Another day on the hill before I have to buckle down and study hard for finals. Morgan took us up High Campbell for some powdery double diamond bliss, every time I've been to Crystal the High Campbell lift has always been broken or not turning. The traverse was a little hairy with all the rocks to attempt to dodge... Conditions overall were magnificant for this early in the season. I still got a lot of scratches in the base that I'll be p-texing this weekend. So here's the feature presentation.
The video is recorded in 960p at a 4:3 ratio. Double click on it to open it up and actually see the whole right edge of the movie... The next trip I'll record it in 1080p 16:9.
A blog of my past, future, and present adventures. I dabble with a lot of activities, Whitewater Kayaking, Scuba Diving, Lightweight/Ultralight Backpacking, Snowboarding, Dirt biking/ATV Riding, 4wheeling, and all the goodies in between.
Showing posts with label Crystal Mountain Ski Resort. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crystal Mountain Ski Resort. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Crystal Mountain Opening Weekend 11/21/2010 and GoPro Hero HD Trial.
Crystal Mountain opening weekend and my new GoPro HD Hero's first trial. I had some fogging issues, but I have desiccant anti-fog packets coming for the housing... Enjoy the film! I also misspelled Austin's name as Auston, instead of Austin. Sorry about that Austin. All the pictures except the ones that are noted as taken by me are taken by Austin.
Getting ready for the slopes.
Riding the trailer from the parking lot to the lodge.
Campbell Basin.
Talking to Victor before we head down the slopes.
Austin and I on top of Queens.
Austin rocking the lifted Subaru!
Getting ready for the slopes.
Riding the trailer from the parking lot to the lodge.
Campbell Basin.
Talking to Victor before we head down the slopes.
Austin and I on top of Queens.
Austin rocking the lifted Subaru!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Crystal Mountain Opening Day November 11, 2009
After hiking at Stevens on the 8th, I was really craving some lift service runs. So Wednesday was my Veteran's Day anyway, so I needed to celebrate and there was no school. We gathered a group and headed to Crystal Mountain for opening day... We were obviously not the only ones with a similar plan, almost all the lots were full in a few hours.
Morgan and I headed up to the top of the Forest Queen Express and and traversed across to get some powder turns. After we got to the bottom, it was time for some stretching and we waited for van and the group that came up in his car. I received a few rock scraps, but Morgan went for the core on his skis...
Me at the top of Forest Queen.
Morgan at the top of Forest Queen.
Van at the top of Forest Queen.
After Morgan hit a lone rock... If you look careful the rock he hit rolled down the hill and is skiers right of his right pole.
Van trying to sneak some beer.
Morgan and I drinking the pitcher at lunch.
Look at all the ants hiking up...
now if you look careful you can see the top of the other skin/boot track that zig-zags up the mountain. These people are crazy, I would of taken the zig-zag path so that I wouldn't die of physical exhaustion...
Drum roll... the reason why Crystal tracked out with in a couple runs...
Morgan above Green Valley.
The fog in the valley on the way down the mountain.
A couple days later I repaired Morgan's ski base to the best of my ability. There's some ruff spots but without a base grind I wouldn't be able to remove the roughness of the edge of the cuts in his base.
The damage...
Evidence of a dry base that needs a good waxing.
Post repair, prewax.
The same spot that was above showing how dry the base was, This is after a One Ball Jay All-Temp Graphite hot wax, buffing, structuring and corking the base, look at that shiny base.
The damaged area post repair and post wax. It's the best that could be done with out a base grind to smooth the damaged area more. The depth of the cut might or might not hold the ptex forever, but we'll see and it was a lot cheaper than a Level 3 base repair.
Morgan and I headed up to the top of the Forest Queen Express and and traversed across to get some powder turns. After we got to the bottom, it was time for some stretching and we waited for van and the group that came up in his car. I received a few rock scraps, but Morgan went for the core on his skis...
Me at the top of Forest Queen.
Morgan at the top of Forest Queen.
Van at the top of Forest Queen.
After Morgan hit a lone rock... If you look careful the rock he hit rolled down the hill and is skiers right of his right pole.
Van trying to sneak some beer.
Morgan and I drinking the pitcher at lunch.
Look at all the ants hiking up...
now if you look careful you can see the top of the other skin/boot track that zig-zags up the mountain. These people are crazy, I would of taken the zig-zag path so that I wouldn't die of physical exhaustion...
Drum roll... the reason why Crystal tracked out with in a couple runs...
Morgan above Green Valley.
The fog in the valley on the way down the mountain.
A couple days later I repaired Morgan's ski base to the best of my ability. There's some ruff spots but without a base grind I wouldn't be able to remove the roughness of the edge of the cuts in his base.
The damage...
Evidence of a dry base that needs a good waxing.
Post repair, prewax.
The same spot that was above showing how dry the base was, This is after a One Ball Jay All-Temp Graphite hot wax, buffing, structuring and corking the base, look at that shiny base.
The damaged area post repair and post wax. It's the best that could be done with out a base grind to smooth the damaged area more. The depth of the cut might or might not hold the ptex forever, but we'll see and it was a lot cheaper than a Level 3 base repair.
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