2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

[Trackhead]

Shred, nice pic. We had fun Saturday at Bridger. North facing terrain skied fine. And the perpetual stoner vibe and blaring music also makes it fun.

[MTPOW]

Getting good up high these days. Corn and pow! Just getting this binding jig project off the ground and stoke is high so I'm hoping to get the word out close to home. If you are in Helena I can give a demo!I have Pivot and Alpinist so far. Binding library is expanding by most popular request. Jester, Griffon, Squire coming up next. The jigs are very simple, fast, extremely precise with little to no drill slop and have very accurate ski and boot centering and cost about the same as a shop mount. What binding models should I make next?Let me know if you have any questions.

[MTPOW]

Goal is to make the most precise jig available for the price of a shop mount.
Hit me up!

[HHTELE]

Anyone want to hazard a best guess on big sky conditions early April?We just cancelled an Iceland trip because of lack of snow. Thought about the dolomites, but looks like low snow. Thought about Andorra, but.... I am noticing a trend.As a Boyne employee I get some reciprocal privileges at Big Sky, wondering whether first week of April is generally reliable corn.

[yeahman]

Anyone want to hazard a best guess on big sky conditions early April?We just cancelled an Iceland trip because of lack of snow. Thought about the dolomites, but looks like low snow. Thought about Andorra, but.... I am noticing a trend.As a Boyne employee I get some reciprocal privileges at Big Sky, wondering whether first week of April is generally reliable corn.

I wouldn't say it's reliable corn. Just as likely to be powder. Or chalk. Or windbuff. Or bulletproof ice. Just no way to know until you get closer to the date. Most of the mountain still has a decent base, so there's that. And a couple systems are coming through later this week and next to add to it. It's a cool mountain, if you've never been there it could be worth a gamble. Good luck to you whatever you decide to do.

[Bunion 2020]

March came in like a tame little Lamb, bring on the Lion.

[Leftyt]

Anyone want to hazard a best guess on big sky conditions early April?We just cancelled an Iceland trip because of lack of snow. Thought about the dolomites, but looks like low snow. Thought about Andorra, but.... I am noticing a trend.As a Boyne employee I get some reciprocal privileges at Big Sky, wondering whether first week of April is generally reliable corn.

We have been coming out in April for +10 years and it is always a bit of a gamble but worth it to us. Nice way to end the season.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

MTPOW I am very interested in a Pivot jig. Please keep us posted.

I am heading down to Ghee/JH to chase this next cycle. Chances are it actually nukes deep everywhere on BS while we're gone.

[adrian.bee]

Bad year for "lift incidents" https://x.com/redlodgemntn/status/1899477021299724787

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

What happened?

[toast2266]

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Some googling indicates that a guy was essentially blown off the chair. Chair didn&#39;t have any sort of safety bar. Winds gusting above 60mph.</p>
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Sounds like a head injury.&nbsp; Vibes to all involved.</p>

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Holy shit that is fucking scary. Vibes. As a young punk and/or drunken skier I always thought I was too cool for the bar. Kinda like skiing without a helmet. Then I became an adult and I like being alive and could care less about if putting the bar down is uncool. Especially on the new high speed direct drive space bubbles which stop on a fucking dime and basically eject you off the chair when they e-stop.

Now chair without a bar? I'm gonna have a death grip with an arm over the seat back if there is any gusty wind.

That sucks for that dude. We can speculate all the want, but the right 60mph gust and maybe any one of us could have gotten blown from the chair.

[Gaffney10]

RIP! He passed away. 37 years old

No kidding about the bar. Swifty is absolutely scary sometimes the way you sit upright and the consequences if you would fall. Not to mention the shift during a sudden stop.

[Gaffney10]

The Yellowstone County Coroner's Office identified the man as 37-year-old Jeffrey Neil Zinne. The coroner's office said the cause of death was accidental blunt force injury and he was pronounced dead at 1:16 a.m. Wednesday.

https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news...20Neil%20Zinne.

[Castro's]

Wow - that is sad AF. I've riden that chair a gazillion times and was shocked that they upgraded the Miami Beach chair which literally serves 1 run vs the Triple Chair which is the main bloodline to the entire mountain. It's old, slow, unsafe, and about 3/4ths of the way up it stays and bounces when the wind is whipping over Cole Creek. Absolutely horrible

[Harry]

Vibes for the guy’s family.


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[MTPOW]

WG
I can&#39;t seem to send private messages. Hit me up if you want a jig. I&#39;ll cut you a local deal.
And anyone else with a montana ship to!

[yeahman]

Waiting patiently for the snowstorm. [emoji1696] Yesterday in the Swifty line a woman asked ski patrol how to find the "hut just off Lobo" where she was supposed to meet her friends. She seemed a little miffed when the patroller declined to offer her directions to the smoke shack.

[Bunion 2020]

Well, he was probably sporting a fluorescent green cross so I can understand her asking.

[Talisman]

There are at least three huts off of Lobo so the patroller may not have wanted to lead the woman astray. The shack picture Yeahman shared is what I know as &quot;Drive Through&quot; and down hill and east is &quot;Tee Box&quot; and there is another shack on the West side of Lobo that connects to Soul Hole on the exit.
I am looking forward to the new flourescent orange crosses for patrol and assume patrollers must be tiring of the dispensary jokes.

[Shredeagle]

Ski patrol is going downhill. Bunion probably would have turned that encounter into a hot date in the old days!


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[swimmy]

Bring your co-workers to ski day was a blast.

[Bunion 2020]

What in the wild world of sports is he a buildin there?

[406]

^^^Starting on the pond a little early?

[swimmy]

Big Sky firing. Let’s roll.