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Stingray - 143 Stingray PMN Page Stingray websiteOlympic Winter Games 2006 draws to a close at end of week 22 feet of snowfall in the 2nd week - Winter WonderlandFriday snowing on the way up and still snowing Saturday morningSansi lifts still shut so Cesana - Claviere for a days knee deep powder funvisibility is excellent even during snowfallThe woods above Cesana - endless backcountry - through the treesSunny intervals in the afternoonItalian hope crashes out of Sestriere SlalomThe Saturday night party is cancelledKingsdown - Signs Kingsdown PMN PageSunday morning - glorious sunshine - crisp and clear08:50 outside the back door clipped in and nose pointing downhillfirst run from La Sellette into the woods dividing 72 and 78 down to soleil Boeufup to the Roccie Rotonde - back all of the way down 72head to Rio Nero but its closed - snowcats workingMilky Way has done us proud - open a day early - and almost everything openpistes 18 19 and 20 and 21even rio Baucet - down to the intermediate 2300 Gondola stationthen down the Fraiteve run top of WMN DH - cut right to powder wall21 and into the woods at the Northern extreme - bottom Colombierethese woods are fantastic - and I was the first through themMonte Rotta woods in the afternoon - followed by 72 off-piste and then 21 o/p againthis time from the very top of rio nero - the guards let us through ??back up La Sellette then head for home via 3 trips round the Babybig air jumps off the path in the powder - til 5pm and Im exhausted but extaticJims Big Ego - WTFMFWTFAYT? Jims Big Ego PMN Page bigego website[23.6MB 32:26 96kbps]