The next weekend, Drew and I went to Kalispell to shred Jewel Basin with Veggie Dave. This a ridge line looking into the Basin with MT Aeneas towards the right.
Due to high Avalanche conditions, we stuck to some lower angle stuff on the other side (west) of the ridge. On the first day we skied this line with a mandatory short straight line into some avalanche debris. Drew managed to hit a tree and tweak his knee. After that we built a small jump on the bottom where Dave stomped the first backflip ever on ON3Ps! After we played on that for a while we hiked back to the top where I snapped that pic with my phone. We skied the same line again and were able to ski within a 1/4 mile of my car (There was 6' of snow in the parking lot still) On the way down we surprised a couple sitting on a log.
That night, Daves friend, Chris, came in from Cali. The next day, the 4 of us headed up to the trailhead and met up with Colin and two of his friends (sorry, forgot your names). We hiked up and played around on a small face with a small cornice on top leading into a small windlip on the bottom. We skied that for a while and built a small jump suitable for butters. Later we descended down the front of the ridge like a small army. Drew was on foot after tweaking his knee the day before. He somehow managed to fall in a tree well and lose his $2000 camera. We eventually found it. After we got to the bottom we built a small tree jib and sessioned it until Drew made it down. Dave also let me ride his ON3Ps. They were sick and made me that much more stoked to get mine!
Here are two videos Dave edited for the ON3P cult on Newschoolers:
If you havent seen ON3Ps here is what the Wrenegades look like:
Tip Rocker:
After day 2 Drew and I got lost in Columbia Falls trying to find some CHinese restaraunt to eat diner with my friend Alicia. After we finally found it we realized it was closed. We ate at a Mexican restaraunt and finally got on the road around 9. I was lucky enough to have to work at 8 the next morning. Oh well we got some epic shreddages in.
Ski Or Die!!
