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Schweitzer Monday, Lookout Pass Tuesday, 49° North yesterday, Silver Mountain today. I only had about 2 hours before I had to catch my flight so I figured I'd squeeze in one last day somewhere new. I'm glad I did. In addition to the snow that they received over the last two days, the continued snow overnight into the morning, and the wind, the conditions were 9/10 fantastic. Definitely some of the best off-piste turns of this short trip. Silver Mountain is unique. You need to take a gondola from town to get to the actual resort which is a crazy 3.1 miles long and was once the world's longest gondola, but is now 5th longest. Originally named Jackass Ski Bowl, the first GM for the place was actually from Big Boulder. Today, the place still has a small mountain vibe when you get up there. The original double still stands and gets you access to some of the best terrain on the mountain, with the exception of the North Face glades which have some ass-puckering chutes and trees accessible through gates. The best stuff I've skied in a while. I wish I had more time to enjoy this place because the crowds were small and the lines to ski were pretty much endless because I only saw one other person while skiing anywhere off of Wardner Peak. Only a few pictures because it was snowing and I was short on time. Gotta say, Idaho was not high on my list of places to go but I would replicate this trip over a long weekend again anytime. The places were great, the people were friendly, the snow was good, and for a "holiday week" the places were empty. Thanks for reading my random reports.

Bought a tricycle

Day 41. Missed a whole week of powder due to the flu. Had a shaky first day back and it's a different season. Went from polar conditions to early spring.

First chair on the quad, all by my lonesome. ☺️ Other than a starter on Paradise and a cookie run down Challenge, spent the day on Switch out of the wind or fighting the wind on Main. Razors closed, I think for light work. Corrals were half full by 10:45 so I took off. Slopeside parking area roped off for buses. Saw an eagle flying around their nest across the street.

I had it next on my list to keep the weirdo tour going but peeps showed up and I wanted to ski with them. -----‐--‐------------------------------------ 2/20 Killington Was dope, conditions were prime the sun was out and it was quiet but nothing worth reporting on. 2/21 Loon I will preface this by saying this is snow sports industry type stuff and may be interesting to no one so feel free to stop reading. If you are familiar with the snow sports industry you are familiar with the Vail vs Ikon/Ksl but there is a third player we often forget about that is blowing unprecedented amounts of money to try and eat both their lunches in the NE. Boyne at some point realized all of boston is driving by nh and loon to ski the River and the loaf and VT 2 hrs west has people hanging off the rafters. So in 2020 they went all in and announced Loon 2030, their plan to build the most advanced resort in the US. You can read it here if your interested - https://www.loonmtn.com/flight-path-2030 In 2020 they put in the most advanced lift in NA to go 900 vert and like 2/3 of the way up the hill. Every lift has loading conveyors and two have laser overlays for your loading position. If you know me I had to go check this out. What's the verdict ? The lifts are impressive and what they want to do would put an truly insane number of people on the hill. The 8 can do 3500/hr and there plan is to put in like 6 more. The terrain is good with alot of blue twisty crusier types and some reasonable steeps. The views are quite excellent with alot of peakyness around for the NE. That's the good but the reality is they don't currently have the lodge infrastructure to support 1/20th of the people they stuff in there and even more importantly the acreage. No where in NH is above 400 and that isn't nearly enough during the week let alone on a weekend. Cool place with a dope 4 person gondy and lots of narrow old school NE twisties and there plan is impressive but not nearly there yet. If they really want to play with the big boys they will have to add a sizeable amount of terrain and more expert type steeps. I would only go there Monday through Wednesday, no shit, though I did have a good day there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have more skiing to do but none of it is probably interesting in a report kinda way. It's been awhile since I spent this kind of time up here and I what I'll always come back for is the straight up uniqueness of it all. There is no state with anywhere near the number of super famous wooden bowl makers or artisinal llama cheese. The snow was most excellent, like February 2014 kinda depth and it was dope as fuck to ski it.

Nice - We're using a free Mariot stay and making a weekend out of it - Never been, looking forward to it....

I went there on a date over 15 years ago..I need to go back before I complete one of my books.

OZ said on the pocono rant group that Blue is waiting for a part for the SSSS

Not that it's really close to NH, but Magic is 100% open also. Black looks super cool too - I think the owner of Indy Pass, Erik, has been working there a lot since Indy Pass kinda revived the mountain

great reports - I love hitting a bunch of different places for variety and different terrain on a trip. I'm not sure where I'll do a trip out west this year, but I've considered something similar (Pacific Northwest/Idaho)

Will do - I'm leaning towards Greek since they're getting some snow (Accuweather said 3-6" for Cortland ending late tonight) but if I don't feel like making the extra drive, it'll be Montage.

Just picked these up. Can’t wait to try them out.

2/19 Dartmouth Skiway I have mad meetings this afternoon and could only swing a half day so I wanted to peep somewhere a bit more intimate. My first memory of Dartmouth is rich wanna be investment bankers booting and rallying but only a bit after that was I wanted to ski Dartmouth Skiway. The logical question is why ? It's like 900 vert and has two old mad slow lifts.....because it's literally ski history, short of getting a DeLorean and going back in time this is as close as you can get. The skiway is two pods across the street from eachother so I started on the Holt side as I wanted to ski their big race trail Don Warden Schuss. They only kinda groom and blow snow so I figured this would be by far the best and I was not wrong. A razors like wide strip of perfection, unlike Ragged it pours the steep on. When you get to the point were most trails ease off it goes even steeper. I ran this like 10 times it was sooo good and had that dramatic background that makes you feel like your movie skiing. On the natural snow only trails like lift line the snow was hyper hyper dry and slow which was good because there is a solid layer you can't get through so the surface is quite firm. After I skied all the Holt trails I went across the street to Winslow. This seems more like the noob area and the lift stopped about 5 times per ride. More rolling blues and greens this was set it and forget it territory where I wasn't even warming up down the hill. It honestly felt like a step back in time, super cool place to ski.

@Schif and I missed a ski weekend — but — we have a lot of leftover wedding cake that we’ll bring to Bleu soon!

Heading to Montage to use up Indypass days / run some gates. Planning on hitting up Coopers Seafood House after skiing.

Nice morning, second chair on the quad. Challenge chair opened a few minutes earlier. First run was on challenge , nice but a few cookies, later lots more. Coming soon was nice early. Over to midway, Yikes! Cookie minefield. Lower main was a wind tunnel. Switch was great, a couple runs with Oz’s crew down sidewinder ( pretty nice) Nightmare was holding up the best so I spent the last 1/2 hr lapping that. 10:45 crowds were out to the gates. Main st chair was idle and Razors was closed for lighting work. Nice morning.

will do - PM me your email. I have 2 - do you want both? They have my name on it, but I doubt that'll matter

Thats not gonna make for the greatest weekend then.

Nice report, I’m hoping the super summit safari six can get open for tomorrow. I just looked at the webcams and looks busy. Any areas with newly blown snow?

More like @BenDover wahahah getting fucked in the butt…sorry exit only

Let’s hope one of the big record executives in Nashville or LA hear y’all and offer you a deal. They say if you buy a second hand guitar you’ll go far.

I think they limit plays from a single device or account that will show in your play counter, and may sometimes take down songs if they see evidence of illegitimate plays like that - but they do have to provide payment for all plays. Though per play payment is infinitesmal. For most it is really about getting one’s music out there and heard and getting attention which can lead to better gigs and other ways to monetize. One has to be huge to make back recording and promoting costs from streaming.

Dude! Black is 100% open. Gotta hit it!

Inspired by the snow squall I did a little Shawnee uphill after work on Indy, goal was two transitions and 1,000 vert, ended up just short at 963’. I don’t think I saw 20 people lol

PM me if you do Montage and want some company

sat and sun for me

Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday. Sunday I’m in Gettysburg for a volleyball tournament

Will be up Saturday because Grayson has WAC, but not skiing. Probably be in the Last Run Lounge all morning. 🤣 Sunday 630 am flight.

I’m planning on Saturday!

And I predict shitshow crowds this weekend…more pleasent weather and last weekend before spring sports start..first weekend of March still usually busy but not peak crowds unless very wintry. Also let’s hope they fix the super summit safari six pack before the weekend. I prefer it closed on weekdays to keep Main Street and switchback quiet but they need the capacity for the weekend

Camelback perks include 5 buddy passes, no money off, but like Blue if they do something like that they may only send it to their current passholders, it's only $50 off for renewing. Other perks at Camelback that folks may or may not use, so value will vary, are 4 snowtubing tickets, a season pass for the outdoor waterpark in the summer, and 4 tickets to each of the Mountain Coaster, Sunbowl tubing and the 1000 ft zipline in the green season. $25 day tickets for passholder and up to 3 guests at the indoor waterpark is actually a decent perk, that sucker is expensive. Might do a morning ski up there on our passes followed by an afternoon in the waterpark next month.

With the Indy add-on that would be a steal.

If I lived close to Montage that pass would be an absolute no brainer

Doesn't appear that montage does. Here's what they got. "Doubling down on the fun, your pass also includes a General Admission ticket to this year’s Mountainfest featuring Better Than Ezra and Tonic and Mountainfest 2026! Our $399 sale only lasts one week and ends on March 3rd at Midnight. Price"

It's soooo beautiful 😍

Glad you are in the mend @toast21602 I start PT for my arthritic knee Monday 😂. Did some uphill at Buttermilk today and grabbed these on the way home. Love my BC Nordic skis, but they stink on groomed stuff and don’t fit in a track. Gonna play around on these tomorrow hopefully

This is the new official Camelback logo. @Benm might be a new Camelback pass holder. If so there would be grate on your pick em' up truck