toast21602 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 Almost at our condo. Bird tomorrow? Quote
moe ghoul Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 Stoked for you, who'd you go out with? Where ya stayin? Where ya skiin? Is it snowin? Inquiring minds in Flatland need to know. How's the food? Quote
mbike-ski Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 sounds like a blast - looking forward to some pics/reports Quote
moe ghoul Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 Ski/ride stoke and hot tubs filled with coeds squealing would be a good start. Quote
moe ghoul Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 Lol Moe all the guys going are in serious committed relationships...sucks. I hope this TR is at least as good as Nick and Glenns Montana gayfari. They're all more than 100 miles from home. Toast started the thread low key and can build up a crescendo. Nick/Glenn's thread made a huge splash in the first few pages before the trip even started. They set the bar too high raising expectations to unrealistic levels. I think they intentionally played us and the trip was way better than they led us to believe. Slow day here in the House of Moe, I'm on troll patrol. Quote
toast21602 Posted March 9, 2011 Author Report Posted March 9, 2011 just got back from PowMow. hot tub now. will post later. Quote
nick malozzi Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 yup, montana totally sucked. never going back. utah will probably blow too. moving back to pa cause allentown is where it's at. i'm such a n00b. 2 Quote
toast21602 Posted March 10, 2011 Author Report Posted March 10, 2011 got in late last night. went to bed around 330-400. woke up and opened up Powder Mountain. awesome day. no need to really talk about it. i would post pictures but i don't know how to link them with facebook's new stupid viewer. so here is a short video. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 got in late last night. went to bed around 330-400. woke up and opened up Powder Mountain. awesome day. no need to really talk about it. i would post pictures but i don't know how to link them with facebook's new stupid viewer. so here is a short video. Pics look nice...Copy the "download" link and strip the ?dl=1 from the URL. Quote
moe ghoul Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 Nice vid, nice snow, nice form. Pow Mow looks good right now. Quote
Glenn Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 I've never been there but I've been told Powder Mt includes lots of flat unskiable terrain in their total acreage. Quote
Johnny Law Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 I've never been there but I've been told Powder Mt includes lots of flat unskiable terrain in their total acreage. That's only kind of true but mostly irrelevant. With the exception of one day everytime I've been there its been empty bleachers. James/lightning may have 100 people in a day and that's probably the best riding on the mtn. Their acreage is inflated with some shit that is really flat but the vast majority of the time there aren't enough people there to make a difference. Quote
Glenn Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 That's only kind of true but mostly irrelevant. With the exception of one day everytime I've been there its been empty bleachers. James/lightning may have 100 people in a day and that's probably the best riding on the mtn. Their acreage is inflated with some shit that is really flat but the vast majority of the time there aren't enough people there to make a difference. Yeah I've always heard it's empty and there is snow. Quote
toast21602 Posted March 10, 2011 Author Report Posted March 10, 2011 here are some photos from yesterday at Powmow. met up with dan and his buddy from home. quality sucks because picasa sucks. Yeah I've always heard it's empty and there is snow. so empty. seems that way because there is so much terrain. the snow is freakin' awesome too. Quote
RootDKJ Posted March 11, 2011 Report Posted March 11, 2011 Glad you guys are having a good time. Can't post more, gotta finish building the ark. Quote
Johnny Style Posted March 11, 2011 Report Posted March 11, 2011 I've never even heard of this Powder Mountain, but the TR makes it look awesome. I might have to add this one to the list. Quote
Timeless Posted March 11, 2011 Report Posted March 11, 2011 I've never even heard of this Powder Mountain, but the TR makes it look awesome. I might have to add this one to the list. Seriously? Powder mountain is a great place, didn't see many shots from powder country in the trip report, mostly under the central lift, was the van not running? Quote
Johnny Style Posted March 11, 2011 Report Posted March 11, 2011 I haven't been to Utah since the 80s. Back then it was all Alta and Snowbird. When did Powder Mountain open? I've heard of Silverton, CO at least. Quote
Timeless Posted March 11, 2011 Report Posted March 11, 2011 I haven't been to Utah since the 80s. Back then it was all Alta and Snowbird. When did Powder Mountain open? I've heard of Silverton, CO at least. No idea when it opened, it's a very basic, no frills resort some way out from the main cluster around SLC, actually just outside Ogden, not far from Snowbasin (heard of that one? also very nice). It might be my favorite Utah resort but for some it's not as challenging as places like snowbird. To demonstrate the "low key" approach, they have an area you can access from a lift served peak, but it runs down to the approach road, some awesome slopes, no grooming, nice trees, then they have someone drive a van up and down the road picking you up and ferrying you back to the base area where you catch a lift and repeat..... I've never seen anywhere else do this kind of thing and it just about sums up the place. Quote
Johnny Law Posted March 11, 2011 Report Posted March 11, 2011 Cool. Pow Mow has been around a great many years, its a smart persons hill. Slow and low with tons of snow, I love the LCC/BCC but your on the rocket hunt right out of the gate if it snows. Pow Mow you can ski as you like....in a weird way its what skiing should be. Terrain does look pretty mellow from the video. Any areas where hop turns are required? Really only two or three sections of the hill but James is pretty steep but that's hike to. Its certainly advanced meadow skipping but meadow skipping is unbelievably fun. Thanks for the pics Toast, first time in a long time didn't get there this year......makes me smile just seeing the middle "lodge" and thinking of those fries. Quote
toast21602 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Report Posted March 11, 2011 Went to Snowbasin yesterday. Will post pictures and such when we get back in tonight. Currently at Snowbird, enjoying another beautiful day. Quote
GSSucks Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 Utah blows I never want to come back to powmow it's flat as hell and that's is fresh snow, never come here it sucks 3 Quote
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