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    Aspenmike
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    "FIRE IN THE HOLE" is all I hear, as I keep walking up the
    steep pitch with my head down trying to keep the bone
    chilling wind off of my exposed face. I finally reach the
    starting point for my avalanche control route. I pull out
    the explosives, arm them, yell "FIRE IN THE HOLE", and throw
    the charge over the edge into the starting zone of the
    avalanche path. "BOOM", the charge goes off with a soul
    shattering sound, I peek over the edge to see the results.
    This time, just a big hole in the snow. The snow is coming
    down at 2" per hour rate, I know we are in for a HUGE
    snowstorm! This means lots of over the head powder turns,
    but also lot of avalanche control work. This was today, an
    EPIC day in Aspen. Tomorrow, my day starts in the pre-
    morning darkness riding the chairlift to the top, 11,600'.
    It is a strange feeling riding up the mountain in the dark,
    looking down to the valley floor where most people are still
    snoozing away. After getting off the chairlift at the top,
    we will begin trudging through waist deep snow to find the
    sweet spot for our avalanche explosives. The Central Rockies
    is in the middle of a wonderful snow cycle, but with snow
    cylces comes avalanches. I am anxious to get up early and
    see what mother nature has brought overnight, today we
    recieved almost 2 feet of snow, and up to 2 more feet
    predicted tonight and tomorrow. This avalanche control work
    makes you realize your alive! But so does Unicycling! And to
    think that just yesterday I went on a 2 hour COKER ride in
    the snow/ice roads. All this story comes down to is "LIFE IS
    GREAT!" , get outside and enjoy
    it.

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  2. Tomblackwood
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    aspenmike said:

    *" I am anxious to get up early and see what mother nature
    has brought overnight, today we recieved almost 2 feet of
    snow, and up to 2 more feet predicted tonight and
    tomorrow. *

    Nice! I remember a few of these rare occassions at Alta and
    Snowbird when I was living in Utah. My first day ever at
    Alta was literally chest deep after the canyon had been
    closed for two days. That was also my first "super deep
    western powder" experience, which needless to say I wasn't
    quite prepared for. Thankfully the powder chops came over
    time, and the deep stuff kept coming too.

    Thanks for such a great write-up Mike. I look forward
    to hearing about the rest of the storm around the
    campfire in Moab.

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  3. Aspenmike
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    44" of champagne powder, great for the soul. What a dump, 40
    hours straight of Colorados finest snow. I couldnt even get
    on ski's or Uni today, my legs are spent. Avalanche control
    routes all day yesterday, Fire in the Hole! Besides the bomb
    blasts, all that could be heard on the mountain was the
    locals hooting and hollering with every turn. Tele turns
    were over the head, had to time your breathing so as not to
    choke on the champange powder. Hard to think of Uni riding
    when the skiing is this good, sorry. Although, I'm sure some
    of you had some great rides this weekend. Any tele skiers
    out there?

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  4. Nathan
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    Mike that sounds fantastic. Yes I had a good ride this
    weekend, no not in snow. Beau was up at Tahoe for 2 days
    of boarding - his first chance to sample deep powder
    (which he loved).

    Fire in the hole, Nathan

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  5. Aspenmike
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    The snowboarding must have been awesome for Beau, do you get
    up to the mountains and ski? Nathan, I'm thinking about
    upgrading to a new 36", is your Hunter working out for you?
    How would I go about getting one of those? Thanks and spin a
    few miles for me.

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  6. Dazedncontused
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    *Any tele skiers out there? *

    Yeah, or I will be if we ever get some decent snow! Eastern
    Canada (or at least the Ottawa area) is off to a terrible
    start. They're calling for snow this week so it should get
    better for next weekend.

    I'll have to wait 'til next month for the annual boys' trip
    to Fernie for real powder though...

    Tim

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