Like the attractive girl at a bar in any typical ski town, avalanche barriers are something few of us have had the chance to ride.
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| Mark Virgin, letting it ride |
Those of us that have had the privilege of riding them would like to do it again and again.
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| Steeper pillows mean less speed, but still lots of air. Lee keeps his cool above big fences. |
Always in the back of my mind, the idea of getting to ski these infamous pillow lines didn't fully set in until I was already at the bottom of my first one.
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| Getting sendy. |
Addictive personalities in the group meant we got to ski these metallic wonders a few times over the past few days.
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| Too much fun to be legal (highway patrol told us it wasn't). |
They are intimidating because the airs are always blind.
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| Airing into the abyss as highway patrol watches from below. |
Sometimes the lines are fun and one doesn't have to think, sometimes the barriers end next to the road and it is necessary to be very careful with each air.
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| Contemplating the next line. |
It is very intimidating, but proportionately rewarding once you get the hang of skiing them.
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| The one that got away. Poor snow in this area means it will have to wait until next time. |
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