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Flatirons Boulder ski descent

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jibberkid69
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to anyone's knowledge has anyone skied any of the flatirons in boulder?
Sep 1 2009 6:46PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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there's no way. it's too slick. huge avalanche danger and there's no good way to get off at the bottom
Sep 1 2009 6:50PM
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smuggs
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smooth rock slabs at 6000 feet are probably so rarely skiable that they havent been. a compareable line in salt lake is medusas face on mt olympus, which sits at like 8500 feet and gets skied by about one person every 4 years
Sep 1 2009 6:51PM
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smuggs
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the only time it could have been skied was when boulder got that 4 foot storm, even then there is no saying the snow just didnt fall off of them
Sep 1 2009 6:52PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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I will give 2 grams of Coke, 100 dollars and I will personally suck shit out of their asshole..to the first person to do it.
Sep 1 2009 7:15PM
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iggyskier
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Ok......well....


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Sep 1 2009 7:24PM
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DJAK
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If you go straight and dont edge. Like grass skiing but with death.
Sep 1 2009 9:33PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Who is this?
Sep 1 2009 9:38PM
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Sklar
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that is some local dude^ during the huge storms we got a couple years ago
Sep 1 2009 9:44PM
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iggyskier
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Are you asking because you need to fulfill this quote from above....

"I will give 2 grams of Coke, 100 dollars and I will personally suck shit out of their asshole..to the first person to do it."

Seriously, though, just some crazy Boulder people who found the right conditions and went for it.  Totally badass.

Sep 1 2009 10:02PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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I will do it..if you give me their name..and they come to Canada.
Sep 1 2009 10:06PM
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iggyskier
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hahaha nice.
Sep 1 2009 10:28PM
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CampusRailJam
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Chautauqua Park at the base of the Flatirons was a ski area back in the 60s, rope tow and all.  So someone has probably charged the flatirons at some point.  Pretty nuts.
Sep 1 2009 11:16PM
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Sklar
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i've skied chatauqua a couple of times, its pretty fun, there were a couple jumps me and some friends hit
Sep 1 2009 11:20PM
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SICKYGNARGNAR
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As  seen in iggys post the flatirons have been skied. That was during the xmas 2006 storm. My house in Boulder was chest deep in the back yard. Once in a lifetime conditions to ski the flatirons.
Sep 2 2009 12:51AM
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iggyskier
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it was ridiculous.  We were skiing shots up by NCAR and in the Pine Brook Hills area.  Epic for sure.
Sep 2 2009 1:18AM
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Half-Blood
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Medusa's Face, Mt. Olympus, UT from Jeff Campbell on Vimeo.


Sep 2 2009 8:29AM
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smuggs
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yea ive seen that video, luckily the dude is still alive......
Sep 3 2009 12:26AM
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Logey.
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it looks like a bitch climb but medusas face looks like a bigger challange, but u could have a first decent under your belt

Sep 3 2009 12:55AM
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Bagels
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I was told it was done top to bottom in the '70's... huge heavy wet storm, the snow acutally stuck.  They skied down Flatiron 1 and there are pictures somewhere.  Could be a rumor, but it'd be awesome if they did.  I'll be out climbing one of the Flatirons on Friday.
Sep 3 2009 10:47AM
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*Frankie*
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bumping this
Oct 18 2015 9:09PM
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dadi
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There was a Tedx Boulder about this guy. He researched a recorded for months until he found the prefect day.

http://www.timescall.com/outdoors-news-recreation/ci_27646323/boulder-skier-makes-historic-descent-first-flatiron

This isn't the first time someone has made their way down the Flatirons on skis. Back in 2007, Bill Wright and Stefan Griebel became the first pair to ski down the "1911 Gully" route on the Third Flatiron, three years before Porzak did.
Oct 18 2015 11:53PM
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