Nerds!

cue Ogre gif

^ I have AT&T, and my experiences match what’s above ^

I really like to take 287 when I drive on trips back home.

I was there last week, and boy was it GREEN! Beautiful tho! And super-pleasant temperatures.

Kinda sucks for me when I drive home, my newer cars have CA plates and I’m leery of parking them at trailheads and such. And at that eventual date when I finally do get to retire, yeah I’m moving...

I've often heard it's about their lease with the Forest Service, which handcuffs them considerably.

Conversely I've always wondered why the GNFAC couldn't do full ratings and advisories until...

Do they, like, you know, got any leads man?

Fuck, I knew that guy too. Always extremely kind and remembered me from my on-and-off visits and residencies in BZN and MT. I think he started at Aleworks when they first started out in 2001 or...

Yeah, I thought this was common knowledge.

Now what's to come of 406? Are they well and truly done? I thought they were reopening in Manhattan or Three Forks or something.

$45/nt for bare dirt and no services.

Yeah, I remember that, I was in school at MSU then.

Those drone shots are siiiiick! Really like it.

And the name rides on.

Awesome.

the troll here is strong, well played, lol

In the parking lot? Yup, that was me! Pleasure to meet you.

I was at Bridger today skiing with my Dad for the first time in 13 years. It was great.

Found some o them rocks on Bronco. Ah well.

Yeah I was a Bozone local long ago. Brought the rock boards, and a set of pow boards because I like hauling extra weight around and I’m an optimist.

Admittedly it was a stupid question, I’m just...

How’s the coverage? How boney is it?

That’s a rook question, I’m sorry, but I’m trying to decide which skis to pack.

MSU alumnus here. GO CATS GO. Pretty unreal.

I've rooted for Griz teams in the playoffs plenty after the Cats failed to qualify, or got eliminated early on...just sayin.

And Swifty still...

TH, what came of the tracked Samurai? I remember reading about that and seeing your pics and was always impressed, seemed fun.

Definitely gov dime, likely Forest Service contract. I work ATC in SoCal foothill areas that like to catch fire, and I talk to the Twin Commander guys a fair bit cuz they tend to set up shop just...

A Rockwell 690A is a Twin Commander, a fairly high performance airplane. The wing is up high so good for looking down, probably decent loiter/range, etc. Commonly used as the Air Attack air boss to...

And do it before the front range winds come in and fuck it all

The surprising thing to me is that it's going in the Mall, of all places.

I've debating sharing this 'cuz it's kinda personal, but figure a few here may well have known Jerry Carisch, who passed away last week. The Carisches were deep friends with my extended family, and...

So where is this TGR store in Bozeman? Article says it's on Main, but where...?

Good point about chance for chest injury in case of a bike crash...

...but doesn't putting bearspray in a foam wrap negate the ability to use it quickly? Plus again, isn't on your person.

6...

You could probably fashion a custom setup with any MOLLE chest rig. Soldiers do it all the time. Only issue may be sizing it down, they tend to be worn over body armor.

Took me awhile to find it on mine, but I did. Thanks.

Looks like time for more.

How long is bear spray good for? I have 3-year-old cans or so, and it's tempting to pick up that Costco pack while I'm up here...

Oh wow. Enjoy!!!

I heard the lift-left-ladies got a free condo and free skiing privileges for life, in exchange for a dropped suit? Something like that.

Pretty funny "we will reimburse the money", lol.

As far...

https://liftblog.com/2016/09/12/big-sky-flies-towers-for-americas-most-high-tech-chairlift/#more-30099

Cool site.

Yeah some of those lifts are residential access ones only. Pretty crazy how many ski bridges and ramps there are now for that.

BS has the acreage for more bodies, it gets pretty desolate off SoCo...

Well a second lift out of the base area, gaining redundancy on Swifty seems smart to me. Once the gonjola burned, it hasn't been replaced and that's been a glaring weakness for some time, right? ...

Congrats, Spence!

Yeah, I was thinking the opposite. Had a BS pass last year and it didn't work out like I wanted it to, so I think I'll stick to a Showdown pass this year since I do live in GF. But $10 off? Yeah...

Does Big Sky play ball with that MT-resort-pass, half-day pricing? Some program through either the state commerce dept or tourism bureau that gets you half day rates for a lift ticket at any other...

I've lived in GTF a year now and while my personal season this last winter was a total disappointment (jacked up schedule and travel at the worst possible time) in the skiing department, Showdown...

The extendo-skiing, but this year's pass ain't good but next year's is honored thing, that's a tactic that's been employed for a couple years at Crystal in WA, another Boyne op. So that's where they...

Too bad all that snow in Teton Pass is gong to get blown to god knows where saturday. 90mph+ winds are forecasted.

Pretty eerie driving by the pullout on 191 on New Year's Day with all the sled access and seeing only one truck left, then to find out it's because the owner died in that slide...then driving back up...

Holy crap. Nice.

Very nice run.

Is the lone peak pass still being sold, or do we have to purchase both passes separately?

Well said S.

Forgive a JONG question, I've been out of the loop a long time - I know financial realities are one thing...does MLB intend to get their own access to the top? Is that something...

That was a really nice line man.

Fuckin' A Mike Carisch coming up big for SAR this year (unless he's their normal helo guy).

Guessing they were skiing The Great One?

Dude, you need to chill the fuck out.

Slide up above Fairy Lake today

Just got a marketing email from Big Sky - I guess they're doing Disneyland-style 'fast passes' for the tram where you can now reserve a walk-on tram at a certain specified time slot. Have they been...