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If anyone has some cool pics of really steep or scary runs, please post them here. I like looking at these kinds of pics, it helps me get through times without skiing.

Here's a picture looking down a chute in Mott Canyon at Heavenly:

Some of the steepest inbounds terrain can be found just beyond the "drop in" at the top of Delerium Dive at Sunshine Village. Avalanche Gear is required to enter.

I'll have to take some pictures of RTS at Willamette Pass the next time I'm there. The run has a maximum angle of 52 degrees and it's one of the 5 runs in North America for speed trials.

Just to feed the fire...

Here's a shot of Hangmans at Mammoth:

Not steep, but when it rains (melts), then re freezes the next night you get this:

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A pure sheet of ice. Not fun.

 KZ, on Dec 25 2005, 06:23 PM, said:

I'd agree, almost any diamond run on frozen snow is nasty to ride on and not any fun.

This isn't anything 'crazy steep', I just like the shot. I took it in mid May at hyak just before my decent.

booo

Couilor Extreme - Blackcomb

Older picture with a big cornice (see the people way down below)

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This post has been edited by alpenbum: 28 December 2005 - 10:24 AM

Nice!, Does anyone have a pic of the Cirque on Whistler?

Oh my god! Some of these runs are insane. I feel like such a novice. :)

-Iain

My skis about to drop into climax at mammoth:


This post has been edited by heavenly_romer: 29 December 2005 - 12:44 PM

 edmontonguy, on Dec 25 2005, 08:04 AM, said:

Edmontonguy. Cool pic.s Just one bad edge and your done! I'll drop anything in powder, but that chute just looks like death. The stairway must be for the ice climbers to get out.
This post has been edited by Bergstrom: 30 December 2005 - 12:31 PM

Ooo... Hangman's...


I waited for the patroller to go down first so that I could see what would happen.

Hangman's again:

If you weren't scared out of your mind looking at my picture of "drop in" dive, at Sunshine Village, check out this photo from further down the ridge looking back towards the entrace to Delerium Dive.
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do you have what it takes to tackle Corbett's Couloir at Jackson Hole?
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This post has been edited by edmontonguy: 02 January 2006 - 01:15 AM

Thats crazy stuff.
This post has been edited by heavenly_romer: 03 January 2006 - 09:24 AM

I thought about doing Corbett's Couloir at Jackson Hole when I was there but it was a whiteout and you are just setting yourself up for serious trouble. When I rode the tram up, the drop didn't look to bad but close up it might look a lot worse.

A few years ago an "extreme" guy launched his sno-mo into Corbett's!

I dropped into the paradox flats? at mammoth near the west end at the top, that was some crazy stuff, never done anything that steep!

The pictures don't really do it justice, but here are a couple of 'scary' runs. Taken one looking down into 'Corrie Dubh' and the 'Braveheart Chairlift' from the summit, the other looking at the same chairlift from opposite. The resort is Nevis Range in Scotland.