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Barb confirmed snow in CO, Labor day has come and gone. LFG. Where you going? What are you getting gear wise? Predictions, Plans, have at it...

If anybody has not purchased their season pass at Blue mountain, their pre season sale is only about another week. One thing is for sure, there’s plenty of water in the snowmaking ponds!!!

Mornings are officially below freezing here now

I am so excited for this ski season! Aspen projected opening is 11/23 but I think uphill is allowed 11/1. If I could uphill Tiehack @Buttermilk once a week I would be in such good shape. But if I could uphill once per week period I would be happy with that. Hope to ski at least 50 days this year, which would be a record for me. No new gear needed and this house has such limited space I have to be careful about everything I buy. They have tried to deliver my snowblower 4 times now and can never find my house since it does not appear on google maps. I guess that is my one big winter purchase. AIARE 2 class/ hut trip in the San Juan’s in Feb with my favorite guide/mentor. Hoping to spend chunks of time in CB also.

i feel like i was reading something like this https://www.skiutah.com/blog/authors/kathy/the-ultimate-guide-to-ski-resort which seems to be how the industry is going, and for the road/parking issues of the Wasatch. Good info to read up on, as i am sure there will be some tweaks this year. good news is you fall under the carpool catagory, and im pretty sure you rule with an iron fist as far as getting out early. last time Dom and I were in Utah we were heading up the canyon road at 7 am. Do i need new skis? no. who really does right? but i loooooove buying skis. I might trade in the Influences on something a little more powder oriented as opposed to the very wide "do most things pretty well" that the influences are. Its fun having some different skis with different attitudes.

Booked a trip to Utah in late February. All four of us have IKON passes so we'll hit 4 or 5 different resorts. Need some new intuition liners for the boots. Gonna roll with the same skis, but I'm going to get some new pivots to replace some bindings I don't like on one pair. Won't be long now!