Popular Post indiggio Posted February 27, 2022 Popular Post Report Posted February 27, 2022 Up at 0 dark thirty, no big surprise there, to finish packing, shower, egg sangwich, peruse the musings of PASR and make ready for next awesome ski adventure for the upcoming week. Will be off to meet with Slim, Donny, Rick for the ride over to Newark and a straight shot into Bozeman. Looking like a great day to fly and hoping that the airlines think so too. Stay tuned for further updates... 12 1 Quote
Popular Post indiggio Posted February 27, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Posted February 27, 2022 Sunrise over the city… Our chariot awaits… 10 1 Quote
toast21602 Posted February 27, 2022 Report Posted February 27, 2022 Safe travels - have a great trip! 1 1 Quote
PSUFrankenstein Posted February 27, 2022 Report Posted February 27, 2022 Have a good trip, looking forward to the report 1 Quote
indiggio Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Posted February 27, 2022 Some in flight pics. Pair of local PA slopes… 4 Quote
Popular Post indiggio Posted February 27, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Posted February 27, 2022 Arrived!! From the digs… Slim testing the snow depth… 7 3 1 2 Quote
Popular Post indiggio Posted March 1, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Posted March 1, 2022 Day 1 - Let’s take it easy The plan was to not kill our selves the fist day, as we had 4 more to go and Big Sky is huge. Well, that plan went out the window the second run… Left the house at 8:00 to mostly overcast but with some breaks of sun and 20-something degrees. Out the back door the parking lot shuttle stops along the road up to the mountain. Was told they’d be running by 8, but none in sight, so we started hoofing it. That didn’t last long, so we stopped and waited. Couple minutes later shuttle picked us up. Decided to tour Andesite to start, so headed for the Ramcharger. First chair up and down Bighorn to get acclimated. Luckily they got some snow last week, but they’re well below snow levels and it’s pretty bony compared to the last time I was out. Bailed on the take it easy plan and dropped into Crazy Raven into Everett’s Anger, both steep and all bumps. Snow was firm and edgeable, which made for a lot of fun but exhausting. Thank goodness I didn’t wear the puffy or I would have been dying. Lapped Snake Pit a couple of times, which was ROTD. Lack of traffic left good pockets of snow and lots of fun. It wasn’t quite lunchtime yet, so we headed down headed for Wardance but ended up on Colter’s Hell trees, Mineshaft and lower Wardance, Lots of steep and good pockets of snow. Headed to the base for lunch of sandwiches we brought with and then out the the Swift Current since the lines lightened for lunch. Found some good snow in the bowl, so we lapped the Powder Seeker a few times. The Gully chutes were really bony and we did see a few coming down Big Couloir. Bailed on the bowl and headed for the Callenger lift. Unfortunately the winds we’re picking up big time and that’s a slow triple. Only did that one once. Came down Highway and into some crazy steep trees on St. Alphonse that also had some good snow. Had enough for day 1 and decided to pack it in and head back to the ranch, hot tub and some grilled chicken, potatoes and broccoli for dinner, washed down with some Big Sky Hazy IPA. Overall a great day, hopefully a bit of snow tomorrow to start. Hoofing it… Breaks in the clouds… Slim on Snake Pit Found and tagged a party shack… Dinner 10 2 1 1 Quote
Popular Post indiggio Posted March 1, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Posted March 1, 2022 Some Safety Shack shots… 9 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted March 1, 2022 Report Posted March 1, 2022 I’m glad your crew is staying safe. 1 Quote
Mixilplix Posted March 1, 2022 Report Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) Good food at the Riverhouse BBQ on Gallitan rd I'm surprised the shack is still there....There used to be an old gondie car next to it.... This is from 2014 Edited March 1, 2022 by Mixilplix 5 2 Quote
indiggio Posted March 2, 2022 Author Report Posted March 2, 2022 12 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: I’m glad your crew is staying safe. Rumor is that there are some 20 shacks stashed around the mountain. 3 Quote
Popular Post indiggio Posted March 2, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Posted March 2, 2022 Day 2 - Warmer Outta the house to wait for parking lot tram to overcast skies and upper 20’s. Didn’t get much out of system overnight, maybe an inch. On the tram a few raindrops were felt. Since some snow fell, decided to head for the bowl fist thing. Up the lifts the drizzle turned to snow, great! It would continue to snow off and on all day. Up to the bowl, visibility began to drop. Into the bowl turned white out, not good, but enough to make you unable to see bump abs so we bailed. Looking at the wind direction, maybe the Southern side would be clearer. Headed around the mountain to the Shedhorn lift past all the mega-million dollar houses of the Yellowstone club. The plan was to head for the Dakota lift area but it was closed. We later found out from a worked that they rarely run it, mainly because of maintenance issues. The employee didn’t know if it would be running this week or not. Bah! Visibility was better over here but the snow coverage was dust on crust pizza b pretty much all the trails. Had a long lift stop and during so the snow stopped for the time being. At this point it was nearing lunch, so we headed back around the peak. Decided to head all the way down to the Madison base to eat. With the rising temps, the snow was getting really slow and sticky. After lunch we tried to stay in the upper parts to avoid the sloppy snow. The snow has mostly stopped so went up to give the bowl another go, but even without the snow, the flat light made skiing it not fun, so we went looking elsewhere. Headed down and up the Challenger and found Little Tree. This thing starts out mellow and gets progressively steeper, then tightened into a chute, unfortunately with little snow and lots of rocks. Fun! Lapped Challenger trees, but the snow had gotten too sticky, so headed home. Hit tub, beers then down to Big Sky for dinner, edibles and some groceries. Had a $17 bison burger at Choppers, pretty good and prices were not outrageous. Random shots… Madison base… Another safety shack tagged… Bison burger… 13 1 Quote
Johnny Law Posted March 2, 2022 Report Posted March 2, 2022 6 hours ago, indiggio said: Day 2 - Warmer Outta the house to wait for parking lot tram to overcast skies and upper 20’s. Didn’t get much out of system overnight, maybe an inch. On the tram a few raindrops were felt. Since some snow fell, decided to head for the bowl fist thing. Up the lifts the drizzle turned to snow, great! It would continue to snow off and on all day. Up to the bowl, visibility began to drop. Into the bowl turned white out, not good, but enough to make you unable to see bump abs so we bailed. Looking at the wind direction, maybe the Southern side would be clearer. Headed around the mountain to the Shedhorn lift past all the mega-million dollar houses of the Yellowstone club. The plan was to head for the Dakota lift area but it was closed. We later found out from a worked that they rarely run it, mainly because of maintenance issues. The employee didn’t know if it would be running this week or not. Bah! Visibility was better over here but the snow coverage was dust on crust pizza b pretty much all the trails. Had a long lift stop and during so the snow stopped for the time being. At this point it was nearing lunch, so we headed back around the peak. Decided to head all the way down to the Madison base to eat. With the rising temps, the snow was getting really slow and sticky. After lunch we tried to stay in the upper parts to avoid the sloppy snow. The snow has mostly stopped so went up to give the bowl another go, but even without the snow, the flat light made skiing it not fun, so we went looking elsewhere. Headed down and up the Challenger and found Little Tree. This thing starts out mellow and gets progressively steeper, then tightened into a chute, unfortunately with little snow and lots of rocks. Fun! Lapped Challenger trees, but the snow had gotten too sticky, so headed home. Hit tub, beers then down to Big Sky for dinner, edibles and some groceries. Had a $17 bison burger at Choppers, pretty good and prices were not outrageous. Random shots… Madison base… Another safety shack tagged… Bison burger… Safety shack stoke is high !!! Psa I was starving Monday night and got the blue cafeteria burger and with a drink it was $23 so the bison burger is a steal. Little snow and lots of rocks is how every great ski story starts 2 Quote
Popular Post indiggio Posted March 3, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Posted March 3, 2022 Day 3 - Even warmer Arrived at the base to partly cloudy skies and 28 degrees. Following yesterday’s warmup and puddles frozen seen in the ride over, we knew the lower half of the mountain was gii oh no to be firm. Decided to take the 8-pack out and look for some groomers on Andesite side. At the top of the lift, it looks like about an inch fell, which should make for some fine cruising, not! We couldn’t find a groomed trail over here at all, just frozen crud from yesterday. Back down to the base and up to the bowl, which should have better snow and visibility was far better than yesterday and the bowl didn’t disappoint. Lapped the bowl until everyone else on the mountain came up and the liftline became unbearable. Headed down through the woods to the one smoke shack nearby for lunch but it was occupied, so we took the Challenger back up and down to the base for lunch. After lunch we found a nice pocket of snow on Buffalo Jump but the snow has turned to mush and the run outs were becoming unbearable. Took a run down the park to check out the hump line but the snow was so slow that you could barely make it over the landing edge. Time to call it a day. Back at the house, hot tub, beers, grilled chicken & potatoes, nothing to write home mom about. Another warm one on tap for tomorrow. In the bowl… Found another one… Tagged… Chatting with Daryl… 9 2 1 Quote
Popular Post indiggio Posted March 4, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Posted March 4, 2022 Day 4 - Tippy top Forecast was calling for a partly cloudy and warm day today, so the plan was to hit the tram to ski something off the peak. First chair up to the tram base to get in line, but ski patrol had other ideas. With the temp drop overnight everything was locked up up top and they’re delaying open for a while. Took a few runs in the bowl to see if that would be long enough for the tram to open, but no. Headed down to Madison base for a quick lunch and decide where to try next. Decided to try out the Stillwater bowl. Up the Lone Tree lift, up a short pike and across a sketchy traverse we dropped into the bowl to finally find some firm wind-blown in snow. Very much worth the work to get there. Riding up the lift we could see people coming off the peak, so the tram must be open, so we made our way back to the tram and not too bad if a line so we queued up. Just as we got in line the wind began to howl, lovely. Tram line went quick and up to the top we went. Unfortunately no wind-up music like on the Jackson’s tram, just a ski patrol yelling out open trails down. Not sure of the snow conditions, we opted for the Liberty bowl which had good snow at the top but halfway down it turned to semi-frozen crud, still manageable and fun. Headed back around to see if we could catch one more tram and got there just in time to an empty line. Headed out the top shack heading for Lenin or Marx. Lenin was supposedly holding better snow and Marx looked crusty. Lenin also had wonderful snow ip top but increasingly getting cruddy towards the bottom but still fun to ski steeper stuff. Hot tub, beers and off to the Corral Steak House. Pretty good looking steaks at throwback saloon. Maybe some snow today. Random shot… Stillwater bowl… Peak shots… On the way to dinner… Saloon… Bourbon burger 7 3 Quote
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