ahm wrote:

Having all those "less skilled skiers (we'll just call em' LSS's) and skiing it down to the dirt makes it all the more fun. Those LSS's create obstacles that the MSS's get to go over, around or through. It lends a skier cross aspect to woods skiing and promotes posts like the guy who was bummed when his line was poached after one of the dumps. Without those LSS's what would the MSS's have to talk and joke about. I mean the whole skimrv forum would become boring like K-zone or Alpinezone and bushzone just doesn't have the same ring. A bit of a summer cooler here from late May in CO

Love your sense of humor, A. Tell me about the gear you guys have on. What kind of climbing was involved? Love seeing you tip those skis on edge. Keep smilin'. ; }

Skiladi: we needed to use ice axe and crampons on the ascent because this was a 4 am start to keep the wet slide danger to a minimum. It was pretty frozen at the start but softened quick. We also roped up for the steepest sections and built a T-slot and an N anchor for two separate belays. The great thing is how much good skiing is available in CO from late April into end of May with excellent weather. Here's a shot of no name cirque in Berthoud pass and the North chutes.

I also went to Colorado in May after our season ended. Good times.

A-Basin at night from Loveland Pass


Hucking a nice cornice after skinning for a few hours.


Looking up at that chute after:

nice, what town is that below you in the cornice shot? montezuma?