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67 images Created 11 Nov 2015

Kayaks on the Snow

Each year, in early April, as Monarch Mountain nears the end of its ski season, dozens of brave and/or crazy paddlers answer an invitation to try their skills on spring runoff before it melts. Monarch workers build a flume of snow down the Freeway run to a mound with a carved, lined pond. Racers compete in heats, with the first to reach the far end of the pond named the winner.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Kayakers race down a flume of snow into a pool of water in an annual celebration of spring.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
    0414_0541-2-BaseRez.jpg
  • Kayakers race down a flume of snow into a pool of water in an annual celebration of spring.
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  • Kayakers race down a flume of snow into a pool of water in an annual celebration of spring.
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  • Kayakers race down a flume of snow into a pool of water in an annual celebration of spring.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Racers guide kayaks down a snaking snow covered course into a pool of water.
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  • Kayakers race down a flume of snow into a pool of water in an annual celebration of spring.
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  • Kayakers race down a flume of snow into a pool of water in an annual celebration of spring.
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  • Kayakers race down a flume of snow into a pool of water in an annual celebration of spring.
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  • Kayakers race down a flume of snow into a pool of water in an annual celebration of spring.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Josh Stupka leads his heat, toward his eventual win over other competitors racing down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain. Photo ©2014 Greg Smith
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  • Josh Stupka and his kayak bounce off spectator barriers as he leads his heat, toward his eventual win over other competitors racing down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain. Photo ©2014 Greg Smith
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  • Josh Stupka and his kayak bounce off spectator barriers as he leads his heat, toward his eventual win over other competitors racing down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain. Photo ©2014 Greg Smith
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors race down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Josh Stupka takes his first-place prize, a bicycle, from racing down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Josh Stupka takes his first-place prize, a bicycle, from racing down a flume built of snow in the annual Kayaks on the Snow event at Monarch Mountain.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
    0416_0456-KayakSnowByGS.jpg
  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Bowen Mechigian - without a paddle - leads competitors in his heat into the pond during  the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Bowen Mechigian - without a paddle - leads competitors in his heat into the pond during  the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
    0416_0483-KayakSnowByGS.jpg
  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
    0416_0561-KayakSnowByGS.jpg
  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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  • Competitors in the annual Kayaks on the Snow race down a prepared course on Freeway at Monarch Mountain, and then must paddle through a pond.
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