Saturday, December 25, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Opening Day at Beaver Creek...POW POW POW!!!
Opening day at Beaver Creek was November 24th, the day before Thanksgiving, and it was an epic beyond epic powder day!! This year we've had great snow in the early season...we deserve it from how screwed we were last season!! Beaver Creek is one of my favourite mountains...thus I could NOT miss opening day!! I rolled over to the Beav with my girl Autumn to shred some serious pow pow :)
What better to do on a sick pow day than hit up the trees for some awesome stashes...we went up Centennial Express (Chair 6) and then took Cinch Express (Chair 8) up to the top where we then cut into the trees skiers left almost immediately. (For reference feel free to check out the map here: )
We had an awesome adventure through the trees in powder that was as deep as our knees and at some places was up to our waist!! It's definitely a workout cutting through all that snow!! I led the way through the trees...found a cliff that I was excited to huck...but then I found out that there wasn't enough coverage on the cliff and did an accidental flip into the snow below!! Going into the trees takes me into another world where I can be alone with nature and really feel connected to the sport I love...it's magical, you should try it if you haven't (after you have enough skill and control)!
We were in the trees for at least 45 minutes before we came to a trail...we looked around and not only was the trail empty but there were NO tracks anywhere around!! We took a long powder run on an empty slope....it should have been in a movie! When Autumn and I got to a flat right above Red Tail Camp we saw signs that said "STOP! Winching In Progress" Well winching is when they are grooming the run with huge winch cats which are extremely powerful...they have a 350 horse power motor (a Ford Explorer's is about 180). These cats are powerful enough to safely climb up slopes over 50 degrees! These cats are pulled up the hill by huge cables...they could cut a person in half!! We stopped and unstrapped and stood there wondering what we should do...
The cat operator hopped out of his cat and asked what we were doing there and I simply told him that we hadn't ducked any ropes but that we were in the trees a really long time...turns out that the area was closed off because they were preparing it for the World Cup downhill race!! Needless to say it was an amazing adventure...and it was only 11am at this point! We got a ride back to the main base in a sweet truck with tires I'd call caterpillar tires :)
Epic day...hopefully way more to come this season!!
xoxox Summer
What better to do on a sick pow day than hit up the trees for some awesome stashes...we went up Centennial Express (Chair 6) and then took Cinch Express (Chair 8) up to the top where we then cut into the trees skiers left almost immediately. (For reference feel free to check out the map here: )
We had an awesome adventure through the trees in powder that was as deep as our knees and at some places was up to our waist!! It's definitely a workout cutting through all that snow!! I led the way through the trees...found a cliff that I was excited to huck...but then I found out that there wasn't enough coverage on the cliff and did an accidental flip into the snow below!! Going into the trees takes me into another world where I can be alone with nature and really feel connected to the sport I love...it's magical, you should try it if you haven't (after you have enough skill and control)!
We were in the trees for at least 45 minutes before we came to a trail...we looked around and not only was the trail empty but there were NO tracks anywhere around!! We took a long powder run on an empty slope....it should have been in a movie! When Autumn and I got to a flat right above Red Tail Camp we saw signs that said "STOP! Winching In Progress" Well winching is when they are grooming the run with huge winch cats which are extremely powerful...they have a 350 horse power motor (a Ford Explorer's is about 180). These cats are powerful enough to safely climb up slopes over 50 degrees! These cats are pulled up the hill by huge cables...they could cut a person in half!! We stopped and unstrapped and stood there wondering what we should do...
The cat operator hopped out of his cat and asked what we were doing there and I simply told him that we hadn't ducked any ropes but that we were in the trees a really long time...turns out that the area was closed off because they were preparing it for the World Cup downhill race!! Needless to say it was an amazing adventure...and it was only 11am at this point! We got a ride back to the main base in a sweet truck with tires I'd call caterpillar tires :)
Epic day...hopefully way more to come this season!!
xoxox Summer
A few photos (per request)
I haven't been able to find my uploader cord but here come some pics from early season!!
A Basin Opening Day (wearing my onesie in October!):
A Basin Opening Day (wearing my onesie in October!):
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