Kirkwood 2009-10
Spectacular Sunny Summer Skiing in the Splendid Sierras, CA – 06/20/10
Kalifornia Skiing June 2010!
Dates:
June 12th-20th, 2010
Locations: California Sierra Nevadas. Pinpoint locations include Kirkwood, Mammoth Mountain, Tioga Pass (near Mt. Dana) and Sonora Pass.
Weather: mostly B-L-U-E-B-I-R-D
Skiers:
Skier666, Some KW patrollers, Spats, GDS, Schralph Macchio, Driver, Abominable Snowman, The Dad…
Cameramen:
666, Schralph Macchio, Abominable Snowman
POV VIDEO – Not too bad for Mid to late June….
Spectacular Sunny Summer Skiing in the Splendid Sierras, CA – 06/20/10 from skier666 on Vimeo.
Music: S.P.Y – ‘Xenomorph’ – forthcoming 12" on Metalheadz
Synopsis:
Below you will find pretty pictures of the melting snowpack of 2009/2010 in Northern California. Starting with a morning wind-filled ski tour at Kirkwood on June 12th, and concluding with a trip to Leavitt Peak on the 20th, we managed to accomplish almost everything on the agenda. With a South Lake Tahoe bachelor party slated from 1pm on Friday the 18th through the 19th, of which I can’t seem to find any photos (ha ha ha), a couple days of skiing before and after was officially scheduled. Items included a look at Solstice Couloir off of Mt. Dana (Tioga Pass), some lift served at Mammoth Mountain ski field, a hungover skin up to the Wall at Kirkwood, and a full day of touring at Sonora Pass.
Java Porn: Double Shot light – a 4-pack is a road warrior’s best friend…..
How about showing you some skiing…?
Kirkwood, CA – June 12th, 2010:
Early bird gets the cool shots…Carson Pass:
Hmmm, didn’t see clouds in the forecast….
The last of the roadside frozen lakes? Yep, it was gone a week later.
Kirkwood has been closed for a month and a half…
I think we should b-line to the sunny areas…
We skin up a groomer….always makes me laugh…
Getting closer, but also getting colder…not good for the Cirque mission…
Eagle Bowl ridge….frozen solid.
‘It’s a hurricane out here, let me in!’
So nice and cozy….well, too cozy. This will be our home for an hour…
This may be our line, but we should check out our intended line off the top of the cirque….at least to see if the snow will soften…
Spats runs up to the moon…
666 tells the young kid that this is an ExTr3m3e area…
Too windy to prove in this shots, but we decided to ski something safer…
A look to the South….in the direction of Mexico…
Spats goes for some firm delight behind ‘99 steps’…
GDS takes a much needed sunny line off the Wall…
‘Kinda firm’….not really waist deep.
Spats drops in….
And lays one down in minimal suncups….
GDS is too relaxed…
But as a young adult, his form is definitely improving.
Spats on the way to Buckboard…
666 had no idea that groomers could be so fun in mid-June….
Top to bottom coverage, GDS is rewarded with an apple juice for his efforts…
MaMmOtH mounTain – June 17th, 2010
Decided to hit Mammoth on a random Thursday in the middle of June, and funny enough , I get on the first chair with two Kirkwood patrollers on Moment Skis. Small world….
Off piste run numero uno….
Chair 23 was The Hotness….
You need to go deep to find the powder….
Told you….
Its as deep as it looks…ie, no photoshop.
Hiking DOWN into P4….
It doesn’t actually go, but we’re still going for Phillipes….
WE SURVIVED! OMG…(the POV video shows the snow quality)
Time to open it up in the suncups….
A look to the South….in the direction of Chile….
A scenic roundabout…
Token shot…
Back to corn farming…
‘The Dad’ had a buddy from Palo Alto fly him in for the day…and here’s proof:
I think we did a proper painting job….
BYE BYE Mammoth….
Tioga Pass, Mt. Dana, Solstice Couloir attempt – June 18th, 2010
With a golf game slated for 1pm in South Lake Tahoe, an early morning attempt to see if the Solstice Couloir cornice had melted out….if not, we would have to ski back to the car parked near the Eastern Yosemite gate.
Dana with Solstice on lookers right (internet photo)
Might as well just boot up this, skins aren’t going to help….
After about 2 hours or so…here’s the internet beta of Solstice Couloir as of June 18th, 2010….looks fun…but can we get in safely?
Hmmm….not from up there…
Little cliffy right here….
A week or two earlier, that apron towards where the photoguy was standing would have been sweet….sadly, it’s a no go.
Looking North towards British Columbia…
Winter vs Summer: FIGHT!
The swimming pool is still not open to the public….
Looking South towards New Zealand…
Dana Plateau….sunbathing…
Mono Lake Madness…
I took a swim in the salt water just so I’d feel refreshed for my 2 hour drive to golf…
This is a picture of my camera taking pictures while taking a nap on the salt bed…
Wow, a two sport day….
This is the best pic I got from the Bachelor Party…SORRY!
Kirkwood, CA – June 19th, 2010
After around 3 hours of sleep, and waking up early with a bunch of 30-somethings dead all over the rental….a trip to Starbucks and a solo hike up the Wall was in order…
…oh, I also left my camera on the roof the car and had to drive back to the Caples Lake Dam….that wasn’t so fun, and the camera…well…I’m still waiting to get a battery to see if it works…IDIOT!
View of Round Top from the new bathrooms at the lower Carson Pass parking lot…
Kirkwood….10am…summer is finally winning the battle at the lower elevations….
They were nice enough to plow me a skin-track ¾ of the way up the Wall…
Making it this far in a hungover state without any problems = good sign
…and ready to drop, not too shabby for June 19th. (Check the POV for the descent)
Back in Tahoe….I was out for a run but this got in the way…
You can see an Eagle in those Falls…
A pier…much more fun after a rum-runner or two….
SOnORa PasS – June 20th, 2010
I left Tahoe at 5:30am to meet a few diehards at the top of Sonora Pass. The plan was to ski the ‘Y Couloir’ and possible ‘Deadmans’…but with 5 other people, we began our uphill battle a little on the late side….
‘How the hell to touring bindings work?’
First ridge done, now just a short walk to that Leavitt Peak on the left…
Getting closer, just need to skin up that bowl….so easy.
Schralph….the typical snowboarder…
Base camp….
….whoa…trippy!
Do you know that its easier to skin up to the summit over those rocks than walk?
Summit log…misspellings everywhere, must be the altitude….
Summit of Leavitt Peak looking towards Peru….
I think this will do….
666 checks his entrance…
GDS drops in and gets some smooth steep corn on the cob….
GDS concentrating too hard…
Not too bad…for a kid.
…a kid…with energy and no reason to stop….
Driver drops in….
I’m assuming he’s a steep skier….
…enjoying himself? Only Driver will know….
666 encounters some loose granular at the entrance of the ‘Tube’…
But then, its groomer snow….
He told me that he had a good time…
Schralph gets into the mix…
…it’s this new sport called ‘snowboarding’….like a skateboard but with now similarities….
‘Hang 20 brah’…..
GDS gets binding deep at the exit…
Schralph….waiting for Karate Kid IV, not some lame remake…
666 showing off the red coat he bought off of Slim….
GDS takes a turn to the saddle….
Abominable was also there….a little tired…but he was there…
…I mean, its not like there’s obstacles in his way…heh
Schralph and 666 (cough…the real men of the group) take another hike for some extra vertical….
Nice view looking towards Alaska…
Oh hell yeah….this is going to be good….
…dare I say even on a snowboard?
If you squint, it could almost look winterish…
WhoooooooooooooooooSH!
That snowboarder again…
666 LOVES the groomer zone to the river…
Look at that jackass….
Maybe you should make sure that your skis are connected before crossing the warm river….
Driver found the other one….WOOT!
BYE
bYe
Foreclosure Upon Winter By Summer, in CA – 05/31/10
TR: Foreclosure Upon Winter By Summer, in CA – 05/31/10
RIDICULOUS 2010!
(Below: Kirkwood ‘The Wall’ – Monday May 31st, 2010)
Date:
May 28-31st, 2010
Location: Obscure Reference gets a few early morning KT-22 pow turns in at Squaw, then we hit another backcountry trip to Hall of the Gods above Fallen Leaf Lake. Finally, Slim and I visit a ski ghost town called Kirkwood.
Squaw Valley USA of California Sierra Nevada Mountain Range
Hallzzzzz……………
Kirkwood, CA (Yes, this pic is from two days ago….)
Weather: Sunny. 55F. Some cloud on Monday.
Skiers:
Skier666, Obscure Reference, Slim, mogul5480….
Cameramen:
666, Obscure Reference, & Slim
POV VIDEO – Not too bad for almost June….
Foreclosure Upon Winter By Summer, in CA – 05/31/10 from skier666 on Vimeo.
Music: Moderat – "Rusty Nails"
Synopsis:
It snowed Thursday night and dropped up to 18 inches of snow in places. A few soldiers managed to get out on the hills Friday morning to session the rare hi-quality powder. By Friday afternoon, most Tahoe slopes were quickly approaching the Spring texture. Saturday, a 4:30am wake-up call leads us to the Hall of the Gods to ski some classic chutes. Finally, after relaxing on Sunday, it was time for Slim and I to take a Spur and a Wall lap at Kirkwood.
Java Porn: 7-Eleven….American as apple pie
How about getting down to business…:
The weather was busy mid-week…according the visible satellite image:
The Infrared shows trajectory towards Tahoe….
Radar shows precipitation…
Maycember in the Bay….
Meanwhile, Obscure sends me an image from Tahoe…
Friday morning, Obscure decides to hike up KT at Squaw….looks shitty to me.
His buddy gets attacked by powwwwwder….
Almost June on West Face????
The storm starts to deteriorate as I make my way to the mountains…
Above Strawberry, Winter shows his glory…
Saturday morning, Obscure begins his day of skiing…
Yes, around that massive rock is Disneyland….
As usual, Slim was in a bad mood….he hates skiing.
Why we love ‘Da Hallz’….
At this point the sun finally warms up my bald head…
‘Almost there buddy!’
I believe that these are a series of high mountain lakes…
Obscure wanted this shot…
…so we did it twice…
Is that powder?
January or almost June?
Got plans to hike into Desolation Wildness in your favorite flip-flops? Think again.
Sunnyside up toward Echo Peak…
O M F G!
Obscure’s line choice….too many tracks for me.
Obscure begins his descent…
I like this one…
Watch for the slough…
Slim skiing…
Snow getting variable…
Obscure went ice skating…
Foreclosure is happening…
Main Halls….left zone schralped the day prior
Obscure is ready….
Oh Boy…
Boring…
Yuck….its only almost June…
666 was there…
Much better conditions this time around…
Time to open it up…
A turn….
Aggressive….
Alpine….
Skiing!
My favorite photo…
Meh…
P-O-W-D-E-R!
Turn by a rock….
666 eyes the lakes….
Weeeee!
Fun!
Carvelicious!
This is a waterfall falling near a lake…
Ok, now just make a left turn around that island….
Its 8pm….Hall of the Gods just to the left of Tallac…
One too many? I’m starting to see things on the Lake….
Its Monday, time to ski Kirkwood…but first a view of Red Lake.
Moon Crescent….
I think there’s still snow at Kirkwood…
Slim makes an early morning hike….
Yep, he’s a 9 foot tall scary human being…
‘Wall’ – May 31st, 2010…
Slim ate a highlighter for breakfast…
This guy?
Slim on the Spur…
Slim on lower Spur…
666 on upper Spur…
666 on lower Spur…
….contimued…
Time to run up the Wall…
Made it….
Top of the skier’s left Cirque?
Too soft and too dangerous at 10am…
….and meanwhile in New Zealand (photo: Miles Holden)
BYE BYE
Persistent Wicked Winter of the West – 05/01/10
MORE SNOW?
…it keeps going…and going….
Date:
April 30th & May 1st, 2010
Locations: Both in California, USA
The
Carson Spur just beyond the Kirkwood boundary….
AND…Hall of the Gods above Fallen Leaf Lake
Weather: Clouds to full bluebird….
Skiers:
Skier666 and Powdork
Cameramen:
666 and Powdork
POV VIDEO – Its a little high, but it does the job….
Powdork’s POV:
Music: Ed Rush & Optical – ‘Medicine’
Synopsis:
It continues to snow. Another 12" plus of snow has fallen yet again up around the Tahoe area. Powdork and I decided to do some car shuttle laps on the Carson Spur instead of heading to Squaw. Actually, we lucked out, as the Palisades were ripped by the dreaded East Wind. Lap after lap, we enjoyed the variable snow while getting much needed vitamin D.
The following day, we headed out to the Fallen Leaf backcountry to session a lap in the Hall of the Gods area. Good times down a steep chute and open bowl back down to the car.
Java Porn: TR created by a large Peets filtered coffee….
TR Begins Now:
Good first sign just after 6AM nearing Luther Pass…
Our playground for the day…
Time to for uphill travel…
Someone is pointing to something…
666 goes for it….
Powdork does his thing….
666 takes a turn…
Powdork decides to go massively massive…
…into a nice tree zone of fluff…
666 goes for deepness….
Powdork lines up another air…
Into a sweet pow field…
After hiking back up…666 takes some air….
666 shows his skiing style…
…and his tele-turn…..
On the next lap…we headed over to the way looker’s right zone…
…it was pretty good I guess….
….but did Powdork like it?
Powdork enjoyed himself…
I think he did….
Yep, I’m pretty sure he did…
Meanwhile 666 was just skiing powder…
…but while taking pics of powdork, he got dragged to here…
But then had to launch out with one pole and one glove…
Not the best form, but it’ll do….
Over to the Spur proper….
Powdork leaps for joy…
666 finds some fresh pow pow…
Powdork down the funnel…
Jumps again…
And then takes a very nice left turn….
666 goes waterskiing….
The Final lap….its getting warmer!!!!!
It sure is hot in here….
666 airs…says ‘why not?’…
On the last turn, Powdork managed to find some decent snow…
If you look closely, you’ll see our slayage…
DAY 2: Fallen Leaf Lake backcountry
We then decided to run up to Hall of the Gods on Saturday morning for a little exercise.
Good morning Mr. Fallen Leaf…
Good morning Mr. Tallac sir and friends….
Why don’t we skin up there?
My moon, oh glorious moon….
Ahhhhhh……L A K E * T A H O E
Lets go up Elly Mae!
Fallen Angel comes into view…
A Desolate land?
Elevation = gained!
What’s above Angora Lakes you say?
Destination?
Well, to make a long story short, as we got to the peak, and tried to enter the chute where I did last time (years ago), the snow level was just a tad too low to enter safely. We would have had to slide down 15 feet of granite with the hopes of hitting soft snow and not tumbling down the chute looker’s left of the chute shown with tracks. Therefore, we skinned up around the corner and in my schedule, I had to bolt down the Main Halls and jump into the car. I forgot to even take a photo of my descent…yes, even skier666 forgets to take photos.
Thank you!
Wallowing in Winter’s Wrath @ KW – 04/21/10
OMG ROFL SNOWING in Cali….
Date:
April 21st, 2010
Location: Kirkwood, CA (ride a chairlift before it closes in two days!)
Weather: 25F & SNOW…500 inches of thumpin’ DEEP BASS!
Skiers:
Skier666, JMetzler, Skiin’ Ian, and CLACK!
Cameramen:
666, JMetzler, & Skiin’ Ian…
POV VIDEO – Meow…its better than I thought.
Music: LTJ Bukem – ‘Atlantis’
Synopsis:
Take a day off of work, ski deep untracked pow all day, and then go home to fall asleep. Using three different skis from my own collection on a powder day was also a first.
Java Porn: Plenta size for me thanks…..
TR Begins Now:
Sunday afternoon, the family and I hit the beach….
No fog, warm temps…it must be SPRING!
Its 4:45am…what are you doing?
After picking up the conversationalists to join me on my journey, we hit snow at 3,000 feet….
At 7,000 feet it started to look like Xmas…
I wonder if the Spur will ever melt?
OH MY! New Kingswoods? Holy Shit! The Rockertype is one kickass fat ski!
C L A C K….
666…say what?
CLACK knows what days to show up…
Hmmm, I see a pole….
First tracks on Upper Cham…
Clack gets sloppy seconds…
JMetzler is the final in the threesome…
JMetzler had a really great day…
Ah…yep….
Ahem….
Back over to Palisades…
Yep, Clack bonked his body and my new skis down that thing….
Then, Skiin’ Ian magically appeared…
JMetzler has style…
…but that damn snow got in the way.
We headed over to lower Thunder Saddle….
Skiin’ Ian approves…
Where is everyone?
JMetzler in Sisters Chute…
Glaciated up top, fluffy at the bottom….
Skiin’ Ian gets steep….
Wrong camera setting yet right slope, angle, pov, etc….oh well…..
Ok, getting a little boring now…
Really? Aren’t there any moguls?
Skiin Ian….skiin’…
Oooooooooooh Yeah!
Ian and I did a quick skin up to the skier’s right of the Spur for a glory run…
POW POW…
MORE POW POW…
MORE POW POW POW…
MORE POW POW POW POW…
666 searches for ice….
Ian finds soft snow….
OH MY!
50 miles later, it looked like this…
Getting closer….
The day trippin’ driver….
Ahhhhh, made it home safely…..
MEOW MEOW…(watch the POV?)
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bye
bye
April Showers Beckon Gnar Followers – KW – 04/04/10
Still Snowing in California….
Date:
April 1st-4th, 2010
Location: Kirkwood…a mountain with machines that take humans to the summit so they can slide down.
Weather: Snow, light grey clouds, dark grey clouds, wind, and perfect winter temps.
The old satellite shows the storm track….
The evil ice shows the temps….
Skiers:
Skier666, Zippy, S.P.C, Jrosen32, MildBill, JMetzler, Skiin’ Ian, Mogul5480, Derrick, Powdork, and Mishap…
Cameramen:
666, Zippy, JMetzler, and Jrosen32
POV VIDEO – Like the game Doom but without guns and badly pixelated monsters.
Music: Source Direct – ‘Call & Response’
Synopsis:
Flat-light, Snow, wind, greybird, soft snow, ice-falls, cliffs, new zones, skinning, lost car keys, towed cars, and good times at Kirkwood.
Java Porn: Single cup Peets Rwanda Lake Kivu roast….mmmm.
Blog Begin:
The Previous Saturday morning I was flying over Florida….
….Saturday afternoon, the wife, kid, in-laws, cousins, arrive in Nashville for a wedding…
We stayed in this super retro hotel…
…Sunday afternoon, we’re in Chicago….
The next day, my lone self goes back to the Bay Area to commute in the rain…
Hello…its Thursday and these people are NOT at work:
Jrosen32 finds this line yet only once…
And then over to the side of Kodak…
Zippy ollies over the bottom of Thunder Saddle…
Zippy spent his Spring Break in the Spur…
…with S.P.C and powder…
Zippy jumps…
…because its fun.
The 2010 famous Spur double…by Jrosen32….
Icy landing…
S.P.C. says ‘screw it’….
Thursday Groomer…
FRIDAY!: Its sunny, but the storm is coming…
‘Is this the way to San Jose?’
Is that the sun?????
The Spur at 2:45pm…still have car key.
S.P.C. washing his ski clothes…
Here, he smiles at me…..
Don’t lose your car keys at Kirkwood…just trust me on this one.
To celebrate the extremely low cost of towing a car all the way to Reno from Kirkwood….Zippy and I threw a house rave….
SATURDAY!: Is that a glimmer of sunshine?
View from Picket’s Junction…
View from Caples Lake…
Jrosen32 in lower cirque…
Zippy in West Shore proper…
Zippy has been here before…
Mishap slays past Zippy…
…and then goes for some air in Temple…
Zippy in true form over the Temple glacier…
Powdork on his first ski day of the season…
Jrosen32 attempts to air over the center of Upper Cham…
He didn’t quite make it…and had to change skis…and bindings…
Spur time!
Never been here before…
Where’s the skier?
Zippy was just skiing along and a cliff came upon him….
Corner ice-chute…
Slayed…
Jrosen takes an interesting angle…
MILDBILL!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEE!
Jrosen32 finds untracked…
MILDBILL MILDBILL MILDBILL!
mogul5480 gets aggressive…
Jmetzler, Skiin’ Ian and I also decided to ski the Spur….but as you have already witnessed above, the gates opened after we began our uphill tour…
Skiin Ian….
…no tracks…
…no tracks…
…no tracks…
STOKED!
Jmetzler is up….
He’s bored…
He’s in the moment….
Skiin’ Ian…
Oh, hell yeah!
Jmetzler…turn and burn…
666 was there, OMG!
‘Does it go?’
Forest Dump…
Another lap?
So, it looked like pow…but it was solid ice. Sadly, the frame after this may have killed Skiin’ Ian’s ACL…
Ian Skiin’ on a painful knee…
Wild dogs…
Nice end to the day…
HAPPY EASTER!
Oh Noz!
Storm is coming…hike faster!
Night TRAIN!!!!!
666 has fun here…
Don’t believe him?
Watch the POV vid..heh.
Jmetzler skis fresh…
In the moment…
Soft snow…
Silky smooth…
Getting steep…
Getting deep…
..And then he skied to Berkeley…
666 makes a turn…
TEAM CROWBAR represent!
Derrick flips for joy….
Zippy exits Upper Cham…
I told Derrick this was groomed….
Zippy gets creative…
What storm? 30" fell throughout the next 15 hours.
Zippy does a reverse ice climb…
April Showers…
Da Delta’…
Where’s my hovercraft?
Finally, back to the strip joints!!!!!
Slaying Spring Dragons on Winter’s Tail – 03/21/10
Date:
March 19-21st, 2010
Location: Squaw, Sierra at Tahoe backcountry, & Kirkwood sidecountry
Weather: Summer conditions Friday through Saturday with more springlike temps on Sunday.
Skiers & the splitboarder:
666, Slim, Zippy, MildBill, Squaw Kid & Bcrider
Camerawomen:
666, Zippy, Dblatto with one iPhone shot & Bcrider
POV VIDEO – POV inlcudes every type of snow imaginable, including winter snow in 60F temps.
Music: Instra:mental – No Future (Skream Remix)
Synopsis:
After some decent storms 2 weeks ago, the weather decided to warm up and hit close to 60F in the mountains. Squaw was pretty frozen, except for the usual sunny areas, but we seemed to find some winter snow in the backcountry of Sierra (Sayles Canyon) and Kirkwood (Thunderbowl & Spur). Bottom line, it was a damn fine weekend given the conditions.
Coffee Influence:
Non-fat Iced Latte mastered by Lola
Round One!: Squaw Valley World Resort
First a little waxing session by our Tahoe dog, Skittles (he’s on Facebook btw)
Extreme driving….
Zippy hits up the Olympic Lady groomers….
666 follows suit…
Zippy eats some Funnel….
Shirley Chutes….
Squaw’s highest point….
Maybe we should descend….
Sunny steeps…
Zippy finds a line…as usual…
Zippy makes his first turn 1000 feet below….
Zippy searches for rad silver in Silverado…
666 follows suit…
Squaw kid met us for a few laps…
Snow snakes exist in Broken Arrow….
Zippy finds a slot…
666 gets sloppy seconds….
Beer exists here…
West Shore wonders…
Scenic South Shore…
Zippy and I end the night with a romantic dinner and some grappa…
Sierra Ski Ranch:
So, we’re going to skin from where?
Bcrider starts by skinning through a mossy forest…
The evil clearing…
What are these things?
The first zone (keyhole) just up ahead…..
Bcrider is ready for slayage with no other humans around…
He drops in…
Bcrider rides…
666 takes a turn…
And found some nice winter snow…
666 enjoys the descent…
Bcrider slays pow….
…and then makes a turn…
…and finally, discovers a frozen field of furor…
666 finds a winter zone…
Time to head to the next area…
Uphill it is….
Meanwhile in the Kirkwood sidecountry, MildBill descends down CA Chute…
WE MADE IT!
I think this zone will do…
666 heads downhill…
And finds a chute…
CORN…
HARVEST!
Bcrider plays pinball…
…scored well…
…and earned an extra credit!
Smooooooooth snow….
Pillows of corn…
666 gets one more turn….
After a long slug, Bcrider appears out of the forest…
And hits a groomer!
The sixer is pooped after his tasty beer…
KIRKWOOD KIRKWODD KIRKWOOD!
That’s right race stock GS boards were the call for most of the day….
MildBill lurches into Ski School…
MildBill forced us…er Slim….to ski Thunderbowl….
It was winterized!
Slim enjoyed himself….
dAfter a quick skin to Martin Point, our zone came into view…
California…
MildBill down the gut of the Spur…
A house attacked by El Nino….
Another successful day….
Time for an incredibly late lunch at 88 Burger…
MildBill sat down and broke this house…
Bye
B
Y
E
Midwinter March Mayhem @ KW – 03/06/10
Date:
March 5-6th, 2010
Location: Kirkwood…a place to ski when you’re to cheap to buy a pass anywhere else.
Weather: Sunny Friday morning and flat light through Saturday….
Skiers:
Skier666, Slim, Zippy, S.P.C, Jrosen32, GDS, Supu, Shugs, MildBill, Tyrone Shoelaces, S.P.C’s brother, DaveP, JMetzler, Squaw kid, Steven S Dallas…and others.
Cameramen:
666, Slim, Zippy, Jrosen32, and Supu.
POV VIDEO – Not too bad for consistent issues with the camera
Music: Miike Snow – ‘Black and Blue’ (Caspa Remix)
Synopsis:
Same terrain just more snow and less tracks.
BEGIN!:
Thursday was a good day…Zippy was there without me….
So was Supu, doing TPS reports on the chairlift….
I believe this is Tyrone…
Supu and Kodak…
Time for the early morning drive…
The warmth of the sun…
The chill still of winter….
The gnar of March…
Slim breaks out his legendary one piece on the day I bring only one coat….
Yep….we’re on team ‘bestfriends4eva’
First to arrive…
First to get tracks…
Slim makes a point…
….and then gets the shot of the day
666 has fun….
Slim in a tight spot…
666 finds a jump…
A house in the Sierras…
Slim takes another decent turn….
Zippy takes some turns after his qualifier run…
Steep…
Squaw kid…
Skier in a yellow coat…
GDS is still foilowing us around…
Zippy chuting…
Zippy whoring….
Squaw kid loving Kirkwood….
Temple is about to get turned to shreds…
by Zippy…
by Squaw kid….
and by 666….
Easter egg hunt….
Zippy finds a deep spot….
And then jumps over an obstacle…
666 descended ‘Sushi Roll’ from the random trees straight down. He was stoked….
Th3 Bestfriends went back to the Spur for the last run….
666 had a blast right here….
…fun
….skiing’s fun…
SATURDAY WITH SHUGS!
Shugs needed some pow pow, so we hit every zone on the way to the Spur….
GDS kept following us….
He’s a smart young man….
Jmetzler likes his Night Trains…
Shugs has been absent on the photoblogz, so here we go!
Another untracked line…
Yet another….
JMetzler low angling the pow…
Supu gets hella aggressive…
Yep, I said hella.
Sweet Shuga’….
Sweet like candy, smooth as brandy….
Supu landed on his face…sure we all fall sometimes, just not to the face…
JMetzler finds an entertaining zone…
MildBill links up a double stager…
The ground shook…..
….Nice!
Shugs….time to take a break.
Lets go watch the Xtremes!
JJ goes LARGE!
Zippy goes for greatness…
…but lands on the opposite of snow….
Yep…its snowing again. DaveP is back from Germany. I think he’s on his 4th Phd. Is that even possible?
S.P.C.’s bro is like an older GDS….
Proof 666 was there…
S.P.C flips for Temple Alternate…
Back to the Spur…
Why? Because its so damn good. S.P.C….
Zippy…
Supu is loaded….
Supu left the ground a lot today…
Zippy barely touches the ground…
Jrosen32….
S.P.C…..
DaveP…
Zippy gets stylish…
Where’s Supu?
I can see the devil mountain to the left of the ring of fire…
Annihilating the Final Phase of February – KW – 02/28/10
Date:
February 27-28th, 2010
Location: Kirkwood…near Lake Tahoe, the jewel of the Sierras
Weather: Sunny….
Skiers:
Skier666, Zippy, Frush, Dblatto, S.P.C, Jrosen32, GDS, Dhelihiker, Gerome, Tyrone Shoelaces, Kush, and CLACK!
Photo Journalists:
Zippy, Jrosen32, Tyrone Shoelaces, and 666
POV VIDEO – Super short but had technical and positioning issues…as usual.
Music: Modeselektor – ‘Deboutonner’ feat Siriusmo
Synopsis:
While I ran around San Francisco on Saturday, Zippy and the crew slayed some lines while capturing the motion on memory cards. I decided to join them on Sunday to jump off things into powder…and take some pretty pictures.
LEVEL ONE!:
Its 8am on a Saturday…time for trendy coffee!
Breakfast at the Ferry Building….he was really tasty!
Chickens frolicking in open space….
Chickens frolicking in a secured space…
Meanwhile, at Kirkwood, S.P.C gets hungry for lunch….
Jrosen32 flapping his wings….
Kush still exists….
…and flips out!
Jrosen32 killing February 2010….
Dblatto is alive….
Zippy is a free-range skier….
666 takes a non-ski photo for the first time….
SUNDAY WITH CLACK!:
Its early….its all a blur…
….don’t remember this one either….
The Central Valley was stagnant yet free-range…..
I ran an HDMI cable from my condo…..
Spur has coverage….
….this is the summit of that coverage…
Zippy in true form over the packed granular….
Clack’s line through the bumps….
666 = happy
Zippy likes this air…it requires minimum 25 feet of snowfall…so its officially on for 2010.
GDS is a young gun….jumps off anything…ah, the memories of being 18.
GDS from 666′s eyeballs…
Tyrone made a few carves on the groomers….
The internet was green with envy….
666 hits a massive five-footer…
…and then makes a turn on the ice.
OMFG CLACK!!!!!!!!!!!
The future of skiing….release on rock, air, land on one ski, and then the one ski afterbang…..
Zippy in the superpipe…
View from the quarterpipe….
666 enters the slopestyle….
Zippy runs the NASTAR course….
Tyrone goes glade skiing….
Lost in the forest….
I googled for an exit…..
Winds of West Shore greet our entry…
Tyrone rides the left-hander….
And GS’s into the Diagonal….
The Frush made a fresh appearance…
With great green helmet joy, Dhelihiker has some fun….
CLACK…IS….BACK!
Gerome launches in Temple…
I think GDS likes following us around….
The Frush in a free-ranging the sidecountry of Doom…
Gerome monkeying around….
The Frush decides to make a turn….
Time to go west and search for gold in the massive snowbanks….
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Sensational Steep Skiing in Sunny Tahoe, California (KW, SQUAW, BC) – 02/16/10
Date:
February 11th-16th, 2010
Location: CALIFORNIA – a well run state
Weather: GLORIOUS SUNSHINE……and a few clouds.
Skiers:
Skier666, Zippy, Frush, CS, Jrosen32, Zippys buddy in a yellow coat
Photo Journalists:
666 and Zippy (with a brand new camera!!!!!)
POV VIDEO – View from my helmet on Thursday and Friday at Kirkwood.
Music: Jubei & Tyrone – ‘Tremor’
Synopsis:
Ski Kirkwood for 4 days straight, one with the little guy, a day at SQUAW VALLEY EARTH, and end with a ski tour with Zippy up the Moon Crescent off of Roundtop.
FIGHT!:
The storms never materialized over South San Francisco….
…but Carson Pass was showing nipple deep of new
Heavenly’s ‘Gunbarrel’
Groomers were immaculate….
How about some slackcountry?
The Frush came to pick up his season pass…
…and to hit the Diagonal Chute (which I believe is Broadway)
We decide to go BEYOND THE GATES!!!!!
Yep…on our way to CALI CHUTES…
The Frush gets some….well….fresh.
Temple of Doom meets Frush…
This guy had my scent…
DAY DOS!
…OMG…CS!
Zippy found some cold smoke in the lower Cirque…
Off to West Shore….
Zippy takes the first turn…
666 takes the second….
CS takes the 3rd…
Zippy takes the 4th…
CS had a good time…
Our little playground…
Zippy in the ice fall of Doomland..
666 searches for ice for his Dewars…
666 in Hells……
Zippy in Hells as wells’….
666 gets aggressive…
Zippy is an eagle…
666 follows his turd tracks….
Heh….same run…just lower on the mountain…
‘Once’ a day for Zippy…
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Here, we found out that CS telemarks….if only we knew….
Zippy takes off above Ski School…
666 airs opposite of the CAVE….
ANOTHER DAY OF SUNSHINE!
The next day….JROSEN32 skiing….somewhere
Again…turnin’ back time indeed….
After daily boot alterations, Mrs.666 slays the groomers…..
First day on proper boots and bindings, the little guy gets pumped with his favorite drink….
His schmear is coming along….not bad for 19 months.
YAY….SQUAW!!!!!
Maybe it should be called ‘Heavenly?’
An aerial tramway goes over this….just like Europe!
Did it freeze last night? ‘Nope.’ Then let’s ski KT first thing….why not? Zippy entertains…
His brother gets creative…
Jrosen32 looking hella xTreme on the Palisades….
And so he airs over ‘Extra’…..
…little bro follows older bro….
A lap of Granite Chief….yeah…really….what? You can’t tell?
Silverado? Why not?
Light Towers? Horrid snow….
Zippy’s buddy airs onto firm in Chronic II….
Zippy does the same…
Zippy picking the Nose….
…finds what he was looking for…
THE FINAL DAY!
Token ‘we’re going backcountry skiing’ shot….
I think you can guess….
Binding POV…its the future
Zippy listening to hip hop….
Zippy listening to trance…
Zippy listening to metal…
666 listening to dnb….yep…I won.
Summit reached…we’re so rad.
Looking to the South…
…and to the Northern view of the Pacific Ocean…
Did I mention that the snow was horrendous on the way up?
