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Colorado 2016 Aspen Gathering
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Possible Gully was barely possible today. Full of rocks. 
I ended up sideslipping much of it very carefully
so as to avoid rocks & scraped dirt.
No keg of beer at the bottom !
I ended up sideslipping much of it very carefullyso as to avoid rocks & scraped dirt.
No keg of beer at the bottom !
Holy cow!!! I must see the base of your skis today, John. Five of us had deemed it too rocky/not possible and went down Baby Ruth instead.Possible Gully was barely possible today. Full of rocks.
so as to avoid rocks & scraped dirt.
No keg of beer at the bottom !
Arrived at Highlands about 30minutes late for Friday's group hike, d@ng sleep disorder! Did a few warm up runs with the non-hikers and had the pleasure of meeting segbrown and others. Sorry I wasn't better with time management to meet more of you. Anyway they split up for lunch, I did a couple runs then headed to the snow-cat. My run of the Bowl was less then inspiring, loved the following half pipe like "chute" and tree run out. Wanted to do the Bowl again but too late in what was my last of six amazing days in Aspen! Must go back!
Thank you for generously lending me the new Sambas, felt like I could ski anything in them!
And so glad got to ski with @Spooky Marcus again, I remember him fondly from my first Gathering day at Alta.
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^^Nice tree shot! I remember that lift ride at Aspen Highlands. Very cute photo of you and J despite his gangerous foot.
The sculpted shoveling of the walk way to the house in Aspen. This is what happens when you get to the house and can't get in and it's 5 deg. Then you get involved..."Skiing? Meh. There's snow sculpting to be done."
Boot work being done at @Chris Geib garage shop. That entire table descends from the ceiling via electric motor. Heat gun, temp reader, zeppas, upper cuffs on table. Toe stretch being done . Not visible is Foredom grinder. Loved taking the cuffs off, much to C's chagrin.
Those were new Lange zc plug boots. 93 mm. Liners were stretched first with the special shoe stretchers.
Using heat gun.
The sculpted shoveling of the walk way to the house in Aspen. This is what happens when you get to the house and can't get in and it's 5 deg. Then you get involved..."Skiing? Meh. There's snow sculpting to be done."
Boot work being done at @Chris Geib garage shop. That entire table descends from the ceiling via electric motor. Heat gun, temp reader, zeppas, upper cuffs on table. Toe stretch being done . Not visible is Foredom grinder. Loved taking the cuffs off, much to C's chagrin.
Those were new Lange zc plug boots. 93 mm. Liners were stretched first with the special shoe stretchers.
Using heat gun.
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Ditto! So much so was actually looking for my photo up on the "sacred ground" encountered by Sleepy Hollow Glade -
Just a quick pic from my Iphone, thanks to Jim Kenny, taken on Ajax with the Highland Bowl as background. The smile on my face just says it all. Aspen is just a great place and the Gathering group made it even better. Skiing with friends, both existing ones and one's that I had not yet met, is one of the great joys in life.My thanks to @gathermeister for having the vision and persistence to make this happen at a very high level.
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@Chris Geib 's boot lab in his garage has more tools than the boot lab where I work.
+1
@mdf did an exceptional job with this GTG.
Good seeing you again Mike. I always love these reunions and getting to catch up with our people
Hey All,
The Gathering was AWESOME.
Wish I could have met/skied with more of you.....Now back to reality
....... Today I found myself walking to the train with my fists balled, fighting the non-existent cold-hard wind. A ball of anger, I tell you! ...Need to move to Colorado, that's it
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Peter and I loved the Gathering and hope for many more. We are already dreaming about Whistler. We didn't take many pictures bc our hands were cold and phones were most likely dead. But here's some of it in a very random order.
Look how stoked Peter is...haha...I think this was at Highlands Merry-go-round.
The Bowl and all those runs I couldn't do...Until Next year....
The Aspen Police force certainly has a graphic designer ski bum on board...We ran into 2 Aspen police officers --- boy, do they seem to have the life. They were like movie characters - happy go lucky, extremely well groomed, fit, handsome, and diverse - there was an asian! I need to apply for a job with their police department ASAP!
ASPEN ART MUSEUM - when in Rome, this is a must. Over the last 2 years their exhibits rank around 8/10. The more impressive thing is the building. If you like architecture, def add this place to your next visit. Designed by an awesome Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban. His usage of materials is impressive. Also, the exhibit on the British artist Ryan Gander was entertaining.
Our plane being de-iced on the Denver runway before taking of for Aspen:
Top of Long Shot --- this was a micro-hike compared to the BOWL. Glad to give the guys a warm up though.
Peter and I in the typical "pose" section for these glorious mountains:
Me, dreaming of my next trip...
I
The Gathering was AWESOME.
Wish I could have met/skied with more of you.....Now back to reality
....... Today I found myself walking to the train with my fists balled, fighting the non-existent cold-hard wind. A ball of anger, I tell you! ...Need to move to Colorado, that's it!Peter and I loved the Gathering and hope for many more. We are already dreaming about Whistler. We didn't take many pictures bc our hands were cold and phones were most likely dead. But here's some of it in a very random order.
Look how stoked Peter is...haha...I think this was at Highlands Merry-go-round.
The Bowl and all those runs I couldn't do...Until Next year....
The Aspen Police force certainly has a graphic designer ski bum on board...We ran into 2 Aspen police officers --- boy, do they seem to have the life. They were like movie characters - happy go lucky, extremely well groomed, fit, handsome, and diverse - there was an asian! I need to apply for a job with their police department ASAP!
ASPEN ART MUSEUM - when in Rome, this is a must. Over the last 2 years their exhibits rank around 8/10. The more impressive thing is the building. If you like architecture, def add this place to your next visit. Designed by an awesome Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban. His usage of materials is impressive. Also, the exhibit on the British artist Ryan Gander was entertaining.
Our plane being de-iced on the Denver runway before taking of for Aspen:
Top of Long Shot --- this was a micro-hike compared to the BOWL. Glad to give the guys a warm up though.
Peter and I in the typical "pose" section for these glorious mountains:
Me, dreaming of my next trip...
I
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So were in line at the Cloud 9 lift at Aspen Highlands. A patroller is carrying some signs and we tell him to go ahead of us. As he gets inline, I ask him " How's ___?" Where __ is the name of a newly opened area at Highlands. He's quite surprised.
Patroller:
- "How do you know about__?"
"Oh, we have friends..."
- " Well these signs are for there."
I look at the signs. They say "Cliff!"
Just then Weems and 3 get on the chair. Patroller goes to load line.
"We're with Weems"
-"Ohhh"
I think mentioning Weems might have had more impact than my knowing about the sort of secret area.
What about __?
Well...these are the things you learn when you ski...Buttermilk. With Bob. Standing at the top he pointed it out saying they'd just opened it this year. Later that night at the Pugski party I mentioned it to mdf. Then went to get a map. But, it wasn't on the map!
Later that night or night after Bob comes over. I question where this is.
"It's not on the map!"
-" Of course it's not on the map!"
"Well, where exactly is it?"
We pull out maps, get google earth going. Find the entrance hiding in plain sight. It looks pretty serious. We hear stories of Bob's adventure in there with gs skis. (Not recommended!)
So it wasn't a surprise to see the "Cliff!" signs with the patroller. Just more "Ohh".
We didn't go in there though. Maybe next time we'll have Weems get us a guide.
Patroller:
- "How do you know about__?"
"Oh, we have friends..."
- " Well these signs are for there."
I look at the signs. They say "Cliff!"
Just then Weems and 3 get on the chair. Patroller goes to load line.
"We're with Weems"
-"Ohhh"
I think mentioning Weems might have had more impact than my knowing about the sort of secret area.
What about __?
Well...these are the things you learn when you ski...Buttermilk. With Bob. Standing at the top he pointed it out saying they'd just opened it this year. Later that night at the Pugski party I mentioned it to mdf. Then went to get a map. But, it wasn't on the map!
Later that night or night after Bob comes over. I question where this is.
"It's not on the map!"
-" Of course it's not on the map!"
"Well, where exactly is it?"
We pull out maps, get google earth going. Find the entrance hiding in plain sight. It looks pretty serious. We hear stories of Bob's adventure in there with gs skis. (Not recommended!)
So it wasn't a surprise to see the "Cliff!" signs with the patroller. Just more "Ohh".
We didn't go in there though. Maybe next time we'll have Weems get us a guide.
I think I will be the last Gatherer out tomorrow morning. Will (fortunately be able to) post my pics when I get home. Finished at Highlands today with an unintended hike up the bowl with my 10 y/o and 13 y/o.
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