Excellent video as usual! I was looking closely because I was at WC on November 16th.. which looks like it might have been the same day... hard to tell. They may have claimed to be 100% open, but that was a bit of a stretch. I say that because, once there is enough snow, they run a snowcat along the ridge line from knife ridge staircase to horseshoe bowl. You can just hop on the back of the cat. That makes it really easy to access a lot of steep terrain that is just gangbusters-excellent on powder days.
It’s a kind of good luck charm / psych up for skiers starting a run. When I was in ski school growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, the rumor was that if you clicked your poles before a hard run it would make you ski better. Most people do it before something tough or intense for them, when they are really excited, when they are performing for an audience (such as below a chairlift, or making a video) or when they are going to ski fast or intensely for their level. It can also be viewed as a kind of ritual that gets people into the game. A lot of people click their poles behind them as they ski instead of in front, but this person may have been doing it for the benefit of the video camera in front of them.
Wolf creek is wild, nice job
Excellent video as usual! I was looking closely because I was at WC on November 16th.. which looks like it might have been the same day... hard to tell.
They may have claimed to be 100% open, but that was a bit of a stretch. I say that because, once there is enough snow, they run a snowcat along the ridge line from knife ridge staircase to horseshoe bowl. You can just hop on the back of the cat. That makes it really easy to access a lot of steep terrain that is just gangbusters-excellent on powder days.
I saw your video to prepare! That’s actually how I found you. Not a lot of content there.
@@angelinaoutside 😊
Thanks for sharing!
Genuinely curious: What is the pole clacking at the start of the videos? See this on almost every video
It’s a kind of good luck charm / psych up for skiers starting a run. When I was in ski school growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, the rumor was that if you clicked your poles before a hard run it would make you ski better. Most people do it before something tough or intense for them, when they are really excited, when they are performing for an audience (such as below a chairlift, or making a video) or when they are going to ski fast or intensely for their level. It can also be viewed as a kind of ritual that gets people into the game. A lot of people click their poles behind them as they ski instead of in front, but this person may have been doing it for the benefit of the video camera in front of them.
Thanks!!