This is my home mountain for over 15 years now. The ridge you climbed first was The Throne and you came down the face named Hamburger. Specifically I like to hike all the way to the end of the ridge and head down the chute. Later on in the video you climbed Silver King and came down Brain Damage. This is one of my favorites anywhere.
Yeah crystal mountain is no joke. They mos def have heavy lines if you want them and have the skills to pay the Bills. I love high Campbell lift on a good pow day. Have a blast brother!
My home mountain!! I'm so glad you had fun up there and I'm excited to apply what I've learned from you, maybe following in your footsteps in a more literal sense.
Aloha Boys, welcome to the PNW, Crystal Mountain! I met you at Timberline a few years ago. Nice to see you are visiting my local mountain as I’m up there at least 2 times a week! Yep, we get some epic snow fall. Take it to Seattle rain fall which in turn means snowing on the mountains! Enjoy our mountains, boys…
I swear the ad for this video was a snowboard eschool thing that was like "Sure, go onto youtube and watch a random video tutorial but you probably won't progress" I was immediately like "um"
3:32 Those are the Cascades. They're some of the snowiest mountains on Earth, with Mount Rainier (former) and Baker (travel to mt Baker ski area!) holding official world record single season snowfalls. They're the snowiest mountains in North America, and are only *unofficially* considered second to the Japanese Alps. If you catch them after a snowstorm, the terrain and sheer amount of snowfall makes most Washington ski areas absolute powder gems.
Its always great to see you and those Adventure Twins getting out in it! This is going to be such an epic 6 weeks!! Videos like this one making is all want to be there worth you. Im stoked that the noodles turned out well...
So cool to see you at crystal Kevin! That’s my local spot. I’ve been going there for about 15 years. It’s where I learned how to ski and snowboard. Enjoy it up there man!!
@@insan3art614 Powderbowl gets some serious avy, I've been in two slides- one at Crystal skiers right down the ridge from Powderbowl into the cauldron behind Rainer express- buried me to my shoulders, really lucky I didn't tip over and get buried head down.
Good times, I see you hit Braindamage, that chute you hiked to from chair 6- on good pow days it is pretty sweet. Shorter than some of the runs out in the Rockies but pretty good, some of the other bowls back there along the same hiking route can also be really good. I remember some sweet hits about 1/3 of the way down with a couple perfectly placed rocks with good landings 20-30 feet down.
As A seattle resident, I've been to crystal mt once and had a blast! Great to see your footage, brought back awesome memories there. If i can ask.... what extension/hand mount do you use for your action cam?
@@SnowboardProCamp that’s interesting. I wonder if that has to do with change in when they check for copyright. Ive noticed a significant delay on uploads too. RU-vid hates HD vids
I was literally thinking you'd go to crystal mountain! I've been there once when I was still a noob. You should go there again. Isn't there a gondola there too?
@@SnowboardProCamp I definitely want to check one out. I’m going to Colorado in a few weeks, is there anywhere in vail/beaver creek you can demo nidecker that you know of?
Hey Kevin, first of all amazing video! The snow and views looks awesome. I was wondering from your earlier videos, what size of Volcom jacket do you wear? Im thinking about getting the new guide jacket, but dont know what size to order.
Just curious, when you guys were boarding off-piste like this, I didn't notice any shovels, ELT becons or backpacks on you. Aren't you guys concerned about avalanches? The powder looks amazing though! 🤟
If it’s inbounds then it’s ok. I’m sure there fine they have take Avi certifications and have ridden this kinda stuff for year. And patrol checks everyday.
This day we’re riding terrain which was mostly tracked out and found small patches of pow. The next day we venture out some gates into some untouched pow and brought all our avi gear with us. In the next video we show us practicing with our avi gear.
Hey Kevin, I was thinking about taking my kids out west, and then thought about the Pacific Northwest because I also have friends out there. In your opinion, would Colorado be a better experience for beginner/intermediate kids 6-13? They’ve never boarded outside the Midwest, so it will be very different from what they’re used to.
Colorado is a safer bet. Crystal has less reliable weather and is really hard terrain - a lot of it anyway. I lived in Colorado for 11 years and Washington for 17 and skied both a lot. I know your family can handle cold weather, but it sometimes rains in WA. You might try Breck.
@@jmanhach17 never was a real fan of snoqualmie it really is just a block of ice, as a snowboarder crystal felt more like a skiers mountain. But when I tried White it felt like a good variation of both fields, plus their other face is my favorite spot of white.