If conditions and crew are good, do it. You'll feel like you're in Alaska while being ridiculously close to home.
It's a good excuse to dust off the crevasse/mountaineering gear and practice....

The Lodge
The Hurley Mountain Lodge is a modular building designed to accommodate up to 14 guests and our staff. It’s situated right in the mountains, 1430 meters (5000 feet) above sea level in the...

Playing with shims on the DIN18 toe piece:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/248330-Ski-quot-feel-quot-differences-FKS-Pivot-14-vs-18?p=4936891#post4936891

I've recently setup a new pair of Rossignol Super 7 RD's with Look Pivot 18 bindings and played around with the shim plates provided.
This is replacing my daily driver which was the 2012-2013 Squad...

What he said. Hitting zigzag pond in January...wtf

fify
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smote

Crystal. Sensor or something kept tripping every 15 seconds.

Damn you Blackcomb Harmony chair, you cost many of us a good lap this morning.
But those first laps were sweeeet!

I just heard through the local grapevine that the snow that fell this afternoon is apparently some of the lightest/driest they've measured in 40 years. (Clownshoe, confirmation?)
This afternoon we...

Got some fun laps before the shit show arrived and a shit show it was.
Unfortunately the shittiest of all shittiness happened, we encountered a tree well incident.
Gonna wait for more details.
Be...

Volkl Bridge. I got 'em to fit this category, they're a lot of fun. And they've been getting lots of snow time this year.

High Husume entrance skied really nice this morning but it's a bit of a scramble to get to.
Took a stroll into the blackcomb glacier shrund, I'd never been in it.
Pretty cool to see all the old...

Just saw this tonight and holy... if you want to switch gears from overacted, over CGI'd Hollywood fluff, you might want to check it out. Well told and emotionally intense.
The kind where the...

Nice chart comparing ski weights:
http://www.evo.com/ski-weight-chart-for-alpine-backcountry-skis.aspx

Went up Brandywine today. We originally planned to go up Tricouni/Chance creek area but the bridge over the Cheakamus is being rebuilt and the dude wouldn't let us cross. He said it should be done...

I flew to Geneva with Luftansa this spring. I was with the gf at the time so she checked her one suitcase with all our clothes and stuff, I checked in my one luggage, a big ski bag stuffed with 2...

Did a little jaunt yesterday up Phalanx, Foon and some other northish coolies but yeah things were starting to turn on all aspects. And poop chutes was just a big pinwheelin'...

Here are some thoughts after riding the RS mostly slackcountry this season.
I initially tried the stock liner but wasn't getting the fit I wanted so I put in a surefoot liner (X3).
Tours nice and...

getting all wild in hero snow, love it.

CBC should get their names and locations correct, it's called ASIAN PUSSY.

Glad everyone made it out of that slide ok.
So much low hanging fruit today, like blower over your head in front of the masses kind.
But yeah, some sluffs today were enough to drag me with them....

http://vimeo.com/user5393374/badmotherfucker

Here's the missing soundtrack, fire up at 8:35, 10:00 and again at 11:55 in the video above.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-sgYi4-Gjg

Both of my Icebreaker 150 boxer shorts, the crotches look like they've been through a wood chipper after a couple of seasons. That also includes summer hiking. My 200/260 long underwear also get...

Glen at Excess Backcountry did the initial punching, he's good.
I then upgraded to a Surefoot liner and got them to do some more tweaking.
I'll write a review once I'm satisfied with the overall...

I have really wide feet and had mine punched several times to finally get the width I need in the sixth toe area. They do punch well but the person doing it should have some experience with non-PU...

Yeah mostly wind this morning, not much else.
Lots of wind. In your face.
Really windy down to singing pass too.

Nice...

Tricouni scramble, Coast Range
http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=132585&d=1360737586...

Another added bonus for touring is that the whitish top sheets don't seem to have as much snow sticking to them as my old black S7s.

^^ BM, you totally should have fired up the fog machine for...

I have Squads as my BC setup mounted at zero with Dynafits and they feel pretty good there.

PM sent. Kinda what I do for a living.

Yesterday we linked up some fun lines around Blackcomb slackcountry.
A few cell phone pics:

Started the day off with Ladies First/Crack House...

I've owned 2007 mantras. Good all around ski, good for cruising around, trees, what ever. They're a more traditional directional skiing style. Had dukes on them for a while, did not like that...

I am part froggy-canadian. mmm le poutine...

For all you french-illiterate ratbaggers, here's the translation:

pinkpantsboi - Dude, this looks mega loaded, and there's not a single track
sidekick - woah, fat in there (hard to hear)...

Guy uses a grenade gotten off Ebay.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXH4wqCPHBY

My girlfriend got one originally for mountain biking and likes it. Now she's using it for skiing too.

Came across the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkA7vqTi3R8

Holy mountain scenery stoke!

1) Icelantic Gypsy 190cm . 125mm underfoot with full rocker profile. Amazing float, super fun in trees and charges. This ski has a fairly centered mount, your benign acrobatics will love this.
...

Following up regarding mounting point, it turns out that this mount is more center than other setups I have and it requires an even more upright stance. I ended up taking out the spoiler on my Lange...

Dude, 18 cement-imeters tonight, good luck with that crap. It's only going to get in your googles and pie hole as soon as you step off the groomer.

Sold.

abcd

2012 Rossignol S7 188cm ridden less than 20 days. Minor scratches.
G3 Alpinist skins are in good shape.
Dynafit FT12 bidings have been used on previous skis (Manaslus, Stokes) for total of maybe...

P11 summed it up pretty much. I'm waiting just a little more for my new sticks too.
I think disciple Clownshoe mentioned many a season ago, 150cm base is a good number to hit if you're still...

^ lol
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Everyday so far.

I talked to a few long time locals and a couple of patrollers, and consensus was today was definitely in the top 2 best days we can remember this season. Lots of crotch shots, some from snow, some...

ahhyeah! Slaloming small bushes on closed runs should be all time tomorrow!

The gf and I went for a stroll to the Waddington hut this week. Close to 12" at the lake but no firm base. Still nice to walk around in the white stuff.

Nice work Dan. Is that Matt H. on skis?