Re: Where has CCB Been?????

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:45 pm

People go there year after year, and don't get the combo of snow conditions and weather that we had.

If you asked me, before I left, what my dream trip would be, it wouldn't have even come close to what I actually did!

I'm was so lucky, its hard to put into words, even now, 2 weeks later.

Post by **D&D72** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:03 am

Awesome! what an amazing experience that must have been. I noticed a helmet cam you have any video to post?

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:31 am

Yeah, I've got lots of helmet cam video. I'm going to do some editing on my favorites & post it up. I've never edited video, so it probably won't be anything fancy. I'll put up a link when I get it done.

Post by **casadejohnson** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:32 pm

Here I am at Devils Tower in Wyoming today.

Post by **akaFrankCastle** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:45 am

Looks like you're getting ready to get a drink straight from the source.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:16 am

Dan - I can't believe you'd even post that pic with a group like this... Wide open

Post by **casadejohnson** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:27 pm

At Mt Rushmore today.

Post by **casadejohnson** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:28 pm

I like this one best.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:52 pm

We did the same trip a few years ago. Cept we went the other way. I think we did SD first, then WY.

Post by **casadejohnson** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:51 pm

I did this with my parents 30 years ago so now I'm doing it with my kids and brought my dad along. It's a lot different than my last visit.

Post by **D&D72** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:43 am

Mrs D&D72 representing at the Rockies home opener. Rocks got spank

but it was a good time.

Post by **casadejohnson** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:15 pm

At Carhenge in Nebraska this afternoon.

Viperwolf1 · Post by **Viperwolf1** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:47 pm

Damn, Jeremy, you're hitting all the cool sites. Gonna stop by the world's largest ball of twine in Cawker City, KS?

Post by **casadejohnson** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:46 pm

Viperwolf1 wrote:Damn, Jeremy, you're hitting all the cool sites. Gonna stop by the world's largest ball of twine in Cawker City, KS?

It was Carhenge or Wounded Knee for the last stop of the journey. I think we made the right choice! ( Or Maybe it was the choice that got us home sooner )

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:05 pm

Here are some videos I've edited together to show off some of my favorite runs on my trip to Alaska. We got to name our "first descents".

Post up if the links don't work and I'll keep trying. Successfully posting these videos has not gone smoothly.

Make sure you click on the "HD" button on facebook, and set the youtube videos to high def.

A crazy heli landing, with only the front half of the heli on the snow, and an awesome, 1st descent of a steep coulior, "Highball"
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.ph ... 7209632710

A sweet, long, coulior "Coogans"
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=32 ... permPage=1

Another 1st descent, I named it "Hazard County", this one is for JD and the Hockeykids. Lowered in "on belay" so we didn't fall in:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=32 ... permPage=1

Now for the big, bad "Pontoon", this changed everything. Truly, the scariest run of my life.

Flight up, landing, and top entrance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTiEg1Cu ... ture=share

2nd half of the traverse in, and 58* coulior that followed. I didn't edit this, I wanted to show how long and tedious the entrance was. A real "NO FALL ZONE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSbvYPtk ... ture=share

Post by **Jesus_man** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:11 am

Wounded knee was cool only because the story. There really isn't much there to see.

I should have told you about Mrs. Kuny's fri-bread! 20 miles down a dirt road to get there, but it was worth it!!!

Chad, that terrain is insane! Over my skill level to be sure, but the snow looks awesome! Looks similar to the best snow days we had on Wolf Creek!

J.D.

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:39 am

Colorado powder is lighter, but doesn't stick to steep slopes, and is much more dangerous. Most of the time we were only boot to knee deep. If we were riding snow like that in Colorado, we would have been eyeball deep & needed snorkels. But that kind of terrain and snow is not rideable here.

Intercontinental snowpacks (Colorado) are shallower and develop more problems that lead to worse avalanche danger. I took an avalanche class in 1998, and they opened the class by stating that we live in "the most dangerous" area in the world. The Silverton Avalanche School is the oldest in America, and has some of the most highly respected guys in the industry teaching.

Maritime snowpacks (Cali, AK, BC) are usually safer because of the increased depth of the snowpack, more moisture, warmer temps, and less solar radiation exposure (it gets too complicated to explain, and I don't even understand/remember everything I learned back then). So it opens up more backcountry options.

Generally, we have to wait till spring, for the snowpack to get safe enough to ride steep lines. The warm temps in spring help all the layers in the snowpack to melt together, and form one big/deep layer, instead of multiple layers & sliding surfaces that lead to avalanches. Then in spring, you have to worry about wet slides, when the snow just melts into a big slushie and falls off the mountain. A huge wet slide, near Silverton, just killed a Crested Butte local, about a week ago.

This ends your unexpected, probably unwanted, avalanche class for today.

Post by **ZOSO** » Tue May 01, 2012 2:02 pm

here's one of many more to come.

Post by **Jesus_man** » Tue May 01, 2012 2:10 pm

Ahh, cool place!

Post by **ZOSO** » Tue May 01, 2012 2:15 pm

That place was awesome. I could spend hours walking through there. I've got a bunch of pics I'll get up once I get back.

Post by **ZOSO** » Tue May 01, 2012 3:44 pm

Discovery just after coming in the building. They were closing off the area to the public so we got pics as soon as we could.

Post by **Entourage** » Tue May 01, 2012 3:55 pm

That is amazing to be that close to a Space Shuttle. Great pic.

Post by **Gunnibronco** » Tue May 01, 2012 4:13 pm

Rob,

The pic with the Shuttle is sweet! What a cool opportunity.

Post by **ZOSO** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:42 pm

Oh I'll get all of them posted for the people not on my Facebook. What I have posted is only a very few. Still about 300 more pics.

Post by **ZOSO** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:52 pm

I thought of kirk for that one. That was at the Korean war memorial. I also have a pic for you and other non libtards.

Post by **Justin** » Wed May 02, 2012 9:23 am

Post it up! Some of us libtards like trucks, guns etc. They just have to be electric trucks and cap guns or we get skeerd.

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri May 04, 2012 6:05 pm

So here are some where has CCB been pics from my trip to DC this past week.

And the FINAL pic. This is just for Dan.

Post by **ZOSO** » Fri May 04, 2012 7:03 pm

zillacon wrote:Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Thats flippin classic.

Thought you'd like that. icon biggin

Post by **Gregg** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:58 pm

Sorry--no coliseums, cows, cathedrals, or memorials...just me at Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.

Post by **casadejohnson** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:14 am

Here is August and Wyatt at the capital