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Thread: The FIFTY
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11-13-2022, 02:20 PM #2551Rod9301
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The carbon ice axe is available here
https://en.montaz.com/ice-rock-idol-p163447.html
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11-14-2022, 09:56 AM #2552guy who skis
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11-14-2022, 10:10 AM #2553
Not to derail this thread further but last UA podcast appears to be from August.
Scott Johnson's new company launched sometime in late September?
https://evokeendurance.com/ . Doesn't seem to show up very well in google searches.
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11-14-2022, 12:59 PM #2554guy who skis
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Huh. Anyway, end derail. I'd also be interested in a training bonus episode.
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11-14-2022, 01:39 PM #2555watch out for snakes
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11-16-2022, 12:15 PM #2556
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11-16-2022, 01:23 PM #2557
The last few pages of this thread have been a slog....
Speaking of slogs, the new episode does not dissapoint.
Route finding
Long day
Adventure skiing
steep skiing
pow skiing
Entertaining as always. Nice work Cody et. al.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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11-16-2022, 02:28 PM #2558
Thanks. It ended up being a pretty straightforward day all things considered. My takeaway is that the NE of Swiss is a classic. It's as rad of a run as it gets and to get it in good conditions, like we somehow lucked out with, is bucket list material. I would say if anyone wants to repeat something like this, skip Rogers and just go for NE of Swiss. Granted it's a gnarly line that you have to be absolutely certain of before dropping in.
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11-16-2022, 10:37 PM #2559
Where’s the Uber tour? Cody, your pursuit of the 50 is the Uber tour!
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11-17-2022, 10:18 AM #2560
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11-17-2022, 10:30 AM #2561
You know you've been through some serious schwack fests when 39 trips in, an exit that looks absolutely horrible barely gets mention.
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11-17-2022, 10:38 AM #2562
The exit was the scariest part of the second line. Thin sketchy snow over exposure... yikes.
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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11-17-2022, 11:46 AM #2563
I liked the part where Cody repeatedly stated that going over the tracks was highly illegal.
I can only assume the cameras were then turned off and you all proceeded to walk over the tracks
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11-17-2022, 11:50 AM #2564
Yeah, a couple of shots of that exit looked fucking scary. Maybe not "fall you die" scary, but certainly "fall and you will be severely fucked up" scary.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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11-17-2022, 11:57 AM #2565
What skis are you and Greg on? Proto MTN 105s??
Emma looks like she's on the new MTN 96. What a badass.
ETA: that looked like about my ideal (massive) day of touring for serious lines. FKNA!Last edited by meter-man; 11-17-2022 at 01:09 PM.
sproing!
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11-17-2022, 12:42 PM #2566
Hard to tell but the top of that line(swiss north) is very steep with a fair but of exposure, the line is massive. One of the longest laps in the canadian rockies. Its been getting skied more as of late, like most things, but i still think it only gets a few descents/year despite being an all up then all down highway access zero approach traverse(with the added skin back below the tracks). Its not quite tnf of robson but it is that one on most ski mountaineers list that they just havent gotten to. Tnf of rogers to start and the route finding on to tnf of swiss adds a fair bit of adversity to a line that already has a lot to think about. The locals adversity add on prrhaps? Super impressive for Ms Patterson to slay that as her 1st rogers pass ski, and like it was just a fun day out. Thats a loong day. Longer than the 7k feet would suggest. The skin out to stone arches mustve been heinous. Fun watch. The skiing looked sooo good
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11-17-2022, 02:14 PM #2567
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11-17-2022, 03:19 PM #2568
The major problem is that both cp rail and parks take it very seriously and areas end up getting shut down for everyone. Theyve considered shutting everything down different times or atleast talked about it. The rail and the highway are priority
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11-17-2022, 03:38 PM #2569
Exactly
Cannot mention enough of this, it only takes a few to fuck it up for everyone.
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11-17-2022, 03:48 PM #2570
There are two entrances for NE of Swiss, both very steep and very exposed. Getting caught in your slough on the entrance we took, would definitely b fatal. You're right, it's definitely been getting skied more and more, yet still probably only has a handful of descents per year because it is a very serious line with very high consequence. To me, the added complexity with throwing Rogers is was fun for sure. And you can take Roger's a bit deeper than we did, but then it puts you climbing under some very large, a very active seracs. Plus about a week before, a guide got caught in a small slide and was feet away from being dragged into a very deep crevasse. So ultimately, I wouldn't do the link up again because it's not that worth it. But I would honestly set a lot of stuff aside in life to ski NE of Swiss in the conditions we got it in again. It should be one of the most sought after lines in the Selkirks because it is seriously rad...granted, there is a lot of other stuff out there that will remain unnamed and unmentioned that could be as equally as bad ass out there. Just a lot less eyeballs on them than Swiss since you can see the NE face of Swiss from the road.
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11-17-2022, 04:05 PM #2571
Story telling keeps getting better and thanks to all the guests who show up to tour with you; sure adds a lot. Great kickoff for ski season
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11-17-2022, 05:19 PM #2572
Exactly. Roger's Pass skiing is under constant threat to be closed down. People skiing in closed zones, crossing railways and skiing without Winter Permits is a path to get it all shut down. The highway and the railway pretty much find all skiers a complete and total nuisance and if they could, would shut it down in a second. So yeah, the fine would suck. Being the person that gets a drainage totally shut down would be far worse.
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11-17-2022, 10:42 PM #2573Registered User
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Cody, one of your more impressive feats this season is getting those ZipFit GFT liners into your MTN Summit boots. Any tips? Did you cut out the gaiter or something? I tried to get my GFTs into a pair of MTN Summits today and didn't even come close, even with a ski boot horn.
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11-18-2022, 09:07 AM #2574
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11-18-2022, 01:36 PM #2575Registered User
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hey alka: what's the deal with calling it the "ne" face of swiss? was there a local's or first descensionist's tribunal that i missed hearing about? you on a unilateral side quest for naming accuracy in ski descents? (it should prob be the "nne" face then... ha!) or am i confused as to what you skied?
cause as far as i know what you skied down, after rogers, has been called the "n" face of swiss for as long as it has been skied...
i do agree that if there was a way to guarantee mint conditions, this is a line that people should drop everything for... i skied it a couple years ago and didn't get it in as good of conditions as you got... despite the more careful turning and less ripping result, it was still the sweetest line i've had the chance to ski down so far... hence the personal interest in hearing the rest of the story regarding your naming proclivities!
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