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Glacier Park is open and ready to be slayed

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ajax
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I just went up today and checked it out. There is more snow up there now then there was in early june last year! Hopefully I'll make it up there Sunday with a group of kids from whitefish. If you can, grab your gear and get there

If I get a chance, I'll post some pictures from today later tonight
Jul 4 2008 9:45PM
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Caveman.
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Sick! I want to go up there sometime in the next couple weeks.
Jul 6 2008 12:58AM
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ajax
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There should be plenty of snow up there for a while. I didn't get a chance to post pictures after Friday, but I will post some after today. We should hopefully have at least a solid month of skiing up there.
Jul 6 2008 9:28AM
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ajax
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I just went up today and had one of our more successful jumps up there. It was a fun day. But first, here's a couple pictures from friday.

Crazy nordic skier Ian Mallams
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here's the little step up
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And now for today. Trav starts it off by going upside down
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360 stiffy mute thing
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another angle of the jump
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and all the snow that is still there
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If you are reading this, I would recommend trying to get up there sometime soon.
Jul 7 2008 12:18AM
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ajax
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^If you click the pictures they get bigger.
Jul 7 2008 12:21AM
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Caveman.
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Looks Fun!
Jul 7 2008 12:25AM
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tjski
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dude kip!! we need to go up soon! let me know if your planing anything, cuz i will probably buy some treckers soon but let me know if i need to buy them real soon..
Jul 8 2008 1:06AM
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moracass
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are these kicks behind the Logan Pass vistor's center? 
Jul 8 2008 6:31PM
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ajax
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Yeah, if you are in the parking lot looking at the visitors center, the mountain past the visitors center is Clements. They are at the bottom of this mountain on the main snowfield up there.

^Trekkers would definitely not be necessary up there, but they wouldn't hurt i suppose.
Jul 8 2008 9:04PM
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tjski
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okay...i have never actualy hiked up to ski there yet.. so i wasnt sure if it was necessary or not.. im just lazy hahah.
Jul 9 2008 12:58AM
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moracass
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Anyone heading there Sat or Sun?  I've only ever gone by myself so it would be rad to run into peeps who are chill enuf to let a chick who likes to get air (but can't do any tricks, yet) hang.

The hike is brutal.  I destroyed a camera from sweating on that hike, which is why I got the Olympus waterproof this past season!

Jul 9 2008 12:12PM
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Caveman.
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Brutal? Its one of the easiest summer ski hikes in the state IMO
Jul 9 2008 10:13PM
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moracass
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Alright, agreed I was asking for a rebuttal describing the hike as "brutal" and I humbly looked up "IMO" in the urban dictionary.  The hike is easy, IMO the hike is brutal because you work hard for no elevation.  I've probably just never been when there's a solid boot pack.  Thankfully, this season I'm able to skin.

I drowned my camera (inside pocket) on my first ever hike up. I had to prove to myself I could out-hike the guy who was talking himself up to the tourists in the parking lot, ignored my questions, arrived and started ahead of me.  That was years ago and I'm way over wasting energy on egotistical dudes and unfriendly people.
Jul 10 2008 12:41AM
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tjski
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you cant use the words brutal to describe a hike around me... i will get scared..
Jul 10 2008 2:15AM
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ajax
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It sounds like this needs some explaining. The hike is NOT brutal (unless you are racing some dude and going as fast as you can). I think skinning up would be adding an unnecessary amount of weight to your trip due to the shortness of the hike. The hike is probably about a half an hour if you take your time. Unless you are planning on touring around all day, I would leave the skins in the car.
Jul 10 2008 2:56PM
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tjski
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nice
Jul 10 2008 5:44PM
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moracass
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apologies hansel, shouldn't have marched the brutal parade over the point of this thread, encouraging people to slay GNP.  thanks for posting pics!  background slopes shown are already track-tagged

the visitor's center hike is unique due to the steady audience of non-skiing visitors hiking to Hidden Lake, to the left of the visible bowl under Clements.  The mile hike into Hidden Lake is GNP's most popular hike.  Boot pack to these kickers pictured is probably less than half mile, hansel??

called GNP's unpublished direct-to-person info line: 888-7801, to ask when gate offices open for park pass purchases http://www.nps.gov/glac/planyourvisit/entrance-fees.htm.  Helpful person could only stress road is open 24hrs but he's not allowed to disclose the gate's exact business hours. 

and partyers be warned, if you get caught w open containers or drugs in a national park, its a hefty federal offense
Jul 10 2008 9:37PM
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ajax
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Probably right about half a mile, give or take a little
Jul 11 2008 8:53PM
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Caveman.
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This is true, any hike can be turned brutal when you dont properly pace yourself. I have tried to outhike people or get way ahead and you just end up burning yourself out.
Jul 12 2008 1:25AM
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moracass
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Does anyone here know who was filiming on Saturday?  Couldn't really tell because they were so far away, but at one point it felt like there was a tripod pointed in my direction.  If they did, I'd like to bug them for copies.
Jul 14 2008 2:16PM
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ajax
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potentially someone from one of the newspapers, they tend to go up there often
Jul 15 2008 12:04AM
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Caveman.
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This coming weekend me and about 8-10 Great Falls and Lewistown kids should be up shredding if anyone wants to meet up with us or camp we will probably stay at Apgar.
Jul 20 2008 2:55PM
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tjski
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hahah come to think of it kip, i think when i had that family reunion last year we stayed in apgar village and we all would call andy Apgar.. hahahha
Jul 20 2008 5:39PM
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Caveman.
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Chances are he just entered some kind of time warp and thought that was his name.
Jul 20 2008 5:43PM
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moracass
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after past two weekends, report for travelers: 
still tons of snow
still able to ski/skate down skiers right to last quarter mile at end of day
built features completely melt in a matter of days
-ex. approach track from pictures above is now exposed rocks
snow is hard as ice before the sun hits it at about 6am
stoneman's line is still skiable
possible 30 min wait from west side w single lane & contruction
BABBFEST - rowdy music festival all next weekend in babb on east side, all shows, camping, kegs, and lake included in ticket price
Jul 22 2008 12:29AM
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tjski
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nice post..
Jul 22 2008 1:12AM
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tjski
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Is anyone else planning on going? So far its me, andy(ferrinski), kip (LMP), pat (pat_is_a_homo hahahahahaha) derek (D-ROC), kevin (bibsskibum), and sam (s.matchet)...

so if anyone else is going let us know! we are gunna be leaving Great Falls friday after work so about 6ish we will be on the road by.. and then we will ski saturday and sunday... so hooray!!!

And we are staying in St. Mary's campground i believe.. Hopefully we will see some more NSers up there and have a mini MT NS get together shred session!
Jul 23 2008 12:37AM
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tjski
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we came, we saw, we conquerd! (i may have spelled conquerd wrong)....

such a fun time! it was a weekend filled with beer, laughs, high 5's, and of course skiing! pics should be up with in a few day, depending on how lazy i get...

oh yeah look out for the NORBs!!!
Jul 28 2008 12:58AM
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Caveman.
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If anyone is interested I have quite the lengthy blog post about our weekend, it could possibly be entertaining. www.sd406.blogspot.com Anyway, here are some stills that Kevin (bibs_skibum) took.

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Some videos:

hilarious drunk guy:


better quality: https://newschoolers.com/web/content/videos/id/203929/member_id/18470/

pat coming up short:


better quality: https://newschoolers.com/web/content/videos/id/203858/member_id/18470/


I am working on an edit and hope to have it done soon. Check the blog if are bored.

Aug 2 2008 12:58PM
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Caveman.
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An edit completely destroyed by Youtube:


Aug 3 2008 8:20PM
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ajax
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nice, looks like you guys had a good time up there
Aug 3 2008 8:39PM
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B-Har406
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shiiiit hand drag pic of the kid in the green and fujas is dope! Looks like mad fun
Aug 4 2008 11:32AM
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cheezeNbacon
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damit , i was gonna go up that day but i had kidney stones
Aug 4 2008 6:59PM
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tjski
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thanks bro!

i didnt land it so i cant claim anything too much, but practice makes perfect.

that was such a fun trip to though.. all the MT NSers should plan a weekend next year sometime too... Cuz we had everyone that skis at Showdown in our group up there pretty much. It would be the biggest hostile take over since Sliced Bread!!!
Aug 4 2008 8:47PM
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moracass
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My professor and classmates tell me new snow fell on trails they hiked over Labor Day weekend in Glacier.

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Sep 2 2008 4:52PM
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moracass
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shoulda referenced the above "did you know" stoke fact to http://www.nps.gov/glac/photosmultimedia/webcamgallery.htm

shoulda also posted my video-log where the sd406 crew makes a cameo appearance as specs at 0:06:




hopefully, your sd406 blog received some extra hits from my tgr thread http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128927, which I didn't intend nor think would become a puzzle.  
 

please learn from my stupidity:
1.  don't bootpack with bare knees against the slope
2.  beware of posting on tgr if you don't know the guy they apparently pay (fulltime+?) to create aliases and rip on people, unless you like that sort of thing.  seems the guy who ripped on me to your crew in person that saturday in gnp knows him and does like it.  he shoudln't be talking like that about me because if I have to defend myself with the truth, the truth would embarass him.  his business partner can verify that fact.


*** True Montanans Support and Promote Other Montanans ***



Sep 3 2008 3:27PM
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Caveman.
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I totally understand why you were on your knees bootpacking that day we saw you lol. It was so fricken hot up there that day it was hard to boot pack anything. Plus you went and skied that hour glass right? Me and a bro were going to ski it but bootpacking across the super exposed part on top before it rolled into the actual chute was scary enough under those conditions. Thanks for giving us some extra hits. Our blog is probably blasphemous to the eyes of the TGR forums. Thanks for offering us beers btw. We left them behind with your skis since we figured 2 beers for 9 guys was a little homo haha but thanks any way.
Sep 4 2008 1:26AM
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moracass
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are you the guy with the cream colored toque or black hat in the blog picture header?   you were very friendly.  was your bro there that saturday?


I didn't get all the way up to the hourglass to which I think you're refering.  2/3 up the 1st snowfield the wind started to gust and a little raincloud starting drizzling directly above me with blue sky mostly all around . . . so profoundly humbling.   that snowfield was ice hard a few inches deep so I was more worried about the slope degree, cliff below, weather . . .  and possibility somebody was filming.


your blog is only blasphemous to tgr because you dudes are real and not pretending to be other people.  my ex posted on my avatar thread over there and I want to out him so so bad!!  can't log onto tgr I'm so incredibly tempted (+ that paid dude committed over-the-line acts against me and owes me $50 can only hope to ever receive).  I somehow know the true identities of at least half a dozen other people who have spent years building false identites on tgr . . . what a kooky investment of time and energy. 


anyway, witnessed sd406crew skillz and I'm more than happy to hookup promo anytime!  especially in exchange for trick and jewel basin tips :)
Sep 4 2008 5:26PM
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Caveman.
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I was wearing that Custer battlefield trucker hat all weekend, I think I talked to you on Saturday about bindings or something. Bibs_skibum, pat_in_the_hat, tjski, ferrinski86, s.matchett, and d-roc were all there to. Youre in Missoula right? Because I will most likely make at least one trip out there to shred. Maybe you could show us some sick spots.
Sep 4 2008 5:38PM
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tjski
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you are always welcome to shralp the gnar with the sd-crw anytime! if you go to showdown i gaurantee the park will suck but u will have fun with all the shinanighans (sp?) we come up with.
Sep 4 2008 10:21PM
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moracass
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just finished running the equip for a distance learning class (sites in zoo, boz, gfunk, billings, havre) for that prof that hiked in gnp and he said snow was accumulating above 6000ft, even in the vistors center lot.  klaus is a skier so I don't believe he'd joke.
Sep 4 2008 11:48PM
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moracass
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yessir, in missoula and at times the extended fam place in the flathead.  this season I'd like to compile shots of peeps throwing down on those neon pink celebrities, med prinzess bindings fit 280-324mm boots.  would be a break-em/buy-em contractual deal.  interested?
Sep 4 2008 11:49PM
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moracass
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tank-you very clutch!  about a dozen times a day I have to google, define:word-I-want-spelled/defined - no space between "define:" and the word

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Sep 4 2008 11:52PM
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Caveman.
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I dont know, I can be pretty hard on gear..
Sep 5 2008 12:04AM
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Caveman.
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Proof:
One day and my punx were rockered from casing a jump.

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Sep 5 2008 12:06AM
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Caveman.
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More evidence:

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Sep 5 2008 12:24AM
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tjski
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bahahaha
Sep 8 2008 9:18PM
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moracass
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ok so kip won't be included in this proposed edit ;)
Sep 10 2008 12:32PM
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tjski
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bahahaha!!!
Sep 12 2008 9:03PM
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