{"id":7677,"date":"2014-05-08T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=7677"},"modified":"2014-05-08T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T16:54:07","slug":"skiing-conditions-crested-butte-backcountry-5-2-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/skiing-conditions-crested-butte-backcountry-5-2-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Skiing for the Conditions in the Crested Butte Backcountry. 5.2.14"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two types of backcountry skiers out there- those who ski for the conditions, and those who ski for the line. OK, actually there are a lot more than that, but for this article, let’s say there are only two. So who is a line skier, and who is a conditions skier. Well, ask yourself this: Would you rather ski a 32 degree nondescript glade in powder, or a highly aesthetic alpine line in mixed conditions? If it’s the latter, you’re a rare breed- the line skier. I’m a line skier. (Yes, I know that in many circumstances, you can have your cake and eat it too, but in CO, the choice all too often boils down to snow or line.)<\/p>\n

Our original plan was to drop down the highly-aesthetic West facing side of the Ruby range. But the more I thought about it, the more I decided that conditions were going to be both sun and wind affected, and I switched teams- I wanted to ski powder in May. Not that what we skied wasn’t aesthetic:
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Like I said, there is nothing unaesthetic about this area- it’s just a bit smaller and skied more often that other areas we like to ski. But it sure is fun. You park the snowmobiles right there and watch your friends ski down- it’s almost like skiing in a comp. In any case, we found ourselves up top, with a great view of the southern half of the Ruby range:
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\nConditions were as good as they can be- perfect springtime powder. Pete even took some air into his line:
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Alex was next:
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Ben # 1:
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Ben # 2:
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Being a shorter zone, we obviously went back up for a second lap. There were still some unskied lines, and I needed a redemption run, having missed the bottom half of my run. Ben Furimsky:
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Alex:
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Pete. Did I mention conditions were perfect, especially for going fast?
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By the time we were done, the face was looking just as nice, but in a different way than when we first got there. It was a good day to ski for the conditions.
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There are two types of backcountry skiers out there- those who ski for the conditions, and those who ski for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backcountry-skiing","category-crested-butte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7677","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7678,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7677\/revisions\/7678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}