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Re: Dream Lines

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JacobW wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:30 pm
JulianSmith wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:15 am Landry for sure, but it's not so much of a dream line as a "lay awake in bed and sweat when I think about it kind of line..."
I can confirm that Landry Line is the best ski line in the state... and worth sweating about.
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Thanks for sharing the pics! I have actually climbed the Landry line before, getting to like within 10' of the summit before I turned back and downclimbed the normal route (snow was way too warm to be safe). The pics looks as steep as I remember it. Can't imagine making those first couple of jump turns, but that's why we are practicing so hard anyway...
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Re: Dream Lines

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JacobW wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:35 pm I'm going for Messner this year! Super excited about the trip.
In recent years, I've ticked off Landry, Stammberger Ledges, Ford-Stettner, and Fuhrer Finger.
There's a few repeats that get me excited as well, I'd love to ski Cross Couloir again and Shooting Star. If I went back to the grand, I'd really want to do Otter Body.
Stammberger is one Id do again, fun line. Top of Landry looks fun. What always keeps me up before falling asleep is the choke further down.
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Re: Dream Lines

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Checked:
Silver
Elvis’ Crotch
Stully’s Gully (Wichita)
Coinslot
s**t for Brains
Prom dress (Peak 1 uppermost NE chute)
Emperor
Corkscrew
Cristo
Swan Dive
Cross
Peak 4

Unchecked:
Deming Drop
Straight Arrow
Graupel
CCRider
Big Eyes
Big Bad Wolf
Pacific’s North
Polaris
Moonshine
Quandary
Drift
The Spider
Zebra stripe
Q

I don’t get out of the county much.
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Re: Dream Lines

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Jorts wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:56 pm Checked:
Silver
Elvis’ Crotch
Stully’s Gully (Wichita)
Coinslot
s**t for Brains
Prom dress (Peak 1 uppermost NE chute)
Emperor
Corkscrew
Cristo
Swan Dive
Cross
Peak 4

Unchecked:
Deming Drop
Straight Arrow
Graupel
CCRider
Big Eyes
Big Bad Wolf
Pacific’s North
Polaris
Moonshine
Quandary
Drift
The Spider
Zebra stripe
Q

I don’t get out of the county much.
Please bring/wear a tinfoil costume for that last one!
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Re: Dream Lines

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AnnaG22 wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:03 pm
Jorts wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:56 pm Q
Please bring/wear a tinfoil costume for that last one!
Hmm. What’s that mean? Tin man? Almost sounds like an ambiguous QAnon prophecy.
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Re: Dream Lines

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Jorts wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:17 pm
AnnaG22 wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:03 pm
Jorts wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:56 pm Q
Please bring/wear a tinfoil costume for that last one!
Hmm. What’s that mean? Tin man? Almost sounds like an ambiguous QAnon prophecy.
If you ski Q as a tin man, it summons the wizard of Oz, which then summons Glinda the good witch, who will grant you extra mad gnar pow skillz if you click your heels together three times while whispering "there's no place like home". it will also save all the children.
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"I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark—I'm on fire almost—I'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am." from The Things They Carried
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Re: Dream Lines

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Do people have desire to ski San Joaquin Ridge? Aesthetically speaking, it's probably one of the best looking couloirs I've ever seen, but not being a skier I don't really know if it's a big target for people, difficult, out of the way, etc.

All I want is to just have fun, live my life like a son of a gun
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Re: Dream Lines

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speth wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:27 pm Do people have desire to ski San Joaquin Ridge? Aesthetically speaking, it's probably one of the best looking couloirs I've ever seen, but not being a skier I don't really know if it's a big target for people, difficult, out of the way, etc.
The San Joaquin couloir gets skied a lot so, yeah, it's a BIG target.
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