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Stacked turns is part o their avalanche mitigation program, as well as preserving it for others. It didn't really matter, there was so much pow to be had. There was only one time, on the second half of one of the runs, where our guide asked us to figure8 his tracks. As for the report ... we arrived at the Telluride airport at 7:35am to meet our chopper at 7:45am. As were pulling into the parking lot it flew overhead and set down on the ramp. Quick boot up, we walked into the FBO with skis on our shoulder, met up with the pilots, and we were skids up in a few minutes after a quick safety briefing. Thanks to @skiincy for some of those sweet airport shots! It was a quick 6 minute flight over the San Juans to Silverton, before we did a few spirals down into the valley that Silverton sits in. We checked in, got our tickets, and got grouped up with a fun group of guys around our age, mostly from CO, who had some "let's see if these PA guys can hang" comments that quickly faded after we left them in the dust as they were huffing and puffing on the first hike. Our first run was a heli drop, so all 8 of us piled in the Bell 206 chopper that had brought us to Silverton only an hour previously. Landed on top of a peak, kept our heads down, and the bird lifted back off for us to enjoy a perfectly sunny and calm bluebird day. Our guide briefed us on the run, and turned us loose one at a time. After a couple thousand feed of pow turns, we ended up back on a cat track that takes us back to the bus, which takes us back to the base area. We then headed up the lift and started a 40 minutes hike up the ridge to some *amazing* turns. A quick drop in, and some traversing across some rocks, and we were ripping another few thousand feet of even deeper snow than the heli provided. Again, to the cat track at the bottom, to the bus, and back to the lift. Third run was a quick 5 minute hike at the start, and a 5 minute hike at the bottom to get back to the cat track. Again, a few thousand feet of untracked pow. It was starting to get repetitive Fourth run was about a 20 minute hike below a cliff band to more untracked. At this point, we were cooked, skied to the gully to the road, picked up a bus, and headed back to the base area where our chopper was waiting for us to takes us back to Telluride. All in all, an amazing day, amazing skiing, with amazing friends. It wasn't the deepest snow I've ever skied, but it was the steepest, smoothest, longest I have. It was 100/10. The weather couldn't have been better, either.

Whoa. I’m gonna drink all the beer now

Let me wet your appetite while I sort through the footage .... here is a view of what we skied first run (off the heli). Most of those tracks were from other heli drops after us throughout the day. They're very adamant about stacked turns down the fall line, keeping it tight to other tracks.

Here are some more pics. I kinda felt like their papparazzi photographer. first time booting up in an airport parking lot ✅ the famous @Johnny Lawstrut This could be in the aviation thread at this point .. Here’s some close up pics of the helicopter. There were 3 pilots. 1 was flying, 1 was his assistant & training the 3rd guy. Pretty sure there were big 😁 under their masks, at least from @NMSKI ✌🏼out

@AtomicSkier@NMSKI& @Johnny Law- took off about 10 minutes ago.. from telluride airport to silverton

Not as many woo hoos in this video, but lots of excitement, swearing, and a few gems 😁 Enjoy. The second half of the one run where I’m not skiing as much pow as you think I should is because our guide asked us to figure 8 his line to help correct some bad lines from a previous group. I also fucked up recording the 3rd run.

It may not be Colorado, but this line in PA is still pretty damn good. I was able to get some video too for those who want to see it. This afternoon I took a ride over to Blue again to get in a lap on the same line that I did last week after the storm. After a few refresher systems that came through the last week I was hopeful that things remained in good condition. Ended up doing almost the exact same loop as before. The conditions were a bit better than expected since everything remained mostly shaded. The snow was soft and I didn't really break through to any crunch except for when I took my skis off to put skins back on. The skin out is almost as enjoyable as the run down. Its really nice and scenic as long as you don't look up at the power lines 😂 The stream crossing is a getting a bit more spicy as well. Not much separates from a fall a few feet down off the ledge anymore.

After some lot beers i went back out for some park laps. Park is A+ this year. Jump line is tons of fun and flows well.

I think @RidgeRacer just bought himself a new job each month and I couldn’t be more excited.

Left my house in kennett around 5:45, quick stop for gas at Wawa and I was on my way. Roads in chester county were garbage but vastly improved once I reached 1/476 in delco. Slight traffic on the blue root but nothing crazy. Turnpike was just wet with a few spots of standing water. Stopped at sheetz to grab a soda and then off to blue. Pulled in the lot at 7:50 and realized I made WAY better time than I was anticipating. I believe I parked in the correct row, see some of you guys soon!

We’re back. Amazing day. Insanely good skiing. I need to drink some champagne first, and then pictured and videos will be posted.

It's like skiing in vermont without the drive to elk.

#GreaseFilter

Toast = jelly

fuck you lol

Today was the amuse bouche of skiing. When NM told me it snowed I almost couldn't believe it and today normally would be a super super good day but with tomorrow looming it was the perfect appetizer. I don't know how I'll ever sleep tonight.

I spent way too much time on this.

I do have videos of them walking up. It needs to be edited with Fergicilous playing in the background

Can you also post that in the aviation thread? Would be nice if the boys took a train back to the Telluride house to officially hit the PASR trifecta

Skied 6-8, lapping Paradise and Lazy with the fam. Got half of a run with Marty but didn’t see anyone else. Snow was decent with just a couple scrape spots in the high traffic areas. Crowds weren’t too terrible, lots of kids. I was spoiled at Elk Monday with zero crowd and miss the empty midweek nights of old now. Back at it tomorrow morning, hopefully with some fresh snow overnight.

too late for the edit, but did catch a very bright microwave.

I can't wait! This is grate!

Got 12 fantastic runs from 130-4. Turnstiles were mostly full however both season pass holder lines at the 6er were empty and would put you right to the front. Which has be pretty abnormal this season. ROTD was the woods between Switchback and Lazy. Did 4 runs thru there to end the day.

Elk day is officially my phone screen wallpaper

I’m sure GSS will cover it in his report, but razors had some nice big rollers on it that root would write a letter about, dye marked at the lip but tough to see from a distance. Being airborne wasn’t what I expected first run of the day.

Took 1 more run through the park after the last post. Clean run and headed straight to the car. Excellent morning on the snow. Looking forward to the next time! edit: more importantly, I learned I can ski without my knee brace which is a step in the right direction

We operate with better than minimum standards.

Any time @Barb. I bet @theprogram4 would never do anything like that 😁

I am so glad you guys had such a good day, but sad we were not there to hear the first hand account! Skied this morning and go some GoPro footage that turned out not so great. Yesterday I had the camera angled too low, and today I think it was angled too high. Whatever, I made a crappy video to put on my FB but it’s not quality to put here, especially after the Silverton video. Huge huge thank you to Jeff for letting us stay at the villa. The location right on the mountain was amazing! Tom and Steve were hysterical and had our cheeks hurting from laughing so much. I am back in CB now, onto Boulder tomorrow. Hope to see more of you guys in Colorado next year.

I can confirm.

i lol'd

I'm sure this will get deleted too, but you can check their flight on flightaware.com or other sites. Just type N205PT Helicopter last reported position at 13,000 ft at 10:44 EST and went east/southeast from KTEX (origin airport)

I was hoping for a video of them running hunched over to the bird right after @NMSKIlooked into the camera and yelled “Get to the choppa!” This is still cool AF.

Other than this thread, and the BC thread, this is one of the best things posted in a long time. Really on pins and needles now for the March issue.

Reminds me of this song

I thought you preferred paper plates.

This is unreal. The scenery, the terrain, the turns, and the vocals. Well done boys!

Yup. If you ain't first youre last fuck that

Touring Gear is officially on my short list. Looks awesome up there!

I assume its to make finding 5 buried people easier.

Shadows you can go to Jackson hole with us next year.

https://silvertonmountain.com/experience/heli/

First run on Challenge today was probably the best ever. Starting to really like Widowmakers too.

I was thinking on trying it out after Blue this weekend....

Hey All, I’m back from a fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. It seemed like there was about 2” of new snow at Blue and in the A closer to 3”. Easy drive up and I arrived around 815am. In the house were Kyle, Mute, Charles, Ryan, BenM, Marty and TP4. First civilian six pack and went to razors first which had root rollers set up for super G training and brutally groomed. Sidewinder next made up for that with some freshies on the side..Switchback was also groomed but pretty nice and xing groomed as well. I skied sidewinder a few more times and a run on challenge which still held nice packed powder after 10am. I hungout in the lot a little and drank Levante Citra then went inside to get my new skis mounted. The little bar in the lower lot had a few people eating and drinking and people were starting to fill in. All and all a very pleasant morning at Blue the true.

and well + septic. go big and get something large enough where they can't see you.

I wouldn’t really do that..but I have a sick and twisted sense of humour. The entire time in line I chatted with the lady in front of me...she said she was pretty nervous and when we got near the front she said it was a pleasure chatting with me and I said,”likewise”...was a little like this scene from Beavis and butthead do America and she was planning on doing some sluts..I mean slots.

True packed powder day. No teeth rattling frozen cord today. No ice at all. 16 degrees, mostly cloudy. East Mountain lift mostly full, but no line. Quad not running. Soft cord, Elevator, Challenge glade, Mad Tree glade all looking good. Spent my time on the groomers. Challenge was nice and consistent, Tbolt was groomed with rollers before the drops so could get some air if you wanted to.

Here is a picture of @NMSKI from this morning at 11:15am. Not a lift line in sight, either.