TR: Another October Pow Day 10.14.06

**Chainsaw_Willie** · 10-15-2006, 10:54 PM

Beautiful pics! Way to get after it early in the season.

Jealousy rears it's green slimey head behind this keyboard. We have yet to get any significant accumulations around here.

**brettf** · 10-16-2006, 12:01 AM

rock on! Thanks for that... again.

**skideeppow** · 10-16-2006, 09:48 AM

I can not see the photos (I am at work) but i was up there yesterday at around 8, did not see any of your tracks in the north coulior or down low. We turned 3 laps down low and 2 up top. Snow was deep and light. We broke trail all the way up in 1-2 foot of fresh. Totally blue till 1230 then someone turned off the lights. On our way down there must have been 20-30 people coming up. Some guy was booting up our skin track on the lower pitch, postholing up to his waste and destroying our skin track.
I will post pixs when i get some time,

**leroy jenkins** · 10-16-2006, 09:59 AM

Those are some of the best sunrise/sunset photos I've ever seen, super serial.

The skiing looks kinda fun too i guess.

**smitchell333** · 10-16-2006, 10:33 AM

Weak...

...Not

How far down valley is the access now?

**iskibc** · 10-16-2006, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by smitchell333

Weak...

...Not

How far down valley is the access now?

We could still drive to 12,200', but it was snowing hard on Saturday and Sunday, so I would imagine it's quite a bit lower now. Probably around treeline with a non-stock 4X4.

**Ireallyliketoski2** · 10-16-2006, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by skideeppow

I can not see the photos (I am at work) but i was up there yesterday at around 8, did not see any of your tracks in the north coulior or down low. We turned 3 laps down low and 2 up top. Snow was deep and light. We broke trail all the way up in 1-2 foot of fresh. Totally blue till 1230 then someone turned off the lights. On our way down there must have been 20-30 people coming up. Some guy was booting up our skin track on the lower pitch, postholing up to his waste and destroying our skin track.
I will post pixs when i get some time,

The word is out on the street that Zuma is where it's at.

**skideeppow** · 10-16-2006, 11:27 AM

yeah, but road access is super low now. I dont know what happened when we left, but it looked like the starting of a junk show up there.

**arg** · 10-16-2006, 12:28 PM

Another nice one.

Might have to head out that way this week.

**iskibc** · 10-16-2006, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by skideeppow

I can not see the photos (I am at work) but i was up there yesterday at around 8, did not see any of your tracks in the north coulior or down low. We turned 3 laps down low and 2 up top. Snow was deep and light. We broke trail all the way up in 1-2 foot of fresh. Totally blue till 1230 then someone turned off the lights. On our way down there must have been 20-30 people coming up. Some guy was booting up our skin track on the lower pitch, postholing up to his waste and destroying our skin track.
I will post pixs when i get some time,

Yeah, it was snowing hard off and on during the day on Saturday. Wouldn't surprise me that another 10"or so fell overnight. We didn't run into many people on Saturday. Only a group of 3 climbers and one other group of skiers. Thought it would be a shit show up there.

On another note, some moron forgot to refill his/her snow pit they dug at the bottom of the north couloir. Not the greatest spot to dig a pit either. I fell into it and wrecked myself due to the poor visibility.

The thing was a good 4'-5' deep.

**FrankZappa** · 10-16-2006, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by iskibc

On another note, some moron forgot to refill his/her snow pit they dug at the bottom of the north couloir. Not the greatest spot to dig a pit either. I fell into it and wrecked myself due to the poor visibility.

The thing was a good 4'-5' deep.

Iskibc's version of moguls...

**iskibc** · 10-16-2006, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by FrankZappa

Iskibc's version of moguls...

I laughed

. No seriously though, I've seen people get severely hurt from skiing into snowpits that haven't been refilled. Scary stuff.

**FrankZappa** · 10-16-2006, 12:51 PM

I prefer to place pungy sticks in the bottom when I depart.

**Cruiser** · 10-16-2006, 01:08 PM

I prefer to place pungy sticks in the bottom when I depart.

That's my favorite way of catching snow leopards for dinner. If you've never had teryaki grilled snow leopard I would highly reccomend it.

**skideeppow** · 10-16-2006, 01:18 PM

i would not bee skiing up there unless another foot fell. I am telling you, in 16 years in the valley, i have never seen so many people up there.

The fact that they were just getting to the bottom of the climb between 1 and 2 tells you where their heads were at. The temps where rising big time and the snow turned to potatoes on the east and south facing stuff.
On our way up to the saddle, we had two or three significan sluffs come down on us. We dropped out traverse to the floor.

**girlski0912** · 10-16-2006, 01:22 PM

Oh damn dude...the sunrise pics are $$$ and the Otcober pow shots are sweet too. Way to kill it kids.

**Spark** · 10-16-2006, 02:48 PM

What a great way to spend my break....awesome sunrise...unreal colours....great ski stoke.

**Johnny Deep** · 10-16-2006, 02:54 PM

Nice photos!

Ditto on the sunrise.

**Blurreds_left_nut** · 10-16-2006, 05:01 PM

that's heavy. nicelydone

**homerjay** · 10-16-2006, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by skideeppow

i would not bee skiing up there unless another foot fell. I am telling you, in 16 years in the valley, i have never seen so many people up there.

Would you attribute this to the internet, or the fact that it's the only place in a 6 state radius worth skiing, or both?

Oh, and kick ass fucking pics!

**mtnbikerskierchick** · 10-16-2006, 06:08 PM

Thanks for the great TR again iski! Thanks too for the report on the snow conditions

That's great information for all of us here in Colorado!

**JMO** · 10-16-2006, 07:13 PM

I feel like I'm going to fall through my computer monitor looking at this photo. Excellent shot (among many).

**skibee** · 10-16-2006, 07:34 PM

Happy Happy Joy Joy Prudy Pictures.

Very nice, we are dry and chilly here in the Canadian Rockies. No snow, no biking, noi joy. Many thanks for the stoke.

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