That lift line at the end!

@NikosPer

4 ай бұрын

no way i would wait there, better go for a beer

@ericlovely2547

4 ай бұрын

I'd go straight to my car and go for a tour after that

@peterbylin

4 ай бұрын

😮

@bloodymountain2740

2 ай бұрын

@@ericlovely2547 exactly

@jeffff18

2 ай бұрын

@@ericlovely2547or just retire from skiing. Not getting a better line than that ever.

Screw that lift line!!

Love the hype coming from the lift

Turns optional. With the length of that queue I think I would have slowed it down

@dangoesfast

4 ай бұрын

Right?? First chair just to straightline the whole run

@zachscott4867

4 ай бұрын

It’s deep and even though he is going straight, you have to be “on” to hit those cliffs even if you’re familiar with them. Full send!

@levatlas

2 ай бұрын

at palisades tahoe it’s a tradition on a powder day for the people on the first chairlift to race down the iconic fingers on the face of kt-22

Great run man!!! Thanks for sharing with all us mortals!

Soooo fresh. Sooo jealous. Just living it up fam

Yeah Noah..ripping! Last March was amazing and this March is looking good too!

Oh man, saw a decent little slab giving way at 1:18

@Parkmandoesstuff

4 ай бұрын

Yo right 😮dude that place is wild

@markmaher665

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I thought saw that too but didn’t rewind. Good catch.

Don't see many people riding Blizzard Spurs! I picked up a pair for myself after (permenantly) losing a thinner pair in deep powder, and vowing to never ski bad skis in powder again. The spurs are a great ski. Cool to see you're ripping them.

Thanks for this - my legs were twitching watching it, captures some of that feeling :)

Great turns at speed well done.

usually on a powder day I make some turns in it!

Funny how 7 feet, and 7 inches look about the same with that Sierra cement, it's not even over the top of the skis, even on that landing.

@daneg

3 ай бұрын

I've never skied the west, but I was thinking something similar. then he got into the grooming lane and it was like one line surrounded by 3' banks! 😅 i get so nervous watching these first person views of anyone in deep stuff atop cliffs. so completely foreign to "skiing" to me. and I was skiing since 4yo. 😆

@danb.709

3 ай бұрын

@@daneg that's one thing many young or new skiers don't seem to quite get. It sounds good in a video title and probably gets views, but it's not acually that deep because it's so dense. It doesn't matter if it's 7 feet deep if it's the consistency of cake frosting, it might as well be 6 inches. It's still really fun, but not legendary. You'd be fine to ski it, you might not even need wider skis. There is legendary powder that is kneck deep while you are skiing through it, almost like flying through a cloud. It is very very fun, quite rare, also very dangerous. It requires big skis, lots of experience and some serious endurance, also an equally capable partner. Good goal to work towards but baby steps. Lots of people show up on a day like that and can barely get down the mountain, they have an absolutely terrible day. Don't be that guy, work up to it, but also don't be afraid of that super thick stuff, it doesn't require the same high level of skill or demand the same level of fear and respect. It's a good way to work up to stuff that's actually deep.

@BurnsRubber

2 ай бұрын

Snow on KT hasn’t been great all season. Was there that morning. So heavy. Trees off Red Dog were better. The winds were so insane (190mph gusts) they turned the snow into powdered sugar. Very hard and tiring to ski.

@bjbhehir

2 ай бұрын

That wasn't Sierra cement, it was all wind packed.

@SomeOne-jz7cn

2 ай бұрын

California concrete

Epic run!!!!! Wow!

Off the nose and down the fingers! Great run

I’m 70 years old and miss being able to take runs that fast. It’s all blue run groomers for me now.

@featherbrickllc

3 ай бұрын

The fact you're on your skis at 70 is awesome! That's my goal, surfing and skiing at 70...

@bjbhehir

2 ай бұрын

Nice! I'm 61 with both hips replaced 8 years ago. This is the first year I feel like I'm slowing down a little skiing. I have to get into better shape for a few I've hockey tournaments this summer.

Just amazing

That’s awesome! I went to check that cliff about a week ago and was too scared.

Those rocks on the cliff jump😮

Epic Day. Epic Line.

Hey did you leave the high dive(s) for that guy on your left???? WAY TO LIVE !!!!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING

I love kt22 haven’t been to squaw (Palisades) in years. Might have to go for Ikon pass next year

Nice one!

That gondola is hideous! Nice run.

sick line brew

Wow congrats on a great first. Dont get many like this~!

Lift riders got a nice show.

Wowza! so sick

Love terrain. Super cool run. ❤😂

This is what Tahoe is always like even after a 7 foot storm... "Sierra Cement" as many commenters below know ;-) so stay in Colorado. Never any good snow in California. Sweet line!

I assume you're the son? I'm a newb in the Lore of Squaw. I hear you're the best skier on the mtn, hit a triple flip on May 11th Cushing Pond Day. I've just learned 180s in my old age way to Send It bro!

Used to buck that top cliff all the time. Nice.

Amazing run and footage!! What camera are you using? That's one of the most stable POV videos I've ever seen.

@noah.m

4 ай бұрын

likely a gopro lol maybe with something like a max lens mod? I have a max lens mod on my gopro and my footage is about as stable as this. He also is in powder and the run its self is very smooth.

@user-xw5bq3mi1t

4 ай бұрын

@@noah.m Thank you!

Looks niiice should have went left side three on that last spine feature

any relation to the Gaffney fella from that old ski film? looool! great sends brother.

@ChristopherWaltersgoogle

4 ай бұрын

It’s his son

@aylahughes9185

4 ай бұрын

i figured lol:) makes me happy to see. @@ChristopherWaltersgoogle

@jeffff18

2 ай бұрын

Squallywood!

Nice!

When you know your local hill well, nicely done.

Looks like crusty snow and sastrugi in places--possibly treacherous.

NICE!!!

I saw him do this in person, the video doesn’t do it justice. He completely cleared skier’s right Hatchett Line it looked massive from the bottom of the lift line.

Big hurry to get in line. Youngster has some learning to do.

How long are your skis?

Fracture propagating @1:18 has gotta up the pucker factor. Stay safe, in bounds incidents still happen.

@rileydavis6395

4 ай бұрын

There was actually an avalanche in this very bowl in early January that killed someone too! Wild

@dietergraser3640

4 ай бұрын

At least one who saw it! Use your brain and stay save.

@jima3700

3 ай бұрын

The avalance in January was in GS bowl. This vid is not GS bowl.

Oof. I'm spoiled by Utah and CO I guess, but that doesn't even look like a 7 inch powder day.

@BurnsRubber

2 ай бұрын

It was powdered sugar from the 190mph winds.

You are the hero of the Rat Race.

Fresh cake !! Doesn’t look like 7’ tho no face shots

WHAT POWDER?? 🤔 You can see your tips?? Not many turns ,catwalk??

Sweet, i was the third on a bigger day!

Bro’s ski tips are feelin a bit 👉👈

what skis are those

@chanelking4203

4 ай бұрын

blizzard spurs

KT 22 after a storm is crazy lol 😂

Where’s that?

Location?

Epic. Nice cliff jump. Too windy. Looks like 7" not 7 feet. All fun.

@user-xq8ye6qq1c

4 ай бұрын

Did u see the snow on the lift tower

@UTAH100

4 ай бұрын

@@user-xq8ye6qq1c Yes I did.I also saw the 7" under his feet. I lived out West. I know you have about half a day of epic snow- then it gets mostly blown off. By that same evening you can have ice. They probably did get 7 feet but over the week- that that day. That was my only point.

@proverbalizer

2 ай бұрын

@@UTAH100 or blown on. I remember one windy snowy day at Mammoth with about 8" of creamy fresh snow, and about 8 of my buddies just ripping down the same run over of creamy 8" or fresh snow and over and every single run was pure fresh untracked. our tracks from the previous run were instantly erased and completely re-freshed. Such a phenomenal ski day, even though the lift rides were frozen hell

Ugh blizzard spurs🥰

That is the cherry line in that situation

This is from last season right?

I guess we just straight line now and don’t turn ..possibly we don’t know how to turn

What skis are those?

@noahgaffney

4 ай бұрын

These are the 2018 Blizzard Spurs

@thatmarcusallen

4 ай бұрын

@@noahgaffney damn they look sicker than the newer Spurs.

@billlynn8256

4 ай бұрын

ones that only go straight

One hour chairlift for a five minute run. 🤪

No fronds on a powder day

Damn son

Name a better powder ski than the Spurs???

Dude

Cant be this year

the line:((((

OMG, that line, take your time next time!

I wouldn't be able to see your skis in 7 foot beater

luckly avalanches don‘t exist in America. dude put a big crack in the snow surface on the ridge

sierra cement, thats not powder skiing, they skied fat skis that didnt sink into the wind pack, down to the groomed cat track in order to get to the bottom, epic or a joke?

@mtadams2009

4 ай бұрын

I will take it.

@proverbalizer

2 ай бұрын

I grew up in the Colorado rockies (where new skis quickly become rock skis) and trust me, the Sierras have more/better snow and skiing. Gnarly terrain that would only be open 15-25% of the season in CO is open 85% of the season in CA

@showze21

2 ай бұрын

@@proverbalizer i dont agree with that, ive skied tahoe a lot and ive ski colorado a lot. colorado groomers and powder are much better. tahoe snow is heavy wet, then icy. the weather is too warm. i can think of numerous colorado ski resorts that ski better than those in california. take breck, keystone, araphao basin, steam boat. you look like an older skier, maybe you remember colorado skiing as it was 40 years ago? all that i see in this video is snow clods from the turns, no smoke, no knee deep. skiing is more than hopping around in the crude on fat skis

@proverbalizer

2 ай бұрын

@@showze21 I have an A basin pass this year. In 6 ski days there I've hit more rocks and done more damage to my edges than in skiing over 100 days at Mammoth. East Wall (37-40 degree pitch) didn't open at all until March. at Mammoth, Paranoid Flats, (about 40 degrees) Hangman's Hollow (40+) and Phillipes (50 degrees) will be open for about 7 months each year. An insane ass line like Kiwi Flats at Mammoth would probably never hold snow anywhere in CO...if such a run was open at all you would have to rapel down into it, the top section would never be ski-able

@proverbalizer

2 ай бұрын

also in 2 full seasons living and skiing at Mammoth I really never encountered "icy" snow. although one time I did slip on bulletproof ice crust and slide over the edge of a cliff band at Kirkwood the day after it rained...

more like 7"...

.... ... be there at like, 5 30, wait three hours.... and 😊😊, 2 000 vertical of 😏🤬😇👍.. never done it, but .... respect.

hacker

Can someone explain me why US chairlifts often have no foot/ski rests? All European ones less than 30+ years old are. That tremendously improves comfort … and safety… for very little costs. So does a swing-down canopy on windy or snowy days, BTW.

@micahreese982

4 ай бұрын

We snowboard and nobody likes them except skiers

@loicleflour8334

4 ай бұрын

@@micahreese982 So nobody likes them except for 80% of the people using them, got it.

@st-ex8506

4 ай бұрын

@@micahreese982 who are a majority, aren’t they? I snowboard too occasionally , and haven’t noticed any problem… maybe because I am used to.

@mtnvalley9298

4 ай бұрын

PFFT. Back to the bar with you

@proverbalizer

2 ай бұрын

@@micahreese982 I'm a skier with long legs and I hate them too, cause my knee can't fit under the bar if I lift my skis up onto the footrest

Am i the only one who doesnt see any fresh powder?

@mtadams2009

4 ай бұрын

It looked wind packed, which is a lot of fun.

@user-lb1sz9jl9e

4 ай бұрын

Agree….7 foot storm should be chest deep….maybe heavily wind packed.

@justsomedude8118

4 ай бұрын

Sierra cement, plus he's absolutely ripping which gets some extra float.

@bjbhehir

2 ай бұрын

​@@justsomedude8118that was all wind packed, sierra cement you'd be knee deep

Id just start skinning up if I saw that line, wtf... That type of scene ruins the sport for me, especially with the ridiculous prices now. Im 43 and remember days with smaller lines and 60 dollar lift tickets. Now it's parking passes, season passes, and epic lines.... 😢

"7-foot storm"? That snow looks like it sucks, barely break the surface. Nothing will top my 2017 day, the first day after a 10 day closure due to storms at Asahidake Japan. Empty mountain, waist to chest high pockets of ultra fine dry magic. Go to Hokkaido... not Niseko.... not near Otaru... go north to Asahidake or Kurodake! Enjoy what powder was meant to be.

Just goes to show not 7 feet

Please switch to a chest rig. GoPro on the helmet is how Schumacher became an invalid. Your helmet is not designed to protect against a focused force that the GoPro will create in a crash.

@zayon0170

4 ай бұрын

u r joking, right?

@NikosPer

4 ай бұрын

@@zayon0170 no...thats why this company made a secret agreement family not to publish anything otherwise they would go bankrupt, the sum of money GoPro gave them is astronomical and confidential. GoPros money keep Schumacher still alive...

@ni4ak

4 ай бұрын

@@NikosPer yeah because he was poor before that

@NikosPer

4 ай бұрын

@@ni4ak after all these years to keep you alive with machines yes. If GoPro failed at that time, Chinese would gain the lead of that camera sector and noone in the west wanted that. Chinese took the lead eventually ten years later...

@ni4ak

4 ай бұрын

@@NikosPer not only are you delusional about him not having enough money, you are also delusional about your insane chinese theory. and above all, you think gopro is relevant for the "camera sector". gopro is a small company, compared to Sony, nikon, red and the rest of the industry Giants. it's irrelevant and just a hobby camera nobody cares about

Half the run is on a cat track just so you can stand in line for an hour. Wow what a waste of time

Great to see someone master his turns in 7 ft of fresh powder ... meh.

@noahgaffney

4 ай бұрын

There’s only one way to get to the Fingers first, and it’s not by making turns down the Nose

30 cm I. Fernie skis bigger than this

@billlynn8256

4 ай бұрын

shhhhhh

The Saddle! The best run in all of Squaw NOT Palisades!

@thesquirrel082190

4 ай бұрын

get over it. why are you loyal to the branding of some company run by rich assholes

The need to be on the first chair or the last chair is just a foolish obsession among immature kids. Sick of that obsession. Get a job.

They’re called T U R N S, in case you forgot!

@noahgaffney

4 ай бұрын

I definitely made turns, at 1:50 those are some of my favorites from the whole season. I would have never had those untracked turns if I didn’t straightline the Nose. It’s called the Fingers Race for a reason

@Troutologist

4 ай бұрын

Not everyone is 70 years old and likes to keep it under 10 mph.

@proverbalizer

2 ай бұрын

"there" is not the correct word for they're in case you forgot

@BradfordMcEwenVARENNA

2 ай бұрын

@@Troutologist hit a hidden rock or tree at 40 miles an hour? …. Look up snow snake from an old timer who knows you don’t find them on the runs…go off piste? 6 years of mountain training, and you “may” learn, the “what if’s”

Nice!