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mca80
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Location: Da UP eh
Ski style: Over the river and through the woods
Favorite Skis: Nansen, Finnmark, Kongsvold, Combat NATO, Fischer Superlite, RCS
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Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by mca80 » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:18 pm

Ridge at edge of my property goes down to the creek. It's steeper than it looks, maybe 80 to 100ft vertical, and the narrow jeep path meant a few quick turns to keep speed down. Gettin more confident and this will be good practice so that I can start going through more dense growth, although I am thinking about reading up on forestry management and getting to work thinning the woods over there, both for increased health of remaining trees and some easier ways to learn to ski down through them.

Also when you have a pic that's done vertically rather than landscape it always comes out sideways. How do I fix that?
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Gustav_H78
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Location: Gothenburg
Ski style: Fast big turns
Favorite Skis: Klint
Occupation: Engineer

Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by Gustav_H78 » Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:08 am

Dolomites this week. Not many telemark skiers down there. Actually found one more!
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Found some untouched snow beside the slopes. Actually really soft and nice! I shall try not to complain about the weather ;)
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Theme
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Joined: Sat May 07, 2022 4:54 pm
Location: Finland
Ski style: Nordic BCX
Favorite Skis: Still searching
Favorite boots: Alfa Outback 2.0
Occupation: Hiker trash, gear junkie, ski bum and anything inbetween

Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by Theme » Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:53 am

Oh man, you would not believe the speed one can get on totally stable, very floatable forest skis with correct glide wax, when pointing them straight down a fjell! Although I should have brought the Falketinds today, tomorrow is a new day! Been getting stronger and more confident on these "weird" skis. It was fun zooming past a bunch of tourists on a guided snowshoe safari :mrgreen: Kuertunturi, Äkäslompolo, Finland

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Montana St Alum
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Location: Wasatch, Utah
Ski style: Old dog, new school
Favorite Skis: Blizzard Rustler 9/10
Favorite boots: Tx Pro
Occupation: Retired, unemployable

Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by Montana St Alum » Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:15 pm

Gustav_H78 wrote:
Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:08 am
Dolomites this week. Not many telemark skiers down there. Actually found one more!

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Found some untouched snow beside the slopes. Actually really soft and nice! I shall try not to complain about the weather ;)
My son was there last week and said he only saw one other pinhead. Maybe you saw each other!



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Montana St Alum
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Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by Montana St Alum » Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:16 pm

Well, moving pictures.
If you're gonna go out for "bump day", make it bluebird, baby bumps, and 4" of fluff!




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fgd135
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Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by fgd135 » Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:26 pm

A very snowy day on the Meadow Mtn. trail, just south of Rocky Mtn National Park east side, near Allenspark. Nice, steep but generally protected from slides with prudent routefinding, about 5 1/2 mile RT, 2200 vertical. There are a few other excellent ski trails in Allenspark, including the old Rock Creek Ski area ascent, and the Finch Lake trail. I think my camera was a bit fogged up, a bit fuzzy, but you get the idea.
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CwmRaider
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Location: Subarctic Scandinavian Taiga
Ski style: XC-(D) tinkerer
Favorite Skis: Åsnes FT62 XP, Børge Ousland
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Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by CwmRaider » Thu Feb 02, 2023 11:58 pm

Some xc track night skiing last night on fresh snow. Perfect Blue Extra conditions.
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Bavarian Cream
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Location: South Park, CO
Ski style: XCD (aka survival): NNN-BC, 3-pin
Favorite Skis: Fischer Outtabounds Crown, S-bound 98 & 112; Madshus Annum; Altai Hok
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Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by Bavarian Cream » Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:02 pm

Other than crepuscular critters taking an occasional interest in you, evening weekday skiing is a nice way to have a popular area to yourself.
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Krummholz
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Location: Middle Park, CO
Ski style: Ski trails uphill, Bcuz every trail here is uphill
Favorite Skis: Fischer SB-98, Rossi Alpineer 86, Fischer Europa 99, Altai Hok, Asnes USGI
Favorite boots: Looked and looked, then found true love - Alaska 75s. TN 75 for DH
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Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by Krummholz » Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:48 pm

Bavarian Cream wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:02 pm
Other than crepuscular critters taking an occasional interest in you, evening weekday skiing is a nice way to have a popular area to yourself.
Watch out for them randy locals, they will lead you astray when it’s that beautiful out. :lol:

I hope the snow is that nice on Sunday
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stilltryin
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Location: WYO USA
Ski style: Wandering the untracked (by humans)
Favorite Skis: Voile V6 BC; Karhu XCD/GT
Favorite boots: Scarpa T3; Alpina Alaska NNN-BC
Occupation: ExFed

Re: Pictures, pictures and pictures!

Post by stilltryin » Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:18 am

Just proud of my wife who always carries what's needed -- in her pack and in her head -- in this case, to help her gal posse friends who didn't have kickers for the up.
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