10" at K (part 2)

[Tin]

Was scared after looking at the radar this morning, drove up not expecting much. Ridge was a scraped down disaster with 15 minute+ waits. After a couple runs on the ridge and seeing a few screaming matches amongest the Joey's, we decided to try to make the best of it and do some exploring. Hiked up to Snowdon and found boot deep untouched snow (no noises under the skis). Ended up making 3-4 runs going from K1, over to the ridge, down Powerline/Ridge, then up Snowdon, then ski Snowdon back down to K1. Chute, Mousetrap, Bunny Buster, and the Poma line all had boot deep snow on the edges of the trails and it was fantastic.

Despite the reports little to no blowing was happening except the big gun at the bottom of Mousetrap and the lower part of GN. Patrol said it would be open Wednesday but they have a lot of work to do to get that ready as there was only wind blown on the sides. Middles were grass.

Ended up having some amazing runs on lower Eastfall and Royal Flush as there were 2-3' drifts. All the snow from Cascade, Dipper, etc seemed to blow over onto those two runs. Even after flush was tracked out it was a great time.

 

[prsboogie]

Looks sick! How was the wind? It was awful here.


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[Tin]

Looks sick! How was the wind? It was awful here.


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Rough up top but it is what provided the good times.Just blew it all on to Snowdon area.

 

[Tin]

Waterbar face shot...

 

[Puck it]

You sir, suck yet again!

 

[prsboogie]

Nice!


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[dlague]

Awesome finding the goods!

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[JDMRoma]

Tin for the Win ! Twice is Nice. Jealous !



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[JimG.]

Rough up top but it is what provided the good times.Just blew it all on to Snowdon area.

As usual.

 

[bdfreetuna]

yeah man jealous seeing these pics. East Fall and Flush are nice pitches and how often do you get freshies on that..

Any hassle from the patrol? Looks like you made yourself kind of visible as a known rope offender at least by day's end.

What are those skis? Look dope.

 

[prsboogie]

yeah man jealous seeing these pics. East Fall and Flush are nice pitches and how often do you get freshies on that..

Any hassle from the patrol? Looks like you made yourself kind of visible as a known rope offender at least by day's end.

What are those skis? Look dope.

Those would be Mad Russians.


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[bigbog]

yeah man jealous seeing these pics. East Fall and Flush are nice pitches and how often do you get freshies on that..

Any hassle from the patrol? Looks like you made yourself kind of visible as a known rope offender at least by day's end.

What are those skis? Look dope.

Yeah, legit East powskis + a little speed...and you won't be hitting bottom that much. Envious....

 

[powhunter]

Yes lower east fall was awesome. Also Catwalk, downdraft, and power line by the time we got to RF it was powbumps and dirt!! Sorry we missed ya!


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[Tin]

Any hassle from the patrol? Looks like you made yourself kind of visible as a known rope offender at least by day's end.

Nothing but we were not overly egregious about it compared to others (literally skiing/riding past a staff member at a rope). I've never seen so many people ducking ropes. At one point while waiting on in line we watched at least a dozen people leave the line and begin the walk towards Snowdon. We were exhausted by 12:30 and off the mountain by 1 Apparently around 2pm they had patrol and staff guarding all ropes.

The skis are Mad Russian 110s, absolutely love them. They are very light weight despite their size (185 long and 110 waisted) which made it easier to hike with and saves the legs a lot.