A Season with LILDUKE

[lilduke]

Mark doesnt carry a GPS other than what is in his head.
Yuppers, that is the I-pod and speakers.
I know the pucker factor you are talking about. I often get the WTF what are we heading into now.
Always works out though.
You guys would have hit the old skidder trai as we call it!
Gonna be deep today................

definatly going to be deep today

 

[lilduke]

Heading back to Alberta due to family needs.
Should be back on the 25 if things go well.
You guys will have fantastic deep for riding. The snow has really piled up in the last few weeeks.
Lil Duke (Dan) stays at Peaks and would surely ride with you guys. PM him as he is always a good strong guy to help with the digging and pulling. LOL!!!
He takes great pics of the carnage also. HA HA.

Lol Hey now lets try not to do too much digging and pulling

 

[lilduke]

Pour down rain right now in Revy Goona sit today out I think...

 

[snopro]

Pour down rain right now in Revy Goona sit today out I think...

That isn't going to help the snow pack any. Weather is sure strange this year...

 

[E-Zmoke]

Freezing levels should be still around 1200mtrs mayb 1500mtrs more then likely snowing very hard uptop what's the temp down low Dan? Hopefully she stays below +5 or that could be big trouble

 

[lilduke]

Freezing levels should be still around 1200mtrs mayb 1500mtrs more then likely snowing very hard uptop what's the temp down low Dan? Hopefully she stays below +5 or that could be big trouble

Didn't look at the temp, but id say it was +2 or 3 today. Cleared up this afternoon and was ridiculously deep I heard.(didn't get out today) A few little Avy's on the Viedamin yesterday, didn't hear of any today. Highways all closed down for Avy control today though. Riding trees tomorrow im thinkin.

 

[snopro]

Didn't look at the temp, but id say it was +2 or 3 today. Cleared up this afternoon and was ridiculously deep I heard.(didn't get out today) A few little Avy's on the Viedamin yesterday, didn't hear of any today. Highways all closed down for Avy control today though. Riding trees tomorrow im thinkin.

We came down Viedeman on Friday to beat the whoops on Bezanson as much as we could. They close that trail down evry once in a while because of avy danger. Where is the danger? Looks pretty tame to me?

 

[lilduke]

We came down Viedeman on Friday to beat the whoops on Bezanson as much as we could. They close that trail down evry once in a while because of avy danger. Where is the danger? Looks pretty tame to me?

Which trail do they close the Viedeman or Bezanson? That's news to me

 

[snopro]

Which trail do they close the Viedeman or Bezanson? That's news to me

I've seen signs at Viedeman a couple times the last few years.

 

[lilduke]

I've seen signs at Viedeman a couple times the last few years.

Yea there is some pretty steep stuff in there and a lot of snow, I could see that. It slid on the lower cut blocks a couple hours after we played on them yesterday. Nothing big though.

 

[kimrick]

The veideman slides on the cutblocks after they logged them off. There is nothing left to hold the snow.
They are usually small slides but caution is highly recommended.
With the trees no longer there, it is sometimes very difficult for the groomers as they lose referance. Hence why it is not groomed as much as it was in the past.

 

[lilduke]

Went out with Shaede and his crew today, epic day. Went to the tower and dropped down through the trees. Pretty sweet in there and very technical. No tracks.

 

[Lowlife82]

No stories Dan? Pulling into town tonight. Will shoot ya a text.

 

[lilduke]

Yesterday Mark let me help him guide some guys from Wyoming, great guys. I just followed up the rear and helped the guys when they got stuck ext. One of the guys had a Pimp mod xm he just picked up from TSS the day before. Wound up breaking his A-arm, jimmy rigged it back together, I rode out with him to grab his spare sled, while Mark and the boys went for a ride. We came back up met up at the cabin and did some more riding. Way too windy up top,, 100mph wind, so we droped toilet bowl down through the trees. Pretty good day, great guys and I even got payed a bit, so that's always nice too!

 

[lilduke]

End of the day Shaede decided to drop into a tree,, so even had to give him a ski tug...lol Doesn't happen too often so had to give him a hard time...lol Drop was ALOT steeper than it looks in the pic. PS Titanium is junk for sleding aplications....

 

[maierch]

Yesterday Mark let me help him guide some guys from Wyoming, great guys. I just followed up the rear and helped the guy when they got stuck ext. One of the guys had a Pimp mod xm he just picked up from TSS the day before. Wound up breaking his A-arm, jimmy rigged it back together, I rode out with him to grab his spare sled, while Mark and the boys went for a ride. We came back up met up at the cabin and did some more riding. Way too windy up top,, 100mph wind, so we droped toilet bowl down through the trees. Pretty good day, great guys and I even got payed a bit, so that's always nice too! http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh294/danthaman_bucket/IMG_0106_zps5e3d2597.jpg

That's the thing about Titanium is it is very strong and light but brittle at the same time. It doesn't bend it breaks! I've been considering putting a set on my sled but was waiting for landmine season to be over. I might just forget about it all together.

 

[lilduke]

No stories Dan? Pulling into town tonight. Will shoot ya a text.

Sounds good man,,, Snow was kinda wind blow and crusty yesterday. Rained a bunch this week. I always still have fun tho

 

[lilduke]

That's the thing about Titanium is it is very strong and light but brittle at the same time. It doesn't bend it breaks! I've been considering putting a set on my sled but was waiting for landmine season to be over. I might just forget about it all together.

Dude they break SOOOOO easy,,, forget about Titanium

 

[lilduke]

Went out with Mark and the Wyoming boys again. Kinda tired today and didn't even feel like riding, But still was a nice day up there. Went back to Turbo did the circuit . Dropped down through the trees ect. Snow is all wind blown and hard. To some that may suck,, how ever there is some sick& Psyco wind lips to nail right now.... Wasn't with a big air crew today, but this weekend/ next week going to be doing that if the sun stays shining and the snow stays hard.

 

[lilduke]