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Magic. groomers are nice too.

Another fire day in the Mad River Valley. I forgot how vertical the bush is but first run down heavens in the kinda stiff and I remembered. NM had called gatehouse like 2 days ago and it was prime, super soft miking it kinda turns. Super nice soft bumps and just super fun everywhere you go. The beer everywhere is redic but super glad we stopped at Lawsons both for the beer and intrigue. The rest of the crew is headed south whereas my destiny lies east across the border but it was most excellent to rip with such a fine crew. I've skied more bumps in two days than two years and there may be no higher compliment.

To top it off we just saw @Ski2Live Live2Ski at the rest stop and even got some rolling shots of the Crown Vic

Went up yesterday with a bunch of Blue mountain bunny bumpers. Sun was shining, nary a cloud in the sky. Snow started out firm and fast but soon the blazing sun turned frozen bumps hero. Spent the day lapping Belleayre Run under the lift line to show off for all those riding the lift. Great day for some spring skiing! They also had their pond skim going, so we went over to check it out. Unfortunately it was on hold as the pond sprung a leak and was only a few inches deep.

You can almost always tell its magic ! Looks like a super nice day. ‐--------------------------------------------- I wanted to go to Sugarloaf but when I woke up at 5 and realized I could sleep 2 more hours if I went to the River that made it easy. Score two more points for being lazy because it was le tits. Super sunny with nobody around the trails baked up to a super nice smooth corn around 10am. I rode mostly empty trail after empty trail as the river has alot of horizontal terrain. The shots are a little shorter as its like 40000 peaks but some really nice wide groomers you could uncork it on. My legs were trash from all the bumps the last couple days but I did take two on Top Gun and it was super nice soft easy airplane bump turns. It was a very very nice spring day and man I gotta get up to the river more.

Knew it was gonna be a good day when we saw this guy on the way up Bluebird with lots of sun and soft snow Even got ski a few runs with @Harvey

Cop engine, cop suspension, cop tires……..

Nice soft bumps off and under north lynx were the flavor of the day. Can’t complain about anything when it’s nice and sunny. The brewskis in VT are always on point. Had to make a stop at lawsons for a little apres and we even saw some long lost PASR family members there.

Great weekend. Gotta close out my season like this every year!

What’s I think more impressive is that Arizona snowbowl (400 so far) is doing better than the front range CO and Whistler and by a good margin.

…and repeat ‘23! The sun tried to poke through but never made it, but still much fun to be had

Was a fun day indeed. Covered quite a bit of ground and things were way softer than I expected.

It was a Good Friday at Killington with @AtomicSkier @NMSKI @Johnny Law slow start to the day, started with the gondi as some stuff was on a delayed opening. Quickly after 10 or so more started opening and things got real nice real fast. i think we are going to the Bush tomorrow. Will dip into the twenties tonight, so a firm start im sure, but should warm up nice. As skitoolives says “get hard on Saturday, and stay soft on Sundays” or whatever.

Pretty view from Catskill Thunder Gondola

Day 43. Closing day.

New ski day..

Spent some quality time at the Bush today. Firm start on super bravo, but once gatehouse started loading we moved over there to find some really soft snow. Played in that area for a while, then went down to the base again to find a huge lineup at super bravo. Went back over to the other side after a run there. they had springfest today, and drew a big crowd. It was pretty busy. Sunny co ditikns all fay, but chillier than yeaterday. Another real nice day with the crew.

Today was doooope ! Classic VT like 16 different snows on the hill, super super perfect corn and then the next turn is boilerplate, then grass, then firm groom etc etc and its all up to you to navigate. Outer limits was very very good, one run I got in a good line and it was lazy falling airplane turns all the way down. Vagabond was also very good with the perfect amount of skankiness. I think this has been the longest I've gone between visits but say what you will its a fantastic mtn. There is that millisecond in skiing where you can feel your shit going south because something unexpected has occurred in the snow. The more you ski the less it happens as you get better at predicting what to expect but I think at no mtn have I spent more time in the oh that's interesting place in seemingly non threatening terrain than Killy. Like the rodeo in Mexico it's gloriously sketchy. Proper fucking crew and a gorgeous day in the mtns.

I have been overruled by my family ,I was hoping for a Jay or Whiteface trip but they want to go to Niagara falls . Anyone planning on skiing the eclipse? To me being atop a a mountain would be surreal during a total eclipse . https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2024/apr-8-total/where-when/

Nice to see you guys on your way home. Nice thing about the Crown Vic - skis fit in the trunk cross-wise. Got 23 mpg for the trip. Not too shabby for something that size. Went "off pass" this weekend at Plattekill and Belleayre, spent the night at Twilight Lodge (in Tannersville as decision to hit Belleayre instead of Hunter on Sun was made after I booked room - based on reports of not great conditions at Hunter on Sat). Still got nice deals - $25 at Platte and $48 at Belle. Next up will be Breck April 15-17 making for at least a 35 day Skison

260 on average

Today is closing day at Jackson hole…they received 595” at the upper mountain plot and 434” mid mountain and are closing with a 129” upper mountain base and a 93” mid mountain base. It’s only been above freezing at the base a few times all winter..I’ve never looked at the webcam so much because it’s always snowing. If it’s sunny everyday looking at the webcam is boring. Alta Utahs total is impressive AF. A local climatologist from the university of Utah has a 20 foot high weather station across the street from the parking lot and only the top two feet or so is visible.

I have fun every time I go to Killington. Too bad I had to leave yesterday, it seemed like it was going to be a great day.

Warm bluebird morning at Eldora. My friend and I did exactly one tree run and it was like a luge, super icy. So we did laps on the front then went to the backside. First 2 runs were good, then everyone seemed to find their way back there and that lift is painfully slow. Ended the day with about 10 runs and the snow was turning to mush. Car said 40 degrees when we were done.

Got some Look Pivots at the tune shop end of season. Planned on getting another pair of Blizzard Black Pearls. I’ve really enjoyed them, they’re pretty versatile. Girl at the shop said the new ones aren’t as good as the old ones. Not sure what she meant by that.