All things Crested Butte

[theprogram4]

Just now, Barb said:

Don’t cunt up my thread with politics boys. 😘

Sorry about that

[Barb]

Pictures don’t even do the area justice. Another gorgeous sunny day here. Snowshoed part way up to Snodgrass. 

this girl was kicking ass, went up that head wall like it was nothing. It is much steeper than it looks. 

[skiincy]

On 1/28/2022 at 8:29 PM, Johnny Law said:

11 out of 10 I don't even see one cookie

Didn’t look like they had any frozen chicken thighs on their run either

[Barb]

Did a tour up Snodgrass this morning. Shedding layers early on and at 5 degrees in the sun it felt very warm. 

went about 1.5 miles up, realizing the snow was complete shit, we turned around. It was total boiler plate ice. Made me realize how good the mountain is doing with what they have. 

Overall a gorgeous morning, the sky couldn’t get any bluer.  My goal today was to get some cardio in and mission accomplished. 

[Barb]

A girl doesn’t usually get excited about 4”, but since we haven’t had snow here in over 30 days it was very nice!  The usual non existent crowds here on a weekday, got in line for the Silver Queen at 8:47 and was 3rd chair. They groomed Paradise Bowl, which I was surprised. No matter, the few fresh inches were a welcome change from the usual hard pack conditions. 

Few runs off Paradise then headed to East River. Good conditions down there too. 
Forgot to post this gem from the other day

More snow on the way next week! 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Wahahahah about the 4”, it’s why I measure in centimeters...

[Barb]

Stellar day today!  They even opened the lifts a bit early which was awesome!  First run top of Silver Queen down to East River. Snow felt really good. Then several off east river than we did 2 more from Silver Queen back to the base. 
 

Umbrella Bar for lunch then did some mellow runs from that side. Left around 1:30 and lines were getting busy (for CB). 
 

Natalie I’m the bumps 

this outfit did not look comfortable 

Umbrella bar

looking forward to a stretchy yoga class in a few hours so I am ready for tomorrow. 

[indiggio]

12 hours ago, Barb said:

Stellar day today!  They even opened the lifts a bit early which was awesome!  First run top of Silver Queen down to East River. Snow felt really good. Then several off east river than we did 2 more from Silver Queen back to the base. 
 

Umbrella Bar for lunch then did some mellow runs from that side. Left around 1:30 and lines were getting busy (for CB). 
 

Natalie I’m the bumps 

this outfit did not look comfortable 

Umbrella bar

looking forward to a stretchy yoga class in a few hours so I am ready for tomorrow. 

Woah, look at all the bumps!   Very much appreciated.  Keep practicing!

[toast21602]

Safe travels @JFskiDan! Looking forward to the reports! 

 

[JFskiDan]

Phl was a little sluggish this morning. Usually i zip right through, but enough time to grab an overpriced coffee. 
sitting in DFW, flight to gunnison is a little delayed, it looks like they switched planes on me.  Another coffee, and maybe a chick fil a breakfast sandwich. Everyone knows im a sucker for a breakfast sandwich. 

[Johnny Law]

1 hour ago, JFskiDan said:

Phl was a little sluggish this morning. Usually i zip right through, but enough time to grab an overpriced coffee. 
sitting in DFW, flight to gunnison is a little delayed, it looks like they switched planes on me.  Another coffee, and maybe a chick fil a breakfast sandwich. Everyone knows im a sucker for a breakfast sandwich. 

Blister is doing there gear testing at CB this week for next year's guide.  Keep your eyes peeled I bet there will be some super cool shit floating aground.  

PHL I feel like is always slow first thing in the morning and it's worse on holidays and weekends....peeps want to sleep in

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

It’s snowing at crusty butt. 

[JFskiDan]

35 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

It’s snowing at crusty butt. 

Yes it is. We will see if this verifies 

[Barb]

It’s on!

 

Dan in the house 

Gunnison airport under construction. Had an interesting baggage carousel 

 

[toast21602]

Wow busy day there!

 @JFskiDan make sure you use a coaster for your beverages. 

[mute1080]

2 hours ago, toast21602 said:

Wow busy day there!

 @JFskiDan make sure you use a coaster for your beverages. 

Coasters are overrated. Don't use the fire place though or you might get billed for the gas.

[Barb]

I have been replaced. Dan is my dog’s new favorite 

[Barb]

Dan brought the snow!

[AtomicSkier]

@JFskiDan has probably been up for hours already ... enjoy the pow!

[RidgeRacer]

Perfect timing! Have a great day skiing pow runs in paradise bowl!! Can't wait to read the report!

[NMSKI]

2 hours ago, AtomicSkier said:

@JFskiDan has probably been up for hours already ... enjoy the pow!

He is on coffee # 4 at least!  

Gonna be good today!  Enjoy!

[JFskiDan]

In the line up. Gonna be busy. To be expected. Vis might be a little low  light snowfall  

[JFskiDan]

so, 16 degrees and the snow was really heavy for whatever reason, maybe it was windblown. kind of snow where people were pretty much eating shit pretty regularly.  Anyways a pretty damn nice day today all the way around.  it was definitely some work to float this heavy stuff, but got actually easier to ski once it was cut up a bit.  First runs for Barb and I were off Paradise bowl, and thats where i quickly found out how heavy the snow was, i skied off the groomer track and it kinda sucked me in, threw me around some, ending up skiing switch a little before i gathered things back up and got things going in the right direction again.  played in some trees, but the overnight snow isnt doing tons to fill in the steeper areas which are pretty trenched out, and scrapey underneath from basically 30 days with no snow. The bumps on the trails were really better than most stuff in the trees.  Barb and i split up for a few runs before meeting back up for lunch.  Found some better trees around International, had no idea where i was actually going, got kinda lost, and ended up at the Umbrella bar. Managed to make it back to Paradise to meet Barb for lunch a little late.  Ate lunch, Barb headed back to her place, and i was just gonna cruise a couple more trails. They had sent a couple couple bombs off earlier as they were working on the high stuff, both Tbars had delayed openings. The Tbars opened after lunch, even though i saw people standing in line before lunch.  i rode the Paradise lift with an instructor who said the stuff off the high lift was kinda blown off, exposed rocks, but the stuff off the North lift was better, but still not great.  i wasnt up for the line up at the Tbars, and since im solo, legs were telling me go home, so i passed on that today.  Snow is supposed to continue until thursday sometime.  It didnt snow too hard during the day, but looking out the window now, things have really picked up some, and its after 4 pm here, so things should get a nice refill, and we will be at it again tomorrow.  

pics in a few.  

[Mixilplix]

Good for you man....It's so cool when shit just lines up....

[Barb]

I can’t remember the last time I skied powder.  First run I was all over the place and fell once. By run #2 I was sort of finding a rhythm, but going slow. After the 4th powder run my legs were feeling it and I didn’t want Dan to have to wait for me anymore so we split up. The snow got easier the more it tracked out but by then my legs were tired.  Didn’t want to be all used up on day 1.