BC Iron Works

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Hey Everyone, Myself and everyone here at BC Ironworks would like to thank you for a great season. Stay posted to BCIRONWORKS.COM for any updates and information on possible events and the 09/10 season. That being said it has been a great season and once we close we will be doing some remodeling to the base lodge and we won

Im in... I just wanna prove to myself that at 25 i can still throw down lol

1/8/09-------Just got down from opening the parks. The snow is a little granular right now but the sun is poking through and with a high of 33 today so it should shape up to be a really nice afternoon for riding. With the EMS jams we like to have one main feature with an ending feature (bonk,bleacher, or stall of some kind). It really gives everyone a chance to get dialed in on one or two things so by the end of the night people are throwing down some serious stuff. We'll be setting up for the jam some point after 10pm tonight so if you want a sneak peak of the set-up check the cams this evening Later! -Tom-

Hey Everyone, Hope everyone had a safe and joyful holiday season. Here at Bear Creek, we

Hey Everyone, We were busy last night building a nice two set of Jumps for today. Here are a few pictures from this morning! Hope to see you all here! Andy First Jump Second Jump

Hey Everyone, Thanks for the Prop's! We really appreciate it. Hope everyone had fun today! Off to build some jumps!!! Cya Monday... Later Andy

Hey Everyone, Thanks to all of you who came out tonite. All of us at BC hope you had a blast. Stay posted for opening updates. I was really stoked to see everyone loving the jam set-up. BCIW and I can't wait to build an opening park and get the season rolling. Shout Out to Pinnacle Sports, AirBlaster, and Poor Boyz Productions. We will be showing these films at a later date. Sorry for technical difficulties. Hope to cya soon. Think Snow!!!!!!!! Andy

Hey Everyone, I Just wanted to answer a few of the questions that have been lingering around about the upcoming event. I can't say exactly what the setup will be due to the fact we are only looking at a forecast and not trails covered in snow. I can however say this, we are trying to build a fun setup featuring new jibs for the 08/09 season. I would also like to say that this event is still weather permitting but looks very very promising. It will be a contest free jam session so no matter how comfortable your are feeling early in the season it will be fun for all who participate. Also please don't forget about the Forum and Video Premiers that are also a part of this event. It should be great night and alot of fun!!! With this cold weather myself, Tom, and the rest of BCIW are completely stoked and ready to fire up the parks. Its been a long summer of work giving the parks what we hope will be a great new appearance. Think cold, get pumped, BCIW will be working hard to build our best parks yet... Andy

Plus its an A-Frame Box its about 35 ft long depending how you measure it...

Just to give ya a heads up... The new box is actually shorter then the large staircase battleship box... when its in snow it wont be super tall... the reason it was built so tall is because this way you will not be going blindly into the landing... your vision will not be blocked by snow... and yes its very heavy! Its really just the angle your viewing it from that makes it look so big but yes it is big just not as big as it may look in the picture... Andy

Hey everyone, I just wanted to take some time to thank all of our riders and skiers for a great season. You were with us through the best snowmaking imaginable to the worst rain storms ive seen since taking this position. Myself, and the rest of BC IRONWORKS really love doing what we do and also seeing people tear apart a beautiful terrain park. We are currently planning and starting construction of what will hopefully change the face of Bear Creeks Parks for the 08/09 season! Have a great summer, stay safe, and well see you next season! ANDY

Hey Everyone, Glad to see alot of people stoked on the idea of the Hike Park. I would like to use this time to build features that can't typically be built under normal operating restraints. I have a couple ideas that im already planning for Sunday nights build, but if there is something that you would like to see for a good session or for filming, decribe it in depth on here or post a picture or drawing that can accurately depict what youd like to see. The more detail the better. Please keep in mind that as warmer weather and rain come through the area, it will be a stuggle to build some larger sized features. Let's have some end of the year fun, so leave attitudes at home and lets have a great vibe that is fun for everyone who wants to ride a bit more this season!!! Andy

Attention Skiers and Boarders: Im sorry to announce that we have changed to schedule for the weekends events. We came to this conclusion due to the severe weather outlook for Friday -Saturday evening. I hope to see everyone come out and throw down on Friday and Sunday!!! Andy As posted from WWW.SKIBEARCREEK.COM Weekend Activities Friday, 03/07 Rail Competition with music by On The Mic DJ's Registration and practice from 3:30 to 5:30 comp begins at 6pm Saturday, 03/08 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Clinic 10am - 12pm. Ice carving demo 12:30pm to 3:30pm in front of the lodge deck. Slopestyle Competition postponed until Sunday Sunday, 03/09 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Clinic 10am - 12pm. Ice carving demo 12:30pm to 3:30pm in front of the lodge deck. We will host the Slopestyle Competition in place of the Big Air Competition with music by On The Mic DJ's Registration and practice from 9am to 12pm, comp begins at 12:30pm

Hey everyone, I just wanted to give you an update. The reason why we pulled rails off the one side of Black Bear is that in the next few days we are expecting to have a large amount of snow fall in those general areas. It will be easier for us to build features if we dont have buried rails. When i say large amounts i believe it will be feet not inches so if mother nature cooperates, the parks will be up and running better then ever. We have started changing things up a bit. As long as the plan doesnt run into any snags in the mean time, Cascade will be fully rebuilt Sunday night. So monday will be an amazing day. Were finally at the stage where the features we want to build can be. Also id like to have some feed back about the jump i built in Black Bear, we are calling it the "Anti-Jump", I know i love it myself but i wanted to see what everyone else thinks of it. That was just a small trial sized feature of what we can possibly build if you like it. There can also be many different variations thrown into it. I just wanted to mention that on that feature there will NOT be a rail on the landing, due to the size of the landing it would make it extremely dangerous. Anyway Hope all is well with everyone and think cold, ANDY

I am aiming to put as much on black bear with out sacrificing our base. I doubt there will be any jumps but that all can change. I am definetly aiming for more quality or quanity, but there will some fun stuff for opening day!! I appoligize now if the park isnt jam packed, im really sick right now and giving it my all. Lets have a great 07/08 season!!!! Andy

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to say after reading some of the most recent posts that having very good pipe this year is on my agenda! I went to two different seminars this year on pipe building and cutting and also was able to get alot of hands on cutting time in at Mt. hood Oregon. In the past i was never the one physically behind the wheel while cutting the pipe, but now that ive been officailly trained how to use a zaugg, i should be good to go. Bob Hipp is our other park groomer and he is the one who has cut the pipe in the past. He also was with me at Cutters Camp, and he feels alot better about building a solid pipe after that. The plan as it stands is to cut the pipe about 2-3 times per week. Im dedicating myself to mostly grooming hours this year so if all works as planned it will be cut regularly once open. Just thought id throw that out there... And im an avid pipe skier so believe me id love to have a great pipe aswell. Take Care Andy

I just wanted to let everyone out there know that we have Cancelled the December 2nd Rail Jam. We have had good snowmaking weather projected this last week and things have not panned out as planned. Most of our snow on the hill is a Dusting and/or pure ice. There is also a bad weather outlook for December 2nd. Freezing rain and sleet are not the safest conditions for a rail jam. There is also a possibility of travel advisorys for December 2nd. However, everyone that can safely make it out Tommorrow should still come out to our Movie premiers at 2pm. We will be showing Level 1 Productions "Realtime" featuring pennsylvania's own Tom Wallish, and First Tracks Productions "Hello, my name is..." I appoligize that we could not hold the Rail Jam as planned, but our riders safety and well being is very important to us. Take Care everyone, I hope to see everyone at the Premier! Andy

I just wanted to give you guys an update on the rail jam. So far... We have not made a decision to cancel the rail Jam. We are gunna review snow and projected weather Saturday mid-day. We really dont want to cancel it if we dont have to. The weather for sunday is 50/50, so cross your fingers. But due to safety and what not, if there is bad conditions projected still tommorrow then it will be. Sorry for the Delay... I hope weather goes in our favor. ANDY

Thanks for all the great compliments... there is definetly alot of hard work being put in right now by Joe C (Crew supervisor) and myself... this season will be amazing! The Bleacher box was designed to sit on a hip like snowfeature with various possibilities but it can pretty much sit anywhere! take care everyone. Andy

Howdy, Hope everyones summer has been great... Even more stoked that you guys have some interest in the upcoming season already. Ill give you an update of what is in the works at the moment. -8'x16' Quarter Pipe (UHMW covered) - 35' Step Box - 13' Marble like Hubba ledge - 22' Duallin' C box - 20' Bleacher (I dont wanna go into detail, id rather it be somewhat of a surprise) There is also alot of other smaller features (urban, bonks, and prolly a rail or two) Just features that can be switched in and out rather easily to have a ever changing feel. Im also working on Enterance ways to each park. No more fences falling over all day long! At this moment i have no pictures on my computer to post, but i hope by mid next week i can post a few things to make everyone happy! Take Care everyone.... til next time ANDY

I may be down for the 22nd, im flying back from Mammoth on the 21st, but the ellsworth is still in the same shape it was after plattekill, maybe ill have to come up and tool around on the STP a lil bit, call me!!!! Im ready to ride for sure!

The age requirement that i have for hiring park crew is 18, The reason there is a 17 year old on park crew was that member is extremely dedicated and also volunteered for over a year before being hired, if someone can prove themselves then i reconsider the age requirement. I hope this clears up your questions.

Hey everyone, hope that the new black bear setup is alot of fun, i tryed to factor in as many possibilitys into the trail as possible, aswell as incorporate some old favorites as well. The original plan was to go out tonite and go crazy changing up cascade. Due to mechanical difficulties we wont be able to place rails and boxes tonite. We are going to try and install the Subaru tonite however, and our game plan is to be able to do the full cascade build friday night, i appoligize for the delay, we are doing all we can to get the parks super nice. Hope to see everyone out there! ANDY

I cant claim any size of a snow feature due to the fact it can change by the hour, but i can say the piston bully is 62ft when the tiller and blade are down, when i groom it the tiller and groomer are on top and the blade hangs over the knuckle, that will tell you around how big it is. ANDY