EV Time Machine

So the snow has fallen and we are on the cusp of the “Full On” EV season. Too many red flags for us to venture back into EV today with the peaks flagging hard and the obvious avi activity in the back bowls off Two Elks.  Took Martin’s advice and rolled up on a perfect powder day in the untouched Beacon Park. Scraped the rust off my single and multiple burial skills and waxed the time to under 3 minutes.  Try and hold your breath for 3 minutes, imagine it being a  lot worse when you/your buddies are buried and counting on each other to rescue them/you in time.

Hopefully, the two groups of skiers that braved the obvious warning signs and B-Lined back to EV or Mushie today are super dialed in. After meeting up with some of the crew, it was a no brainer to let the potential human avi bombs go do their work sans EVI.  Besides, it was a perfect blue day to go rip Colorado’s finest packed pow.

We had a ton of fun ripping the front side and staying out of the danger zone.  Sometimes you have to make your own decision to hang it up.  I ultimately made the personal decision to not risk my season or my life based on my observations and gut feeling on the day.  Tomorrow is another day and you can bet if all adds up to a safe drop, we’ll be back there doing what we do best!

Now that I’m safe and all cozy in my abode, I was digging through some folders and came across some notable pix from the snowmageddon season of 2010-2011.  Just take a gander at these pics from 1/16/2011 and compare them to the pix in the Benchie Pit post… huge difference, enjoy.