Finally got out to ski yesterday after a week of dealing with the agonizing pain of kidney stones. Fun speed laps off of Ramcharger in the morning/early afternoon and then made it up the triple...

Finally got some touring in this season, my first time skinning in about a year and a half, it felt good to get back out there!

Views from Beehive Basin:
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Haha thanks for the offer! I just visited my caregiver though, so Im all set:D

Thanks! my back is feeling a lot better, I managed to ski most of the day today, but dialed it back a ton. I definitely plan on staying for the the summer, Im living in a sweet place in the canyon...

A couple more good memories of chair 6 laps:

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Their facebook page says they are putting another double in. Hopefully it will be the same capacity. Whenever someone bitches about the tram at Big Sky only having a 15 person capacity I tell them...

Thanks for the good times chair 6, Im honored I got the chance to both shred and bump lifts on this classic cascadian chairlift!
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HOLY FUCK

I used to take the Jack Creek rd, but I havent driven since the end of December when I moved into the Gallatin Canyon. The road is no joke though, but if you pay attention to what you're doin it...

After a year off of my skis, this November I decided to make the move from Seattle to Big Sky, and have not been disappointed!
I don't think I will be able to go back to city life again, it was good...

Just a dirtbag gaper carefully picking my way down lower pinnacles! :biggrin:



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Such a good day, loved soaking up the Sun!

Havent had a chance to slut too much for the camera this season, but here are a few:

Chargin through the trees on Challenger....

Thoroughly enjoying my first Big Sky winter!


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Friday at Xtal was amazing, despite the huge crowd in comparison to Thursday, which was just stupid fun. After four years of generally keeping my skis on the snow, I have slowly started to venture...

Conditions were pretty good yesterday, too bad it had to warm up. No big hucks or anything in this POV, just some fun turns with friends...

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We headed up to Shuksan yesterday in hopes of finding some pow up high. We got a later start than anticipated as one of our crew failed to show up, and ended up leaving the parking lot at a little...

I've been trying to make the best of a bad month, good turns have been had when looking in the right spots. 8-14 day outlook is starting to look promising, hopefully we will be back on track soon.
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East peak skied great today, almost perfect spring corn. Got to the ridge at about 3 with gusty winds, but still very warm. Definitely some of the best May conditions I have ever skied in January. ...

PM sent, she was less than thrilled with my email request!

Thank you for the clarification. I will be mailing her my request for a full refund (via first class mail) on Monday. Beers on me at Xtal when she pays up!

^^^ so the preliminary estimates she sent me don't suffice? That would be kinda awesome, because the more I look into this, the more I think she should know better and is trying to take advantage of...

^^^ I "think" she complied with that law by sending us a preliminary estimate on day 13. She admitted her estimates were high in the email, as her first statement said we OWED her $105 (although...

Her repair man is her son, who seems well equipped to get it done and fair (he is also a property manager). While she is a property manager, we were renting directly from her, although she did use a...

Sorry for another one of these stupid threads, but I have not had much luck getting a hold of our local tenants union in Seattle.

My girlfriend and I moved out of our last place in Federal Way at...

While disappointed that we didn't get the insane nukeage forecasted, Im pretty satisfied with what la nina has served up so far for me:).

Some of the lightest pow Ive skied at Crystal, Kyle Miller...

It actually worked out better for me. Decided to check craigslist and picked up a almost new pair of 185 Chopsticks w/ L Dukes for $525!

I think I am cursed in my quest to find a pair of 189 pontoons, shoulda pulled the trigger last night :(.

PM sent, I would love to pick these up today before I head back to Greenwater tonight!!!

Me and my family lost Sasha, our 10 yr old Golden retriever, early monday morning. Just a couple of weeks ago she was running around and playful, I thought we would get at least a couple more years...

We use two spaces in our school newspaper.

Vibes to your family.

A good friend of mine lost his mom about a week ago to cancer (she was only 47:frown:), and my great grandmother has terminal lung cancer that has spread down to her legs.
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I too have put on waaaay too much weight in the last year. When I got back from AK last summer I was around 200 lbs and in damn good shape from hiking and eating tons of fresh salmon. Im only 6',...

Yusef AND Ozzy, FKNA!

I guess it is wrong to conjecture about your past, Im not sure what traumatic event turned you into the asshole you are today. I am sorry.

Having spent time at both private and public schools...

mrw,

Im sorry you feel the need to act like such an idiot on the internet. Maybe you were bullied by black kids when you were younger, or maybe your mother didn't breastfeed you. What is for...

Went up to Chinook yesterday to check things out and get a turn or two in. Turned out much nicer than expected with over a foot accumulated in spots by about 1 pm. Damn I cant wait for this quarter...

It's too bad I-1068 was not able to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot this year, maybe next year....

Interestingly enough, in my interviews with the state House and Senate candidates...

pfffft, they didn't even throw in a grab. You gotta spin to win.

Fuck that, death would be to good for assholes like this. I propose we reinstitute penal colonies and throw all violent criminals and child abusers like this on one of the Aleutian islands. They...

We have been using various silver and red spinners for years. These fish were super fresh, it went from being really quiet out there to hundreds of bright chromers jumping all around our little...

Had a good weekend at a spot I've fished for 20 years. The biggest one is a 16 lb hog that my gramps caught. Him and I have caught hundreds of fish in this spot over the years and this is the...

Saw my first UFO while climbing outside of Leavenworth last month. Probably a weather balloon(s) but I dunno. Saw it for about 5 minutes slllllowwwly moving across the sky before it changed...

^^^ Not all of Lummi is bad. My grandparents live on Lummi Bay and it is pretty damn nice. I used to live out there when I was young and didnt even see the real shitty area until I drove through it...

Jesus fucking CHRIST we are a nation full of pussies:rolleyes:.

My best advice would be to familiarize yourself with the privacy settings and don't post shit you might regret.

The other day I posted something up about how I want to get back up to AK and a...

Ummmm... you do know that across the valley from Crystal is a 14,410 ft glaciated volcano? Did you also know that it is possible to go skiing without the assistance of chairlifts, t-bars or magic...

Speaking of shallow and unstable, how is Big Ben doin?

You can have your "light fluffy Colorado snow" and I'll keep skiing 5k vert runs into July. Enjoy your shallow, unstable snowpack and wasting money to fly into the "Burgh" for games.:biggrin:

Other than the skiing and the Seattle Storm, we don't really have anything else going on out here, thats why I have time to argue about 5 year old super bowl results on the internet.

Im glad you...

I don't need the super bowl, the skiing is enough for me!

I don't see any good skiing on Pittsburgh's horizon.