GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 6 Report Posted April 6 On 4/6/2025 at 7:50 PM, sibhusky said: 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. Expand How much does whitefish charge for a locker? I enjoy a combination of skiing alone and with others..I give you major props at your commitment to skiing and sharing it with others. Quote
sibhusky Posted April 7 Author Report Posted April 7 On 4/6/2025 at 10:36 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: How much does whitefish charge for a locker Expand $590. It used to be around $100. It's nuts. I'm sure it'll be $625 next season. 1 Quote
indiggio Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 On 4/7/2025 at 3:48 AM, sibhusky said: $590. It used to be around $100. It's nuts. I'm sure it'll be $625 next season. Expand Blue kept jacking up the price of a locker each year too. Once it broke $200, I punted. It just wasn't worth the price of admission anymore. Walking to the car to swap out skis, etc. gives me the opportunity to have a beer break too. Of course, the walk to the car isn't very far, so YMMV. Quote
enjoralas Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 On 4/7/2025 at 10:23 AM, indiggio said: Blue kept jacking up the price of a locker each year too. Once it broke $200, I punted. It just wasn't worth the price of admission anymore. Walking to the car to swap out skis, etc. gives me the opportunity to have a beer break too. Of course, the walk to the car isn't very far, so YMMV. Expand I did too, but I'm back in next season, lol. Just too convenient to leave the gear at the hill, especially with the kids. And being able to stash an extra pair of goggles, gloves, etc came in handy more than once 3 Quote
indiggio Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 On 4/7/2025 at 11:19 AM, enjoralas said: I did too, but I'm back in next season, lol. Just too convenient to leave the gear at the hill, especially with the kids. And being able to stash an extra pair of goggles, gloves, etc came in handy more than once Expand Yeah, I could see that, especially if you have a shit-ton of equipment that you have to lug back/forth from home. Quote
enjoralas Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 On 4/7/2025 at 1:37 PM, indiggio said: Yeah, I could see that, especially if you have a shit-ton of equipment that you have to lug back/forth from home. Expand Now I just need to convince them to let me drill a hole in my locker to pass a cable from a battery bank to a solar panel so I can also leave the boot warmer and glove dryer in there, lol 2 Quote
sibhusky Posted April 7 Author Report Posted April 7 On 4/7/2025 at 2:41 PM, enjoralas said: Now I just need to convince them to let me drill a hole in my locker to pass a cable from a battery bank to a solar panel so I can also leave the boot warmer and glove dryer in there, lol Expand 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. 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 On 4/7/2025 at 3:08 PM, sibhusky said: 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. Expand You hit a million? Quote
indiggio Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 On 4/7/2025 at 2:41 PM, enjoralas said: Now I just need to convince them to let me drill a hole in my locker to pass a cable from a battery bank to a solar panel so I can also leave the boot warmer and glove dryer in there, lol Expand Better to ask forgiveness than permission... Quote
indiggio Posted April 7 Report Posted April 7 On 4/7/2025 at 3:08 PM, sibhusky said: 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. Expand yeah, boot liners come out every night and go onto the dryers. Congratulations! Quote
sibhusky Posted April 7 Author Report Posted April 7 (edited) On 4/7/2025 at 3:48 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: You hit a million? Expand 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. Edited April 7 by sibhusky 3 Quote
sibhusky Posted April 7 Author Report Posted April 7 Ugh. Kept trying to attach wrong screen print and ran out of time. 1 Quote
sibhusky Posted April 10 Author Report Posted April 10 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. 1 1 Quote
sibhusky Posted April 12 Author Report Posted April 12 Glutton for punishment https://whitefishpilot.com/news/2025/apr/09/king-of-vert-a-tremendous-feat/ 1 Quote
sibhusky Posted April 17 Author Report Posted April 17 more on the guy. https://flatheadbeacon.com/2025/04/17/vertical-feat-how-a-retired-school-teacher-smashed-big-mountains-boldest-skiing-record Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 17 Report Posted April 17 That is insane. I bet he doesn’t ride certain lifts or ski certain runs because he’ll lose vert. I’ve stopped caring and and half my ski days out west seem to be pow days and then it’s total quality over quantity and groomer days you rack up 20k in 3 hours. Quote
mute1080 Posted April 18 Report Posted April 18 On 4/12/2025 at 12:18 AM, sibhusky said: Glutton for punishment https://whitefishpilot.com/news/2025/apr/09/king-of-vert-a-tremendous-feat/ Expand 84k+ a day average 🤯 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 18 Report Posted April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 3:12 PM, mute1080 said: 84k+ a day average 🤯 Expand You can only pull that off at a place that’s uncrowded. Quote
Schif Posted April 18 Report Posted April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 4:16 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: You can only pull that off at a place that’s uncrowded. Expand And with a lot of vert/lift. It would take 14 hours to get 84k vert at Blue. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 18 Report Posted April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 5:05 PM, Schif said: And with a lot of vert/lift. It would take 14 hours to get 84k vert at Blue. Expand I’ll have to dig up my old stats but in high school I’d ski 7:30-5 at blue with a lunch break and usually be in the 50s or 60s. I beat 70k at Stowe before 7:30-4. Biggest day since I joined PASR was 61,000 at Jackson hole 1/25/07 and that was a 9-4 day with lunch break and I had spaghetti at the Casper lodge. A lot of runs that day off the gondola, 10 minutes up and under three minutes down 2800 vert mostly straight down Sundance gully and that’s not when I was afraid to haul ass. Quote
sibhusky Posted April 18 Author Report Posted April 18 (edited) On 4/17/2025 at 11:22 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: That is insane. I bet he doesn’t ride certain lifts or ski certain runs because he’ll lose vert. I’ve stopped caring and and half my ski days out west seem to be pow days and then it’s total quality over quantity and groomer days you rack up 20k in 3 hours. Expand 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. Edited April 18 by sibhusky Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 18 Report Posted April 18 (edited) On 4/18/2025 at 8:46 PM, sibhusky said: 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. Expand Hi I didn’t read the article…back when I was 25 I skied as fast as I could even 30…now I wanna make it to the next ski day..enjoy myself…between a hard head on collision I had with a 5th grader (both of our faults) and just being older more risk averse I’ve dialed it back and I have a blast everyday I ski and I’ll pussyfoot down blue mountain and Jackson hole black diamonds if unsure of conditions..survival skiing..I used to not give two shits about conditions just send it…and I can say all that but some days things just click and I have a lot of extra spring in my step and let em run more…I know this last Jackson hole trip cause I was down 15-20 pounds from prior year I had a lot more giddy-up for 2-3 hours till I ran out of steam. As long as he’s slowing down for the slow zones. Edited April 18 by GrilledSteezeSandwich Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 25 Report Posted April 25 100k vertical attempt at Whistler by James from rise and alpine. Ski fast rip ass!! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0CpGmbS81dQ Quote
sibhusky Posted April 25 Author Report Posted April 25 (edited) On 4/25/2025 at 1:26 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: 100k vertical attempt at Whistler by James from rise and alpine. Ski fast rip ass!! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0CpGmbS81dQ Expand He apparently did 137K. More than any of Donnay's 100k+ days. He did that on days we have night skiing. Edited April 25 by sibhusky 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 25 Report Posted April 25 On 4/25/2025 at 7:09 PM, sibhusky said: He apparently did 137K. More than any of Donnay's 100k+ days. He did that on days we have night skiing. Expand James 84k vert was impressive at Whistler especially with spring conditions..now think about the 24 hours of Aspen..and the silver Queen gondola is not quite as efficient as some of the high speed quads and six’s because it covers a lot of linear terrain and you have to take your skis off and back on unless you’re @saltyant but gondola comfortable if bad weather or you wanna eat. I still prefer chairlifts Quote
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