Last day of the season at Great Divide and pond skim day. Thinking of digging out my old pontoon skis for maximum water flotation. I never liked how they skied but they might be just the ticket to...

Yeah I noticed that as well. It's possible they are still negotiating this but I don't know anything. In any event the pass is still the way to go. The snow yesterday was seriously wind affected...

Was there yesterday and I'll be there tomorrow but I had to work today dammit. You ever notice how much working can be an inconvenience when the skiing is good?

Yep it skied great today with nobody there but the next couple days could be special.

Great Divide skied great today. About 5 inches new at the opening and then about 5 more throughout the day made for probably the best day up there all year. Coverage was good enough.

Easily the best day of the year up there. It even felt like there was somewhat of a base. Amazing.

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The Tetons taken from the Colter lift area at Grand Targhee this week.

Glad to report Targhee has a decent ski base and is skiing like a normal year. Checked out the newish "Colter" lift and was impressed with the beautiful terrain and views. Love the mellow vibe...

And to add insult to injury, yesterday at Great Divide the upper mountain was total hardpack/ice conditions. The parking lot was empty by noon. Going to Targhee this weekend.

Props to Great Divide for opening up their chairlift today to the top of the mountain even though we were skiing 12 inches of powder on a 0 inch base.

Signs at the base of the chairlift...

No shit? Well I still call the Heaadwaters "Nashville Basin".

The skiing was pretty sweet on Saturday morning with the 4 inches of fresh. I noticed the trail name "Wounded Knee" somehow magically became "Spotted Elk" on the new trail map. I suppose that will...

Finally some snow expected Saturday at BS. I'll still be on my rock skis.

I assume yesterday at Great Divide was the last day of lift served skiing in Montana. There were some bare spots but in general, coverage was still plentiful and it wasn't too sticky if you had a...

Well I can tell you Shedhorn skied quite fine today as well. However an oldtimer told me on the chair that it was 30% better yesterday. So there's that.

Yeah, I had the same reaction. It mentions the dreaded word "variable". Not sure it's worth driving down today.

The 8 inches or so from Wednesday/Thursday's storm held up surprisingly well at Great Divide today. As the warm day progressed, it got set up and tomorrow will suck but early today was a legit pow...

Disco was deserted today even with 10" of fresh. Sweet!

Skied the last Wednesday of the season at Great Divide today with excellent snow conditions. Starting next week they will only be open weekends but the good news is they're in good enough shape to...

The interstate on the way to Big Sky was solid ice today and there were some flip overs but I persevered and got to ski some really great snow (seemed about 14" new) particularly off of Lone Tree....

$20 for skiers. $50 for boarders.

Yeah but have you skied Pussy Meadows? Apparently lots of folks got shut out yesterday with no place to park and had to either go home or just wait. Today seemed like a regular day but of course...

Great Divide is claiming 24 inches in last 6 days so it could be the place to be today. It was the real deal yesterday but be careful on the access road. There were some slide offs yesterday.

I did 8 straight runs in Wild West it was so good in there. Agree it was the day of the year so far!

Great Divide was excellent yesterday with great snow quality that should be even better today.

According to the rule of "Great Divide by two" the 6 to 8 inches reported actually seemed closer to 3 to 4. However it skied great and all was well.

Great Divide is reporting 6-8 inches for today which means I don't have to drive a long distance to find the goods. Maybe the first time this season when the best skiing is right in my backyard. ...

Don't think Kalispell would be an improvement in quality of life issues over Helena. All I can tell you is I was at Great Divide today with about 2 inches of fresh and it skied wonderfully. After...

Taken from the "Powderchasers" website regarding the up coming storm:

"The models are a bit at odds with each other on exactly how much snow will fall, with some disturbing yet exciting ranges....

"All reasons we love it, but average families may just end up taking their trips to places a little sunnier/warmer/more shops/more restaurants/more slope side accomodations/etc etc."

We can only...

I once skied Great Divide on a 26 inch powder day but it was back around 1993. I'm still waiting for the next one. Actually it was too much snow for the relatively low angle mountain. If you...

For me this is a no brainer. I'd stay at Jackson Hot Springs, about a 35 minute drive to LT. Great food, great pool, great vibe, and a fireplace in your cabin. Take your sweetie.

The kindest word I could use to describe it is "firm". Let's just say there were more people in the bar than on the hill today.

You were brave to start early. -19 is absurd! I started about 12:30 after it got toasty.

The snow was wonderful for the most part. 0 degrees with little wind. They opened Rawhide lift but it was a little sketch on the bottom over there.

Yeah, the Great Divide ski cam is showing about 8 inches piled up on the picnic tables. I'm thinking it's time to open all 5 chairlifts this weekend for some all day powder skiing. And yes,...

Don't be so sure that the thirty 100 acre Amazon lots are bogus. The guy who told me is in a leadership position at Moonlight and he seemed very authoritative. I guess we'll know for sure when we...

The amount of development going on around the Moonlight Basin area is incredible. A worker told me that Amazon purchased 30 one hundred acre lots to build massive lodge style homes on. When...

I can attest to that but most everything off Lonetree had good coverage. It occurred to me that since all these lifts have got bubbles on them and with the inflated lift ticket prices, Big Sky...

Coverage was surprisingly good up top except where the wind blew it away. Some soft snow in shady areas but a lot of the pow was wind fucked. Never the less it was great fun. Great Divide is set...

Kind of surprised Great Divide only has one run open. I've skied there when the whole mountain was open with less snow than they have today. Guess the current owners are more cautious compared to...

Someday i'd love to hit Turner on a powder day. All that vertical you'd share with just a few folks.

Yeah the day started weird but once you got on the mountain that shit was DEEP. The singles line was the way to go. Great last day for me.

The snow in Headwaters was wonderful today. Last day for the Moonlight side so I just skied Headwaters and Lone Tree all day. Just awesome snow. It was so mellow over there felt like the old days....

[QUOTE=toastybroski;6592336]I was hoping GD would at least get a foot so I could get a couple of quick laps in. That’s probably the only place I can somewhat guess where the base still exists. Oh...

Just saw GT. Divide won't be opening their chairlift to the top of the mountain for this final weekend of the season. This basically ends the season. While it wasn't the worst snow year ever,...

Yeah but for folks patient enough for the snow to soften up, the skiing was damn good. Today softened up earlier at Gt. Divide than Friday when I had to wait until about 1 pm for the snow to get...

Want to ski Big Sky today (3-22-22)? Will only cost you $ 309 plus tax if you want tram access. As a point of comparison, I skied Discovery on Sunday, skied mostly untracked powder all day, with...

Disco's 5 inches today was a creamy consistency that felt like more. Best part was no crowds. Folks must be playing golf.

I learned how to ski in Indiana and Kentucky. Kentucky's first and only ski resort, Ski Butler opened in 1982 but was forced to shut down in the mid-'90s because of the difficulty in maintaining...