Johnny Law

I'm actually maybe going to VT this weekend so I think I may have to file for funemployment. Atomic being a man of good taste and in the know had a custom first and I like that his is spicy. They make great gifts I got a custom for my aunt that says Gorschitz which is too long to explain but she loved it. I'm a big fan of ski Town all Stars so maybe I'm biased but 50$ for a full custom seems cheap. It's a nice enough hat and they aren't making 50000 of the same ones in China, they are making one in Vail.

I had work stuff and couldn't be up for opening and am going to attempt a night session. Hopefully it's not insanely crowded, good to hear they got the quad running. Even with all the lift issues this year it's not as bad as previous seasons.

What did you think of international? Thats one of the best anywhere I think.

Last year if I remember right the first leader board had people short like 20 days and what not so grain of salt.

I do agree traders see Biden as being less pro oil than Trump and have factored that into pricing. I'm saying that is one of a number of reasons. The TX interruptions, the lack of investment in drilling over the last decade, most of the major players 2 weeks ago announced that they belive they have hit peak oil. ANWR, pipelines etc do not impact supply now and now events are what create steep price fluctuations. Additionally when the price is rising lots of players will hold off on moving it off the boat as everyday you wait you've now made more money. Oil outside of maybe orange juice futures is maybe the most complicated market on earth, sometimes it moves on nothing but emotion. All of this assumes the lowest possible gas price is a good thing which I would argue is not the case.

We, meaning the US don't set crude oil prices and WTI is actually generally a little lower than Brent. Right now their is a 3 to 4 dollar spike because everything crude comes through Texas and all their issues have pinched supply. Just FYI any pipeline would be 5 to 10 years away and oil sands is some of the most expensive worst quality oil. We don't generally buy it as our refineries are old, along with sour crude from South America. Stuck on 476 for the last hour, I never understand how apparently so many people go out with no idea that it's going to snow.

Snow was good this morning but full stop stuck on 476, people are so dumb be it not wearing masks or going out for a drive apparently having no idea it was going to snow. Its coming down nice and hard now.

Unless your eating stuff local to where you are it's all frozen and shipped so location is irrelevant. Pretty much all the big eating fish are frozen and ship. Shit most of them aren't even what they say, we ate all the og Chilean sea bass and orange roughy years ago. Really good sushi in park city, Yuki Yama is my favorite in UT. If you go to DV the restaurant on the deck and inside the St Regis, Rime, has amazing oysters. Also the little Cafe at the top of the gondy is an oyster bar that is hyper good. If you do to DV definitely sit outside on the deck, get a good drink, truffle pizza, fries, and an order of oysters and you'll be loving life.

The lift line to behind the race shack down to NWDW is a nice line. Mad stumps from behind the race shack to NWDW.

Surprisingly no, I was 16 or 17 at the time and didn't have my first cig until I was 21

I was interloged one time for 10hrs or so and I remember the Alta sheriff straight up arrested some dude who kept trying to go outside to smoke 🤣😂

That's good skiing for sure and you should be super stoked you skied something you looked at years ago and went no way. I do have to say those skis in that line look like you stole your little brother's ski blades.

Drive to blue was only crazy with the traffic, maybe my longest trip to blue ever. Drive home was way faster but it had mostly stopped snowing by then

I'm famous ! Another favorite of mine is circumlocutious which means overly wordy 🤣😂🤣🤣

Snow was going to be shit for sure. I'm still headed up tonight and tomorrow morning, gotta get whatever you can.

That's super sick !!! Parts of that hill are super steep and end in sheer rock cliffs down to the rail road tracks. My daughter and I hike there alot and that was were I skied years ago. The best line I can think of is park at the end of Klapperthal behind the grave yard and go up like your going to the witches hat. As you go through the last of the switch backs and are walking across the ridge and are in the trees still you'll see natural drainages. The 3 or 4th one closer to where the trail comes out into the open up top where the cellphone tower is where the most clean. At the very bottom right at the tracks it gets very steep and cliffy but you can go straight out the train tracks back to west neversink road right at Massaro. Alternatively you can go all the way up and keep on the trail past the cell phone tower. Eventually you hit a road, neversink mtn or Ganter or Mtn top, I can't remember but go left and up and you'll run straight into the big diagnol power line cut. All that shit is thick with Mtn Laurel but I thought the drainages were better as the water sort of drags all that crap down the hill.

Blue marsh I heard was pretty grown in so not much different than skiing anywhere else but I have no idea first hand as I only see it going to Christmas Village.

I second, third and fourth this motion......does anyone know how to reach think Greg? Can we bring in an independent contractor? Benm can you hook us up ? 🤣😂😂🤣😂😂

It looks like Mt Penn but could be never sink. Mt Penn has more of those stone walls. Thats balling out major ! Boney as shit with a ton of trees down. Just to go from top to bottom there is very impressive! In my whole life I've only skied never sink where the big power line cut you can see from 422 one time. Way to get after it !!!

By the way he simply adores when you say milk it, knowing how much he likes it NM and tried to use it as frequently as possible. Let's all try to work it into our blue lexicon so he feels appreciated when he gets back.

Sorry about your brother, I hope he's better asap +++++++++ I scored an appointment on the 5th, gotta go to Towanda but I'm so stoked I'd drive pretty much anywhere.

I'll be up later this week after the ice storm, I thought about this morning but my ass was tired from flying all day yesterday and my ski bag was delayed. Good to see blue is still skiing well.

Think twisting across the length of the ski. I wouldn't get too crazy with specs but ride them as well because it really depends where the stiffness is and how's it applied across the ski. Something that is only stiff in the tails skis alot different than something that's stiff across the entire ski. Your not looking for a radius or something but a ski that allows you to carry more speed with the absolute key of any ski, confidence. You got your turny smooth good groomer snow ski now you need something that also pushes you when it's uneven. Your a strong bike rider so use those muscles when it most matters, when it snows and it's 3d. Whatever ski does that buy that ski. Especially for Whiteface. Last I saw you ski challenge from the lift you wanted more than the rtms can give you at speed. You have more leg in the ski that in can handle without being twitchy. That's what I saw for whatever thats worth.

Adventure is seriously underrated, often dismissed as a flight of fancy or a trivial diversion. Something if time allows, something only after all the serious work has been done. I think if you made me sum up today and this whole week it's that adventure is like truffle that makes everything taste good but for your spirit. The first line NM spotted, moments after we could see the place thrusday morning was up Palmyra peak. A ribbon of white along a rocky ridge led to a seeming shangri-la, a rock rimmed ramp of HR Fluff and Stuff. We inquired with the local bar keep as to conditions yesterday and like any fine keeper of ales she gave us word that their few tracks past the first gate.The snow swept in around 8 and by the time we started marching up the ridge the wind was wipping flakes into a snowglobe like frenzy. NM the Himalayan mtn goat was first to the prize but as a fine gentlemen let me go first. I got to dive fast and sweeping into a perfect ramp of piles of pow. As the steepness faded slightly a apron of deep untracked was revealed. Full pow bounce in effect, knee to waist blower in 1000 vert rock cathedral all to our lonesome. Pictures cannot do the experience justice, the scale of the place. That little green dot is NM in the apron. We had a bald mtn run immediately after which yielded the deepest turns of the trip possibly. All this the day after a full day of diamond dust, after a day in helicopters skiing stupid long lines of untracked under perfect skies, after a 8 inch pow day on a empty Wednesday in Telluride. I met Barb, I laughed until my sides hurt. To say it was a good trip is a slanderous beytral akin to 9/11 lol Adventure then was what this was all about and to do so now under such onerous living conditions is what it's all about. Formally then to everyone thank you ! Super shout out to Atomic for making this all happening and being the most finest host. Adventure is far easier to find then good people to do it with.

Not enough boner city's in the world ! An absolute classic and you got it in great conditions. Super super sick skiing, its like the skiing equivalent of Yankee stadium !!!! That book, the slide guide 2 by Drew Hass and the ADK Green trail book is 90% of everything in the east outside of the Chic Chocs.