mbike-ski Posted February 11, 2021 Report Posted February 11, 2021 12 minutes ago, saltyant said: Steeze Louise i lol'd 1 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 11, 2021 Report Posted February 11, 2021 37 minutes ago, saltyant said: I wonder how many runs they get and if there are any lines at the helicopper??? Funk, I would be so damned spoiled after that You should call the Heli operation and ask them..I’m sure they’d love to chat. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 11, 2021 Report Posted February 11, 2021 23 minutes ago, saltyant said: Steeze Louise, $200 a run?! .... totally worth it I imagine 😎 Their transport from telluride to Silverton and back was $2400. I wonder if the pilot gets a tip as well..just the tip wahahahah 1 1 Quote
saltyant Posted February 11, 2021 Report Posted February 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Their transport from telluride to Silverton and back was $2400. I wonder if the pilot gets a tip as well..just the tip wahahahah WJW it pays to be richie rich like @AtomicSkier 1 1 Quote
AtomicSkier Posted February 11, 2021 Author Report Posted February 11, 2021 We’re back. Amazing day. Insanely good skiing. I need to drink some champagne first, and then pictured and videos will be posted. 6 1 Quote
indiggio Posted February 11, 2021 Report Posted February 11, 2021 11 minutes ago, AtomicSkier said: We’re back. Amazing day. Insanely good skiing. I need to drink some champagne first, and then pictured and videos will be posted. I can't wait! This is grate! 2 2 Quote
Schif Posted February 11, 2021 Report Posted February 11, 2021 I've been on pins and needles all day Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 11, 2021 Report Posted February 11, 2021 Hopefully this thread earns the five star rating I gave it. Quote
Kyle Posted February 11, 2021 Report Posted February 11, 2021 This is going to make me realize how little ability I have as a skier. I’m pumped for it. Quote
Popular Post AtomicSkier Posted February 11, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Posted February 11, 2021 Let me wet your appetite while I sort through the footage .... here is a view of what we skied first run (off the heli). Most of those tracks were from other heli drops after us throughout the day. They're very adamant about stacked turns down the fall line, keeping it tight to other tracks. 7 5 5 Quote
Popular Post NMSKI Posted February 12, 2021 Popular Post Report Posted February 12, 2021 Whoa. I’m gonna drink all the beer now 11 3 4 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Shadows said: TFTI Shadows you can go to Jackson hole with us next year. Edited February 12, 2021 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 1 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 Oh and screw having to make stacked turns. 1 Quote
Shadows Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 I assume its to make finding 5 buried people easier. 3 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Shadows said: I assume its to make finding 5 buried people easier. Nah they do that to preserve the perder for other groups..shit on the powder day at Blue my goal was to not leave any fresh for future people make GSS turns 1 Quote
Benm Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Nah they do that to preserve the perder for other groups..shit on the powder day at Blue my goal was to not leave any fresh for future people make GSS turns Yup. If you ain't first youre last fuck that 2 1 Quote
Popular Post AtomicSkier Posted February 12, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Posted February 12, 2021 Stacked turns is part o their avalanche mitigation program, as well as preserving it for others. It didn't really matter, there was so much pow to be had. There was only one time, on the second half of one of the runs, where our guide asked us to figure8 his tracks. As for the report ... we arrived at the Telluride airport at 7:35am to meet our chopper at 7:45am. As were pulling into the parking lot it flew overhead and set down on the ramp. Quick boot up, we walked into the FBO with skis on our shoulder, met up with the pilots, and we were skids up in a few minutes after a quick safety briefing. Thanks to @skiincy for some of those sweet airport shots! It was a quick 6 minute flight over the San Juans to Silverton, before we did a few spirals down into the valley that Silverton sits in. We checked in, got our tickets, and got grouped up with a fun group of guys around our age, mostly from CO, who had some "let's see if these PA guys can hang" comments that quickly faded after we left them in the dust as they were huffing and puffing on the first hike. Our first run was a heli drop, so all 8 of us piled in the Bell 206 chopper that had brought us to Silverton only an hour previously. Landed on top of a peak, kept our heads down, and the bird lifted back off for us to enjoy a perfectly sunny and calm bluebird day. Our guide briefed us on the run, and turned us loose one at a time. After a couple thousand feed of pow turns, we ended up back on a cat track that takes us back to the bus, which takes us back to the base area. We then headed up the lift and started a 40 minutes hike up the ridge to some *amazing* turns. A quick drop in, and some traversing across some rocks, and we were ripping another few thousand feet of even deeper snow than the heli provided. Again, to the cat track at the bottom, to the bus, and back to the lift. Third run was a quick 5 minute hike at the start, and a 5 minute hike at the bottom to get back to the cat track. Again, a few thousand feet of untracked pow. It was starting to get repetitive Fourth run was about a 20 minute hike below a cliff band to more untracked. At this point, we were cooked, skied to the gully to the road, picked up a bus, and headed back to the base area where our chopper was waiting for us to takes us back to Telluride. All in all, an amazing day, amazing skiing, with amazing friends. It wasn't the deepest snow I've ever skied, but it was the steepest, smoothest, longest I have. It was 100/10. The weather couldn't have been better, either. 12 2 11 Quote
Popular Post AtomicSkier Posted February 12, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Posted February 12, 2021 Not as many woo hoos in this video, but lots of excitement, swearing, and a few gems 😁 Enjoy. The second half of the one run where I’m not skiing as much pow as you think I should is because our guide asked us to figure 8 his line to help correct some bad lines from a previous group. I also fucked up recording the 3rd run. 6 7 Quote
mute1080 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 Not as many woo hoos in this video, but lots of excitement, swearing, and a few gems [emoji16] Enjoy. The second half of the one run where I’m not skiing as much pow as you think I should is because our guide asked us to figure 8 his line to help correct some bad lines from a previous group. I also fucked up recording the 3rd run. Do you say “milk that” at one point?I hope you did because that was awesome. 1 1 Quote
NMSKI Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, mute1080 said: Do you say “milk that” at one point? I hope you did because that was awesome. I can confirm. 1 2 Quote
AtomicSkier Posted February 12, 2021 Author Report Posted February 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, mute1080 said: Do you say “milk that” at one point? I hope you did because that was awesome. Yes. 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 This is unreal. The scenery, the terrain, the turns, and the vocals. Well done boys! 1 2 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted February 12, 2021 Report Posted February 12, 2021 Stunning. I'm speechless. Wow. 1 1 Quote
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