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williswall
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Joined: 30 Sep 2007
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I'm posting this ski video mostly for the interesting ice cave near the terminus of the Blackcomb Glacier. Lots of people going inside, hmmmm. Beautiful though. This was also a test of the GoPro Hero7 I got for Christmas, by far the best one yet, mostly for the built in software stabilization. In post I only employed basic color correction as I have the settings on the camera set at flat/neutral. This was my annual B'day ski vacation.....
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reststep
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Wow!! Thanks for posting. That looks like a really fun run. Were the conditions as good as they appear to be in the video? Do they groom back there?
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williswall
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| Were the conditions as good as they appear to be in the video? Do they groom back there? |
No grooming except maintaining the track to access and the runout at the bottom. There had been no fresh snow for a while so conditions were rather stiff, but not icy. I've skied it before with velvety snow...not this time.
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reststep
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Thanks, it looked a beautiful day to be up there. I hope to try that run sometime.
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cascadetraverser
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| That is a fun run! I am heading up there later in February so will check out that snow cave. Can`t remember seeing one there before but maybe I zoomed by. Nice to see how that run looks in clear weather; seems like I am always skiing that or the Spanky`s runs in fog or snow. Nice Blizzard skis; they are the best! |
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geyer
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Awesome video! I was out there on Saturday and Sunday. There is some great hike-to terrain. They got 18" of new snow on Friday, but it was heavy cascade concrete. Sunday was frigid (-7F), but it was dumping all day! Amazing powder day.
Did you go down spanky's ladder too? That's a fun run |
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williswall
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If a run has any iteration of the word “spank” in it, a 64 y/o should probably pass. Also, the snow was not great when I was there, pretty skied off.
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Malachai Constant
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Spankys north facing bowls are great when filled with loose powder. When skied out which happens fast they can be difficult. When crusty or ice they become extreme expert territory.
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