saltyant Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Fat two inches so far at Loveland...good thing the rental car place gave me a brush to wipe the snow off my car. Also pictures from last nights Pho. You've already received more Perder than I did my entire 6 days in Utah. WTGAI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 I got the grab and go breakfast from the front desk. I had apple juice box, coffee, bagel with peanut butter and hard boiled eggs. Abasin today is gonna be good the 2”+ fallen..I’ll try and take a few pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRacer Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Have fun today @GrilledSteezeSandwich. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Gonna be a nice day. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Lifts start running in 15 minutes. The warmest 24 degrees at the base. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyant Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Lifts start running in 15 minutes. The warmest 24 degrees at the base. This is grate, be sure to write a report!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 hours ago, saltyant said: This is grate, be sure to write a report!! I’ll write a report later..in the woods taking a safety break..it’s a nice pleasant day and barely anybody is here. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Where are the fast food pictures? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schif Posted April 13, 2021 Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 minute ago, toast21602 said: Where are the fast food pictures? Don't jinx it. We've got good food pictures and for the first time in like 3 trip reports a decent number of pictures. 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 13, 2021 Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Abasin. I arrived at the mountain at 830 and there were only a handful of people. I was booted up with ticket by 845 and only two people in line at the black mountain express. I rode the second civilian chair with some guy who hadn’t skied there in 20 years. Then over to the lenawee lift in 2” of new snow...basically breaking trail.. Up Lenawee and did the run to the left of powerline first all the way to the base and it was all untracked on top of groomer. Did a few lower laps go really milk that perder which was less wind affected then the upper mountain then back to the top of Lenawee and I took the rope tow and skied a run in montezuma bowl which was dust on crust. That area gets the spring conditions first and so the underlying snow wasn’t the nice styrofoamy snow of the front face or what I skied in the Beavers area earlier. I was really skiing runs fast and slowed down the pace a tad with some exploration. Took a fast Humbug I believe to lower mountain still leftover perd to the new Pali chair which now has a safety bar. I skied into the beavers area from Pali the wind up there was fierce and took Davis and did some single black off chutes which had nice ungroomed snow below the fresh. I didn’t see a single person on that run. I normally like to stop at the mid mountain lodge for Bloody Mary, beer maybe a soft pretzel but didn’t do that today, it probably would have just been me and the bartender as it was so quiet at Abasin. Visibility was also better than I expected. I skied another front face run by then everything on the main runs was choppy but the new 2” transformed the primary conditions into more winterlike. Back in Silverthorne I went to a strip mall taco place first and the line was pretty long so went to noodles and company and had buttered noodles with a pork topping and Caesar salad then ate some gummies and had a little nap. I think I’m gonna buy another ticket at Abasin for tomorrow. Can’t resist the lack of crowds plus it could snow more overnight 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Chorizo empanada and quiche from Spanish bakery. They gave me an extra quiche as well. Also got a slice of chocolate mousse cake. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoralas Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Nice, I made it into the report 49 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Chorizo empanada 2 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Looking like maybe an inch and a half of new snow..pretty clear outside. Just went to Einstein bagel. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Another nice one at Abasin 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Pretty nice today. I think I have altitude sickness. I didn’t feel 100% earlier and my ears have been bugging me. I skied about 8-10 runs so far. Winding down. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast21602 Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Looks good again. Bummer to hear about altitude. Hydrate a bit extra and avoid alcohol for a bit if you can! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Today they were doing an annual ski athon on the Pali loft at Abasin..I’ll look it up officially but I think it’s as many runs as can be skied from 7:45 or 8am. It seemed odd when I pulled in at 830 to see lots of people skiing down and a bunch of cars parked at the Pali lift. When I rode the Pali lift there was a special line for those with bibs so they weren’t stuck behind herb tourons Its called the enduro and skiing is actually from 7am-5pm that’s a big day. https://www.arapahoebasin.com/event/enduro/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Hey All, I’m back from day 2 of 6 with another trip to Abasin..I know from yesterday where the snow is good and had a general idea of what the wind was doing to the snow. It was sunny and in the mid 20s when I pulled in at around 830. I took my time booting up and there was actually a shortish line at about 850 when I got in line for the black mountain express..I even went inside the bathroom their locker room is off limits it’s basement and super tight. Use your car as a locker. Was maybe 8-10th chair was only 855..rode with somebody who’s parents live in macungie. Over to Lenawee they were just removing the rope..was maybe 5th or 6th chair on that Lenawee was in a wind tunnel..was pretty cold by the top. It’s a long fixed grip triple. I doodled around in the run next to powerline skied all the way to the base cause gotta take advantage of the giant swaths of in touched on the more protected lower mountain lapped down there a few times.. Took Lenawee back up lots of untracked but sometimes untracked means windslab or hidden rocks but I don’t think I hit any rocks on my skis except in the parking lot yesterday Salty style. Took Pali lift up to Davis repeat of a route I skied yesterday and conditions were worse but some good patches..no grooming dark blue with single black off chutes..got to 50 yards from lift and pulled mask back up unbuckled boot..rode the beavers lift solo went from sweaty to cold by the top winds were fierce..doodled around untracked and slabby snow on Lenawee and saw some serious wipeouts..traversed through some lower mountain glades..you sort of want to follow others tracks in case they uncover snow snakes. Into the lot at mid day it was full..and streams of melting snow were running through the lot. I debooted, answered like two emails and drove back to Silverthorne stopped at a mini market, got more edibles and got Arby’s. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 Friday is gonna be a pow day...Abasin that day as I won’t even have to get on the interstate and tomorrow looking like Copper and they could still get some new snow tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiggio Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 When does @Barb show up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 At copper mountain. Parked in free parking today and took the shuttle bus. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 A couple shots. Conditions aren’t that good. Kind of crispy cord and off piste refrozen. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiincy Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 On 4/13/2021 at 6:52 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: I love this view of Buffalo Mountain ^^ !! So glad you're crushing it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted April 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 4 hours ago, indiggio said: When does @Barb show up? I’ve never skied with her out here. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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