Photo TR: The Week in Review 3.14.06-3.21.06

[iskibc]

The past week has been a whirlwind. Went from backpacking in Kauai to riding light and fluffy Colorado pow within a matter of hours. The skiing has been pretty decent lately. Small systems rushed through the state over the course of the week, dropping just enough to make the skiing good. The end of the week brought a decent upslope storm, stacking up to 18" of fairly light pow along the front range mountains. Got to tour with some old friends and some new friends along the way. Maybe the pictures below will bring 'surf the earth' out of lurk mode and he'll start posting.

I'm TR'ed out, so I'll let the pics do the talking. Enjoy:

3/21/06

mtnbikerskierchick:



Throwing down:







Steeps:








It was a good day:
















Was a nice sunrise in the Gore:






iskibc:




























Surf the earth:






















In the early morning light:

[iskibc]

3.19.06

Storm day. Good skiing, 7" of new, on top of 6" of 2 day old fluff. Upslope starting to kick in. RMNP.

Dragontail couloir:



Didn't quite get it this time.







Conditions were pretty good. Lot's of loose snow sloughs coming down, but no deep instability to be found.





























3/16/06

RMNP. Storm's a brewing. A good 7" of fresh on top of a soft layer. Good skiing.

RJ



iski:








Staring, thinking, wondering....





Some beater molesting Elvis after having too many beers:

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Wow yall. Sooo many great pics!

MBS-looking smoove with the pink pants.

D-glad to see you banged Big Bertha! Way to get it done!


I love this picture.....WOW.

[bcrider]

man...some great pics in there !skibc!

a week's work of your stoke is enough to get me by for a month.

thanks for sharing!

[MOHSHSIHd]

nice pics


I :heart: this valley

[Z]

Hahahah...mtnskierchick hucks bigger than dave...hahahahahah





Nice pics.

[Trackhead]

Luv this pic.

[iskibc]

Hahahah...mtnskierchick hucks bigger than dave...hahahahahah





Nice pics.

huckin' is for beaters.

[Z]

huckin' is for beaters.

Heheh. I laughed out loud on that one. Good break from writing a paper.

[reidhresko]

that' sthe hot shit, dave. strong work...

[hev]

Hell yeah. Those are some awesome pics there iski.

[RootSkier]

Well that made my night.

[mtnbikerskierchick]

The Elvis pic is my favorite one

When Iskibc called me up and said, "Vail pass... tomorrow... sleds" I was in the middle of a run down the Elevator Chutes in Winter Park. I was down.... but little did I know that it was not just a dawn patrol, but it was an "Oh My God I have to wake up at 3am" dawn patrol It was worth it though. Vail Pass was money.... and a reward after not tackling the couloir on Sunday.

Gosh do I love spring break! 4 days of skiing down, 5 to go!

[splat]

Too sweet, Dave.
Can always count on you to be gettin after it.

[smmokan]

If you ever put together a book with all these TR's, put me down for one. Kick ass man.

Is that Hallett Peak in RMNP? Looks like it on the top left of that valley shot with the snow coming down.

[iskibc]

If you ever put together a book with all these TR's, put me down for one. Kick ass man.

Is that Hallett Peak in RMNP? Looks like it on the top left of that valley shot with the snow coming down.

Thanks Lloyd. A project is in the works for a specific range/zone, but won't be out for a couple years.

Yeah, that's Hallett. We made an attempt to climb and ski the Dragon's tail couloir off Flattop, but decided to turn back about 3/4 of the way up after numerous loose snow slides came down the couloir from spindrifts and snow from the narrow gulley above. A good 18" of light snow had accumulated in the couloir, making our attempt unsafe for that day. The pack below was bomber and wasn't going anywhere, however, after I got buried up to my waist in a loose snow slide, we turned around and went elsewhere. Can't wait to get back on that route, as it's a fun and aesthetic climb/ski.

[marshalolson]

I love this picture.....WOW.

that begs for repeating. wow indeed.

[Squirrel99]

Right on!
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damn, don't you ever have any fun?

[bigtrubs]

Nice TR dudes and dudette! Great pics in there!!!

Pink pants = radical.

[mtnbikerskierchick]

Nice TR dudes and dudette! Great pics in there!!!

Pink pants = radical.

I think the consensus is I should keep the pink pants.

[RootSkier]

What kind are they? My wife needs new pants and those would score me some serious points...if ya know what I mean.

[hucksquaw]

holy christ! this is brilliant. so many great pics. that valley looks incredibly inviting.

[Zeedashbo]

i'm thinking they're more of a pastel pink. i was actually thinking 'easter bunny pink'.

[bigtrubs]

I'm going to guess these are them:


I knew I'd seen that color pink before. www.burton.com

[mtnbikerskierchick]

Z-Bo, they are not "easter bunny pink".... I like to think of them as Pink Panther Pink Cuz I'm sly like a panther

To answer your question, RootSkier, they are Burton Cargo, Women's. The color is HIBISCUS.