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Here are a few photos from the weekend. Great day on Saturday.

Thanks again Terry and all the sponsors.

Absolutely incredible weekend! Thanks everyone for being part of it. Planning for next years event has already started! But now.....sleep!

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So I was an IDIOT and forgot to pack my camera this weekend!! Sucks because yesterday was so amazing!

Mr. SketchyT! You totally freaken rock dude! Without all your work non of it would have happened! You are a punk for swiping my sick Fuse bindings, but, given time I may figure out a way to forgive you Again, thanks so much for organizing this thing, it was one of the funnest weekends in a long while! I will admit it was sad to see everyone taking off...

What a great weekend. Thanks SO much to Terry for organizing everything including the accommodations, the sponsors, prizes, and the demos. Prior, Spark, Jones, Voile, Lib Tech and Karakoram all had a presence there and I think all the participants were thrilled at this turnout - I definitely was.

Saturday was fantastic with clear sunny skies all day and a whole bunch of splitters out in the Baker back country. We made a mini-circuit out and around Herman Saddle with a great group. I wish I would have taken the camera out for some more shots but we were having too much fun riding and enjoying the views. Did get a few shots though before our last run including a group shot with a Vancouver, Bellingham, Crytsal Mt, and Tahoe crew.

If that wasn't enough Saturday night finished off with a few beers in the parking lot, a great dinner, and then a raffle for a shit load of prizes. I didn't win the Jones splitty but did walk away with a kick-ass looking solid Lib Tech Banana Mullet - no kidding. Anyone ever split one of these?

Again, big thanks to Terry for all his efforts.

Hope to see everyone back next year!

Starting the day

Looking back

Group shot

and another

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Powder sluts

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Treepolot Aksltxlt Bowlrider

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mmmmmm

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Mountain rescue

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cornice hucking

Yes, what a great time. Thanks one more time to Terry for putting it all together and to all the amazing sponsors with the donations for the raffle and demos for people to try. Ended up with a great turn out and everyone had a great time. Awesome to meet everyone and glad we scored on the weather for Saturday. I'll post pics later once I sort through them all.

Wow, looks great guys!

I'm sad I didn't make it but stoked for the folks that did and that everyone had a great time.

Super props to Sketchy and the sponsors!!!

Hey, did anyone find a Dark Blue Marmot Puffy jacket? See the discrption below:

The jacket of mine that was accidentally taken from the lodge on Sunday was a Marmot Zeus jacket. Specifically, it was "twilight" (blue), men's medium, light down jacket (see attached image for the exact look. I took it off while preparing breakfast on Sunday morning about 6:30 when I became too hot and placed it on the window sill in the lounge. As I was packing up to leave around 11:00, I noticed that it was gone. In one of the pockets was a screw-on black plastic lid for a stainless steel mug. On the top of the lid, there is a round, black and white sticker, that says, "Our Community Bikes". The jacket was a new favorite and I'll miss the mug top almost as much as the jacket. Any help in recovering it would greatly be appreciated!

Thanks for forwarding this along.

Denny

Posting for Aksltxlt

Powder sluts

tasty

Treepilot Aksltxlt Bowlrider

Mountain rescue

cornice hucking

Aksltxlt got some this weekend

Oh my gosh, its like my brain doesn't even know what hit it! This weekend was so fun and filled with positive stimulation, there is just so much to process through!

I'd like to send out a specific thanks to Chad from Jones Snowboards for giving me an amazing opportunity to shred the Solution for 8 hours on Saturday! All I can say is that it is an absolutely AMAZING board... I'll have a full review of the stick for you all later today! Dean from Prior, THANK YOU so much for letting me pound on the AMF yesterday! I'll also write a review of that thing as well... It is a phenomenal tool. Also, I'd like to like to point out the obvious that Will from Spark R&D is the RADDEST company owner/designer out there... I can't see Jake Burton hanging out at a dirtbag splitfest all weekend!

A special word about the Karakoram guys.. Bryce and Tyler are amazing! They are truly awesome people and I can't wait to get out on some tours with them! I remember there was some skepticism about a new interface, but their system is seriously LEGIT. I was lucky to get to tour around on it, and really, its almost as laterally stiff as a tele setup. No joke. The level of detailed engineering is remarkable, and the binding is incredibly lightweight. Like REALLY light, and apparently its going to get even lighter with the next iteration. From my observations, they are creating an ultra high performance, totally high-end splitboard system that raises the bar in big ways. Spark bindings have increased performance close to the precision that AT skiers get, and the Karakoram system could take it even closer. At any rate its so cool to see more legitimate options available. We've got two amazing rider owned binding companies both seriously reinforcing the statement "Splitboarding is the ANSWER!!"

Wish I could've made it Looks like you guys had a blast, snow looked good. The mountaineers lodge is a great place to set up camp.

Sorry I couldn't make it also, perfect weather timing for Sat as well - looked fantastic!

Glad a few of you got to try the Karakorum bindings particularly folks that don't know the twins for an independant viewpoint. I've only got a few of days on them, enough to see a blinding difference in performance on my mojo compared to the Voile. I know the sparks ride well too but these really feel tight. Had to give the bindings back so you guys could ride them but did keep the clips which are also lots better than the voile "C" clips.

I wouldn't call them the dynafits as they won't be fiddly like the dynafits but they are the technical breakthrough required.

Weight savings are big too so if only there was a super light board out there too...