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Those of us with IKON passes drove up just past Elk mountain and skied Stratton today. Cloudy, kinda foggy, actually really foggy at times, but no dampness. Some very sticky snow in spots, otherwise if you stayed on the traveled path pretty nice soft spring like snow. 1 photo. killington tomorrow.

Beautiful but windy day at Blue...Things looked in great shape...First couple of runs down Razors was just unadulterated smoothness....Got slightly more spicy as the afternoon progressed...NM/DW is clean all the way down....Super fun early but it seemed to be the trail most people wanted to be on...They have a some of decent snow piles off to the side which I assume is for tomorrow....Some small scrapey spots here and there/small bumps but nothing to stop you from doing what you want....Coverage was most excellent for this time of year....The run out from DM/DW and home stretch where the only thin spots I noticed....Super fun time at Blue this afternoon...

Ski Day 3 - sunshine ☀️ - Tuesday @Schif and I skied with each other for most of day 1 and 2. So by day 3, we tried to do a group ski for a bit. here is the ski day 3 video recap. The sun was shining! You could actually see the mountains. It was so refreshing to not be in a snow globe. you could see a ton of fresh slides across the mountain too. We tried to go to Val Thorens with the group but mostly stayed in Meribel-Mottaret. There were powder stashes just off piste and it was lovely. The groomed parts eventually became quite scrappy in Meribel-Mottaret, so we broke off into a smaller group and went to Val Thorens. These are the runs we * think * we did. 1. Tougnete 1 2. Combes 3. ROC de tougne 4. ROC de Tougne 5. Chatelet x 2 6. Mont Vallon 7. Combes 1 8. ROC de tougne The group wanted to stop for hot chocolate and meet up with the full group. We wanted to keep skiing. So we stopped briefly and then broke away from the group but took Amy with us. We headed over to Val Thorens and it was lovely. We wish we could have gotten there earlier. I think we did these lifts while at VT. 1. Granges 2. Roc 1 3. Brueyeres 1 4. VT3 plein sud 5. VT15 6. VT4 7. Plan des mains 8. Pas du lac 1 to 2 to folie douche We went to Folie Douche around 4pm for the final hour and it was amazing. note: after I posted this I noticed the shirtless guy and the couple making out. It’s basically the Jersey Shore. 😂 Again - crushed a pitcher with Mike, had champagne sprayed on us, danced on tables, people were shirtless or bra only, and you know - typical Sweet Madness stuff. Since Folie closes at 5pm, we skied to Rond Point. But since it was a sunny gorgeous day - there was quite the line. We listened to the music and wish we had some backpack beers to jam out. It was S’s birthday so we all went out to dinner at La Galette (restaurant-lagalette-meribel.com). We ate fondue and raclette. It was delicious. we went to another bar for 1 drink and were up quite late. We check out of the Airbnb the next day - so we had a bunch of bags to pack. We skiied 1 more day and switched to a hotel the next day

Surprising good. Soft but the slopes held up well. No features on NM/DW, Razors was flat, but a bump line was being created on skiers left. Crowded at first, then it quieted down a little until the youngs started arriving. Some narrow sections, and a headwind made the top and bottom a little tedious. Crowds not too bad, corral about half full and people on razors were all pretty good skiers and kept out of each other’s way.

Day 56. More fresh snow, but heavier than it has been. Dense fog on one trail had me choosing the trees in self defense. It's been a few years since I did that.

We're away this weekend so I'm out. Good hanging with you guys this season, maybe see some of you over the summer

Razors looks good.

First civilian tracks on NM/DW today. Like skiing on smooth butter. That one run was worth a trip up, not to mention letting the skis loose on lower Razors after the narrow bottleneck.

Now I’m starting to get stoked for tomorrow AM

"Get your FINAL laps of the season in at PA's last open mountain! After this weekend, we will be closed for skiing and riding and transitioning to green season! We have 12 trails open and 2 lifts spinning. Ski & Ride Hours and Pricing Friday, 3/29: Noon-8pm, $49 Lift Tickets Saturday, 3/30: 9am-5pm, $65 Lift Tickets Have a Season Pass to another closed mountain? Show your Season Pass at Guest Services for a special $50 discounted Lift Ticket on Saturday!"

Chillin in my rocking chair

Yea book of faces says school hill

As some of you already know, I made the bittersweet decision to sell my place in Crested Butte for a variety of reasons. I am glad I got to introduce so many PASR’s to the awesome mountain and town. When I went to get what little personal stuff I had there it was a very slow walk out the front door with a little lump in my throat. 7 years of good memories for sure. So since I am now 100% invested in my current location, I decided to buy this little UTV. The lead king loop is 4 miles from my front door. I am not a “jeeper” but there are amazing trailheads down the road. If you can cut off a 6-8 mile hike, you start out in some really awesome spots. And yes, my Jeep could make it, but my jeep skills are lacking. This machine is smaller and easier to navigate.

Hahaha. Looks like a great day. And what an awesome song, one of my favorites.

After last Friday I was surprised at how nice it was, although I only did 2 runs on NM/DW (8 on Razors).

Looks grate. Those trees look really wide open. Remember ski good or eat wood.

Thanks for the pics C1! A freshly groomed NMDW and razors should be good tomorrow am. I stoked to do some laps!

Excellent picture of razors. I’ll be up tomorrow AM for closing.

Was just going to post a picture lol

Ikon pass is great 😇

Got your wish. They put some rails on school hill for the rats.

Changed reservations to Tues-Thurs. Things looking better.

Seems like slim Pickens and I have a broken arm but I'll likely put in a short session Saturday.

Day 55. Some fresh snow, but overcast and foggy.

translation: we aint groomin that shit have fun. i'm out this weekend cheers to another ski season and nice to spend it with all you rabblerousers.

Day 2 - Cloudy with a chance of Apres - Monday Here's a quick video recap of ski day 2 in The 3 Vallees. It was still raining when @Schifand I woke up. The clouds were thick and visibility was low in the morning. The day started with breakfast of eggs and sausage with the gang at the chalet. Given Schif's wrist and the weather, we got on the chair around 10am instead of 9am — hoping the clouds would pass. But it didn’t. The visibility was crazy low. I’ve never skied in worse conditions. Since we could only see about 10 feet in front of us, the slower wet snow, and the wrist, we weren't going very fast on Monday. Our goal was to go to Val Thorens and get up high where there would be snow. We found snow but couldn’t go off-piste much because of the visibility. The videos and pictures I took were during some of best moments of visibility. When we could go slightly off trail, the snow was wonnnnnderful. To start, we took these 7 lifts 1. Tougnete 1, gondola 2. Granges 3. Bruyères 1, gondola 4. Bruyères 1, gondola 5. VT27 6. VT35 7. VT33 - Cime Caron, tram We skied over to Cime Caron and found a tram that took us to one of the highest points at 3200 meters (about 10,400 feet). It's the purple star that I marked on the map below. For comparison, the BASE of Loveland Ski Resort is at 10,500 feet. So for the most part, elevation sickness really wasn't a problem during the trip since the french alps are quite lower (in comparison to the US west). BUT - Being at the top of the tram with full-on white-out conditions, it was a bit trippy in a vertigo sense. At the top of Cime Caron, it looked like hamster tunnel. We couldn’t see a damn thing. On a clear day, you can see into Italy and Mount Blanc - I suppose. We skied down and holy cow. It was a group effort. Wind was howling. Visibility was awful. No more than 5-6 feet. Everyone was in it together and the cluster of random people helped each other. People stayed in small pods. A solo skier asked if she could ski with us. It was quite the experience but we made it down. It wasn’t that steep or challenging, just truly couldn’t see anything. The run was either a red or black. Here is a video of Mike heading towards Cime Caron after that wild run. The line of snow / mountain / ski was just all white especially at the top. We took VT31 (a small gondola) and then we took Plein Sud ... only to find Folie Douce - Val Thorens. Since Mike didn’t party yesterday, we stopped for some fist pumping. Bonus: mike was instructed to elevate his arm. Fist pumping is essentially elevating it.. right? Folie Douce is a bit of a chain. I believe there are 7 across Europe. https://www.lafoliedouce.com/en/ After the pitcher of beer, we headed back to Meribel to apres with the gang. But the gang went in early because of the awful weather. One thing about 3 Valleys is there’s a ton of variations in lifts and gondolas. We took VT4 which is a double cable gondola that runs 3 gondolas together. It's in the video above (^^) We could probably write an entire post about the lifts we experienced. On the way back we took: 8. VT4 thé three gondola 9. Plan des mains 10. Pas du lac 1 to 2 We stopped at Round Point which was so fun. They have a giant umbrella that goes up and down, which was super helpful with the weather. They had a live British band. We danced to the hits of Queen with a ton of brits. Crushed a pitcher of beer - again. And had a great time despite the conditions and injury. Mike was holding off on getting the Rx but by this point - he was in pain and the swelling was getting worse. So we stopped at Le Pharmacie for meds. Note: Turns out the green cross in France is the pharmacy and not @GrilledSteezeSandwich favorite establishment. We had dinner with the gang in the chalet. I think it was some rice and chicken combo that A made. And B made a homemade carrot cake that was banging for dessert. We ended the night playing a tortilla slap game and spent the rest of the night bullshitting with each other.

Lookin very busy on the web cams..... i may pass.

Maybe tomorrow but most likely out