First day on snow in Colorado in 3 years and it was a pretty good one (Saturday). Feels weird tho not having the time anymore to build up my legs with white ribbon and bump...

We were in Zurich, but pretty easy to get just about anywhere in that country.

Yeah, we were only there for a few years to travel (shit timing with COVID and housing market skyrocketing tho) before having kids and moving back to the US to be closer to family. Couldn't sell the...

Price is not a concern - work pays

Try descending the other direction down to east vail next time. It's also a riot. Both are fun. If the east side was longer I'd like it more. Wasn't a fan of couger ridge... kinda meh imo... lots of...

So we're moving back to Colorado this summer. Looking to get a US phone plan again. Any thoughts on mountains coverage between Verizon and T Mobile and ATT? Verizon was what you wanted when I left...

If you're in good shape, then I really like a double dip - descend Fooses on the first shuttle and have the second shuttle pick you up on the road for a Greens lap after. If you're not that fast,...

Even if he did know what could happen, teenagers think they are invincible and nothing bad will ever happen to them because the world revolves around them. The worst thing that has ever happened in...

From Denver it looked like the front range got skunked mostly. 2-4” at most? Summit/Eagle seemed to get even less? Was this a SW flow? I didn’t bother leaving the city (too much shit to take care of...

Too funny. I’ve never bothered using one unless I’m meadow skipping in a new zone, but every time I’ve talked or skied with him, I’ve always been like WTF no way in my head.

Yesterday was pretty something special at Breck. Ski onto every lift and so much untracked left at last bell. Don’t think I’ve ever had a resort day like that before, at least not in the front range....

I’m glad you guys like Ikon. Skied onto the lift all day. Like a ghost town. So bizarre. So good.

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Congrats auvgeek! That’s great news!

Terrible news about the Jones Pass
incident. I’m so sorry for your loss to those affected.

Mardi Gras for me. Bummed about missing this one.

Would recommend steering clear of it’s east face. Pretty dangerous terrain - lots of windloading, etc. The rest of it pretty normal backcountry terrain though and gets a lot more skier traffic too.

Looks steep. Is that steeper than Wild Child at Loveland?

FWIW, I broke my ankle out there on a buried stump a few Decembers ago, so yeah, taking it easy during the early season there is probably a good call. Overnight deep snow is awesome, but it hides...

Was pretty good today at least... needed that refresher

Yeah, typical garbage on the bottom (though a bit less bad than usual). But I wasn’t really seeing any other major midpack layers which is nice and a bit different. Unless I looked at solar aspects...

Guess that depends where you’re skiing.

Yeah, the snowpack in a lot of areas feels like one big deep layer instead of multiple layers. Haven’t had that significant dry or warmup event yet.

As good a guy as you can find in this sometimes fucked up world. A truly amazing individual was taken from us all today. Just about the only one I skied with in midwinter. Not really sure where to go...

Haven’t skied Tbar or Outback at Keystone in mid November before, at least not without skins, so I’m pretty stoked on the season so far. Last weekend was top notch for early season.

Wow, super thin down low. You can usually ski to the lake from the chutes when they open the road. What time was it ripe?

Double post

Conditions were pretty damn good. Creamy wind whipped snow created great coverage. No hint of a base or ground.

Where did you drive from is the real question. Thats a pretty small amount of time on the hill. Seems like a waste.

They have a program. Its called ‘Go to Keystone/Breck’.

Basically this. Still had to be cautious about the new snow (3’ or so). North winds loaded it up nicely. Yeah, it was a bit sharky, but still pretty damn fun. Just gotta stay light on your feet. Beat...

In other news, took a while to open but the pass was fun. All seven sisters slid over the road apparently?
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Yeah, too late for a reapeat unfortunately. Too much snow to melt off.

Idaho Springs has promise for year roundish.

It could just keep snowing and be the most epic season evar...

Follow the yellow brick road!

Meadow Mtn gets better the more you ride it. Its a little overgrown with tall foliage so there's a lot of surprise last minute turns. Hard to keep your speed up and flowing if you can't see where the...

Traverse two short dry patches and you can ski about 200' from the summit to the valley floor. Going back up on Sun

Try skiing the other side next time. Really fun snow still.

Hadn't skied Emporer in a couple years, did yesterday and now I remember why. Definitely not fall line skiing. Fun day still. Tuning Forks still looks great too.
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Considering Evans this weekend too

It isn't riddled with debris by now?

Nah, it was 2 Wednesdays ago. I had my own personal East Wall line that day. Patrol put in one track, the rest (all 6) were mine. Definitely empty, definitely awesome. It wasn't 2 feet, but it skied...

I guess 9". They really need to put numbers on that thing ugh. 9" on coral reef will prob ski like shit anyway. Plus its almost all alpine so you wouldn't be able to see shit. Doubt youre missing...

ABasins snowstake is showing 15-16"?

I'll be in Fruita actually. Lets get out soon though! It never happened midwinter, but this season was a wierd one for sure.

Suck it up princess

You too wilder. Skied LL again today. Much better than yesterday. I guess Friday was the day tho. Strong E winds yesterday fucked the snow. N winds today did a lot of refilling. Rock chutes was...

I'll be at LL too. Blue pants gray jacket. Moment Governers or Whitedot Ragnaroks (swapping between em). I'll be up there on the early side in the lodge dicking around till lifts spin.

Really fun day at ABasin. Lots of leftovers too. Pretty much had this run entirely to myself.

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Haven't been over Vail pass in daytime since Feb. Wow do Vail and Beav look in rough shape.