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Winter fading into spring means different things to different people. For instance, baseball fans stop feeling marginalized and the vast majority of readers on this site start googling “best brunch patios.” For those of the mountain persuasion, people start putting their skis and goggles away, and consider traveling for the duration of mud season.
But the last gasps of snow on the hills also yields a wonderful opportunity to hurt one’s self. I’m talking of course about downhill biking on snow and ice.
The advent of fatbikes has made this practice of snowbiking a little more accessible, but that’s usually confined to snow-covered gravel trails, not a full on ski run.
Thanks to an amateur frenchman with massive balls, you can ride along and witness the carnage. Seriously, just watch the first thirty seconds and feel your butthole pucker..
[via Singletracks]
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If y’all are looking for someone to wipeout, go to the 2:35 mark.
25-30 seconds is my favorite. So much stuff going on.
Scary but tight, scary but tight
You can ski bike too. Only a few resorts are allowing it for insurance reasons of course.
I know, I’ve done it.
I’d like to point out that I don’t write the titles. I’m a season pass holder at Trestle Bike Park so obviously I would do the shit out of this.
I’m trying to but none of the resorts around DC allow it yet as far as I know.
Most in CO do. No idea what’s going to change next year with Aspen/KSL buying Intrawest though.
I think it’s good in a free market way. Passes should get cheaper with increased access.
This looks like that Red Bull ice course where you skate down it. Both look fun as hell