Ugh, I wish we could lap the bowl this weekend. The lady has some family visiting the Big Scree for a week, and even though neither of us want to go we are making the journey since we haven’t seen...

Report: the bowl was great today. Snow has been stacking up high, and the lower mountain crust is has been healed quickly.

A little drifty in some areas.

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Get out there and get in it...

This cold front came waaaay too late. Bummer.

The upper elevations seemed like they were spared from the temps, but not the wind.
The lower elevations seemed like they were spared from the wind,...

Got the exact same skis last week right before my JH trip, and right out of the gate they were unbelievably fun to ski.

Not too heavy/light for maneuvering, and not too stiff/flexible when...

Figure that this is a long shot, but are there any mags out there with a Big sky discount ticket willing to sell it? The lady and I are due to ski there this coming Saturday, and the ticket prices...

For reals, and I was eyeing it up the entire time as well. Would rather risk the ire of ski patrol if I could make a short jump and dip into the woods, versus freeze my ass to the chairlift.

Looking forward to the next refresh, but there are still some good turns to be found.

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Thought that I’d finally pop my Lift Evac cherry today when I saw some guy get taken for a ride...

If they offered enough money, I bet they could get a lease for the land in the Evaro bowl. They'd have to do a silver mtn-type approach though if they were to have any hope of surviving.

After finishing the late night drive back, I can safely say that was one of the best visits I’ve had to the Tetons in a long time.

The stoke from the previous week’s storm cycle left me convinced...

Even in normal times, traveling to MT sucks. Roads are terrible, there is never any good snow here, and it’s almost always too cold to enjoy yourself.

You’d be better off on the west coast.

^ Agreed. Had never read an Avvy incident report from the NE area before, and yeah it seems like their forecasting office knew the guy on some kind of level. He probably submitted a lot of obs over...

My god... that’s getting the full shaft.

Reading through this thread over the past couple weeks has been a wild trip. Emotionally taxing for sure, but the perspectives here along with the back-and-forths have been worth reading over and...

Who else bailed early today?

I loaded on the first 20 or so chairs at griz, and was halfway up when the power cut out. Some kind of power surge (surprise, surprise). Snacked on leftover Bridge...

Woke up a little later than planned. The last and I up, but the road hadn’t been sanded yet, especially the first section. This led to several people getting stuck at spots like the hairpin turn....

We could always take a page out of the UDOT book and a stage a checkpoint at the mouth of the canyon...

Yeah, I was slightly impressed by how the SUV managed to hit them like that on the opposite side of the road. There was some utterly clueless lady standing outside I as drove by.

Drove past what I think was the head-on collision. Didn’t look as bad as it could’ve been.

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It was impressive how many poor drivers could not handle the road today. The highlight of the drive down was the driver who plowed his truck into the ditch and tried to gun it out there, only to plow...

Victory went to the early-risers and strong-thighed shredders today. Everything skied well, and it was nice venturing deeper into the woods with some deep snow to boost the confidence. West bowl in...

My fiancée gave me one hell of a stink eye as I headed out this morning.


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Looks likely to keep up through the rest of the week. I know that I shouldn't be optimistic, but the lower elevations need the snow, badly.

Shoot, with a 1.5+ hour drive to the pass from missoula, it filters out a lot of people even from there. LT today was full of ranchers getting in some turns before calving season eats up their...

Lost Trail was a dime today. 9+ in the day before set down the buffer layer. The report lied about the 1 inch overnight, with saddle skiing at about a foot of fresh and even deeper areas in the...

Sounds like there is still merit in those who have decided to hold through the weekend:

https://isthesqueezesquoze.com/

I'm all about the spuds, bud!

Probably the biggest tragedy to befall MT skiers in the last decade. RIP moonlight, I'll always miss poaching the Big Scree from your ridge hike.

Wyoming is basically a buffer between CO and MT. It really shouldn’t even be a state anyway, and would be better off if it were divided up.

- MT would get the Big Horn range down to the Wind...

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Meanwhile, on western side of the state, we are clinging to the MT/ID border for decent skiing. Making the best with the sunny weather with a friend:

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Got a little thicker lower down in...

That thing is really cool. Seems like an effective tool as well if you can just drag it up a slope. Why isn’t that used more often?

^ at this point it’s a combination of “the more the merrier” and “the sooner the better”. With restrictions starting to be lifted (too early IMO) and daily cases at a low point, we need to...

It’s one thing to drive an automatic with ski boots, but driving a manual requires skill on another level.

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Lolo Pass has been fun this season, be it BC skiing or skinny stickin’. It’s been a great place to get your winter fix when you get sick of the drier valleys.

I guess I gotta be...

I think it's time to bump this thread...

When they had the parking attendants I felt as though the parking was better-packed. Haven't seem them around this year yet.

Snowpark really has changed the dynamic of that mountain, especially...

This is such a great little rant.

Most of the time I would ski over to phone booth, decide “fuck that icy scraped-off boilerplate”, and back out. Broom closet was always the preferred spot to get...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u5LbmmlkFw

Just wanted to take a minute here to give local mag "Lawless" some major props for the hookup.

My sincerest thanks to him for being generous, especially during a season such as this.

May your...

Looks like they managed to avoid the worst of the pineapple express. The moose creek snotel barely nudged over 32F at 6200ft for a little while, same with saddle mtn site.

It's raining in the mountains here overnight, and this ^ is the kind of uplift I needed this morning. Thanks Bmills.

And +1 on night skiing. I wish it was more popular in the west.

This storm feels like a punch in the gut right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BniKoHRlMi0

If they lose, at least it'll be to last year's super bowl winner.

If they win, then they get to take their historic season to the AFC championship.

Sounds like the Browns will have a good...

Took the opportunity yesterday to do some meadow-skipping around Lolo Pass. She and I were itching to get another taste of winter, what with the high-and-dry valley life.

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The sunny...

Backup kicker for the NFL.

Rake in that cash as long as I can before screwing up the game-winning field goal and getting the boot.

It would also be awesome to be some rando skier alongside...

No fuckin’ dowt Browns!!!

With the Seahawks losing this weekend, a win by the browns here is exactly the pickup I needed.


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I wonder what keeps more resorts from doing this in the U.S? Are they afraid of liability from someone at the gate "not giving enough of a warning", or perhaps it's just plain ol' cheapness?

When...

I dunno.

It'd make for a good TR.

Sunny afternoon leftovers at the bowl today. Inversions north of evaro made for some pleasant views.

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