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09-21-2021, 07:52 AM #2501
I must defer to HMS' assessment. I'm fairly certain her experience driving ID 33 in a storm is way more than mine.
I almost added that it's all relative. It's likely that we've all driven in a blizzard, out in the boonies, more than most folks. Epic tales of 5 hours with a 3 foot visibilty buffer. Talk about intense focus...
If he goes skiing on a motor sickle, he will indeed be the Lost Cosmonaut.Last edited by Djongo Unchained; 09-21-2021 at 07:54 AM. Reason: the west slope chimes in with the facts!
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09-21-2021, 07:56 AM #2502
Snow tires - FTW!
Git sum.
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09-21-2021, 08:09 AM #2503
33 and 32 are different than other boonies routes... they're on the upslope and get decent snowfall plus heavy winds up the Snake... and the road cuts through the rolling spud fields lead to insane snow drifting. I remember busting drifts on 32 several times, barely making it through to Driggs before the route closed for days. Always the crux coming from MT. Teton pass was always easy street in comparison, even when snowy.
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09-21-2021, 08:16 AM #2504
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09-21-2021, 08:17 AM #2505
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09-21-2021, 02:58 PM #2506Registered User
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Yeah, already signed lease and everything. I'm not too worried, it's a 12 month lease and it's about the same price as my place in NY currently but about 200 square feet bigger so I can't complain. Not like I can buy a house in this market, hoping the housing market shits itself hard in the next year or two.
And yep, working at the site. Commuting 70 miles is gonna be great but at least there's a bus.
Whatever happens I can't do much worse than my friend who rolled his forester off Monarch Pass a couple Decembers ago. (somehow he didn't smash himself up too bad)
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09-21-2021, 04:06 PM #2507Registered User
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do you know much about rexburg and it's culture?
sounds like you are working at the labs so not for lds inc.
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09-21-2021, 04:53 PM #2508
I love driving ID 32.
It's amazing on the motorcycle, fun in the sportwagen.
I suppose those 2 do close pretty easily. I've driven 32 a few times in a blizzard and it can be a white knuckler. 33 seemed pretty straightforward tho. Guess the severity of the condish is the key. 26 can be sketchballs just because of the howling wind and the slick surface.
If EoB can be at the village at 530 am on a snowy morning, from south IF, on balding summer tires, LoCo can do it.
Studded snows - FTMFW!
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09-23-2021, 06:05 PM #2509
Studded tires for sure. ID 33 closures has kept me away many a storm cycle. I can make it from my house to the ghee in 1:45 or the village in 2:15 with studded tires if the roads are open and if my 1.5 mile of “driveway” to I15 isn’t drifted in.
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09-27-2021, 07:43 PM #2510Registered User
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Looking at taking an avy 1 course this winter and from the research I've done it seems like a lot of different outfits offer classes.
Does anyone have recommendations for any particular outfit, can share good experiences, etc?
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09-27-2021, 07:53 PM #2511
You can't go wrong with https://www.americanavalancheinstitute.com and it could be worth looking into taking a companion rescue course after your avy 1. I've been fortunate to take a handful of classes from different providers and my experience with them has always been great.
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09-27-2021, 07:56 PM #2512
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09-27-2021, 10:14 PM #2513
Take an Avy 1 with Magette Homemadesalsa!
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09-29-2021, 07:06 PM #2514Registered User
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09-30-2021, 05:46 PM #2515
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09-30-2021, 08:29 PM #2516
Just need to chime in here on an unrelated topic…Djongo has been doing out-fucking-standing work building us a fence. Mad props, dude.
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10-01-2021, 11:12 AM #2517
Mountain is holding back on locals kids program sign-ups with coaches getting little/no information to this point, due to understandable staffing issues. Meanwhile ski school is open for business on all private lesson bookings, no lack of staff there.
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10-01-2021, 11:19 AM #2518
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10-02-2021, 03:01 PM #2519
Heard Target might cancel their store due to lack of employees. Gonna be a tall task to staff REI.
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10-03-2021, 02:22 PM #2520
Just noticed this stickerage on my buddy's car this morning. Anyone remember skiing with Polly 10 or 15 years ago. I think it's a sign.
Attachment 387740“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
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This is OUR mountain - come join us!
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10-03-2021, 06:50 PM #2521
Thanks @snapt. ur classes run through Yostmark Backcountry Tours and our classroom is in Driggs. We have permits to ski on the west side of Teton Pass, so we never drop over the top into the J-Hole. If you have a good situation in Jaxon, then AAI is fine. All our instructors also work for AAI, and all our classroom stuff is in-person, as of course is our field work. I am pretty sure that all the AAI classroom material is online again this winter.
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10-03-2021, 08:59 PM #2522
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10-03-2021, 09:30 PM #2523
We need a taqueria where the Lame Duck used to be. Street Foods East Side?
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10-04-2021, 09:35 AM #2524Registered User
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~ ~ SKI THE BIG ONE ~ ~ JACKSON HOLE '20-'21
Anyone else notice the road slumping at the lagging wall in the EB lane near the top of the pass? I’ve been monitoring it on my weekly drives over the past few months and there’s no doubt it’s gotten worse.
Wonder if there will be an attempt to fix it before winter hits.
After a quick google search couldn’t figure out what year the wall was put in, would love to slap a level on that thing to see if it’s still plumb.
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10-04-2021, 11:20 AM #2525
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