Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Why go to Alaska when you can do springtime at Squaw? Maybe it's the sunshine and slushy snow, but my skiing memories are always fuzzy this time of year....good thing I took some pictures. Sunday was the annual Cushing's Crossing pond-skimming event, and the last day for KT-22. Lachlan had his friends haul a pre-made ramp onto the run-in for the pond-skimming thing, and he threw a good ol' backflip right into the pond: classy. We stopped by Chamois, once again, where Miller wielded the Lange boot beer-bong like a pro. Earlier in the afternoon, Rom had become the first victim of the Lange contraption, which left him choking and sputtering Icehouse onto his magenta three-piece suit like an 8th grader. In other news, Jon Cooper nailed all 104 spread-eagles he attempted on Sunday. Fun facts: Ralph B. sewed his penis costume by hand, and after each use he re-fills the balls with more stuffing. Good times!

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Monday, April 21, 2008

If you believe in any form of a Heaven -- I swear that we were there today. Think of taking the stretch of Sierra Nevada mountains from Sugar Bowl to Anderson Peak to Tinker Knob and then scooping up all of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows and continuing right on past Twin Peaks and through Blackwood Canyon and down to Homewood. Now think if that stretch had ZERO trees on it and how differently you'd ride each and every feature and spine and chute and cornice and headwall between those four ski resorts and all the downright delicious backcountry terrain in between. Then put it all on steroids. And quite often we're talking A LOT of steroids. Chute 75? Munchkins? The Palisades? How 'bout all three in the SAME run.......twice over......and only a dozen other people you have to share it with.....oh yeah.....and you have a helicopter as your private chair lift?!

Be on the lookout for tomorrow's post as I finally got my V.I.O. helmet cam situation straightened out and am planning on going out with it today....
And happy April 20th for those counting!

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Tags:Haines, AK, Heli, Skiing, Ski, Snowboard, Travel Published by Porters_Tahoe: 6:41 AM