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Forgot to post this on Monday night since I got drunk from celebrating, but I finally finished my PhD at Widener University and hope to never take a class ever again. As difficult and time consuming as it was, I really enjoyed it and would 100% do it over again if I had to go back in time. Even though it is already official, the "official" ceremony won't be until May when I get to wear the fancy doctoral regalia. Looking forward to celebrating with @AtomicSkier Sunday morning with a Truly enjoyable gravel ride if anybody is interested. Hopefully this doesn't mean the end of my student discounts and now that I don't have my school commitment as an excuse, I'll have to find something else to use to get out of things that I don't want to do 😂 Also, this does not mean that you have to call me Dr. Toast.

April 16th, 2021 Abasin day four of six Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Abasin. I was outside at 6am clearing the snow off my car..had Mickey dees breakfast again along with a coffee from hotel. I didn’t really relax much, I had ants in my pants..the powder panic. Left Hampton inn at 740am..pulled into Abasin before 810am, the drive was slow but uneventful...it was a brisk 19 degrees in Silverthorne and 14 degrees in the lot at Abasin. I wore a fleece layer which is rare for out west but wind chills below zero I need to be comfortable. Booted up, went to bathroom got in line behind a Richard nosely and lift line guy told him cover your nose..so anyway when it was time to go rick nosely and two snowboarders in front struggled in the perder and I clomped past then first civilian black mountain express and they let us off early enough that I was atop Lenawee at only like 9:08 and had enough time for a few pictures and to tighten my boots before the hoards of people behind me. Skeet skirted down the untracked between the groomed and snow fence was good..more than enough snow for float on my fat skis in medium and meadow skipping pitches. Oh steeps you have to be careful with turns or very light on your feet. In the woods it was enough new snow to cover up hazards. Down Lenawee and got that fresh then up Lenawee again got some fresh on steepish face basically under the lift..there were a lot of hoots and hollers I had to do one run on the lower mountain to the base because I knew there’d be swaths of untracked and I was not wrong but I was in the thick of crowds..rode the lift with somebody else from the base there was a parade of people descending on the mountain and I waited in a full corral for Lenawee lift..was an entertaining ride up..people were sending it..a lot of folks were hiking along the ridge. I took the rope tow over to Montezuma bowl..I knew the entrance was gonna be rough but better snow lower down..it wasn’t that bad...I did hit a big rock in some untracked powder I stayed on my feet. Went in the woods took a piss..found a nice little glade I’ve been in before and there were tons of tracks. Back to the front face it had to have been a real feel of -10 degrees at the top of Montezuma..I skied one of the main Lenawee runs..was pretty choppy the new snow will groom out well but it wasn’t a sleeper pow day. I got fresh on all my runs..waited in a few liftlines..and took some pictures.

Gonna be good.

14 degrees out. Lifts open in 48 minutes. I’m gonna take my time booting up..get in line an ski some untracked Perder.

5” new snow

I’m skiing Loveland tomorrow and Abasin on Sunday. I thought about Copper this weekend but prices are sky high and they only received like 3”..there’s still some snow in the forecast for the rest of my trip.

Haha not this trip unfortunately. One of these years though and Doug can come to CB next season

I won’t even use the fireplace

4/15/21 Copper mountain day 3 of 6. Hey All, I’m back from a fun day at Copper mountain. I got Mickey dees breakfast this AM plus had some coffee from hotel. Took my time getting ready and parked in the free Alpine lot at Copper mountain essentially like the fifth or sixth row. Booted up..took shuttle bus to east village and got my copper card from a kiosk same as at blue and Abasin then you can add on and use the same card. I made my way to the Super Bee six pack..it wasn’t open yet and maybe 40-50 kids doing training or competition at the front of the line anyway managed maybe the 15th chair and it was warminh maybe around 30 degrees and had my own chair so could go maskless. Made my way down to center village via Ptarmigan and a few connecting runs to the bubble chair..shared that with two kids bar was down bubble up that is one heck of a lift. Shields from the wind pretty well. Skied into the Timblerline area from there which is usually a hopping place and it was a ghost town..did some laps there because the snow conditions weren’t that great and that area is mellow enough that I can let em run..also went into the alpine once and instead of getting pictures took pictures of a group. It’s a real touristy crowd...I answered a few people’s questions about where the bus goes and what not.. i skied some blue and green and one black up high some little pitches weren’t groomed which made for a challenge as conditions were variable. Usually I’d want to stop at an upper mountain cantina for a jack and coke or maybe an IPA and a bag of chips but the weather wasn’t that good..some snow showers, high winds in some spots..increasing clouds. Person on the chair said NOAA said 3-8” new for tomorrow AM. I already pre booked Abasin for tomorrow I think it could be a junk show..depends how much falls overnight. I took a break in the woods then skied back to the east village..took the shuttle bus back to my car with a few people from earlier bus I know they got like 20k vert..I didn’t ski that much..spent some time taking pictures and traversing some woods I did go across patches and what not you never forget how to do that kind of skiing but an initial hop turn was tentative. I skied a lot of long runs today..and some short runs in the timblerline area..lots of rollers..not my ting Had a fast mexican lunch in Frisco on the way back to hotel. Tacos and rice were good soup sort of burnt tasting. I have more pictures here’s some for now.

A couple shots. Conditions aren’t that good. Kind of crispy cord and off piste refrozen.

It is when you get another 7" so far today and it's still snowing. It's be worth the extra time driving this weekend! There was 6" on the ground when I got back from Stowe around 4 today and another 1-2" fell since then.

Congrats! 🍺. That is great!

Congratulations Doc Toast!!!

Congrats. Probably a long haul.

Famous last words

TFTI!

Totally agree that it's devoid of life. Pandemic or not, SLC is no Miami, San Fran or NYC. It's clean and the homeless population is low. But, SLC is cool because you can ski before and after work easily, and allows you to have a job other than a seasonal position. For comparison, they're not the only small city to be devoid of life. It reminds me of cities like Hartford CT but with public transit and better views. Salt Lake's population is 197k whereas Hartford's population is 123k and Allentown's population is 120k. It's hard to compare to SLC's scene to a large city and you can't really compare it to a town like Jackson Hole. When you compare SLC to places like Hartford and Allentown, it's a gem.

I’ve never skied with her out here.

I love this view of Buffalo Mountain ^^ !! So glad you're crushing it.

At copper mountain. Parked in free parking today and took the shuttle bus.

I only post for the likes.

@mbike-ski update from yesterday https://nyskiblog.com/belleayre-not-giving-up/ Edit...sorry this is from Saturday