2021-22 winter ski season thread...

[rummy]

You won't need a car at Whistler. Definitely take a shuttle from/to the airport. You need to make a reservation though. Approximately a 1:15 - 1:30 hr scenic trip if I remember correctly...

Edited to add... Does your hotel offer a shuttle?

Edited December 1, 2021 by rummy

[skiincy]

11 hours ago, toast21602 said:

And it looks like taps 👍

that's adorable. 

[skiincy]

4 hours ago, rummy said:

You won't need a car at Whistler. Definitely take a shuttle from/to the airport. You need to make a reservation though. Approximately a 1:15 - 1:30 hr scenic trip if I remember correctly...

Edited to add... Does your hotel offer a shuttle?

@mute1080- those are sweet & spicy pics!

@rummy- I'm staying at Whistler Village Inn near the Gondola and the center where the shuttle drops off. Considering the lack of rental cars, I may just do the shuttle.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Truth 

[skiincy]

On 12/2/2021 at 4:33 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Truth 

Was this a targeted ad that showed up in your social feed?  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

8 hours ago, skiincy said:

Was this a targeted ad that showed up in your social feed?  

No one of my FB friends in my group post this for me.  

[antman12]

Didn’t know where to put this..

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/12/08/seven-springs-sold-to-vail-resorts/?amp

[JFskiDan]

22 minutes ago, antman12 said:

Didn’t know where to put this..

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/12/08/seven-springs-sold-to-vail-resorts/?amp

Wow.  Thats interesting.  Vail cant get people to man the french fryers, yet they are buying up more resorts.  

And, where the hell is this ski resort in KOP?????   Why the fuck do i drive to Blue?

Edited December 8, 2021 by JFskiDan

[saltyant]

WJW is that close to Malvern???

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I don’t know how KOP came up but on google it says hidden valley resort is also in KOP but upon further searching, I saw that the buckmans in KOP sells discounted hidden valley passes. 

[Schif]

32 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

And, where the hell is this ski resort in KOP?????   Why the fuck do i drive to Blue?

Impressive writing in that article. They were misled by a quick Googling. Clearly John P. Wise/KDKA-TV isn't from MALVERN. 

 

[toast21602]

9 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I don’t know how KOP came up but on google it says hidden valley resort is also in KOP but upon further searching, I saw that the buckmans in KOP sells discounted hidden valley passes. 

Thanks for this investigative work! 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

29 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Thanks for this investigative work! 

You’re very welcome brother 

[Barb]

My first real ski day of the season. I forgot my phone and felt so weird not having it. So only a couple pics my friends took. Went to Copper, 10 degrees pretty much all day. The Dew Tour was there so things were kinda crowded at the base, but not they runs. The lift kept stopping which was annoying so one run it took about 30 min between the line and the 3 stops while we were on it. 
 

Copper has a lot of terrain opened and the coverage was good  the snow quality was not great  we have had a lot of wind here so that is part of the reason  very scraped off. Still a super fun first day  

 

 

[Barb]

Went to Eldora today. They are now only allowing close in parking for 3 plus occupants in the car.  So we had to walk a bit. Beautiful warm sunny day. Crowds were low but since such limited terrain opened it felt a bit busy. The whole backside of the mountain is still closed. 
 

Since they had a recent death of someone going too fast and slamming into another person, they had ski patrol perched mid run on each run. I actually appreciated this because I have heard it has been nuts everywhere this season. That being said, my 6th run, I was skiing on the side of the trail making small turns; I hear a snowboarder that sounded close but I thought, “they always sound loud.”  With that I see him in my periphery and he came in hot, his board slammed against my ski edge, then he pushed off of me with his elbow. I honestly don’t know how I stayed upright. I stopped, a bit freaked, and yelled “you motherfucker!” As loud as I could. He didn’t stop, didn’t apologize.

 

When I got to the bottom Shannon happened to be there and the line was getting longer so I told her that was a sign for me to be done for the day. Weather was beautiful but conditions were meh, we really need some fresh snow. 
 

Edited December 20, 2021 by Barb

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I’m glad you’re ok Barb.  The few times I’ve skied with slower people it’s freaking scary.  I’m used to being the one doing the passing(safely) and being passed by most especially close is nuts.  If my boot is bugging me I’ll wait till the end of the run to fix it if I’m on a regular ski trail...I don’t feel safe just standing still in the middle of a run. 

[Barb]

Yeah if I have to stop I usually do it on the downhill side of a slow sign, to have a bit of protection. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I love these sorts of videos when I should be going to sleep.  

 

I have one friend in Utah bugging me to come out and ski and another who’s working at the Grand Lodge in deer valley which is 3-5 bedroom units going for a couple grand a night during high season who’s been discovering the dive bars in Park city.  He’s been to the St Regis cause that’s where the HR is.   Pretty cool 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Snowbird is looking good.  That chalky snow is what I like if it’s not perder 

[skiincy]

Itching to go skiing ... I just book a quick trip to Colorado around February 4-6. 

I have a work trip in Vegas so tagging on a few days in CO.

Flights are surprisingly cheap. 

[momskeeztoo]

Just go skiing at Blue. Why wait until February 🙂

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Yeah Nancy where have you been so far this season besides rocking around the Xmas tree lol. 

[momskeeztoo]

Who’s Nancy? 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

30 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:

Who’s Nancy? 

Skiincy

[skiincy]

12 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Yeah Nancy where have you been so far this season besides rocking around the Xmas tree lol. 

haha you're the only one who uses my real name.

Be there soon!

Had some some guests visit and did the Christmas thing. Then my parents, niece, and nephew visited so I did the kid things with them. 

Hoping to ski blue the week of December 27th.