Jackson Hole 2025…A-Holes in JHole..

[AtomicSkier]

People like @mute1080 ask why we keep coming to JH.  It’s because when it snows, it doesn’t get any better.  The hobacks were bottomless right to the cat track.  That’s 2600 vertical feet of amazing skiing.  Today was a top 3 hobacks run for me, and I love sharing it with people.  I’ve had some amazing days at JH, but watching other people experience it is so much fun.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Three Avy bombs so far in snow king. Leaving for the mountain in a few. 15” in the last 24 hours and 6” overnight the caveat is it’s pouring rain in town and on the lower mountain prob real thick.  

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Snaining at the base REO Speedwagon  playing. 

[Johnny Law]

21 hours ago, JFskiDan said:

Its ok today. 

Absolutely scandalous, that's so dirty you should be arrested for indecent exposure. 

Normally peeps say to get some but in this case way to get some, white room time is rare. 

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Avy control work continues 

Edited February 3 by GrilledSteezeSandwich

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Photo courtesy of Nazareth Jay

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February 3rd 2025

 

Day 6 of 7

 

Hey All,

 

I’m back from another fun day at Jackson hole.  The snow report indicated 15” new in the last 24 hours but only 6” overnight.  Overnight it was in the 30s and rainy in town and a massive amount of snow melted and I didn’t even go to the bagel place much to atomic Jeff’s dismay cause I didn’t want my shoes to get all wet. 
 

We arrived at the hill at 810am and got into the singles line and waited and waited and waited some more and right before 11am the gondola finally opened.  First run to Thunder via Amphitheater was untracked and slightly tracked thick crud..a couple inches of it.  Up thunder and grand was a little better..lots of untracked but I haven’t skied this kind of sierra cement much so was trying to stay in control.  
 

Sublette was closed due to high winds and we went back to Thunder which had a massive liftline so took marmet to the woods we skied the other day.  Untracked of course but a lot more effort to make short turns through tight spaces.  Up Marmet again to a similar run and then I skied lower tram line to the base and that was it.  The longest short ski day ever..Me and atomic Jeff went to the mangy and Dan and Nazareth Jay did another couple runs.  
 

I like powder, nice spring snow and groomed..bumps as well but not a huge fan of sierra cement…some like Johnny law will say you can really slut it up in that but not like in pow pow.  So I’ll say it was a new snow day not a powder day like the previous two.  I still have an afterglow from yesterday’s  Hobacks.  
 

So im actually hoping it doesn’t snow overnight or just a little bit so it’s not such a shit show tomorrow.  I’ve had plenty of sleeper pow days at Jh but this storm cycle was announced so far in advance that I even rode the lift with somebody who drove from Wisconsin for this storm.  
 

Sorry no pictures today with a delayed start I wasn’t stopping to take pictures.  

[Schif]

Was everything out of the base delayed? 11 is a crazy late start. I don't think I would have patience to stand in line for hours and hours like that. 

[saltyant]

1 hour ago, Schif said:

Was everything out of the base delayed? 11 is a crazy late start. I don't think I would have patience to stand in line for hours and hours like that. 

Geeze Louise, I would have skied some groomed green runs instead of standing there for 3 hours. That's hardcore. I'm proud of you all. Maybe someday I'll split a Captains Wafer with everyone who stood in line for hours

Edited February 4 by saltyant

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3 hours ago, Schif said:

Was everything out of the base delayed? 11 is a crazy late start. I don't think I would have patience to stand in line for hours and hours like that. 

The Tram opened slightly earlier than the gondola and a few of the very lower lifts were running.  Saturday and Sundays powder days were on time starts even with avy bombing but today was a once or twice a year occurrence such a delayed start due the the copious amounts of moisture in the last load of snow.  
 

Normally a delayed start like this means a boner doner pow day but it wasn’t powder today just new snow.  I’m sure I’ll get a lot of sympathy from all y’all.  
 

It’s very rare for JH to have a day they completely shutdown.  That happened once last season as avy conditions were way too dangerous and also back in 2009 the whole mountain shut down around 10am because winds were so strong.  Years later strong winds over 140mph knocked out power to the entire Teton village and the resort was shut down for four days.  Thats a real stoke stomper.  
 

Also hearing patrol on radio yesterday,”42 year old male right side of Grand knee pop” big yikes. 

 

Fantastic supper at Orsetto I had cheese garlic bread and steak Diane.  Atomic Jeff caught me walking to the Loaf and Jug..I swear I can’t pick my nose and eat a booger without him noticing  

 

[Dirtwolf]

Well... I am just sitting here in the big apple trying to reintegrate back reality of work after this weekend.  The stars aligned that I could sneak away last minute for the weekend and with a favorable snow forecast I was giddy and excited to get out there.  My flight to Jackson was the last scheduled flight to land on Friday night.  After some delays leaving EWR and increasing snow in JH, I was busy with a lot of flight tracking, weather checks and sweaty palms the whole flight just hoping I'd get in and not diverted.  Luckly there was enough of a break in the action, and we squeaked in there using every inch of the runway.  Saturday was a good day of skiing as other have said, but Sunday was even better.  That first run down the Hobacks on Sunday was a run that will be seared in my mind for life.  Seriously can say that it was one of the best runs ever for me.  I had packed enough stuff to be stuck there for a few more days and was not so secretly hoping that I wouldn't have been able to get out yesterday.  Oh well.  Overall, it was most excellent way to spend a weekend.  JADIP.

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February 4th day 7 of 7

 

Hey All,

 

I’m back from another fun day at Jackson hole ski resort.  The final ski day of my 21st ski trip here.  It was the warmest ski day here in about 150 total ski days.  It was in the mid 40s in town, lower 40s at the base and low to mid 30s up high under overcast sky’s.  There was some avalanche bombing with a 6 minute delayed start.  
 

First run amphitheater to thunder chair was pretty nice soft groomed snow.  Grand had similar snow and up sublette which was very windy at the top to Bivoac which had great well formed hero snow bumps.  We skied that three times then went down to thunder and skied the Thunder bumps which were similar conditions to Bivoac, a little longer and bumps not as well formed.  Back up thunder I skied Grand again, then skied it a second time and a third time when Jay and Jeff skied paintbrush then Sundance gully to the base, lunch at Four Seasons. 
 

At the four seasons, Atomic Jeff said he saw Casey Neistat a popular YouTuber with 12 million subscribers outside.  I saw him here before back in 2009, before he was famous, he was staying at elk country then and was on my bus and recorded an episode of the Neistat brothers for HBO while here, I happen to have a few appearances  on the episode from the bus and the liftline for the.  So I went outside and talked to him for a minute.  
 

All in all today was better than expected and this trip aside from yesterdays delayed start and my goggle foggy issues two days ago was one of the better trips here.  I’m glad JFDan and Dirtwolf got to experience the Hobacks in its untracked glory and Nazareth Jay got a good laugh at my ski jacket which smells like a combination of cheese and dookie from all my sweating and jacket being soaked all day.  
 

Heres some pictures. The last picture is from 16 years ago from the HBO episode when I was on the bus.  

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Back in Newark awaiting baggage’s 

[toast21602]

What a trip! As always, well done! Looks like a hoot.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

As always I’m going to post the Good the Bad and the Ugly…while things are fresh…

 

Good: Jeep Wagoneer rental car…plenty of space for five people and five pairs of skis…was only $50 in gas for 7 trips to the mountain and a couple back and forths to the airport. 
 

Bad: Walking around town a few days..very hard to keep feet dry..never walked on my heels so much..I should bring boots to JH but I feel like I’d jinx it and it wouldn’t precipitate.  Yesterday I saw a homey with plastic bags wrapped around his shoes and Yak Traks…

 

Ugly: Cue the dude looks like a lady song for the blonde in the singles line…always a letdown when the fly shawty boo you see from afar turns out to be a dude…nice hair though..

 

Good:

 

The Crew…Atomic Jeff has done this trip with me 15 times…and still finding more nooks and crannies and he’s a great Chauffeur.  This was Jack Frost Dans fourth trip to Jackson hole and he’s always on time, a strong skier obviously and good company.  Nazareth Jay was the wild card and

Also his fourth trip to JH..everybody likes Jay, he’s super positive and enjoys skiing…he’s always been a giant GSS fan except when my ski jacket smells like fromunda cheese…lots of laughs that’s for sure. 
 

Dirtwolf booked JH like a week ago and had a short window but miraculously made it work…and got the two best powder days of the trip…with on time openings.  Talk about catching lightning in a bottle.  48 hours in Jackson hole he got to hit up the mangy, snake river brewery, Mexican restaurant and Silver Dollar bar with a hippie band playing..and couldn’t hit up the Cowboy wouldn’t be right without NMSki…and NMSki was there in spirit..he’ll be back next year and hopefully Mute, Toast, Ridge, angryHugo, MBike, Nastar Glenn, Johnny Style and anybody else who wants to go…no friends on a powder day, I ditched Jay then got ditched in the same 10 minute period…and if I’m slow I wanna get ditched. Didn’t matter the boys saved me freshies in the Hobacks. 

[AirheadD8]

For the JH fans posted by Razing Arizona on NYSB . Kickstarter book by JH photographer. 

https://nyskiblog.com/forum/threads/help-legendary-ski-photographer-get-book-printed.2018/

 

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5 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

For the JH fans posted by Razing Arizona on NYSB . Kickstarter book by JH photographer. 

https://nyskiblog.com/forum/threads/help-legendary-ski-photographer-get-book-printed.2018/

 

I saw raised like $40k last I checked a lot of the Teton gravity mags are throwing down $100…I don’t even have a coffee table. 

[PSUFrankenstein]

Fly shawty boo with nice hair in the lift line...you talking about @Dirtwolf??

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1 hour ago, PSUFrankenstein said:

Fly shawty boo with nice hair in the lift line...you talking about @Dirtwolf??

Nah was a blonde although Dirty might have been dirty blonde as a kid 

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Good: I got to ski basically all my favorites..Hobacks, Saratoga bowl, St. John’s Extension, Bivoac, Laramie Bowl, Grand, Some Woods, some bumps, some fast groomers, lots of pow…

 

Bad: JH is super popular some runs I could go Mach looney down years ago now mostly busy…any pow day thunder lift super long line…less cirque laps..

 

Ugly: Village parking lot get it together $35-$45 a day plow that shit more than once a decade.  Took till the last day till I saw lines. And even though I didn’t fall down one time the entire trip I walked past all the places I’ve eaten shit like in the street in front of Mexican restaurant, on the wooden deck in front of the mangy moose and in various on mountain restrooms even a cafeteria that no longer exists. And the pizza land crust side down at least. 

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22 hours ago, AirheadD8 said:

For the JH fans posted by Razing Arizona on NYSB . Kickstarter book by JH photographer. 

https://nyskiblog.com/forum/threads/help-legendary-ski-photographer-get-book-printed.2018/

 

Wow the kickstarter is almost up to the $80k goal in a couple days.  

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Good: the Food…always medium to large portions bubbas always delivers next trip I’ll do breakfast and dinner cause their brisket third to point Phillips and @enjoralas and so many sides. 
 

Mangy Moose: always good even with medium alcohol beer..their brisket cheesesteak elite for sure 

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Good: the mountain despite being busy at times still steep and if you can ski well you’re rewarded that’s sort of soul of a lot of the top places.  And if you don’t know don’t go..

 

Bad: I don’t love the delayed openings and some of the classic rock flashbacks slap but most should be retired or set in a vault like the take a load off Annie song..sorry not sorry