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Here are a few videos: Corner Chute Backside Trees High Noon and El Funko

I liked the Chams so much I'm thinking about getting some, but I want to try the 107's first. Also, I demoed 178's which were fine, but would be curious to try the 184's also. They were good in chop, pretty easy to swing around in bumps, although I'm not a great mogul skier. I could confidently ski them on steeps and they were good not great on groomers. I'm not very technically sound (definitely not level 3), so actual good skiers might have different impressions. Everyone I talked too, though, seemed to think they were a pretty bad ass ski for what that's worth.

I must have brain damage. This should work..

OK kids, this is why you wear a helmet. Video of me trying to scope out freshies but ending up falling down a rocky cliff and removing vegetation from a hillside. If you listen closely you can hear me say "oh boy i'm in deep shit" lol. I'll post some other videos at some point later. https://vimeo.com/156980694

I'm tired of making words but day 5 of 5 I got after it. 2 ridge hikes - 1 west basin, 1 highline. Finally found my way into Corner Chute from the kitchen wall. Skied a couple of really long bump runs, since it was spring conditions too. Finished the day by grabbing the kids from ski school and taking them up the Al's run lift and doing a 1600 vert green run to the bottom. Highline ridge scenes Looking southeast from T-Bird high atop west basin ridge. Found a sweetie of a natural halfpipe that I had never discovered before. Tomorrow I'll try to make some time to post some vids.

I'm sure I sound like a broken record with my happy reports, but today was great again! I actually decided to demo some Cham 97's because I have been skiing a lot of bumps, chutes and trees, and since most of the powder is skied off, the moments were a little more work than I liked. It proved to be a good decision. Skied a couple easy runs to feel out the new boards, then hiked up to west basin. I traversed all the way around, then sidestepped uphill about 100 yards and dropped into the Wild West glade, which is a newly glades area along the westernmost boundary of the ski area. It was so quiet in there due to the weed out factor of the hike/traverse/sidestep. Still some fresh in there too. Skied Jeans Glade later which is super steep off the frontside. In the afternoon, I played in the trees on the backside, then did 2 laps on kachina Main Street. Finished my day on Totally Wiard chute in hunziker. Was a beautiful sunny day. To top it off, my kids did awesome in their lessons which made me feel great. Wild West Jean's View at lunch Looking up chair 1 (Al's) Secenery

Sorry didn't see this. If you're looking for slope side, you could try the alpine village suites. I prefer in town since it's an easy drive though. I've stayed at the Wyndham world mark and kachina lodge recently. Kachina lodge was super cheap and kind of run down but not terrible. There's the snow mansion hostel in arroyo seco. The sagebrush inn is popular but I've never stayed there. Mountain knowledge I could go on forever, but try all the steeps off of lift 2. Hike both ridges. Don't overlook the "Bambi ridge" where you can find sir Arnold Lynn, the Bambi chutes and Lorelei. Also the what chutes if you're into crazy shit. Go into hunziker bowl, but keep traversing even beyond where it seems like it makes sense and go into high noon bowl and el Funko. If the snows good you'll be rewarded. Don't miss longhorn and North American if it's open. If you ski longhorn tell anybody bragging about Al's run that they are a pussy. Much longer and steeper.

Today was a beautiful sunny day with still some fresh snow. Kachina lift opened at 9:30 and I was probably the 5th person up. Storm totals were not enough to completely refresh everything up there, but there was nice powder in between enormous bumps. Interesting. Hit kachina 4 (I think), blitz trees off of west basin, hunziker bowl again, Lorelei trees, Japanese flag glade, walkyries glade, and many others. Skied a lot of trees today. Skied harder from bell to bell than I have in a while. I'm sunburned as fuck too. Kachina peak scenery Skied the chute right down the middle of this picture (K4) Tree skiing Hunziker bowl, one of my favorite spots on earth Scenic photo Worked up a thirst

Couple pics from the backside (hunziker/el Funko) Gonna take more than a dusting to cover those bumps on kachina Scenery

Yesterday was a good warmup, today was great. Didn't need to hike for any fresh. They only reported 3 inches, but I would say 6-8 up high. Hunziker bowl to high noon to El Funko was the run of the day. The entrance to El Funko was downright scary, but the snow was sweet in there. I had a scary moment when I got cliffed out where I didn't realize there was one, proceeded to attempt a jump turn to the only safe place, fell, broke a sapling in half and fell over the cliff I was trying to avoid. Landed in soft powder, but had to hike about 50 yards uphill to retrieve a ski. I'm ok, just a big gash on my leg, and a tiny cut on my face. Still got all my teefers. Go pro footage of this is gonna be funny. Beer o clock!!

Today through Friday, maybe Saturday on the slopes. Heading up shortly. Today will be hard pack, but snow moving in tonight which is badly needed. Wednesday by all forecasts looks to be a classic Taos day of intense sunshine and pow. Do my best to keep it interesting with pics. Computer situation is iffy so vids might be when I get home.

Nothing compares to a good BM. Oh wait never mind.

Best bet is 50% meals & entertainment deduction, same as golfing with clients.

Do we have a buddy pass this year?

That video is great! I love how they focus on the French onion soup for like 10 seconds. I didn't see that barber shop when I was there, I need a haircut bad! Can't find the meatheads clip! Linky?

Stowe $92 sugarbush $85. Saved about $30 using liftopia

Went to Sugarbush yesterday. Seems like an awesome mountain, but not my #1 day of all time. With temps in the -20s, only one lift was running for the first couple hours of the day. My toes immediately re-froze which was a barrel full of fun, and since I tend to sweat a bit when I ski, at -20 that condensation which normally is not an issue becomes ice on the goggles immediately. I was all pumped for the hike only access to castle rock, but didn't get the chance to get up there. Maybe I chose wrong and there would have been more lifts spinning earlier from the other base (I parked at Lincoln peak). Really looking forward to coming back when I can feel my extremities and when I have access to all the terrain. Overall it was a good couple days since I got to experience some new places, even if my experience was a bit limited. Now on to Taos where it's full on spring already.

Had a really fun day, but the cold was rough. High was like 0 at up top it was -5 not including wind chill. I'm not used to that shit. Morning was really fun lapping the quad. Once the temps started to fall even more, the gondola was a nice option. I rode that a bunch of times, but the terrain wasn't as fun as the quad. There were still a bunch of closed trails, and not enough snow to feel good about going in the trees, plus I was solo and had no fucking clue where I was going. Made a quick gondi ride over to spruce peak, man that side is a shitshow. Wanna be vail all the way, I was not impressed. I saw a family of Japanese people (all 3 of them) with their skis on trying to walk across the brick promenade. Called it quits around 3:15 and had a beer and some wings at the Matterhorn. I have a black toenail, and I'm not sure if it was frostbite or toe bang, but thinking frostbite since I never had a problem with these boots. My favorite run was Nosedive because the snow was really good over there all day. I was impressed by the steeps also. I only skied National and Liftline since all the others were closed, but National made me take a sec to think before dropping in! Hopefully I'll come back someday when conditions are a little better, but all in all great day!

Easy to get a lot of vert riding the quad here at Stowe. 5 laps already. Nosedive twice, one upper and lower lifeline, one national to lifeline, hayride and lord? A couple inches of fresh snow. Cold as shit but fun. Had to grab my heavy duty face mask. Back out now!

Pics may be scarce today. I won't be taking off my gloves too many times

There. Is, but it's not till 7, and I want to bounce at 7

I'll be ok! Between your generous contribution to the parking lot beers and the heady I'm drinking now at dinner, I can't complain.

Drive took about 6.5 from my house. Couple of stops to pee, plus I made a beer stop. Thanks for the recommendations! My hotel is a good 35 minutes from the mountain, so I got some food I can eat in my room for breakfast, but I'll be sure to check out one of the post skiing places you mentioned.

Glad you got that tune straightened out!

Finally made it up here, got my gear all organized, now gonna go enjoy some of vermonts finest beers. Then early to bed early to shred! Stowe tomorrow. Gonna be cold as shit.