Pictures From the Skintrack

[chris_the_wrench]

Pretty much every single one of top 30 men and women xc ski racers are currently in Toblach to get ready for World Champs starting in less then 10 days, so I guess it's just fine to have week of xc skiing in Toblach myself. Maybe they knew I'm going to be here, and they all planned training camps here because of this

Did they have to make/move most of that snow?

 

[Primoz]

@chris_the_wrench base for few main tracks is man made snow, but there's natural snow on top, and most of other trracks is natural snow only. There's not much of it, but conditions are currently awesome and it's enough snow to have your best skis out without worrying about them

 

[Snowflake2420]

From last week touring in Japan near Furano

Good snow down low, wind effected up high

 

[Primoz]

Perfect conditions are continuing, and I'm getting faster and faster (and more tired) with every new day

 

[Mothertucker]

On the way over to my friends house.

 

[Slim]

Are those feral donkeys, or escaped from someone’s field?

 

[Rod9301]

Powder on the left, corn on the right. The powder skied really well.

 

[Mothertucker]

Are those feral donkeys, or escaped from someone’s field?

Wild burros, like horses, non-native and introduced to North America.

 

[Primoz]

Everyone of Worlds best xc skiers are fleeing Toblach and moving to Planica, so I guess it's time for me to close this awesome week and had to Planica too. One last 35km classic session and I guess that's about it for Dolomites this season, unless they get some more snow, as otherwise there's no way we are back there, especially if day temperatures around +10c will continue.

 

[neonorchid]

 

[splitter]

 

[charlier]

A few photographs from our ski tour @Valykr Range, B.C. - our only blue sky day with moderate avalanche conditions. Most days were considerable, NTL and ATL. With a deep persistent deep slab and persistent slab lurking under the snowpack.

 

[Slim]

@charlier, what’s ATL and NTL?
Looks gorgeous there. Was there some mellower terrain for those dicey conditions?

 

[Slim]

My 15 year old on our family backcountry ski outing today in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, USA.
The snow was a lot heavier today then the rest of the trip, but still smooth and fun skiing.

 

[charlier]

@charlier, what’s ATL and NTL?
Looks gorgeous there. Was there some mellower terrain for those dicey conditions?

Good question @Slim - Whoops, above tree line (atl) and near tree line (ntl). Yes, it was easy and straightforward to dial-back exposure to avalanches and seek mellower terrain without overhead hazards. Each day, we choose safe terrain based on our hazard rating, the avalanche problem, and the weather trends.

 

[Primoz]

While real Nordic skiing World championships is still going on for few more days in Planica, there's sort of unofficial xc skiing World champs of TV experts, photographers, journalists and TV and radio commentators, who all happen to be ex pro skiers, going on on warmup and training tracks below Planica nordic center, every morning before the real races... if races start late enough, otherwise it's postponed to after the races time
No it's not really real racing, but when seeing those old friends, and everyone still have huge ego, it's hard not to have some current ski "form" proving on some climbs

So morning 20km done, now 2km up the valley to shoot women relay race. It's pretty short day today with just one assignment

 

[charlier]

Last week touring in the Selkirk's. CT and ECT tests, with steeper lines.

 

[Rod9301]

I normally like to only ski stuff that's too steep to skin.
But yesterday i followed an interminable skin track up a couloir.

 

[Slim]

Devil Track River, North Hsore of Lake Superior, Minnesota, USA

 

[4ster]

A rare occurrence to be able to skin from my back door…

Last weeks rain made for some great corn on this lower elevation SW aspect …

Home in red 2000’ below…