Forums Trip Reports Arizona: A season recap, and a season primer Viewing 20 posts - 1 through 20 (of 22 total) 1 2 →Author Posts November 25, 2013 at 3:47 am #579254 Rico in AZ 559 PostsThe stoke is running high here, so here’s a little sumthin.Early winter 2012-2103 started off looking like this, And then quickly got started with a big dump, We got started with a quick tour in the ski area for some low tide surfing. Funny story: we pull into the parking lot and start getting gear ready. I notice a pasty white guy with a huge pro camera in shorts geeking out and shooting photos. He starts chatting us up. Turns out he’s a AP staff photographer, and a photographer for the paper in Rutland, VT. He shot this photo of us starting uphill. Don’t know if the photo was ever printed. My wife finally got a touring rig, so we went out to one of the little hills to practice. She quickly found out that snow out the side ski area is very different. She had fun but it’s a work in progress. There were some solo tours in January with absolutely no action photos whatsoever. Storms really started hitting in mid February. With them came sketchy wind slabs and good turns. And day trips into the Humphrey’s Cirque. There was a little something for everyone; splitbooting, bright sun, and creamy snow. My split season culminated with a local cabin trip. The approach through the pumice mine was already getting pretty burnt, Zen in a mine wasteland, The hantavirus hotel, plush! Splitchimp, splitting, Probably the most frequent flyer slide path on the Peaks, Telemark, And a season primer: We kicked off the season last weekend with a big storm which delivered enough to get out on. November 25, 2013 at 2:46 pm #672710 wasatch surf 979 PostsRad! Still wanna get down there sometime to check out AZ November 25, 2013 at 6:23 pm #672711 802smuggler 369 PostsNice pictures, man. My lady friend is my favorite touring partner; good luck! Also, the paper in Rutland is called the Rutland Herald incase you want to get in touch and see if you can find a copy for the mancave wall. November 25, 2013 at 11:24 pm #672712 UTAH 830 PostsAwesome rico, always love seeing pics of your zone down there. Take care, cheers to 2014. November 26, 2013 at 4:56 pm #672714 Zude 367 PostsBringing back good memories.. Is that picture with your wife out by the cinders? My friend Siborg and I have been doing some mini-tours on the wet cement. Cinders are riding great with 10-12″ :lol:, look forward to exploring the big mountain with y’all again this season. November 26, 2013 at 7:41 pm #672715 TEX 2486 PostsI gotta get to flagstaff this season. Vegas too. Maybe Death valley. That triop would make for an epic TR November 26, 2013 at 9:15 pm #672713 Taylor 797 PostsThanks for that, Rico – here’s to another year! Grateful for our excellent little crew here in Flag. Any of you ever come through, look us up!@sun_rocket November 27, 2013 at 2:33 pm #672716 Rico in AZ 559 Posts @TEX wrote:I gotta get to flagstaff this season. Stop in for a tour and a night on your way to the San Juan Splitfest. It should only be about 5 hours to Flag. @Taylor wrote:Grateful for our excellent little crew here in Flag. Thanks to all my local brothas; you guys make good days great! November 27, 2013 at 3:25 pm #672717 Snowvols 291 PostsThe one picture of the slide path sure looked like a fun day could be had up there :drool: @TEX wrote:I gotta get to flagstaff this season. Vegas too. Maybe Death valley. That triop would make for an epic TRTex let me know if you want to meet up in Vegas! After the Vegas trip a couple years ago, I want to head back. November 27, 2013 at 3:26 pm #672718 Ecobrad 2068 PostsSweet Rico. Great to have some early season porn.I had the pleasure of mtbing in Flag with Rico this summer and he was an excellent host. Hit him up Tex. Mountains are sweet too. November 27, 2013 at 4:23 pm #672719 SPLITRIPPIN 709 PostsNIce Rico! It’s good to see people getting out after it…keep up the stoke….yoooo-lay! November 28, 2013 at 2:20 am #672720 azsplitter 15 PostsNice TR, looks like you had a great shredfest last season.. I am stoked to join the fun! So you can actually camp/get in the inner basin cabin??? Didn’t know that. November 28, 2013 at 3:50 pm #672721 Zude 367 PostsYou can camp any-were below 9,000 (below wilderness) camping in the IB is illegal. November 29, 2013 at 4:55 am #672722 azsplitter 15 PostsI know that you can’t camp in the inner basin, but it looks like from the picture in ricos TR, that you can actually gain access to the cabin’s near the spring water? I always thought they were locked. Hantavirus hotel…? November 29, 2013 at 5:13 am #672723 MHolmes 190 PostsGood photos, and a really cool zone. November 30, 2013 at 4:10 pm #672724 Zude 367 Posts @azsplitter wrote:I know that you can’t camp in the inner basin, but it looks like from the picture in ricos TR, that you can actually gain access to the cabin’s near the spring water? I always thought they were locked. Hantavirus hotel…? Definitely the Hanta-hotel…..Not sure about the other question December 2, 2013 at 3:38 pm #672725 cometogether 385 Postswhat’s the season length like out there?Arizona is on my weird spots to snowboard list, along with Hawaii. 😆 December 2, 2013 at 8:58 pm #672726 Taylor 797 Posts @cometogether wrote:what’s the season length like out there?Arizona is on my weird spots to snowboard list, along with Hawaii. 😆It is weird. Seasons are highly variable, and can be Jan to Mar, or Oct – July, depending on annual and decadal gyrations of the eastern Pacific. I’ve ridden 2000′ in July looking out at 100 deg red desert. It’s ground zero for subtropical jet flows. Flag actually has a deep snowboard history and since the early 80s has had a core group of riders. It produced several early national champs, Transworld’s senior editor for many years, Steward (corporate mastermind), and the brothers Brandon based from here for a while in high school, etc.@sun_rocket December 23, 2013 at 9:41 pm #672727 bs. 246 Postslookin good (especially that topo map… i wish my nat geo maps looked that nice!)flagstaff riding is fun… i had a blast on my one weekend out there a few seasons back. good crew, and better snow than you’d think! December 24, 2013 at 5:34 pm #672728 Taylor 797 PostsScenes from a mid-country session with Zude and Splitchimp. South face: nada. North face: 13″ atop popcorn cinders; nary a nick, sessioning for weeks.@sun_rocket Viewing 20 posts - 1 through 20 (of 22 total) 1 2 →You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
