Cory Campbell

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

February Edit

I was also featured in Joel's video on Colorado Powder Forecast

February brought in a mix of conditions that I got to enjoy all over CO. Some days it allowed me to finally get on some high alpine terrain and other days it allowed me to slut up the pow, one day being the deepest snow I ever skied.

Silverton

A handful of people from the team made the trip out to Silverton. The first day was nothing special but the second day 8 of us made the 2 hour boot pack up the ridge to ski meatball chute (a place usually where people who only pay for a heli drop can ski). It was an incredible experience to spend with those other 7, and it was an amazing feeling to ski that line hard and FAST.

Looking up at meatball chute

Aspen Competition

Then Feb 25-27 I made the trip to Aspen/Snowmass to compete in the Colorado Freeride Championships. The first two days were canceled due to high winds and blizzard conditions. But we finally got to compete on Sunday. I sent a triple (about 8ft to 25ft to 5ft) but I popped a ski on the last stage. I still got 30^th out of 75. Made it onto freeskier.com with this picture. http://freeskier.com/photos/2011-colorado-freeride-championships-6

Thursday, February 3, 2011

January Edit

My video was featured of Colorado Powder Forecast. Colorado Powder Forecast Shout-Out

I was also featured in Joel's video on Colorado Powder Forecast

January was a first for a number of reasons. It was the first time I was towed by a sled (which saved us a 7 mile skin), first time I built a backcountry booter, first time playing cheesedick (not what it sounds like, but ask me how to play one day. It’s an awesome game. Thanks Joel.), and it was the first time I made the efforts to TRY to get on some high alpine lines.

January was a cold month but had some amazing snow. I skied some of the usual spots, but I also went on two hut trips: the Eiseman Hut and Green Wilson Hut.

Eiseman Hut

At the Eiseman Hut (Jan 11-13) we had Joel, Tim, Chris, Kat, and Will, and most of our time was spent skiing in the trees due to the weather and avy conditions. Joel and I did try to get on a high alpine line, but due to poor visibility we had to turn back about half way through the skin. Overall, we had a fun time shredding the trees and playing cheesedick.

Green Wilson Hut

The Green Wilson Hut (Jan. 22-24) had some awesome terrain which Joel, Kelly, Palmer, Doug, Mike B, Mike S, and I got to enjoy. Even through we got skunked on another high alpine line (from seeing a couple of natural slides occur), we spent most of our time skiing deep pow in the trees, dropping cliffs, sending the backcountry booter, and riding the endless pillows. One of highlights of the trip was when Mike S. and I went out for a night ski. With our momentarily fear of be lost, skiing under the moonlight, dropping cliffs, and getting faceshots in the dark, it turned out to be one of my better runs so far.