It's Wiggle Season!

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[givethepigeye]

I miss Spring skiing. Maybe next year.

Haven't seen a full one yet this year... but this one was starting at Vail... and a couple of us skied it to contribute...

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[dbostedo]

Haven't seen a full one yet this year... but this one was starting at Vail... and a couple of us skied it to contribute...

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Follow up... I went back on Friday, and it was still there. As Vail had gotten over a foot of heavy snow on Tuesday, it was pretty well defined. But the snow was terrible... hard to ski, sending my skis in sometimes seemingly random directions. But I skied it... fell three times, but eventually got down. I felt like I had to ski it, since I started this thread!

Looking down it...

 

[tromano]

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[Andy Mink]

Pali Valley at Siberia.

 

[cantunamunch]

Y'all need to find one for @James to bring a thrift store pair of RTMs to.

 

[dbostedo]

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Wow! That's looooooooong.... how much further does it go out of the pic?

 

[dbostedo]

Pali Valley at Siberia.
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Did you ski it?

 

[James]

Y'all need to find one for @James to bring a thrift store pair of RTMs to.

I did the one at Jackson, though it’s semi-permanent so I don’t know what you call it. I did one at Abasin below West cornice I think. That’s the one that convinced me they’re just stupid and for borders who can Ollie stuff.

 

[tromano]

Wow! That's looooooooong.... how much further does it go out of the pic?

The bottom is maybe 100' vertical below frame. My kids wanted to ski it, but we did the women's dh instead. Found some other wiggles that we did ski. @Sheena Has the photos.

 

[Andy Mink]

Did you ski it?

No. Haven't even been up Sibo.

 

[4ster]

Kirkwood’s Wiggle is pretty impressive…

 

[cantunamunch]

How much longer for it to break out of larval stage?

Kirkwood’s Wiggle is pre impressive…

 

[Jim Kenney]

4/22/2024 Solitude, UT, near Sunshine Bowl on the front face of the mtn, maybe 300-400 vertical feet.

Close-up of the skilled wiggler in this instance.

 

[Noodler]

Kirkwood’s Wiggle is pre impressive…
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This one looks like it's literally deadly in a few spots.

 

[dbostedo]

This one looks like it's literally deadly in a few spots.

Especially this turn, where it looks like you have to dodge the rocks...

 

[4ster]

The Kirkwood Wiggle is long & steep! I’ve run a few here & there since they started showing up 8 or so years ago. I don’t want anything to do with this one.
Actually Wiggles have been around a long time. We used to run race course ruts in the Spring after we pulled the courses in the 80’s.
And of course most moguls are just haphazard wiggles.