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In Search of the Deepest Powder

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Tripplesixty
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Hey I'm interested in seeing your photos of your deepest pow days....

Post your powder pics here, name the resort and day if you can remember.
Jun 26 2009 6:39PM
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OneLove_skier
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beast of a year
Jun 27 2009 11:04PM
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OneLove_skier
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is that at vail?
Jun 27 2009 11:05PM
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Ickis
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Click for larger imagewelcome to jay peak!
Jun 27 2009 11:10PM
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Tripplesixty
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Thats a badass shot, what skis were on that day?
Jun 28 2009 2:55PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Jun 28 2009 4:09PM
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1440ski
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My arg's and i still couldnt stay on top epic day
Jun 28 2009 5:00PM
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Calrin
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yupp april 4 at the bird was a glorious day
Jun 28 2009 5:55PM
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seine_Dudeheit
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jeh, I think about 40 - 60 cm was also the most in my home mountain in Austria this year. Was a fucking sick powder year though. Hope the next winter gets at least as good as the last one. PRAY!!!
Jun 28 2009 6:53PM
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californiagrown
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saw the same thing
Jun 28 2009 7:35PM
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TheUngroomed
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OMFG u have no idea how hard I laughed when i saw this
Jun 28 2009 8:11PM
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PeterWojnar
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You know.... that picture ^ is at Alpine Meadows, CA.  Hardly east coast.

In other news, Spring Break at snowbird was epic this year.  I'm so happy I got to go.
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And then there's this.  I don't have pictures from skiing, but one day, the snow plow was sitting on asphalt.  Then, three days later, the ten foot tall snowplow was only three feet tall.  EPIC.
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Jun 28 2009 9:39PM
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EastCoastPride
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for some reason i'm not surprised that most of these pictures are coming out of little cottonwood...

more alta... pretty sure this shot is the reason i miss my regular-camber skis occasionally...

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Jun 28 2009 10:22PM
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EasyEast
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bahaha your so right

But, you can get lucky skiing jay or other real mountains sometimes its no west coast powder but its not horrible

Jun 28 2009 10:27PM
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petesguitar1
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Hahahaha! I look at all these pics and just facepalm! 6 feet is an epic season for us, not an epic few days! I did get to ski some sweet waist deep in Tahoe when I was there and now have a trip booked for Japan in February....stoked! The pics just get me so stoked about skiing pow!
Jun 28 2009 11:22PM
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Bangor
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Oh man the east was pretty good to my crew this year, had a day up at Killy that was consistently waist deep, and was getting chest deep in places....... what a hell of a day
Jun 29 2009 1:11AM
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KSdesign
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not really
Jun 30 2009 11:19AM
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ben_southworth
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Jun 30 2009 2:05PM
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FreshCoast
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La Plagne, France, March '07 - The only big storm all season
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Jackson, Christmas '08 -  The only time i've experienced the snow being too deep.  Seriously.
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Jun 30 2009 2:23PM
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hemlockjibber8
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Roger's Pass Canada
Jul 8 2009 12:17AM
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3mania
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Jul 8 2009 12:21AM
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twin-tip-hero
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haha got the picture off google when searched groomed trails.   but way to be that guy lol. 
Jul 8 2009 12:28AM
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Mexicant~
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Season before last we had a 72" 3 day storm at stevens pass. 33" in one night. Then we had a 50 ft tall avy that blocked off the highway until it rained and fucked up all of the snow. PROBABLY THE COOLEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED~
Jul 8 2009 12:28AM
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Caveman.
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Not my deepest day but still pretty good. BC spot in central/north wyoming big horn range.

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Jul 8 2009 12:43AM
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cfox
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baker?
Jul 8 2009 1:32AM
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little_ey
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Jul 8 2009 9:33AM
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grown-ninja
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i had a neck deep bomb hole at mountmainsfield this feburary, wish i had pictures
Jul 8 2009 9:51AM
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SkierX
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The man tells the truth!

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Photo courtesy of Ian Ray.

December 22nd, 2008. Killington, VT. We had a nice cycle of storms. About 40+ inches in about 5 days or so. Found some completely untouched in the woods.
Jul 8 2009 10:11AM
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heFF
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gawd i can'tw ait to move to utah in a little more than a month!
Jul 8 2009 10:17AM
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grams.
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i love that segment. young sethy
Jul 8 2009 10:59AM
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king.tubby
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my first time EVER skiing powder of any amount ( i grew up skiing at chestnut in illinois), it was a 24 inch day at bridger bowl.  it was out of control. 

is anyone else getting REALLY stoked to go skiing after lookign at this thread??

Jul 8 2009 11:44AM
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AEROPLAEHN
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these are some pics from two seasons ago at snowbird

me
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my bro rockin moments
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Jul 8 2009 12:23PM
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skiminnesota
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waste deep in fluffy utah powder... yummmy.
Jul 8 2009 4:53PM
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Gnarwall
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WIN! I didn't get to stick around the whole night but holy shit, lol. Night Pow at its finest.
Jul 8 2009 5:02PM
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the-big-lepowski
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minor fail.  I'll lay down money that groomer is not on the EC.  can't really tell from the shot, but thought I'd share for the hell of it.  Shot on day # 1, got 35 " in 3 days at da 'bush VT.  12/20/08 - 12 /22/08  days of the deep, you will be remembered.
Jul 8 2009 9:45PM
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the-big-lepowski
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apologies for dub post, but a certain dolt (KiP) forgot to link his photo.  same storm, same state, differnet resortClick for larger image
Jul 8 2009 9:48PM
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SkierX
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My shot from earlier in the thread was from that same storm cycle.

Make sure you upload the photo though!
Jul 8 2009 9:50PM
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Larz-the-Ninja
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I live in maine, we dont have powder, we have ice
Jul 8 2009 10:24PM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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Thats damn close the world record 24 hour snowfall.
Back in high school I did a report on the 1986 February storm in Tahoe.
I guess there was a reported 76" in 24 hours up in mt rose meadows which tied the world record.
The storm overall produced 15-20 feet of snow, but with 20-30 inches of water content.
So if you want to know the deepest powder from a storm, that might be it, but definitely not the most enjoyable.

Hopefully Tahoe can get out of this drought and back into these trends.
Jul 8 2009 11:50PM
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Bangor
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Bahahaha Steve I can't believe I didn't think to link that photo when I was talking about deep snow. I kept shooting photos after this one, but this was the last frame where you could still SEE steve-o above the snow, it just kept getting deeper and deeper!!!!


That day is second only to the Valentine's Day storm back in 06 or 07 in my book.... SO DEEP.
Jul 9 2009 12:36AM
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Karma_Police
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this was at steamboat this year stolen from a thread, but Jackson last spring break was about that deep we had between 14-16" each day and one day was 22 for 4 days straight. The hike was a bitch but the chest deep made it worth it.

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Jul 9 2009 12:37AM
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skibum193
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUiJ5IO0_x0
Jul 9 2009 1:57AM
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Tripplesixty
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All I have to say is wow
Jul 13 2009 1:47PM
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Willard
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yeah i had a day like that once but we didnt take a picture and decided to keep charging kinda regret that now
Jul 13 2009 1:53PM
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3mania
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Jul 13 2009 3:59PM
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highaltNM
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Cloudcroft, New Mexico.  January 09

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Jul 13 2009 4:18PM
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Vinci
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Jul 13 2009 4:28PM
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Vinci
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damn and i thought we (most eastern alps) had much snow...
but compared to some shots it looks like the slope
Jul 13 2009 4:29PM
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Billups
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I think we got 13 inches of snow in a storm this year...but it was on top of ice and it developed this nasty crust so it really sucked. I love Indiana.
Jul 13 2009 4:54PM
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eastcoastplanker
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this but snowbird
Jul 13 2009 4:58PM
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SkierX
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This thread makes me want it to be winter sooooo bad.

Nothing beats skiing powder.
Jul 14 2009 10:30AM
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