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I woke up early this morning since it was snowing and had a big drive to Monarch and they were reporting 1 inch as of 5:30, but it dumped for a few hours and we had a nice 6” of fresh in the morning and major dumpage from late morning through the rest of the day. Lots of nice powder turns and the first pow day my kids have experienced. What a cool little mountain Monarch is. It’s not that big and has small vert but the vibe was amazing and there was some really fun terrain. Nice steep runs from the top of panorama along the continental divide and some nice trees as well. I hiked Mirkwood, which is the “side country” area there and between the fresh and wind deposited snow I was getting knee deep in spots. It was awesome to see my kids get the hang of skiing powder and everyone is pooped!

Grate stuff.

Thanks for posting. I couldn't start my day without your daily picture of the trash cans

Stats from today. Skied 9-4 and only stopped for one break at the John Paul Jones lodge

Moonshine Bowl was pretty rad

To whoever suggested Snowbasin... I owe you a Sweet Baby Jesus beer or two. Fucking legit!! 6+ minute runs. I can actually play a song from start to finish. Whoot

I believe he was the bass player... get it right

Don't forget to have lunch on the deck at John Paul one of your days there. Ohh and poop in the fancy bathrooms.

Arrived at my final ski destination for the trip - Snowbasin for 2 days. Lodge is fancy AF. Should be another grate day!

Had another sunny spring day at Wolf Creek today. Things started softening up in the sun at about 10:30 am. I skied some with the family and went for a few nice walks along the ridges by myself too. I made the long hike all the way out to Horseshoe Bowl just to say I did it even though the snow there wasn’t great. The staircase up to the knife ridge was a cool experience. Did another hike/traverse into Montezuma Bowl which had really nice snow surprisingly. I never really thought about it, but the Alberta lift area is basically one huuuge glade and is so much fun to explore. Skied a lot of spring bumps today as well. Tomorrow we’re going to Monarch and looking like maybe a pow day on Friday.

All the times i've skied at basin i don't think i've ever skied moonshine bowl. Whenever I'm over on the strawberry side of the mountain I usually end up traversing out into sisters or around the back of demoisy to get into middle bowl. I believe WFO is where @toast21602 had one of the best crashes I've ever seen and then affectionately named that zone "Sticky Ditch". A few inches of fresh snow followed by 40° and sunny makes your skis stop pretty quick...

Today was happiest day of my lifes

Hotel coffee. I buy my own half and half so I can have some coffee with my cream

Yeah I remember... John Paul Jones like the singer of Led Zepplin or the famous historical seaman. Not sure about lunch since I've been having stomach issues and dont want to spend too much time on the golden shitters... though the hand washing area is legit

last night 5:30-7 was soft fast hero snow, beautiful evening!

Anything is possible, but most large users would negotiate a rate per KWH. My brother worked for a firm that did this for Whitetail, Liberty, and roundtop, long before they got Vailed. If they are trying to meet a #, why would they be shutting down the quad on busy evenings? Not running both doubles.....etc.

Hey All, I’m back from another fun morning at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 720am and the temperature was in the mid 20s under mostly cloudy sky’s with a few graupel pellets coming down. In the house were Ryan, Mute, BenM and C1er. The six pack was having some initial issues so began on the quad and mostly stuck with that lift. I skied challenge first top was good lower not so good then razors a few runs and razors was great early on...almost packed powder. Switchback was good and nice soft cord...sidewinder had some cookies on the last pitch and no root rollers. As time went on the fresh cord on some of the runs turned to mini cookies..no liftlines and the temperature was pleasant. All in all it was a nice session and I even ended on lazy mile which I haven’t skied in a week or two. JADIP..time to make the weekend roll call thread.

Ate dinner in a covered wagon at The Prairie Schooner. Famous celebrity guests included comedian Rodney Dangerfield, Blake Shelton and Reba McIntyre. That's what the placemat told me anyway

Beat me to it...

Saturday. I'll finally see Johnny Law for the first time this season! Prepare for a big hug Mr. Law...maybe a kiss if you're lucky.

Both days for sure, should be good

That’s crazy that the lodge was named after two members of the Beatles. Is there also a George and ringo lodge?

100% spot on. I just ripped that run and yelled WOOHOO. So much fun. I'm going to rent performance skis tomorrow. A shop has Elan Ripsticks 90ish width for $35. I'm not ready to buy skis just yet and that'll do for one day. If I can find Nordica Enforcers for the same price or less I'll rent those

❤️ almost everything off that Strawberry gondola. Main Street is usually a good ripper too, and just a tad better than the one at Blue.

Snowbasin sucks. I cant wait to get back to Blue Mountain...

*hotelhouse

Ikon college is $549. Blue pass is $599. Looking like I might do 2 passes for next season. Still think the Blue pass is priced higher than it should be..

Ikon passes announced their pricing. It's on sale March 11. https://www.ikonpass.com/en/shop-passes

Don’t be hating on ukelele or I’ll bring mine to Gaper Day. I can’t play it at all, which would make it even better.

Less grease on the lens today so I'll assume there was no fried chicken. Maybe just a sausage mcmuffin

No assholes blocking my view today. A little bit of grauple

Enjoy Snowbasin today! Don't forget to take the Allen tram to the peak and take the Grizzly groomer from top to bottom. It was the olympic downhill course from 2002 and it is a hoot! https://www.skimag.com/ski-resort-life/olympic-downhill-courses-at-snowbasin/

I hope there is a selfie that will eventually be displayed of Salty at the Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake city. Would be iconic.

Someone was speculating in the lot this weekend that as a large volume power user they have a contract to use a certain amount of power to get their rate, and with the great winter and them not making as much snow we may see more than usual down the stretch as they push to meet a number.

You should take a road trip and visit your bro in Crested Butte...

Spring skiing was in full effect today and we had a great time. Kids did a 3 hour private lesson which was pretty much a mountain tour and they loved it. The instructor let them hike one of the ridges and ski off it and they now think their shit doesn’t stink. I did a few of the main favorites, Alberta face, glory hole, and even did the 25 minute hike to the top of Alberta peak and skied chute 5. Skied a bunch of bumps with my son in the afternoon. All in all it was a great day.

Strange to say but if you like Basin thank one mittens Romney. When the Olympics got all fucked up he got major money to bail them out and Basin got alot of nice shit with mittens money. I like go up the tram out no name and ride the trees back to the trolley parking lot. OB so be careful but it's like lift service slack with a butler that picks you up and takes you back to the base.

Nice. I didn't see that but I took the dog out and could hear them running. Love to see it!

I invited Jeff to milk it at monarch but he had a friend visiting CB.

Hell yeah. Looks awesome! I remember driving past it last year. Looked like such a cool place right on the pass if I recall. WTGAI.

Looks like you had great conditions! I have only been there once years ago but remember it being empty and a nice vibe as you said. You know CB is only 90 min away, you should surprise Jeff.

Performance skis sound rad. Keep us updated.

Better. Lower crowds, longer runs, fancier lodges, more gondolas, wider runs, free wifi in lodges, no lines, free water, cool sun logo, and fancier stalls to make toilet

Ikon Base pass is not even worth considering for me - even disregarding holiday black outs as definitely would use all 7 days at Windham with it being by far the closest option. Leaning towards full Ikon over ORDA pass though - especially due to it covering a CO trip too.

Congrats milk it for all its worth.

That song's awful, but not nearly as bad as that one Train song with a ukelele

Maybe he found a nice soak

Another radically fun day at Brighton. Skied groomers all morning which were pristine and enjoyable. Then went off the cat tracks a bit here and there to enjoy the soft ungroomed snow. Today was a 12/10 Going to do some touristy things this afternoon- maybe find out where the bathhouses are for Mormon soakings.

That reminds me of a funny story... I usually pay for most of my friend's meals when I'm out there since he hooks me up with lift tickets, and I can stay for free with him in Steamboat when I go there...we were out at a nicer restaurant/brewery in Silverthorne one night for dinner and the waiter asked about separate checks. I said "nah, we're together" (not really thinking about what I said). The waiter was like "oh uh I'm sorry I didn't want to assume anything" (meaning he thought my buddy was my boyfriend). I made sure to keep it weird and I went as far as to smack my friend's ass when we were leaving while the waiter was watching 🤣

oh man.....im so glad i wasn't at blue today. I was still getting over boot deep fresh on my last run at 2pm at JF. Great day to miss Blue, for sure.