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TR: Ragdolls, Sunshine and Powder. (SSV 12.16)
Submited By alberta_hoser On 2006-12-17
TR: Ragdolls, Sunshine and Powder. (SSV 12.16) <br />Broken legs, wrecked knees, crooked noses, frostbite on your face, toes and fingers. Thousands of dollars, hours spent traveling, becoming educated, and waiting. No girlfriend, missed parties, and an unhealthy obsession with something that most will never understand. It's worth it. <br /> <br />50cm in 4 days, 17 over night (it's not KHMR but its not bad) and then it went blue bird. <br />Delirium was closed in the morning for patrol to do some control work so we went over to Standish to get first tracks down the headwall. Didn't take much riding pictures in the morning because it was too good to stop. Spent the morning creating bomb holes all over Standish. The afternoon skiing 50cm of untracked snow in the Dive. I did some nice cartwheels down some of the bigger drops from pre-releasing on landing. So the DIN went up. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69381.jpg" /> <br />Yours truly hucking about 16 feet to landing. <br /> <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69394.jpg" /> <br />Jeff taking flight. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69389.jpg" /> <br />Jack, warming up the spins. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69395.jpg" /> <br />Some randoms hitting the same jump. Notice how the skier is above the snowboarder :icon_razz: <br /> <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69397.jpg" /> <br />Jack putting that 3 to good use. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69388.jpg" /> <br />None of us could see the screen on the camera very well in the bright sun. Ended up having quite a few shots that were late. I took off right beside the tree in this one and gaped over the rock band below. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69390.jpg" /> <br />...before the grab there was... <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69396.jpg" /> <br />Jeff finding a nice line <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69398.jpg" /> <br />Jeff ended up being compressed really badly after riding out of one of the cliffs. Knee to face and a broken nose. He was a trooper though, still managed to get up to Delirium as soon as the patrol opened it up. (notice the huge bump) <br /> <br />We didn't take any pictures of the first run down Delirium because it was full speed get as many fresh tracks as possible. The amount of people that were going up was amazing. I have never seen so many people riding the Dive at once. 50cm of fresh in the Dive (hadn't been skied for a few days) was basically fully tracked out by 3 p.m. We saw a class 1 soft slab triggered on our second run. Nobody was carried with the slide but still scary to see these things in bounds. Patrol did some more bombing after this I believe. There were fracture lines and shooting cracks all over Standish on lee slopes as well. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69391.jpg" /> <br />Me riding into Bre-X. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69386.jpg" /> <br />Jack skiing a nice little chute from the top. (the lighting is always bad in Delirium at this time of the year so this one and the next one are photoshoped) <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69383.jpg" /> <br />Deep. (bad lighting) <br /> <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69385.jpg" /> <br />The Fatboy area was amazingly good this weekend, had my favorite tree run ever coming down through an open patch. This is Kyle in the tighter trees. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69384.jpg" /> <br />The south chutes area was obliterated in an hour or two. There are 3 small slabs visible in this picture. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69393.jpg" /> <br />More small chutes that hide there snow from those that don't know. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69392.jpg" /> <br />Although it was getting very tracked by the end of the day, it was still very chargeable. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69387.jpg" /> <br />Jeff finding some of the hard slabs that the condition board was reporting. So broken nose and all, he ripped down it. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69382.jpg" /> <br />Finding more soft snow in the tight trees. I was hoping to find a nice pillow line I found last weekend but ended up getting stuck in trees that allowed for one turn, then a full stop before you hit more trees. <br /> <br />I got minor frostbite on my face, toes, and fingers. Forecast called for -8 and it ended up being -20. I was prepared for it but didn't notice until it was already a bit to late. Oh well, It was worth it. :icon_biggrin:
Submited By alberta_hoser On 2006-12-17
TR: Ragdolls, Sunshine and Powder. (SSV 12.16) <br />Broken legs, wrecked knees, crooked noses, frostbite on your face, toes and fingers. Thousands of dollars, hours spent traveling, becoming educated, and waiting. No girlfriend, missed parties, and an unhealthy obsession with something that most will never understand. It's worth it. <br /> <br />50cm in 4 days, 17 over night (it's not KHMR but its not bad) and then it went blue bird. <br />Delirium was closed in the morning for patrol to do some control work so we went over to Standish to get first tracks down the headwall. Didn't take much riding pictures in the morning because it was too good to stop. Spent the morning creating bomb holes all over Standish. The afternoon skiing 50cm of untracked snow in the Dive. I did some nice cartwheels down some of the bigger drops from pre-releasing on landing. So the DIN went up. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69381.jpg" /> <br />Yours truly hucking about 16 feet to landing. <br /> <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69394.jpg" /> <br />Jeff taking flight. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69389.jpg" /> <br />Jack, warming up the spins. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69395.jpg" /> <br />Some randoms hitting the same jump. Notice how the skier is above the snowboarder :icon_razz: <br /> <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69397.jpg" /> <br />Jack putting that 3 to good use. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69388.jpg" /> <br />None of us could see the screen on the camera very well in the bright sun. Ended up having quite a few shots that were late. I took off right beside the tree in this one and gaped over the rock band below. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69390.jpg" /> <br />...before the grab there was... <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69396.jpg" /> <br />Jeff finding a nice line <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69398.jpg" /> <br />Jeff ended up being compressed really badly after riding out of one of the cliffs. Knee to face and a broken nose. He was a trooper though, still managed to get up to Delirium as soon as the patrol opened it up. (notice the huge bump) <br /> <br />We didn't take any pictures of the first run down Delirium because it was full speed get as many fresh tracks as possible. The amount of people that were going up was amazing. I have never seen so many people riding the Dive at once. 50cm of fresh in the Dive (hadn't been skied for a few days) was basically fully tracked out by 3 p.m. We saw a class 1 soft slab triggered on our second run. Nobody was carried with the slide but still scary to see these things in bounds. Patrol did some more bombing after this I believe. There were fracture lines and shooting cracks all over Standish on lee slopes as well. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69391.jpg" /> <br />Me riding into Bre-X. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69386.jpg" /> <br />Jack skiing a nice little chute from the top. (the lighting is always bad in Delirium at this time of the year so this one and the next one are photoshoped) <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69383.jpg" /> <br />Deep. (bad lighting) <br /> <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69385.jpg" /> <br />The Fatboy area was amazingly good this weekend, had my favorite tree run ever coming down through an open patch. This is Kyle in the tighter trees. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69384.jpg" /> <br />The south chutes area was obliterated in an hour or two. There are 3 small slabs visible in this picture. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69393.jpg" /> <br />More small chutes that hide there snow from those that don't know. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69392.jpg" /> <br />Although it was getting very tracked by the end of the day, it was still very chargeable. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69387.jpg" /> <br />Jeff finding some of the hard slabs that the condition board was reporting. So broken nose and all, he ripped down it. <br /> <br /><img width="490px" src="http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/2006/12/120x120/biglines_69382.jpg" /> <br />Finding more soft snow in the tight trees. I was hoping to find a nice pillow line I found last weekend but ended up getting stuck in trees that allowed for one turn, then a full stop before you hit more trees. <br /> <br />I got minor frostbite on my face, toes, and fingers. Forecast called for -8 and it ended up being -20. I was prepared for it but didn't notice until it was already a bit to late. Oh well, It was worth it. :icon_biggrin:
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