Johnny Law

Today was sooo good, even better snow than yesterday everywhere except coming soon which was still pretty good. Excellent crew two chairs deep formation flying is tits Mcgee and you could put the hammer down all over the place. I hope this slop coming doesn't do too much damage as it is skiing so good right now.

If politicians had the kinda control over gas some people think it would be under a dollar.......I thought I read this week they agreed to add 31 million barrels if so that should help in a week or two.

I would think it should hold up ok, the sun is super strong but the temps aren't bad. Plus if it's quad only until 3 it would keep the traffic down. They blew for real last night depth is up across the hill.

Rode with BenM at opening, bfg and crew were there but otherwise not a ton of pass holders. Between the weather and them blowing I didn't expect much but razors looked mint from the chair and first run down we were semi shocked to find really really nice pretty soft perfectly blue smooth full beans snow. So nice you gotta do it twice. Ben found the super nice skiff on upper main, a solid half inch of spongey effortless cord sadly led to a normal junk show lower main. Coming soon has been groomed full width and they have mastered the sponge with those guns, just super nice zero effort sponge cake all the way to the wall. Rumor has it no sixer until 3pm but the quad wasn't too bad as nobody was using the 4 person line. Super super nice day, always good when you expect a brick and it's actually quite good. Rando on lift was talking like he was in the know and said they are pushing for end of March.

That is beyond helpful, your the best ! The whole random thing at the airport was a little confusing but if I can get up there it would be worth it.

They added Cham too which is massive, instant purchase for my family and my sister had already booked hotels. I've gotten ikon and blue for the last 3 and been very happy. Whatever the expensive version is pays for itself with one trip to DV and its the big dog mtns you actually want to ski. At least for the moment I'm spiritually opposed to purchasing an Epic pass no matter the mtns that are on it. I'll pay full price day pass and have at PC but I'm not buying an Epic unless they change how they conduct their business.

Dying to get out but work meetings all day in actual person. A dude sighting is like seeing Casper the ghost, is he still rocking the wizard beard. I'm glad to hear it's still busy if the weekday crowds are decent they should stay open during the week.

That's prime d&d stoke, one of my favorite lines is from that sidewalk

I can smell those pics, that classic blue spring dank

Safety shack stoke is high !!! Psa I was starving Monday night and got the blue cafeteria burger and with a drink it was $23 so the bison burger is a steal. Little snow and lots of rocks is how every great ski story starts

Can I bother you for deets ? Revel has been on my list since covid started

Mentally I'm at the point in the year where any skiing is great skiing, as I'm not yet at the acceptance stage that eventually the season must end.... so grain of salt. Definitely firmer than I hoped but timing that shit is mad dick tricky but it was mostly good firm. Razors was solid 90% and switch requires little turning so smooth enough to power down. Rotd was Skytop shit was perfect soft serve, wrotd was coming soon. The ditch is melted out and the cord rattled my bones. Tons of snow around and they are building a pile near coming soon, hopefully they go all of March.

Do you have one of the Jskis ? I think that guy is too old to be you......I have a purple or pink helmet and am generally dressed very bright.

Work shit meant I was on a lunch session. Mad warm but grey and breezy. Crowds and vibe were full spring and the quad was ride on. Everything other than coming soon was soft serve ice cream, full hammer down jump off everything kinda snow. Coming soon had boiler plate ice somehow in the left side bumps. Smelled like spring out there where you gotta get every day in.

I should be there around the same time I'll keep an eye out for sure.

Too much work this morning, going to shoot for a night session so good to hear it's holding up nice. How were the crowds ? Still full on or more spring like?

In the first run I knew I had to turn off my usual wtf meter. I was a guest in a foreign land, they were kind and although their customs seemed strange to me they couldn't be less threatening, the delta was so high at half speed it was nothing but orange cones everywhere. Most are well aware of my love of weird old equipment and it's like no place I've seen. The individual foot snowboards, lots of blades, 220 straight skis but the kicker was this dude. I spotted the zero tail fast, assumed logically he had broken them somehow. Yet his suit was HH and was skiing on a icon pass with his dad who had one of the big super soft soli pow skis for gapers. This was no accident, for some reason this was done on purpose. Was he a raxer from the Alps who got lost ? I maneuvered my way to be the single next to them so I would have time to conduct a thorough investigation. I buttered him up with bs about the day and then went for the kill. This madman bought the skis, picked out bindings and had them mounted then promptly took them home and cut as much tail as humanly possible off with a band saw. He was of the opinion that the tail of the ski was a detriment to skiing and had been doing so since learning as a child. He had been all over with his family, somehow taming big sky/ut/VT on 90cm length skis all up front. I only saw him ski 300ft at like negative pitch but he left a ww1 style trench giving a new definition to tail gunning. It was one of the most and least impressive thing I've seen in snowsports. It's like someone cutting both their legs off to become a better marathon runner.

Interesting, the basin side is like 800/900 vert but only one or two moderately steep spots of like 300ft. It's filled to the gills with noobs, like salty would be a golden God. The village is impressive considering its location, driving here is classic WV, nothing but trees and rocks. It looks more like great wolf lodge than a ski lodge but the restaurants are good and everyone is like in the south nice. There is an expert pod that is actually across the street from basin called western territory that is like skiing another mountain. You start at the top, there is a road across the entire Ridge with basin on one side and this 3 trail expert pod is on the other. You ride a lift up ski 50ft across the top take you skis off cross the street and then put them back on and ski down the hill. Two trails there have some nice steep maybe like 200ft more vert than blue but not as sustained pitch. It's kind of a weird place and at first the noob thing is annoying they stop the lifts alot and some of the cross overs are absolutely littered with people down. The upside is they are super friendly and all super stoked about everything. If I was in the area for something I would come back it's a slightly bigger blue but it has some charm in its weirdness. Lots of custom stuff on the hill like these pro models.

Super Vibes ++++++++ Barb !!! Heal up fast !!!!

Depends, there exists a level of baller local so core that they can put their skis in place and nobody even dreams of moving them. One I know of lives 300ft from the lift and everyone knows who they are and who's skis they are. In the morning he skis down at 720 drops the skis and goes for breakfast, if I had not seen it I wouldn't have believed it. Otherwise no you have to be there.

You made it out that's always better than more time in front of a screen working. Was it a solid re freeze ? It got to 33 here so I was hoping it wasn't full brick.

It definitely has an allure, personally I say it's the pine trees. I forgot about stal, its probably actually the most visited in the area though Snoqualmie is probably close.

Shit was good bad or bad good I'm not certain on the lingo but paradise and particularly main where good to very good. Both Steeze and I were very surprised at how soft main was but it was super nice to be able to put the hammer down. Challenge and Razors are probably good now that it's 65 degrees but first thing they were a hard no. The fog was actually kinda dope as it was mostly down low so it didn't interfere with skiing but everything still looks cool. I love when's it's gorillas in the mist and peeps just disappear into nothing.

Yes and yes, i can recall discussing bakers record year and weirdos in Portland. I will say I have a huge soft spot for Bach so it's a little like asking me about boobs or switchback, I probably can't be objective. First and foremost it's skiing on a volcano and not part of it but the whole thing, including the summit. You can literally go around the mtn which is cool and pretty unique. Essentially it's a giant cone with lifts and runs that cut the pie and very loosely meet at the top They at least claim better drier snow than the rest of Oregon but I can't independently verify. Great terrain, tons of little pockets and hidey holes, very playful similar to the mili area at Brighton. Lots of family's and local family's so sort of like Snowmass in that they are trying to have lots of terrain for everyone. Vibe was super chill, like Tahoe but without the CA or Aspen without some of the $$$. Lots of rippers, lots of family's lots of travelers destination type mtn crowd. Summit chair is dope with a big bowl cirque thing and I recall the blues and greens near skyliner are prime family groomers. The views are spectacular in a heavenly way not like telluride mini alps. Lots of parking areas so alot more of plan your day around a lift or area than one main parking lot. I remember the map was not great and it was harder to get from x to y then it looks but not like pow mow throw that shit in the trash bad. I would say it's the best of Oregon though it has been along time and I have heard it's busier but nothing crazy. It's definitely one of the more cool setups for a mtn and with Bend nearby I would skip Baker before Bachelor on a PNW trip.

One isn't better than the other they are different tools. It's like knives you can peel an apple with a butchers knife but it's dumb and stupid. Your just making certain things easier or harder. Skis up and across a mtn are easier as is pow or spins on a board. Shitty skiers will still be slower on traverses than a good boarder and the reverse. The key factor is the craftsman not the tool