Part 8 - Miscellaneous Fun
This is a last crazy assortment of photos. (All photos provided by Jim Kenney.)
71. This was taken at Jackson Hole, WY in Feb 2015 and is one of my rare photos of a steep run that actually looks steep. This was an older guy around age 50 who successfully dropped into Corbet’s Couloir. I did not follow him.
72.This is CRGildart at Blue Knob, PA, Feb 2010; heading downhill in a cloud of cold smoke.
73.Ski Patrol hanging out at the top of the Pallavicini Lift, Arapahoe Basin, CO, April 2009. There are ski patrollers and then there are
A-Basin ski patrollers. It takes the right stuff to patrol at a gnarly place like A-Basin!
74 This person always seems to ski with a smile on her face; Lady Salina at Timberline, WV, Feb 2014.
75. In February 2015 Beaver Creek enlisted the US Forest Service and all kinds of other staff to help stage the World Ski Championships. On this particular day race events were cancelled because of too much fresh snow. These guys were cut loose to free ski; a tough job, but they persevered with smiling faces.
76. L-R: JohnL, my son, Spikedog at Alta, UT, April 2016. We had just skied a great run in the background – Gunsight.
77. DSloan, Old Boot and Brian at Timberline, WV, Feb 2014. There is going to be a big gathering there in February 2017 too.
78. MariGee at Snowbird, UT, April 2016. This is the Cirque Traverse, from here there is nothing but steeps in every direction.
79. My wife and I taking a snowcat ride high above the slopes of Keystone, CO, March 2015. We are at about 13,000 at this point. That was a fancy touring cat and at those heights the view from inside was like looking out the window of a jet airliner.
80. Going out on a sour note. I need a drink just looking at this photo. It’s from the Snowy Luau Weekend at Timberline, WV, March 2013.
The End. Hope you all make some great memories this season!