AZ snowbowl January 23

[RidgeRacer]

Posted up at EWR. Plan is to drive to Flag tonight, ski tomorrow, Thurs and Fri, drive to Phoenix to drop off my kid and meet with friends for dinner Fri night. Snowbowl has gotten about 60 inches over the last few weeks. Looking like sun and over the next few days however. Should be fun.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Have fun!!!!  

[AirheadD8]

12 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Posted up at EWR. Plan is to drive to Flag tonight, ski tomorrow, Thurs and Fri, drive to Phoenix to drop off my kid and meet with friends for dinner Fri night. Snowbowl has gotten about 60 inches over the last few weeks. Looking like sun and over the next few days however. Should be fun.

Sounds like you’re really going to luck out. The gondola was closed again today. The upper part of the mountain will be untouched. 
 

Flagstaff, such a cool town I wouldn’t mind living there. I have a friend that goes out every summer. He was raving about a Mexican restaurant he found , turned out I stopped there too “ Salsa Brava “ 

 

Pictures please! 

 

 

[RidgeRacer]

Will check it out. Thanks for the dining tip. There's a place called pizzicletta that was packed last year and we couldn't get in. Definitely want to get there if I can this year. I think we ended up at fratellis which was awesome.

[toast21602]

have a great time! Looking forward to pictures and reports! 

[RidgeRacer]

Arrived at the staff last night after a pit stop on campus to drop off some stuff at my kids apartment. From there I-17 north was a breeze. Part of the fun always of coming to Arizona is driving north on 17 and watching the endless cacti and desert scenery turn into the greener mountains and valleys of the Verde Valley and Prescott and ultimately into for and pine trees and jagged peaks covered in snow. Speaking of which...there's plenty of it in town. Everything on the mountain is officially open with the exception of the upper bowl which I have a feeling is also "open". Awd is required to get up Snowbowl road and thankfully the good people at Alamo had an awd vehicle waiting for me. Shout out to the comfort inn in Flagstaff as well for being not only an awesome ski chalet type place but for also knocking $20 a night off my room rate simply because the person in the room under me is a complete tool bag who's annoying the shit out of the front desk. 

 

[RidgeRacer]

phone didn't charge and battery is dying quick so this may be if for now. What a fucking awesome day. Straight to the lift with the season pass. First run down upper bowl was stash city. Riding the az gondi now and back up to flat iron. Amazing conditions and sun. LFG!!

[RidgeRacer]

This has been one of the best ski days I've had in a while. Everything is on point and the crowds are low. . Sun is shining post storm. Awesome

[Kyle]

Looks fucking fantastic, great photos! 

[RidgeRacer]

Found lots of trees off of grand canyon express and the az gondi that I didn't ski last year.  wide with nice pow stashes. Also skied the gondi line t to b which was fan freaking tastic. My daughter is here now so will likely stick to groomers until close.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, RidgeRacer said:

Found lots of trees off of grand canyon express and the az gondi that I didn't ski last year.  wide with nice pow stashes. Also skied the gondi line t to b which was fan freaking tastic. My daughter is here now so will likely stick to groomers until close.

Did you have to leave and pick your daughter up at the hotel so she could sleep in?  

[RidgeRacer]

19 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Did you have to leave and pick your daughter up at the hotel so she could sleep in?  

Of course. It worked out though cause I got to explore and go places that she wouldn't ski this morning. My legs were wrecked so the groomers now are nice. Upper and lower bowl and log jam are excellent still. I told her I'm not doing it tomorrow though. Lol

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

7 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Of course. It worked out though cause I got to explore and go places that she wouldn't ski this morning. My legs were wrecked so the groomers now are nice. Upper and lower bowl and log jam are excellent still. I told her I'm not doing it tomorrow though. Lol

Nice…I guess that worked out.  It was like deja vu of last year reading this.  Have your kid get an action shot of you.  

[AirheadD8]

53 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Found lots of trees off of grand canyon express and the az gondi that I didn't ski last year.  wide with nice pow stashes. Also skied the gondi line t to b which was fan freaking tastic. My daughter is here now so will likely stick to groomers until close.

The last two lift poles on the Gondi line are freaking high . Pucker factor on the first chair ride ( Chondola ) 

Glad you got the goods! 

[AirheadD8]

https://nyskiblog.com/forum/threads/flagstaff-conditions.1172/page-13#post-49425

[RidgeRacer]

Currently enjoying a coffee in the lounge by the fireplace (btw the coffee is readily available which is another reason this place is awesome...not to mention their ridiculously good breakfast. They don't just have a waffle maker but two ... Regular and one brown cinnamon sugar waffles which is so bad ass.). As for the skiing it appears there's more sun on tap for today with a high of around 35. Later this afternoon they're calling for snow showers and up to an inch in town which could mean a few inches in the mountain for tomorrow am. Tomorrow will be a short morning sesh before I need to head back to Phoenix (with perhaps a pit stop in Sedona). I plan on exploring more off the goni today to see what I can find. 

[AirheadD8]

9 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Currently enjoying a coffee in the lounge by the fireplace (btw the coffee is readily available which is another reason this place is awesome...not to mention their ridiculously good breakfast. They don't just have a waffle maker but two ... Regular and one brown cinnamon sugar waffles which is so bad ass.). As for the skiing it appears there's more sun on tap for today with a high of around 35. Later this afternoon they're calling for snow showers and up to an inch in town which could mean a few inches in the mountain for tomorrow am. Tomorrow will be a short morning sesh before I need to head back to Phoenix (with perhaps a pit stop in Sedona). I plan on exploring more off the goni today to see what I can find. 

The ride down 89A through Oak Creek canyon is tough to keep focused on the road as there’s so many sights to see. 

Have fun! 
 

 

[RidgeRacer]

Sun is trying to come out today. Snow is really good but better yesterday... Think 2 days after a storm, tracked out. That said while my daughter was running groomers I found this gem off of upper bowl. Was excellent to say the least. JADIP

[PSUFrankenstein]

Looks incredible, nice report!

[RidgeRacer]

Another really fun day. Found some new off piste stuff which was nice then spent a lot of time on groomers and even some bumps off of lower ridge. Lower bowl into logjam was so good all day because the wind was blowing lose snow out of the woods and off the trees onto the trail so there was a skiff of new snow each run on it (first pic below...grand canyon was visible today as well...3rd pic gotta look closely much easier to see it in person). The sun finally did come out and still is in town. They're still say snow showers tonight. We'll see. 

Edited January 5, 2023 by RidgeRacer

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

@saltyant this is getting good!!!  Sweet pictures and the conditions look primo!!!  Also nice seeing all the trees completely snow covered.  I just checked the radar it looks promising for a couple inches of fresh snow tomorrow morning.  Could be a sleeper pow day..

Edited January 6, 2023 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

[RidgeRacer]

3 inches fell on the mountain last night. They opened the hike to bowl access at some point yesterday. Considering it for today if there are folks I can tag along with. Planning on getting to the mountain early to beat the crowds and maximize my time. Snows done and the suns coming so it should be a beautiful day.

[saltyant]

Jelly!

[RidgeRacer]

Ride up is spicy

[RidgeRacer]

5th chair on the az gondi...hike to terrain on upper bowl was open. I said fuck it and hiked the 500 vert to 12k. Lord Jesus was it worth every fucking step. Surreal. Shin deep, float city and a run that I won't soon forget. At the base taking a breather now but I could be done now and be a happy man.