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Best Backcountry Cliffs?

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RossB
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What are your guys' favorite backcountry hang outs... where can I find some good cliffs and steep stuff to shred?
Apr 18 2011 4:24PM
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bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
What?
Apr 18 2011 11:09PM
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MothaHucker
Posts: 4678 - Karma: 2,591

this

Apr 18 2011 11:40PM
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Bodhisattva_
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www.smd.cum
That's the link to a treasure map, it will lead you to the top of a secret peak where a man in a yellow poncho named Hank will direct you to my favorite backcountry stashes.
Apr 20 2011 8:49PM
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Drew_ski.
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This is off knoll 1 at alpy super fun

Apr 22 2011 11:52AM
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bakedpow
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   Fun little drop.

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Apr 22 2011 12:07PM
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terrible_skier
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some fun ones in here, not me skiing.
Apr 22 2011 5:46PM
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terrible_skier
Posts: 2066 - Karma: 226
not cliffs, but spots
Apr 22 2011 5:48PM
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MothaHucker
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sourdough gap if your willing to go that far looks like it has some of the best and most diverse terrain in the state. spines and cliffs up top, big pow bowl in the middle and pillows in the trees. just watch out because under the bowl theres a big lake in the flat spot and a creek that runs through the trees

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this is a pic of one of the zones in summer

Apr 22 2011 6:16PM
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bakedpow
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I would do dirty dirty things to that.
Apr 23 2011 12:50AM
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cobra_commander
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GS 7840 8251

GT 6132 2794
Apr 23 2011 8:59PM
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snocompton
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www.alpental.com
Apr 25 2011 7:53PM
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sdfjklioeur
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Cliffs are scary guys
May 2 2011 2:23AM
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Jooky
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Anybody know the guy who runs that site?  Could be a great resource if someone took it over and updated it.....
May 2 2011 11:20AM
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andreweckels
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i've emailed him before with questions and he was happy to answer them but i don't think he is ever gonna update the site.
May 2 2011 9:08PM
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RossB
Posts: 67 - Karma: 13
Thanks to y'all and +k of course... Sourdough looks sweet, I'm gonna look into it
May 5 2011 12:04AM
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MothaHucker
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heres the general area, you can get there easily if you have sleds and i guess you could make it off the backside of crystal in a day if you have skins mayb.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=46.8972992&lon=-121.5090895&z=15&l=0&m=b

May 5 2011 12:45AM
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RossB
Posts: 67 - Karma: 13
Oh, I've seen that basin from the traverse to the king... it would be awesome to set up camp there and ski all the lines in a few days...
May 6 2011 12:54PM
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skier_boy26
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Summit West - only go if you're serious though
May 6 2011 9:52PM
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RudyGarmisch
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You don't wanna go down that run. That run has got a historih. Thirty-five people have died goin' down it, and some say you can still see their ghosts up there. It was on that very ski run that a group of students were killed by a wolfboy who escaped from a mental institution. You see, that ski run was once a burial ground to a tribe of vampire wichicaw who ate the flesh of children with no eyes. Yah-, a lot of history on that ski run.
May 6 2011 11:37PM
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kartorium
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I'm pretty sure Chris Foy made that site.  Every once in a while you can find him at alpy, he use to be a local guy that skied damn near anything on the mountain.  Him and Donnelly, IIRC both of them got banned back in the day, and Foy started coming back every once in a while a few years ago.

The problem with the Alpental.com map is that depending on the time of year everything looks different.  There are some zones that don't change much, but for the most part any particular cliff zone can go from super big, super big to flat, all the way down to small and with a good tranny.  You can't just drop into most of these zones if you've never been there, best go with someone or scope it from the bottom if you can. In the Alp BC, never ever follow someones tracks assuming anything.... shit any BC for that matter.   However, often if you see only one or two sets of tracks into a zone, it's most likely cause things get real gnar, real quick.

A lot of the zones I frequent are on www.thesnowtroopers.com easily visible and no secret.  Some small droppers here and there in the latest edit.    http://www.vimeo.com/23301663  
May 7 2011 3:59PM
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MothaHucker
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yeah for syre, the best spines are on the side you can't see from crystal though, their up on the exposure above sheep lake
May 8 2011 8:27PM
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cobra_commander
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10ft drops with flat landings are super fun?
May 9 2011 1:45PM
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cobra_commander
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The landing is still flat. I know where that is, and if memory serves me there is a bunch of stuff that is a lot more fun to ski not very far from it.
May 9 2011 2:30PM
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Blake.W
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hit up stevens and crystal they both have some super sick terrain
May 9 2011 9:08PM
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bakedpow
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I am pretty sure he meant a specific spot...
May 9 2011 9:21PM
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RossB
Posts: 67 - Karma: 13
Yeah, and I was kinda thinking non-slackcountry... TAY is nice and all, but it's not the right demographic, and if I even start to spell out cliffs I'll get shut down by some old person sitting in an armchair.
May 10 2011 12:10AM
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sam.gillin
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yea alpental has some really nice stuff.

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May 14 2011 2:51PM
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Drew_ski.
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haha thanks man i am about 6 foot

May 15 2011 1:27AM
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