Popular Post toast21602 Posted March 9 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 9 I'd consider getting a season pass for Shawnee just for the uphill. Yesterday was a spring treat. Really enjoy it there. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 The nice thing about Shawnee is you can avoid all of us lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyant Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 46 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: The nice thing about Shawnee is you can avoid all of us lol Correct. I haven't seen @toastman or @toast21602 all season. Maybe we will make a bicycle ride at Trexlertown with Mute or Ryan some day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 2 minutes ago, saltyant said: Correct. I haven't seen @toastman or @toast21602 all season. Maybe we will make a bicycle ride at Trexlertown with Mute or Ryan some day. Me and Toast had a blast in Jackson hole in 2016…he’s been busy slapping skins…on his skis lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 5 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Me and Toast had a blast in Jackson hole in 2016…he’s been busy slapping skins…on his skis lol We did have a good time. I'll need to get out there again. I think it has been ~5 years or so but that place never disappoints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DiMe Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 @toast21602For what it's worth and I have no idea what if anything is required but literally everytime I've been to Camel this year, there has been people skinning up Nile Mile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 3 hours ago, DiMe said: @toast21602For what it's worth and I have no idea what if anything is required but literally everytime I've been to Camel this year, there has been people skinning up Nile Mile. Appreciate this! I had no idea. 100% getting an Ikon pass next year. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFskiDan Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 40 minutes ago, toast21602 said: Appreciate this! I had no idea. 100% getting an Ikon pass next year. did you renew Indy? my second year of indy and i still have yet to make it pay out. Indy is such a good deal, but i cant justify it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momskeeztoo Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 On 3/11/2024 at 8:40 AM, JFskiDan said: did you renew Indy? my second year of indy and i still have yet to make it pay out. Indy is such a good deal, but i cant justify it again. I have been looking at different pass options. Indy looks great and the price is right, great option for a NE sklfari. I just don’t think I could convince anyone I know to travel around to all these different places, seeing how limited number of days are at each place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 On 3/11/2024 at 8:40 AM, JFskiDan said: did you renew Indy? my second year of indy and i still have yet to make it pay out. Indy is such a good deal, but i cant justify it again. I did 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Well today I totally sucked and only made it one mile up Tiehack before I decided to transition and come back down. The temps were low 40’s when I arrived and brilliant sunshine beating down on me. Still got in a solid hour of good cardio so I am satisfied. Buttermilk closes 3/31 and it’s getting quite mushy. All mashed potatoes on the way down. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Love that hat! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, toast21602 said: Love that hat! Thanks got it for women’s day uphill. Love free swag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 28 minutes ago, Barb said: Thanks got it for women’s day uphill. Love free swag. They need to start doing mens days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Every day is men’s day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 28 minutes ago, Barb said: Every day is men’s day My one friend is in a ladies only real estate group. If there was a mens only group there’d be all kinds of issues lol. Barb we’re glad to have you posting and skiing in this 90% male dominated sport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Another beautiful day here before the snow comes in later tonight. Skinned up the Elk Camp side of Snowmass in a t-shirt today. Was 49 degrees when I got back to my car. I like this route. Not quite as hard as Tiehack. Just under 2 miles and 1300’+ elevation gain. Made it up in exactly 1:30. Had a quick lunch at the top of the gondola and skied back down. Light crowds, snow was mushy and soft. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 Today I got to see what the cool kids in Marble do when they go backcountry skiing. I met a local the other day mid 70’s. We agreed to meet today at the winter closure gate at Lead King Basin. Our objective was to ski Sheep Mountain elevation 11,575’. I thought we were hiking up with skis on packs until we hit snow, then skinning. Nope. He picked me up in his side by side. We rode up about a mile to where he had his snowmobile parked. Then we switched vehicles. I sat in front and away we went. I actually have never been on a snowmobile before and it took a minute to get used to it. The snow was rutted and spring conditions and there were so many little roller coaster like up and downs. I was really trying my best not to smack his chin with my helmet from all the jerky stop and go motions. We came to a creek crossing and he got stuck on the uphill. So he instructed me to throttle it while standing next to it and he would pull from the front. That worked after a few tries. We exited the main jeep road and got into Sheep mountain road which is very tight and rough. He said there were 19 switchbacks. At switchback 13 he warmed me it would start to get rough. I was thinking “tougher than it’s been already” as we were skirting steep drop offs and almost riding sideways. He wasn’t wrong. We ran into another guy whose machine died. We helped him move it onto what little space there was without rolling down the hillside so we could get by. When we reached the top there were views from every direction. He gave me a very thorough explanation of what peaks were, ski lines, avalanche paths etc. The pictures don’t do it justice. It was so warm today. I asked him if we could go down the gentlest way possible and he said “I won’t do that but come this way.” I knew I was in trouble. The first headwall was really steep for me. Here is a picture from the bottom and my pathetic tracks of side slipping hoping not to fall Yeah, I can hear you all laughing but it was steep for me. We ended up not doing the whole 2000’ vertical and traversed to the snowmobile track and skinned back up. Ha wanted to hang out a bit since it was such a beautiful day. We snacked and chatted for a good hour in the sunshine. he left his snowmobile above the creek and after a sketchy crossing on slippery rocks with ski boots, carrying our skis, we skied the rest of the road to the side by side. Even though I didn’t ski the whole mountain, it was a stellar day! 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 Great report…you sure you don’t miss jersey? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momskeeztoo Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 Wow, Barb sounds like a great trip. You meet so many interesting people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 I was racking my brain this morning trying to figure out how this mountain was so steep after looking at it on cal topo. You can clearly see there are mellow descents to the north/northeast really looking at this map and now knowing where all the names peaks are, I realize we started down this line circled. I would really like to try this ski again with the mellower descent 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 Guess my season is still going. Earlier this week I went to John’s house (my new BC buddy) to wax our skis. They were both glopping up last time out. We both have DPS skis with Phantom glide. It does. It hold up in spring conditions. He had a wax I had never heard of with a special iron that you hover a few inches over the skis after kind of just “crayoning” the dry wax on. It seemed to work well and there was very little waste scraped off. So with freshly waxed skis I promised him I would tour with him this week and today was the day. We took his side by side to the creek where there was consistent snow. Then we skimmed from there. Creek crossing was a log bridge. In ski boots carrying gear I took it slow and thankfully did not fall in. I kept hitting my watch and pausing it but I think from my best guess we skinned about 2 miles in to an area the locals call the “debris pile” where there was a previous avalanche. Mellow skiing there, then an area of baby well spaced trees Some sections the snow got skinny on the road End of the baby tree section. John is another one of those guys in his 70’s and not of the picture taking generation, so just had to quickly take a few. Arkansas mountain south facing aspect. Meting quickly. Today was low 60’s and bright sun. Applied 2 rounds of sunscreen and still have a lobster face. John is the head of West Elk Mountain Rescue and I got the hard sell today to join. I felt like I couldn’t say no so I am going to what I guess is my first meeting next week. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 (edited) Nice report!! For some reason I thought Aspen was still open. haha on the hard sell..I’m amazing at sales but can’t be sold on anything. It’s why I’ve never bought an ikon pass lol cause I’m stubborn lol Edited April 25 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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