saltyant Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) Jack Frost was pretty grate today. Met up with a snowboarder who is joining me on my Breckenridge trip, and his friend. JF now has at least two black diamonds open - Challenge and River Shot. Last time I skied River Shot, I didn't realize it's named that way because you can see the river. Very cool! It's nice they got a few extra trails open since I was getting bored doing the same old trails all the time. JADIP Then I came home to no heat after paying the HVAC company $897.60 and I blew an absolute gasket, on par with when I got stuck in Dallas on my way to Yellowstone. Fortunately the plumber talked me through getting it to work (for now) without charging me so I'm in a better mood now. Edited January 15, 2022 by saltyant 4 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 Nice report...I even knew why Rivershot is called what it is. 1 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 @saltyant was it cold enough at JF for you to wear a face mask? Quote
saltyant Posted January 16, 2022 Author Report Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, enjoralas said: How was Lloyd’s? He was walking up the road mumbling something about a briefcase, but I did see his good pal Harry. Edited January 16, 2022 by saltyant Quote
saltyant Posted January 16, 2022 Author Report Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: @saltyant was it cold enough at JF for you to wear a face mask? The regular ski mask doesnt block the air flow between my goggles so I tried one of the black ski mask things that goes around your entire head and has a hole for your face (aka a face hole). Unfortunately it made my goggles fog up. The wind hitting my unexposed face parts was quite unpleasant. Edited January 16, 2022 by saltyant Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 16, 2022 Report Posted January 16, 2022 42 minutes ago, saltyant said: The regular ski mask doesnt block the air flow between my goggles so I tried one of the black ski mask things that goes around your entire head and has a hole for your face (aka a face hole). Unfortunately it made my goggles fog up. The wind hitting my unexposed face parts was quite unpleasant. Were there any liftlines? Quote
saltyant Posted January 16, 2022 Author Report Posted January 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Were there any liftlines? When I left at 10:30 there was about a 5 minute wait at the expert lift. But before that virtually no lift lines. Quote
momskeeztoo Posted January 16, 2022 Report Posted January 16, 2022 9 hours ago, saltyant said: Last time I skied River Shot, I didn't realize it's named that way because you can see the river. How many times have you skied there and not realized you could see the river?! 2 1 Quote
momskeeztoo Posted January 16, 2022 Report Posted January 16, 2022 9 hours ago, saltyant said: Then I came home to no heat after paying the HVAC company $897.60 and I blew an absolute gasket, Sounds like you need a new HVAC company. They are really fu@king you. 1 1 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted January 16, 2022 Report Posted January 16, 2022 13 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Nice report...I even knew why Rivershot is called what it is. Because it offers a good view of the lehigh river. 1 Quote
saltyant Posted January 16, 2022 Author Report Posted January 16, 2022 15 hours ago, momskeeztoo said: How many times have you skied there and not realized you could see the river?! Before this season I only skied there once and it was after a snowstorm so I guess I didn't notice the river. Yesterday was my first time on River Shot this season. Quote
antman12 Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 I have no reason to go back to JFBB. Im sure my cousin and I will take another trip there just because we can (maybe not). But we really have no reason to. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, saltyant said: WJW Sucks to suck. Did you see the webcam at Blue. Liftlines are minimal. 8” though..wow..using the killington slanted ruler lol. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, antman12 said: I have no reason to go back to JFBB. Im sure my cousin and I will take another trip there just because we can (maybe not). But we really have no reason to. What about when Floyd’s opens. Quote
antman12 Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: What about when Floyd’s opens. A few runs down Floyds is not worth the additional 90 minutes of driving. Edited January 17, 2022 by antman12 1 Quote
Benm Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 my friend sent me an instagram thing or something like that with the meteorologist chick from 6abc putting JFBB on blast. i laughed. 1 Quote
RidgeRacer Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, antman12 said: I have no reason to go back to JFBB. Im sure my cousin and I will take another trip there just because we can (maybe not). But we really have no reason to. As someone who's skied at Frost almost 200x with the vast majority of them being really really good...this is sad to hear. Frost has so much potential and Vail, I'm sure, doesn't care. 3 1 Quote
antman12 Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 Ive had plenty of fun days at JFBB. Some of the most fun days weve had the past couple years were bluebird days where we'd hit JF for a 90 minutes then head over to BB and ride Park for a few hours. The park scene was great at BB and JF has a few fun trails both mtn withs great snowmaking. Fun days but sadly they seem to be over. Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 I’ve had a couple good PASR days at Jackson frost...and one night at big boulder early season I lapped the big boulder trail 44 times in one night session when there weren’t any features on it. The one PASR day at Jack Frost around 2008-09 it was freezing cold and we even had a TTC6 sighting. I’ll find a picture from that day later but a lot of the old school PASRs like @moe ghoul sexkitten, boblikescats, and Think Snow Greg were there. Another PASR day was like the day after a snowstorm and there was a ton of untracked in the woods and when @phillycore jumped off the east mountain chairlift. I feel for the people stuck in those long lines today at Jackson Frost..if they would have gone to Vermont, they’d have dealt with windholds galore today. Quote
toast21602 Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 Definitely getting plenty of publicity today... https://unofficialnetworks.com/2022/01/17/brutal-holiday-lift-lines-vail-small-ski-area/?fbclid=IwAR0BQ-gSLkuohGOuKpsrZnOcNIAER3xAKYpG1Wb_nhgab8tt57yFbYcksBc 2 1 Quote
enjoralas Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: I’ve had a couple good PASR days at Jackson frost...and one night at big boulder early season I lapped the big boulder trail 44 times in one night session when there weren’t any features on it. The one PASR day at Jack Frost around 2008-09 it was freezing cold and we even had a TTC6 sighting. I’ll find a picture from that day later but a lot of the old school PASRs like @moe ghoul sexkitten, boblikescats, and Think Snow Greg were there. Another PASR day was like the day after a snowstorm and there was a ton of untracked in the woods and when @phillycore jumped off the east mountain chairlift. I feel for the people stuck in those long lines today at Jackson Frost..if they would have gone to Vermont, they’d have dealt with windholds galore today. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, enjoralas said: That’s more turns than I’ve made so far this season. 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) And that video was from 2011, the year AngryHugo went with us to Jackson hole and I went to Aspen as well. That was the winter of Atomic Jeff where he skied 25 days out west and had 13 pow days total pretty good ratio. Edited January 17, 2022 by GrilledSteezeSandwich Quote
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