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Saugy
Mountain climber
BC
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Mar 14, 2012 - 11:08pm PT
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For BK
All quiet up at the Duffy lately...thanks to mega-storms and scary bulletins!
Sorry. Is this off-topic?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 15, 2012 - 06:50am PT
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Saugy- No. The nice thing about letting those mountain bike photos in the summer go, is now we get to post skiing photos in the winter! :)
Conditions report from Whistler.
Deep!
Wow... long day....
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TheSoloClimber
Trad climber
Vancouver
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Mar 15, 2012 - 09:27am PT
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I'm getting ready to go get some right now..... finally!
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Mar 15, 2012 - 11:33am PT
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Bruce I too dispised the mtn fm slogan "no friends of a 20cm day". I even went out of my way to write those tools a letter expressing that they should be promoting the buddy system due to avy and tree well hazards and they brushed me off.
What a wack concept..
No Facebook on a pow day?!? What do ya think about that mike? Or do you just fb update mid day to make your injured friend (me) jealous?
Play safe out there everybody
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 15, 2012 - 02:25pm PT
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gf- Perhaps we should take the ski talk to another thread as not to de-rail this one. I think Bruce was trying to distract us from our subject :) There is a Powder thread that I have posted a few pics on. Powder
Bruce- No friends on pow days indeed. As a mountain rider I used to live by that slogan, until I lost a few friends and nearly got buried myself in alaska. I smartened up a bit after that one. As far as cameras, I also agree and I have very few pow shots. I find my phone quite handy to whip out and take a quick one, and after many years of no photos, I try and make the effort to take one or two good shots a day.
Luke- Not trying to make anyone jealous. Just share the stoke. I find posting stuff when it's happening is much more interesting. Plus i gotta do something when i'm sitting on a chair or resting after a good rip on the sled.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Mar 15, 2012 - 04:50pm PT
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Not climbing, not from anywhere near Squamish. But it was -40 or so. Gratuitous historical skiing bump.
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MH2
climber
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Mar 15, 2012 - 08:14pm PT
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Who would want to get away from cedar? A bomber rappel roped or ropeless.
Good pic, too!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Mar 15, 2012 - 10:37pm PT
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real drill bits
???
Garibaldi Park has suffered enough from the depredations of Whistler.
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Mar 15, 2012 - 10:45pm PT
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How the heck did helis get allowed in there n the first place...
The also seem concerned abouts bikes bikes in the park what do you guys think? I personally like the biking access in the singing creek and up the red heather/elfin lakes.
Anders your skis are tooth picks that's what Gfs saying! Hahaha not much surfaces area for surfing on the pow
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Saugy
Mountain climber
BC
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Mar 15, 2012 - 10:51pm PT
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hey anyone who uses the Whistler /Blackcomb back country should submit a comment right now to BC Parks:
Done
No problem with whipping it out at the top and bottom though!
Sorry Bruce, had to do it!
edit: This pic didn't garner the response I thought it might...so I delete
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Mar 15, 2012 - 11:06pm PT
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The start of heli-skiing in the Spearhead Range goes back to the 1970s. After the big expansion at Whistler in the early 1980s - and removal of large pieces of Garibaldi Park - it became institutionalized, and grew.
It's sad how Whistler uses imagery of Garibaldi Park to promote itself, and has the park to provide activities, especially in summer - but has never done much for the park. You'd think they could at least support some trail work. But then, commercial operators often want to locate next to popular parks. In good cases, the relationship is symbiotic, and in poor ones, parasitic. Kind of like the current tourist gondola proposed for Squamish - the Chief and Shannon Falls parks already have hundreds of thousands of annual users, and are facing some pressure. Why not site the thing somewhere else nearby, but out of the parks?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2012 - 12:11am PT
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gf- Do you still prefer the skinny sticks for the light stuff over the new fatties these days?
MH- Nice pic!
Bruce- I love seeing smiling faces in the snow. Thanks for the pics :)
Interior Big Mike Snowbeard
You also mentioned the GRB recently, I had to run to Pemberton for some parts and shot this on the way back.
Can you tell us anything about Urban Blight? Sounds pretty interesting to say the least.
I only went to the GRB one time, I got about ten feet up Quartite Jugs, freaked out and downclimbed... It was dirty and wet and I was way too light back then.
Edit. Submitted- No helis, non-motorized, pro huts.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Mar 16, 2012 - 02:17am PT
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I replied some weeks ago. Like Tami, I don't want heli-skiing in the park, and I don't want mtn bikes on the trails, Singing Pass, Helm Creek, Cheakamus Lake, or any of them. I disagree with Tami on the hut issue, though: look at the Plummer Hut in Waddington area. Nobody would go in there without tents, because the hut might be full of other people, even guided parties. If there was a hut system in the Spearheads, would anyone in their right mind go into that area without tents or a snow shovel? I hope not.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Mar 16, 2012 - 02:36am PT
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If your basic assumption of parties on the Spearhead is to carry shovels and tents, why the push for wood frame accommodation to the unprepared or guided for ?
I'm not pushing for huts on the Spearheads; I'm opposed to them. My point is that huts attract people, huts fill up, and wise parties won't depend on the huts but will carry decent gear on the assumption that the huts will be full.
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Mar 16, 2012 - 02:39am PT
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I feel the bikes and hikes don't mix. There'z plenty o' trails for cyclists. And if U think not ? Build more for BIKES ONLY.
Absolutely correct, Tami. And one mtn bike will do more damage than a dozen hikers.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2012 - 03:42am PT
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To tell you the truth Tami, Terry O took that picture and he is short, so I think he was standing up on a curb and I mighta kneeled a bit :)
What about sledskiers? they mix pretty good :) no there is a place for all of us and tourers get the right side of the highway, and Sledders get the left. Except the Callaghan where they illegally banned us under the guise of the olympics..
At least here in Whistler.. Tourers get the Duffey too, it's all about terrain really.. If there is quick access terrain close to the highway or road access then it's setup for touring. if there's a 7 or 8k+ road to get to the alpine then, maybe more of a sled area..
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Mar 16, 2012 - 11:07am PT
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I hear Parks is planning to build a mtn. bike only trail. Yahoo!
Don't confuse sleds with bikes. One has an engine, the other one is incredably good for your heart. One makes a lot of noise, the other one doesn't. One burns lots of gas, the other one doesn't.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2012 - 11:11am PT
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Sleds are such a non-issue though if you start talking about boats and airplanes and industry, our emissions are pretty small.
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hamish f
Social climber
squamish
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Mar 16, 2012 - 11:27am PT
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Hey Big Mike, I'm not getting down on your sleds; it just hurt a bit when someone threw sleds and bikes in the same category.
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