Captain's Log, 2011 (AKA Rider's Log)

screw it, im starting it now.  people have been starting to slide around.

our elevations are lower but our mountains are bigger.  everything starts at sea level instead of 5k feet or more, so..

I'm wishing everybody a fun and safe season. 

mammoth got that much already niiiiice. all I can hope for is first snow in late october-early november, but i heard even that rarely happens here in toronto.. miracle, where are you??

oh god you guys are lucky, im going to have to wait until like mid december to get some snow :(

Probably two months yet 'til we get anything worth talking about here.  The local mound says they've got guns on the hill ready for cold weather.  Wild Mt. is known for being open well before everybody else around here and will probably start blowing their white stuff all over within a few weeks.  Too bad it's frickin' 75+ degrees here right now, October 7th, in Minnesota.  WTF.

Originally posted by Duneluder That tire-ride-to-rail was awesome... I've still got a few months still I get my board on some snow....but! I already bought my EDGE card for Whistler (first week of JAN) and I should be getting my season pass for Schweitzer in the mail in the next few weeks. Getting stoooooookkkkeeeeddddd!!!!!!!!!!

Youre riding whis???????????? lucky, a bunch of my guy buddies just moved there.... im sad they wont be here this season but stoked for them, what a chance they have!

No snow here for a while although almost all the leaves are done :-D falls coming to a quick end

Originally posted by shredbettyzoe Originally posted by Duneluder That tire-ride-to-rail was awesome... I've still got a few months still I get my board on some snow....but! I already bought my EDGE card for Whistler (first week of JAN) and I should be getting my season pass for Schweitzer in the mail in the next few weeks. Getting stoooooookkkkeeeeddddd!!!!!!!!!! Youre riding whis???????????? lucky, a bunch of my guy buddies just moved there.... im sad they wont be here this season but stoked for them, what a chance they have! No snow here for a while although almost all the leaves are done :-D falls coming to a quick end

our leaves have barely even started, 2 more months for me

trace, ha!  That mammoth vid looks like a good day at some east coast mtns

I got two days of riding in. I hiked Killington on Saturday the 16th and 17th. I did the Killington Peak on Saturday and hung out on Snowdon on Sunday because there was less activity going on over there, and it was less tracked. The snow was really wet and heavy, but it was super fun to get out there. Sunday it was really nice because it was sunny in the morning. I love snowboarding!

^^^ nice work....... and nothing a little ptex can't fix on your board.  Which board is that?

Chuck Slice.

yep its wall art now.  love that graphic.

dammit im sooo jealous, ride hard for all of us who are living in cali right now.

nice vid, lucky you

got to ride a little on saturday. Went to an indoor place just outside seoul (bucheon). Was an odd experience for me. The slope itself was kinda lame, that was expected of course, but it was just the front edge after front edge that really messed me up. Bloody strange if you ask me. i probably threw down more scorpions in that 4 hour session than in my entire season last year. It reminded me that no matter how much bs i can talk, im still pretty crap when you actually strap me in

10-31-2010 was definitely a treat.

The Front Range mountains in Colorado have been hammered pretty good by a series of storms over the last week. I wasn't able to get out into the thick of it, but had my chance to go check out what was happening last Sunday. 2-4" had fallen over night but the temps for the previous 4 days had been very warm. I was figuring dust on crust and the day would be a two mile hike for an ord (one run day). I couldn't have been more wrong.

The top of our first run was looking pretty good.

And it was.
Steve thought so.


Forrest concurred.


Pete enjoying the early season pow.


And Matt got deep into the shadows.


Matt was on slowshoes. On the drive up I told the crew that he was on them and that he planned to use them for the season. I also said that by the end of the day he'd be talking about getting a splitboard asap. After hiking through the ultra light very unsupportable snow pack he was wasted by the second lap. Things started out well for him.



Then he got towards the bottom of the run...


and the legs couldn't take it anymore...

Nice and soft so no harm done. I can confidently say it was the best powder day of the season.

Until next time.

You do such an awesome job spenser. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of your season on here.

Here it comes Spenser!!!, It's snowing up here in Anchorage right now.  Lasted i checked an hour ago there was 8 inches in the driveway. Already a couple feet up on the mountains!

colorado seems to suck tons of people in, thinking its the most gnar snow spot out there.  move to the PNW!

why is anchorage so special?  the whole state is epic as long as you dont go too far north.  legendary haines is down here in the panhandle with juneau.  valdez is closer to anchorage though but its not really the same area.  anchorage has lots of backcountry but to be honest the resort kinda blows.

yes it is special.  i cant see myself moving..

i hate you guys sooo much! that looks like so much fun! aww totally jealous

top of alyeska is reading 65'' right now base is only reading 8'' though.  Will still be awhile before it opens up but snowmachines are able to get out now so, no need for the resort yet.