Give Us an Inch, and We’ll Schuss a Foot
By: Greg
January 9, 2011
With careful route finding we were able to manage deep snow on the downhill…
…and old surface on the up.
The phenomenon of wind loading was truly incredible. Upwind/exposed terrain was downright scoured to rock and soil in place. In the lee however well over a foot had been deposited. The contrast was amazing and absolute. Indeed, give this mountain an inch… and it makes a foot. Amazing.
Ben was glad that he missed our East Coast thaw while he was in Utah, and that he came back just in time for it to get good again.
Steep… manageable avalanche conditions… powder snow… Ben must be dreaming. Is he still in Utah?
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9 Comments
VTColdSmoke
wrote on January 9th, 2011 at 10:14 pmSick shots! Thanks God for Jeremy Jones, glad to see he got you on in the BC! I’ll be riding slack country tomorrow, Smuggs is expecting 9 inches by 10 am…
Adrian
wrote on January 9th, 2011 at 11:53 pmWow, great shots as always.
It makes me wonder why I wasn’t out there somewhere…
Chickenmeatball
wrote on January 10th, 2011 at 9:08 ampioneered last season? you a hater?
Greg
wrote on January 10th, 2011 at 11:31 amI’m just joking around chicken. Settle down ;)
Anonymous
wrote on January 10th, 2011 at 12:08 pmNice work safety first….. I watched some people make turns up there on Saturday threw some high powered binoculars….. must of been you guys
Greg
wrote on January 11th, 2011 at 10:30 amprobably. were you up high or down low? Thanks for checking in…
and yes… SAFETY FIRST.
Sam
wrote on January 10th, 2011 at 11:12 pmChristian has pink pants? Unstealthing yourself?
Greg
wrote on January 11th, 2011 at 10:29 amHA! He finally got some famous internet schuss coursing through his veins… it took awhile but now there is no turning back :P
christian
wrote on January 11th, 2011 at 5:24 pmpink isn’t stealthy?