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Hey everyone who attended the Silverton Splitfest. We had another successful event, and looking forward already to next year. Thanks to everyone who came out! We are going to use this thread to post all the pictures from the 2014 Splitfest.
Keffler riding out of Bear
Mastermind of Phantom’s stoke face
Hikeforturns off of bear on the white wave
HFT
Attendees practicing their beacon skills with Silverton Avalanche School Director Jim Donovan
Lynx on battleship, very rare to see these
Lots of demos this year, having our own area for sponsors to set up was a nice touch.
Hope to see you all next year!
Great job with the event once again you guys!
Keffler, HfT, Summersgone and I got an early start on the fest. The snow the week before left for some great conditions for the couloirs. The whole week turned out great with blue skies and corn by the end of the trip.HfT
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSG
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrThe Verts with Keffler’s Phantom adapters were the key to the soft couloirs!
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrKeffler
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrHfT
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrThis girl gave it up!
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrHfT
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrThe Grenadiers
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrWiley Coyote on Kendal
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrGotta rap into this one
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Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSG in the San Juan Socks so we can cross to Bear Mtn.
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrBear Mtn. Just another 13er
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrBack up for the backside
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrKeffler straight-lining the choke
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrHfT has been eyeing this narrow line since we saw it a couple years ago. Couloir hidden in the gash angling on the right side
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrTurned out to be too icy and rocky in spots, so we defended elsewhere
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrToday, corn was on the menu
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrKillclimbz at the top of the boot pack
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrThe view to Battleship, V5 etc
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrWasatch Don bucking the dry bags to HfT, on the way to Python and Pumphouse
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSG’s dog Abby helped too!
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrNearing the top before the thunder and lightning rolled in
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrAfter 8 straight days of splitboarding, it was time to relax
The Montanya Rum Bar always serves it up well
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrThen it was on to the Raffle!
Great catered food
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrBeer donated by Ska Brewery
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrTons of great vendors
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrAnd then people won shit!!!
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrKeffler and SG wanted to do something nice for Cometogether after he represented the splitboard community well by saving buried life earlier this year. Have a backpack man!
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrMore stuff!
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrTex won a women’s hoody
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSo we made the ladies fight for it!
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrSilverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrThat’s ok, because Tex won the Venture board!
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrHe’s going to like his new NS
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrThe Voile winner
Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrTill next year!
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Silverton Splitfest 2014 by MountainDog, on FlickrThat looked like an EPIC splitfest! I really really want to check out the San Juans some day. Good to see swanny and TEX representing :thumbsup:
the view from bear summit
oh there’s some roadside stuff around here-
sometimes theres a river in between… classic no bag style wakes you up nicely 😯
An other outrageous week in Silverton!
Can’t say thanks enough for all our sponsors especially Venture and Spark. I think half of splitfest riders were demoing your gear and had a blast out on them.
Awesome to catch up with old friends and meeting new ones. Hope to see more new faces next year. All are welcomed. Small warning though, Silverton can kick your butt. It’s taken me a few years to get to know this place, but it’s been really rewarding to see how each year just keeps getting better and new lines open up.
For the event this year we were especially honored to CAIC, AIARE and SAS lead some nice discussions after dinner. Much thanks to Josh at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) for the presentation on the local snow pack and for providing avalanche forecasts for this area throughout the year. Special thanks to Tom, a founder of the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE), who came down from Boulder to Silverton just to participate by giving a talk about Decision Making Processes. Lastly, without Jim at the Silverton Avalanche School who supported us from the start, we would not have been able to coordinate with all the previous groups and for his support by providing the free companion rescue course and for the great talk on Group Dynamics.
We hope everyone liked the discussions after dinner and plan to do this every year. If you have suggestions on a 30 minute topic, we’d like to hear it. We are going to trying to mix them up each year so everyone will want to come. Thinking that next year we might try to pull together a talk about tips for traveling safely while going up?
Here’s Jim from SAS. Sorry, I forgot my camera on Friday night for Josh and Tom.
Pretty sweet of Spark to make a custom etch binding just for the event!!! Oh YEA!
It’s taken us a few years, but I think we’ve got more things dialed in like having the event at the Grand Imperial with catered food. Might add catered food for Thursday night Venture shop tour and demo set ups. Thoughts?
Summiting Battleship took some effort after riding the couloirs in V5, but you don’t always get stable conditions on the northeast face.
But when you do…it can be a fun ride!
MountainDog and I both had a blast on the Chimera 160 Uni Chaser. This board really is good for a much wider range of snow conditions than just pow, although, you don’t want to miss riding it in the white room! Sick!
I couldn’t wait to see how the Furberg would stack up in Silverton after riding it most of the season. I think HFT would back me up when I say it held it’s own on everything we could throw at it but of course, it likes pow the best. Who doesn’t?!?
Parting shot. Last stream crossing for the week and the bags were toast so it was back to the traditional Silverton right of passage.
Thanks everyone for another memorable time in Silverton. It takes some work to put this on, but it’s so much fun. If you see Summersgone, give him a big high five. He really did most of the work setting this up this year and it would not have happened without him. You rock!
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