Snowbird / Alta Inbounds 2017-18

[Tippster]

Bummer, Max.

I'll see you on the deck if you're there between 1/20-1/26.

[Deep Days]

Tippster I’ve actually got most of those days off from work, so schredd I️ shall.

Brighton wasn’t half bad today and yesterday. Bummer to pay for lift Tix but they were at least discounted ($55 rather than normal $85).

3 lifts running, so could mix up about 4 or 5 combos of worthwhile runs, and lines weren’t bad. Running only every other chair (not sure I’ve ever seen this) but still < 5 min wait generally even in middle of day.

Starting to get brown in more spots today for sure, so hopefully this storm will pan out.

A few tracks under lift line on snake creek—coverage actually not terrible.

Anyway, was fun to dust off the cobwebs and try out new boots. Chris at Inkline is the man.

[fantastic_damage]

Gameday tho

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[jtran10]

Saw Alta moved their expected opening date to 12/2 (from the 1st) on their website yesterday PM without any other fanfare.

[Skidog]

Saw Alta moved their expected opening date to 12/2 (from the 1st) on their website yesterday PM without any other fanfare.

Like you're itching to rush up there for that? I surely am not..... I had always heard 12/2, but saw 12/1 (and heard on news this AM). Its looking pretty bad at this point here in Utah...

[jtran10]

Like you're itching to rush up there for that? I surely am not..... I had always heard 12/2, but saw 12/1 (and heard on news this AM). Its looking pretty bad at this point here in Utah...

Ha. Likely heading down to Moab this weekend. Wanna ski, but a WROD at Alta just feels wrong.

[Skidog]

Ha. Likely heading down to Moab this weekend. Wanna ski, but a WROD at Alta just feels wrong.

doesnt it though? I been thinking about a south utah late camping trip myself.

[mall walker]

Moab was nice this past weekend. Cold at night though.

Anyone know what the "coverage" is like on the GWE side of Brighton? I could drive up but I am very lazy

[jtran10]

Word from up canyon is Mambo on Collins, Crooked Mile on Sunnyside. Open Saturday.

[Skidog]

Word from up canyon is Mambo on Collins, Crooked Mile on Sunnyside. Open Saturday.

Wow..sounds like it'll be AMAZING.....

[skideeppow]

So both alta and the bird are shit right now?
Things are pretty grim here, Aspen is rock heaven. I destroyed 2 pairs of skis in 3 days.
Whoever says its not so bad up there is just not being realistic. Its a fucking mine field of rock and thin coverage.

[brutah]

skinned up to the top of collins yesterday. the skiing was complete shit, but fun to get some exercise and was more fun than my run this morning

[detrusor]

Kids skiing for Snowbird Devo this year. Gotta think Saturday is out....


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[Dshack89]

The top looks much better than I expected: https://youtu.be/_n33OMyAum4

[rsknight1]

I have to believe that unless the switch really gets tripped, they need at least another week.

[Deep Days]

Anything happenin up there?

[Skidog]

Not a fucking thing. Will get a little shot tomorrow into Thurs, but looks like maybe 6-12". We need a LOT more than that.

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[brutah]

skiing's been pretty fun though and alta has a ton of terrain open considering..... lots of sharks off piste

[claymond]

Alta has way more terrain open than Snowbird. I'm jealous. That said: It doesn't feel like mid- December to me. Not just snow and weather wise, overall I just feel like it's fall still. So with that mindset, focusing on making nice turns while hauling ass down groomers has been awfully fun.

[claymond]

That said, fuck I'm desperate for some actual shit to fill in enough to open

[Deep Days]

20” gotta mean something more will open soon eh?

See y’all this Saturday!! So stoked

[SJG]

takes so much to fill in at SB. Bananas opened on Saturday and it's still a mine field. Some areas got wind scoured something fierce, so even though 20" fell none of it stayed around.

We are a month behind on the snow pack. I know the next big storm some guys are going to get season ending injuries charging lines that are simply not ready.

We just need more water..... Be patient!

[Deep Days]

Yesterday was pretty rad.

Coverage still sucks balls except on piste and in some select areas like the cirque (although I definitely scraped plenty of rocks trying to find shit to jump off of on the cirque). And indeed I left w a couple core shots. But skied a few really fun lines like this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dss8mlmysx...irque.MP4?dl=0

Much hooting and hollering were done yesterday.

DO YOUR SNOW DANCE. Let’s get some better coverage so we can open ‘er up and start hucking pillows willy-nilly...