Whitefish 2023

[momskeeztoo]

Blue skies at the top

[sibhusky]

I was supposed to ski today, but two different groups I was planning to ski with decided to bag it due to visibility, so I did as well. Looks bad. I wonder if momskeeztoo is skiing?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 minutes ago, sibhusky said:

I was supposed to ski today, but two different groups I was planning to ski with decided to bag it due to visibility, so I did as well. Looks bad. I wonder if momskeeztoo is skiing?

I’m sure she is.  We have visibility like that at blue as well.  

[momskeeztoo]

9 minutes ago, sibhusky said:

I was supposed to ski today, but two different groups I was planning to ski with decided to bag it due to visibility, so I did as well. Looks bad. I wonder if momskeeztoo is skiing?

Keeping an eye on webcams. Yesterday was bluebird on north side, zero visibility closer to base. We definitely won’t be skiing at 9am! We were told yesterday, any tickets we didn’t use would be refunded. I thought that was pretty nice. 

[sibhusky]

Looks like a very slight improvement.

 

I'm fine down to "two chair", "one chair" is a NO. The problem is, once you find out it's that bad, you still need to get down.

 

[sibhusky]

Apparently it's improving

 

Thursday, March 2, 2023:

10:30 a.m. update:

We're cruising around on 2-3 inches of new, low-density snow with variable depths stacked off-piste. I blasted through some pillows for a quick taste of the white room out there.

Visibility on the lower mountain is improving. The upper mountain remains in storm mode with light snowfall, moderate winds and gusts, and very low visibility.

8 a.m. update:

Snowfall has tapered off and we've picked up an inch or so in the village since this morning's report! The upper and lower mountain currently has incredibly low visibility (even by Big Mountain standards). We're talking full on sonar conditions. Trust your gear, trust the slope and trust your feelings out in the abyss!

[momskeeztoo]

We have been watching the webcams. Going to boot up. Maybe hang out at bottom, looks clearer. 

[zzslope]

Hope it clears for you.

[momskeeztoo]

Did 8 runs, mostly off Chair 3. Couple of chair 2, amazing the difference in visibility. Snowed all day, hoping for clearer skies tomorrow 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Nice pictures!!

[sibhusky]

Chair 3 would drive me nuts. SSSLLL000WWW and gets you 441(?) feet of vertical per ride. I guess it's better than 9.

[momskeeztoo]

Yes, chair 3 painfully slow. If I was a local, definitely would not have bothered. Still had fun, only took 2 tumbles due to low visibility. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

At Loveland some of the chairs have numbers and it’s the same at mammoth.  Show chairlifts respect and give them a name…gosh..it’s like that in some inner city schools.  In NY people go to like PS 213.  Nah dawg that’s Roosevelt high.  Gosh. 

[sibhusky]

2 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

At Loveland some of the chairs have numbers and it’s the same at mammoth.  Show chairlifts respect and give them a name…gosh..it’s like that in some inner city schools.  In NY people go to like PS 213.  Nah dawg that’s Roosevelt high.  Gosh. 

They all have names, but since those names have changed over the years, it's easier to just call them by their numbers. There's a couple that are called by their area in the resort on occasion. It's easier to call something "chair 1" than "Glacier Chaser", or whatever the latest name is. (Looked it up, now "Big Mountain Express", a real mouthful.)

Edited March 3, 2023 by sibhusky

[momskeeztoo]

Numbering the chairs is genius. Makes it much less confusing. 

[sibhusky]

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

7 minutes ago, sibhusky said:

That’s a sweet photo…conditions look primo..it’s raining here..

[sibhusky]

Freshies here. Unfortunately I spent the morning meeting people who didn't all want to meet up at the same time. 10:00, 11:00, 11:30 (with a late appearance, so take a run and try again at noon). Like I'd like to move to another lift, not keep coming back to the summit.

[momskeeztoo]

I feel like any group bigger than 4 is hard to keep track of. You end up waiting around too much. 

[momskeeztoo]

Last day here. Heading out tomorrow am

[zzslope]

Really nice pics, enjoyed folowing your trip, thanks.

[momskeeztoo]

To anyone thinking of coming here, it’s a nice resort. Lots of different terrain, resort seems well run, workers all friendly. And the free bus into town is great! We had some snow almost every day, only had one day when visibility was terrible. We were lucky with the weather. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

15 hours ago, momskeeztoo said:

I feel like any group bigger than 4 is hard to keep track of. You end up waiting around too much. 

Truth..the one year in JH we had 7 people. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

4 hours ago, momskeeztoo said:

To anyone thinking of coming here, it’s a nice resort. Lots of different terrain, resort seems well run, workers all friendly. And the free bus into town is great! We had some snow almost every day, only had one day when visibility was terrible. We were lucky with the weather. 

Where did y’all stay?  

[momskeeztoo]

Morning Eagle condos. They were small, but nice.