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Hey all, I’m back from another session at Blue mountain the true mountain. I arrived at the lower lot at 715am and it was in the upper 30s under mostly cloudy sky’s with moderate winds. In the house were JFDan, Ridge, BenM, Mute, Ryan, Boo Bear, Justo, Rose, The real Kevin Thomas, -Dan, T Maki, Enjorales, Pops, BFC, Mixilplix and many others. First civilian OG six pack and first run was on challenge which was firm. Main Street was super nice cord on the upper and upper upper sections and still decent lower down. Coming soon was solid and uneven, lazy mile was ok and raceway was decent with a big bare area. Midway and chute also skied decently. The best thing about today was the lack of crowded, despite low attendance, all three high speed lifts were running. I skied about 12-13 runs then hungout in the parking lot and had some beer and chips and bologna and cheese from Jimmy..all in all a fun morning and I picked up champagne for tomorrow on the drive home JADIP

Firm conditions to start...Skiers R on main was the only place I could find that wasn't frozen....Once the clouds broke things softened up.....Last run down Razors was a winner..Super quiet for a Saturday morning....Non stop laps....Fun morning ....

Fun day. Frozen cord all morning... probably the best way to describe it. Crowds were minimal. Very quiet for a Saturday. All in all fun.

@mbike-ski and I took a chance and toured up Bearpen Mountain ... about 25 minutes from Hunter/Windham. There was some liquid precip yesterday and the temps were cold last night, so our backup plan was a tour up Windham. We arrived in the middle of nowhere and did a quick snow check. It was *ok* with a slight crust. We hoped it was better up high. About 2/3 of the way up we came across a skier coming back down the snowmobile trail and he said he dipped into the woods and it was rough so he bailed. We were that far, so to the top we went. The grade was perfect. Nothing as steep as Hunter/Windham's uphill routes. After reaching the summit and enjoying a beer, we scoped out the lines from earlier in the week to have some knowledge for a future trip. The top half was still firm, but the lower half was insanely fun spring snow. Had we waited 30-60 minutes at the summit, I think most of our run would've been like that, but we both had a huge smile on our face at the bottom. It was fun. 10/10 would do again.

Good stuff. Leaving my place now for a early evening session

They want to make April as of now lift tickets are available online daily through the 26th

Looks like we get another week! Wouldnt fire up Sunday night to close Monday morning.

No RFID here. Real lifties using scanners and generally being friendly to everyone. You know. How it used to be before you were just a number. They actually address you by name occasionally.

Uphill day at Buttermilk. Storm fizzled out. Was supposed to get 10-20” but got 6 and yesterday was sunny and nice instead of all day snow as predicted. I wanted to go skiing yesterday but we really had a lot of stuff to did out here in Marble as my snow shovel got hurt his back and hasn’t been here for a while. my dog could just sit outside for hours scanning for any movement in the trees to chase. or up on his tall perch Our resident fox came by for a visit. Luckily my dog was inside napping at the time. The roads were nice and dry on the drive to Aspen. Decided on the easiest lap, West Buttermilk. I didn’t have my watch last time I did it but I now have the stats; exactly 1 mile and 922’ to the ski racks at Cliff house. It was 20 but felt tropical in the strong sun, I shed a layer after 15 min and took off my gloves. 56:25 to get to the top and took a quick snack break inside. When I was going down somehow I took a wrong turn, things look a lot different going down then going up. I stopped to check out the map and realized I was on the front side and there was no way I could get back to my car. So at the base I asked the liftee if he would let me in without a scan so I wouldn’t waste one of my 3 remaining days just to get back to the parking lot. He said, “You could always skin back up”. I said I could but asked if he would take pity on me and he did. So back up and went real slow until I was sure I was on the correct trail down. Whew.

Day 35.

Bringing the generator. Probably have the pizza oven to use as a heating oven if it makes sense for things

I switched. At first it felt so weird to have my legs independent of each other instead of strapped into one board. I have taken a lot of ski clinics over the years and that helped. Getting out of the back seat took years. Funny Deb Armstrong is mentioned. I watch her videos and at my most recent clinic I was told I am bending my knees too much and not standing up straight. I admitted I watch her videos for pointers and she always has a deep knee bend or so it seems. My instructor pointed out she is a ski racer. But I still find her videos good. Good luck!

Ad campaign for Snowbird with 1 star reviews talking about how difficult of a mountain it is. Great move and makes me want to go there

Look up Deb armstrong on you tube, she has instructional videos for first day to advanced skiers.

I rode 3rd chair with JTG . I was hoping to meet @Harvery but it’s probably a good thing @Ripitz was with him. I might have been tempted to keep up with him. He’s a beast! . That probably would have not ended well for me as I was lucky if I was skiing at 30% of my level.

I think they did it a few years ago too......hilarious.

If not blue then probably camelback so we likely have three more weekends of local skiing.

Weather is looking promising for Utah next week. Doing Brighton Tuesday, forecast is 6 to 10" through Monday evening. Deciding on snowbird or snow basin for Friday

You can reset when you’re in the ground. I’d rather be skiing.