2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Looks deep. Should have gone skiing. Working instead. Tomorrow should still have soft scraps.

[Bunion 2020]

1/2 " of h2o already. Skiing tomorrow with Bill. Hopefully it keeps snowing enough to open more terrain.
Buddy of his left Beckman Flats to head back to JH. Took him 1 hr + to get past the Conoco and moving south.

[byates1]

Legit pow storm day. Snowed 3" in the first hour. Winds blasting now smoothing out the chop. Good stuff. Good seeing you yeahman!

[singlesline]

Whitefish opening day...40F in town with a bit of rain, but a bit of snow overnight up top and a bit more falling during the day.
Got a few good turns in before going back to work. Knocked out my first double eject of the season when I went over a little roller on the side of the run and buried my tips into the loose pile of unpacked snow that was right behind it!

Downloads only today down the front side. Wonder how long it is gonna be before they can actually open anything up on the lower mountain because there's noticeably less snow there than there was 4 days ago...


I think chair 3 might be the sleeper winner today. It was in clear skies, no lines, with lots of man-made snow that looked to be skiing like spring conditions.

[S_jenks]

Careful what you wish for. The Whitefish summit snow-cam is currently a picture of a puddle. 34° and raining hard at the summit right now.

I saw something saying that the Libby area was supposed to get up to 5" of rain today and tomorrow. Turner's gonna be in rough shape.

Turner just like, doesn’t exist most years anymore- save for a few weeks each winter where the stars align. They are the lowest elevation area in the state and probably going to be the first to go.

[Talisman]

The amount of dense snow really helped out with the base and patrol opened up a few more spots along the open trails and finally Elk Park Ridge is open.

Legit pow storm day. Snowed 3" in the first hour. Winds blasting now smoothing out the chop. Good stuff. Good seeing you yeahman!

[RootSkier]

Things are going GREAT in Missoula right now.

[Trackhead]

Things are going GREAT in Missoula right now.

Golf course open in December, wow. Yeah, looks amazing

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Not too bad for a phone photo from the house this evening. 3 images merged. I need to get some real glass for my actual camera.

[yeahman]

Legit pow storm day. Snowed 3" in the first hour. Winds blasting now smoothing out the chop. Good stuff. Good seeing you yeahman!

Yeah good seeing you byates. Fun to remember what skiing untracked powder feels like, those first couple laps were really sweet. Keep it coming Ullr, the mountain def needs it.

[Trackhead]

Not too bad for a phone photo from the house this evening. 3 images merged. I need to get some real glass for my actual camera.

Was a good one

[toast2266]

Turner just like, doesn’t exist most years anymore- save for a few weeks each winter where the stars align. They are the lowest elevation area in the state and probably going to be the first to go.

Yeah, it's tough over there.

Although Turner summit is only ~500 feet below the top of schweitzer, and ~800 below whitefish. A lot of areas are gonna be pretty borderline in 15-20 years.

In other news, Whitefish opened today. Considering 1.5" of rain fell on the summit earlier this week, things were not quite as bad as I expected. But the base area is looking pretty rough - it's gonna be a bit before much of anything on the frontside is open.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

$100 BNIB to a maggot. Taking up space in my garage.

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[Talisman]

Way to go WRG helping out a mag! Holiday spirit lives.

In the spirit of giving today Swimmy and his sidekick Mr T were lead to my powder stash without ducking any ropes. It was good seeing Swimmy, meeting Mr T and taking a diversion from "Mr K all day."

[Bunion 2020]

Wish I had known you were about.
Screamer deal, too small for my fat tugboats.

1st rate sliding today, caught the rope drop to Silver Knife and got 3 decent runs dodging the Christmas decorations, pretty well skied up after 4. Elk Park was well covered but a bit rough, going to be interesting with more people on it, its not very wide but it invites speed, you go off the WROD to the infield and it was bare ground before the recent snow. Ran into a man in black who said depending on control results, Challenger on a limited basis tomorrow is a possibility. Be real careful getting to the bottom. Parking lots were pretty full today but the trails were not that crowded. Cold, snowy and blustery.

[yeahman]

Wish I had known you were about.
Screamer deal, too small for my fat tugboats.

1st rate sliding today, caught the rope drop to Silver Knife and got 3 decent runs dodging the Christmas decorations, pretty well skied up after 4. Elk Park was well covered but a bit rough, going to be interesting with more people on it, its not very wide but it invites speed, you go off the WROD to the infield and it was bare ground before the recent snow. Ran into a man in black who said depending on control results, Challenger on a limited basis tomorrow is a possibility. Be real careful getting to the bottom. Parking lots were pretty full today but the trails were not that crowded. Cold, snowy and blustery.

Cool you got Silver Knife, I was a bit surprised to see that open on the website.

I thought the same about Elk Park Ridge being so narrow. Going off the edge at high speed would be like a brutal mountain bike wreck, ouch.

Challenger tomorrow?! I'm not a big proponent of "rock skis" at Big Sky, but that sounds like a situation where rock skis might actually be warranted lol.

[Bunion 2020]

The Silver Knife thing was classic BSSP. They opened a gate in the middle of a long rope line and took down the closed sign and replaced it with a Caution Thin Cover sign that could have been for anywhere so you kind of had to know it was open for the 1st 30 minutes or so. Lots of people just skiing past that opening not knowing it was open.

By the time I left it was getting pretty beat.

[yeahman]

Haha that's awesome. People always ski by Silver Knife anyway. It's my go-to for still fresh tracks by third lap on a pow day.

[Gnar_Shralp406]

Bummed I missed the silver knife rope drop. Had to walk back to work like a chump. The fringe of Ambush was fun to play on this morning though!

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[Shredeagle]

1st photo is sick!!! Skiing good to 4pm. Stoked to be back on the natural snow. Open Challenger up baby.


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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Stocking stuffer F/S, great for someone's backcountry kit:

Kestrel 3500. Used, looks to be a 2019 model. F2F in the BZN/Gallatin valley $75.

[yeahman]

Yep, BS website says Challenger. Be real interested to hear the report.

Bridger Bowl daily video from yesterday was interesting. Lotsa monoskiing. At least they're open.

[Bunion 2020]

Best thing for it. Get the younger and more willing folks to go out and define the current boundaries.

[S_jenks]

Yep, BS website says Challenger. Be real interested to hear the report.

Bridger Bowl daily video from yesterday was interesting. Lotsa monoskiing. At least they're open.

I know that dude in the mono ski, he’s becoming one of those fixtures of the BBowl crowd.

He currently lives in a small RV after his landlord sold the house he was renting in Bozeman. Dude makes money, just not enough to feasibly rent in town anymore. I know he goes to the Bozeman hot springs for his showers now.

[byates1]