Yep, I skied East St Mary a few years back. Went full white out when we got on summit ridge. Got lost on way down, skied down wrong ridge, friend almost died falling off a cliff and lost 1 ski...

brutal

That is interesting that Transporter also had "deficiencies."

They mentioned that in the issue of Snowbowl good times. Will be interesting how it works out.

Hopefully not... careful what you wish for :-)

Depends on how rugged the family is...might want to consider Disco pass for family and bowl pass for you. Studs on all 4 for the shitty drive, but much better family experience. Lost trail worth...

Well if it is the same "engineer" that design snowpark lift (still alive?) It will not be that hard for them to get a signature. Hopefully FS is requiring someone actually independent.

I laughed at this:
"The Missoulian has requested the document through the Freedom of Information Act, but the Forest Service must first review the document and redact any proprietary business...

Yeah, sounds like the chair prior was his kid on a snowboard and those often seem to get the center pole Riblet swinging.

When Pat bent the halo up to keep from decapitating people over 5'5 it no...

Edit

MT posted what I was posting, but with pictures.


That is crazy. Chair must have really slapped the first tower to fail that bad. That first tower has been an issue from day 1.

The Snowpark chairs are falling apart!?:
https://instagram.com/stories/missoulaskiandsnowboardclub/3062942633836827079

I changed my spring travel plans, so have an extra Snowbowl adult lift ticket voucher. I paid $58, day ticket is $68....not sure what vouchers are going for in town this time of year. Selling for...

I'm guessing they will wait to sell to a big corp for max money.... Altara is starting to snatch up smaller areas and with captive population and private base land ownership and along road, they will...

I would hate to see how busy it would be if it was a well run business :-)

I am surprised they care enough to turn off comments on Facebook.

Yeah Transporter line moved fast, I was impressed. Found some nice turns on Sunday, but cold. I think coldest I have skinned in, glue had issues sticking to skis!

^Ha, yep. Turns out they are open, top too. Cold, but not bad in sun.

Anyone know if lifts are loading public today?

Speaking of bombing, was cool watching them work the Transporter line. And also glad we opted to load it first.

Ended up being a pretty awesome day, after the morning cluster, not really any long lines.

Full on shit show

I'm almost tempted to queue up at Transporter tomorrow...will see in the morning I guess.

Snowbowl skied way better than I expected today. I only went up because friend wanted to go and glad we did, lots of fun.

The plan has to remove the lift, so would be good for people to submit input to keep.

Way to warm out, but was snowing hard above 6000ft. Snowpack seems fukt for awhile, the whomping on low angle...

Marshall draft plan looks pretty cool:
https://www.engagemissoula.com/marshall-mountain-recreation-area

Would be nice if they kept the old chair and maybe someday got it running so there could be...

Open Wednesday...you got my hopes up they would stay closed since I roll into town Tu, but report says otherwise. Looking cold af Thursday.

That crane is going to make a sick smoke shack.:party::party:

maybe the USFS got wind of the people almost being decapitated first few days the snowpark lift ran and decided they had better show up and look at things :-).

Skytrac has a pretty good resume,...

Funny thing is master plan had lift going to top, but a lift between the top and location they ended up going:
https://www.montanasnowbowl.com/Pmdp%20Topo.pdf

Glad there will not be lift towers...

Looks like it is about 1200 ft distance. Top elevation looks like about 6660(!). My gps track has snowpark lift topping at 6800. So depends on how you define easy,434929

^^^cool. Looks like the parked the crane to far away the first lift, ha.

Yeah, fun to gossip about it and bust on SB. Definitely excited to check it out.

My google earth is still showing 2019 images...that is odd.

^^^Well they have been doing that for years :-). I had been thinking the same regarding downloading, but my 4 & 6 year old didn't complain downloading J1 at June Mtn last year(center pole riblet) it...

update on the new lift on the snowbowl instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjg8aiwLZxy/
"Work in progress... Towers were flown by helicopter and set into place for the new lift Transporter. It...

Thought you fans of center poll Riblet chairs with kids would find it interesting that it is possible to have a safety bar, photo from June mtn couple weekends ago:
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I also found it...

Nice photos and impressive terrain. If that is the peak I think it is, wow, big day...but got to ask, why not start at skin up Paradise if planning to go that way out?

Lot of face shots from those 4 inches ;-o =D

I would think they need a helicopter unless plan to cut roads and I sure hope they don't do that. Glad they finally decided to hire professionals, although I know nothing about that lift company and...

Yeah, seemed warmer than I expected also. Good to be out skinning. No wind and nice cold snow for my turns today. Didn't need the extra layer in my pack.

Sent you a pm with my cell number.

If anyone wants to set up shuttle for riding Carlton ridge tomorrow(Sun Aug 29), let me know. Also have Sheep mtn loop on the todo list, so could do that or on Monday if someone is interested. ...

Have people had good work from mechanic at Hellgate bikes? Just need typical 1000 miles service on the ripmo...suspension service, lube hubs &bb, full brake bleed, etc...

Took today off due to...

hopefully it can be pointed at the bowls. Kind of worthless to look at sky and town.

Skinned up Snowbowl yesterday, beautiful day and nice turns down west ridge. Nice and smooth with new inch. Pretty thin down low. Going up to ride the lift today.

thanks man, but likely will not be heading down south.

Yeah, I will play the craiglist game after the weekend, assuming someone else doesn't have some to sell prior. Kind of funny the people...

thanks for the update. If anyone has or knows someone that has day pass vouchers they want to offload let me know.

love the pink chair photo.

Is snowbowl really closing April 4th?

Nice photos, thanks for posting

I think they mentioned in this year's edition of "snowbowl good times" that they cut part of the new line for the lift from the front side to the top of TV.

Did it get about freezing mid mountain?

Snowbowl skied well today, got sick of the long line and anti maskers on Lavelle and found good turns off griz majority of the day.

Radar looks good in ID and E. WA, but seems to fizzle near MSO...was snowing a little around 5500 as I was skiing out today around 230.