so more feet to descend.
It was well worth it. I suffered in so many ways.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Sep 12, 2009 - 04:11pm PT
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Deerhorn?? Seriously, you guys were a long way back in there! But then, we got there last spring too:
We stopped at Shorty's place for a drink on our way home
And this was almost 40 years ago at Muir Pass
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:23am PT
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Very Nice! Been thinking about cutting turns and voila...the shizzle! The leaves are turning in these parts...snow just around the corner.
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:17pm PT
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Some of my favorites from last season:
Craig skinning the ridgeline on Skiers Alta, near the Pear Lake Hut after an aborted High Route attempt due to avi conditions:
Yours truly skinning on Day 4 of the High Route:
Sunrise on Day 3 of the High Route:
Frank descending the East Couloir of Matterhorn Peak in the Sawtooths:
Nice shot of a random skier going down Halls of the Gods Couloir on Angora:
Skin shot that I forget where from:
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
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Sep 14, 2009 - 01:56pm PT
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BCD -
Damn! Those are super good. Love the B&W of Picture Pk. You get around!
Everyone else...keep posting - cool here today. Already had a winter dream or two in the last couple of weeks.
Remember. I ski. You ski. Whiskey!
Goes for all who glide.
Tom Carter
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 14, 2009 - 02:24pm PT
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You want more? Okay...
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Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2009 - 02:43pm PT
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Crossing the Tablelands on the Sierra High Route.
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hafilax
Trad climber
East Van
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Sep 14, 2009 - 03:10pm PT
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Garibaldi May 2009:
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xtrmecat
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montanagonia
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Sep 14, 2009 - 08:08pm PT
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A friendly bump, and a pic from about three winters ago. This is my cardio hill, and the backside has some good stuff. It has been my desktop for a couple years, too.
Bob
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Sep 15, 2009 - 03:51am PT
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North side of Pyramid Peak, South Lake Tahoe backcountry, Apr. 11, 2009
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Sep 15, 2009 - 12:28pm PT
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
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Sep 15, 2009 - 01:31pm PT
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Shitte! I posted on the Traverse Thread - damn!
DR-
Cox skiing NF Whitney 1982 (1st year) note original Dana Designs Terraplane (25 lbs total) That was the Rule. We called it "fueling" instead of eating. Pretty light for us - but heck it was May? What were we worried about?
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Carrbro2
Mountain climber
Lakewood, Colorado
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Sep 15, 2009 - 02:33pm PT
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North Face North Maroon
Holy Cross Wilderness
Bancroft
Democrat
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Sep 15, 2009 - 02:40pm PT
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Oct 20, 2009 - 04:17pm PT
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Indian Peaks, CO
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Grahm Doe
Sport climber
Just South Of Heaven
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Oct 20, 2009 - 04:45pm PT
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Heres some back country skis...hehe
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Oct 20, 2009 - 04:50pm PT
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SLEDNECKERS!...Hey man where’s the leashes to pull us uphill?
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Grahm Doe
Sport climber
Just South Of Heaven
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Oct 20, 2009 - 06:10pm PT
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slednecks indeed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Nu8kRPVb4&feature=related
Come on up! I'll be happy to be your own personal chair lift ;-)
We usually pull up to a crag and get some climbs in too.
Sorry for the high jack, now back to your regularly scheduled skiing...
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General Ripper
climber
GnarthWest
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Oct 20, 2009 - 06:17pm PT
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Descending after skiing the headwall in the background on the Northeast Face of Mt. Redoubt.
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Michael Kennedy
Social climber
Carbondale, Colorado
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Oct 20, 2009 - 07:04pm PT
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Early season turns near Marble, Colorado (no, not this year - yet).
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igikpak
Mountain climber
Ridgway,CO
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Oct 20, 2009 - 08:05pm PT
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Oct 20, 2009 - 09:28pm PT
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Here are some from the BC Coast Mountains, Nirvana Pass area
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Buju
Trad climber
the range of light
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Oct 20, 2009 - 11:15pm PT
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awesome thread! bring on the psyche!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Oct 21, 2009 - 03:15am PT
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Burgundy Spire, Washington Pass
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Oct 30, 2009 - 03:25pm PT
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in the palisades...
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213
climber
The Biggest Little City
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diggin in tha crates:
three pinning and chillin somewhere high on the sierra high route
same hat different day different slide. humphreys north couloir
climbing the north face of the aiguille d'argentiere. good conditions here, but scary black ice in the middle zones, opted instead for couloir barbey. i'll be back!!!
a reno classic, peavine!
morning shred seshuan, combe maudit aka kuffner arete
rock chute, snow creek 18 hole pga-land
wooo hooo fired up for !invierno viente diez!
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Dmo
climber
S. Lake Tahoe, CA
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Good times.
skiing down is always more pleasant than knee bashing through the choss.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
somewhere approaching Ajna
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Excuse me while I clean the drool off my keyboard.... NICE everyone!
Eric
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10b4me
Ice climber
the reticient boulder at the Happies
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great picks.
now where is that early season snow?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Somewhere in the Cascades...
Don't ask, but check out the state-of-the-art gear!
Anybody who guesses what the strap under my boot is holding
on wins a prize. I haven't thought up the prize yet 'cause I'm
pretty sure it isn't gonna be won.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Some home made support cuffs to help your ankles out?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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You perspicacious dudes are correct in theory but these weren't
no funky home-made lash-ups. They were made by Galibier and called
Rigid Rands. I might own the only pair in the US. Still got 'em and used 'em the last time I went telying! I'll post a pic.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Here you can see how beefy they are and why they work so well.
The metal heel piece which nestles down against the mid-sole.
The buckles are also adjustable. This rig turns Asolo 3 pins into edgeing machines. Since they come up behind so far sometimes I just sit back and ski powder like a civilized skier. The duck tape holds on extra padding.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Ladies and gents, the $5 upgrade! Asolo Summit outers and the liners and cuffs from pair of Nordica spiral fracture specials, Skiied on this funk for decades! LOL
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 21, 2009 - 05:43pm PT
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Pure granolahead funk, to be sure!
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:17pm PT
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Wow! Totally genius with the boots!
I tele ski, and snowboard, and when it comes to descents in powder, I'd rather be on a snowboard. Problem is, the technology hasn't evolved *enough* for me to plop down another $1500 on a backcountry snowboard setup. I have an old Burton Custom. It sort of works... too heavy on the feet, and I wanted to use it with mountaineering boots, but with the weight and no backing (using race plate bindings), I could barely control it with those mountaineering boots. But it snowboards great with traditional snowboard boots and bindings (still too heavy for going uphill though)
I want a lighter board with clip (race-plate-like) bindings (Voile is now making these), and I want there to be a backing so I can use it with mountaineering boots (not happening yet, though I could use it with randonee boots, which I didn't like).
Needs more (side to side) control/stiffness while skiing (e.g. traversing steep, icy slopes)... the Burton system was pretty terrible at this.
So... I gave up before I really got started, and learned to tele, which I like very much as well.
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:23pm PT
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I like going places, on these:
But they are hard to turn, when one wants to...
(it was also a bit icy)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 22, 2009 - 01:40pm PT
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holy Moley! Reielly, Grossman, far be it from me to preach to the leather clad trads, but they do make plastic boots for that stuff....
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Nov 22, 2009 - 02:28pm PT
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Marty D. Cruising spring corn near Carson Pass 1993
[Re-post] Mr. Timid and Marty that day
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matty
Trad climber
los arbor
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Nov 24, 2009 - 03:04pm PT
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Somewhere in the french alps:
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Ricardo Cabeza
Trad climber
Warner, NH
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Nov 24, 2009 - 04:23pm PT
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Cleo,
I wouldn't reccomend anything plastic for your boot setup. You won't get the flex or feel for the board on your descents, at all. Having a feel for or connection with the mt is one of the biggest factors for success.
A split board it really the setup you want to get with for BC snowboarding.
I'm assuming that with the progression of backcountry, there are leather(or synthetic) boots that accomodate crampons.
Otherwise, if you don't need crampons, you don't need stiff boots. Kick steps, it's easy and much more comfortable in cozy snowboard boots than plastics.
Lighter and simpler is better sometimes.
Most of what you're going for ( I assume) is the gnar . Powder couloirs or chutes. Skinning up on a split board will be much easier than walking or snowshoeing.
Just my thoughts.
Best,
Brandon-
EDIT: I just re-read your post and see that you get into some ice against the fall line. My opinion still stands. Yer not gonna die, and the descent will be that much sweeter!
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Nov 24, 2009 - 05:19pm PT
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Teaching my doughter Alexa how to Ski,
She loves to carve the Tele turns now at 16 years young.
Tele'Ho
Every one have a great Thanksgiveng.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 25, 2009 - 09:18pm PT
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Jaybro- Right about the time that my granola was getting too stale to work with, I graduated to plastic and big sidecut boards. Took some spectacular dives, at first, when I would angulate hard and fly out over the shovels!!!
Never have put on downhill equipment but I catch all the air that I could want on my long Burton Supermodel.
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Josh Nash
Social climber
riverbank ca
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Dec 30, 2009 - 05:24pm PT
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first time nordic skiing. rented em cheap and had at it.
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powderdan
Social climber
mammoth lakes
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Dec 30, 2009 - 08:37pm PT
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ya backcountry dan! evan DR was impressed with deerhorn! thats a good one. it took me two trips to bag that bird. the photo in secor doesnt reveal the depth(literaly) of that approach. contact me for some turns.
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snaps10
Mountain climber
Visalia, CA
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Dec 30, 2009 - 08:55pm PT
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third time out this season.
Jordan Peak, SNF
Panther Peak, SNP
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PeteC
climber
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Dec 31, 2009 - 06:46pm PT
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3D chute in June
top of 3D
Mendenhall last spring
More Mendenhall
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Bump. Now that it actually is "the season", may as well put up some better ones from 2010 so far.
Tamarack Peak, New Years Day Pow (Jon then me):
Moon rising over Dick's Lake, Desolation Wilderness (photo from ski partner Alex):
Me on the top of Dick's Peaklet, pointing out where to cut the cornice (photo: Alex):
Alex splitting the shoulder. Dick's Peak.
Me finding the light. (photo: alex)
Really like this shot of Dick's and Dick's Lake.
South side of Tallac (photo: Alex)
Me finding some good snow at Janine's (photo: Alex)
Forget where, but the snow was great!
The Zen Hour in Desolation Wilderness:
Maggie's Peak - Prime Time (photos: Alex)
Purdy Lake Tahoe:
Tamarack again:
Storm Day.
A toast to all for a continued good ski season!
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Kurt Ettinger
Trad climber
Martinez, CA
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Awesome shots. Here is one breaking track up Tallac two days ago after a couple foot of fresh
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Mar 10, 2010 - 11:30am PT
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Mandingo
Trad climber
Radlands, CA
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Mar 11, 2010 - 04:46pm PT
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New York Mtn, CO
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Mar 12, 2010 - 09:46am PT
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Some additional reading material: "The Dangerous Game"
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Stan Hetrick
Trad climber
Huntington Beach, CA
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Mar 12, 2010 - 10:57am PT
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backcountry
Trad climber
Tahoe City, CA
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Mar 15, 2010 - 02:39pm PT
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skied Mt. Baldwin 12,600' out of Convict Lake last Thursday 3-11.
This is a couloir that reaches the Ridge above Normal Clyde Glacier. 13,400' from this Friday 3-12
lots of sierra ski touring trip reports on my website messageboard here:
http://www.thebackcountry.net/bb/viewforum.php?f=2
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jan 10, 2015 - 12:31am PT
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First I'm seeing this awesomeness!
Anyone looking for partners based out of LA for easy stuff this winter, let me know!
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Jan 10, 2015 - 06:41am PT
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Man...that first photo in this thread has me wanting to go on a ski trip. Tablelands in the winter is a magical spot
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jan 10, 2015 - 06:58am PT
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That is a helluva first photo.
Not to diminish any others ,great thread!
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