You all know the game. Lots of riding, sunshine, concerts, parties and pictures that help you piece together memories after the fact...
I'm also trying to undermine society and throw a little session for SB.commers during the partying on the mountain, so here it is.
Unofficial Snowboard.com Backcountry Jump Session
(also open to non-sb.com members if you want to bring them)
When: Wednesday April 16th, 2008
Where: Either at
8:20 am at the GBB patio (the one next to the Longhorn where lessons meet up, in the summer the place is called Garbanzo Bike and Bean);
or at 9 am in the
back corner of Pikas at the Roundhouse
on Whistler Mtn. (Pikas is the downstairs cafeteria area at the
Roundhouse) for the folks that want to upload from Creekside and meet
us there.
after we meet and rally the troops, we'll head for Flute Bowl and take
a short groomed hike (about 600m or so I think) up to the top and cross
onto the backside. We're not going far out of bounds so you don't need
skins or snowshoes. I want everybody to be able to come so we're not
doing anything crazy.
What to bring: All your riding gear, food for lunch, a
shovel
if you have one (keeping in mind the more shovels the easier it is to
build a jump and the more time we get to spend sessioning it),
cameras
(I'll bring mine, but anybody with real photography skills would be
even better), and whatever else you need for a day in the alpine - I
strongly suggest a spare layer, a pair of sunglasses for
hiking/digging, spare gloves since you'll get wet digging, and
sunscreen to keep it to goggle tan and not burn (christ I sound like my
mother). If you have avalanche gear, bring it if you want, but don't
stress too much, the spot doesn't face exposure from above and is a
mellow enough slope that it's not a serious slide risk (in fact the run
back down to the lift once you get back into bounds is far worse then
the out of bounds area where the spot is).
It's all for fun and we're not pro caliber riders or anything so
don't be intimidated, we'll build something that everybody's able to
hit and have fun with, plus it's going to be a good opportunity to meet members of the site in snowboarding (which
is the main goal) while we take a momentary break from the partying
that is Telus... You know, this is a snowboarding website so why not
have a little fun on the mountain.
So if you're interested or want any information about this, give me a
holler. Let me know if you're in so I get an idea of the numbers.
