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02-01-2010, 04:22 AM #1
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TR: Jan 30th - A few hours in the Alaska Range
AK47 and I spent Saturday enjoying the high-pressure and above-zero temps in the eastern Alaska Range. With the snowpack a bit thin, we kept rock under us for most of the day and didn't roll the dice with the weak bridging that most of the lower elevation glaciers had. Daylight is still in short-supply, but the long, sunrise/sunsets are tough to beat this time of year.
After getting a couple late-day runs in, we waited a half-hour or so on top of the ridge in the dark while the moon rose. After turning our headlamps off we skied our last run under a full moon back to the valley floor. (sorry, no pics of the last run) All in all, it was a great day cruising around in the hills with the Papa-Muntz-moonshine-run being the icing on the cake.
I had the only camera, so we didn't end up with too many action shots. Sunsets, skin-tracks and the bearded AK47 are the stars of this TR. Enjoy.
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02-01-2010, 04:43 AM #2
Buy the Bros or else!
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FKNA!!!!
The pacifists always lose, because the anti-pacifists kill them.
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02-01-2010, 04:50 AM #3
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Alaska & this TR = Win.
The floggings will continue until morale improves.
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02-01-2010, 04:53 AM #4
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fantastic.
Love the pic with the flash on
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02-01-2010, 04:58 AM #5
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totally awesome .....
Semper in Pulveris .... Only the depth varies
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02-01-2010, 05:21 AM #6
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F*ck yeah!
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02-01-2010, 05:21 AM #7
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beautiful pics!
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02-01-2010, 06:27 AM #8
it is 4:48
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Thank you for sharing those - the sunsets look beautiful.
パウダーバカ！！
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02-01-2010, 08:13 AM #9
wait, what?
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That was amazing. Your pictures capture some serious beauty and what looked like killer skiing. Thanks!
"Powder snow skiing is not fun. It's life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality." -Dolores LaChapelle
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02-01-2010, 08:17 AM #10
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Nice job. Making turns in that pink alpenglow must have been sweet.
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02-01-2010, 08:58 AM #11
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looks amazing!
F-R-O-double-G
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02-01-2010, 09:00 AM #12
got a sonic reducer
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wow!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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02-01-2010, 09:40 AM #13
heartcore
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looks like an amazing day! great pictures!
Ich bitte dich nur, weck mich nicht.
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02-01-2010, 09:49 AM #14
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Really nice shots in there. Killer.
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02-01-2010, 10:30 AM #15
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Excellent pics!
I love how all the TRs I've read from AK say "we have no snow this year". All the pics look great, and we really DO have no snow here in Colorado.
I'm trying to put together a trip up there for March, is the snow really that bad?
How is stability?
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02-01-2010, 11:04 AM #16
Like, whatever.
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Oh my Jesus.
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02-01-2010, 11:11 AM #17
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Unreal shots and sick terrain.
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02-01-2010, 11:14 AM #18
Banned
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This shot is $$$
Makes me feel like I'm there:
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02-01-2010, 11:16 AM #19
Um, yeah, that guy
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Wowza stokage.
www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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02-01-2010, 11:20 AM #20
Carpe Skiem
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Snoner! .
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02-01-2010, 11:20 AM #21
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that's the stuff
I can't believe you are a rando racer because I look so much better in Lycra than you.
People who don't think the Earth is flat haven't skied Vail.
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02-01-2010, 12:38 PM #22
ride a banana...
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this =
Originally Posted by AK
i like how you can see his tracks leading to the drop point in the same pic as the action....“83.2% of people make up their own statistics.”—Unknown
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02-01-2010, 12:52 PM #23
Not on IR. For now.
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This TR goes to 11.
Originally Posted by Ernest_Hemingway
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02-01-2010, 01:02 PM #24
Because I'm a caveman....
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Are you kidding me? Absolutely no need to apologize - this is the best TR I have seen so far this season! A+++++++ Amazing pictures!
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02-01-2010, 01:13 PM #25
Fighting Like Hell
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That is well done. The shot of the traverse over the cornice across the ridge looks sketchy from the picture.
License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations
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