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A lot of people seem to be on the RTMs in the 170 length also some Gilson banners set up in front of the Alpenhof..it’s a snowboard brand based out of the east coast..not to be confused with Stilson or Gilson

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January 28, 2025 Day 1 of 7 Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Jackson Hole mountain resort. The day began with a walk to the bagel place for breakfast sandos for me and Atomic Jeff…we left the Mountain modern at 8am and arrived in the village around 820am where it was around -12…it’s a dry Rocky Mountain -12 so I wore underarmor, long sleeve t shirt and jacket. It was 28 at the top, a full 40 degree inversion. First civilian gondola to first run down Amphitheater..full sunshine and visibility the snow was a little firm but decent. Up Thunder and down Grand which was alright like good eastern snow. Up Sublette and down Rendevous trail similar snow. Up Sublette again to Bivouac which hadn’t been groomed since Saturday and had small moguls on the sides and scrapped off down the middle…it was like 10% chalk and 90% slick. Over to Thunder and down amphitheater again up Thunder and down grand again to Sublette up Sublette to the Hobacks. The Hobacks were nice and I impressed myself with being able to ski at least half of it without stopping…my bump skiing and 3D skiing came back instantly…as I descended it got chillier and was downright freezing by the Union pass chair and I was also sweaty. Up Union pass back to the gondola, down amphitheater again to thunder and we rode thunder with a guy from Buffalo NY who moved here five months ago and is a nurse and he qualified for affordable housing which is essentially half price rent, not $2200 for an apartment. That may seem like a lot for people who live in Reading or Allentown but that’s a bargain and he prob makes $150k a year here cause he’s a special kind of nurse. Over to Nez Perce traverse to the Casper area, the one cat track that crosses has a no jumping sign that in my younger days I’d get absolutely booted off of it, well today had my best air of the season…it’s amazing now being a little lighter still real fat and a little older I have a thirst for some air…I don’t care I love it. Up Casper and down wide open to the Teton lift I found some untracked week old pow pow in the woods from A week or two ago. Up Teton chair and down to Apres vous up Apres vous and we ended the session with a run down Saratoga bowl which was very forgiving..mostly chalky snow and small bumps…solid base for lowish elevation. I was pretty sweaty when we got to the base and then we went to the mangy moose for giant soft pretzel, green chili with pork and Wilson IPA. All in all an excellent first day, I felt good, it was empty, it was sunny and my untuned skis did what they were supposed to do. Sorry not many pics today and I already post some earlier. JADIP

On the gondola again. So far two gondolas, three thunders, three sublettes and one union pass run. Dead empty here today and my spry self skied the Hobacks like a champion almost nonstop.

Atomic Jeff doesn’t care for anchovies

It can be a two man job if it’s a windy day or no duct tape 😉

Take rubbings, photos and measurements of tombstones. Day 1 on deck..a couple degrees below zero in town looks like it will be an inversion day. View from outside my room yesterday and pictures from supper last night at Gather

Gotcha good thing you had a spare pair. Most skiers only have one pair of ski boots. How long is the hike to the above treeline stuff?

I don’t do free breakfast out here. Atomic Jeff has been grandfathered into his daily bacon egg and steeze everything bagel and OJ…if Toast surprises us I’ll get him one as well.

I’m a real prude I don’t even pee in cemeteries anymore.

This hotel room is so weird and not that functional. There are six coffee mugs as well. No Bible either.

Nice report. Boa coiler? And why does a new one hurt?

A gift of optimism….Have a blast Ridge!!!

When was your last powder day?

Maybe Anfernee lol

Comfortable flight from EWR to JAC we arrived around 12:20pm and were at the snake river brewery by 1PM. We have the oversized jeep grand wagoneer as rental car. The mountain modern is clean and Boutiquey AF…it will do but I like the 49er better. There aren’t even drawers here or plastic cups but there are six coffee mugs and a chalkboard. Definitely was designed by some Live Love Learn Millenial.

Where are you going?

@JFskiDan last years thread

I’ve never seen snowfall accurately predicted this far in advance for JH….I find the NOAA forecast for grand Targhee to be the most accurate for the mid and upper mountain at JH https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=43.80&lon=-110.95&site=riw&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en

Hey All, I’m currently sitting in the Newark airport waiting for atomic Jeff to go through security and then off to Jackson hole on a 950am flight. In this thread I’ll post updates from our trip to Jackson hole. JFDan and NMSki are arriving on Thursday and Dirtwolf is arriving on Saturday. The forecast looks sunny the first few days and then snow in the forecast the last several days.

Well I’m on the Parking shuttle bus and Atomic Jeff ETA 757 this is getting good @antman12

Thanks will do

Yes with my pecker out

And pizza looks dank

Great report so far. I love the early lunch and beer and back out for more and funky hotel pools.