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Monday - Snowbird After the snow yesterday and a forecasted bluebird day today, my limited Utah skiing experience indicate that Snowbird would be where to go today and the Bird didn’t disappoint! With snow falling while in the hot tub last night in Cottonwood Heights, the mountains were sure to have picked up some extra after yesterday’s close, so the plan was to get there early, take the tram and head right to Mineral Basin. The plan worked perfectly. Mineral basin had a good 10-12” of fresh powder. Made the traverse around and dropped into some wonderful Utah perder. Since the crowds were hustling back up Mineral Basin to repeat, we went off to the empty Baldy lift and found a ton of untouched that we rapidly devoured for our own. It sure didn’t take long for everyone to fill the basin, so we vacated. With a bit of luck, just as we got to the top of Mineral Basin lift they dropped the rope on Road to Provo, so we headed out there. We dropped in to some wonderful soft snow. Most went straight down, but Drew & I traversed across to a ridge line to Shot 41. Standing at the top with some others who decided it was too much, Drew & I dropped into thigh deep blower which was easily the run of the day. The rest of the morning we hung out in the trees off Gad 2 lift, funding all sorts of untouched goodness. After lunch at the Mid Gad, we made our way down to and up the Gadzoom lift. From the top, we made our way across the mountain to the Peruvian lift. Up the Peruvian and into the tunnel since some in the group had never gone through it. Down into Mineral Basin again and back up and then out the Baldy Traverse. Dropped into one of the chutes off that to find more goods. On the way down to make another lap, cruising a high-speed groomer, the son caught and edge and had a spectacular fall. A bit of blood and a scratch to the nose was the only injury to him, however his ski binder didn’t fare as well, as he managed to break the metal plate to which the heel piece attaches. It’s apres time! After dropping off all the stuff, headed to a nearby ski shop for rentals. There’s always one in the crowd! Heading up LCC A beautiful day on tap Subaru VIP parking Tram line Lunchtime view Salt Lake City At least no leg injuries! Don’t touch the stick!! Grilled chicken dinner

Late night but got them finished and bindings mounted up. They are far from perfect, but definitely skiable. I forgot to order the beveling bit for the router so I improvised with what I could find locally, it worked. I’ll hit the sidewalls again once the bit comes in. Found out it is super important to cut right along the edge with the jig saw when deflashing them. The epoxy is way to hard to just sand away with a belt sander. top sheets profile pivot mounting template Going to drop them off for a tune tomorrow and I’ll be skiing them Thursday! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rented a yurt in the town of Marble which is about 1 hr 20 min from Aspen. 4wd to access the property is no joke. Had to put the Jeep in 4low to get it up the last mile. Yurt 3 comfy futons inside View from porch Started snowing heavy that night and we woke up to this When all was said and done it was about 10” (pic was taken about 6:30am). We had to wait for the local plow guy to come through and make a pass before we headed out. Ended up doing a tour on McClure Pass. Just real mellow, didn’t want to do anything crazy with all the new snow. Depending on road conditions we may to a tour near Marble Peak tomorrow. Down another 4wd road but there is a quarry there so it is often plowed. Access road to yurt. To be continued...... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Day 1 of 4 at Taos Ski Valley is in the books. Today was a warm spring day but everything up high over 10,500 or so was still winter conditions. I lost my phone at about 9:15 am, and then I miraculously found it about an hour later. Was skied over for sure and it’s a little fucked up but I was still able to take some pictures. West basin was closed for a free ride comp, but I did 2 Highline Ridge hikes, once to Ninos Heroes and once to Juarez. Rode the Kachina Peak lift twice also and hit the dogleg couloir which was extremely steep, really rocky and hard snow and it scared the shit out of me. Won’t ski that again this week. Next time up was K2 which was amazing. I had to ski off of a pretty huge cornice into the chute but the snow was real good and a sustained steep pitch for about 700 or 800 vertical I would say. skied Al’s on my way to the St Bernard for lunch and some other old favorites after lunch like Castor and North American. Skied for a bit with my wife and mom on groomers as well. Coverage is really good and the groomers are really nice. Should be a great week. I’m on my way to bronze god status also with the bright sunshine. base area and als kachina from the top of the ridge looking up ninos heroes top of K2 looking back up K2 Scenery, etc

Yup

Had a nice first day in New Mexico. Saw a beautiful sunrise then went for a nice run/hike/scramble and then hit Marble Brewery and La Cumbre. Will head up to Taos Ski Valley in my pimped out rental Suburban tomorrow. Will try not to break any levers in the car like I did in Jackson. View from my moms backyard of sunrise did not suck at all.

No kidding. I’ve been on some very scary drives on those roads in snow.

Another great post 👏👏👏

After a late departure but early arrival on Saturday, we all got settled into a well-apportioned house in Cottonwood Heights and prepared to hit the slopes. The weather has been very dry out here the past couple of weeks, but the mountains still have a ton of snow from earlier in the season. The forecast originally had some snow overnight Saturday into Sunday, but then shifted to fall during the day Sunday. Being the weekend, we decided our best bet, with the promised snow, would be to hit Solitude Instead of anything in LCC. Arose to a dusting of snow at the house and it still snowing while loading the cars. Outta the house & 7:30 and already there was a conga line headed to LCC coming up against us. Into BCC we fought up to only a few cars, mainly going slow because of the falling snow. Parked in the Moonbeam base instead of up in the village which turned out perfect since we got baller front-row parking. Took the express quad out and cruised some 3-4” of wonderful perder down to the Eagle express. Took a lap in the Eagle just to get loose and then headed out in the Powderhorn. From that point on, the day was a blur. A number of laps on the Apex to the Summit. Off the Summit we made our way down through Headwall Forest that had very nice snow and well spaced trees. By lunchtime anywhere between 8-10” had fallen and continued to snow. Afternoon was spent lapping the Honeycomb Canyon area where you could traverse across and drop in at your heart’s content. Skied till about 2:30 which was plenty, as the legs were pretty wobbly by then. Having many cooks on the trip makes for delicious home-made dinners. On tap tonight was salad, tomato mozzarella salad appetizers, pasta w/ sausage and bread. It’s good we got some snow today because the rest of the week looks bluebird but cold. With the snow yesterday and bluebird today, we’re planning on hitting Snowbird tomorrow. Heading up BCC Prime parking Honeycomb Canyon Still snowing Mealtime Nice digs

Hahahaha. Just reading this now. Last Thursday was pretty bulletproof. Got worse as the day went on. First run down Challenge was decent, by afternoon was scary. Thanks GSS for calling out the people throwing their trash in the parking lot.

Make no mistake...this is serious business.

That is when you normally get there on a regular day. I'm usually the first one there on PASR party days and I'll be there at 6:45 again.

They did, they put the stick there to hold it back!

it always amazed me the access roads to LCC and BCC have almost no guard rails...hit a slick spot and die going over a cliff smh

Will it involve pictures of your broken thumb?

Mid Gad is my fav place to stop mid day on a bluebird day. the view is just awesome. The view doesnt suck from the new place at the top of the tram either. @Ski2Live Live2Ski See what pictures can do to a trip report?

Sure does. Phila-Florida-Seattle-Denver

I have a Koi guy on the south side of Allentown

Hey All, I’m back from a fun night session at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at around 630pm and it was in the upper 20s with strong winds. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Matt Edge, MrsSnowbunski, TP4, Nastar Glenn and MBike Mike. Only about 6-7 buses so no liftlines on the six pack. First run on lazy mile was nice snow but the guns were a bit much and the last one was wet. Challenge was slick..I saw my reflection in the ice and had the bulletproof song stuck in my Herman..this time baby I’ll be bulletproof.. Main Street was ok upper lower was in the guns not great visibility but ok snow. Sidewinder was slick but I’ve seen worse at local ice skating rinks. Did a run on Burma to break things up and it was slick...ended with two more Lazys then hit the parking lot for two beers. A minute before I was leaving this guy dumped like 4-6 beer bottles and cans into the lot from the passenger seat of pickup truck and I confronted him about the trash. He swore it wasn’t his and begrudgingly put the trash in the bed of truck. He looked like he wanted to fight me and asked if I owned the mountain. I said yeah I’m part owner since I have a season pass and MBike Mike said we’re part owners of this row. Anyway what an asshole when there are garbage cans like every 30 yards..all in all not the best conditions but nice being out in winter and even a little snow shower on the way out.

Bronze God status 😂😂😂 Amazing that you lost your phone and then found it again still on the slopes somewhere. Clean up that camera so we can see the bronzed up @NMSKI we know and love.

Of course.

It’s more like 715...

They’re gone in slide areas, we all commented today. Guess they don’t want to bother to keep replacing them.

wow this is more serious than i thought.

I can't wait to have a mimosa at 6:45 in the morning in the parking lot. @AtomicSkier do you still have the PASR banner?

I was wondering how you profiled the core...Post a pic of the jig if you still have it..Maybe source a band saw to cut the epoxy off of the edge next time....A drill press with a sanding drum would be the tits for getting the rest...Looks like nice work.....I wonder how vinyl wrap would work as a top sheet..Easy to change... .And it will be the shit when someone asks where you got them and you say "I made em".....

Wow cool I was in Marble when I was on my Colorado geology trip in college.

that boulder always gives me the creeps. you'd think UDOT would do something about that, lol.

Beautiful pictures! I love sunrise pics Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice! My day at 'bird was a bust a few years ago, need to get back

Sure, you give me ski dimensions but I design the top sheet.

Doesn’t say anything about spit. 3 dings for me.

Camelback is having their parking lot party on 3/21...you can reserve a parking spot for $25...Bahahahaha..Pond skimming and cardboard box race as well...no grease or oil can be used to lubricate the box..that’s mildly NSFW...

Gotta encourage extra Wow..don’t suppress it

To Denver

Holy shit they look like skis! Can I hand flex them before @Justo8484 does?

Hell yeah! I was lucky enough to be on hidden peak for rope drop on road to provo my first time there. Won't forget that run.

I have been to Stowe but have not been this year - didn't work well due to its blackout days on Epic Local pass we have Going to Vail in early April. Was last there about 15 years ago.

Your lens is covered in grease. Clean that shit.

If you guys make this happen I'll bring my DJI Phantom 3 and attach my GoPro for flyover footage.

just say the word i'm ready to go.

There a spartan fireworks 5 mins from my house. Real deal stuff, not wimpy bottle rockets. might not ever be allowed back at blue however

fireworks would be fun, not probably not with drunk people in Blue's parking lot 😂 Barb probably doesn't want naan of that.

Saw ticket on Liftopia for 30 bucks, so I bought it. My usual day trips have been to hunter, so i figured whats an extra 20 minutes. It was completely worth it, and If I’m riding the Catskills in the future, I’m going here. The Catskills always seemed to have winter, even when the poconos did not. There wasn’t any snow on the ride up, except for higher elevations in the Catskills. I’m always wowed by the view of the Catskills when they first come into sight on the thruway. There only a coating of snow on the ground as i got near Belleayre, but cover looked good up high. After Belleayre, its super rural and i barely saw any cars on the road. As i got closer to Plattekill, there was more and more snow on the ground. When you get to the mountain, you realize its pretty much the perfect place to have a ski area, geographically speaking. In terms of getting customers there, thats a challenge. But it’s sheltered front he wind, and holds snow super well. It looked a bit smaller than the 1000ft vert, but the ski tracks app supports the 1k, and the lack of runout is amazing. to me it felt the perfect size. Conditions were great. The main face trails were half groomed with fresh snow on the sides. There was plenty of untracked pow on the intermediate trails as I don’t think the locals give them much traffic. Blockbuster was my favorite trail of the day. The expert trails from afar may look boring and straight, but the terrain is very interesting. I could easily spend an entire day here and not get bored. The lifts don’t even feel that slow as the ride time isn’t too long since its steeper. If anyone is going to the Catskills, I recommend passing all the other hills and check this place out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Elevator is open.

Even better and deeper the past 3 days!

I have wanted to check out GP for a while now, saving a day off for a pow day at Blue seems futile at this point, so i figured i would take the day off, since it will only become harder as March rolls on. Been watching the weather all week, rain then snow. They reported 1" of snow yesterday. Knowing today wasnt going to be epic or ikonic, i stuck to my guns and headed off to check it out. After reading last nights report from Blue, i kinda figured Blue wasnt going to be superb by any stretch, so i figured i wasnt going to miss anything at Blue. On the snow just after opening, which is 9:30. Huge crowd. like 10 people. So i started out on this lift, its a quad, they call it something "express", but it is really lacking in the express part. Nice grooming, and some ungroomed stuff over to the left that looks like it has a little more than 1" on top. Turns out there is a nice coating of snow on top of some midly crusty stuff. Fun to ski, dont make tons of hard turns and it skis well. I rode this lift for a little while trying to figure this place out. Over my left shoulder, i see more trails off in the distance, a chair lift, but i cant tell if that area is really open, or how to get there. My first attempt landed me right back at the express. this was that ungroomed area i saw from the lift. Just kind of ignore that fact its a little crusty underneath, and it was fun to ski. Anyways, back on the Express again, this is all the way to lookers right. Again, ungroomed on top of some firm stuff. Fun. Super crowded trail though, as you can see. So, some guy was actually to my right skiing this trail as i made my way down. We ended up on the express together, with another guy. So i'm in between these two, i need some info on this place from someone local. i know the guy to my left just skied down whatever trail that i was on, the guy to my right has a face mask on, and is skiing RTM's. Figuring he knows the best spots for Cocoa, i turn to the guy on my left and ask him how i get over to the other side. he said he was going that way, and just to follow him. Off the lift, and down some trail, he stops about halfway. Says, you can keep going down this trail and make a left, and it will take you to that other lift, or you can ski this glade, and join up with the trail below. I told him i wanted to ski this glade, and he said, "good. so do i." Turns out you can judge a book by its cover. We headed off down here. Disappointing sideways picture, but the glade was fun. I took this picture later, after i split up from this guy, rather than tell him....."wait, i need to take a pic for PASR," and have to go through explaining all of that. This was taken looking up from where we started skiing that glade. I couldnt figure out how to get to the top of this to ski the whole thing. So, after that, we got on the next lift, and he told me where this and that would go, and from the top of this lift you could go to (i think) East Mountain, if its open. It was, and he said, i will show you where another nice glade is. So down a little we head into another nice glade, and ski that about halfway down to the lift, then onto some ungroomed trail with some variable snow, then onto a little cut over, since the cover on that particular trail was getting a little thin and weird. Back up that lift, rinse and repeat, and then i split off to go back to the base, which is kind of a ways off to grab a beer. This is where picture time ends. i went back out, started back at the express, then worked left again, just having a good old time. I did pass by what i can only assume is the oil rig lift, but no pic. Called it quits about 2:30. Great day. What a great day. There were some areas of lake ice on the trails, oddly enough, they were just small patches surrounded by really nice well groomed snow. They do a nice job grooming here. There were a bunch of trails closed for snowmaking, and maybe one that looked a little dicey in the ice department. Come to think of it, i bet that closed trail would have lead me to the very top of the first glade i skied. No crowds to speak of at all. I think there are a ton more glades here than i skied. Coverage in the glades was good, not JH good, but lets face it, its the east coast. The firm layer under the good snow was actually probably a good thing, my skis came away unscathed. I am amazed at how much snow they actually get right in that area. you dont have to drive to far to find pavement. Theres nothing crazy steep here, but the conditions and trees well made up for that. Super fun place. I think its an hour north of Elk. I like Elk, i was there once a few years back, but drive by Elk, and go here. Totally worth it. Its all fixed grip lifts, so its a GSS free zone, and if you like to complain about Blues parking lot, go to Elk. Its 2 hrs 10 mins from my house in the poconos, so its a super easy drive, and i will keep this place on my radar.

Some people are just shitty. Glad you called him out, though.