Whitefish today pic

[sibhusky]

Day 4. Practically a ghost town.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

2 minutes ago, sibhusky said:

Day 4. Practically a ghost town.

What kind of skis are you on these days?  Are you 70 now?

[sibhusky]

If only I were 70 again... I hit Super Senior status a few years ago.

I have two pairs of skis, both pretty old. Nordica Hell 'n' Backs for powder and K2 iKonic 84xTi for groomers. A third pair is still in use for the first few days of a season, but those have 300 days on them and decidedly showing their age. But the iKonics have 2 layers of metal and require aggression and confidence to perform, so they don't come out until I'm feeling that way. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

45 minutes ago, sibhusky said:

If only I were 70 again... I hit Super Senior status a few years ago.

I have two pairs of skis, both pretty old. Nordica Hell 'n' Backs for powder and K2 iKonic 84xTi for groomers. A third pair is still in use for the first few days of a season, but those have 300 days on them and decidedly showing their age. But the iKonics have 2 layers of metal and require aggression and confidence to perform, so they don't come out until I'm feeling that way. 

Hey I always try and guess on the low side but way to get after it…we all appreciate your fantastic pictures from Montana.  My Montana friend sold his house in Bozeman last year that he purchased in 2005 and moved back to the Boston area to take care of his elderly mom.  Whats funny is he now has an Ikon pass which gets hiM five days at blue mountain.  I’ve only skied with him at Bridger bowl, Big Sky, Grand Targhee and Jackson Hole…never Blue…crazier things have happened. Philpug skied with us at Blue like 18 years ago because he lost a bet with me and he had a blast!!!!

[sibhusky]

Day 5 (yesterday). Empty again. Can't imagine why🤣. This was before it got bad. It normally improves. Not sure why I'm handling it better this year.

 

 

[sibhusky]

Day 6. The locals realized the resort was open and skipped church, so I moved over to slower lifts, including the T-bar to Whisky Spring, which I haven't done in a few years.

[sibhusky]

Day 7. Back to no liftlines. More snow on the way.

[sibhusky]

Day 8. Had some sun, so more people.

[momskeeztoo]

You’re getting lots of days in this season. Good for you! 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I hope you always put the bar down that’s a heck of a cliff…no footrests on that one but I don’t mind a little dangle unless the winds get crazy 

[sibhusky]

It's a steep lift ride. The first year it was open they had to evacuate people from it. I never ride it unless I've hit the ladies' room recently. 

[sibhusky]

Video from that evacuation

 

[sibhusky]

More East Rim pics.l

[sibhusky]

Day 9. Pretty warm. Had to wear my "getting dripped on" coat.

[sibhusky]

Day 10. More people than I like, so only skied until noon.

 

 

 

 

 

[sibhusky]

More East Rim for Doug

 

 

 

[sibhusky]

Day 11. Crowds, serious fog (literally lost track of the trail entirely at one point), plus google rime. I stopped before noon.

 

 

 

[sibhusky]

Day 12. Christmas. Crowds about like a Sunday. Fog pretty bad on and off. Mountain not entirely open, but close.

[momskeeztoo]

You’ve had a lot of fog this year. 

[sibhusky]

36 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:

You’ve had a lot of fog this year. 

Understatement of the year... Fortunately, my goggles are really helping with it. Changed from rose lenses to yellow and it was a huge improvement.

 

Found another shot. Not sure where it was hiding before.

[momskeeztoo]

I really like my yellow lens for low light. 

[sibhusky]

There won't be any more pics for a while. Christmas week. Might go again 12/30 and regret it. Otherwise, 1/1.

[sibhusky]

Day 13. Sublime snow, but not enough people stayed in bed. Fog was so bad when I got off first chair that none of the 6 attempted pictures came out.

This hours later.

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[sibhusky]

Day 14. Day started out clear, but of course the fog returned by noon. Got to ski with my daughter and son-in-law.