Skison 20/21?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I’m liking where this report is going.  WTGAI Nancy

[skiincy]

7 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I’m liking where this report is going.  WTGAI Nancy

Thanks  should be a good season.

for the rest of December, the reservations may be last minute since they’re all full right now. may do some touring adventures with friends or just uphill at resorts to get a workout in.

January will be Utah. For February, I’m looking at Big Sky but we’ll see. 

 

[skiincy]

Skied Abasin this morning with my brother. Arrived at 8:30. The lifts were spinning and we were 4th row in the lot at the base.

ABasin may have changed affiliations a few times but I appreciate that you can park at the base and the cell & WiFi reception is the same as it was 20 years ago (aka, non existent)

i love skiing on Christmas. Lines are short and the people are all decent skiers.

This was the line at Black Mountain Express at 11am. I’ve seen recirculated pics of long lines with no distancing in place... but I just want to show it’s not everywhere. 

We have a tradition of skiing on Christmas Day. Previous years it’s been Solitude, Keystone, Wolf Creek, Durango, and others. Obligatory Christmas photo for mom. 

We skied for about 2 hours because we have a Christmas dinner to prep. It was an absolute gorgeous bluebird groomer day. As the sun started to hit the snow, it warmed up and was even better. 

We winded the day with the Christmas brunch of pb&j and Colorado brews. On the drive down Loveland Pass, there was a small group with a grill cooking Christmas brunch and a tiny Christmas tree. I’m not sure what next year will bring but I’m hoping to keep with Christmas tradition. 

merry christmas, all!

[Mixilplix]

Some good stuff there....

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Nice report Skiinancy...I’ve had some grate bluebird and pow days at Abasin. As much as I like lingering around enjoying a nice continental breakfast, I get to the basin early to get in the early riser lot..4th row is baller status..can ski right back to your car..thanks for posting these timely reports!!

 

I see the new Pali lift is open...that’s where this April Perder is from. 

[saltyant]

13 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I see the new Pali lift is open...that’s where this April Perder is from. 

They forgot to groom that, you should have demanded a gift card.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

49 minutes ago, saltyant said:

They forgot to groom that, you should have demanded a gift card.

Stop!!

[saltyant]

10 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Stop!!

Halt. Hammer Zeit!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The Abasin locals love when you blast this song in the lot!!

 

 

[skiincy]

Woot! Skied winter park today. It’s day 5 of my 12 days of Christmas vacation. 

I woke up at 7am and checked ikon for potential reservations. I suppose people cancelled overnight so I snagged a reservation for today. 

Not gonna lie though. I looked at the weather and thought - shit. This looks miserable. Temp at 11, wind gust at 25 mph, and cloud cover at 80%. When I asked @Schif, do you think this will be miserable? He told me to go for it.

While driving over Berthoud Pass, I was like - wtf - why did I listen to him?

I arrived around 10:30. Parked in my typical G lot spot. Hopped on the beer cans and got to the base. Thought about taking the gondola but the line was craaaaay-zee. So, I took the Arrow Lift (2x). In the past 24 hours, there was 6” of fresh snow and people were hypedddd about the fresh powder.

when I finally made my first run around 10:30, it was tracked out powder... but still fun. I can’t complain. After Arrow, I did laps on Prospector Express (4x) and laps on Eskimo Express (6x). I ended up doing about 11k of vert over 3 hours. The snow on Engledive had me 😍 

While waiting in line I heard a voice that I thought I recognized. I foooooor sure I thought I heard VP elect Kamala Harris behind me in line. But, it wasn’t. It was a mirage. Although, I wonder what my reaction would have been if I saw VP Mike Pense at Vail. Recordless. I ended the day on Hughes & Little Pierre and it was so fun. 😍 thought these pics were funny.

Hope you all are getting after it and chasing the snow too. 

 

 

Edited December 28, 2020 by skiincy

[RidgeRacer]

Looking like a glitch in Whiteface tickets right now. But if you're interested in skiing WF you may want to hop on it. They're only selling midweek tickets but currently most dates on the calendar are 60 bucks if you select single day lift ticket. When you check out that price sticks too... If you select multi day however it shows $108 per day. Frequent skier card tix are 58 bucks (although if the 60 ticket price is right it should be 30 bucks). Gonna call and see whats up before i grab tix. Looking at March 1st and 2nd..probably Feb 28th too if they open Sundays.

[saltyant]

47 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Looking like a glitch in Whiteface tickets right now. But if you're interested in skiing WF you may want to hop on it. They're only selling midweek tickets but currently most dates on the calendar are 60 bucks if you select single day lift ticket.

I actually saw that too last night and thought, wuao Whiteface is cheaper than True Blue!

[RidgeRacer]

I just got off the phone with them.... they said if $60 is what you're seeing then $60 is what it is. Strange because if you select a multi day option the rate goes to $108 per day. The frequent skier card rate at $58 is apparently accurate as well (not $30) as there is a separate inventory for FSC holders and it's supposedly priced based on the normal day ticket rate. Bottom line...60 bucks for whiteface in March is a steal as all or most terrain is usually in play then. Barring anything crazy March 1st and 2nd are likely a go for me. May look to do Gore on Sunday the 28th on the way up...if they open tix up for weekends. If not maybe west mountain.

[saltyant]

I was considering WF for Jan 11 to 13 but weather.gov 8-14 day forecast has bright red over all of the northeast. Funk that. I want a winter wonderland, not 60 degrees and melty mushy snow. Looks like I'll try again in February. I have no luck planning Northeast trips anymore.

Edited December 29, 2020 by saltyant

[RidgeRacer]

I was considering WF for Jan 11 to 13 but weather.gov 8-14 day forecast has bright red over all of the northeast. Funk that. I want a winter wonderland, not 60 degrees and melty mushy snow. Looks like I'll try again in February. I have no luck planning Northeast trips anymore.

Saltman if you want to ski WF in all its glory typically later in the season is better. Chances of lookout below, cloudspin, empire, glades and even maybe the slides are greater later in the year with accumulated snowfall.

[saltyant]

7 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Saltman if you want to ski WF in all its glory typically later in the season is better. Chances of lookout below, cloudspin, empire, glades and even maybe the slides are greater later in the year with accumulated snowfall.

Thanks. Since my work is pretty flexible I'll try again in February.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

@Ski2Live Live2Skias the unofficial stats manager, I see you’ve changed your days at Stowe and Okemo to Hunter...that’s not cool..how fucking paranoid are you.   I don’t take many things seriously but lying in the stats manager is so messed up.  

[RidgeRacer]

@Ski2Live Live2Ski

[saltyant]

@Ski2Live Live2SkiStrike 2

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

@Ski2Live Live2Skias the unofficial stats manager, I see you’ve changed your days at Stowe and Okemo to Hunter...that’s not cool..how fucking paranoid are you.   I don’t take many things seriously but lying in the stats manager is so messed up.  

Wow great work. I'm impressed. Maybe soon you'll get promoted to Senior Unofficial Stats Manager.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

5 minutes ago, saltyant said:

@Ski2Live Live2SkiStrike 2

Worse than that..I haven’t seen such egregious behavior in the stats manager since a former poster would put his ski days in ahead of time.  Like if he planned on skiing this weekend on Saturday and Sunday he’d input those day on Wednesday...

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

7 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Wow great work. I'm impressed. Maybe soon you'll get promoted to Senior Unofficial Stats Manager.

I’ve already promoted myself to that title. If you want you can make me a certificate!!!

[saltyant]

19 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I’ve already promoted myself to that title. If you want you can make me a certificate!!!

Thanks for your diligent service in ensuring stats integrity.

[Mixilplix]

How do you get 3200' of vert with three runs at Big Snow?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

5 minutes ago, saltyant said:

Thanks for your diligent service in ensuring stats integrity.

You’re welcome and anytime..