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Schweitzer is a pretty cool place. The windy road up there was a bit sketchy covered in snow. Anyway, some fun steeps and small cliffy areas to mess around in. The trees are top notch here and the groomers were great to rip with some fresh snow on them. I really enjoyed it and I had to add it to the stat manager so either it hasn't been skied much, if at all, from people here or I missed it on the list. First time in Idaho and it really seems like a cool place to live if you're into the outdoors. It's been snowing a lot here lately and maybe a bit more to refresh things over the next few days. My hip held up for about 3.5 hours and then I had to take it easy getting back down to the lot. Check it out if you're ever in northern Idaho. Here are some pictures of the place when I remembered to take out my phone, and a food picture on my drive back for Doug.

In addition to hitting up Schweitzer yesterday I wanted to check out another new place. I went to a cool brewery in Spokane when I landed on Sunday and the bartender told me to check out Lookout Pass if I wanted something off the beaten path and fun. I made an early morning hot tub decision to head there even though it wasn't on Indy or Ikon. I got there to find out that they give 1/2 off to season pass holders from other places so I got a ticket for $30 which is a freakin steal nowadays. Possibly another spot that hasn't been hit by PASR? This place is a gem. It is 90 years old and has old school Powder Mountain vibes. Nothing too technical but the groomers were incredibly fun and the trees had stashes in them from the storms over the last few days. Old slow fixed grip lifts kept trails and trees pretty empty. It was a beautiful little hill and I had an absolute blast there. It was hard not to smile ripping down some runs with titty sparkles in the sky. One of the unique features of the place is that it sits on the Idaho and Montana border so you get to ski in both states on the same run or lift ride. It was also super confusing because it is also the border of time zones, so my phone and watch kept shifting back and forth an hour depending on where I was. The snow was incredible and sun filled the sky. Would also highly recommend if you're in the area. That's all. Looking for a dinner spot in town now. Then back in the hot tub to consider a place to ski tomorrow.

2/18 Ragged Mtn Indigio was here earlier this year and it sparked my interest to check it out. Super picturesque and rolly rather than steep, kinda like the Okemo of NH. From what I understand it doesn't get very busy and the leftover supersonic winds certainly helped that. You could get a seat for lunch no problem. Coverage in the woods was good with everything I found this sort of mid angle rolly. NH I think is almost always worse than VT as their resorts are lower and the tree snow had a solid three inch super hard layer that made rotating the ski particularly difficult....... though it mostly didn't matter as it had so much drag you couldn't go that fast. Groomers were mint and up could arc until your hearts content as they do alot of winding twisty type trails. Cool place, that I think is better than Sunapee which is nearby. Way more mid angle and even it's steeps go flat so I'm sure it's part of the reason the snow was so good.

My driveway is lookin pretty shiny too right about now, but its flat so very manageable. My deck was fairly treacherous as well, but i worked on that a little on Sunday when it was raining to knock that down to just mildly treacherous. im not a fan of salt or calcium either. that shit just inevitably gets tracked all over inside the house. People in the development posting on FB looking for people to come spread salt on their driveways like crazy.

Just got back not too long ago. Timing was great as crowds were minimal. The sunset views were also great. Winds dissipated as well. What wasn't great were the snow conditions. Sugar and hard pack with medium grip. Only the quad and the OG 6 were running. Which wasn't the worst thing in the world because that meant empty main Street and switchback runs. Speaking of switch it was easily the run of the day. Followed closely by coming soon. As bad as snow conditions were it was still a fun evening out due to lack of crowds and the world famous Blue mountain sunset. Decent night.

After skiing I’m, of course, stopping in old forge to pick up pizza. But the plan this time is to pick up an A&G red and a Salerno’s red for an official pizza off.

Sick !!! Even among skiers that get around its way underrepresented. I say ski and go somewhere weird like Kelly Canyon or Tamarack, the latter is a statement in modern economics , snow sports and mtn land issues all in a day of skiing.

I apologize for a word block but the weather sucked for pictures so I didn't take any. Killington 2/16 -------------------------------------------- The weather got gnarly Sunday so I went to Killy to ski good Devils Fiddle, which is a Centralia kinda trail. 4 or 5 inches on the hill and with two town busses crashed and shitty roads the lineup was thin. Growler, Devils Den, Nowhere all the pointy tree stuff are as deep as I ever seen and with a few inches where absolute bliss, I only hit two braches and a rock which for vt is all time. Pellets came in hard around 11 and while still very very good it sort of threw a spanner in the works. For large portions of the rest of the day it hurt my face to go downhill......it did however change over back to snow around 4. Killington 2/17 -------------------------------- Around 11pm while still snowing pretty hard the winds went absolutely super sonic so I went Killy again as there is just no way most of anywhere could run lifts and they were claiming skye 2 would run. I'd say about 3 to 6 inches fell but only Hurricane Swartz knows as it was blown all over the place in sometimes hilarious drifts. It was like biblically windy, if you have skied there the dumbest, stupidest chair that serves the dumbest terrain, Snowshed double, was shut down around 1 as it was blowing so hard they could no longer pulse it up the hill. Also me and everyone else in the line for the gondy fell over like dominoes on a hyper blast that had to be stupid funny from the lifty box. This was actually awesome as it marooned almost everyone at ramshead while I was at skye peak. While the terrain was super limited for Killy there was fluff all over late into the day. Outside of the trees or protected areas it was blown to mix of super firm and then almost a wave like wind lip of fluff that made for dope hopping. There's limited good trees over there put the pockets continued to be superb. I did almost eat it in a surprise knee high drift and I had to put my face mask under my helmet with two hoods kinda wind but it was tits Mcgee in a strange day kinda way.

Headed for home tomorrow. A fun week, beautiful country. Only had one day that visibility was so low, I couldn’t ski. Ended the trip with 18 inches fresh snow and a blue bird day. Taking the train every where is nice, too. Price included with your lift ticket IMG_1888.mov

Montage… Home of the steepest trail in PA, a retired moose and old forge pizza. Let’s use this thread to find a date in feb that works for the PASRs to visit. For those without an Indy pass there’s a $40 midweek deal. If mid week doesn’t work than a weekend it is. Either way let’s use this thread to make it happen!

i see almost nobody on those chairlifts. skiing is great when it's that empty.

Yeah there are some cool indy places in Idaho, although not sure how close to where you are

Started with paradise on the first civilian quad chair, and then several runs down razors because I thought they were going to close it, which never happened. Razors was pretty solid but in good shape. By the time I left at 11 some clear icy spots were beginning to show. Freefall was in great shape, but once paradise started getting a little crowded it was just too little bang for the buck fighting the wind on lower Paradise. A quick trip over to Switch and Main from the Challenge chair. Good conditions, but the winds seemed to be a lot higher on Main Street. Nobody over there. A few more runs down razors and called it a day. 14° at the start and 22° when I left at 11. Light crowd for a Tuesday. Snow conditions were easy on the legs. Got my son‘s old atomic GS 11, 171 cm skis out of the attic over the weekend. Waxed and edged them and gave them a shot today. Kind of slow turning with a 22 m radius, but really stable, fast and incredibly quick edge to edge with the race plates on them. Fun to ski, but heavy. Think I still prefer the quick turns of a shorter radius ski though.

Nice report, I’ll be up tomorrow AM…two days of going straight to work in the AM is enough.

Yep but taking it day to day with no plan or agenda. Sitting in a hot tub now pondering that decision.

Very toothy

same here. tbh i've given up. the main problem spot can be mostly avoided with some good momentum and by driving through the yard. i've just been too lazy to remove a small garden flag holder thing that's in the way. that ends today.

Nice report. Are you hitting any other mountains in Idaho?

I refuse to use rock salt on the driveway. Shit will destroy it. I may try sand but idk. I prefer the wait till it melts but in the meantime park the cars as close to the grass as possible but when you do walk on it be freaking careful method.

Place looks awesome. Thanks for sharing

How about some ice melter stuff followed by some traction stuff after it has melted a bit so that the traction stuff has a place to sink into the ice?

Thanks for posting, i feel a lot better about the state of my driveway now.

Nobody is getting a cameltop now.

Snowboarders suck 🫠

Today was better than expected. Sucks @GrilledSteezeSandwich's panties were still wet from Sunday even though he didn't ski.

All marketing, they know what their clientele wants. It gets as icy as anywhere for the reasons mixil cited, their people collector trail gets very firm on alot of afternoons at the steep sections like all mtns because most people are skidding, board or skis.

I think GrilledSteeze has 2 buddy passes this year. He's saving one for @Zonked so I think he has a spare one for you

Snowboarders are the worst. But really, I don't care if a few mountains dont allow boarders. Back when I was into BMX biking, bikes were banned from a lot of skate parks so I'm used to it. As long as I don't get banned from drinking beer with skiers in the Blue Mountain parking lot, I'm good

I must have been out of it when I post this topic. I have no recollection of posting this.

MrsSnoBunSki and I set sail for Jay in the cold, rain and snow early Thursday morning, becoming all snow right around Albany. Friday morning we woke up to howling winds and boot deep snow. The wind would keep all the upper mountain lifts closed, so we lapped the the fractional Moons and Bushwacker before taking an early lunch. It was a ton of fun and the low angle trees would provide a good warmup for Saturday. After lunch we had the great idea to make the drive to check out Bolton Valley only to find that Indy redemptions are limited to one a day. Implementing Plan C we slummed it with a few beers at the Alchemist. A few more inches overnight and diminished winds gave the green light for Saturday morning, finding everything from a few inches on corduroy to knee deep snow all over the mountain. Lines moved quickly except for the tram (which we skipped - again!) It was hard to contain my powder frenzy but I did so enough to get my fill of trees and get MrSnoBunSki in and out of her comfort zone. My best day at Jay with no wind (’cept on the Flyer lol), deep blower, sun and snow showers. Dumping again when we left for home Sunday morning, we made a stop at Berkshire East which had gotten around 6" or so. More great snow but the lines were a little long so we only got 6-7 runs in before heading south to watch the Birds annihilate the Chiefs -GO BIRDS!!!

First time poster long time reader here. Elks lifts are slow but their lines are typically way shorter and trails less crowded when compared to Blue. Guess I would prefer to be sitting on a slow chair than shuffling through a crowded line.

You coming? @Benm you should come as well. I can drive

I should be good for the 24th. I have a couple extra free passes too

We have a spare bed in the condo, if @Benm doesn't mind sharing a room with Pops, he's more than welcome to join us!

Nice. you should take @Benm. High speed lifts.

Sad to miss this, but I'll console myself with our first ski day in Steamboat, first ever for my kids anywhere but Blue, lol

Out... Will be in EU that week for work.

This might be the push that I need to get back to montage after quite some time

24th is the only day that would work for me.

I'm out for this unfortunately. I took my daughter to the ENT this afternoon and she needs to go back on Monday when they'll likely tell me that she needs a third ear surgery. Thinking about trading her in for a puppy

F…!&@$$!!!!