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I'm in aspen now getting rad but yesterday I was in Jackson and it snowed a bunch. We saw a moose out of saratoga. Full disclosure the pic of my brother is the powder mag, scoot and shoot lol

Awesome skiing so far. 7 untracked runs so far at Loveland. Just my way back to chair one and people are saying today is the best pow day of the season. Not many pictures today not very good visibility. I skied from lift one over to lift 9 and back to lift one. In some woods near the top of lift one now. Pretty tracked out now and a lot of people still arriving.

I guess it snowed a little overnight.

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4/9..Loveland..day five of six Hey All, I’m back from the fourth powder day in a row. Friday was a rider of the storm day at ABasin with several inches new, Saturday was a foot+ new at Copper, yesterday was another foot new at ABasin and today was a foot new at Loveland. The drive to Loveland took a few extra minutes with 20 degree temperatures and h why snowfall at the Eisenhower tunnel. I parked around the 6th row at Loveland a little before 8am..booted up, bought ticket for $75 and got in line at chair 1. A couple dozen people in front of me in line. Was cool seeing people getting face shots from the get go. I skied a random mainly untracked blue to the ptarmigan lift..snow was light and dry..yet still pretty beefy...managed untracked right under the ptarmigan lift down to chair 6 had some of the days best fresh skiers left of or chair 6 up chair 6 again and over to chair 9 which had recently opened I don’t think it opened until 930. I had deep untracked in the woods and two fresh runs in a row right under the lift. The flats at the top scared people off but I had plenty of momentum and scored some face shots right under the lift then some nice patches of fresh lower down. So good had to repeat I would have done it a third time but by then it was pretty tracked out so had to start exploring. I made my way back to the middle some traverses and some untracked..only real nasty skiing was one pow section over some moguls and I sent a mini cliff without even barely realizing it. Made my way back to chair one and guy I was riding it just arrived around 11 and he said it looked incredible pointing at the chowder under the lift. I’m too much of a pow hound I needed those early fresh runs.. i did did a couple hot laps off chair one..skied the same woods twice because there was so much fresh..even skied up areas skied a lot nicer than the heavier snow or previous days. It was in the teens up high and 20s low..alternating between snow and sunshine and very windy above tree line. Fourth pow day in a row and my legs were screaming around lunchtime so I skied back to my car. Smoked for the fifth or six time of the day then drove down to Silverthorne and got Wendy’s..I’m tired..probably take a nap..go to Murphy’s a final time tonight. Tomorrow either ski ABasin or Loveland then drive down into Denver where the expected high temperature is 72 degrees pretty nuts considering I’ve needed to use my ice scrapper and snow brush 4 days in a row.

Great day. Awesome conditions. Love that I'm riding in a gondi this close to home

Onteora...

Gorgeous spring day up here. Packed powdery /cord, bright sunshine. No one here. Well worth taking the day off from work.

It definitely skied that way. Just rolling in. Great day overall. Couldn't get to Blue Saturday and to be honest I wasn't necessarily feeling up to it yesterday. Wanted one more non PA day though and Belle fit the bill nicely. The gondi was a massive upgrade and makes the place ski bigger. You get a legit 1400 or whatever it is now if you want now. Crowds were minimal. The people who were there were all having a great time. Overall a great way to put a bow on the season.

looks awesome, I'd be singing too!

Nice run on deer run with Platty way out in the distance. The old dudes are stoked on the bump scene today. They're singing and shit. Lol

You can park at the bottom still and stop there.

garnish some of your kids allowance and buy some twin tips.

First run.

I looked at the Blue webcam from the woods at Copper mountain...I skied lots of woods today and just sides of trails where untracked remained. In Frisco now having some Tortilla soup...

You could do it Salty, but you might need your ice axe.

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Sure thing.

No ewr to Jackson direct then drove to aspen last night. 8 hrs drive, got to aspen at 2am. Drive was super cool through a part of the country I'll probably never get to again. Southern wyo is a mix of meth, cows and nothing.

If I hadn’t have met Eaf I would have thought he was a troll.

What the hell eaf

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Anytime you get powder days on ski trips is luck...they groom the main blue and green trails at Loveland everyday..the day after a powder day I’ll likely ski a combination of groomers, trees and ungroomed terrain. I’ll likely be on my shiros again due to the chop. Why would I be screwed if the trails are their natural state..I’m not a one trick pony. Thanks for the questions Eaf they were fun to answer.

It seems to be snowing non-stop for you. Did you just luck out or is it more of a rule in that area?? Also, looking at the last but one picture... I can't imagine anyone could have any real fun skiing it. So assuming that it doesn't snow tomorrow, where would you ski? On groomers? Do they groom all trails at Loveland in between snow storms? Right now they say it's about 20% groomed, the rest is like that pic. So if they don't groom it all and keep a good share of trails in its "natural state" won't you be screwed then?

I love the title!!!! Where I am now!!!

Awesome. WTGAI!

Awesome

Because of its scary trail name.

Dumping again. Loveland cleared off their snowstake about an hour ago.

Woke up Friday morning at 3am and made the uneventful drive up to Killington, arriving in the parking lot just after 9 and booted up to mostly sunny skies and upper 20s, but felt much colder because of the wind. Met up with another Blue couple and headed up the gondoobie. First run over on East Fall and the snow was hard and fast as expected from the recent rain and falling temps. Took some stabs at venturing off trail, but that was a no-go. The snow looked good from the lifts, but was compressed and frozen stiff. Took a run down the backside over to check out the mogul course. Yikes! It was frozen solid, so much so that they were out with pickaxes to chop the jump landings. A few hardy (insane) soles were making their way down the run, but ended up bailing after a few bumps from out of control speed. Should be an interesting comp! Later in the day some snow started to fall and visibility dropped. Headed up to the top lodge for a few beers. Coming out we were met with full on wind and some 3-4" of fresh perder which helped slow things down a bit as pretty much everything was a sheet of ice by this point. Run of the day was coming down a mostly untracked Highline just before close, since few will ride the triple. Left the mountain after a few parking lot beers and headed to the house. Following the GPS which took me to the wrong house, only to find Tarpon pulling in right behind me. Turned out the house was across the street. After some dinner with other Blue couple, headed over to Sushi Yoshi for the pre-comp registration party and to meet up with the gaggle of Blue people who also came up for the fun. Thanks for the beer Tarpon!!

A few more shots. This morning is incredible. I’m still finding fresh two+ hours after opening but you have to traverse for it or go in lower angel woods.

Me do what me want.

Indiggio and I

Day 3 of 6.:Copper mountain... I was up early and enjoyed the free breakfast had bagel with two kinds of jelly, two clementines and coffee. Was on the road by 730 and pulled into copper pay lot by the base of the super bee lift by 750 and already half filled lot...lot unplowed but managed not to get feet wet..temperature right around freezing everything covered in a foot of snow..got to ticket line which was inside by the rental shop real satellite staffing now and today was a big April day for them. Only one guy selling tickets and rentals..line of 7-8 grew to 15 by the time I bought ticket at soup nazi precision had card out and buddy pass $79..while I was signing receipt he was already selling next ticket. Got into super bee line maybe 80 people I was in 5th row or so they dropped the rope we all skied through untracked snow in kiftkine human groomers and boarders stuck and people dicking around with RFID I snuck my way past a couple dozen of them and on one of the first six packs. Problem was they hadn’t cleaned the snow yet off the chairs so a fanny flap would have been handy. Guy with broom was doing his best but one person and a six pack full speed is a lot for a foot of snow. Lift stopped a few times on way up got to watch wallets ski down ththe middle of blue groomers with deep dense pow..saw a few wipe outs for sure. First run skied to mid mountain all untracked some runs had to go to sides for untracked up to the top and down a main dark blue route which was rowdy and an area where there are multiple lifts didn’t like that skied woods rest of the way down until I got to grooming service building then untracked on entire lower mountain fat skis really excel at getting through lower angle untracked. Also did my good deed for the day guided two kids out of wide open glades that funnel into tight trees. Had to Hollywood a little for them was wide open. Ended up on a green to the base people stuck everywhere. Needed to get away from the crowds so took the American flyer lift up which goes village to 2/3 or the way up like 2 miles and 2k of vert then skied down to the Sierra lift was stopped had a big line went on rendezvous lift which is all meadow skipping don’t think I’ve ever taken that lift Pretty much got speed off others tracks in flats there’s one decent face that people were hoofing to that I used their tracks to get to it..real deep up there but I needed pitch so sucked it up and waited in line for Sierra lift singles line quick rode up with two Lyndsey Dyer look alikes took surface lift up to peak then skied a cirque kind of run..was somewhere between untracked and sloppy seconds. Rode sierra lift one last time and went down mini cornice deep nobody goes that way early because it dumps into timberline area but I know a good route where you stay above timberline area longer and dump out on the herb routes lower had that to myself ended on a Blue which was untracked entire left side to timberline lift moderate lift line where did all these people come from..14” new 10” overnight brings the people out. Snow didn’t really stop I was sort of wet legs were tired but all snow I can handle. Had people ask me about my fat skis..found more fresh mid mountain woods don’t always follow people into woods there’s streams and shit...was able to ski almost back to the bus stop..parking lot was a raging stream and new snow at the base was down to a few inches No snow in Frisco

#SallySelfie

Me and Indiggio are the pasr early risers.

Nice morning so far. Have skied 5-6 runs so far. Just about fully tracked out now this is my last run off the Sierra lift. I tried to take a good amount of pictures but pow pictures aren’t the same without action shots.

Ready to see some great skiing! Then do so mediocre skiing.

They have jack. Snowing a very wet snow.

I’ll write an actual report for today since it was so badass Left hotel at 820AM..a little later than I wanted to. Was wet snow falling in silverthorn Dillon and keystone..wet roads until the last mile or so below the parking lot. Was expecting a lot of people at 840am..booted up fast at JFDan and Ryan speed all business secured my two day ticket at 849am they needed my name and my zip code. Glad I’m not a fugitive or I’d just give my alias Mark Miller. Was about the third row of people in line I inched my way up a bit maybe 8th chair but half the people in front of me were borders or were going straight for terrain park ended up second chair on Lenawee..a miracle skating skills on fleek..ended up first civilian down power line right along the snow fence where it always piles up. People above on the lift were yelling it’s powder. Visibility was bad top third then got better new snow was shallow enough for even some low mountain meadow skipping in areas where I knew either were groomed or not usually bump runs. Bump runs owned people made the long Lenawee ride exciting some spectacular falls. Wasn’t the bro brah crowd more the Denver Dave and Chicago Carly many have season passes and only go a handful of days a year but they get after it. The weather was good or bad depending on how much you like skiing untracked snow. Snow falling was wet and sometimes ice pellets mixed in..did a run early on all the way to the base. Did a repeat of run number one again off Lenawee then rode Lenawee again and took the new rope tow over to Montezuma. It’s just a rope..I used to skate that section uphill so saves the legs and the lungs at over 12,000 feet. Over on on the Montezuma side visibility was bad up high but skiing along fences, rope lines and near lift towers often yields the most untracked. Not much competition over there for freshies most taking the two main herb roots. Mid angel woods all in play steeper ones have rocks and bumps low snowpack on that side of the mountain. A few areas of almost eastern ice where it filters to the lift. Skied a second run over there around a closed area and cut back high in order to get some hard to reach smooth freshies under the lift for a couple hundred yards...was my personal X-ing coincidently next lift ride a large group probably from somewhere exotic like Iowa or Santa Ana tracked it all up. Was probably a bump run by closing. Back to the front and I took a circuitous route to the right below the east wall to get some untracked and the woods the last couple hundred vert above the mid mountain lodge were all nice but popular as well and pee breaks easily inturupted. Skied to base again not much fresh on lower mountain got all skied up went back up the quad to mid mountain lodge. Had bacon Bloody Mary and talked to lady who works for Southwest Airlines and couple from Chicago who have season pass. None of them even left the lower mountain yet that’s why the limited runs down there were all tracked out. Had an IPA and soft pretzel drinks were cheap pretzel with cheese sauce was like $4.50. Pretty much dried out now it was snowing even harder. Free refills kind of conditions and not many people skiing Lenawee lift so that was the play. Had to get the new snow and blow over along snowfence that I skied first run my kind of spine..had to do that again then skied some woods..got soaked again and practically skied to my car.

ABasin isn’t enough mountain for you. You’d be better off skiing Pikes peak. Earlier refreshment.

Went to Einstein bagels got avacado toast on poppy bagel and Jalepeano cheddar bagel. Snowing in Silverthorne big fat flakes. Looks like the next three days will be pow days.

Bumps were actually on a blue run under the timberline chair maybe 700 vert of Bumps was somewhere between Hollywood and being a competent skiers I think my new gloves helped keep me forward along with bent poles. Visibility and most trails empty made things good today at copper mountain. Was a little chilly to start warmed up into the 40s..some of these lifts are 2k of vert and 10 minutes long. They had two outside mid mountain eateries open the one at the bottom of timberline lift was packed at 11 and pretty warm down there..the waffle hut/bar hippie place near the top of the timberline is much colder therefore was empty. A lot of people had snow stuck to bottom of boots and had trouble getting into binders. Most people I talked to were from the Midwest. All employees super nice...a lot of sales at ski shops.

Magic Mountain is an awesome place (when it has enough snow). I hope the new owners are able to make it successful.