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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

Good to know! thanks for the insight! We have a house that is a 2-3 min walk to a trail/lift that is not the town lift. So we should be good. We prioritized booking more of a ski in/ski out house since there are 9 of us. Makes it easier logistically and no car rental is needed.

Someone plz buy these. Perfect for the east.

Shit was absolutely insane this season, check the wasangles snake on IG for details. The fucking gondola/real estate scam I think will only make shit worse but it is some of the best skiing anywhere so hard to say it's surprising. My uncle basically lives on the other side all winter and he says it's all dependent on the day. Holiday weekends and mega dumps you gotta be at the bottom by 6 but other days particularly mid week you drive right up. Weirdly Brighton has been very difficult. Parking at Albion has become hectic af if you can get a spot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I got a sick ass kappa Italian ski team jacket I've been trying to find for a bit and a second trew real taste the rainbow type look. How in the fuck do you all already know where your going ? I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow let alone February........ the only one that is burning a hole in my brain is Revelstoke and I have an ikon so hell or high water. I'll probably go to UT but I think it's a warm vacation Christmas year idk. It will just be so impossibly nice to ski, I'm hoping side goes this year then it will be like a whole new trail.

I'll do another indy pass trip to New England this season...likely Utah again too. I heard somewhere that this may be the last year for powder mountain on indy pass, so I'd like to get back there.

You’re welcome and anytime @GrilledSteezeSandwich. Yes sidewinder never opened last season which was a bad dream that came true. Won’t happen this season. We’ll be skiing the booters on side well into March under the setting sun. It’s gonna be grate. only trips booked / planned so far is Flagstaff in Feb, likely only one trip this year but thinking 4 ski days. Lake Placid first week in April for a total eclipse sesh. Of course plenty of Blue. Open to whatever. Likely going to Vegas in Dec so who knows maybe I’ll check out Las Vegas ski and snowboard resort while out there.

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!