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Big Mountain 2006-parks/pow/discussion

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Rez4frederick
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Greetings fellow Montanans,
With all of this talk about people skiing in CO and Utah, I got inspired to make a thread about the Big Mountain and peoples upcoming thoughts and also to get input during the season updates/daily stories.

I have a season pass and am done with my bachelors degree so I have alot of time to spend at Big Mountain this year. I am praying they get a better park though. I wanted to try and get a job on the park crew to make it way sicker, but I decided to work the current job I have and drive up whenever possible, which will be alot. So I hope to get some input in and hopefully spend some volunteer time helping set up some shit. This is like my only beef with the Big right now, is the park. Hopefully the halfpipe is setup sooner too. The rest of the mountain is run very well it seems.


It's looking like a great start to the season so far. One thing that I love about the Big, is all of the natural features, alot of safe cliffs, fast as hell chairs. There is a ton of terrain to explore, some really good backcountry that is safe. The list goes on...

Anyways, I just kinda felt like making a new thread to cure the Montana forums of the staleness feeling. :)
Fellow Big Mountain people post here giving your input, as well as others opinions on it and those who are going to come to it this season.
Nov 3 2006 8:23PM
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drewishish
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whats the park like as of right now, thinking of making a trip(davids sudjection).
Mar 13 2007 1:47AM
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KingShit
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Who was the kid that threw a 270 disaster on to that box?
Mar 13 2007 12:33PM
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Literature
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That was a 360 disaster, and it was Billy Biollo if I am not mistaken.
Mar 13 2007 8:42PM
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Literature
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The park is rad right now. Best it has been all year. And the pipe is rocking as well, I would assume this weekend will create some great shralping opportunites.
Mar 13 2007 8:43PM
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skierbabe420
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hahah billy biollo huh? its been awhile since i've heard that name. he's still around huh? interesting.
Mar 15 2007 7:57PM
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Literature
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Dever, a challenge: We should do the pond skim at the end of the year. Simply because we are old enough.
Mar 19 2007 11:51PM
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Rez4frederick
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hehe.  Ill consider it for sure.  Never tried that, it would be cool.where were you this weekend? The snow was slow as shit on Saturday, but got better sunday.
I cant believe how much snow melted. its going fast.

the halfpipe is sick right now.
If you havent, pick up the Independent and read about that major shareholder in big mtn, its interesting

By the way, the missoula skatepark is sooo fucking sick......

Mar 20 2007 12:56AM
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bigmtn4ever
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im definately gunna poach the pond if they wont change the age thing. are you guys doing the skier cross next weekend? its a pretty sick course.
Mar 20 2007 6:10PM
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Literature
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After talking to Josh, head of events, he said there was no reason it couldn't be 18+ this year. I hope that is the case, because I want to hit it switch on my P4s.

Mar 21 2007 2:54AM
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skierbabe420
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^that'd be so sick. when is the pond skimming extravaganza this year?
Mar 21 2007 1:00PM
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dowalibeast
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april 7th
Mar 21 2007 9:08PM
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ajax
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They remade the hip really lippy again, it's a lot more fun now to hip it.
Mar 21 2007 9:41PM
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Stan_Darsh
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if it is, im definately doing it
Mar 21 2007 11:46PM
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Literature
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How are things at Big Mtn? I haven't been since last monday.
Mar 25 2007 8:11PM
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ajax
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Rainy and slow. The park hasn't really changed except the hip is lippy again.
Mar 25 2007 8:33PM
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Rez4frederick
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Greetings all,
Sorry I havent replied in here for awhile, I just been slacking as far as my updating goes.

Well, the powder has definately left for the season about 3 weeks ago.  The snow has been melting pretty steady, but since we have such a nice base, its actually holding really well. 
Last Saturday was probably the warmest day I've ever had though.  The snow was grabbing my skis and making me feel like I was about to double eject, although the small line in the park was actually decent that day so I just sessioned that.

I can definately recall getting rained on a couple times including this just past saturday, but oh well, a little rain never hurt anyone. 
Hellroaring is sick right now and closes this saturday :(.  I enjoyed both Hellfire and the gulch down into the immediate bottom is fun.
The skier cross course was fun as shit to session and actually hit the rollers like jumps, they had a cool stepover setup.  Im sure its down now cause Big never leaves up anything fun. :(
Alot of the mogul skiing is great right now.  The park is fun for sure, i usually hit the pipe, then traverse over above the big jump in the small line and I enjoy that run.


Mar 27 2007 12:35PM
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Literature
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Concept is wrong :).

We got 4 inches on the backside today, such epic groomer skiing. I got the P4s out and left my poles in the car and had a super sick hour or two on the backside.

The park is getting pretty worn ( need to rebuild takeoffs to the rails as of Monday), but the jumps look good. The pipe looked incredibly shitty, but that was probably from high temps. Needs a cut.
Mar 28 2007 12:39AM
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Literature
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Things were a bit wet today. Go figure, all week while I was in school, it was bright sunshine, and then once I can ski it turns overcast and wet.

Once the 50ft step down was opened though, I was having a wonderful time. Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow, and look for some outrageous style because I am taking it back as it is the last day for the Freestyle team.
Mar 31 2007 10:48PM
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It dumped 4 inches or so on the backside today, and lets just say you can get some face shots if you are in the know. Looks like a lot of people headed to the canyon tomorrow.
Apr 3 2007 12:16AM
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ajax
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How was everyone's last day? I was bedridden today, with a high fever and all, bot hopefully the skiing wasn't bad for those of you that made it up there.
Apr 8 2007 8:16PM
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Today, like the last three days, was slushy and sick. The two jumps on the Inspo stepup are gnar, and lots of radness went down. For some reason, the Kalispell school district has Friday off, and so we are hiking up and sessioning them all day.

Thanks for a great season of ripping everyone.

Apr 8 2007 8:23PM
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bigmtn4ever
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shiiiiiiiiit dave! mad props man! that shit was sick! front flip 180 of a step up? what? fuckin smooooth... haha well ill probly see you up there tomorrow dude. ill try to get up a still and maybe load that footy like sometime pretty soon... hows that other jump u made? you think it would throw me off a little too?
Apr 9 2007 12:31AM
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ajax
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Whaaaaaaaat!!? That is sick.
Apr 9 2007 4:00PM
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bigmtn4ever
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Apr 10 2007 12:59AM
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Fintendo
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Wow, where abouts is that? Inspiration-ish area?
Apr 10 2007 1:05AM
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bigmtn4ever
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yeah u can click on those to go bigger
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Apr 10 2007 1:05AM
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bigmtn4ever
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hmm that didnt work ull just have to look under my videos.
Apr 10 2007 1:13AM
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Rez4frederick
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That last shot is sooo steezy Dave, that jump is mad fun, props for building it.  It was a unique jump of the year for sure.
Apr 10 2007 4:54PM
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Literature
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Thanks for the props, people. There is now a massive hip onto the thing you jump up on the stepup, that comes in from the right side of that mound.

On Saturday, anyone who is interested in hiking/skining up to the stepup for a great booter session should meet at the McDonalds parking lot in the Mountain Mall at 10:00 am. We will wait around for a bit and then take off.
Apr 11 2007 11:21PM
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*DwC*
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Yea Dave that is sick font 180......
Apr 12 2007 3:11PM
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ajax
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Ben, Robin and I hit up the mountain today. It was fun.

Our start:

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top of Tony Mat

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ant hill

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me at the top

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east rim

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Ben off of chair 7

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summit house from the top of our inrun

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parking spot at the top of 1,000 turns

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We parked at the top of 1,000 turns, then hiked to the top. We took a run down the ant hill, hiked up, skiied down under the chair, hiked up, made a jump off the left of the anthill and sessioned that. The jump measured in at about 70 feet, but there wasn't much kick. It was a sweet day, and I hope to get up there again.

Me, (Alex) on the jump

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmlMhQ6i9cI
May 27 2007 8:22PM
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ajax
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^Huh, I must've done something wrong.

Anyway, that is a vid of our jump and here's another picture.
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May 27 2007 8:25PM
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ajax
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Well, I don't know, maybe that gives you an idea if you can see any of the pictures.
May 27 2007 8:26PM
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Literature
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Let me try to fix this....
Alex 3

May 27 2007 8:57PM
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Literature
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Way to moto it up to Thousand turns, Ben. That is gnarly.
May 27 2007 8:59PM
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skierbabe420
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dude that's a sick little jump. props.
May 27 2007 10:11PM
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j.blasko
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dude where did u find that much snow at.  i was staying in a condo up there all weekend and from the bottom everything looked extremely patchy
May 28 2007 11:25PM
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ajax
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It's all on the back. Surprisingly, there's a lot back there. I bet you could ski all the way down to the bottom of 7. Even the ant hill had a ton of snow.
May 28 2007 11:57PM
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bigmtn4ever
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may 26th:

anthill
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may 27th:


over the ski bridge... in my car
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robyn getting ready
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alex:

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robyn:

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our jump:

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alex
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me
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back to the car...
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Jun 1 2007 3:15AM
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bigmtn4ever
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may 26th:

anthill
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under 7
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may 27th:


over the ski bridge... in my car
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robyn getting ready
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alex:

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robyn:

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our jump:

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alex
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me
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back to the car...
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Jun 1 2007 3:15AM
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dowalibeast
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Our season at big mtn. Features ski_k2pe, CJHski, SHski....check it. let me know what you think.
https://newschoolers.com/web/content/videos/id/136510/member_id/82048/
Jun 7 2007 12:15AM
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Jhorski
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It looked like fun, that was some good editing
Jun 7 2007 12:41AM
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ajax
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sick dwall
Jun 7 2007 1:03AM
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ajax
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I don't know if I've posted this before, but here's another season edit.

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/videos/id/136321/cat/all/search_string/montana+edit/
Jun 7 2007 1:04AM
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