2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

[Norseman]

Avalanche Warning just issued by the GNFAC.

Can we get some avy porn, too, while we're demanding satisfaction from afar?

[Bunion 2020]

[Bunion 2020]

Ha. This thread is a boner-killer all year. I think you and I both check this thread all year vicariously, and all we get is pages of old men coffee chit-chat with weird inside jokes, and if we get pics it's no-action smoke hut pics from Big Sky. BB guys are sometimes posting stoke though.

C'mon, guys I know you only ski Mr K but let's see some deep shots for once. At least you guys aren't posting selfies, I guess?

I don't really ever carry a camera unless the skiing is shitty. Hence, no pics.

[Harry]

we're demanding satisfaction from afar

Here is a no-stoke pic for muted and Norseman.

Swiftcurrent lift line at 11am



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[Bunion 2020]

IKON not believe that!

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Ho Lee Fuk

That line is ikonic. Very deep and fluffy on Andesite. Better show quality than I expected. Good for shoveling. I bet the skiing blows.

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[abraham]

I see snow on the trees. Counts as stoke from soggy Washington

[BobbyBill]

At least we got BobbyBill and Matt cranking out the daily vids.

Bobby, did that dude crash into you at the :50 mark in yesterday's vid?

Ha! That was Matt, and no, he just buzzed me, no contact made! Yesterday was great; today, for me, not as good with almost too much snow and way more people. On the positive side, we have the makings of a solid base now for the rest of the season, having gone from 60 inches to 80 inches in the past few days.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

I bailed, limited open at 945, heavy heavy pack. Snow was wet concrete.

[S_jenks]

Looks like a lot of the Ikon holders bought into the forecast and decided this would be the best time to use their Big Sky days.

[Bunion 2020]

[happytimefunbox]

Alpine SWE can isn't recording. Bohr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brackett Creek shows +1" of SWE. Temps are rising and the wind is steady.

This storm may redefine some avalanche paths both north and south.

Not for nothing but LCC is shut down, neither Alta nor the Bird spun lifts today with interlodge in effect till tomorrow.
Shenanigans!!!

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

This was around 9:15 IIRC.



As for taking pics, if it's good - don't have the time. I was the first on top of PK yesterday. If I dug out my phone for a pic, 4 chair loads would have blew by me.

Did take a pic on the way home.

[RootSkier]

That'll buff right out.

(Hope everyone's OK.)

[08-15]

I bailed, limited open at 945, heavy heavy pack. Snow was wet concrete.

True, but a good day to work on some essential skiing skills:
- Extended standing in lift lines
- Burying tips and double-ejecting in style
- Backseat surfing

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

So you were watching me!

[idahospud]

This morning I was really wishing I'd gotten out, density of the snow be damned, but it increasingly sounds like it was a good day to put out fires at work.

[Micol]

How to fuck up a 15" powder day (with pictures) warning no stoke factor, and im not kidding...
but maybe this helps you not do stoopid like me.....stokekiller follows...
woohoo baby !!



Ride up swifty, Make the Call ....try to make a strategy decision....hmmmmm...to dakota thru the trees from top of swifty it is....enter at point X
Put my whole nut on Red, let the wheel spin....


skied the green line (pic below) and it was deep and untracked but w moderate buried sea turtles, get hopes up for lapping dakota...get to new point X where rope is pulled and start the wait while shooting the shit with an interesting small group.... time: 10am........

gd, its 10:50am, make a phone call, get some 411, not good, decision: leave, flat ski to get to point XX, 2 patrollers there say Shedhorn opening gate dropping in minutes.....boot pack back up to point X
1 Hour effectively pissed away...


shoot the shit again, lift maintenance on sled pulls up says, dakota ready to roll, avi control work above complete, waiting on shedhorn...11:05am shoot the shit, some get word from patrol , shedhorn needs a tire, 11:30am most others waiting leave, i remain, former lifty, ive seen tire done, this could be fast,... going all in.......wait some more....
This is point X


12 noon , this dood shows up says friend has a radio on the freq, says gates gonna drop, by the way he did 6 andesite laps, 2 swifty, 2 challenger, before getting to the bone yard here at Never Drop Gate.....12:15 troller on a 2 up sled back seat gives us thumbs down as they pass us....fuck
2 hours effectively pissed away..

get the bitch out down to swifty base....this run , (is it a run?) whatever cat track , sucks
Now: 12:30pm....

ride up, seeker, closed, head for challenger....ride it, ski a line that is super buffed....fuk fuk fuk



ski the hell out, go home....wtf??
best line was teh walk path from Gold lot down to lower lot....lol
did it really snow, cant remember......
i guess it did...


the end

ps now my bronz pass is dunzo for the week and i gotta hop a virus laden plane for biz trip..oh yeah, prez week black out anywayz....

boo who

[lifelinksplit]

I'm not mad I'm just disappointed....


Says the guy who skied a bunch of pow and didnt take a single pic...

[jeremiahyawnson]

Ha. This thread is a boner-killer all year. I think you and I both check this thread all year vicariously, and all we get is pages of old men coffee chit-chat with weird inside jokes, and if we get pics it's no-action smoke hut pics from Big Sky. BB guys are sometimes posting stoke though.

C'mon, guys I know you only ski Mr K but let's see some deep shots for once. At least you guys aren't posting selfies, I guess?

That's because it sucks here. Bumps are too big. Light too flat. Snow too wet. Can't wait to move away from this place. I hear that ColoRADo is where it's at. Better lifts, better jobs, better... laws, and more women. MANtana sucks.

[Bunion 2020]

Vibes. With the activity this season to date I was not expecting much.

Hopefully they don't damage Shedhorn with tomorrows control work.

I will be down there and ready at 9.

[joeshek]

Sitting on a frontier flight headed up for Denver. Every overhead bin is full of boots, and helmets. Should be ikonic!

[Micol]

Sitting on a frontier flight headed up for Denver. Every overhead bin is full of boots, and helmets. Should be ikonic!

don't forget the lanyard...

[S_jenks]

And the stickers

[Bunion 2020]