I did 5 days there last June, the avalanche danger was unfortunately quite high (because June) so we didn't ski any gnar. Italy's boot or whatever is maybe the super classic of the zone but you can...

Golden Bowl got turned into a Natural Grocers too. Enjoyed that place when it was around!

Edelrid sliders are super easy to use, maybe almost too easy. 'Locking' but I would be a little sketched by getting belayed on one. Normal quickdraw carabiner sized, 47g. Grivel twin gates are pretty...

I’m in a pair of nordica speed machines and am pretty happy with fit / feel with one exception: when I land off a jump back seated at all I get toe bang on just my big toes. Landing forward and any...

Frank advice? I guess maybe you could quibble that a SIG Sauer is the better option for sidearm when you need to blast some rocks on the downhill...

Snow in Arvada is heavy and wet AF, feels like May. Was rain until ~11 too. Stuck working this weekend but hope it's delivering in the mountains too

Yes Lillie G and crp were closed. I skied by three bears 1ish and it was closed with just a couple patrol tracks on the runs looked like. Didn’t hang around to see if it opened.

Too bad, last weekend I chatted with the liftie that usually loads chairs there and he was optimistic on it opening soon. Probably Saturday so us frangers can put the bumps in all wrong ;)

I think it doesn't take much bending on the wire that clicks into the button hook for the mechanism to fail. Mine did this with no significant bending/damage and I torqued on it a little bit to get...

I drove back from winter park yesterday evening, 8 hours back to Arvada with a couple stops for food and gas. 4:30-12:30. The drive up was so civilized, we got lulled into a false sense of security....

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Nice day out today

I fondled some new Maestrales and the 4 Quattro XT at the store yesterday. The walk/ski mode lock is indeed very very similar, but the plastic holding in the pin on the maestrale is maybe 25% wider...

Thoughts and prayers to those brave enough to ride it what with the tower damage and all ��

In Spokane there's a dude with a red porsche and a beautiful wood strip kayak (canoe?) with a very similar vibe. No pics unfortunately

Some of y'all are just jealous you didn't ski 14 days at the third best resort in N America last year!

Yesterday on Berthoud
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I have a choucas pro, I like it. Wore it for 5 days in AK touring on the glacier and rock climbing in it, some rappelling, no hanging belays though. With softshell pants and LJs on I didn't regret...

The Sentinel satellite takes images every ~5 days. I use caltopo premium to view it but you can also use sentinel-hub which is free but a little harder to use and I don’t think you can layer topos...

Saw a facebook post from someone skiing off the ridge south of bobtail on the 19th, they said a few decent turns way up there, plenty of sharks, junky in the meadows. High res satellite from...

Another 30 year old here, I guess this is my second year mostly lurking? Same reasons as everyone else for sticking around, figuring out the correct color of boots and wagon to buy (red and brown...

My first time skiing the beavers I got first tracks down Jetta in a foot of fresh so I'm mostly just chasing that high at this point. Plus who can pass up a lap or two on that icy bit of Loafer???

My wife had some mtn 88s (women’s) for a while and disliked them. She’s skiing qst 92s (women’s) now and likes them much better. Obviously there’s a significant weight difference between the two. Her...

Again I just want to point out that even if you do go buy TFTUA their gym-based muscular endurance workout is 6x10 reps box steps, 6x10 reps front lunge, 6x10 reps split jump squats, 6x10 reps squat...

Yes I have two pairs of skins with these tips, one on some Volkl rise aboves which do have a little depression but shaped differently and no notch of any sort, and one on Ripstick 106s with no tip...

I saw the Raide pack on Thursday at the bent gate party, seemed nice! Slick avy tools storage, roll top + cinch seemed useful, felt light, supportable frame still. Was fully impressed. Was regretting...

If you buy in to the Uphill Athlete training approach, their muscular endurance indoor/gym programming looks really similar to leg blasters (in types of exercise, if not sets and reps exactly). They...

I started with a mini a couple weeks ago and have worked up to two full sets as of last Friday. Good reminder to do some today too. I eased in slow enough this year that I didn't get any super bad...

For sure, good luck to your wife racing and have fun!

The motor vehicle use map shows dispersed camping allowed pretty early on the pass. I think right after the winter parking for skiing JP. You could also try 180.1 which is a little spur on the south...

Jilbertitos is a great recommendation. Basically my favorite part of driving way west on i70 is stopping there.

Skied berthoud pass after work yesterday, cream cheese consistency. Felt bottomless though so it had that going for it! In the trees was a little nicer than open areas. 458751

This looks absolutely heinous. Good on your partner for grabbing the picture!

I just couldn't believe someone snaked my line! Thought I was gonna have freshies up there for sure, haha.

These tracks look real familiar...

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I've been skiing a pair of Rise Above 88s for about 60,000' vertical with ATK crests mounted. The crest mounting pattern looks like it shares the back holes with the Haute Route but the front heel...

I briefly kept a dream journal for about a month 10+ years ago, and the main one I still remember involved skiing uphill at essentially the same speed as going downhill. Almost as good as flying, or...

My wife had one of these shovels (I presume) that she sent back to Mammut and got a replacement. Hers acted normally at room temperature and was problematic in the cold. Fortunately we identified the...

I liked the snow conditions Saturday well enough. Firm but very edgeable - felt wintry still especially in the Beavers and off Pali. Cloud cover was unfortunate and the parking situation appeared...

If 'advanced' is the category just above intermediate and below expert then it's not a crazy list. 13 minutes is a lot of youtube video to say so though but I guess someone's gotta be grinding out...

Yes, I got a pair of volkls with ATK Crests mounted. They do have a ~25mm adjustment range, I asked for them to fit two different boots which they did and have had no issues with them.

How about looking at the Sentinel satellite weekly high-res imagery? Contingent on good timing and no cloud cover but looking at historical data could give you an idea whether it's usually scoured or...

Awesome! Glad I didn't steer you totally wrong and that you enjoyed it. I missed this one because covid. Looking forward to the next.

Titanium gets used in wrought aluminum alloys (i.e. 4 digit alloys like 6xxx, 7xxx, etc. type series including classics like 6061, 7075) mainly for grain refinement during the casting process. Ti...

Yeah it doesn't seem like either of them are that comfortable having a conversation on camera, which, fair enough. With headphones I didn't love some of the audio suddenly being way louder than the...

I did a few last year and really enjoyed them. Was mid-pack at best, racing on 91 underfoot skis and F1s. I do have a decent amount of fitness from racing bikes and competitive running for the last...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7tPK91g648

Regarding this and your post on that Slide Zone thread - would you say the water's drained from the snow in what you're skiing? I was hoping to get out this weekend but hesitant with overnight lows...

MR is one I hadn't looked at yet, thanks. And apparently they have a custom sizing program too, presumably for $$$$. At this point I'm game to give up some ounces on my back for a comfortable fit....

Can anyone recommend a touring pack in the ~35 liter size that fits long torsos well? I have a cirque 35 in size M/L and the back is I think too short for me. Touring with it makes my back and...

Yeah, left Arvada at 8 am yesterday and cruised to Jones easy. Headed back around 3 and hit some slowdowns near Idaho Springs but nothing bad. Weird traffic for sure. Was expecting it to be much much...