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  1. rbtree

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    My bad, I missed the " ' " I though squeezy said 12" My deepest day ever was a 63" dump in 24 hrs, and 93 in 48.....thats 160 cm...sounds even more impressive when stated in canuckian....needless to say, it wuz deep!!! But the avy danger was extreme, so we could only ski the bottom 1000...
  2. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    your new math is lacking.....34cm=13.5" yummmmy, canuck.....
  3. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    Forecast is looking a bit better....snow forecasted all week in the hills..some anyhow...but f/l going to 6000 feet by Th, aarrgh....then back down..... It was s'posed to rain here some today, but barely sprinkled...that's the way it's been for 6 weeks....there was some October snow....and that...
  4. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    By the way, I have a license to say "Eh", eh?! When I was 15, we immigrated to Vancouver Is from Arkansas.....though I did return to the states after hs grad. As this was 1965, I heard Nancy Greene's name often. She won the World Cup a couple times, and was just a couple years older than me...
  5. rbtree

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    Cool...! There's been a few articles in Powder and other mag's about snomo/cat ski conflicts....including some with amicable relations as your experiences worked out to be. Wish I wasn't a flatlander, getting old, or with a bum knee (or two) and that I had more time to spare. I've never done...
  6. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    I have a setup...many of us that ski Alpental regularly are on it..but to access the "bc" at Alpental and Crystal requires short lateral or uphill hikes, so most just push or shoulder their gear. There's also plenty of true bc that gets toured to often.
  7. rbtree

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    You'd love my shots from Red, Whitewater, Fernie and the Banff areas...but those trips were years ago, and I've never digitized the slides..... Took a coupla trips to Nakusp as well back in 83 and 84.....had to fly a bird...no fun at all. We (9 local crazies one year, and 10) the next) were...
  8. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    Yup... "Leave no turn unstoned'
  9. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    Jim Thompson, an elite level skier also in his 5th decade, ripping Elevator in the Alpental near backcountry. Yes, it is as steep as it looks..... and his son JD, who has been known to throw 100 foot backflips in big mt comp's..... Beauty, eh? This nice line is a steep 20 minute hike...
  10. rbtree

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    My number one guy Wayne "Groovy" Grevey on a short 50 degree face. That's Silver King's north face in the background, that I referred to earlier. Crystal's big mountain "extreme" comp finals are held there every year. A 15-25 minute hike from the top of the Silver Queen lift. The hike accesses...
  11. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    Me, chokin on it..... actually, that was some of the mankiest snow I've skied in a while. Steve Ogle,a BC based pro, shot me at Mt Baker.....
  12. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    I'm jealous....I see your hill has 122 acres open already...we got zilch.... Nov 6, 2004....I skied opening day at Mt Baker. There was 92 inches of unconsolidated snow. Most incredible opening day ever....though I have had my share of epic ones.....An avy buried a skier just past the boundary...
  13. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    Die to ski, ski to die..... more later...movie time... meanwhile, point 'em!!!!!
  14. rbtree

    need opinions asap - snowboarding

    http://www.steamboat.com/NOAA.aspx
  15. rbtree

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    report says only a meager 10" base....but snow is forecasted http://www.steamboat.com/mountain/ Area opened today for the season... but only 2 lifts and a coupla trails open. http://steamboat.com/trailsAndLifts.html I've never been to da "Boat....nice hill, champayne powder...mellow, not...
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