sibhusky

Well, if you read the article, he says he confined himself THIS YEAR to chair 4 and selected a route based on conditions, crowds, etc. I think it was a choice of 3 or 4 possibles but then the same all day. I did ride chair 2 with him once because 4 had a delayed start. I know otherwise the runs he probably used are the ones I generally avoid because of nuts like him. Fred Frost, much quoted in the article, and now 83, skis everywhere. In the past, when he was usually in the top 5, he even went off piste in trees. Hopefully this guy got it out of his system. They put up tons of signs this year about skiing too fast. I'm sure it was him. In the past, they didn't give a shit. They would say they did, but only occasionally pulled passes after collisions, no signage. Certainly no policing.

more on the guy. https://flatheadbeacon.com/2025/04/17/vertical-feat-how-a-retired-school-teacher-smashed-big-mountains-boldest-skiing-record

Glutton for punishment https://whitefishpilot.com/news/2025/apr/09/king-of-vert-a-tremendous-feat/

New locker price will be $610, with a requirement that the owner is a pass holder. I guess dead people have been letting their kids and grandkids use them.

Ugh. Kept trying to attach wrong screen print and ran out of time.

And then some. Not quite 1.2. Below is resort stats. It's missing a ton of scans for lifts with lazy lifties, but they over-credit for chair 2, so the actual numbers are very slightly higher. Like 7000 feet.

Yeah, I bring the boots home every time. Two or three times their fire sprinklers went off and there was water coming down from the ceiling. I don't care if my skis get wet, but the boots are another thing. Finished 83rd on the vert list.

$590. It used to be around $100. It's nuts. I'm sure it'll be $625 next season.

Day 71. Closing day. All goals met and exceeded. I hope next year I can say the same. Only stayed until noon.

I mostly ski alone. I might ski a run or share a lift with others I know, but, like me, they don't like "pack skiing." People party on the mountain in costume and get drunk. I exit when they start dong stupid stuff. My locker room buddies are all busy emptying their lockers. Most are, like me, old as dirt, because there's an 8 year waiting list and you're going to be pretty old before you think you want to pay that kind of money, then you have to wait for one of us to die. One couple I ski with is back in Florida, emptying their house so they can move here in May. But I expect we'll see them all year round once they move. I guess other than them, everyone else is an actual LOCAL. Like, I'll see them at the grocery store. It's not a metro area. People don't vanish.

Day 70. Hit goal for day count. Don't normally ski Saturday, but... goals. It was pretty nice. Crowds showed up late.

Day 69. Sunny, but conditions held up.

Day 68. Third winter continues. A gift of a day as far as snow quality - ankle deep and light - but high winds and equipment issues (mine and the mountain's), along with exhaustion, meant I didn't take full advantage.

Day 67. Mixed visibility

Day 66.... And 3rd winter is here!

Day 65. Ghost town

Near as I could tell, it rolled down the hill on its own. I was on a lift on the opposite ridge when I saw it. I think it was kicked off up high. Then these guys came down after it and it looked like they were sculpting it into a jump. But really, that means that slope needs closing. I don't know why ski patrol wasn't chasing them off. Similar but slightly steeper areas on similar-facing ridges are all closed because of avalanche danger. If this well-pounded slope is shedding sections that way it's not safe. I've been next to an avalanche years back. Missed being hit by seconds.

Day 64. Started out kind of misty, but turned into a nice day.

Come in late January.

Day 63. It takes a special kind of crazy to ski here.

Ski999 hasn't visited here. I occasionally see him on Facebook.

My daughter elected to hit Lost Trail this weekend instead of coming here.

Day 62. Snow was soft from the start. And slooow by lunch. Need to do some structure work, I guess, but it looks fine.

Looks similar to here conditions-wise. We have sloow snow as well.

I lost 85 pounds.