Wasn't it Hendrix who was asked "What's it like to be the best guitar player in the world"? His reply, "I don't know , you'd have to ask Rory Gallagher". Great bluesman and underappreciated for sure.

I skied and climbed with a condition called Legg-Perthes in my left hip til opting for hip re-surfacing procedure in 2013. I was 59 then and the Dr. had doubts due to how deformed and un-natural the...

I watched the webcams and just couldn't overcome my reservations about the fog and bad light. But hey, it's skiing right? Glad you turned it into decent day & now wish I got up. Last Tuesday was good...

Had a great time too Djongo, your mountain knowledge kept us on the better snow and away from the inevitable masses. My legs needed to recover from so many edge sets & plain old hard skiing. For...

Good to see the snow making the rounds. I have a few days to ski at Jackson & maybe hit Targhee too. Last of January til maybe Feb. 3. It's been 18 years since my last visit and holing up at the...

A retailer in Fernie B.C., Ski Base, has a few pair at 399.99Cdn. Still have 25.5/ 26.5/ 29.5 if they haven't moved them yet. They are the tongue liner not wrap. Happy shopping!

Like new Monsters, skied twice. 350.00 Condition is what you would expect, razor edges, perfect bases, and clean topskins. Mounted for a 296bsl at +1. i could expound on these even with my limited...

I have Don Serl's original Waddington guidebook (467 pgs.) and the Waddington area map on waterproof stock in 20 m. contour intervals. The book and map are un-obtanium. Both are in excellent...

My (177) 108's are mounted +1 with a 25.5 boot. They initiate turns easy and I can drive the front end of the ski decently when wanted. Still rock solid at speed, nothing funny or any tip-sensitive...

This looks good. NWS talking feet of snow around Mt. Rainier. I anticipate a 2023 / 24 theme shortly. Who's gonna tap it?

Now if those were OG Toni Sailer's with them clamps, you'd have my old favorite skis.

I was on the Muir snowfield yesterday. Pretty firm early but most notable, millions of boot holes / billions of suncups across the entire snowfield. I haven't seen it look like this before, not early...

Decent insurance coverage should be enough to fund most of a replacement, assuming the NPS protects it's assets. The road and access at heart o' the hills has been shut off til the renovation was to...

They stepped up their grooming and arguably, best corduroy this year. That and with a few exceptions you had the runs to yourself. L.S. always congests a bit but over on 9, wide open fast laps.

Can't remember the year, probably late 70's, maybe 80's something. A guy with a rifle wading through waist deep snow on lower Northway asking if we had seen any Elk. "Nope, just skiers" First week of...

There's also goats that range in Norse Pk, Cement / Lake basin area that wouldn't appreciate the intrusion. Too many would have easy access to some of the best and noteworthy, most dangerous touring...

Good beta Greg. If it's gonna hurt, make it short. As much as I don't want to shave a little material off the throat area, would that improve the clearance a bit? Did this once before but marginally...

I was surprised that the change from the previous Pro Guide model reduced interior volume and hardened up the throat making them a bitch for some feet profiles. I may work into the newer boot but a...

Bullion basin was a thing many years ago. That side never drew crowds and had a few fun runs but it takes direct sun in later season and the snow rots out quick. When it was lift-served, had to pull...

Just picked up the 21/22 Tour Pro's and first glance out of the box, they're narrower. Same 99mm last as the GP's but could not get the left foot in. Short of dis-locating a hip joint, no angles or...

Off-chance one of the collective here has a set of PRD PowerRails (or know a source) that I could acquire? Several shops I've reached out to seem very reluctant to part with them unless you buy a...

Faaassst delivery. My binders were in Frankfurt Germany 2 days ago. At my door before noon today. Impressed.

They must have algorithm's coded into their web or visitor/shopper identification. An ad comes up today and it's for for the bindings I loaded into a cart but had an unexpected price hike occur. Now...

Last night, Head PRD12/ 95B, were advertised at 115.95. Dropped them to a cart & rang up at 149.95. This morning, 202.95. So the weekend sale price ended but the 115.95 becoming 149.95 has no...

And scrounging through the ski boots to score hardly used Intuition liners has been a fruitful endeavor.

Having donated a thrice-drilled pair of Stockli DP Pro models, always feels good to stumble onto something when I drop in. A night table with exquisite wood and lacquer finish is on the floor for...

Thanks again Bobby!

Wasn't sure if I should call for Bobby's assistance but hoping to get a car-fax for VIN: JF1CX8655VH100166. If I could obtain one, eternally grateful. Thanx.

The outfit running this is "Under Canvas" and they have a presence in many premier national parks. Same gig and tailored to the tenderfoot level camper with $$. Had this been attempted 20 years ago...

Think The Swallows Nest, a mountaineering gear shop that was in Seattle had some pic's of their Pickets adventure on the catalog, one being the cover? That was off the hook for most of us week-end...

Cream, Disraeli Gears.

Have skied the F1's with Dynastar vertical eagles. Very light ski and 170cm. It's a nice set-up I wouldn't hesitate to ski in steep / challenging conditions given soft snow. On frozen, light and...

Mid-May on, much better prospects. I spent several days in tent destroying winds that sent me into a tiny cave. Quietest place ever been while it roared outside and sunset view to boot. By Saturday...

My recollection of skiing the old chair up Bullion was, if the main lifts start to get crowded, we'll get more skiing done there so we did. Better skiing? Not really. It gets direct sun so melt-off...

Yeah, drivers on 410 can be genuine shitheads. Worse yet, some ski like they drive. I'm an early bird so the occasional Elk is as bad as it gets.

Well, this ends my 50+ year tenure at Crustal. Fuck Frank and his Alterra sharp pencils. Given a La Nina winter with 6 different atmospheric river events and a mountain you rarely could ski to it's...

S'all good. Figured some better context would show the humor of it.

Uh excuse me but never said I wore a resort or patrol jacket. It was a close enough look that the folks behind didn't catch on which tells a bit about their over-all mountain knowledge. Never...

Gives a memory of walking up to the face above a Crystal Mtn. run (first bootpack) and four guys start behind us on a fast clip. Having the correct color and fabric pattern as the revered patrollers,...

Their "offering" sounds about equal to the costs they avoided by not running / staffing a significant number of advertised and available lifts. No need to patrol that 60% of the terrain not open too....

My experiment by accident; One pole had a loose adjuster & crept up an inch. Okay, feels a little different but still working. Run later, it's 2 inches. Halfway down, 3.5", bottom it crept up maybe...

Pretty big totals coming & lots of wind. Monday likely to be a bit limited but have 3 days to play up there.
Be a' lookin for some mags in this pow frenzy at the big C ! Ski ya there.

Oh somewhere between my armpits and shoulders oughta work. The venerable Bob Burns says so!

Whatever happened to Hookey-bobbin? Surely some of the collective here have enjoyed a brisk slide hanging on to a rear bumper. Hitching between Ketchum & Warm springs long time back, a VW bus pulls...

Skiing was pretty decent....most places. Weekend masses, visibility, and selective grooming made for some interesting moments. Only lament, Coffee was being sold in 5 oz. tiny cups in the Campbell...

Thank you for the beta. I found this in a google search & thought worth sharing;
"While there has never yet been a wholesale removal of a wilderness from the National Wilderness Preservation...

Skied Miriam basin with a patroller & then several more runs in there a couple years ago. For many, it's just a right hand 90 degree turn off a groomer or alternatively, the hike up Hogback offers...

Similar skier density to the mid-sixties, week-end crowd when Poma #2 got you up that hill. No need to roll / groom anything, it's taken care of.

In 1969 a guy who co-directed a ski school I was doing a seminar with took me to that (Crystal) hill and three of us shoveled our asses off til we had a 10' kicker and perfect in-run. It took a full...

The costs went up by a lot with new ownership, too much for what you get. But I come from the old days when it was doable for people managing on a budget. If you look at the available terrain, it...