The legacy of a multinational real estate investment firm? It's not like the basin was family-owned before the Alterra sale.

Relatedly, I'm looking to buy Adventure Journal back issues (1-14 and 22) if anyone is holding.

TFA does this already, but I just want to plug AJ again. It's a great publication and I look forward to every issue.

I'd be surprised if it has a big impact. The Ski Safety Act is very protective of resorts, but it largely applies to on-the-snow stuff. If you hit a tree or anything made out of snow (even if people...

I'd be happy to get out - just got a 10.5 round boat last year and I want to get it out on smaller water. The big boat is a wide 16' expedition boat that isn't really happy in tight spots.

While it's not always feasible, I always try and have conversations at trailheads and on skin tracks with other groups - what are your plans for the day? Approaching bottom up or top down? Here's my...

Huh, I find the Camox FBs to be pretty predictable in all but breakable crust. Anyway, a friend has the Dynastar M-tours and loves them for a do-everything mid-waist ski.

I'd be up with a copper meetup if schedules work out.

Now that's just crazy talk.

1:30 from Silverthorne to Golden this morning. Amazing how many semis without chains on snowpacked/ice.

Should have hung out in DEN - 70 reopened a little bit ago.

Motivated. We also have guides for 4 of the days we're there, on our own for 3.

I'll be in Chamonix next week - weather forecast looks showery with a mid-mountain snow line. How bad are conditions going to be?

Helpful review - I've had similar issues with floppy risers and with one screwjacked heel piece.

I found it interesting that in his book (good book bad name, Art of Schralpanism) Jeremy Jones talks about treating any avalanche forecast mentioning a PWL as if it has a "high" danger rating,...

Started hammering snow at my place in summit at 7a.

I agree. I think it's notably from a decision-making standpoint though, since the field observations weren't matching up with the conditions the team expected.

...and because they were depending on a deeper snowpack in the zone to mitigate the PWL danger.

I mapped some lines from guides for a trip we never took (April 2020); here, if it's helpful: https://caltopo.com/m/N851

Yeah, I'm familiar with Conundrum - it sounds like there are veiled claims of something nearby in the Difficult Creek drainage.

Bumping my old thread - since our Vance's -> Jackal -> Fowler trip, we decided a better itinerary is 6 nights over 2 huts, so have done Lindley -> Green Wilson and Taggert -> Friends. Both very...

Don't forget about their Worn Wear site for the expensive stuff. I haven't paid retail for Patagonia in a long time. And they'll still repair their Worn Wear stuff.

Skied: What Big Eyes You Have, Deming Drop, Conundrum Couloir
Want to Ski: Val Scura, pictured above. Also maybe Cosmiques, ENSA, Shit for Brains

Hagar isn't that easy to get to. Loveland has a cat skiing operation it can run in the basin, but Hagar never struck me as having a side country vibe.

Toured E facing in Summit yesterday - it's been a surface hoar factory up high. Lots of loud pow on a supportable slab BTL. Sluffy.

The GQ piece gets a lot less breathless as it goes on. I enjoyed this bit:

As he recalled, “I remember meeting her and she’s like, ‘Yeah, I live in Tahoe.’ I’m like, ‘No, you don’t. I know every...

The Op-Ed is awfully armchair-quarterbacky. Seems like an effort to paint Cody as being a slave to the tick list when it seems pretty clear to me he's been very cognizant of that risk and hasn't...

Appreciate it; I'll reach out.

Yep, trying that route too.

Sorry for the minor hijack, but I was skiing today and noticed one of my shells cracked on my Recons. tompietrowski, any chance you can help a mag out?

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So fucking good today.

Silverthorne to Denver this morning was fine. But Silverthorne traffic yesterday was complete chaos.

I've seen reports of avalanche activity in zones I've considered safe or mostly safe (like gore...

Currently pretty nasty in Silverthorne. Patches of visibility but patches of whiteout. Snowfall looks like it's picking back up too.

Outstanding, thanks.

Is there a good source for looking at snowpack in Chamonix vs. a longterm average? OpenSnow does it for US resorts but I can't find something similar for Chamonix.

Toured in the trees in Summit today. West facing, 10.5k, the storm slabs were reactive even though they weren't very hard BTL (4F, F). Be careful if you're touring in the high country this weekend -...

I have similar physiology - wide forefoot, relatively flat feet, narrowish heel, big calves. I've been happy with the Recon 130 as an inbounds boot - seems like a positive signal for you.

FYI, we were looking at guide dates the week of March 17. As of yesterday, Vertical Frontiers, Ray Huges, and the Compagnie des Guides all had availability.

Locking down our trip and the Smarts as guides. Will report back.

Yeah, we're not heading into it with the mindset of "we must ski the widowmaker couloir." A guide certainly seems like the right answer for putting us on the right lines in the right conditions. As...

Disagree about American pinot sucking.

Our big winner of the holiday was a 1980 Dow's port.

Group of 4, all strong downhill skiers, 2 strong tourers and 2 not so strong tourers. All have experience in big terrain, but no real experience with glacier travel. So, for example, 45 deg. couloirs...

Bumping this thread - any other recommendations for lodging and/or guide services? Looking at a mid-March trip with a focus on off piste/freeride/some light touring, preferably in ice axe/crampon...

A duck patch?

Are meat raffles a thing outside of MN/WI? They're certainly dive bar adjacent.

Your local library also has the WFR manual/book.

Toured near the divide the past couple days - lots of wumphing and shooting cracks out there.

Timely thread - our 8 yr old just started an intro program in what certainly can be a serious ski program. We'll see how it goes.

"People blackmail me by not paying me money."

Incidentally, Bob Iger is also blackmailing me.

Hold My Kid was great.