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Just finished working in Revelstoke for the past week, doing some high angle rescue training and consulting work for BC Hydro at two of their hydroelectric dam sites. One of these dam sites, Mica Dam is at the end of a road that cuts through the Monashees and Adam Ant mountain ranges- CMH, Mike Wiegle, Tyax all have heli lodges and cat skiing operations along this stretch. Mica Dam is the only BC Hydro site that has its own alpine ski lodge, heli ski and cat operation, all for avalanche control for the site (of course). Our tax dollars and their smart meters at work, I guess. It’s been a blast to work there from 7:30-3PM, then change quickly into outdoor gear and grab a snowmobile, cat or heli lift up to some awesome powder runs, that the other lodge heli ski clients spend thousands of dollars on. I’m skiing Revelstoke mountain reosort tomorrow, and driving back Saturday. These are some of the days when I think I have the best job in the world.
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That sounds just like her man. She and her brother are game for almost anything, and trying to keep up with her has left many starry eyed men pounded into a mogul, whimpering for mercy...
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When is it?
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We need footage evidence, or it never happened....
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Is it just me, or has the volume of cars and riders at Cypress been exceptionally busy this year? It seems like every time we head up now, it takes 20-30 minutes to get a parking spot.
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Wow, that line up for Raven chair is definitely ridiculous! Maya and I were able to get up yesterday afternoon at 3PM, and the line ups were still bad on Lion and Eagle chair, but not like that. We were able to get good powder runs on Moons and Slash and the glades off of Sky Chair.
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Anybody heading up today to score some of that new North Shore 30cm fresh? I'm laying the wax on my powder boards, will probably head out right after lunch.
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How many of you carve mostly by yourself when on home hill?
crucible replied to 1xsculler's topic in Carving Central
There are about a dozen hardbooters at my local hill, Cypress Mountain in Vancouver BC. I typically see 2-3 of my carving pals during the weekends, but on weekdays or weeknights, I'm usually carving by myself. Geo -
Today was the busiest that I've ever seen at Cypress- I was at the top parking lot by 8:15- and it was almost full. By 10:00- all parking lots were completely full, all the way down to the Hollyburn overflow parking lot, and there were still cars on the Cypress road in a grand traffic jam. I couldn't deal with the 20-25 minute waits at the Eagle or Lion's chairs, so I spent the morning on Raven's chair, or on Sky chair. Met up with CoB and his buddy Alden on the Raven side. Crazy Raven was in great shape. The snow was bulletproof east coast ice with a light dusting of snowmachine blasted snow, enough to make it carvable if you were precise with your edge transitions. I anticipated the snow conditions and brought a 186 Coiler World Cup Pure Race today, which rocked. I also brought a Coiler 172 All Mountain, and planned to ride it in the afternoon, but had such speed and control on the Pure Race that I left the AM in the car and spent the afternoon ripping down Rainbow and Bowen face instead with the Pure Race board. Finally left the hill at 3:30, and it was still jam packed at the lifts. Looking forward to seeing the 30cm dump of new snow in town tomorrow afternoon....
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All-Mountain Board Recommendations
crucible replied to SnowFerret's topic in All Mountain Hardbooting
Like Blue B, I have ridden a lot of the older Winterstick Severe Terrains. I currently own 4 of them from the late 90's: a 159, a 162, a 164, and a 166. They can easily take plate bindings and hard boots- in fact, I have only ever used hard boots on my Severe Terrains. Severe Terrains smaller than 164 have tighter sidecuts, so they might get squirrelly if they are asked to lay a hard edge with aggressive carving. If I was buying a Winterstick today, I wouldn't hesitate to get one of the newer edition Severe Terrains, or a Seth Westcott pro model and ride them in hard boots. Geo -
So the stories I have heard about CASI Level III instructors are true- they CAN fly!
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I love, love Silverstar! I make it a point to stay up there whenever I’m in Vernon for work, since their hill has night skiing...check out the slackcountry stuff behind the hill if you get a chance...
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I still have my Cypress Mountain proficiency card in my desk somewhere, if memory serves, it was from 1987...
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I turned around this AM after seeing the line up on the Cypress Mountain Road after the car drama... I’m planning to head back this afternoon after 4PM, with my Winterstick Swallowtail and a Prior ATV.
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Being from the Pacific Northwet, usually when hypothermia starts to kick in...
