Alta - QC - Feb 7, 2003 Powder, cliffs, moguls, backcountry

Frankontour

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Today was a great day for powder skiing and to take the numerous cliff areas of the mountain ! <BR> <BR>We got some awesome snow in the woods just like the Speedy Glady : (my partner did the 1st tracks just before I took the pic) <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3333.jpg" ALT="Speedy Glady"> <BR> <BR>And the Secret Glade <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3334.jpg" ALT="Secret Glade"> <BR>(see better quality just here, cause it was tough to reduce it under 40kb) <BR>http://www.zoneski.com/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=650 <BR> <BR>We found some powder spots during all the day long. It was truly awesome, even though it was extremely crowded with a big 2 minutes of waiting. (Waiting at Alta = once by year max <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">) <BR> <BR>Today was the real day to enjoy the big cliffs of the "Escalier" (Stairs). Here is my ski partner of today just before to jump it !! <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3335.jpg" ALT="Escalier"> <BR> <BR>And the jump !! <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3336.jpg" ALT="Jump awouuu"> <BR> <BR>It was also a real great day to do some moguls, with superb conditions in the Principale <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3337.jpg" ALT="Principale"> <BR> <BR>and in the Fantastik !! <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3338.jpg" ALT="Fantastik"> <BR> <BR>What a great day !!! <BR> <BR>At the end of the day, I took my backpack for a run of backcountry not very far from the mountain. (this is a secret place I can't talk too much) <BR> <BR>Here is a couple of pics (a bit dark, cause it was just before the sun disappeared) <BR> <BR>A trail that I didn't took... looked nice, though ! <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3339.jpg" ALT="Interesting !!!"> <BR> <BR>The one I took, on the upper part : <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3340.jpg" ALT="What a Nice trail !!"> <BR> <BR>Lower : <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3341.jpg" ALT="What a superb trail !!!!"> <BR> <BR>Lower lower : <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/3342.jpg" ALT="awouuuuu"> <BR> <BR>This was one of my best run ever, sincerely. What a nice backcountry spot. As you probably understood, this is a steep lost ski area, still skied... but I won't say more ;)
 
oh, that's true, I was forgetting that one. <BR> <BR>The ski conditions begin to be great, but it's tough for me to come, cause I never know in advance if I will work during the weekends, so it's hard to make plans (I'm lucky until now, just worked 1 weekend). <BR> <BR>I stay in stand by. After the next storm, may be I'll try to take a day in the notch.
 
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