2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

I am attempting to be there early tomorrow despite not landing at BZN until like 1230am. Looks like today was legit!

[Yonder_River]

I want to be swimmy!

[swimmy]

So, about that forecast...

I want to be swimmy!

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

BB forecast looks messy. Might have to watch from the sidelines.

[Talisman]

I have seen Swimmy suffering for his art on cold days and patiently waiting for the "shot" while others rip up the snow. Swimmy makes it look easy, but lifting all those large fish in the summer and taking actions shots of snow sliders all winter can't be easy.

I want to be swimmy!

[Norseman]

BB forecast looks messy. Might have to watch from the sidelines.

eesh, yeah that could be a "whole upper mtn closed" sorta thing, plus parking pressure from dweeb-ass powdertechs

nice shot of needed snow tho

[ski counselor]

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. From Thursday afternoon through Saturday night it will be snowing moderately too heavily in most of Montana. Big Sky, Bridger Bowl, and Montana Snowbowl are all in line to see very big totals. Expect 18-30 inches during this time period. We would not be surprised to see upper mountain totals approaching three feet if everything lines up perfectly. A combination of cold temperatures, decent pacific moisture, and support from these waves of energy are the ingredients needed to keep this storm going for a few days. The heaviest snow for all these areas will likely fall during the day time hours on Friday, but moderate snow will be falling Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday morning as well. Friday and Saturday look like great days to be skiing and riding. Expect 5-10" Thursday night, 6-12" during the day Friday, and another 5-10" Friday night. The rest of Montana will do well too, including Showdown, Discovery, Red Lodge, and Teton Pass, where generally 10-20" should pile up by the time this storm ends."

Ye-hah and giddy-up! Time to layer up and get out there!

[Ted26]

Nws looks a bit overdone to me. HRRR has 1” swe for Bridger by opening tomorrow then snow continuing through the day, probably 2”+ by time it’s done. Depends when the east winds pick up. Can see schlasmans possibly staying closed tomorrow

[kathleenturneroverdrive]

Reminds me of a couple years back where a few hundred people (including myself) spent 3+ hours waiting for Bridger chair to open. If this delivers, I'd be surprised if that doesn't happen again and would guess Schlasmans is shut until Sat or Sunday. (not that I'm trying to be negative - it's so great to see the snow coming back)

[skiJ]

Anybody skiing big sky tomorrow?

I’m in best ski shape in probably 10 years (not unlimited but pretty good) and rolling solo Thurs before skiing w my boss Fri/sat around foot & ankle surgery conference.

I’m a big sky virgin and would love a little guidance. Got my beacon shovel probe for riding tram but not looking for a ton of hiking or crazy exposure.

Holler via text or PM or whatever. Three-oh-3 Seven-4-eight, 4337

Dr. G.

Just Be early , and

give the, 'change for a nickel ! ' shout and

look for smiling old geezers > follow them.

If you catch a chair with them, ask 'em if they remember coloradoMax ( I think it was... )


you pop-up about every third year, And I smile
( you a Dad, yet (?) )


Your luck to hit BS this week... ! 😳


regards, Doc.

skiJ

( god. it feels like pre-2010. . . )
😄😄😄

[swimmy]

Grabbed first bucket this morning. Tough viz and I kind of skied it like shit. But the top of Liberty was deep.

[Buzzworthy]

A buddy of mine’s son is in Bozeman for school and his girlfriend is scheduled to fly in about noontime Friday. Dad is thinking about contingents if things go nuclear and asked me to hit you guys up.

What are your expert opinions about her making it in then? Is there even a shot with this storm? I’ve never flown in there, only have driven.

TIA!

[Bunion 2020]

Gallatin Filed has gotten a lot bigger and better at managing weather events. And usually these hyped storms are the kind that fizzle while the sleeper days of yesterday continue to delight.

Hows that?

[Buzzworthy]

For your sakes I hope nothing fizzles!
Do appreciate the insight, thanks Bunion.

[toastybroski]

Camping out tonight and skiing tomorrow at BS. Hit me up if you see me, I don't know the mountain well. Bright blue flylow jacket, dark blue pants with moments.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Punted today to be an adult after 9 days in Mx (sunshine is amazing btw....highly recommend. Much success.). Looks like Swimmy found da goods. Hope Max found em too.

Will hopefully be leading the southbound pain train tomorrow AM.

[skaredshtles]

Grabbed first bucket this morning. Tough viz and I kind of skied it like shit. But the top of Liberty was deep.

[Bunion 2020]

Awesome shot in its simplicity. Anyone who has ever set off from the top of a mountain in milk bottle conditions can feel the vertigo in that shot.

[toast2266]

Grabbed first bucket this morning. Tough viz and I kind of skied it like shit. But the top of Liberty was deep.

Daaaaamn.

This storm looks like it's kinda just skimming by whitefish. Which is lame. 2023 is not impressing me so far.

[yeahman]

Really cool shot swimmy. I decided not to pay the tram charge today and just skied trees on the lower mountain. Open areas seemed pretty wind affected. Around noon I went down to Dakota and I guess the word was out because there was a looooong line backed up the cat track. I just turned around and hiked up out of there and went back to Shedhorn. Kinda sucked they didn't get Thunderwolf operating until afternoon when I was getting ready to leave. I bet there were (and possibly still are) some great stashes in there.

[Myron]

https://www.explorebigsky.com/the-la...fes-work/47522

Just about everybody who has skied up there a lot has gotten the s*** scared out of them at some point

[Deep Days]

Looks like I found swimmy… good dude! Thx for snapping pics brother.

I found the vertigo too. Honestly on first tram there were points when I wasn’t totally sure if I was moving or not. But ya, as depicted, it was deep and face shot City.

Pretty much everywhere was good today. I was pretty pleased as a newby w the ground I covered. One disorienting tram lap was enough, then 3 laps on Dakota (lift line was actually quite smooth and even at 11am Bavarian fairly untouched), 2 on shedhorn (main bowl off skiers right from the top was pretty well buffed), 3 on challenger (sharky and crusty at the top but creamy and nice albeit not super deep down low), 2 I think on thunder wolf (same story), and ran out of time to get to lone tree from six shooter, but it looked really really nice. Visibility was far and away best on Dakota, shedhorn, and andesite, but even bottom half of challenger was really not bad. Deepest in the bowl of course and skied very slightly skied-out most everywhere else but goddamn I can’t complain.

I like Montana…

And indeed J, my boy turned 2 in sept, and I believe if you look up Gangster on Wikipedia, this photo from Massachusetts comes up now.


My wife texted me a few min ago w his comment after seeing that delightful photo swimmy took: “helmets are for skee-en Mama!” He’s going to be such a badass. 🤣

Tomorrow should be rad. Look for the orange helmet and dirty orange pants…




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[Harry]

Grabbed first bucket this morning. Tough viz and I kind of skied it like shit. But the top of Liberty was deep.

Holy shit.

[~mikey b]

Looks like I found swimmy… good dude! Thx for snapping pics brother.

I found the vertigo too. Honestly on first tram there were points when I wasn’t totally sure if I was moving or not. But ya, as depicted, it was deep and face shot City.

Pretty much everywhere was good today. I was pretty pleased as a newby w the ground I covered. One disorienting tram lap was enough, then 3 laps on Dakota (lift line was actually quite smooth and even at 11am Bavarian fairly untouched), 2 on shedhorn (main bowl off skiers right from the top was pretty well buffed), 3 on challenger (sharky and crusty at the top but creamy and nice albeit not super deep down low), 2 I think on thunder wolf (same story), and ran out of time to get to lone tree from six shooter, but it looked really really nice. Visibility was far and away best on Dakota, shedhorn, and andesite, but even bottom half of challenger was really not bad. Deepest in the bowl of course and skied very slightly skied-out most everywhere else but goddamn I can’t complain.

I like Montana…

And indeed J, my boy turned 2 in sept, and I believe if you look up Gangster on Wikipedia, this photo from Massachusetts comes up now.


My wife texted me a few min ago w his comment after seeing that delightful photo swimmy took: “helmets are for skee-en Mama!” He’s going to be such a badass. 🤣

Tomorrow should be rad. Look for the orange helmet and dirty orange pants…




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fkna buddy



fkna

[idahospud]

A buddy of mine’s son is in Bozeman for school and his girlfriend is scheduled to fly in about noontime Friday. Dad is thinking about contingents if things go nuclear and asked me to hit you guys up.

What are your expert opinions about her making it in then? Is there even a shot with this storm? I’ve never flown in there, only have driven.

TIA!

Weather doesn't stop flights from arriving at BZN unless there's a fog layer sitting over the field and nowhere else. Happens once in a while, but tomorrow won't be that day. His special lady will get into town just fine.

Source: it's part of my job.

And indeed J, my boy turned 2 in sept, and I believe if you look up Gangster on Wikipedia, this photo from Massachusetts comes up now.


My wife texted me a few min ago w his comment after seeing that delightful photo swimmy took: “helmets are for skee-en Mama!” He’s going to be such a badass.

Dads of TGR unite! How many days does the little man have on skis? He doesn't look at all troubled to be in hard boots.