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Mountain Niceness...Cobb Pk-Comma Couloir/Pioneer Mts,Idaho

May 31st, 2010 - Posted by dannyirie

With all the late season snow  it has shaped up to be a great spring year. On my tick list was the Comma Couloir off of Cobb in the Pioneers. This is a line you can see in the distance when skiing at Sun Valley. With conditions looking prime we started out the day on mt. bikes to shave off the first 2.5 miles.  It is always exciting biking with tele boots and skis on pack. I kept reminding myself how great it will be at the end of the day to coast down to the trail head for a cold beer.  Cobb Peak is located in the Pioneers Mts in central Idaho. It stands out at 11,650 feet and is one of the most prominent peaks in the range. The ascent was through beautiful multi colored rock, towering cliffs, and sub-alpine brush. We had perfect conditions to kick steps using crampons and ice axes.  The Comma Couloir sits lookers right from just below the summit.  This is a great steep ski line that had perfect corn for 4000 feet!  You gotta love the spring Mountain Niceness!
Cheers,
Danny Walton
K2 Backside Team
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Danny Walton

Danny Walton

 

Cobb Peak 11,650

Cobb Peak 11,650

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Harvesting some corn on Cobb!

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Comma Coulior

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Gropple and creek crossings...must be spring.The bikes made for a quick exit to cold beers.

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Cobb Peak/Pioneer Mountains,Idaho

K2 Skitour 100% umweltverträglich

May 31st, 2010 - Posted by sibyllemarielle

Skitourenlauf soll ja umweltverträglich sein. Trotzdem stauen sich gerade um diese Jahreszeit auch die Tourengeher Wochenende um Wochenende in die Alpen und wieder raus. Schon seit Jahren ist es für mich ein besonderes highlight die Anreise mit dem Rad zu bewältigen. Zugegeben, das Rennrad hat dieses Mal Premiere, da die Anreise nur auf der Teerstraße erfolgt.

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Morgens um 6 ist die Welt noch in Ordnung. Lediglich ein paar letzte, schwer angetrunkene „Pfingstochsen“ torkeln mir fast noch vor´s Rad.

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Nach geschmeidigen 60 km und mittlerweile sommerlichen Temperaturen heißt es schnell in die Skischuhe und Höhenmeter machen, dass der Motor ja nicht ins stocken gerät. Die ersten 300 Hm Tragepassage sind schnell geschafft und man kann anschnallen.

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Da geht’s hoch. Noch liegt die Rinne im Schatten und verspricht schnelles vorankommen. Wobei die Sonne rasend schnell steigt und den hart gefrorenen Altschnee in Minuten in einen brutalen Frühjahrsbaatz verwandelt.

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Die Abfahrt ist wie immer ein echter Genuss um diese Jahreszeit. Kein Mensch weit und breit und im ca. 45 Grad steilen Gelände mit 10cm tiefen Schmierseifenschnee ist es so geschmeidig wie es nicht besser sein kann. Wobei es sich empfiehlt nach ein paar Schwüngen die Linie zu wechseln, da der zementartige Sluff auch nach unten will.

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Die letzten Meter geht es bis zur Schneegrenze gemächlich dahin. Mittlerweile bin ich nicht mehr ganz taufrisch und die letzten Meter bergab zu Fuß hauen nochmal ordentlich rein. Die Rückfahrt auf dem Rad ist dann ein echter Schlag fürs Immunsystem. 10km vor meinem Haus, die ein oder andere Träne ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten, kommen mir wieder die Nachtschwärmer vom Morgen in den Sinn. Das wär auch mal wieder eine Aktion für mich;-)

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Posets (bueno collado), apurando la temporada

May 31st, 2010 - Posted by sibyllemarielle

El pasado viernes 21 de mayo Txiki y yo nos fuímos hasta las granjas de Viadós para hacer un monte mítico en esquí de montaña. David ya había hecho este monte pero yo no, y me habían hablado mucho de la esquiada que el Posets tiene. Así que un 21 de mayo, sin cortarnos un pelo, nos fuimos hasta allá, a ver qué encontrábamos SORPRESA.

Nos levantamos a las 5 de la mañana, habíamos llegado 4 horas y media antes hasta el refugio de Viadós. Pensábamos que íbamos a estar solos pero había otra furgoneta. Al llegar intuímos que la nieve estaba muy arriba, sabíamos que era un poco tarde para ir a esa zona pero nos habían dicho que la nieve comenzaba a los 1900 metros. Pues bien, comenzamos a andar  a las 6 de la mañana y lo que pensábamos que iba a ser una hora u hora y media de pateo como mucho, se convirtió en 2 horas largas, tiarando a 2 horas y 15 minutos. La nieve estaba a unos 2100 metros de altura, y quedaba la justa, lo mínimo.

Pues bien, nos pusimos cuchillas y no las quitamos hasta arriba. No llegamos hasta la cima, ya que depués de 5  horas  de foqueada, como ambos habíamos estado en la misma (yo un verano de hace unos cuantos años), y lo que queríamos era esquiar, nos sentamos en el collado (3.200) , nos sacamaos algunas fotos, y para abajo.

Fenomenal esquiada, una nieve primavera muy buena y muy fácil de esquiar, depúes de semejante calzoncillada nos lo mercíamos. Además, en la subidad, y sobre todo en la bajada, coincimos con una pareja de Formigal, Leticia e Iñaki, que nos hicieron la salida super amena, así que muchas gracias. Os dejo unas fotitos.

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Telemark Freeheel mount location for Obsethed

May 30th, 2010 - Posted by charlie529

Allright all my forward tip eating telemark friends. Chances are, if you've mounted your newly polished Obsethed skis in the alpine location you're too far forward.....DAMN! If you haven't yet drilled, you're in luck.

I found this mount position to be just forward enough to have a fully active ski without feeling like I was going over the handle bars.

Because Garmont's don't have a midsole indicator line I indicated where the back screws from my BD bindings lined up with the ruler on the ski, but Rotefella, Voile, and G3 all have the same hole pattern so this mount technique should work for them as well.

My stats: 140 lbs, 5'9''. Boot size 25/26.5 (8 street shoe). This location should work for anyone within near range of myself

Ski: 179cm "ObSethed"

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A - Center of back screws line up with (B) - mark 5 1/4 forward from traditional line

C - Traditional line lines up with (D) - 12 cm back from 3 pin holes on sole of boot

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E - shows the mark 5 1/4 forward from traditional line.....which lines up with the back screws.

F - shows the center of rear screw line corresponding to the 5 1/4 mark

G - traditional line mark that again lines up with a place 12 cm back from the 3 pin holes on the sole of the boot and on Garmont's where the grey meets the vibram sole

Hopefully this helps and hope you dig your new Obsethed(s)!

Happy Skiing - K2 BackSide Athlete - Charlie Cannon

The Women of Jackson Hole

May 28th, 2010 - Posted by jake

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Skimag.com recently posted--The Women of Jackson Hole--fun and beautiful photos (snapped by photographer Heather Erson) and bios of 10 of the best women skiers on the planet. Included in the mix is  K2 athlete Lisa Watson.

To check out other athletes of JH including Lyndsey Dyer, click here!

Raising "Jumper" Girls

May 27th, 2010 - Posted by jake

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Alliance member Janice Bachmeier, and her two daughters: Alex, and MacKenzie and Shejumps.org chat about skiing together as a family, their life inspirations, and what it takes to beat the boys.. ...it's a great article, check it out!

The Bachmeier girls, MacKenzie, 14, and Alex, 17, of Washington, are the epitome of young "jumpers," they take risks in their respective sports—competitive big mountain skiing and wakeboarding/slalom/jumping—while staying in control,they are not afraid to be better than boys and they draw strength and inspiration from one other. Thanks to former U.S. Ski Team Freestyler, K2 Alliance Team member and rippin waterskiing mom, Janice Bachmeier, these girls have been raised to be all this and more.....

K2 Skis Wallpapers Vol 3

May 26th, 2010 - Posted by joe erfle

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K2 Skis Wallpapers Vol 2

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Ann Becht from VT-- winner of the Traveling Skis!

May 17th, 2010 - Posted by jake

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Winner of the Traveling Skis-Ann Becht from Vermont was luckily enough to get her chance to test out the skis in Stowe, VT, and to her surprise was the winner of the raffle and won her own pair of K2 skis!!

Ann loved these skis mainly because that "they were so easy to ski on so many different kinds of conditions and easy on my ever aging body. Can't wait for Winter :) "

Congratulations Ann! And stay tuned for next years tour, so you missed out!

Backcountry Moms on Mother's Day

May 15th, 2010 - Posted by amy bauer

Although my husband offered champagne and home-cooked brunch to celebrate my first Mother's Day, I had my heart set on a day in the backcountry. Petra Pirc McDowell and I headed to the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico for an 8 mile excursion with perfect corn descents.

Petra dropping in on her Paybacks. Lake Peak (12409') in the background.

Petra dropping in on her Paybacks. Lake Peak (12409') in the background.

Silky corn!

Silky corn!


I'm on Dawn Patrols and Petra is on the new Paybacks.
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We intended to ski a steep, west facing couloir into the Nambe basin, but it was elusive among the surrounding cliffs. Has my name on it now! Next time!!

Elusive couloir, grrrr.

Elusive couloir, grrrr.

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