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Today was beyond words, the excitement just going to the airport was all time and when our bird flew over I think my dick moved. The scenery is unrivaled and I spent both flights glued to the windows. It's hard to pick a favorite skiing experience, the stupid fun at blue, stupid deep days out west, great adventures in the woods but this maybe my favorite and I got wicked sick. I don't puke like ever and I puked 4 times in the parking lot when we got back. I don't think it was altitude, I was definitely huffing but that's pretty normal and it doesn't jack with your stomach. Maybe the sushi but I came back to the ski mansion and spent some time with the porcelain throne and still maybe my favorite day ever. That's how good it was, Silverton if you like that kind of thing is something everyone should do. The views alone are worth the trip and while I have extra motivation to get back having seriously disappointed myself it was one of those days I'll remember super fondly for the rest of my days. Super shout out to Cincy, I didn't get to say adieu formally but the heli pics and video are super cool.

Some additional shots from the heli to/from the airport. “Standard Brief” Town view & runs down into town as we departed the airport Circling approach into Silverton Town of Telluride The accommodations Heavy iron at TEX

Not my first time there too but from a helicopter it's totally different. To see telluride like that was insane. I don't have a foggy lens, the windows are light plastic on choppers so not perfectly clean but you get the point.

Uh-oh. Somebodies paying for bags and sitting at the gate instead of in the lounge on the next Jay Hole trip.

Yes - your grease stained and hazy pictures from the picturesque Blue Mountain Valley parking lot are truly works of art

I am so gonna be at blue this weekend! Psyched! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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

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.

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.

This has actually become the dumbest thread on the internet, bravo gentlemen!

I would have paid for her to join the Heli skiing 😁

Spectacular. End of story. Also I love how each run starts with "Alrighty"

I'm pretty sure that has been said many times over the years of this site. PASRs have a unique way of outdoing themselves when sharing their skiing and boarding adventures. And surely, this thread isn't going to get worse while @AtomicSkier continues his stay in CO for the next 5 weeks.

Conditions today portend good things for the weekend. Thought we would have some sun today, but it clouded up right at 9. Challenge was crunchy but good first run. Razors was surprisingly open today. Maybe they want to ski off the loose stuff before the race Sunday and next Fri, Sat, Sun. Conditions were great on the slope, but as I was heading up to go over to the Main Street area around 10, a kid wiped out on one of the jumps and hit pretty hard, ski patrol was working with him. Crowded at the start, I was second in line and there were a half dozen behind me. Got crowded fast, and Main Street lift had a line when I got there. Widowmaker and Sidewinder was nice.

Damn it.

Didn't/doesn't his wife have some pretty significant medical issues? I don't see why anybody cares who wears a mask to protect themselves and others.

My reports are better than this one...I haven’t even seen any action shots of Atomic Jeff or Johnny law yet...

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.

Whoa. I’m gonna drink all the beer now

Why do grown adults call them tendies? Like, you're not five; stop.

Take it to the 2/13 and 2/14 roll call thread

Just got an appointment for the 18th from city of Bethlum. Were a good number of appointments left.

Think flu shot as in every year and rejiggered yearly to anticipate different strains. Part of life until we die Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We had a magazine cover shot taken the day before. It's all good.

They're amazing. Best reports ever. However, I do sense a small bit of FOMO while @toast21602 skis the power line, and while we're out skiing Colorado. You'll get your turn ... just relax. As for action shots yesterday ... surely you can understand that there was only one person on a slope at a time. No opportunity for anyone to stop to get shots of anyone else skiing by.

Woah now. That would almost be like other cultures that were doing that before a pandemic, to protect others instead of being selfish. Crazy talk.

I’m was hoping for just Silverton talk out of you for at least 6 weeks.

While I'd hope for a sharp decline I think it's going to be a gradual decline until the end of summer.

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

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.

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.

Road trip?? We can take a helicopter from Stratton to Okemo can hire @SallyCat as our photographer.

Ground control to major NMSki

Love it..I have one for you You better believe I still have it memorized.

Go for it you better be booted up by 740 for that...and you can have Atomic Jeff’s parking space if Root or Mute doesn’t beat you to it. I might even start off on the quad..mix it up keep things interesting.

Saturday, maybe Sunday

There will be places that still require them ad places that don't. I imagine public transportation and air/train/etc. travel will require them for longer than other places like restaurants, grocery stores, Blue Mountain...

No way people are wearing masks for years, you have until June and then people are done.

Damn you, I’m was hoping this summer. I’ve had to wear one at work since April and while the first 6 months were not that bad, I’m hoping to be done soon. I never realized how much we read faces while we spoke until we put masks on.

It’s just Doug being Doug

No data on that yet. Still way too early. I’d be willing to bet we will need boosters yearly but that is just a gut feeling and not based on anything else.

Remember they open at 8am on Monday.

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

Thanks for including a video. Legit.

Oh and screw having to make stacked turns.

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

Elk day is officially my phone screen wallpaper

Eaf salty is on his fourth season of the RTMs. Skis don’t last forever.

I never understood why there is an age limit on menu items. If somebody wants to buy chicken fingers just let them.

Heres the list from inside the demo place, but the guy said the skis on it may or may not be demo-able and there might be other skis not listed