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[Johnny Law]

I first came to Utah in 2000 with all 30 some members of my family and for at least a decade straight a group of us came every year so I for sure will always have massive rose colored glasses for Mormon adjacent skiing. 

I left Newark yesterday at 7am Est and was skiing at 1245 MST. They got 5 inches the night before and no one was home, so I ripped the big dog groomers where fun and low effort intersect. Keno, Tycoon, Naboob they have endless fast interesting medium pitch groomers served by endless high speed lifts. I had to be back at the airport to pick up family members but I racked up 17 runs of by far the best snow I've skied all year.

We went Thai from in town and I ate mad Penang curry and passed out fat and happy. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  It was supposed to snow like an inch overnight but we woke to it nuking and six inches on the ground. Massive, wet, PNW like flakes it was most definitely very un-Joseph Smith like. 

My brother and I were out the house early on a mission to get Steins untracked, we found 30% water, mariana trenching snow. It's kinda windy windy and the snow is coming down 2" an hr kinda hard so vis is negative ray Charles on the skate from the top of Wasatch. I can find it in my sleep but I almost end up down Powderhorn it's all just white. 

All my money is on finding the pines on the left before the first headwall. The wind is coming over the back and left side will be plump if I can find some vis. 

Left side trees show up right before my luck runs out and bam its on. Boot deep chunder turns, where the snow comes off in sheets. My brother who was 15ft behind me is who the fuck knows where, you still can't see shit but I'm not stopping. ,

Where it's normally hot to trot its all straight down the fall line and you can jump off everything........ Best run since I went to the pnw and I still can't see anyone out.

Peeps did eventually show up but until 1pm or so we did nothing but untracked........... Easy right off Ontario bowl nobody home,  all of lady Morgan except the green nobody home,  pretty much anything in the woods nobody was home.  My brother claimed best sleeper day since the Pow Mow days. It was the sloppiest snow I've ever seen in UT and it was so, so, so much fun. 

Dinner was low key Italian from the place at the St Regis top golf because we ate mad seafood at Rime for lunch. 

All of my pics look like the second one just white and trees but my brother got one of me later in the day so you know I'm not joshing. 

 

 

 

Edited February 16 by Johnny Law
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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Boner city and I knew you weren’t joshing!!!  You’re gonna miss an incredible weekend at Blue. 

[Johnny Law]

42 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Boner city and I knew you weren’t joshing!!!  You’re gonna miss an incredible weekend at Blue. 

I saw snow in the forecast from a clipper and they are fully open for the first time in 2 years on presidents weekend.....that's a powerful combo of fuckery. 

They jacked up bcc yesterday at noon, noon on a Thursday wtf

Even if I lived here I would still go back to blue a couple days a year.  To see everyone for sure but also to keep it real so everyone still knows I'm Jenny from the block. 

[mute1080]

2 hours ago, Johnny Law said:

I saw snow in the forecast from a clipper

EPAWA called it a "southern slider" and I think it's grate.

Edited February 16 by mute1080

[NMSKI]

5 minutes ago, mute1080 said:

EPAWA called it a "southern slider" and I think its grate.

Yummmmmm, southern sliders.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

7 minutes ago, mute1080 said:

EPAWA called it a "southern slider" and I think its grate.

Sounds like something that would be served up at sausage Sunday..

[Johnny Law]

Day 3 started sunny and warm, we ripped groomers with light crowds and super good cord. 

We had a fondue lunch early and while getting down with the curds and whey the weather changed on a dime.

Round 2 of the super wet, Helen Keller skiing was on, 2" an hr snow with random down pours of graupel. We stuck to what we knew blind and went to Steins/mayflower which held super soft chunder turns. 

In the white we probably fell down it as much as actually skied it but it mattered not. We bounced through the piles until my legs were absolute noodles. In the end 9 more inches came down in 5 or 6 hrs  

Diner was a Japanese thing that was most excellent.

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Today there was allegedly more snow on the way but awoke to a clear cold morning. With good vis, lots of snow around and breakfast from mom it was time to take down the more interesting lines.  

Straight to Ontario bowl a some baby hikes we got two quick shots of knee deep untracked. Next up was Mayflower chute a smaller face that looks cool I've always wanted to ski but was icing the cupcake where your patching together the untracked pockets. 

We gambled on Perseverance trees which was a mix of luge track and super soft but ultimately forced our hand to go up Empire for the real goods. 

The traverse was fast and while my cousins and brothers wanted x files I was after something more spicy. I skirted the cornice past 1-3 which while holding good snow are too bs, 5 is the real prize but had no way in so I settled for 4. 

Through the gate I was greeted with a 6ft cornice but it was mostly fake news and was a nice hop air into a upper 30's degree rock lined ramp of snow. Knee deep fresh one turn, wind blow hard slab the next it was what I love about steeps. Wild and reckless you push your limit stick to 105 and a 1000 vert is gone in two minutes of joy where there is nothing more that exists but you and the mtn. 

We took two more to 7 and a failed run where we basically traversed ourselves out of mtn. Lunch we grilled some burgers and soaked up the sun as it had suddenly become 30. 

We did a bunch more groomers but more importantly at the end of the day we found the sticky wicket an 80's themed ski bar that for DV is almost dirt bag. Kinda speakeasyish if you go, at silverlake lodge go all the way left to the Cafe royal which is closed but go through the door up the back steps and there is a dude checking id's. If you go all the way around the back is like the couches loungey part. Check it out if your ever in Rome. 

Dinner was steakhouse though I had a shrimp dish. 

 

 

[Johnny Law]

Started the day with 4 or so inches on the ground, vis continued to be most excellent. It snowed like the dickens until 130/2, more pnw style but a touch drier than previous. 

Being reasonable and prudent above all we went exploring, the first two where pure pow pow bliss. In getting there I skied the slowest I've ever skied in the modern era, from the end of the protective cornice above Sultan to the top of Steins you couldn't see the tips of your skis.

Out in the boonies we found super good windblown but out involved a mine field with enough fluff on top you couldn't tell what the was underneath. All was club super sex and then the next second your getting bucked to the moon.  We escaped back into the friendly confines and the trees until I thought my legs would explode. 

Once the snow stopped the clouds put on a multi layer show but the wind had gotten so bad Empire and Lady Morgan closed at 3. With the other high lifts right behind them we sought refuge and chilled at the Montage. Highly recommend the hot chocolate and cookies downstairs but don't be surprised by the boot donkeys asking to take your boots off for you.  

[momskeeztoo]

Are you staying at DV, or venturing elsewhere in Utah this time? 

[Johnny Law]

12 hours ago, momskeeztoo said:

Are you staying at DV, or venturing elsewhere in Utah this time? 

Staying at DV with my family, I may get to Alta tomorrow depending on when everyone departs. 

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Only an inch or so today, mostly graupel but it was super nice to get some sun and actually be able to see what I was skiing. 

Ran like every groomer in the place, in the morning nobody was out and you could really rack up the runs. First thing was absolutely mint but by 11 some peeps were out and after lunch the big dogs where mixed moguls/ lovely lady lumps. 

Still super windy but snowing now and supposed to snow all day tomorrow.