Big South 09

I know the Big South stopped flowing a while ago but I wanted to throw up some pics form this season. This run has to be one of my all time favorites. Here are a few pics to get you stoked for next year!

The Put-in high up in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Photo: Adam Mayo

Tom Aex firing up starter fluid. Photo: Adam Mayo

Brian Burger on the fluid. Photo Adam Mayo

Dan on fantasy flight. Photo Adam Mayo

Tom Aex mid flight. Photo Adam Mayo

Dan & Sarah couples creekin. Photo: Adam Mayo

Sarah on the run out of Cool World. Photo: Adam Mayo

Dan on the lead-in to cool world. Photo: Adam Mayo

Burger styling the cool world. Photo: Adam Mayo

Duckyman dropping some knowledge. Photo: Adam Mayo

Dan on taco bobs high water lap. Photo: Adam Mayo

Vintage photo of Nick Hinds on Double Trouble.

Photo: Dan Piano

Ashley Watts dropping the second boof on D troubs.

Photo: Adam Mayo

Big South Moose. Photo: DP

Dropping an RCRE tag at the Drifters Bar outside of Walden CO. Click on this photo and read some of the other tags...Photo: Adam Mayo

can't wait till next year...

Pic o da Week!

Pick o da week.

    Brian Burger styling Cool World on Big South.

    Adam Mayo is responsible for the shot.

            

North Fork of the Crystal to Punchbowl Falls

By:Dan Piano

The Crystal River Valley has to be one of my favorite places in Colorado.  You have huge peaks with sweet drainages full of runnable waterfalls and slides.  This update only covers the tip of what the Crystal Valley outside of Marble, Colorado has to offer.

Looking down the North Fork. Photo: Dan Piano

Mayo scout. Photo: Dan Piano

Mike Geary lapping icing.  Photo:Dan Piano

Brian Burger dropping in. Photo: Dan Piano

Sarah Hamilton dropping into icing.  Photo: Dan Piano

Natalie Kellum styling the icing. Photo: Dan Piano

Dan Piano icing.  Photo: Mike Geary

Sarah Hamilton charging! Photo: Dan Piano

Mike Geary icing Photo:Dan Piano

Brian Burger styling.  Photo: Dan Piano

Mayo cleaning it up. Photo: Dan Piano

Matt Helm focused. Photo: Dan Piano

Geary, Burger, and Mayo Stoked.  Photo: Dan Piano

Burger and Geary Dropping into the next set. Photo: Dan Piano

Sarah & Burger after icing.  Photo: Dan Piano

Dan on Tommy's drop. Photo:Mayo

Burger session.  Photo: Adam Mayo

After our North Fork session we chilled on the rio and enjoyed some of the best camping in Colorado.  The next day we got up and swung over to Punchbowl Falls. 

The driving might be harder than the kayaking.  Photo: Sarah Hamilton

Dan dropping the first one.  Photo: Mike Geary

DK top drop. Photo: Mike Geary

Dan getting ready to head right. Photo: Mike G

DK styling the second drop. Photo: Mike G

Why not? Photo: Sarah Hamilton

Hecktor herding my truck.  Photo: Sarah Hamilton

DK carnage. Photo: Sarah Hamilton

Pyramid Peak. Photo: Dan Piano

Back to Steamboat. Photo Dan Piano

Elk Box Update 7/21/09

By: Dan Piano

Late Season Boof Madness.

So it’s July and Steamboat boating is slowly coming to an end.  The C-hole is full of tubers and fish creek is a trickle.  Your only semi-convenient after work option is the Elk Box.

Me getting my 10^th lap of the evening. 

Photo :Adam Mayo

   The Elk Box can be found outside Clark, Colorado, north of Steamboat.  It’s something to do in July and it’s sweet boof practice.  The box can be run down to 450ish and up to whatever you want with 700 being the optimal on the Milner gauge.  A couple of weeks ago we cleaned her out.

Put in on the North Fork; creek the tight boulder gardens to the confluence with the Middle Fork.

The North fork boulder gardens.

 At this point get as much speed as you can and head river center to launch Mega-Boof into the sky.

Dan, Brian Burger, and Mayo blue angeling Mega-boof. 

Photo: Duckyman

Dan getting a Megabooooof!  Photo: Ducknasty

Mayo raising the roof. Photo: Ducktator

I love this boof.  Photo: Duckster

So now your stoked and up next is V-Drive.  

Mayo getting deep in the V-Drive.

Me peeling out of the room on the right after V-Drive.  

Photo: Eric Monroe

After V- drive paddle the read and run and regroup above box falls.

Adam Mayo Boofin.  Photo: Sarah Hamilton

Sarah Hamilton charing in for a boof.

Dan dropping into the green room.

Ashley Watts first boof into the box! 

Photo: Eric Monroe

If you hit it right you can boof into the seam and go to the green room.

I love the green room. Photo: Eric Monroe

Its so green.

 Once you land, heads up, cuz this is where things usually go wrong.  Pick your line wisely.

 Brian Burger choosing his line wisely. Photo: Ducky

 Wear your full-face.

The box taking names.

Now what?

Eddy out on the right after the box canyon and lap the falls.

As I am writing this, it’s too low but look for it to come back in the fall with rain if you’re in the area and jonesing.