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Ted Mahon, Neal Beidleman and I met up with our friends Kip and Andrew from Squaw, who had skied the Ford/ Stettner route on the Grand on Tuesday, and skied into Garnet Canyon at 6:30 a.m. Friday morning for a recon tour. As we passed the meadows the weather closed in on the Grand, but we climbed the headwall to the Middle Teton Glacier anyway, just to get a little higher. At the foot of the glacier there was a foot of new snow, and the skinning was perfect, so the five of us climbed up the Middle Teton Glacier, arriving at Dike Col around noon.
The ultimate hangover came from the last night at the athlete 80s Prom where everyone who had gone big that week, went even bigger at the Westin Ballroom until about 1 a.m. Then they went for more at Maxx Fish until the dance club closed. Many of the athletes had dates, even if only for fun, like Dyer and Peter Olenick. Of course, there was also Rory and Sarah.
Nick Greener folded over a ten-foot outcropping after tumbling down The Amphitheater in North Baldy
April showers really do bring May flowers in the Pacific Northwest with a little help from Vegetate—an annual ski and snowboard competition hosted by Mt. Hood Meadows. This unique event is unlike most in the industry. Of course there are the key elements needed for any comp, including a perfect half pipe, a creative rail garden, lots of prize money, and a continuous flow of beer, but the meaning behind Vegetate goes beyond the competition. Vegetate was started twelve years ago to celebrate the native grasses and wildflowers on Mt. Hood and the ski resort’s efforts to preserve them.
Photos by Re Wikstrom