You da ho and Montards Tele DPP TR

[vdRONdripper]

Blacktail Mountain, Montana and
The Little Bitteroot Valley..
Makes for a fun trip from Cda, Idaho
and back..We ski one day at Lookout
Pass then travel for 1.5 hrs to Hot
Springs, Montana where we spend the
night..The next morning we drive 1 hour
plus to ski @ Blacktail Mountain all day,
returning to spend another night @ Hot
Springs..The following morning, we stop
for another day of skiign @ Lookout on
the way home...
A few pix, some taken from a moving
vehicle..
Hope you enjoy..

The Clark Fork, downriver from St. Regis..



Crossing the Flathead River not far from
the Little Bitterroot Valley..


In the valley looking back toward The St Regis
area ..The pic shows the effects of being in the rain shadow of the mountains and the microclimate in the direction of Lookout pass..



Little Bitterroot Valley farmers! They
are AWESOME in the wind!

[vdRONdripper]

Breaking the posts up to
make things easier...

The motel destination. Healing waters!


Built in the 30's ..Nicely renovated..
Get room 6 or 8!

If you want to save $$$, they will rent
you a TeePee @ the camp grounds
across the street!!
BTW, there's a mountain close to
town that's about 7500 feet in ele.
(the town is 2700 ?) so there are
enless XCD and BC possibilities close by..

In the Motel's hot house
which has its soil heated with the
spring water...Pretty amazing and simple!


Very friendly place to stay..

[vdRONdripper]

Passing by Flathead in the early
morning on the way to Blacktail..

[vdRONdripper]

Various ranges and the N
end of Flathead from
Blacktail Mountain..It's
a very friendly, small and
VERY inexpensive mountain..It
has a generally northern aspect
and a lot of it is shielded from the
the effects of sun and wind..There's
plenty of fun..Go for the extreme
BEAUTY of views and the laid back
atmosphere , not the "extreme skiing."

I should have gotten better pix, but hey, we were busy. :lol:
There's some really nice tree skiing here..
very open..mellow even though the sign
might worry ..There was a steep
creek bed to get over, but I never saw cliffs..
The snow was crusted early on..LIKE MY NEW JACKET IT IZ TEH WARMZ!

Off to the North, Big Mountain and Glacier..
They are actually not hard to see
from up there irrespective of this
pic..


Sunday, heading back to the St Regis/Lookout
area , and another storm..

The Little Bitterroot and Blacktail Mountain,
they're not Hollywood's Montana.. :lol: :lol:

[vdRONdripper]

I'm the best bitches! May as well give me the 500k TGRz.

[vdRONdripper]

We teh VDrippers are n the Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie
area..I don't care who "cares."
"NW Rockies" and more are All within 1 -3 hrs ..

[userA]

your best post ever!
bF

[Harry]

Blacktail is a fun little ski hill.

I used to date a chick from Hot Springs, so I know Alameda's very well.

Cool TR.

[vdRONdripper]

Beware , the proprietor has
5 ankle-biting "guard" dogs!! :shock: :shock:

Here's a map of Blacktail..Virtually
anything you will find around 30 degrees
or more will be @ the first lift ...


BTW, forgot to mention that the
National Bison Range can easily be
included as a short side-trip on the
way to Hot Springs from Lookout/St Regis..
http://www.fws.gov/bisonrange/nbr/photographs.htm

[vdRONdripper]

your best post ever!
bF

Awesome..Appy why you hate me?
What does the following
formally represent ?
(a . b . c . d ) > q
Hint: it is understood to be
a tautology.. a very important
tautology, central to debate ..
Try again , it's perhaps more clearly
represented by this:
((p > q) . p) > (q) ...
Think now, think!
I,on the other had, will offer all the proofs you need!

[vdRONdripper]

Don't let anyone fool you..
Everyone here is on hardpack
the majority of time -- which
might not say much considering how little
a lot of people here actually ski..But who takes
a chopper to the BC every day anyways?

My fattest are 80 --83 underfoot..
But I am kinda broke..
Some day I'll do 100, but not until
I can ski my skinniest (63 mm under) under
all conditions without a flail!

[vdRONdripper]

A nice day @ Silver with
plenty of sun off and on..
Powder stashes off the
groomers ..Thanks to
Td for guiding the fun..

TeleKid ripping a groomer on
3pin/cable and leathers..

The gang plus Td, out in a
stash..Gt ripped the traverse
trail out thanks to his 3pins! :lol: :lol:

The Kingdom Boys..

A couple of shots of Teledance..
Ya gotta be fast to get him
when he decides to rip
on his Voile 3pin Hardwires--
"Best binding ever." :lol: :lol:
He holds a nice racing arc! Arc on !

]
Much more to come..
Today: Schweitzer Mountain!

[vdRONdripper]

Joel (Tele King? I lose track of "teles" :lol: )
with his big pack! If ever there was
an ad for Voile 3pin/Cable, these guys
should make it! BTW, That's tele kid down below..

[vdRONdripper]

This is a strange pic, so
I posted it.. :lol: :lol:

[vdRONdripper]

Day 2, at the top of Schweitzer..
The big lake down below ..
My friends Billk and Kathy ( the day's
ambassadors ) and the gang! Photo
by "Kelly Don't Tele" ...

Gt on pins and camber..Packed snow..
He switched those skis out for something
a bit more suited for conditions..

[vdRONdripper]

Chasin' Billk --his
2nd day out on new
AT gear, K2 Backups ..
I also have a pair!

[vdRONdripper]

A mood pensive!

Joel stylin'

[vdRONdripper]

Come on boys..and girls!
Thanks to Kelly and Kathy for pix!
Bill seldom loses a smile..

[vdRONdripper]

Good times! Thanks Ron, for putting this together....Cool that you posted my DPP pic! The Kingdom Boys are good folks, and talented skiers.

Bill we are recovering and
taking a "dryin'" out day today..
Tomorrow we conquer Mt Spokane
if you ( and Td ) can make it..
Last pic of the day @ Schweitzer..
Waitin' for a lost Gt and Tele Mayhem!

[GoldMember]

Mt. Spokane tomorrow, eh? Good luck with that. This is the forecast for the top of the mountain tonight and tomorrow...

• Tonight
  Rain likely, mainly after 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Wednesday
  A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a southwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

[vdRONdripper]

Better yet " Woolrich?" ..I have a matching Woolrich..
Like the props ?


Hey, I scratched my head up and
never noticed! Took the helmet
off to go retro!
:lol: :lol:

[Danno]

shitty alias. but at least there's some pretty pictures.

[vdRONdripper]

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Ya don't mess with Gramps! :lol: :lol:

John Wheeler aka Plastic Wheeler Barbie Doll Tele :lol: :lol:

[vdRONdripper]

The light was often flat
and often blindingly bright..
enhanced some of them to
try and adjust white balance
before posting..Pix are half luck
and half art; no one will stand
around for long and the person
taking only has so many opportunities
and so much time between them.
Sometimes the best way to mess up a
pic is to keep fooling with it--much like
digital audio..


Mantras meet Supercomps..

[vdRONdripper]

Performance Art! :lol: :lol:


Sometimes the fun is
too easily forgotten it
seems tele.skier.. :cry: :cry:
Anyways, past my peers
tryin' hard for the Ridin' Low
Lite Award..But I am pretty sure
Tele Kid beat me. :lol: