Portillo, August 5-12/06

salida · Aug 18, 2006, 2:31 PM

I was going to do the whole right up, but basically the jist is the skiing was awesome, 10-20ft base, with 4ft while we were t here. Ran into some awesome folks, and skied and partied hard!

Here are the select (semiselect) good pics. Some more action and video on the way.

waiting at the airport

sunrise over the andes

no turtles, apples, or cheese into chile please

big rock on the drive up

a mile long tunnel with no ventilation, hold your breath

switch backs, a two lane road, crazy drivers turn into a 3 laner

traffic jam

small room in the Inca

free wine tasting, night 1/7

phil on the lift

salida · Aug 18, 2006, 2:32 PM

flat light first day, looking over the partially frozen lake

stephan and myself

me below some cliffs

wine tasting 2/7

base on a sunny day

plateau lift

looking towards roca jack

out of bounds beyond condor

poma

me on the lift

salida · Aug 18, 2006, 2:32 PM

waiting at roca jack

my friends decided i looked like hitch hiker, the portillo dog

watch the sequence

jason got knocked over by avy bombing

nice rock

waist deep

our tracks down the main chute plateau side

rock again, hold the distance mark

salida · Aug 18, 2006, 2:33 PM

stephan and phil ripping

keith on the bottom, stephan phil jason and justin at the top

keith infront of Roca jack where we got first tracks in waist deep. The hardest part was riding the 5 man poma up the slope, jeeeez

looking at a mandatory from the bottom of the first chute on the roca traverse, it was more like 15ft at the beginning of the week, 5ft at the end

looking down from the mandatory

waist deep

air

keith on the lift

salida · Aug 18, 2006, 2:33 PM

wine tasting 7/7, hum missed pictures on 3, 4, 5, and 6.....

playing "make love to the dealer" in the tea room with pisco

group shot

big snow banks

girl on the bar

la Posada

-Porter

Marc · Aug 18, 2006, 3:21 PM

I appreciate the pictures.

But still hate you.

SkiDog · Aug 18, 2006, 3:46 PM

I avoided lookin at this thread and now I know why....

Im going to cry now...

So unfair...Im SUPER JEALOUS...looks like a great time man...that has been on my list for a couple years now...VERY SOON....

Great pics...

M

BeanoNYC · Aug 18, 2006, 4:43 PM

Sweet pics! Thanks!

FRITOLAYGUY · Aug 18, 2006, 6:34 PM

Great pics, that looks like a fun time you had..

riverc0il · Aug 18, 2006, 6:42 PM

niiice. how much lift vs. hike to skiing did you guys do? you satisfied with the DIN on those freerides? i know that was a concern of yours before heading down there. you got august dude, sweet. you are just missing september now, right? way to do it up right.

Aug 18, 2006, 2:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
salida Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Concord, NH Posts: 608	Portillo, August 5-12/06 I was going to do the whole right up, but basically the jist is the skiing was awesome, 10-20ft base, with 4ft while we were t here. Ran into some awesome folks, and skied and partied hard! Here are the select (semiselect) good pics. Some more action and video on the way. waiting at the airport sunrise over the andes no turtles, apples, or cheese into chile please big rock on the drive up a mile long tunnel with no ventilation, hold your breath switch backs, a two lane road, crazy drivers turn into a 3 laner traffic jam small room in the Inca free wine tasting, night 1/7 phil on the lift __________________ Bentley College Ski and Snowboard Club

Aug 18, 2006, 2:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
salida Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Concord, NH Posts: 608	flat light first day, looking over the partially frozen lake stephan and myself me below some cliffs wine tasting 2/7 base on a sunny day plateau lift looking towards roca jack out of bounds beyond condor poma me on the lift __________________ Bentley College Ski and Snowboard Club

Aug 18, 2006, 2:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
salida Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Concord, NH Posts: 608	waiting at roca jack my friends decided i looked like hitch hiker, the portillo dog watch the sequence jason got knocked over by avy bombing nice rock waist deep our tracks down the main chute plateau side rock again, hold the distance mark __________________ Bentley College Ski and Snowboard Club

Aug 18, 2006, 2:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
salida Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Concord, NH Posts: 608	stephan and phil ripping keith on the bottom, stephan phil jason and justin at the top keith infront of Roca jack where we got first tracks in waist deep. The hardest part was riding the 5 man poma up the slope, jeeeez looking at a mandatory from the bottom of the first chute on the roca traverse, it was more like 15ft at the beginning of the week, 5ft at the end looking down from the mandatory waist deep air keith on the lift __________________ Bentley College Ski and Snowboard Club

Aug 18, 2006, 2:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
salida Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Concord, NH Posts: 608	wine tasting 7/7, hum missed pictures on 3, 4, 5, and 6..... playing "make love to the dealer" in the tea room with pisco group shot big snow banks girl on the bar la Posada -Porter __________________ Bentley College Ski and Snowboard Club

Aug 18, 2006, 3:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Marc I'm with psycho --> Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dudley, MA Posts: 5,771	I appreciate the pictures. But still hate you. __________________ Making sanity obsolete since 1982...

Aug 18, 2006, 3:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
SkiDog Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sandy UTAH Posts: 1,620	I avoided lookin at this thread and now I know why.... Im going to cry now... So unfair...Im SUPER JEALOUS...looks like a great time man...that has been on my list for a couple years now...VERY SOON.... Great pics... M __________________ http://www.firsttracksonline.com

Aug 18, 2006, 4:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
BeanoNYC It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time It's Tricky... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rockaway Park, NY Posts: 4,473	Sweet pics! Thanks! __________________ ~Rich~

Aug 18, 2006, 6:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
FRITOLAYGUY Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 1,277	Great pics, that looks like a fun time you had..

Aug 18, 2006, 6:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
riverc0il Ari Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ashland, NH Posts: 7,080	niiice. how much lift vs. hike to skiing did you guys do? you satisfied with the DIN on those freerides? i know that was a concern of yours before heading down there. you got august dude, sweet. you are just missing september now, right? way to do it up right. __________________ -Steve TheSnowWay.com "Skiing is not a sport, it is a way of life." - Otto Schniebs 1

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