...Boarders that didn't have their speed up when they hit that flat meadow got a little walking in.
In lower elevation news, they were working hard at the Beav yesterday:
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They are off to a zillion times better start this year, but elevation still matters.
An excellent documentary was released a few days ago about the development of the high alpine terrain at Breck during the last 30 years. Includes some great video clips from the 1970's and 1980's about early hike-and-ski activity in the bowls, such as by C.J. Mueller ("Crazy John") and friends.
C.J. is still on the mountain, lives in Breck, and he's the namesake for C.J.s run off Peak 7 summit.
Cool video. Breck was mostly very easy runs in the 80's but it's completely different now with great expert terrain. Makes me wonder:An excellent documentary was released a few days ago about the development of the high alpine terrain at Breck during the last 30 years. Includes some great video clips from the 1970's and 1980's about early hike-and-ski activity in the bowls, such as by C.J. Mueller ("Crazy John") and friends.
C.J. is still on the mountain, lives in Breck, and he's the namesake for C.J.s run off Peak 7 summit.
I didn't know the weekend had moved. I figured I'd be able to attend some of the preliminary festivities but not the main part of the gathering. I thought i read that a few puggers helped close down Loveland last season. Would be interested in pitching in for one of their huts.You'll be in the area for our annual A-basin for Mother's Day, but we're doing it the weekend before mother's day.
Cool video. Breck was mostly very easy runs in the 80's but it's completely different now with great expert terrain. Makes me wonder:
Which is the better mountain for expert skiers: Breck or Abasin? I think Breck was the clear leader since peak 6 opened but I haven't been back to Abasin since the beavers opened up.
While the Beavers is expert, the only really dicey stuff is The Steep Chutes.
With Montezuma, East Wall, Pali and Steep Chutes the areas are somewhat comparable in amounts and range of technical terrain. Breck's Lake Chutes, 6th Sense, Horseshoe Bowl and Peak 7 are all easy access, little or no hiking required so they get more people in over their head, I think. I live in Breck and ski Breck all the time it is open. I ski the Basin when Breck is closed so can only compare what I ski season round at Breck with what I ski in the spring at the Basin. I like both and find challenges in both.
It was dumping in the Rollins Pass Area this morning. Quick skin up to check it out with a friend. Coverage is still a bit too thin for me in the steeper areas. One more good storm should fix that.
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Nice. This up by Moffat tunnel or the WP side? Looking for a place to make a few low angle turns tomorrow.
Moffat, East Portal. Its not worth going yet. Needs more snow. Its almost there though. We just skinned up to the trail intersection towards the lakes and went down. I didnt feel like risking it.