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Thread: Skiing the Mendenhall Icefall
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03-06-2019, 05:34 PM #1
Skiing the Mendenhall Icefall
We've had a rare week+ of sun in Juneau and the snow on the glacial ice has gone through a nightly freeze/thaw cycle which has made it stick to the ice and provided a crusty surface to ski on. Spent the last few days poking around skiing spines and gullies on the glacier. The snow was crusty, then as the sun comes out it corns briefly, but then it just pulls off the ice when you try to ski it, so the window is pretty narrow. Fun times doing drone "selfies". These are frame grabs from video.
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03-06-2019, 05:41 PM #2
That deserves a FKNA!
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03-06-2019, 05:45 PM #3
Sick.
Did you happen to see the GSA or DD in your travels? I heard a rumor they are out there... trying to start up their own heli op."Its not the arrow, its the Indian" - M.Pinto
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03-06-2019, 05:48 PM #4
Sweet! Looks like you're skiing a giant blue squid!
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03-06-2019, 05:49 PM #5
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03-06-2019, 05:51 PM #6
Woah, cool. Ballsy... crevasses frighten me.
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03-06-2019, 05:58 PM #7
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03-06-2019, 06:09 PM #8
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03-06-2019, 06:15 PM #9www.skevikskis.com Check em out!
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03-06-2019, 06:20 PM #10
Skiing the Mendenhall Icefall
Jesus man what planet is that!? Crazy.
Would love to see some of the video27° 18°
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03-06-2019, 06:35 PM #11
Hot damn. Hope to see video
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03-06-2019, 06:43 PM #12
Sweet shots. If you ever want to waste some more time start a skiing drone thread. I’m intrigued by the auto follow drones. Haven’t looked into them too closely yet.
Great skiing and photos.
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03-06-2019, 07:16 PM #13
Nice work. I'm having trouble wrapping my head around consequence if you miss your window. Snow sliding off the ice would make for a very scary ride.
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03-06-2019, 08:26 PM #14
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03-06-2019, 09:28 PM #15
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I got some buds who did that Shagway to Juneau traverse which i believe came done Mendenhall
every traverse presentation I see is just more reinforcement that i don't want to do a traverseLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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03-06-2019, 11:40 PM #16
Fucking Christ.
Echoing Norse; crevasses and blue ice with seemingly three inches on top are terrifying.
That icefall ever fill in enough that it's not just a mountaineering exercise?
Right down just above sea level no?Do what you like. Try not to arbitrarily be an ass. -- skizix
the bumps are just better without hooveprints in them. -- lightranger
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03-07-2019, 06:53 AM #17
Badass pics. Post some GoPro footy for the boys. Looks like it'd hurt if you caught an edge.
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03-07-2019, 01:04 PM #18
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03-08-2019, 09:42 AM #19
I don't cares what the rest of the
in the pen think
I miss me sums crackheads fritztrips stoke
glad youre good
hope the crotchfruit and mrs. are too
once I get my A to the mfin K shit togather and get back im so lookin you and high angles up"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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09-26-2019, 01:42 PM #20
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Really cool terrain, ride the wave baby!
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10-23-2019, 09:18 AM #21
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I wish I had tried this while I lived in Juneau
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