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swaterfall

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  1. use freakin fur to pad your gear sling gaybois
  2. The roo, Aussie equivalent of a
  3. BG in Ouray Josh, technically I think that Scummit County is actually part of Texas, that's why there is no snow.
  4. Well, it's not a true photo onslaught (only 4 pics) and it's not from the Cascades (you know this b/c there is actually snow in the pics). But Kailas and I got out this morning for some quality turns on Red Mountain Pass. Here's our route up. We dropped over the top of the shoulder in the upper right of the pic. Red Mountain #3 in the background. No ones got the cajones up to ski that since the last storm. The d00d making some nice turns before we dropped into the steeps. Here's our aprroximate line down the steep section. It's a good 1400 - 1500 vert. that sits at about a 40 degree angle. Too bad about having to traverse above the rocks, although those are cliffs in the summer.
  5. This article appeared in the Ouray Plaindealer last week. "Crews dig out pair" We can be sure that Donnie Hanes is a welcome sight to his wife Michelle. And in the wee hours of Thursday morning at Senator Gulch near Canyon Creek, city equipment operator Hanes was a most welcome sight to two back-country skiers from Washington State. After a day of snowy adventure near Mount Sneffles and a harrowing brush with an avalanche, the two alpinists ecame stranded in heavy snow three miles up County Road 361. More than two feet of snow had fallen and their Dodge Dakota was stuck as night fell, said Sheriff Junior Mattivi. Even worse, they had been hit on their descent by an avalanche, and one man's backpack, containing vital gear that could help them survive the night, had been swept away. But they made it back to Senator Gulch, one of the few places in the Canyon Creek drainage with cell phone service and they called for help. At about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Mattavi consulted with Ouray Mountain Rescue Team officers and city personnel. City police officers Tony Chelf and Ted Wolfe headed up 361, getting as far as the Harris Bridge, then Thistledown before deep snow halted their four-wheel-drive vehicles. It became evident heavier machinery was called for, Mattavi said, and he started a phone search for more manpower and equipment. Enter Haines. The city worker was scheduled to get up at 3:30 a.m. Thursday to plow streets, but was willing to man a city loader to break the remaining trail to the stranded men. Mattavi said Hanes had slow but steady going, and finally reached the happy and nervous men, who had kept their cell phone active afte 1 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------- So my roommate was out hiking with his girlfriend and saw these guys when they were heading up. He tried to stop these guys and tell them that a blizzard was coming in and maybe it wasn't the best time to go to Yankee Boy Basin. They blew him off. Also, if they would have checked the avalanche forecast that day they would have found out that Telluride Heli-Trax had observed several natural slab avalanches in Yankee Boy Basin in the previous week. I'm glad that they didn't get hurt and that no one had to seriously risk themselves to rescue the pair, but I still gotta say... LAME!!!
  6. We believe it to be true regardless of if you're talking about spraying for individual population centres, spray from all population centres, per capita spray, spray growth per capita or just total spray.
  7. So let me see if I got this... you tagged Carlsburg Column, Pilsner Pillar, The Andromeda Strain, Nemesis, The Suffer Machine, Kitty Hawk and Polar Circus in the span of how long? Two or Three weeks? that rules
  8. Osprey Aether 60. Super light for a bigger pack and you can fold it over if you are carrying small loads. I've used mine for trips as long as three nights and for day trips b/c skiing.
  9. don't harvest my fur.
  10. D00d I'm so just joking. Fat skis aren't cheating. I love my teledaddys. Allbeit with dyanfits so I can lock my heels.
  11. fat skis and who said that french free is acceptable?
  12. I was at Mammoth a few weeks ago and that's how White looked. Expected more snow too. PS happy B day
  13. White Mtn. Taken from Bishop, CA.
  14. sure looks like winter there right now. oh yeah yeching
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