Photo TR: The Week of the Storm: Day 3

This IS the week of the season. It's been snowing almost non-stop since Saturday night and isn't predicted to stop until late Friday night. Some spots in northern Colorado are already reporting over 45" of new snow since Saturday, with another 2'+ by the time it's all said and done. Temps have been hovering in the middle teens since the storm started, making for some of the driest and lightest cold smoke we've seen all season long.

The stoke has been rising throughout the entire state in anticipation of the Big Storm. I've been getting calls from old friends who usually only call when it's absolutely epic.

Me: "Hey, it's great to hear from ya, where are you?"

Friend: "Neck deep in cotton candy-like blower...."

Me: "Great! Looks like I picked the wrong week to work..."

Friend: "Our skin track was thigh-waist deep this morning. I've never seen anything like it...."

Me: [insert jealous voice] "That's great, that's really great....Good for you...Work has been absolutely killer lately. Prolly not quite as fun as trench town, but pretty close"

Friend: "Hey, sorry to cut this call short, but we gotta get an early start today because we're pretty sure our skin track from yesterday is filled in and we're gonna have to put in some extra work today to reach the goods. Have a fun day at work! We'll send you some pics.

[Phone clicks]

Me: ":eek: "

45 seconds later I send an email to my boss telling her I'll be out of the office for some personal reasons the next day....

I haven't been to Berthoud since early November, so it was fun to check out the area and see how everything has filled in over the season. Met some new maggots as well as some old faces, making a solid and fun crew. It was still snowing lightly as we drove up the pass. By sunrise the clouds had parted a bit, making for a beautiful start to the morning:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...sunrise2-3.jpg



Some lingering valley vapor clouds working up the north side of the pass:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../sunrise-6.jpg



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...sunrise5-1.jpg




GFP mesmerized by the electrifying sunrise:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfp4.jpg


Little did we know hikeforturns was further up the shoulder snapping some pics as well. I figured it was a maggot. The next lap we connected and cranked out a few laps together.


2nd lap down lift gulley, iski:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../davepow-6.jpg


GFP:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfppow.jpg



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfp-1.jpg



Mmmm, the gurge:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...gfpcloseup.jpg



Next lap we met up with hikeforturns and continued to bask in the deep.


GFP:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...c/gfppow-1.jpg



Hollywood rock:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfpair.jpg




http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfp3.jpg



hikeforturns surfing:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...keforturns.jpg



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...orturnspow.jpg



GFP checking out of the whiteroom:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfp2.jpg


Rush cliffs:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...c/gfphuck3.jpg



iski:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/.jpg


Coming outta Rush chute:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/str8.jpg



Clouds and sun battling it out:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...c/clouds-1.jpg





GFP checking back in to the whiteroom:



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfp5.jpg



It was good:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfp6.jpg





http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/gfp7.jpg

After several laps we met up with samuelf, tubesag, Phish, and Sabastian for a couple more laps before calling it a day. We had a great group and skied a couple of fun lines on the west side. Skiing with maggots always kicks ass. We had a good vibe going and everyone charged hard.


Samuelf hitting the lower part of Gaffney's Playground:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...c/samgaffa.jpg



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...c/samgaffb.jpg


He stomped it clean and skied away. Nice hit Sam.



Tubesag dipping into the white room:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../tubepow-1.jpg



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...bc/tubepow.jpg



Tubesag hitting shelf rock next to Gaffney's playground:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...c/tubehuck.jpg



Slayin' pow:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/tube.jpg



samuelf:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/sampow.jpg



He likes to stay in the air most of the time:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...bc/samhuck.jpg



Phish skied a nice, fast, and fluid line from the top of the Rush/Nitro headwall>Rush Chute>lower apron. Some nice pow turns at the top:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/phish.jpg



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/phish2.jpg


He was moving too fast for me to catch the rest of the run, but he slayed it properly.



Phish near the 80s:


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l19/iskibc/phish3.jpg



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...phishhuck2.jpg



http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...hishhuck2b.jpg



Helluva day spent with the maggots. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect as I type, so stay tuned for some more....

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Damn, that looked fun! Those pics actually make me want to go jump off of something :D

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Originally Posted by Rontele

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Indeed!! :yourock:

Awesome!!!!!! You freaking rock at photog'ing!

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!!

AWESOME!

great stoke...... schweeeeeeeet pics!!!!

Good, real good.

Fucking Colorado never gets any snow. That place sucks. Nice pics iski.

Damn fine looking playground of fun there, all those hits looked pretty yummy, wish I could have been to that party...gotta show me that spot when I visit again, pretty please with sugar and a candied cherry on top?:biggrin:

Oh, and nice friggin photos as usual.

peace,
D.

SSSCCCCHHHWWWWEEEEEEEEEETTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wowie Zowie!

Thanks for that Dave... I am now more obligated to play hookie than ever.

Sweet pics, what type of camera do you use?

Berthoud is skiing well right now.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...4/IMG_6175.jpg

Awesome pics once again!

It was great making turns with you Dave and it was nice meeting everyone else. Hope to ski with all you guys again soon.

Slayin' it :D

Amazing stoke, amazing! Right now I am sitting in a ad company meeting developing an event for April- luckily I am sitting at the corner of the board table and nobody can see my computer screen. My skin is crawling seeing it snow outside and hearing the reports come out of these TRs. I think I'm going to have to ski Vail tomorrow and Friday. Or the Jane....or the Beav. STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE STOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one of those threads where it will be bumped a year from now and someone will think "I remember that day."

Looks fluffy.

I like it. Like it a lot.

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Originally Posted by iskibc

This IS the week of the season.
Mmmm, the gurge:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...gfpcloseup.jpg

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These past two weeks are why this board continues to exist with such force.

I HEART the gurge. Keep bringin' it!

kick ass pics

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../davepow-6.jpg

I particularly like this shot.

What......the hell......was......I......thinking.......?

Awesome pics!

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I am so FKN Stoked on this TR...

Good work!!

I finally get to get some of these turns tomorrow and Friday.....SOOO $$$$$

arrrrrggggghhhh!!!!

stupid job.