Popular Post Johnny Law Posted March 31, 2014 Popular Post Report Posted March 31, 2014 Location: Daks, Angel Slides, Mt. Marcy.Dates: 3-28-3/30Music: Disclaimer: Forgive the shitty pics the weather was not the best.We were originally supposed to go to King Ravine but the avy danger was too high so and last minute change was made to go to the Daks. With little planning we decided to go out the LOJ, a number of years ago I had a TR on here were we tried to ski Marcy from the top but were once again skunked, this was a redemption trip with a nice little Friday tour as a bonus.We arrived at about 1am and realized we could sleep in the car or the leanto, the car has heat and thus we awoke in the lot to light snow.Our home for the next two days. Shortly after our arrival the snow switched over to a light rain and sleet, we made some fortifications to our lean-to and headed out for Angel Slides on Wright.Angel Slides are the prominent features in the background.About midway up the weather got shit fuck nasty, in the 10mins or so it took to dig a pit and do tests we saw rain, sleet, snow and lots of wind, this slop came in hard.We skied, well kinda, the snow was atrocious, super wet, super heavy slop.This did not stop a member from hucking a 7ft ice feature, considering the snow it was truly shredding the gnar. We were now very wet and some further modifications were made to our shelter, that’s not a fire, fires are illegal…..LOLPerhaps the most impressive part of the trip was a successful Jiffy Pop, in my previous 32 years on this planet I’ve never seen a successful Jiffy Pop.Dangerous but a good way to dry out your balls.Saturday the weather improved and we decided to make the long slog to Marcy. Marcy is the third highest east of the Mississippi and a real bitch. Generally we’ve had no luck in the skiing department when it comes to Marcy.Weather was light snow until about 11am with about 1500vert and 2 miles to go the sun started popping out but alas it wasn’t meant to be. Once we got through the trees, with about 500 yards to go, it went full on can’t see shit with steady 40mph winds, we ditched the skis 100 yards short of the summit and went on foot.Good views from the top….Looks kinda like the MoonThis is proof we skied down but this point I was not in the mood to take lots of pics due to a problem described below, the jack rabbit is real narrow and lots of leg work.Last year I got heinous blisters so I bought some new boots. I rode them before hand to try to soften them up and even wrapped my feet but they got pretty destroyed. I won’t labor the point but it made this a painful trip. Plus on the way in I was clearing clumping snow and broke my pole in half, I made a BC repair but I couldn’t really use it which probably put a lot more work on the left foot. Gotta go see AS’s boot dude.It was a really dope trip with Pine Martens and lobster mac, thinking about a hut trip next year, maybe 10th mtn. 12 Quote
toast21602 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Posted March 31, 2014 looks great. always look forward to reading these reports. i have to do a trip like this at some point. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted April 1, 2014 Report Posted April 1, 2014 fuck yea fucking johnny law. fucking awesome dude. Quote
moe ghoul Posted April 1, 2014 Report Posted April 1, 2014 You picked a hell of a weekend for the BC! Cochises blistered you up? Quote
Johnny Law Posted April 1, 2014 Author Report Posted April 1, 2014 looks great. always look forward to reading these reports. i have to do a trip like this at some point. Your always welcome to join our motley outift, were not fast, about 2miles and hour but we are skilled and determined, we don't give up, ever. The only thing we require is no assholes, everyone has to do their part and everyone has to be cool. You'd have no problems. Alternatively if you want to go with actual non-rapscallions I have endless beta and info, once you go you'll want to go all the time. You picked a hell of a weekend for the BC! Cochises blistered you up? LOL This trip is tradition and one of our crew works a job up in the shale that keeps him very busy so our parameters were tight but your right, I mean we knew this wasn't the perfect weekend. They did, I love that boot, best skiing touring boot I've ever been on, excellent walk mode and super light but I'm gonna need a few punches. The toe box height is low which I've never had a problem with before and supposedly they are 100mm last but they don't feel like it. Quote
toast21602 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Posted April 1, 2014 Don't invite Toast. SMH!!! Shaking My Hackysack! Your always welcome to join our motley outift, were not fast, about 2miles and hour but we are skilled and determined, we don't give up, ever. The only thing we require is no assholes, everyone has to do their part and everyone has to be cool. You'd have no problems. Alternatively if you want to go with actual non-rapscallions I have endless beta and info, once you go you'll want to go all the time. As I accumulate gear, I would love to. With time. 4 Quote
moe ghoul Posted April 1, 2014 Report Posted April 1, 2014 Your always welcome to join our motley outift, were not fast, about 2miles and hour but we are skilled and determined, we don't give up, ever. The only thing we require is no assholes, everyone has to do their part and everyone has to be cool. You'd have no problems. Alternatively if you want to go with actual non-rapscallions I have endless beta and info, once you go you'll want to go all the time. LOL This trip is tradition and one of our crew works a job up in the shale that keeps him very busy so our parameters were tight but your right, I mean we knew this wasn't the perfect weekend. They did, I love that boot, best skiing touring boot I've ever been on, excellent walk mode and super light but I'm gonna need a few punches. The toe box height is low which I've never had a problem with before and supposedly they are 100mm last but they don't feel like it. Quote
mbike-ski Posted April 1, 2014 Report Posted April 1, 2014 as in other recreational pursuits, the rapscallion method of ski touring is always preferred! 1 Quote
moe ghoul Posted April 1, 2014 Report Posted April 1, 2014 They did, I love that boot, best skiing touring boot I've ever been on, excellent walk mode and super light but I'm gonna need a few punches. The toe box height is low which I've never had a problem with before and supposedly they are 100mm last but they don't feel like it. Mine were 90% dialed in out of the box for alpine, shits to tits today, Fantastic spring conditions right now. Quote
zzslope Posted April 1, 2014 Report Posted April 1, 2014 Nice T.R., brought back a lot of winter camping memories. Quote
Justo8484 Posted April 2, 2014 Report Posted April 2, 2014 You look at the Lange Xt 130 at all? Rx 130 lower more or less with some light weight bits and a tour mode cuff thrown in. Quote
Johnny Law Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Posted April 2, 2014 You look at the Lange Xt 130 at all? Rx 130 lower more or less with some light weight bits and a tour mode cuff thrown in. They are 97 last I think and they are very heavy compared to the cochise. They are sweet but once you go tech fittings everything else is crude lol Seriously though I do really like the cochise and downhill they are fine, I probably also made it worse by only having a single pole, Billy will fix them a couple punches and they will be cool. The tyrolia adrenalin is supposed to be at the demo, I'll check them out as they are probably the only real competitor to the guardian. Quote
Justo8484 Posted April 2, 2014 Report Posted April 2, 2014 They are 97 last I think and they are very heavy compared to the cochise. They are sweet but once you go tech fittings everything else is crude lol Seriously though I do really like the cochise and downhill they are fine, I probably also made it worse by only having a single pole, Billy will fix them a couple punches and they will be cool. The tyrolia adrenalin is supposed to be at the demo, I'll check them out as they are probably the only real competitor to the guardian. yeah, Xt with guardians is probably the setup I'd go for at this point just to keep good downhill performance since I can't really justify owning an AT specific setup at this point. Quote
Johnny Law Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Posted April 2, 2014 yeah, Xt with guardians is probably the setup I'd go for at this point just to keep good downhill performance since I can't really justify owning an AT specific setup at this point. That would be a killer setup, your downhill performance would be near alpine like Quote
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