It’s arguable anyone actually believed the Nissan Freeride World Tour would take place on Squaw’s Tram Face last Sunday. The event was relocated at the last minute on the Tour’s previous year at Squaw. Expectations weren’t high.
And an avalanche erupting on the Face doesn’t inspire much confidence either.
The snow river was apparently caused when the World Tour’s head of security decided to take one more look at the conditions before giving the go-ahead, according to Jess McMillan’s blog. It started small at the top and quickly took off about halfway before crashing down at the base. The thunder roll was fantastic. The fracture was pretty visible even from the ground – right by the first Tram tower. I would’ve loved to have peeped it from the Tram.
The blast was big, sending frozen mist into more than a few onlookers’ mugs. No one was hurt, though.
Squaw ended up holding the World Tour the next day in Silverado. Maybe next year the Tram Face will be ready.
You can check out those highlights at Jess’ page as well.
Anyway, with no Tour to watch we took some turns.
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