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I'm seriously feeling the post Jackson Hole blues right now as I slump into my desk chair to stare at my computer for 8 hours and catch up on emails and work BS. After a few runs yesterday morning before heading to the airport, travel back was a breeze through ORD to PHL, and I rolled back into the kunk around midnight. After thinking about it the whole way home last night, I can say is that JH is a place that feels very different from anywhere else I have skied before. My two big takeaways are: The sheer consistency of the steepness across the mountain. I like the natural feel of the mountain. It is like skiing as Mother Nature designed it. My 4 days were the perfect intro and got a taste of everything there is to offer. Yea, the first day I was not feeling well and made a vomit deposit in the hobacks. On second day I felt like a weakling due to not eating at all the first day. Had some terrible vis days and some sun at times. A little sad about no pow other than an angry inch but oh well. Last run off the tram down a sunny Rendezvous bowl then ducking under the clouds to bottom before heading to the airport was a perfect way to wrap the trip up. Can not wait to get back. Thanks to the boys @GrilledSteezeSandwich @AtomicSkier @mute1080 @NMSKI for being fantastic guides and showing me around. Oh, and a word of advice... Never trust a fart...

January 30, 2024 Day 7 of 7. Hey All, I’m back from my last ski day of this trip which is my 20th trip to JHMR. I first visited in 2002 then returned annually 2005-2020, skipped 2021 and been back 2022-2024. Last night there were clear skies but this morning there was a cloud/fog layer about 1,000 feet up spritzing light snowfall in the valley. 8am departure to the resort had us there around 820am…last boot up of the trip and my bad foot didn’t even hurt getting into my boot..a little tender but no big dealio. We hoofed it up to the gondola in upper 20s temperatures and shot the shit and rode the gondola with the Long Island guy who used to work for Billy Joel and his buddy from NYC area who’s spent the last ten winters in JH and who’s going to Bali/vietnam/Bangkok to surf and have fun next week. I told him to watch out for the ladyboys. First run on amphitheater the cord was a little stiff but pure sunshine and visibility until right before the base of the Thunder quad. Up Thunder and into Laramie bowl which had similar stiff cord but full visibility. Up Sublette and did Rendevous trail which was similar conditions, pleasant enough. Then Sublette over to Laramie bowl again which was now starting to corn up a little in the warm sun, then the cat track down to Thunder in fog. Up Thunder and did amphitheater from the top, then we did Jerry’s way for Salty and Mute. Up Thunder again and another Laramie bowl which was even better but so many people standing at the edge like it was Corbetts coulour. Sublette had about a half full lift corral, lots of schoolers, not new schoolers but ski schoolers who get to cut the lines. Then a run from Sublette to the base via Rendevous trail and lower tram line. Lower tram line was in deep dense fog but I was able to see enough to ski moderate speeds..was almost spring like in the beginning and refrozen crud lower down. NMSki had a cab to catch to the airport and me and atomic Jeff had an early lunch at the four seasons. Short day today but we still got a decent amount of skiing in and was nice being in the sun for a couple hours up high. Some people even said,”you’ve got to stay high today”…I’m not the person they have to remind cough cough. All in all this turned out to be an excellent and successful trip. Everybody had fun, we got as much skiing as we wanted to get in, generally around 20k or so of vert a day..I think mute and Atomic Jeff did 24k the other day but they skied a run or so more than me. I weigh about 20 pounds less than last year which made a big difference in my energy levels..even walking uphill to the gondola felt way better. I also didn’t drink that much which helped. Except for a few crowded runs and liftlines, the mountain was generally pretty quiet while the town was more hopping. Last Sublette ride, our lift riding companion was talking about going to Switzerland next week and I was asking about how he’s getting there and it turns out he has his own G4, a house in NYC also and a smaller plane for Europe. Serious wallets!!!! I only took a few pictures today here they are.

Posted up at EWR. Destination...Phoenix to pick up my kid, then drive to Flagstaff later tonight. Plan is to ski tomorrow, Thurs and Friday. Tomorrow looks like we'll be skiing under the Arizona sun while for Thurs and Fri it's looking like snow... forecast is calling for 1 to 3 for Thur and same for Friday. Should be fun. Pic from last year below!

Pretty firm last night. They turned the guns on Lazy and Tuts around 6:40. Almost comical because everything blown on Tuts landed in Danielsville

We went out for a family ski last night around 6.... dust on crust at the top of the mountain and razors, challenge and main street looked and sounded glacial. On the the other trails there was sugar to be found on the sides and it got deeper the further down the mountain you went. Wish we could have made it earlier to run some of the other trails.

Rode from 9-1 today. Place was empty. Conditions were meh. To quote a legend, “Ice is nice, speed is good!!!!!!!!”

If we want Switchback (I have no hope for Sidewinder this year) we better hope it *doesn't* stay empty . . .

Deserted compared to last Monday. Light pretty flat early, better later. Strong wind blowing uphill most runs, better on NM/DW. All slopes very firm but not icy. Fresh edges on the RTMs helped. Razors closed until about 10:30. Widowmaker closed for gate practice. Main St. In great shape, none of the loose stuff to bother you. 19 runs before noon and my legs still felt fresh.

A few more pics. Boy I lucked out. Skiing in southern Vermont has been infinitely better than anything in Pennsylvania this season.

Better conditions tonight...Sweet and Low most everywhere....Fast surface and got kinda heavy in some places...The steeper areas were all good though...I ran Timberline right before they closed it for NASTAR and it was pretty meh with some dark spots showin...Empty again tonight...No wait time...Another super fun time....

Can’t believe you grouped me with Salty. Probably going to have fight in the parking lot now

Wow nobody at Blue again this morning. Let’s hope it continues to stay empty.

Awesome day. Arrived at 1pm left at 4:30pm. Snow was fast but still plenty edgable everywhere except Barbs Way. Crowds non existent. All in all JADIP at Blue The True.

Wow @saltyant must have been cold out, you’re wearing a mask. I wore my balaclava a last week at Blue

We had a couple Blue bird days up high…

Grate

Same to you coming home tomorrow

Have fun and safe travels!!!

Should've stayed longer. True, some trails were sugary, but Lazy was great all the time, and even hero snow later in the morning. Hardly any people. Is it spring already??

Quote from 72 year old on the gondola… ”The key to a healthy marriage is a full belly and empty balls”. Sheesh I have that and I don’t even have a girlfriend.

Only if it was this bad. A full week of this last week.

Guns are on! Looks like Vista only right now.

Indeed JADIP. Razors a little spicy with the ruts, didn’t even try Challenge- probably my least favorite trail there. Nice tailgate session after. Hopefully the crowds stay away all week.

I just remembered that when I was skiing solo, I was on the lift with some French dudes and they gave me a swig from their flask. It was some sort of honey whiskey…even when I try not to drink it finds me. It seems like half the people I ride the lift with, I’ve been on the lift with before in past years…the dude from Long Island who used to work for Billy Joel, Florida snowboarder and today I rode the lift with Silicon Valley guy who bought a condo in teton village 12 years ago who’ve I’ve been on the lift with several times before. I saw DJango from TGR forums flying past me a few days ago. Bruce and Dennis I haven’t seen this trip. Maybe tomorrow. Atomic Jeff even said the he had the same guy at the Hertz rental counter as last year.

Went for little over an hour after work...on snow maybe 4:45ish..Snow was just chopped/rutted up shit.....Started to cool down ....Trails that didn't get traffic started to set which made it a little spicy .....Place was pretty ghosted.....Zero wait at the lift.....Even though snow conditions sucked it was still fun to be sliding on snow..

Fun times today! Was glad that @Dirtwolf was able to get the morning in, and was cool to see the tram through the eyes of someone experiencing it for the first time. Snow was so good in rendezvous bowl, and it was so nice and sunny up there I had to take 3 trips up big red today. Aside from pockets of bad visibility the snow was really nice overall. Tomorrow I will get in a couple runs and head for the airport. It’s been a great trip! @AtomicSkier in rendezvous bowl

January 29, 2024 Day 6 of 7. Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Jackson hole mountain resort. It was a mild start with the temperature around freezing top to bottom. I think we were second gondola cabin today and the mountain was in the fog from a bit above the base to almost the top of the gondola. First run on amphitheater was the easiest run we skied today but also the most challenging due to like ten feet of visibility. Picking my way down added a couple extra minutes. Up the Thunder lift and about the top 200 vertical feet of Thunder was above the fog…Grand had nice groomed snow and wasn’t as hard to see as on Amphitheater. Up Sublette and maybe the top 400 vert of Sublette was above the fog. The Boys wanted to do the Tram and I wanted to stay on Sublette so I split from them and did a three Sublette laps on Bivoac and Rendevous trail, they then wanted to do another tram lap and during that time I did two more Sublette laps and a ten sleep bowl to cirque run to the Thunder chair. The cirque had nice spring snow but in the fog a little bit…Dirtwolf left for the airport and I met Atomic Jeff and NMSki at the bottom of Sublette and did a repeat of ten sleep bowl to cirque to amphitheater to lower tram line, that was quite the burner and by the bottom I was covered in sweat. I had my fill after 7 Sublettes, two thunders and one gondola and NMSki went up for a third tram lap. Lunch was at Osteria, I had ceasar salad and margarita pizza and Diet Coke, atomic Jeff had arugula salad and a meat pizza and two glasses of Prosecco(Jeff says the bubbles are uplifting) and NMSki had ceasar salad, calzone and some sort of cloudy beer. Lunch was $169 and I gave a $40 tip because the waitress was impressed that a fat boy skied ten runs lol. Now back at the 49er, time to poop, take a little siesta, then hangout in NMSkis suite a little before supper. Tomorrow is our last ski day, I’m never sad when a trip is almost over, especially one like this where everything went so smoothly. Here are some pictures!!!

I am blessed with 2 of the most mishapen feet as well. one foot is a good size bigger, and the smaller foot is wider than the other. This Dalbello Pantera boot that im in has been the best set of boots for me ever. you can adjust the last on the boot with the toe buckle. might be on some other styles, but the toe buckle is backwards from the others. your results may vary.

Some early evening riding at BC....Lil under 2 hours...When I got there they had the trails roped off going to the F lift side...Squirreled my way around and got to Broadway only to see the F chair spinnin empty....Stopped a SP and he told me 5-10 there droppin ropes....Never found out what the problem was....Snow got creamy with the slight warm up...Real zero to hero stuff...Even as it cooled down snow held up.....NASTAR was settin up shop too....Super fun evening....

I agree. I just skied Berkshire East this past Saturday. They do a great job and would be a good match for Elk. They did a good job with Catamount so far. Elk could add some glades and a high speed lift but otherwise leave it alone. Corporate ownership would ruin Elk.

i couldnt agree more, but Elk is so funny. no tree skiing. hardly any discounts. no indy pass. no fucks given. dont wanna ski here? we dont care. But at some point, the fun of owning a ski resort has to wear off.

Out for an hour this morning. Tried to find a decent slope. Freefall and DW/NM wasn’t awful, but then you had the sugar on Paradise to deal with. Best slope was the Falls. Groomers ripped up Razors. Definitely wasn’t feeling the love this morning.