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I skied 6 runs so far. Now beer and Bloody Mary time.

Agreed. Post counts aside, this season rivals the PASR of old in terms of participation. Next January 4th marks 15 years of PASR!

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

I've never been though there before and it was oddly beautiful. I would have liked to stop at some of the towny bars but we were on the rocket docket.

In two weeks its going to be the standard shit show that summer always is around here, I cant wait!

It finally cleared up yesterday as well.

Yeah they were closed a lot of days during the season. I’m gonna end up with exactly half weekdays and half weekends this season unless Blue reopens for a bonus weekend. Toast ended up with half weekends and half weekdays..Atomic Jeff was also at half and half until that bonus pow day. Thanks everybody for helping to make this a great season. PASR is as good as ever. We have some new posters and some people who used to ski and ride a lot who are back in the scene...

That is some Jedi-level attention to detail! Thanks! I was surprised at how sad I was to know it was my last day. Will hit the bike park a few times in May before I depart PA for good. Okemo still has great snow coverage but they're shutting down everything except what you can ski off the Sunburst Six chair. Major bummer. Killington shut down Bear Mountain and Ramshead but still has a ton open. It snowed today and the temps have not been spring-like at all yet! There's a warm-up coming, but it's bringing a lot of rain, so I'm not sure when I'll get to ski next. Sunday for sure. Family obligations and real estate stuff until then. Oh, Suicide Six is opening a lift-served bike park this summer. I have a free pass; will be fun to check it out.

ABasin 4/10...day 6 of 6 Today began with temperatures in the mid 20s and sunshine...I pulled into the lot at ABasin at a leisurely 850am and I was fifth row or so right along the snow..got my ticket and was on the Black mountain express a few minutes after 9. I had to piss bad so first ducked into some woods and ended up on some bumps under the lift. They weren’t bad..up black mountain again to Lenawee and I took a screaming fast too to bottom groomer..up black hawk and Lenawee again then the rope tow to the back side. I skied groomed part of Montezuma bowl and then woods lower down was midway through safety break and dropped lighter in snow...doh..then went up Zuma chair and another screaming groomer down the front top to bottom. Not many people out today..then took Pali to the top and skied the same route I skied on the powder day Saturday..pretty much Pali face and the spine. Wide open not quite moguls not quite chowder..took Pali lift again and skied west wall which was trying to corn up down to mid mountain lodge. I had had a Bloody Mary with coors light 8 ounce then an IPA. No soft pretzels out yet so I settled on Doritos. Talked to bartender a little and he said he works Saturday to Tuesday so missed most of the Perd but will be out tomorrow getting the leftovers. Speaking of leftovers..people were traversing a mile down east wall to get a couple fresh turns...I guess not so crazy considering what we go through for the Perder. After my break I skied into the woods below mid mountain lodge and lighter was working again then went up Pali again skied west wall still trying to corn up not that warm but very sunny. Then took Lenawee to the top and did one final screamwer top to bottom..skied right back to my car. Some cool girls were parked next to me doing impromptu karaoke last song they did was straight out of Compton. Drove Loveland pass to 70 got $32 in gas near Denver then had chili’s. At chili’s saw the Hyatt place price dropped from $199 to $149 so I called them direct and got them to take off $10 more...now posted up on the fifth floor. Flight doesn’t leave until 1030am tomorrow so I can enjoy the free breakfast. Here’s a few pictures and I’ll post more later.

Last beer of the ski season. Ok gonna head out for some more runs on this Bluebird...

I'm pretty content with my last day at Blue this season being that sleeper Monday pow day. It's been a good year. The parking lot scene has thrived and the beer/food quality has increased exponentially. You're all a good bunch of idiots.

Southern Wyoming is a wild place, lots of good small shit hole bars in weird little towns that have a population of 60 people. Cant wait to get back there this summer.

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.

We almost ran out of gas on the motorcycle in southern Wyoming. Stopped in Chugwater only to realize it wasn't really a town and the gas station had been burned down some years earlier. We barely made it to the next gas station on total fumes.

I went to Murphy’s for a third time last night. Had a French dip and three double jack and cokes..my legs were pretty sore yesterday after skiing now they feel good. Will be weird not having the powder panic today and not standing in line 20+ minutes for first chair surrounded by hoots and hollers. I haven’t booked room for tonight yet at Denver airport. The Hyatt place that I like is $199 which is out of my price range..best western plus where I’ve stayed before is $119..my flight home is at 1030AM and gets into Newark around 415PM..Eaf will probably say I’ll have to deal with rush hour traffic..better than getting in at midnight.

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What the hell eaf

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.

QFT

Western Colorado is even more crazy because you drive an hour and you transition from snowy mountains to hot, hot desert. The west is so much more interesting than the east, geographically.

26 to 73 today

Because my flight isn’t until tomorrow morning. Whats cool is earlier I was doing 70 on 70 and the temperature was 70...

I met VTMark for the first time on Sunday....hes an interesting character.

And what I meant was the post counts rival PASR of old, but thats only because of the GSS/Salty love affair.

Need to check my stats.

Toast was doubting that I skied at Blue more than 50% of the days they were open. I skied 59. They were open 112, apparently.

Bottom left. PASRs featured prominently. Check out @skibluemountain’s Tweet:

Snow changes constantly with all kinds of stuff. Temperature is most important generally, which is influenced by all kinds of things aspect, solar radiation, snow depth, etc etc. Temp relates to water content which is paramount. When you understand these things you can always follow your nose to the best snow on the mtn. When you go skiing pick up the snow in your hand, look at the crystals and think about how the weather and other factors made it that way. GSS sweet fucking trip dude, Aspen is good but not as good as loveland. Snow is more spring like.

In an average week out west odds are it won’t snow or only snow a day or two. Conditions are most often chalky packed powder. I don’t think I’ve ever stayed at a resort out west. I always stay in towns typically for under $100 a night. Snow changes...I would venture to guess that the snow in the woods tomorrow will be much more winterlike than on the trails because the tree skiing is sheltered from the wind and the sun. At Jackson hole south facing terrain can be utter garbage conditions..refrozen crud while north facing terrain can have very nice snow. The great thing about most western resorts is that there are so many different exposures that you can ski around and find out what’s best. I go skiing out west for the variety of terrain...the 9 powder days I got out west this season were simply a nice bonus.

It could potentially snow then..odds are you’ll be in the typical spring cycle where it begins as refrozen hardpack in the morning before transitioning to corn snow and then mashed potatoes.

Snow changes...

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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.

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.

your UPS guy rings the doorbell? Mine just throws my shit against the door.

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A strengthening clipper system will bring snow back to much of Vermont Friday. Clouds will arrive in the pre-dawn hours Friday and the snow comes soon after with temperatures predominantly in the 20's. The snow should accumulate 3-5 inches across the high country by the middle of the afternoon, diminish for a time and then resume as occasional snow showers Friday night. Temperatures Friday are likely to reach the freezing mark, allowing the snow to be on the wetter side in the valleys though its likely to remain powdery closer to the summits.

At Chili’s near the Denver airport. Haven’t booked a hotel yet. I have some tricks.

Like ridge said above. They called it a season.

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Nah, those were serious question. I've already said a few times that I've never skied West, and look at conditions like those on the last but one pic as not very pleasant to ski. I realize that skiing deep snow requires a different technique that skiing groomers, and I obviously lack it. Still even with my limited understanding of powder skiing that pic is neither a groomer nor a uniform powder, so skiing it is not gonna be fun from any point of view. I think. For I bet that the snow is wet, and it will form a crust overnight. So when I said that you're gonna be screwed, I meant that this patch tomorrow will be neither pleasantly powderish nor supportive as a groomer would be. And you'll end up either searching for untracked stuff or will be funneled into a groomer with everybody else on it.