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Conditions are such that every day I've got to be convinced to take a second run, so...not sure if this is the last pic of the year or not. Tried my powder skis in the slush today and it seemed to improve the swamp skiing, so maybe I will ski another day or so...

The only "layer" that matters is the one touching the ski. The rest comes off. I resisted Fiberlene for years and finally tried it. I'm a convert. Scraping is a cinch now AND you can SEE the dirt that comes off the ski with each pass of the Fiberlene. I'd always thought that, after extensive pre-season prep and only skiing on mid-winter snow that the dirt issue was negligible. Apparently not. Something black always comes off with the first pass, less on the second, and none on the third. Tells me that was something I could have been forcing IN to the base during the scrape period, so I'm sticking with it.

So, did you/will you go back to retrieve the skins? Sounds like a nice find for someone.

Boo. More sun. Place is getting to be a swamp.

Just one? http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_5263eee8-09df-11e2-9b6c-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=jqm One of the new ones is the product of the son of a friend.

Just a picture, the only one I took. I am not a fan of spring skiing...

That's running during ski season? I'd be worried about the brakes icing up?

Would love to see some pictures of all these changes since I left. Can't even picture the roller coaster thing.

I would have had more if I hadn't slammed into a tree one season and followed that up with shattering my knee cap. And I did work for four of those years..

601 same time period

Guess everyone will have to be satisfied with just Whitefish Stoke. Since I carry my lunch, though, I'll never be able to keep Doug happy.. I have six more days planned.

I turn on the iron, rub wax until it starts dripping. If it smokes, I lower the dial a tad. Iron in wax. Use iron with Fiberlene to mop up excess. Don't over think it.

Day 70, my "goal" day. Had it all today: Sun, fog, rain, snow, graupel, hardpack, slush.

You're going to post some pictures some time?

Finally got to Gray's Golf Course. Grizzly habitat, so closing soon.

That's quite a tour, how long were they gone?

Another blue bird day, but temps started higher in the AM, so things were getting slushy by 1 PM. Brought out all the nuts, and a ton of anklebiters. Sorry, I guess I am a spring grouch, prefer frigid, windy weather with FRESH SNOW to this stuff.

Glorious blue bird day! If we can't have powder, then let's have this!

Are they back yet? Did they have a good trip? I've done several Epic Ski tours this season, one more today and another on Wednesday.

Another day of sun and fog, but not enough snow to make a difference. Groomer day.

Alternating sun and snow all day today.

Now hearing that there were all of 911 skiers today... spread across 3000 acres.

Not tremendously scenic today. Quite cold due to high winds, so almost no one there. Wind on the front blew things right down to the hardpack in many places and where the snow landed it was quite dense. After it gets stirred up it'll be nice, but it took effort to go off piste today.

I don't even need to look at the link. All about my buddy Fred... Who I rarely ski with because he's like a machine... God forbid you stop half way down to talk... Unless it's to my daughter, who he seems to have a "thing" for... Of course, the mountain community here is pretty small.. Pretty much all of the people in the top 100 at least know the other ones by name.

Today, blue bird all day long. Snow wonderful in AM, but increasingly heavy and starting to set up when I left.