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Thread: TR: High Pressure
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03-15-2016, 09:57 AM #1
TR: High Pressure
Don't get me wrong, I love skiing pow. But if it's snowing in CO, the avalanche danger is usually elevated as well. And I love skiing steep stuff in the backcountry too. So when our recent dry spell dropped the avy rose to green across most of the state, I jumped at the chance to go ski some bigger lines.
Highlights here. More photos and words and stuff in the links if you're so inclined.
Mt. Buckskin, SW Face, 2/13/2016
More: http://www.adrenalated.com/TRIP-REPO...ckskin-2132016
Gothic Mountain, E Face, 2/27/2016
More: http://www.adrenalated.com/TRIP-REPO...untain-2272016
Mount of the Holy Cross, Cross Couloir, 3/5/2016
More: http://www.adrenalated.com/TRIP-REPO...y-Cross-352016
Looking like it might be back to meadow skipping pow again for now. No complaints, need some nice sticky spring storms to fill in the alpine a bit more. Then we can do more of this in a couple months!
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03-15-2016, 10:35 AM #2
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Someone once told me that I ski like a Scandinavian angel.
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03-15-2016, 11:31 AM #3
Awesome... and the TRs on your page are great in both writing and photography. The Sawatch looks like such a cool area to explore.
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03-15-2016, 11:57 AM #4
Nice. I was researching a potential trip to CO last year and that Holy Cross Couloir was high on my list, although I recall there being a bit of a slog.
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03-15-2016, 02:21 PM #5
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03-15-2016, 02:24 PM #6
Needs more dust and rock. GTFO.
You should have been here yesterday!
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03-15-2016, 03:27 PM #7
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03-15-2016, 03:52 PM #8
Great photos & stoke!
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03-15-2016, 03:56 PM #9
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03-15-2016, 05:04 PM #10Mike Pow
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FTW
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03-15-2016, 05:24 PM #11
Nicely done!!!
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03-16-2016, 08:18 AM #12
Nice poles
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03-17-2016, 02:27 PM #13Registered User
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Sick TR and pics.
Read your blog post. When I climbed Holy Cross this summer I couldn't stop thinking about skiing the Cross. I vividly remember talking to my partner about what a nightmare that area would be to navigate during the winter at night. Thanks for making me realize that was true.
As you said, you always remember the epics. Fucking awesome stuff.
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03-17-2016, 02:44 PM #14Registered User
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Nice job you florescent whippet wielding maniac! It was a pretty damn fun month despite lack of snow.
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03-17-2016, 03:59 PM #15
way to make some lemonade.
what a productive high and dry spell.www.dpsskis.com
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formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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03-30-2016, 10:11 PM #16
Sick! Way to get after it.
dirtbag, not a dentist
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04-01-2016, 09:09 AM #17
Cool. I have no idea where any of this stuff is but reading TGR over the years some lines keep coming up in TRs and it's like "oh right, THAT one. Nice."
Ich bitte dich nur, weck mich nicht.
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04-01-2016, 12:09 PM #18
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04-01-2016, 12:11 PM #19
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04-01-2016, 12:34 PM #20
You mean overnight it?
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04-01-2016, 12:35 PM #21
That, or know where the hell you're going, and wait until the snow is supportive on all aspects.
The facet wallowing on west aspects killed us.
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04-01-2016, 01:19 PM #22Registered User
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I thought you had a snowmachine now. Braap that shit up to the summit then ghostride the whip!
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04-01-2016, 02:19 PM #23
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04-01-2016, 03:48 PM #24
Willows are brutal... even on skis
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04-02-2016, 07:59 PM #25bigasshair
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Adrenalated, loved the Mt. Bucksin Rock GS and tool selection for the Cross descent.
Looking particularly bony for high altitude Colorado.
Keep getting after it for those of us who are now without snow and vertical but living vicariously through you.
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