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Colorado Backcountry: The Tale of a Knuckledragger, a Free-Heelin’ Hippy, and The Know-It-All AT Skier

Submitted by jp on Wed, 06/07/2006 - 12:47

I'm very proud to present our second guest author and newest member of weknowsnow.com empire. Dave (iskibc) rips and doesn't take names -- so watch out. We recently completed a really fun and gnarly trip to Rocky Mountain National Park for some backcountry action. You can read Dave's account of the trip here. Be sure and check out the video, it's full of funny bushwhacking moments and lots of sweet turns down some of the steepest terrain in the park. Dave and Lacey pretty much rip.

Also, check out Dave's new blog! weknowsnow.com/iskibc/ -- I've heard rumors of a Mt. Democrat trip and I'm sure he'll be posting the details soon.

McHenrys Notch Couloir, McHenrys Peak 13,327’
jonpierre, iskibc, Lacey

McHenrys Notch Video Link or Download Link (right click - save as)

Colorado Backcountry: Exposure on Mt. Evans

Submitted by jp on Tue, 05/30/2006 - 11:51

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Mt. Evans Massif - Descents in Orange, Downclimb Red

Colorado Backcountry: New Mt. Trelease and Citadel Pictures

Submitted by jp on Fri, 05/26/2006 - 08:56

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The Crew

 
Citadel - Big Mountain

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JP - Toeside Surf

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Fritz and Jeremy - Cornice Drop

Colorado Backcountry: Summit Everest? Most Selfish Act On Earth?

Submitted by jp on Thu, 05/25/2006 - 06:15


Is climbing Mt. Everest most selfish act on earth? From the looks of the latest news reports this seems to be the case. Reports of thefts at camp, impossible solo attempts, and even reports of 40+ climbers stepping over and walking past a dieing fellow climber in pursuit of the summit.


I've been pretty interested in all of these current Mt. Everest expeditions and I've been following some of the teams pretty closely. I have been especially interested in the ski descent of the Great Couloir or Norton, unfortunately this team has also suffered great lose when one of the members fell while rappelling down a 50ft cliff section around 8500 meters. Mt. Everest Ski Accident

Check out some of the links and reports below for details on the crazy behavior going down during some of these Everest expeditions. Brazilian Vitor Negrete Lost On Everest After No O2 Summit, Everest Fatality Silence Mystery Solved: British David Sharp Left To Die By 40 Climbers, Chinese Everest Official Reaches New Rock Bottom Level - Forgets 3 Deaths. Current news and more information available at www.mounteverest.net and www.everytrail.net.

Colorado Backcountry: Mt. Trelease and The Citadel

Submitted by jp on Sat, 05/13/2006 - 19:47

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JP - Citadel

Met up with Fritz, Joe, Jeremy and Mir near the Loveland Pass turn off. We decided to bushwhack straight up Trelease and avoid the access road. The goals of the trip were to summit Mt. Trelease and hit the North Face and Ridge, from there slog to Citadel and hike the ridge to the saddle for our 2nd run. Beautiful bluebird day and good friends made the tough climbs easy. I was very surpised at the snow conditions on the North face of Trelease. Fritz picked out a technical line and dropped first into some nice powder turns. He kicked off a small slide near the choke of the couloir as I was filming from a cliff high above. The rest of the crew dropped in and made it down to the safe zone, from there we geared up and started the climb to Citadel.

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JP - Citadel

The climb up the ridge to Citadel was brutal after summiting Trelease and ripping down, but we knew what awaited us and we forced each other to go on. Fritz lost his lunch about half way up, and I was pretty close. We reached the saddle just below the summit of Citadel and geared up. Shera dropped first and made some turns down the left side of the chute, Fritz next. At least 1500' of wide open spring turns under bluebird skies everyone wanted another lap. I'll let the pictures and video finish the story.

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Trelease N. Face - Jeremy & Fritz

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Citadel Cornice - Joe

Colorado Update: Arapahoe Basin

Submitted by jp on Sat, 05/06/2006 - 07:25


Arapahoe Basin - Live

Quick update from Arapahoe Basin. AKD and I made our way up yesterday and we were happy to see bluebird conditions most of the morning. Partly cloudy by noon, the snow was nice and slushy by 10:30. 65" inch base. Top to bottom skiing and snowboarding open along with hiking access to all of the east wall terrain. Around 2:30pm the lightning started up and the lifts shutdown. I've gotten four days of riding here since I've been back on the board after the back injury and I've gotta say this might be the only resort I buy a pass at next season. They are always open early, get great snow, stay open late into the summer, one of the only places with free parking, good terrain, good backcountry access, and there is a great vibe at the beach. Another little piece that made this weeks trip much more enjoyable was the installation of the Kenwood KCA-iP500 Ipod Interface into the SnowUV's Kenwood DDX7015 head unit. This little black box interfaces perfectly with my 2 year old double din dvd/cd/mp3 player providing a direct connection (no FM transmit) to the head unit and ipod. Allows you to control the ipod from the head unit and also view track names, artists, etc. Really great sound. More on the SnowUV Landcruiser mods later.

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