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OFFICIAL ***Great Divide Park Blog****

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peaz23
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Since Joe Pope left Gd everyone is worried about what is going to happen to the terrain parks. A very talented skier chris crawford is now heading up the parks with JP both have worked extensively with pope and are comitted to making the park as dope as possible! So lets STOP THE HATE and leave feedback about the park and ideas to help those guys out!!!!!! thanks all ideas are greatly open!
Jan 8 2009 1:46PM
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peaz23
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^ all ideas are welcome. sorry about the typo
Jan 8 2009 1:48PM
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Caveman.
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Link to blog?

Blog sites are a sick idea, more ski resorts should do them. The LT blog is very cool to check out.
Jan 8 2009 2:42PM
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MT_Mike
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good huss chase, it's "official" hah, kidding man. hope those guys can keep up the pace this year. haven't been to GD in a few weeks, but i haven't heard good things.

what's in the lineup for the future?
Jan 8 2009 4:40PM
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jeremy.g
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gd's looking sick this year. chris will do a good job.
Jan 8 2009 4:42PM
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MT_Mike
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bump


...any news? the buzz on GD went way down after the mad pow hit all over montana, but with these sunny days i'm wondering how the rock is holding up? how is the park? what's set up?
Jan 21 2009 2:24AM
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Caveman.
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As of last Monday there was hardly anything up there. The little park had some fun jibs and two small tables. Wildwood was all set up but seemed like it had been a little neglected. Rodeo on the other hand had hardly any snow in it and it doesn't look like they had started working on it. I was talking to my friend up there and he was saying the park guys can pretty much make all the snow they want its just been to warm.
Jan 21 2009 10:36AM
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peaz23
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Rodeo should be built as soon as the temps drop enought to make snow so hopefully in a week or so there should be a bigger step down jump and the wall ride atleast. ill talk to chris and see what they have planned!

Jan 21 2009 12:47PM
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MT_Mike
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sad to hear it's almost february and nothing has happened, but yah, this warm weather is probably putting a damper on the snow making eh
Jan 21 2009 1:02PM
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B-Har406
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Could have had the park up three weeks ago with all the snow that we uh... HAD. Frustrating to say the least mang, let's get it rolling.
Jan 21 2009 4:14PM
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Literature
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There we a couple of features there that were well set up, the picnic tables and the slight up rail at the top of Rascal are examples, but overall I was pretty disappointed by what we found there on Monday. GD can do better.
Jan 22 2009 12:41AM
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pat_in_the_hat
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the big pencil lead rail was super fun.
Jan 22 2009 12:46AM
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peaz23
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I went up to gd today it was very cold but cold means that every snow gun on the mountain was puking snow all over the park and the guns should be running straight for the next eight days! hopefullly there will be something that resembles a park by next weekend!!!!! they were changing rascall up with that long green box as a down rail (wierd), the pencil lead rail is the same and the green box at the bottom of rascall was replaced with the flat down box. they were still working on the jumps so not sure what is going on there we will see tomorrow.
Jan 24 2009 5:54PM
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Caveman.
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I heard Rodeo will be open next weekend. Any word on what features they will have? Also, will H Town be going down this year?
Feb 1 2009 3:38PM
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PhilboydStudge
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from talking to some of the guys, it sounds and looks like they might have a 3 jump line on the right side of rodeo when your skiing down. chris crawford said they are looking to have more snow features, with less rails. not exactly sure what he means by snow features, but hopefully they'll have some good jumps
Feb 1 2009 5:48PM
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Caveman.
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Sick! I am so over rails. I will probably come there this weekend, I am so fucking sick of the absurd laziness and lack of motivation in Showdown's park.
Feb 1 2009 5:52PM
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mtsteez03
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i heard rumor of a possible comp next weekend cash prizes??? and i think h town is the 22nd
Feb 1 2009 6:03PM
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PhilboydStudge
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yep, your correct, h town is the 22nd. and i heard the same rumor, not sure if its true, about a comp for the opening of the big park. not sure about anything as of now, but you could tell they had been making a ton of snow. check skigd.com as the week progresses
Feb 2 2009 1:15AM
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PhilboydStudge
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it doesn't mention a comp on their site now, but says they will have one the weekend after that, and then h town is the weekend after that=three weekends from now
Feb 4 2009 9:39PM
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MT_Mike
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so what's the word on the ' big park ' setup?
Feb 6 2009 12:16AM
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mtsteez03
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im just geting ready to head up now was up lastnight and there was about 5 fatty jumps duno bout rails tho ill get an update tonight gna be sick tho
Feb 7 2009 12:10PM
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PhilboydStudge
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it is massive. there are 2 rails right now, both huge, and like 3 jumps right now. the 2 rails: at the top, its like a longish propane tank with a big landing off. then below that is a longish flat bar. it's raised like 7 feet off the ground and has like a 7 foot gap on, with a huge drop off. then there is this pretty small jump that pops you up a ton. then there's the two big jumps, the normal one at the bottom of the "pipe" and the one on the left. however, both are bigger than i've ever seen them. i'd guess the one at the bottom of the pipe is like a 40 ft deck, pops you up a ton, and has a long landing. the other one is probably a 25 ft deck with a super long landing, its really mellow. rascal then has a rail or box option, then two nice small jumps, then a rainbow box.
in rodeo they will have a down box above the biggest jump soon, the wallride soon, and maybe some other stuff. i'm gonna go ahead and say the park is the biggest and best i've ever seen it at GD
and props to chris, after a kinda sketchy start, he has done an excellent job with rodeo
Feb 7 2009 6:06PM
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peaz23
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^so cool to hear its awesome! i cant wait to get up there tomorrow. hopefully see all you ns'ers up there as well!

Feb 7 2009 8:05PM
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mtsteez03
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^i disagree i was highly dissapointed the propane tank is in no means long its like 8 or 9 ft the hi bar is descent tho and i thot all the jumps were kinda wack mega nuckles and way poppy i was not impressed by ne means. sorry but the gd is strugling i would way rather lap bigskys mini park then lap rodeo and bigskys jumpline is way better than ne of thos jumps and just as big
Feb 7 2009 8:08PM
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PhilboydStudge
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but we're talking about great divide. great divide has never had tables, or step overs, they have always, always had step downs. and for step downs, i thought those were pretty nice. super floaty if you got the speed right. chris has obviously spent a ton of work (in the last 3 days haha) and i thought it showed. great divide has basically 2 park guys, and to be able to do that much with that little in such a short time was good. they've maintained rascal too, which has always been a problem other years. i'm pretty stoked at where the park is right now
Feb 8 2009 1:03AM
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peaz23
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so i went up to gd and checked out the setup, and it was pretty cool a little wierd at first but the features were fun. some features were pretty big compared to years past like a good sized gap to a high bar. the jumps took a little getting used to. there was a 30 footer on the skiers left and a 35-40 footer at the bottom of the pipe. all jumps had quite a bit of pop and will prolly get changed soon. all in all its pretty fun hitting bigger features finally. oh and get better brent!

Feb 8 2009 10:14PM
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RAWLAN
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dude.... no just no
Feb 9 2009 6:18PM
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B-Har406
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haha thanks bro, sadly my ACL is gone. MCL is a possibility too, but my season is shot. Boo.

But the park is tits, enjoy it boys!
Feb 9 2009 6:30PM
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MT_Mike
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i now pose a question to those of you who have been riding great divide's park. would it be worth driving from bozeman (skipping out on a day or two at big sky/moonlight) to session the GD?

honest answer... cuz i wanna shred, but don't want to waste my time in disappointment.
Feb 9 2009 10:48PM
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*DwC*
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NOOO brent what happened man? that suck hope for a speedy recovery
Feb 9 2009 10:52PM
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PhilboydStudge
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hmmm, depends on if you like step downs and what the weather is like. and if you want to compete or not, etc.

jackson said you tore your mcl brent, that sucks man. heal that up fast
Feb 9 2009 11:52PM
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MT_Mike
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compete in what? is the htown shootout coming up?
Feb 10 2009 1:43AM
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peaz23
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if its sunny again gd would totally be worth the drive it was such pleasant skiing on sunday. the big park is worth checkin out too cause they will prolly be dialing it in mon and tue.
Feb 10 2009 2:02PM
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B-Har406
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haha Dillion what up! Over shot like a thirty footer ish and over rotated a three. Left ski popped off, right didn't. Pizza'd hardcore haha and ya, there goes a pop. Super lame
Feb 10 2009 5:42PM
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MT_Mike
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damn man... just read the info on the injury. hope ya heal up well
Feb 10 2009 7:24PM
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PhilboydStudge
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yes, that's in two weekends, or supposedly there's a comp this weekend. like a ten dollar entry fee, and the prizes just get the money split evenly. but don't take me for that, because i'm guessing it could go either way between them having a comp or not
Feb 10 2009 7:48PM
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ZAM
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if they do have a comp this weekend, an;y idea which day it would be?
Feb 10 2009 9:47PM
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PhilboydStudge
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saturday is what i heard, but don't quote me on there being a comp at all. hopefully we will know for sure later in the week
Feb 10 2009 11:57PM
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Caveman.
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It sounds like the park will be alot different this year, Im pumped. Will the urban down rail still be on top of the pipe? And will the 4 jump line be there for H town?

Sam, are you going to H town this year?
Feb 11 2009 12:00AM
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ZAM
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hopefully i will be going to H town kip, but i might also go to that lost trail slopestyle instead. If i go to h town can i maybe get a ride with you guys from GF on?
Feb 11 2009 4:58PM
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PhilboydStudge
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last weekend they were putting in a down box instead of the down rail above the big jump. it also looked like they were putting in an up flat box, but i'm not sure about that. i also haven't heard anything about a 4 jump line.

and also, no comp for this weekend, sorry. 406 was going to sponsor one, but they're moving it to later in the year, like mid march. so no comp for this weekend, sorry, but they will probably have one later with the same format that they were talking about
Feb 11 2009 10:36PM
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king.tubby
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where'd pope go?
Feb 13 2009 12:41PM
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Adrienne.
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he got a job a snowqualmie or how ever you spell it.
Feb 13 2009 9:27PM
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Caveman.
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Is the park worth coming over from Great Falls on Monday or should I stay at Showdown and slay pow?
Feb 15 2009 7:35PM
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peaz23
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hey kip the park is pretty sweet and if you are doing htown it might be worth it but pow is a rare comoditie these days!
Feb 15 2009 8:05PM
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dowalibeast
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Pow over Park anyday!!!!!
Feb 15 2009 8:53PM
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PhilboydStudge
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showdown actually has pow?
Feb 15 2009 8:57PM
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Caveman.
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If you know where to go Showdown ALWAYS has pow. Plus we've been getting around a foot a week for the past couple weeks. The snow out of bounds (yes Showdown does have some legit sidecountry) is finally getting safe and deep so that's what were doing tomorrow. I tweaked my knee pretty good yesterday so Im going to let it rest until H Town. Chase, unless we get some killer snow next week I will be seeing you at H town.
Feb 15 2009 11:13PM
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MT_Mike
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whats the set up for h-town? entry fees? etc?
Feb 16 2009 12:30AM
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PhilboydStudge
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no word on the set up, although i think it will be similar to this weekend.
i think that gives most of the info you need
Feb 16 2009 1:04AM
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MT_Mike
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good huss, thanks a bunch
Feb 16 2009 2:10AM
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