WASATCH STOKE, CONDITIONS, OBSERVATIONS and ASSORTED DRIVAL 20-21

[getoutside]

I was a Solitude passholder for a long time. I’ve skied Moonbeam and Apex for weeks into several seasons, I was neither livid nor angry. I was happy to be skiing. Going through life angry at everything that doesn’t go your way isn’t a key to a long happy life.

^^

[Lone Star]

oldskibum, you answered your own question. the laissez faire terrain policy allows the young and the dumb (and the wise summertime scouters) to try to get those facets to sinter a little bit.

[Kevintheskier]

I was a Solitude passholder for a long time. I’ve skied Moonbeam and Apex for weeks into several seasons, I was neither livid nor angry. I was happy to be skiing. Going through life angry at everything that doesn’t go your way isn’t a key to a long happy life.

And I have skied Solitude too. What in the world does having skied Solitide or been a pass holder have ANYTHING to do with my brief post regarding THIS YEAR??? Learn some reading comprehension... And I love Moonbeam and Apex too, but not when only 4 green trails are open.

. We just hit mid December; all this rage against Solitude is stupid.

Who said I have rage against Solitude? I said those who only ski Solitude must be livid at only having access to 4 green runs. And I do ski somewhere else thank you very much. I have passes to Alta, Snowbird, and Solitude. I skied 2 powder days at Alta just in the last 2 days alone. So yeah I'm good. I was making an observation for the Solitude folk. You people sure get triggered very easily.

Feel free to ski somewhere else, I won't mind.

Oh good now I can sleep at night.

I thought you skied LCC 150 days a year? So don't you already have it figured out? Why do you care about Solitude?
working!

I don't. I was making a comment about those who only ski Solitude. How is everyone's reading comprehension so horrible??? You all take the Tanner Hall path in life?

[jtran10]

calm down Kevin

[Lone Star]

he signed a waiver!!

[jtran10]

Pro tip: if you're gonna try to ski this zone right now stay near the skin track. Went elsewhere and ended up having to hike down most of the way to the road due to all the brush/logs.

[mall walker]

calm down Kevin

lol

[kbowm]

A few of us are speculating about Snowbird's aggressive early terrain opening this season. This is NOT a complaint! We've never seen terrain open so quickly with a relatively minimal snowpack. It's definitely rock ski conditions to access many lines, but the skiing has been SO good. Rat's Nest into Great Scott has been open for a week [steep dirt entry], and yesterday they even opened sharkey upper Scott off the ridge, and the bony Cirque Traverse offers cautious access to great mid cirque shots.

On Sunday afternoon when it started to really dump I ended up in some zones that had me questioning whether I had accidentally ducked a rope. I was super surprised by how much is open given how rocky it is, and the new snow suckered me in to some really terrible skiing more than once. Also not complaining, where it's good it is good...

[Kevintheskier]

If people want to ski rocks let them. Personally I never even consider the Cirque traverse until about a 65" base. That is generally what it takes to get traverse coverage and even then you are dodging rocks. If people want to destroy their skis in order to ski off trail a couple weeks early then let them.

[D-Roc]

calm down Kevin

Kevin is your Dad's name Francis?

(Yes that's a Stripes reference)

[schindlerpiste]

Exactly. For a minute there I thought that we just had to endure your unwarranted aggressiveness toward the board. At least, now I get a peek at inside your mind. ...JONG

[telefreewasatch]

Oldskibum you have a short memory.
9 - 25 years ago I was opening and closing terrain at the bird with a motto of:
Moguls from the dirt up.
Nice when one isn't nervous about in area deep slab.
A lot easier to reopen terrain when one is mostly dealing in new snow instability;
dishin' it up.
When I got run out, terrain openings got conservative again.
With Mongo now gone the boys are getting their feet under them again.
How I trained them all years ago is paying you all dividends.
Just not your skis.
When I started on that aggressive program many said we were gonna see an increase in head injuries.
The public proved worthy of our trust to not kill themselves in those years.
Hope that behavior in low tide conditions continues at the Bird,
we'll see what a 10 year hiatus has changed...
Jimmy

[whyturn]

Hwy 162 FTW. Ripped little bear


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[Phall]

The answer is yesterday.

[whyturn]

This is classic and why I just don’t go to BCC or LCC much anymore. Makes me sad cause some damn good days at Alta and the tude. But hey that’s good for you as one less skier in your resort.


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[skifishbum]

And I have skied Solitude too. What in the world does having skied Solitide or been a pass holder have ANYTHING to do with my brief post regarding THIS YEAR??? Learn some reading comprehension... And I love Moonbeam and Apex too, but not when only 4 green trails are open.





Who said I have rage against Solitude? I said those who only ski Solitude must be livid at only having access to 4 green runs. And I do ski somewhere else thank you very much. I have passes to Alta, Snowbird, and Solitude. I skied 2 powder days at Alta just in the last 2 days alone. So yeah I'm good. I was making an observation for the Solitude folk. You people sure get triggered very easily.





Oh good now I can sleep at night.





I don't. I was making a comment about those who only ski Solitude. How is everyone's reading comprehension so horrible??? You all take the Tanner Hall path in life?

Woah now tanners way of life
JAHBLESS
CUZ YO ASS NOES NOT
The fogs may not be happy
But none at sillytudes gits livid about it being what it is
And color the my aint paid for a pass to ski em all 4 over a decade old man skibum ass unimpressed with yur imaginary e life kevs
Bumped the bambi at 3 am on my morning commute coming onto wasatch yesterday

Left a mark and I shoulda went back for the maul
Other than that all I gots is shop god stokes

[tgapp]

^^^ sorry about your truck SFB, that sucks

but thanks for the great attitude and stoke and pictures of kick ass dogs, that's what this shit is about

and really, sillytude skiers are great, i love the fogs. never found a cooler, more inclusive group of crusties than their crew. love the vibe there, and if i had a soli pass i would just be stoked to hang with the crew, not bitch on the internet about the lack of xxHaRdCoRexx skiing

[skifishbum]

The bueaty is if you don't think the hardcore skiing there
Well you obviously ain't seen alto shred shot 22 1/2 or been up the fantasy
Mur gods

[Boissal]

It's about time we get some coverage so mallwalker & co. can begin inundating this thread with pics of nightly wanderings (too early to count as morning in my book). The last couple pages are 75% cunty drivel about road/terrain/snow and 25% pics of thinly covered brush.

Y'all need to cheer up, you're coming as unglued as the snowpack is about to get in this storm. Here, some stoke and a huge crown recently spotted on a "harcore skiing" outing:





Yep, shredding the Millcreek road. And it's still better than half the shit in this usually glorious thread (canine stoke not included of course)

[dfinn]

Mar123 & marshal spotting sharks



Looking forward to this next storm but also being realistic, it’s just barely gonna cover up the next level of rocks that are currently visible. Sorry skis.

[telefreewasatch]

It's about time we get some coverage so mallwalker & co. can begin inundating this thread with pics of nightly wanderings (too early to count as morning in my book).

I didn't realize how short you are!
Must be hell breaking trail...

[Boissal]

I didn't realize how short you are!
Must be hell breaking trail...

About fell over trying to take that pic too, balance isn't all there on day 1 and that road is serious skiing, all steep and narrow!

GooglePics reminded me this morning that on this day last year I was on top of Gobbs after skiing White Snake, ready to drop into Bobsled in primo conditions. I should have sacrificed more goats during the year, or more virgins maybe, cause something went horribly wrong on more than one front.

[whyturn]

Had one of the best runs going out of top of summit at soli down to the dam and dropping into Brighton. Got a ride back and lapped the trees off milk run


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[snowaddict91]

Didn't take any pics cause it was getting dark and we were chasing daylight, but it was great to run into d-roc in the grizzly lot. Thanks for the turns man!

[oldskibum]

Well Jimmy, you were our Snowbird hero for quite a while! So many good memories in a blurry haze, through all the changes.