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Today was a "Jackson Hole of old" day. Absolutely 0 zero people, 100% sun, great groomers, and cold. It was around 0F at the base and maybe 10F at the top of the Gondola...slight inversion. First Amphitheater was a little stiffer then the carpet we had the other day with @JFskiDan and @NMSKI, but still fucking awesome. Grand was even better snow, and perfectly smooth. I definitely hit my highest speed of the trip today, probably mid 60s on Laramie and Grand. We overhead some people talking about doing another tram lap, so we decided today was the day. Skiing down to the Tram was like skiing into a freezer, with about 400 vertical feet to go, temps dropped quickly and my face instantly froze. Despite the 2 box wait, R bowl was so smooth it was like it was groomed. All the groomers up high today were fantastic, but we knew the stuff down low was chunky from previous days weather (yes, even some death cookies). It was just so nice being out on an insanely empty hill with 100% sun. It really was the Jackson Hole of old, something I haven't experienced in years. Quick Italian lunch and then I hit the trail that goes from town to the village for a quick 8 mile run. Given the snow/wind/insanely cold temps, today was my only chance to enjoy the beautiful (snow plowed) running trails Teton County has to offer. Today had me smiling on and off the hill today. Awesome way to end the trip. Top of Thunder Top of the Tram Crossing the Snake River on the pedestrian bridge during my run

Only people in Gondola line. Got a little vape juice left..old boomer music playing Moody Blues ride my see saw.

Arrived at 230ish. Pretty empty. Ice everywhere. Most trails were boilerplate. Barneys was shallow and frozen. Could see your reflection in a few of the troughs. 6 pack was running fast. No crowds meant skiing right onto the lift and made western groomers a pleasure to lap. Must've been the mid day grooming. Main st was a carpet. Nice surprise at 230pm. Burma was fast and the park over there had mad steezy boosters. It was afternoon so I was surprised to see razors open. Usually they close it for a statewide race that makes kids take off school. Perfectly groomed and snow was firm. Was great. Will be back soon

I thought there was no way in the world I was getting out yesterday. My cab driver asked me like 10 times if I was sure I wanted to go to the airport, and you couldn't even see 20 feet in front of the car with the blowing snow. I heard an airport worker say "I don't know what all these people are doing here, no flights are gonna be going out today". Then as I was checking in, I overheard a couple guys whose earlier flight had been cancelled saying that nothing was available for a couple days and that they were driving to idaho falls. I was shitting my pants at this point. Then there was a brief break in the wind, my incoming plane landed, they got our asses on the plane and we took off. I was very lucky. Fingers crossed for you my friend.

February 4th, 2020 Day 7 of 7.. Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Arrived at the mountain at around 810am and parking in the village lot. Temperature was around -7 under sunny sky’s. First civilian gondola and amphitheater to thunder chair was nice..Grand was better..up sublette and Rendevous bowl looked good..ended up doing Laramie bowl to the thunder chair then back up thunder and did Grand again to Gros Verte to the base. The stars aligned and we finally took the Tram..was a two Tram wait..Rendevous bowl was in fact very nice the wind had redeposited snow in the moguls and some sections were completely smooth. Skied Rendevous bowl to Grand to thunder very progressive then skied some more blown in chalk below the expert Chutes. Today was like the old school JH days runs were empty no lines at any of the chairs the cold scared some away or people started late today. My Boots felt great today with the cold another level of stiffness. Was nice walking right to car had lunch at Osteria we were the only people there...back at the 49er and Atomic Jeff is running.

Had i known Yesterday AA was gonna offer me stuff for not flying today, i would have really considered staying another day. anyways, another great trip to JH in the books. Killing time at the airport waiting to get into an aluminum tube to be transported home.

is there snow IN your car?

Like i said, i would have played lets make a deal if they got a hold of me yesterday, and i could have gone skiing today with the boys. But when i show up at the airport, plunk my bags down to get checked in, i was already heading home in my head. From what i understand toms plane was one of the few that took off yesterday, so things are already backed up, there is actually snow in the forecast tomorrow, doesnt look like a big deal but you never know. I never thought this plane wasnt going to take off on a bright sunny day, so, yeah, in the end, i should have taken it, but at the same time i could have gotten stuck there for days. 400 bucks isnt really going to change my life at this point. so i decided to go site seeing. I heard there is a great mexican place, blue or red tortilla or something in the shitty part of slc, so thats where im heading. Wyoming is a beautiful state.

Yesterday I made somewhat ambitious plans for my own little "super bowl of skiing" at Greek Peak, the plan was to try out my tele skins, hit Kennedy Sf for some bcXcd, then pop over to see some GP A18/nyskiblog friends at their Super Bowl tailgate in the chair 5 lot. I set out a O’dark thirty through intermittent snow showers to get started before the lifts started running at 8:30 as required by Greek’s uphill policy. I booted up just after 7:30. The root up Alpha/Castor was smooth cord with a dusting of fresh snow with gentle flurries for stoke. About a third of the way up a patroller on a sled came by and asked how far I was going, “Sounds like a loaded question” I laughed and he said I need to be down before the lifts started and agreed I had about 15 -20 minutes to go. About 2/3 of the way up I heard his sled approaching again and gave a wristwatch/thumbs up signal, he stopped and said not to worry about it that chair #2 doesn’t run until 11 and just don't go past the lift. At the top I chatted with a hiker who had come in from the Finger Lakes Trail, he said he hadn’t been to Greek in 50 years and that it looked the same except for a little more rust, lol. My original plan was to ski Aesops Glades but it looked a little bony and being alone decided to take my same root down the fresh chord. Since the second quarter of my game was contingent on lift #2 running I did 5-6 tele runs. Nice snow, both groomed and ungroomed on Iliad, Elysian and Trojan. Ran into one of the A18 guys and rode up chair #4 with him but it was close to 11:00 by that point and needed to hit the tailgate locker room for an equipment change. A quick coffee stout and soft pretzel break at the Trunk and Tire and I was off to chair #2 with the XCD setup for a ski in Kennedy SF. The snowmobile /ski trail runs parallel to Pollux so I ducked in and bushwacked the 20 or so yards and was on my way. I ski’d the multi use trail to the Cook Rd XC ski trailhead for about a 6.9 mile loop including the harrowing ski back down Castor to the base. Even with cable bindings I can’t drive those skis, especially on warm days, those boot soles are just way to floppy. (FYI my skin track is the same root as the finish to start on the track below) It was about 2:30 when I got back to the truck. I was pretty beat but the snow was really coming down so I threw on a dry shirt, grabbed a couple of pocket beers, locked down my heals and headed over to chair #5 area to see if the A18 crew were still around. Had a fun cruise over laying down some big arcs after the morning’s work. Chair 5 lot is an unimproved lot with a tailgating scene that may even rival our row. I got there late and missed the venison spedies though... Caught one of the last chairs back over to the base so I had a burger at tracks before heading out for the snowy ride home. Legs are cooked today A great day a Greek with good snow, all the lifts running (smoothly but slowly!) and a lot of nice folks. Reminded me how much I miss the place. Hopefully this is the start of winter there and I get back up soon. Oh, and I’m more of a hockey guy than football so my Super Bowl of skiing only has 3 quarters!!

Current views. Gonna park right in the village lot today like VIPs as it’s $15 at ranch lot with less than three folks. Free in Stilson could park there and take the bus with Cody, Hannah, Bryce, Bridger, Kale and Petri Dish.

It was fucking cold. 60mph winds and near 0F temps at the top of Sublette were not very enjoyable. Unfortunately not the big honking pow day we were expecting but those bottomless turns on Grand made it worth it. The Shiros are probably the best ski in our group for wind slab, but that doesn’t really say much. It was still a workout and there just wasn’t enough snow to cover up the firm spots off trail that got sun baked in previous days record temps. @JFskiDan and I still explored a little including lower Casper Bowl and Woosley Woods. The groomers over on Casper were probably the best they’ve been all week. One more ski day tomorrow that should bring sunny skied and moderate temps for some turns on Jackson Hole groomers.

i watched Beavis and Butthead Do America two weeks ago for like the first time in 10 years. it was just as fucking hilarious as i remember. by far a top 50 movie ever made

Minus 7 on walk to bagel place. Turns out the egg sandwiches were 20 minutes late the last two days because the baker won shake a day for 4 grand and ended up getting drunk and arrested and in jail. He was back today and they gave me a coupon for a free coffee for my troubles.

Yea I heard JFDan is checking one out as we speak

February 3rd, 2020 Day 6 of 7. Today dawned cold, snowy and windy. There was about 2-3” in town when I walked to the bagel place and it was a bit slick in spots. At 625am there were three skiers from our hotel or cowboy village waiting for the bus already in ski boots. We left for the mountain at 720am which is the pow day departure and 740am for non pow days. Not that many cars in ranch lot at 7:42am. Temperatures were in the teens at the base and around zero up high with strong winds. Already a handful of people in the main line but nobody in the singles line..curiously there was a snowboard against the singles line scanner and it was still there after 20 minutes so I placed it on the other side of the fencing...well then lady returned from her rendevous inside and business calls and was like that’s my snowboard and Jeff said it’s rude to leave the line like that...anyway didn’t really matter as homegirl was still strapping in when we took off towards Amphitheater. Snow was a bit stiff in spots I’ll say sporty I skied amphitheater slow I bet JFDan and Atomic Jeff waited a full 30 seconds for me. Up thunder and was a fast start as it was only 915am at the top of thunder tied for our best start. I think they let us on the gondola at like 8:56. Getting to grand was tricky with a few drifts one almost sent me and JFDan ass over teakettle good thing we are agile mofos. The meat and potatoes of Grand had the best snow on the mountain...huge swaths of untracked and a consistent density no hitting bottom this was fresh snow you ski on top of more than in. Up Sublette which was a cold cold and windy ride wind chills must have been -30 to -40 at the top and straight into the wind into ten sleep bowl. 10 sleep bowl was nice..traversing near the top of the cirque was a bit freaky as the snow was cracking and sliding. The thickness of the snow had me skiing it a bit less aggressively which makes for a ton more work and my feet and legs were bugging me and I really needed a few minutes to get my bearings so I split up with Atomic Jeff and JFDan. Five minutes later feet and legs felt better. I skied over to the Casper area via Nez Perce traverse and right under the Casper bowl was nice groomed with a little fresh and not many people because it was so early and usually I’m not in that area until later in the morning. Up Casper and basically all of the campground stash park was untracked and much lighter than other areas as it’s very sheltered then into the run under Casper lift and I traversed over to some woods for a long awaited piss. Snow in the lower Casper woods was nice but you could feel the crusties underneath. I basically skied the same exact lap off Casper four times..passively tried to meet back up with the boys but they were on the gondola and marmot and thunder then when they went over to Casper I was at apres vous. Skied to the base...had a Red Bull outside on the deck of general store didn’t even take off my helmet and to cold for no gloves. My head still sweat a little. Atomic Jeff was at the base about 20 minutes later went back to car to deboot and grab JFDans sneakers then went to the handlebar in the four seasons. Was like a 20 minute wait for a table. People were eating outside and yes there’s heat lamps and Fire pits but I feel like people’s food gets cold real fast out there. Had part of a $13 soft pretzel and a delicious $27 French dip with brocolini with ginger sauce, I’ve had enough fries on this trip needed some greenage. All in all was a good ski day not an epic pow day but i skied fresh snow on at least parts of 7 runs..and only the cirque and top of grand gave me any real issues. While I’m a good powder skier the windslab is always tricky for me..I just haven’t skied it that much..one more ski day for me and Atomic Jeff looks like cold and sunny for tomorrow.

This report was a month from now. I have no idea how today was.

Ya, that's right.

So you must have skied Corbets at least once.

Today was my 91st day skiing JH...more than a lot of 3 year locals 🤷‍♂️That was a humble brag...I'll save you the effort of typing it.

2 box wait. You're so local.

I talked about it saturday oh wait you bolted when you saw me 😏 lol

Awesome trip report. Way to get after it, @mbike-ski I've done laps skinning up camelback while echos of people yell "you're going the wrong way." You're trip looks way more rad than my most recent skinning adventures...

The Wonder Years song is playing now, reminds me of a simpler time when I’d go to parties sometimes until four..was hard to leave when I couldn’t find the door.

Yes reminds me of the Canadian regaee group.

Even with heavy squall Sunday afternoon could not cover up dirt coming through. My legs were cooked from weekend bumping. Went for run yesterday and looked like a 90 yo instead of my usual 75 yo shuffle. Bet they were awesome yesterday- was wishing I was there instead of running

Fun day. Definitely some heavier snow than anticipated. The warm up the other day was a little unfortunate as well for today, but we still found some good stuff to play in, and its always great to get out and ski some place different with some other Blue regulars.

How was Floyd’s?

Couldnt take pics. Snow storm the day before made the trees too good to pass up. Camera stayed in pocket.

Good to hear. It looks good.

For 4 hundy I'd be thinking long and hard about staying that extra day. Lol

Seriously. Basically to ride freedom now you have to go up tannebaum lift, skate over past little boulder lift, pick up freedom under the first rail line OR skate back uphill to get to the top OR you have to ski all the way out to the Merry Widow lift and head to freedom that way. they also seem to be in absolutely no hurry to build on Love

good to see greek peak still has the oil rig lift

Clear skies... Warm temps, spring snow. Just a really nice night out here. Crowds are minimal. 6 pack is down. Feels like late March. Despite the fact that it's too warm for early February tonight is really good.

I thought it was appropriate.

Nice report!! Any timeshares for sale at GP??

And nobody ever slows down so it reduces the amount of space you have to by somebody in the wedge who can barely turn

Best cartoon I've seen all year!!!

I like big bumps and I’ll tell you why!! Big, skier-made bumps are grate! Big, groomer-bomb trenches, not!

Conditions will probably be better at Elk and it'll likely be less crowded. Is it worth the extra hour? That's your call. If you have fun that's what matters right?

Maybe if I buy next year's now I can put it in my other glove and have double the chance of a gate actually opening when I wave a hand against it.

And they also blow extra wet and don't let the snow dry out before grooming.

Was out first thing this morning, Monday, February 3. Nice and sunny, with frozen cord. After it warmed up a little bit skiing was a lot easier. Rivershot was in pretty rough shape from all the traffic over the weekend, and I don’t think there is enough base to properly groom it out. but Floyd’s wasn’t too bad, and Challenge in great shape all day. They groomed out the fresh snow we got yesterday afternoon pretty much everywhere except the left side of Exhibition. That was the run of the day, with nice baby bumps on the first slope with fluff on top. Left about 1, and the temperature was in the low 50s. Spring skiing, but it never got slushy.

They don't want you back.

Living vicariously through you guys right now. Have fun!!

Day 3 of 3 for me today at JHMR. Wish I would have hit the powder jackpot this year but had a great time anyway! Did a nice tour of the mountain from skiers right to left then back right again. Bivouac run was pretty chalky and nice, and most of the north facing steep stuff was pretty good. Split off from JFSkiDan and did Cheyenne gully which was very cool to north hoback which was frozen solid and very exhausting skiing. Wanted to close out the quads and took a final tram lap - rendezvous bowl to Laramie traverse, through some trees under the thunder lift shack to a very nice paintbrush/ toilet bowl then right down to the mangy moose. My third time to Jackson with this crew and a great time as always. Look forward to coming back again. Here’s a nice pic from the cliff where paintbrush spills out into toilet bowl.

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A rare scene so far this winter...

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