Thank you!

It ain't over yet. A good morning:
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March 31st but felt like January 31st. Not touching bottom:

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Blizzard Zero G 85 + ATK Trofeo 10 Plus + Pomoca Climb Pro 2.0 skins w/ 2-day shipping sold for $604.

Scarpa F1 LT w/ Skimo straps w/ shipping sold for $258.

Thanks, guys!

Snow still stacking — winter conditions this morning + afternoon.

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Today was among the better days of Spring... thus far at least.

We m\mourned the death of Jesus by skiing powder.

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Wow. Deep out there today!

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Deep and getting deeper.

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Received & replied. There's one in line ahead of you; giving time for him to reply then will go to you. Thanks!

I still have them. Is $189 + shipping fair (flat) — $229 with the bindings? LMK if I'm way off the mark.

It seems like with the airfare + lodging + lift tickets.+ rentals + lessons + meals, a ski vacation for a family is a MASSIVE investment for a week. Add in the fact that you have pretty decent odds...

Thank you!

Clouds rolled in so it was pretty flat light/grey — not much contrast.

The sun popped about an hour after I returned home. Oh well! :)

I actually like stormy days, flat light /...

Something no one had on their bingo card:
Orion and I are hammering out a deal for the Zero G 85s + Trofeo 10 plus (including R01 heel plate & crampon adaptor) + Pomoca Climb Pro 2.0 skins. :)
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I was asked for detailed images — apparently I can't send images via PM, so here are the Scarpa F1 LTs @ $239.

NOTE: They have the aftermarket Skimo straps from that 1-man company in Bozeman...

Yes, I know you have a solid history here! The Hostel still exists, actually! That in itself is crazy... gotta imagine it's just a matter of time.

I'd say the rate of change has certainly...

Niiice! I love the cracks & ripples.



So tricky for white-balance & getting any definition. Love the color pop!

Nice pics!

And I fully agree with you. One could argue when Jackson (the resort) *really* made a shift; there is always someone who will come along and tell you it was 20 years before whatever...

On assignment today. :)

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I was told Thurs/Fri was horrendous in the Bowl but improved later in the day(s). Hope you had a great trip! I figured things would get worse before they got better given inbounds surfaces — hope...

Here is my peace offering — a photo I took yesterday.

Maybe I deserve the same treatment as the carcass in this image. :-) I'll take my lumps.

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Hey, all:
Dropping in here to say that it bothered me to think that I created so much confusion — and in particular that there was a miscommunication with Orion.

He was stumped (as I was) as to...

Funny and inevitable.

I'm glad for more folks in the mountains.

There's a rich debate to be had about bottom-up vs top-down approaches to routes even without factoring additional parties into...

You: Makes polite offer for skis+bindings+skins.
Me: Respectfully, I'm not really interested at that price.
You: Well I can get all this stuff for cheap, including (and especially) the bindings....

LOL.

"Make an offer" type of sales exist in the world, so acting like I'm SO far off the reservation is a bit of an overreach. I told folks I'd come back when I had the time to research prices. I...

Thanks, homey. Haven't been in gear swap in a long while, really.

As said above, I was busy (and had some personal stuff going on) — I figured I would snap the photos and follow with prices as a...

Dude — That's not what I said.

It's pointless to get into the whole conversation. The guy asked me for reasons why someone might pay that price, so I thought about it and supplied several (the...

Homey — This is honestly dumb and I suspect you might feel the same.

I told you what my price was, and you are saying that I did not. This whole discussion makes me think that perhaps you simply...

Except I literally did reply to you with a price for skis and skins.

I appreciate that you looked hard for deals on similar — but not the same (esp skins) — items and offered half of that. You...

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You know it! There are some years when it never really happens — and other years (like right now) where it's off the chain. Such a great way to experience (public) land... accessing areas we don't...

Thanks, Bunion. You were one who replied with data when the question last came up. I always appreciate looking directly at station data as an objective measure, then building an assessment from...

I agree with you — but that report is GOLD and worth reading for comedy. Most reports are silly. Leger's @ JHMR is valuable mainly for guessing how high he was when it was written! :)

Anyway, if...

Onward:
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Most of us — at least those of us of a certain age — have spent half a lifetime listening to wild-ass reports from ski areas. Marketing spin rarely phases me. With widespread access in more recent...

Seems likely!



Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.



Folks are running around in the Tetons daily in ski boots, and many routes even have 5th class climbing moves — we all have vibram soles (and...

Went for an 18-mile walk. Pretty fabulous day & some wintry snow.

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Technically Tuesday is the first day of spring this year (new-to-me fact: the equinox is not always on the...

Still some surfy dry pow to be had if ya know where to look.

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2,500' of N-facing cold, dry pow... and 1,500' of E-facing "don't get injured" snow. :)

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Storm day above 9,000'... spent a bunch of time out there as you never know when the days of widespread cold, dry powder may end. March sun is strong! I get reverse seasonal depression.

Thought...

Thanks! Been getting quiet in here — my posts are making too high a % of recent posts = time to be quiet.




I'm lucky to get my share.... but there are lots of other silent assassins getting...

Somehow even though we had 399" as of Thursday morning and got 1" that night, we rolled back to 398". Not sure how that happens. Guess we will cross 400 twice this season. Maybe it will be Groundhog...

Dibs on those 202s. ;-)

Hey—sorry all!

Not ignoring this and the PMs.... just that conditions have been amazing and I've prioritized that over the sale. The fact that I didn't research prices first (intentionally — I'd...

Thanks!

Friend said I should have skied the whole line in 1 go (that was 1/2 of it) & posted it — but I needed to post up to get eyes on my friends so they could ski non-stop!

Lots of "best day of the season" moments over the last 7-10 days, in an already strong season.

Started out -10F this morning (sun had been up an hour!) but I spent most of the day skinning in a...

"Near perfect"? What could have made it better?

Sounds "perfect" to me!

When the wind grooms the alpine flat it is DAMN nice!

Amazing... LOL.

Figured I'd put them out there sooner rather than trying to wait for me to get everything perfect (which will never happen). I couldn't even get around to pricing things... duh....

Sorry all — was in the mountains all day. I replied to all PMs, I think. I'm a bit less organized than usual — i.e., I didn't do any legwork to research market prices. Just interested in making fair...

Also, looks like we just got our 400th inch. Ski it up!

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What a f'in day out there, eh?

Rare video from me, if you care to look: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4PPGiKOTTS


And of course a coupla stills:
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This smile says it all:
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I know ;-) — was playing on kokomas's comment. That's actually a separate, second, frame I posted. :)