{"id":419264,"date":"2016-02-09T13:15:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T20:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=419264"},"modified":"2016-02-09T13:15:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T20:15:36","slug":"tr-cold-smoke-in-aspen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/tr-cold-smoke-in-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Cold Smoke in Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week the powder hit in a big way.  While we were lined up to test skis at the SIA on-snow event at Copper Mountain, we just couldn&#8217;t make ourselves do the gnarly drive and pull ourselves away from all this luscious powder at the resort:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_419265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-419265\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4864brittany.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-419265\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4864brittany-800x602.jpg\" alt=\"It just kept on being good! Brittany milking pow at 2:30 pm at Crested Butte Mountain Resort last Monday!\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" class=\"size-large wp-image-419265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4864brittany-800x602.jpg 800w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4864brittany-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4864brittany-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4864brittany.jpg 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-419265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It just kept on being soooo good! Brittany milking pow at 2:30 pm at Crested Butte Mountain Resort last Monday!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>So, we didn&#8217;t go.  And we ended up rescheduling a meeting with our partners at Backbone Media. Instead of meeting at Copper, we were able to convince Sam to meet us for a backcountry lap in his own backyard in Aspen.  He brought us lots of gear to test, including the new Black Diamond Helio skis:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_419266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-419266\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4510.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-419266\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4510-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Testing out the new Black Diamond Helio skis: Jordan White, Sam Coffey, Brittany Konsella, Frank Konsella\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella deep in powder at Crested Butte Mountain Resort\" class=\"size-large wp-image-419266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4510-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4510-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4510-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_4510.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-419266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Testing out the new Black Diamond Helio skis: Jordan White, Sam Coffey, Brittany Konsella, Frank Konsella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Our friends Jordan and Nate guided us to one of the coolest zones we&#8217;ve skied in awhile.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5073skintrack.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5101skintrack.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6891skintrack.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE!--><\/p>\n<p>It looks like Canada, eh?  But, no.  It&#8217;s Aspen!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5120-copy.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" alt=\"Frank Konsella skinning up Mount Shimer near Aspen. \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The skiing was really good!  Frank.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5192frank.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5208frank.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5299Frank.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"716\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6102frank.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"584\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6163frank.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6182frank.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\" alt=\"Frank Konsella backcountry skiing on Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sam.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/Sam.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Sam Coffey backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5395sam.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" alt=\"Sam Coffey backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nate.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5419nate.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Nate backcountry skiing on Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_5233nate.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"641\" alt=\"Nate backcoutnry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jordan.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6929jordan.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"593\" alt=\"Jordan White backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_7001jordan.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Jordan White backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6933jordan.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" alt=\"Jordan White backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6951jordan.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" alt=\"Jordan White backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Me.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6906brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6997brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6211brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6265brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6074brittanyhelios.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/mountshimer_5feb2016\/IMG_6152Brittany.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"498\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing Mount Shimer near Aspen.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a good day of cold smoke in Aspen, in a fun zone with great people.  Days like this are what backcountry skiing is all about!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Stay tuned for a full review of the Black Diamond Helio 105.  But, for now you can get your own pair here:<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/product_ad_widget\/paw.php?pawid=113414&amp;pw=29053&amp;output=js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week the powder hit in a big way. While we were lined up to test skis at the SIA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419264"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419272,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419264\/revisions\/419272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}