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I thought the next thing after this was going to be a pic of @AtomicSkier

Wohoo! Great last touring day! Weather much improved today though we still had the wind. 9 degrees when we started but felt great in the sun. This is out front door of lodge. Ilise skinning up you can see how wind swept Red 3’s face is. We traversed left thru the trees well before that. Same route as yesterday since we knew the way and what to expect. trying to find a flat platform to transition looking up at our tracks. Makes the slope look so flat from this angle. Our skin track up got wind swept so I broke trail for most of it. Was tiring. some from yesterday from our guide Stellar trip!

Had some beautiful people helicoptered in from Telluride last night. I mean really?! Let me paint the scene for you; Main guy ($)- blonde curly hair cascading over his shoulders mid 50’s his woman- 30 if that, walks in w full length fur coat with a second fur coat draped over her arm. guy #3- man bun- enough said guy # 4- pilot finally some sun this morning. This place is the bomb. Would recommend to anyone.

The old trails would have been skiers right of Nile Mile. The longest tow went about 2/3rds of the way up the mountain. The top of the Stevenson quad would be in the top right of this old photo. I don't think this is part of the state park. At least not all of it. The top of the mountain is state park land but it doesn't extend all the way to the bottom on the north side.

I fully admit I am not good at doing full days. We did a 1/2 day. Forecast was a high of 10 degrees with snow and blustery winds. It was accurate. Visibility was very very bad. Our guide took us to a mellow ish spot about 30 degree descent. For some reason a 30 degree slope feels a lot more intense in the backcountry. We followed the skin track about 1/4 mile from the lodge, then our wonderful guide broke trail for the rest of it. We had about 6” of snow overnight and it was fluffy and light. our guide my friend Ilise is by a tree but is blending in. We were in the Red Mountain 3 zone and saw what that face looked like and it was def above my ability. We cut thru the trees to a run called “Hollywood”. I forgot how much it sucked to transition in true backcountry conditions. Wind, snow, freezing temps and deep powder. Nobody had been on our run today, it was all virgin snow. I am still intimidated by powder mostly because of all my stupid injuries. The guide and Ilise zoomed down and Jesus I was slow. At one point I stopped because I felt like I had vertigo from the white out conditions. Who am I kidding, I stopped several times 😂. My form was awful. The guide is going to send some pics but I almost don’t even want to see them. then we transitioned back to skins and went back thru the trees to “Bollywood”. We started to ascend but surprisingly we’re already pretty beat up. So we opted to ski down from where we were on the lower half of Bollywood. I felt a bit better in that run. To add insult to injury we had to transition yet again to skins as it was uphill back to the lodge. And 5 min before we got there the skies cleared up and it was beautiful If you zoom in to the center part in the trees you can see our skin tracks up and descent tracks from lower Bollywood. Hollywood is further up then cutting thru the trees going left (uphill). You can actually see our uphill skin track on other side of trees in Hollywood. And some descent tracks as well

They are being helicoptered to their touring locations. Lol. No grunt work for them. The wallet’s backpack was micro tiny. I assume man bun is his Sherpa.

Skied Snowmass today. 5" overnight. Was very soft underneath after they got 20"+ a few days ago. Could point them straight down anything and you wouldn't feel any bumps. Did Gowdys like 6 times today.

Thanks. The wallets did 1/2 day in the chopper and left. And yes, been partaking in the apres the last 2 days. Yesterday was a celery and potato soup, today is smoked salmon with cheeses, fruit and crackers. 3 young girls here do all the cooking. They seem like very bad ass skiers. All have extreme goggle tans.

So you are in Aspen, thanks for letting me know ya jerk

Saw that recently and saved it for the next time someone said, if you're going to Big Sky why don't you go to Whitefish while you're at it. A few years ago a high school classmate told me she was going to be in Denver and how about meeting up.

Bummed that I missed closing day when it was so nice but I'm glad you all got to enjoy it. My mom had us over for brunch and as much as a love the parking lot food, I'll never turn down her homemade scones and quiche 👌 Also happy to report that in infamous Beau sends his best and is hoping to be back next season!

We made it to the lodge finally. It is truly a lodge and not a hut. We actually didn’t even have to skin in. You park 1/4 mile from the forest road. So we loaded up our stuff at the car, carried our skis down the road. Then it’s like a 5 minute walk from the road to the lodge. There are 2 awesome lodge dogs here also. some pics our little room cubbies. 2 beds per space. can’t wait to ski tomorrow!!

Sweet report, I read it in a Wawa parking lot while killing a few minutes waiting for a takeout order. I bet you’re hungrier for the happy hour food today than arrival day. Offer the Richie rich people a La Croix and they’ll say no thanks we already have Perrier. Gray poupon would hold little weight around those wallets… awesome pictures.

I should laugh but I don’t even have a backpack. Have fun today Barb.

Private room of course. Not staying w us poor folk

Looks better than than it does today. Any vintage waterslide photos?

Wow

Definitely owe my life to having driven a 73 LTD (grandpa of the crown vic) my dad got me as a teen, and that long hood 100% served as a crumple zone when it saved my 17yo life. Gonna stay in Lincoln NH for 3-4 nights and ski some combo of Cannon, Waterville and maybe Jay with girls. Driving up Sat (or Fri if forecast clears for Sat). GSS should definitely spring for a 2nd car for my girls.

@JFskiDan already covered the gross misunderstanding of how police cars at treated. I'll cover the safety part. Crown Vics aren't safe. "Built like a tank" ... not always a good thing. Crown Vics barely have side airbags, let alone curtain airbags. Crown Vics are body on frame cars. The safest cars are ones with very soft front and rear ends, with a very rigid passenger cell. The idea is that all the energy can be absorbed by those crumple zones. When you have a frame ... there really isn't a crumple zone. You've never been good with the details.

But you can enter the back doors

State trooper friend says add about 50k miles of idling in place engine wear to that 145 k..

Way to get after it…don’t be hard on yourself about skiing Pow slow or only wanting to do a half day, most skiers and riders only ski lift served groomers.

When I pulled in in the morning, saw 2 flying around and there was also what looked like a juvenile circling around. There was also a pair of hawks circling as well. By the afternoon, the bump line on Coming Soon was a ton of fun. A big booter formed next to one of the lower guns that people were hitting. Spring snow provided a nice soft landing.

Take it to the JF thread. this is the Indy thread. and the buying old police cars auction thread. 😆

This should be the next magazine cover

What a fun day! Highlight of the day was waiting at the top of the 6 pack for the rest of our crew, and a bald eagle flew slowly right above us. Couldn’t ask for a more perfect day, and Blue did a great job considering the hand Mother Nature dealt them.

I have been giving the dogs lots of love. They are very cuddly. They are putting out apres food now. We stopped at Ouray Brewery for lunch, mistake since now I am not hungry.

Just to illustrate how large Montana is.

Few more. Today was good

Stellar day. Few more pics. Headed back out to the gondi in a few

Finding shin to knee deep in spots. So damn good out here

Ok back to skiing. 9 inches in the last 24. Chains and awd required for snowbeezy access road. Expecting sunshine today. Stopping at the ski shop in flagstaff to pick up a pair of enforcers for demo then plan on skiing my ass off till close for what may be my last day this season. If so…4 ski days at Arizona snowbowl over 2 trips. 30 at blue. Not bad.

Yes sir. Stunning.

Called an audible driving up 17 this morning and decided to go hiking in Sedona and visit the property instead. I'll ski tomorrow. Not regretting it with this view currently