Who were your guides? I was at Bald a few years ago. Even with shitty conditions the place was fun. Any bonfire nights? Nelson is a pretty fun town too. Did you guys hit WhiteWater before or after?
My Guides were Joel, Mark (cupcake) and Cordell (meanest cat driver I have ever seen).
One bonfire night but I didn't really care to enjoy it. i was crashing pretty early.
I hit Red Mt the day before. Red is SO killer. I plan on hitting that place again. Great lines and no one there. I remember watching some early videos of craig Kelly riding in Nelson and at Red so it was super to finally hit these spots.
It had not snowed in a few days but we barely crossed any tracks during the trip. We got to hit some steeped aspects as the snow had settled a bit which was a treat. I got buried once up to my neck in a pretty heavy sluff but I managed to come out of it before it came to a stop.
We saw Travis Rice up there in his Red bull heli checking lines for jumps one day. I heard his voice on the radio a bunch. Cordell was driving a cat up the steepest shit I have ever seen to build Travis some mega-booters near the top of one of the peaks. The whole scene up there is such a cowboy deal. Some of the lines from "that's it that's all" are from here also.
I am planning my dates for next season shortly if you are down btw.
All this was bonus as I had written off snowboarding this season due to a bum knee.
I am actually headed for knee surgery this AM, so I have that going for me anyway..
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