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I learned so much today! The class was the AIARE companion rescue. We had 2 hours of classroom instruction then went into the park. The area we practiced in has lots of mellow, avalanche free terrain. My friend and I already said we would go back soon to practice. They also have a beacon area you can practice in. Weather was nice, no wind and fairly warm. Snowing hard all day, tons and tons of powder! We did several drills in groups and worked on finding a buried beacon and probing, then digging it out. The digging is intense and tiring. By the third drill we were all working more efficiently and digging the beacon out faster. Last drill the guide buried the beacon uphill (previous 2 drills were buried downhill). My friend and I were a team and guide told us to take a break so we were having a snack, skis off and fairly far away from us. Then he calls “avalanche Jenny is buried.” We were like, fuck since we are both still not proficient at the dynafit bindings clipping in. So we made the decision to run uphill and start our search just in ski boots......mistake. Snow was so deep we were postholing to mid thigh each step. Then we couldn’t stop laughing saying “Jenny will be dead by the time we reach her.” By the time zeroed in on the burial site we were totally out of breath. Good lesson for both of us. I demoed a pair of DPS Zelda 1 touring skis. 106 underfoot so much fatter than I am used to. There wasn’t much free skiing today so I can’t tell if I like them or not. I don’t have to return them until noon tomorrow so I am going to run up to Eldora and try them out there. If I like them I am buying them. My ‘used’ boots felt great, no hot spots and my feet stayed warm. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Taking a dump at a brewery and they have this sign.

STFU GSS you learned that the first time you sniffed glue in third grade.

Do you know him? He looks like a younger brother of Doug.

My kids spotted this rock that looks like a giant ass when we were riding up the Sandia Peak tram.

Day 4 on Friday started out nice. Only a tiny bit of wind and plentiful sunshine. I warmed up on a pristine groomer then skied the trees under lift 2. After that decided I wanted to make a hike up to the far reaches of West Basin to attempt to find the entrance to Wonder Bowl. It wasn’t too bad to find, views were amazing and it skied great. I took lift 2 back up to the top and took my skis off to hike again, but saw a couple people skiing down Kachina Main and the lift was running. I high-tailed it over there to lift 4 up to Kachina basin but when I got there the lift was stopped and the liftie said that it wouldn’t open today. Must have been patrol up there. Oh well, did another high speed groomer, then back to the top. At the top of 2 I made a hike/traverse all the way to where Tresckow ridge splits off to the kachina hike and traversed through the trees and dropped into Tresckow proper. Wow, this north facing, off the beaten path run still had nice powder! Gotta work for it a bit sometimes I guess. At the base I took lift 1 up and skied Ernie’s into the natural halfpipe that meets North American which held some nice soft snow. Had an early lunch inside the St. Bernard which was amazing. Reuben croissant and soup, then headed back out for one last afternoon at my favorite place in the world. I took a lower traverse under lift 2 towards West Basin and found a gate at the rope line letting me enter Oster and Spitfire without having to hike and deal with the extremely gnarly entrances up top. I had never skied these runs before. These reminded me of Tower 3 at Jackson in terms of pitch, width and snow quality. Did this a couple times. Really nice. Did a few groomers, got some water at the whistle stop cafe, then did a hike up to Stauffenberg to finish myself off. On my way up there were some slow ass hikers that I passed and one of them had a BMR (blue mountain racing) jacket on! I harassed the shit out of them on my way by. Stauffy was filled with chalky wind blown and so so nice. Planned to do it only once but had to go back one last time. After that I skied down to the children’s center to get my kids for a top to bottom run with them and my mom. My kids are making parallel turns finally, skied all over the mountain this week, and my son is obsessed with bumps! Had such a great time. I haven seen coverage like this at Taos since the 90’s, and it opened up a lot of terrain that usually isn’t open or wrecks the skis. Already dreaming up my trip for next year. Views from atop west basin Stauffy Wonder Bowl Spitfire The Y Mom and kids Silly faces at Apres!

Snow was fantastic. Visibility up high was crap, but thankfully it was so sparsely crowded that it wasn't a big issue. Got on the snow a bit after noon and made 9 runs over almost 2 hours. Had to scarf down some chicken fingers from the lower lodge before starting. Started with NightWeaver and ran just about everything once. Lazy, Switchback to Burma chair, Widow maker, Burma, Sidewinder, Razor's (great snow on Razorback, almost untouched), Paradise, Challenge and finished with a Main Street run. Razors was run of the day. Would have loved to stay and ski more, but the drowned rat feeling drove us away. Might head up tomorrow night for a night session, since we're planning on Trivia Tuesday the next day

Have fun..my parents are in town so having dinner with them at Bonerfish.

I’ll be at Blue at 11...I still have some cheese balls leftover from yesterday.

The boots found their owner.

That would require a willing vagina and not your hand.

Looks like my youngest (Hunter) and I will be there for opening 3/9 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Next Sunday, 3/17 will be the end of the season event. This is just a save the date...more details in the coming days.

It was in the men’s room, but my wife said they had the same one in the ladies room too!

Headed up around 12:30, radar looked clear but steady spritz kept the wipers going so made a left on blue mountain drive and went to work for a few hours. yesterday was so fucking good on the hill and in the woods I just couldn’t do a soggy corn flakes day Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Time to start shopping!

Got wet as shit, took 10 runs and bounced. Conditions were nice but I was soaked

Moe congrats on getting over 100 ski days in....

Ok.

I love skiing fresh cord on Main St at 12:30...snow was fantastic. JADIP

MBike Mike had a senior moment and I learned today you don’t have to be a senior to have a senior moment.

My money is on mBike Mike since he left quickly to do some cross country skiing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wrong, used the sad face not a like.

This is great!

Glad you’re ok. I had heat exhaustion about 10 years ago. Guess it’s pretty much the same thing, super dehydrated. Horrible, scary feeling.

Pics cost me $429....

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Our parking lot scene is getting better every year! Welcome!

Dude free boots ! Lol I can't think of anyone in the group with head challenger 120's

Snow was awesome today, crowds not so much but it was good shredding and drinking with you clowns again.

Also nice that Taos is an annual family tradition. It’s part of the schedule. See you at Blue this week.

She looks like she’s happy and enjoying herself. Glad you could save some money with season pass.

I sort of want to have a kid for the likes.

Salty doesn’t want me to embarrass him when I reenact the scene from animal house with the cream filled donut.

TFTI

*also your uncle

Keeping the pole whacks alive

Wow today was one of the best conditions I remember skiing at Blue. Snow was a nice firm chalky, fast with loads of grip. ROTD is a tie between Razors and Main St. Everything was excellent. Around 10:15 some flurries moved in and stayed until after I left at 11. Ran into ZZ and Hayatta on the way back to the lot. Cold today, but a decent crowd. Not crowded but more people than I expected. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

She tapped out after 27 miles but dad squeezed another run or two in. [emoji3]

Please don't post pics.

Winter Park just announced Mary Jane staying open until May 12th.

Toast if you’re nice to Salty maybe he’ll bring you something from Roy Rogers.

take it to the plane thread.

Those titty's are shopped for sure LOL I'm out this weekend, apparently I must have lost my job because I'm going to party rock in VT with my brother and friends. I'll be up tonight.

did you photoshop her right titty in the one pic?? great post for a new page

Take it to the I can't take a joke thread.

Take it to the Beagles thread.

Awesome. I booked a hotel in Silverthorne for my trip, rental car I booked a few weeks ago, so I'm pretty much set. Lift tickets will wait until it gets closer, but I think it'll be A-Basin and Loveland (probably 2 days at Loveland). Since Southwest has a generous baggage policy, I may toss the fly rod in if I feel like fishing for a few hours (even though I know nothing about fishing in CO).

16” new at Loveland no big deal.

Just raise rent. Buy both