AtomicSkier

I have to say it was an awesome JH trip. My stoke levels dropped after I injured my shoulder at Jack Frost 6 days before our first ski day. It was hard to get excited for a trip when your shoulder was basically useless. However, some immobilization for 4 days with PT mixed in, and stoke levels were on the rise. Day 1 was the true test. My arms felt pretty good with the help of an EVS shoulder brace. The key for me was to not fall, at all, so I couldn't exactly ski the way I wanted to. That, and doing a pole plant with my left arm was very though, so I couldn't hop turn in tight places like I needed to, so that affected what terrain I skied, and how I skied it. I managed to get through 7 days of skiing awesome terrain at JH without falling once, thus helping my shoulder heal and allowing me 3 good weeks of healing before my next trip. Pole plants were coming easier the last few days, and I could even crank down on my boots with my left arm. Even with that in the back of my mind, the skiing was great, the snow was great, and the company was awesome. Fun times in JH, for sure. After 7 days of listening to GSS blab on and on, I had to tell him to STFU at the airport as I was too tired to listen to him any more.

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It was a deep 2" today...awesome final day at Jackson Hole, for sure.

No shit ...the goal would be to get it before it got like that. I know the only appeal of a powder day for you is hucking off rocks and cliffs, but skiing a 44 degree pitch with almost 2' untracked like they had in the bowl for today is pretty appealing to me.

LOL...almost every single one of those pictures are stock photos from other snowfalls. They met up with Julie Wienberger, but that photo of her is not from that trip. Oh, and Andrew Whiteford is a JHMR sponsored skier. Those photos are NOT from their trip. The guys in the last picture are the people who were at JHMR. There are no pictures of them actually skiing, all the action shots are of pros. And, I was here in early January, and now early February, and there has not been that much snow in between. So, good try new schoolers. That picture of Andrew Whiteford was from Ski Magazine.

For those who don't think hiking the bowl is worth it...I feel sorry for you. Best conditions of the year apparently.

I know. He insisted that I post that

A point and shoot Canon S95...

I didn't want to make it look too steep. Actually, I was holding the camera low to the ground, and hard to keep it level.

JohnnyStyle's immune system needs to step it up. Hope ya feel better JS.

6" at JHMR...

No pictures today as nothing was spectacular...tomorrow should yield some face shots and more dick deep pics. Fun day today. It was nice that the sun was out and we could see. The run of the day was Cirque, yielding soft boot deep turns from top to bottom with only or two scratchy spots. I even met the older brother of a guy I have played golf with at Saucon. Small world.

AngryHugo wheels down in less then 1.5 hours

AH is 211 miles outside of ORD...looking at an early arrival. His ORD-JAC flight is delayed around 45 minutes due to his inbound aircraft delayed in Denver. It looks like his plane is taxiing to the runway in DEN right now, so I figure his delay will be over an hour until he's en route. Good luck AH!

It is wetter then normal for sure. The report said it was blower, but when we got to the mountain, they were throwing bombs like crazy. JH had some 31 degree sunny days, and the surface underneath got a little crusty, so the wetter snow was a welcomed edition to the base. Hopefully anything new is back to "Cowboy Powder".

Picture of the day...

4" as of 6am...

Got the call last night that our 6am ABE-ORD flight was canceled. I knew seats were limited on the 7:40am flight, so I got us rebooked in about 30 seconds. It meant an hour and a half more of sleep, but it also meant an hour and a half shorter layover in O'hare. We boarded a few minutes late in Allentown, and after a quick deice, we were in the air around 8:07am. With 2 hours flying time to ORD, our layover was tighter then ever. We touched down at 9:15am with our Jackson flight leaving at 9:57am, doors closed at 9:47am. I thought all was well, but then I saw us pull into the "penalty box" because our gate was open. We parked at the gate at 9:23am, and I had to wait for my gate checked bag to come out. It was time for the dash to B8. GSS broke into a trot (scary), threading the needle much like he does on Lazy Mile. We made it (barely) to the plane, GSS said he had to get a bottle of water real quick (he was sweating). I boarded the plane, and as soon as I sat down in my seat, GSS called, saying they were calling my name at the podium for an upgrade. I had to swim upstream to get the new boarding pass, but it was worth it in the end When I returned to get my stuff, there was a really fat guy sitting in the middle seat next to me (in between GSS and I). Sadly, I wouldn't be joining GSS for the flight, I was up front in 5C. A nice 3 cheese omelette, home fries, turkey sausage, fresh croissant w/ strawberry jam, a banana, and some yogurt later, I was refreshed after a stressful morning of wondering if we'd make the flight. The only last possible thing that would screw up our day was if our bags made it onto the flight with us. We landed at Jackson around 11:55am, and the wait began. 80% of people had gotten all their bags, and we were still without ours. Finally saw mine come out, what a relief. We quickly got all of them, and managed to beat a lot of people out of the airport who were still waiting for their skis. We were in our rooms by around 1:30pm. Stressful day, but lunch at Bubba's, and now a SNB Pale Ale in the room, and things are looking up. The sun was out when we landed, but now it's dumping in town. Snake River Brewery for dinner tonight. JADIP.

wow it really doesn't stop...can't wait to see the snowpack when we return...the back bowls at blue might actually be skiable

yes. that whole ball

Wheels up to Aspen in 2 weeks 5 days...

GAHskier...if you read this...send me a PM