Thread: Crested Butte Stoke 2011-12

Going to ski the resort tomorrow mid morning till early afternoon. blue jacket loud green pants give a yell and we can grab a X mas beer.

Z - those are some damn fine shots. I think you have found your calling. I, on the other hand, have found mine: slaying hard-to-get-to-pow. Proof:

Originally Posted by Z

Anyone skiing this weekend? Maybe some chinese food after?

Originally Posted by Girardeau

I, on the other hand, have found mine: slaying hard-to-get-to-pow.

Way to crank out the video Trevor!

Skied one mediocre and two amazingly fun laps in the Anthracites today, barely crossing another track. We found reasonably supportable snow, even if it was faceted all the way to the ground. Needless to say virtually every steep pitch sloughed heavily. Maybe today wouldn't have seemed so fun on a normal year, but boy did I have a good time!

Josh:

A couple from recently

Skinning


Some class 4


Tracks


Up the right side, down the left. And sled shred


No snow? Pond skim

^We sure hope so.

Miss you guys! It's winter here in Canada. Mike I wasn't kidding and you should have come.

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Miss you guys! It's winter here in Canada. Mike I wasn't kiddie.g and you should hav

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A couple of shots from New Years day on Richmond. Hopefully we actually get a little bit of snow this weekend.

Sadly, this thread wouldn't be historically accurate without showing the riding conditions down in Hartman's. I hope many decades pass before it's rideable in January again.

Right on.. was also out there on Friday having a blast on the bike. Rattlesnake to Becks is super fun. Did a lap down Skyline also and tried to get out to Luge, but I had to head in early. Looks like we missed bumping into each other by a few hours. Tried to beat the storm and ride the trails in Eagle on Saturday morning, but the snow came in early.

Hey Frank, what's up? Just wanted to pop in and say that your video sucks.

Let's hit Aberdeen this week, Z. You know you want to. You too, Lindahl.

Isn't Aberdeen closed due to sage grouse? Bring a couple back for me.

Anybody interested in an afternoon tour tomorrow (with or without bikes)?

Thanks Frank. Any stoke is good stoke at this point. That looks like a fun trail!

Originally Posted by adam

Isn't Aberdeen closed due to sage grouse? Bring a couple back for me.

Not until spring. People are going to be fired up when the seasonal closures at Hartman's, Deer Creek, Doctor's etc take effect this spring when they're dry.

Mike, I'd love to ski, but I have some work this week.

If you haven't ridden the new Aberdeen, it has quite possibly the best flow of any mtn bike trail i've ever ridden (in the clockwise direction). Last mile is butter

Originally Posted by Mike_Records

Anybody interested in an afternoon tour tomorrow (with or without bikes)?

Going to ski at the resort tomorrow if you want....

Way better today than I expected. Going back out tomorrow if anyone can join.

Definitely good last Sunday

Originally Posted by goldenboy

Definitely good last Sunday

That pic of the slab breaking is very cool goldenboy!!!

Went back for seconds today. The winds definitely worked the snow overnight, mucher hard slabs this morning than last night. But, the snow is still good in the trees.

Wanted to note the Tuesday slide referenced on CBAC. Unless its a different slide, which is possible, the slide I saw was not nearly as big as described. 200 vertical feet, 300 tops; still definitely large enough to mess you up! Another party triggered this slide today(I've jacked the contrast so its more visible). They seemed to think it was a slab, not a loose slide, seems to me to be some kind of hybrid. Interesting to me because of the length it ran (400 vertical feet), and the lack of propagation(~15 feet wide the entire path length), nor did it really step down over the course of its run. Went by it quickly but wasn't really interested in hanging out there, debris pile looked about 1 meter deep. Note: it looks like it pinches off there in the pick, but it actually started significantly higher and wrapped around a corner there.

hey mike, on CBAC there is a video on the 2011-2012 media page in case you wanted to see. Doesn't show the slide moving, just after the fact. 800 feet is very over-estimated.

Frank- with all the local comments about riding at hartmans, it is your video that will likely push me to air up the tires and get out this weekend. Rattlesnake looks great. Thus far I've resorted to shit-snow adventures, running at hartmans, and replacing the urge to bike with pouting.









I'm not a skater, but the ice this year has been incredible. I feel I missed out as some friends have skated 9+miles of open ice from Elk Creek to the Lake City Bridge prior to the last snow


In route to Hancock




Purple, Owen, etc in the distance


Daisy post Hancock. Oops, got some skiing left to do...in the dark



Richmond


Prepping for the winter that refused to arrive