I had the first lift assist day of my 45th SkeezinSeason today. . . Crystal clear and gorgeous at Blacktail Mountain, just south of Kalispell.
What a blast!
It was my first time skeezin at this area. It's one of those where you drive to the top of the mountain and the ski area is below you.
DARLING PLACE!
25 years ago I had my first lift day of my 20th SkeezinSeason (at MMSA) on Karhu XCD Comps and Asolo Extremes. . . so I MADE myself ride that stuff for half the day. . . as a celebration of how strong I USED TO BE!
Arrargh......return from back east to an apparent long dry spell in Ca. It started so good...since Dec 5 we got in 28 days of snow fun (resort ski, b/c ski, snowshoeing) in 5 states...now a stall. Headed up to Seattle end of Jan for the sailboat show thinking of hopping over to Whistler. We've never been.
I did catch a few runs back home at Holiday Valley in Ellicotville, NY. Very tame. No camera but here is a pic from my very first season of skiing last century, circa 1956 at Holiday Valley (with my bro). At that time they only had tow ropes and T-bars.
My brother in front, me behind in wool knickers, 1956.
Sorry the snow Gods and Goddesses weren't more kind on your big day.
I'll PM ya when we are up there and let you know if we're going to make a run for the border. It's been a ski area we've been wanting to check out. Thanks!
The guy who did that is Rick Sylvester, who occasionally posts here. He FA'd the Son of Heart on El Cap with mandatory 10d squeeze/ off widths. Burton called following those on jumars, 5.10 cleaning...
I know there's a topic on ST about that ride off of the top of Mt. Asgaard in Baffin Island for the James Bond movie. All I know is that it was mind blowing and revolutionary to watch at the time regardless of the movie.
today i watched my yellow voile shovel blade, which i purchased only two weeks ago, plummet over 1000' vertical feet down into the bowels of The Funnel. i hoped maybe it would hang up on a grove of pinions about 20' down but, nay, it was not to be. i said a quick prayer (ie: dropped a flurry of f-bombs), floundered into the north woods, hit my knee on a tree trunk, did a one-hitter, and scurried back to the trailhead. snow was crap, views were great.
Wow Jim, that's wild I'd love to hear the story from him. Maybe idiots not the right word but lucky for sure. It seemed he was not aware of his line at all.
Let us know!