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Upgraded room is just a View of lake Champlain vs no view and a free drink during cocktail hour

Skied Elk March 1-3 last week. No trip report until now, I’ve been busy. I’ll keep it short and sweet. Great snow, great company. Had some drinks at Chet’s

i took the reindeer to the garage last night and literally just put the mower/plow away a few min ago. doing whatever i can to help.

Nice! ForeCast aGore looked good after 9 so we had a nice breakfast, as I’m getting ready to head and load our tix it started pouring. Radar was a big green and pink tie dye so we headed south to Shawnee to see Niko get his PSIA level 1 pin #whirlybird1

Thursday, checkout was at 12 so we put the baggage in storage and went skiing. I skied my atomics and I’m glad I did. They’re a bit wider underfoot and made floating down Whistler Bowl more fun. I skied the runs off of Peak Express including Whistler Bowl and Peak to Creek. my legs were burning. On my way down from Peak to Creek I saw a lil’ reading rainbow 🌈 while @Schifis in Dubai looking for a lamp with a genie, I was looking for a pot of gold. after the top to bottom, leg burn .. I did the Whistler Bowl. It was fun but the pitch was steeper than I usually like. Glad I did it though. At one point, it was super foggy and couldn’t see anything. ROTD was Grand Finale / Doom & Gloom in Whistler bowl although I about shit my pants. Had The Rolling Stones song stuck in my head 👅 skied from morning through 3pm. I rushed down to the bottom. Freshened up. Got my bags, heated up some ‘noods, and lugged my bags to the 4pm shuttle. again, the skylynx shuttle was clean and easy. Unfortunately it was full so I didn’t love sharing a seat. the views on the drive were incredible. If I were to do it with a bigger group than just me & brother, I would definitely rent a car to see the sights along the way. got settled into a hotel near the airport. Brian’s flight was at 8:30am on Friday and mine was 7am on Saturday morning.

Finished up our time in Taos today and we had a great trip. Snowed 1 or 2 inches overnight which was a pleasant surprise and after 3 really warm days it was a little cooler on Friday. I skied with my kids all day Friday after they had done ski school for the first part of the week. They absolutely rip now and are going to pass me soon. Took them down Al’s run for the first time and they were both talking about how easy it was. Stepped it up after that to their first Taos double black (west blitz trees to spitfire chute to west basin) and they navigated it perfectly. Kids at top of Al’s kids skiing Al’s little man entering spitfire chute Daughter in west basin son in west basin son and I on Al’s

https://www.bigsnowamericandream.com/ Got an Email to mark my calendar for Memorial Day weekend. The email seems to be a bit ambiguous but I’ll be happy if they open this summer. I took my son last August and had a blast, it was one of the hottest days of the year 100f when we left. Surreal going from 28f to melting outside.

kind of. i 'took them down' when i untied the rope that was strung to the tree. they were just laying in the yard since jan 15. i did bring in the rest of the shit like candy canes etc yesterday. they were sitting on the sidewalk in a pile tho since at least mar 1. the lights on the gutters are still up. part of me wants to just keep them there. it's not like anyone aside from guests or deliveries would ever see them. added photos for the evolution of the whole thing

Welcome back Hayata!!

Uber told me me there were no ways home so after 4 brewery stops, I walked through sidewalks looking like this for a couple miles and saw a giant dick statue/rocket ship, while carrying a bunch of beer, until I made it back to my hotel. Might hit Bolton or mount Ellen tomorrow or might just hit more breweries...both sound great

My daughter drove north to Sedona and the grand canyon for the day...sent me these to make me jealous

Lake champlain is cool... View from the hotel doesn't suck either

Thanks GSS. You can be such a jerk.

Wednesday night, I went to Crystal Lounge. Kinda funky to find but it’s right next to Old Spaghetti Factory. i liked the scene. It was chill but cozy. Thanks for the recommendation @toast21602! we got salads + nachos. Salads were good. Nachos were ehh. Then we came back for 2nd dinner and got wings since they were $0.10 (I think) Followed by hot tub life.

I had a squirrel run across Razors in Jan 2020 and thought we were both going to die. Heart rate peaked at 134 according to the watch

I’m just in shock it wasn’t a troll post

Please pardon my formatting and grammar. I'm posting from a phone. In the fall, I started a new job that has turned me into more of a semi-weekend warrior, for better or worse. This, coupled with a shitty snow year, has really impacted my plans to wring every dollar and then some out of my indy pass. I was able to use my two days at montage in January, and was finally able to branch out a bit in February. no trip reports from montage because they were pretty basic. random fact: this is my second year in a row of not riding a high speed lift. Greek Peak 2/5/22 This was the best day of the year. There was the gnarly ice storm in PA, but greek got 8-14 inches of the good stuff. It was interesting to see the changes on the drive up. It went from bare ground, to ice covered trees, to a ton of snow. When I got to greek it was still snowing and the roads were still covered. Last time I went to greek, I was unable to ride their longer stuff off of lift 4 and 5. And that would be the same today. They really got a late start opening the lifts, and lines started to build in an "epic" fashion on their main quad. Thankfully the double next to it and lift 3 opened shortly. Conditions could only be described as the epic that vail wishes they were. It was one of those point your board in any direction and your fine days. Fresh tracks in the glades, fresh tracks under the lifts. I even had some completely untracked trails off of lift 3 as I was one of the first people up after opening. So that was it. I rode a ton of pow, and left. And on thew way out i realized lift 5 was open (without access from lift 4) by way of a shuttle from the base lodge (not advertised). Oh well. Bosquet 2/20/22 I found myself in the Pittsfield area and knew I had to stop. Its not on the indy pass and super small, but I like the idea of checking new places out. Bosquet is operated by the berkshire/catamount people and you can tell some improvements have been implemented. This trip was right after the great new England blowtorch event so conditions were spicy. The mountain feels like a larger bear creek, with a montage-esque setting. to get onto the access road you turn right into a large shopping plaza, and there's houses and condos and whatnot. it also overlooks the city of Pittsfield and you can see the trails from many spots in the city. the parking lot is easy to get into and right off the road. The lodge is new and nice. They were using the overflow lots, however i never waited in a line. not bad for presidents day weekend. none of the trails were anything to write home about. the owners also clear cut a ton of trees (they did the same at catamount and Berkshire east) to install the new summit lift. you can tell this is causing a conditions nightmare/snow retention issue near the summit. Despite being small and not really interesting at all, I would still be psyched to have a place to go an scratch the itch right in town. If you want something better, Vermont is really close too. Mohawk 2/27/22 Mohawk is the smallest of the 3 mountains, but it was super fun. The lodge is old school, right on a large pond, and the staff was awesome. Busy day but short lines. The snow was absolutely perfect (except for one spot that looked like someone forgot to shut a hydrant off). My favorite trail was chute. it doesn't look like much going up the lift, but its narrow with some great rollers and small twists. on the lookers right of the mountain there are some short, but winding trails through pine trees at the top. Speaking of the summit, it is heavily wooded with pine trees so views are not really a thing here. Mohawk also seems to have a really large uphill following. There were multiple uphill routes with great signage, and i would see at least 10 people skinning every time I was on a lift. There was also a "mid" mountain lodge that had a lift going right over it. the only annoying thing about the day was the racer kids. I forgot how much i hate groups of racer kids. There was an entire trail closed off for them, which i understand. But they rolled in groups of over ten across the rest of the mountain, would stop in the lift lines to group up and were impossible to pass, and would just block off trails waiting for the rest of their group. Hopefully I can squeeze one more day in before the season is over. I need a miracle march to keep magic as a viable destination for my final day of the season. Hopefully the weather is better next year. on the way home i saw ski lifts that appeared to come out of nowhere. the ski area is thunder ridge NY. The photos make it look mellow, but the trails seen from the road are really steep in person, and apparently there's a whole backside and separate ridge than what's visible from the road. I am really starting to enjoy smaller areas, so i added it to my list for next season. Okay. These last two photos. The website keeps adding them to the end of the post, despite deleting them and editing multiple times

Too bad, Sloop has a great Peanut Butter hamburger!

I think he'll tell me because we're such good buds. But I'm afraid of avalanches from the upcoming storm so I'll be sure to carry my whistle.

Toast knows some good Roots..

Wednesday could be a perder day or the percanerrrs

They probably could've stayed open today. Or at least make it till 4pm.

Nope, not a troll post. It was real. If you look down on the twitter feed there is also a video of the Raccoon drinking at the lodge (that my wife took)

Wasn't raining when I woke up and was expected to hold off until 9:30ish so I headed up and enjoyed a glorious morning with @JFskiDan @Dirtwolf@Johnny Law@mute1080 @boobear @theprogram4 @Benm @bethlehemfordguy and the rest of the boomers. Snow conditions were a carpet. Creamy snow all over the place and nobody there. Rain picked up around 9:30 when we retreated to the lot for a beverage. I thought I was done for the day until it stopped raining and the sun started to come out. We went back out around 10:30 and skied until 12:30ish when we could still ski onto the chair. Everything was perfect from Razors, Challenge, Sidewinder, Switchback, Main St, to Midway.

Super good day, the best condition is no people and the rain kept then away for sure. No crowds, hammer down hero snow skiing is the best and it felt like the days of yore with just the pasr and boomer continent in the house. Disappointed I didn't do the second session but it was nicer to sleep 6hrs Props to Atomic hitting 60 days

Awesome day at Blue. Didn’t get behind any car on the way up so knew crowds would be light. Glad we hung out in the lot because round 2 was full of soft serve and sun with no lines. On a Sunday at noon, I’ll take it.

Notice the friendly @toast21602 on that map too. I had a different hotel booked but canceled yesterday morning since i didn’t know what my plans were, booked the Hilton for $50 less and got an upgraded room

Sun came out after lunch and turned into a nice day. Quit around 2 and drive to Burlington to spend the night

Lunch, pork belly onigiri Vista glades and a few other spots in the woods. Enchanted forest was open this morning, got one run there. Closed now. Wilderness lift is shut down too unfortunately

And your point is…?

Im not done with them yet. You are gonna look fabulous on them.

Oh yes! cut like butter. These are gonna ski great!

Some other glade and then Timbuktu again...rode most of the day with Enjorales and pops, then cut over to the Jet lift a little before 2. Was gonna do saddleback tomorrow but calling for freezing rain in the morning. I'll make a last minute decision in the morning but probably hit Bolton valley and then stay in Burlington and hit some breweries.

Hey All, I’m back from another morning session at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 835am and it was 35 degrees under sunny sky’s with a brisk north wind. In the house were Atomic Jeff, Bethlehem Ford Guy, TP4, Drew and Gary. First run on razors was stiff cord but smooth, lazy mile was similar and revisited razors a few times and it got a bit better as the cord was scrapped off. Paradise was ok and TheDude4Bides was practicing his whirlybirds. Coming soon was groomed one car width wise on the right side and had the slickest snow on the hill. There were a moderate amount of people out, mostly booms skiing slow. Finished with some razors and was out of there at 1015am. Should be interesting weather this weekend...cold, wet, warm...an entire Smorgesboard on tap.

That's so weird. I'm going to quit PASR now. You're back to like 2 other females on this site - Barb & MamaSkis

Great day. First challenge run was a 10 out of 10.

On Wednesday - Got the day started and my brother was scrolling Reddit. He saw this guy at Whistler when he was on peak express yesterday. The entire chair lift was hyped for him yesterday. Check out this link below! Reddit - Whistler skiier On Wednesday morning, I started up on Excalibur Gondola - Excelerator lift. The Tbar wasn’t open yet so we were doing laps on the Blackcomb side for a bit. When it opened, we headed over to Glacier Express. It had a sign that shows the length of the line and visibility which I really think is wrong 🤷🏼‍♀️ Did the TBar. Met some guys from West Chester & Hershey in line. This was probably the longest line of the trip. Hiked up a short bit and looked down at the Blackcomb Bowl. I take a similar pic at every resort so I had too 🤷🏼‍♀️ It was fluffy, deep, and you could really float. It felt like the backside of Snowbird on a powder day. The snow in Blackcomb Bowl was amazing and the ROTD. Loved it ❤️ We stayed to the right, kept our skis high, and hiked went down. It was wild. I overheard a guy show how much it’s receded in recent years… yikes Continued to ski down and bounce around on the Blackcomb side. it was humbling and yet another awesome day in Whistler.

Don’t think it applies to alcohol

@enjoralas @Justo8484 @AtomicSkier

Rode with BenM at opening, bfg and crew were there but otherwise not a ton of pass holders. Between the weather and them blowing I didn't expect much but razors looked mint from the chair and first run down we were semi shocked to find really really nice pretty soft perfectly blue smooth full beans snow. So nice you gotta do it twice. Ben found the super nice skiff on upper main, a solid half inch of spongey effortless cord sadly led to a normal junk show lower main. Coming soon has been groomed full width and they have mastered the sponge with those guns, just super nice zero effort sponge cake all the way to the wall. Rumor has it no sixer until 3pm but the quad wasn't too bad as nobody was using the 4 person line. Super super nice day, always good when you expect a brick and it's actually quite good. Rando on lift was talking like he was in the know and said they are pushing for end of March.

There was a skunk under the quad this afternoon which really made me feel connected with nature today.

3 years ago now. Damn. Seems like yesterday.

yea I should of qualified that the guns were starting to come on all over the mountain on my last chair ride / run last night

Couple runs off of jet lift to start the morning

Guns are on ! Very spicy tonight, Skied TCS sideways . Hit Barneys in one or two places and stayed away from the polished snow in between.

That has happened to me on the bike too many times to count, but never on skis.