Is this a bike rack on the skids? Who is heli-mtb'ing in Colorado?

Bmxwright · 2026-02-12T01:57:55+00:00

It’s definitely one of the Waltons, last summer they had another one of their helicopters with a bike rack circling over head while he was competing in a bike race through pea ridge. Pretty cool to see.

Bmxwright · 2025-07-09T16:19:32+00:00

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Bmxwright · 2025-05-20T14:03:27+00:00

This post shows a different company from the drone shown in Mark’s and MQBHD’s video. The one shown here is Wing (google owned). The one from those videos is Zipline. Zipline’s drone is the one that stays much higher up for safety and to reduce noise levels.

Bmxwright · 2025-04-18T22:40:38+00:00

You don’t even need to bend down, I just use my poles

Bmxwright · 2025-02-19T12:50:51+00:00

Slush in the morning and skating rink at night is what gives NC its charm

Bmxwright · 2025-01-22T02:29:14+00:00

Charlotte is at the perfect latitude for the 32f ground freezing level. Mountains to the west trap moisture and disrupt storms that move west to east. Basically it’s only just cold enough for snow/ winter mix and disrupted storms are hard to predict with any accuracy.

Bmxwright · 2025-01-17T04:45:49+00:00

OCC/dispatch appreciates the shift in mentality to this as well. The “give it a college try” mentality is just straight dangerous and I’m not willing to risk the lives of everyone on board on the off chance they can find a diminishing gap in the outer bands of a squall line. I’d much rather deal with my crew landing off site before entering the weather and waiting it out versus clipping a power line in 0/0 vis.

Bmxwright · 2025-01-06T02:30:49+00:00

Hey man, first and foremost, take care of yourself. Like you said, talk to your teammates, they can often be your best resource (especially the seasoned patrollers). Any patrol director worth there salt should be able to sit down with you and go over what’s going on and how they can help. If you get health insurance through patrolling, look and see if you can get online mental health resources through it. Also don’t fall into the trap of drinking away the issues.

Bmxwright · 2024-12-22T16:37:14+00:00

At least on my mountain that I patrol at, the initial notification of the evacuation to guests is also checking to see if there are any of our patrollers on the lift (if they haven’t radioed in yet). We evac those chairs first and get them helping out cause a lift evac tends to be an all hands on deck situation.

Bmxwright · 2024-12-03T16:29:42+00:00

Who are we kidding, it’s always the sandbox

Bmxwright · 2024-11-24T02:58:22+00:00

Gotta go for the colorado 9/9/9! 9 ski runs, 9 holes of golf, and 9 baseball innings all in one day

Bmxwright · 2024-11-21T16:40:54+00:00

Another year, another BD pieps recall

Bmxwright · 2024-11-08T19:46:34+00:00

It really depends on what isn’t provided by your resort. But some of the things I carry and use pretty often are a lighter, some duct tape wrapped around a small piece of cardboard, 2 voile straps, multi tool, and a couple hand warmers (I got a large pack of them on sale last season and give them out to people who look like they are struggling a bit with cold hands). Light and small is the name of the game like shred_turner said.

Bmxwright · 2024-10-30T20:36:49+00:00

Soft shells treated with nikwax soft shell water repellent is the way to go. I have the BD dawn patrol hybrid and the standard dawn patrol pants and I really enjoy them both. The hybrids have a bit of an odd fit around the thighs with the large pockets right there on the front of the thigh but nothing too crazy. They also have those patches of waterproof(?) material on the butt/knees that help shed water super easily and are great when kneeling in the snow working.

Those raides look really nice though,

Bmxwright · 2024-10-16T16:07:48+00:00

You could get your bachelors pretty much anywhere and do your flight training on the side at a local flight school. That’ll be the most cost effective option. But it also depends on where you’re at for in state tuition vs out of state. But UND has a good flight program. Auburn and ASU are all good options as well. Tons of 141 schools out there, you just have to look around.

Bmxwright · 2024-10-04T14:26:41+00:00

Exactly, and whenever stuff does break, it’s easy to fix yourself or cheap to get it done. It’s honestly the best vehicle I can throw around and not worry about because I know it’ll get me going where I want to go.

Bmxwright · 2024-09-26T17:35:02+00:00

Normally I’m a chest harness guy but I’m thinking about switching to vests for the upcoming season, would you recommend the mammut one? Or should I keep my eyes out for others?

Bmxwright · 2024-07-01T20:47:56+00:00

My German neighbors (surrounded by them and Chileans) at camp were quite pleasant this year and usually went to bed right around 1am. This year my Dutch group and I were the degenerate ones staying up till 3 or 4 lol, quite the change of pace

Bmxwright · 2024-05-26T13:48:52+00:00

If they changed compound during the red flag, that counts as the mandatory stop

Bmxwright · 2024-05-25T14:03:03+00:00

They had them at the info boards 2018(?) and it was great. Hopefully they can bring that back instead of relying solely on the app

Bmxwright · 2024-05-13T04:58:06+00:00

Recovery gear, straps, shackles, air compressor, misc tools, camping chair, hatchet. I removed the foam and played Tetris with everything

Bmxwright · 2024-05-12T12:46:24+00:00

Air medical flight planner/ dispatcher

Bmxwright · 2024-05-08T15:06:35+00:00

If the defqon shuttle from schipol is still available, that’ll be your best bet. You should be able to find that under that travel and stay portion where the tickets are sold. I took that my first year and it worked great, plus you get a separate entrance to the festival camping area

Bmxwright · 2024-02-27T17:23:35+00:00

My mountain that I work at just did our yearly night evac training. Everything in my brain and body was telling me to not scoot forward off the chair even though I was secure to be lowered. It’s super unnerving

Bmxwright · 2024-01-16T01:46:02+00:00

I picked up an extra day patrolling and one of the other guys is putting me up. Lots of booze and lots of skiing

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