GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 1 Author Report Posted February 1 (edited) Just made it back home. Travel was smooth…flight was supposed to leave at 2:09PM mountain time and left around 2:30PM but made it back to Newark on time around 820PM eastern. Took a solid 45+ minutes to get bags..but I literally walked onto the Parking spot Haynes bus and had my own bus..$5 tip for the driver cause he helped me with my bags. Since it’s only like 9pm on my time I’ll be up for awhile so I’ll start on the Good the Bad and the Ugly. Way more Good than bad and ugly this trip. Some parting shots of the ski area Edited February 1 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 4 Quote
Popular Post GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 1 Author Popular Post Report Posted February 1 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly…. Good: Comfortable temperatures. Bad: No powder days although I’ve had at least 30 Pow days at JH before. Ugly: My foot early in the trip which caused me to skip the Hobacks…the boys even wanted to see it.. Good: The Crew…only thing that would have made this trip better would have been surprise appearances from Toast and Nazareth Jay. NMSki is always fun and may have the best demeanor of anybody I know. He’s a very polite guy and when I slipped on ice yesterday and ate shit, he even waited to laugh until he knew I was ok. I goof on Mute sometimes but it’s all in good fun, he’s a super nice guy and his skiing has improved tremendously since he skied JH with us four years ago. His Big Dick energy inspires me to be more active. Dirtwolfs first trip to JH and despite a bout of food poisoning, he got knocked down but got up again and made the best of his time in JH, a super laidback go with the flow kind of guy, and not fussy at all. And Atomic Jeff, like the strict dad I never had…has almost as many days at JH as me and PASRs resident Sommelier..and perhaps one of my biggest fans lol Bad: Service at some restaurants..JH is the only place starters arrive at the same time as entrees…or just sit for 15 minutes before you even get water, it’s almost comical..but It’s not easy being a service worker in one of the most expensive ski towns in America. Ugly: People in the airport and on the plane with crutches… 5 6 Quote
indiggio Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 On 1/30/2024 at 9:13 AM, Dirtwolf said: Oh, and a word of advice... Never trust a fart... https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2nl2LeuYUY/?igsh=Zmtza2kza2FscDdl 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 2 Author Report Posted February 2 (edited) The Lifts: Good: Those JH lifts boot you up there…and the entire trip maybe 3-4 two minutes or less stops. Was mostly ski on..not many liftlines I don’t count if it’s like 10 chairs or less that’s just a chance to unbuckle boots and wipe sweat from brow. When it was a little busy when skiing solo late morning, I never waited over like 3 minutes in a singles line and would have been less but some really skittish people in the singles line and dumbass snowboarders who need to be on the outside. Everybody pulls the bars down now…there used to be pushback from the locals years ago and on short lifts like Teton and Teewinot, I often just went with the flow while gripping the lift for dear life lol. Bad: the oil was drip drip dripping on peoples ski stuff the one day mostly on Mute and Atomic Jeff from I think the Sublette chair or maybe thunder. Ugly…the look on the faces of two employees when I was about to board the gondola they were on..so then I held up and got to ride up with my homeys. Edited February 2 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 3 Quote
DiMe Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 3 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Ugly…the look on the faces of two employees when I was about to board the gondola they were on..so then I held up and got to ride up with my homeys. Good man you were about to ruin those poor workers safety break. 1 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 2 Author Report Posted February 2 21 minutes ago, DiMe said: Good man you were about to ruin those poor workers safety break. I’ve been denied a lot of safety breaks and I don’t care as long as they share Quote
Popular Post CaptDave Posted February 5 Popular Post Report Posted February 5 I had a few days just as this crew departed and it was pretty much more of the same type of weather. Of course with my luck as I depart the snow arrives. 🥲 i feel bad cause I did not realize 49er is literally across the street from Mountain Modern. I would have stopped by to say Hi. 😔 @GrilledSteezeSandwich i had a French speaking crew on Mountain Modern bus offering everyone an early morning flask swig. They were from Montreal and I was invited up Tremblant anytime. They could really drink lol Another guy from Exton, PA was staying out there ski bumming for three weeks. How I wish I could get that to happen for me. 🙏 Headwall and anything in Casper was closed during my stay. It is what it is. There is always next year. By Friday people were going out gates and my group had a short discussion about going up Cody. The intel was it was chalky snow up top but the bottom third of Rock Springs was a miserable sheet of ice heading back into the Hobacks. Deal breaker So alot of our days started at Casper where the piste runs were groomed AM not PM. Not the steeps you want at JH but fun edgeable snow. The fog layer seemed to stay away from there. Early lunch then over to Thunder and Sublette for some corn snow mogul laps around Ten Sleep, Cirque, Laramie area. I don’t have pics yet but some North Trees were decent lines also cause hardly anyone was going in there and well when visibility was good it was nice. Pic from Top Looking North I believe . Pretty big crown (red highlight) and slide path below it from earlier in week. those rocks behind us at Sublette sign should be mostly snow covered looks like April not early February It was fun times regardless of conditions Teton Thai up at the Bilkage had some really delicious food. I recommend, just get there before 530pm before the rest of the gsper hoards. 10 Quote
indiggio Posted February 5 Report Posted February 5 (edited) Wonder what havoc this may cause? Sounds like not much, hopefully... https://www.powder.com/trending-news/jhmr-officially-sold?fbclid=IwAR2atVljqjvaDJUVf5tkR_IUK2HXte0OluglYgiDM82xox3JRXbdD6aq28Q Edited February 5 by indiggio Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 5 Author Report Posted February 5 19 minutes ago, indiggio said: Wonder what havoc this may cause? Sounds like not much, hopefully... https://www.powder.com/trending-news/jhmr-officially-sold?fbclid=IwAR2atVljqjvaDJUVf5tkR_IUK2HXte0OluglYgiDM82xox3JRXbdD6aq28Q Won’t matter, they tried to tame the resort with their Blue campaign a decade ago and just attracts more goobers who can’t handle the mountain. 1 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 6 Author Report Posted February 6 2 hours ago, Shadows said: Irony is lost on me I guess Huh? It’s snowing today in Jackson hole from Stilson lot to ranch lot to village lot to the mangy moose to the peak. I’ve been back less than 5 days, skied twice at Blue and worked a couple days and I wanna go back already. Any Eddie Money fans!!! 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 6 Author Report Posted February 6 1 minute ago, CaptDave said: We all missed the goods by a few days. 😭 How many trips have you taken to Jackson hole? Quote
CaptDave Posted February 6 Report Posted February 6 This was my 8th (and shortest unfortunately). Always have a great time here. Glad for all your JH posts in from the past to convince me to visit this beautiful place. 1 Quote
tnt temp Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Do you guys ever consider other mountains, or is it always JH? Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 2 minutes ago, tnt temp said: Do you guys ever consider other mountains, or is it always JH? I’ve skied probably 50 other mountains before and I return to Jackson hole the same time every year…so yes I visit other mountains but always Jackson hole every year except I didn’t go in 2021. I like knowing my way around, knowing where the best snow, best restaurants are..savvy shit…and every trip when I leave Jackson hole I feel like I have unfinished business. Even thinking of returning in late March/early April. 2 1 Quote
tnt temp Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 46 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: I’ve skied probably 50 other mountains before and I return to Jackson hole the same time every year…so yes I visit other mountains but always Jackson hole every year except I didn’t go in 2021. I like knowing my way around, knowing where the best snow, best restaurants are..savvy shit…and every trip when I leave Jackson hole I feel like I have unfinished business. Even thinking of returning in late March/early April. I've only been once, but that mountain owes us something...we were there in march 2020 for the kick-off of Covid! American Style! Short version: College friends trip. As Covid started showing up in the US, we were all wondering what to do. One of the guys is from Seattle - the first hot spot! And he was sick! Doctor said it was probably a sinus infection. We decided to go for it. The snow sucked day one. The snow sucked day two. We found pockets here and there but mostly is was frozen stale crud. At this point, they took the tram and gondi to half capacity. Dumped snow that night and we woke up to 12-15" - our last day of a three day trip. Skiing was awesome. Just insane. Snowed hard all day. They closed the tram. Ride Gondi with party members only. Restaurants and bars were getting squirrely. Two party members decided to pull the plug and changed flights to head home as schools and offices were starting to close. Put a damper on an otherwise perfect day. We didn't get to ride the tram on a powder day, and we all were a little freaked out, so was hard to really relax and enjoy it. Snowed all night the next day would have been even better, but they closed the resort. We had all changed our flights to early departures and all but one got out before the storm shut the airport down. Strange trip. We haven't been back yet but I think next year.... 3 Quote
CaptDave Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 I try and take two a winter these days. One to JH and the other someplace else. Last year was Utah. Still thinking about where to go this March ... Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8 Author Report Posted February 8 And why we keep returning to Jackson hole is for a chance at this. I’ve had Pow days at big sky and Bridger bowl and Loveland and stowe but nothing compares to the JH steep Pow combo except maybe Aspen lol only cause I had four Pow days there 3 1 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 8 Author Report Posted February 8 (edited) Wow Edited February 8 by GrilledSteezeSandwich 1 Quote
CaptDave Posted February 27 Report Posted February 27 4 weeks later and almost 10 feet of snow since departed. 😭 Everyone is out to play today.... 2 Quote
GrilledSteezeSandwich Posted February 27 Author Report Posted February 27 18 minutes ago, CaptDave said: 4 weeks later and almost 10 feet of snow since departed. 😭 Everyone is out to play today.... Yeah but Blue has been really good. JH wasn’t the same without the Alpenhof being open for lunch. 1 Quote
saltyant Posted February 27 Report Posted February 27 1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said: Yeah but Blue has been really good. JH wasn’t the same without the Alpenhof being open for lunch. I ate at the Alpenhof when I stayed at Jackson Hole in whatever year that was. It was grate. I hear Nastar Glen loves the Alpenhof. Quote
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