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Thread: The Checklist: What's Yours?
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11-06-2020, 01:06 AM #26Registered User
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I've been lucky enough to ski a lot of places, even though much of that was in the 90s on old school gear.
Never ski'd in Europe or Japan, those would be top of the list. Iceland too!
Closer to home:
Taos
Silverton
Telluride
Aspen
Crested Butte
Steamboat
Banff/Lake Louise
Castle Mtn
Kicking Horse
Panorama
Fernie
Apex"The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size."
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11-06-2020, 06:50 AM #27
The were has become less important that the how and why as the years tick by. I love a powder turn as much if not more that the next guy but I'm kinda done seeking it out at all costs. Give me some smiling friends and a good fall line and I'm happy. It seems like a much more achievable goal. That said, mountain travel by skis is just about the best. So my list would be.
Somewhere deep and stable that I've never heard of...that is probably up some logging road it BC.
Anywhere and everywhere in the Alps with giant terrain....Queyras and Zone du Vendal are at the top of the list.
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11-06-2020, 07:32 AM #28Registered User
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Have only been to:
Bridger(home for 20yrs)
Big sky
Teton pass(MT and WY)
Red lodge
Targhee
Jackson(thanks Djongo!)
Alpine Meadows
Big Mtn
Red Mtn
Whitewater
Whistler
Lost trail
Disco
Midwest molehills
Copper
Steamboat
Prob some I'm forgetting
While I would love to hit euro land and more of Canada there are still so many places close to home to ski. Obviously heli skiing is high on the list if I had money to burn.
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11-06-2020, 07:41 AM #29Banned
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Life should be lived as a story, not a list.
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11-06-2020, 07:46 AM #30
( I believe ) Foggy is on to something - and perhaps it belongs in a different thread --
To those of you exploring the World ,
I offer admiration and respect and encouragement !
Go ! get 'em ! Life is a gift ! enjoy as much as you can ! !!
for this post
in this thread... please
Please enjoy the people you meet along the way...
as JB wrote,
I 'll see you on the slopes !
Thank you for the fellowship - tj
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11-06-2020, 07:47 AM #31
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11-06-2020, 07:48 AM #32
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11-06-2020, 08:24 AM #33
Sitzmark
Bluewood
Anthony Lakes
Soldier Mt
Pomerelle
Warner Canyon
Pebble Creek
Etc...
I want to ski interesting little hills with no crowds and cool locals. I can’t stand the powder frenzy and mountain bro scene.
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11-06-2020, 09:17 AM #34
I've skied a number of those areas on your list; Soldier, Pomerelle, Pebble and a number of other tiny/small areas in Idaho, shooting for the Idaho Ski Area Association. You are onto something, for sure. Going to those areas is a blast! Small town ski hills are at the root of skiing and as the ISAA tagline states, they represent the Soul of Skiing. They're fun, very welcoming, many run by volunteers. Pomerelle gets lots of snow and is largely untracked in the trees for days. Granted, they don't have the great terrain that many areas have (although Pebble, if you hike for it, has some fun stuff) but they're not tracked out and the people are great.
Here's some video we shot at Pomerelle a few years ago. Kind of shows what's there.
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11-06-2020, 09:39 AM #35
Anywhere I haven’t been. Powder highway is a good start
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11-06-2020, 09:42 AM #36
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11-06-2020, 11:29 AM #37
(stolen from @lagravetourisme instagram)Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
>>>200 cm Black Bamboo Sidewalled DPS Lotus 120 : Best Skis Ever <<<
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11-06-2020, 11:36 AM #38
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11-06-2020, 11:52 AM #39
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11-06-2020, 12:07 PM #40
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11-06-2020, 12:55 PM #41
related topic : favorite things in life -
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...avorite+things
thanks... tj" ... I will do anything to go Skiing ... There Is no pride ... " (Miriam , 2005-2006 epic)
Dec21, 2016. LittleBigLost :
" I think about it everyday. It is my reminder to live life to the fullest. I get up early, go to bed late, 'cuz I got shit to do. Like I said, I'm 61. Not going to wait till I'm 81 to do stuff, ...
Get out there and do stuff!
Enjoy life to the fullest!!
See you on the slopes! "
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11-06-2020, 01:14 PM #42
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11-06-2020, 01:17 PM #43
I used to ski Pomerelle early every year to warm up the legs due to mellow terrain and early snow. I skied with a guy once that lived off the backside somewhere and had something like a 2,000' powder run all to himself down to his house at the end of the day. Pebble backside is great and front too when they have enough snow.
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11-06-2020, 01:20 PM #44
I would like that when Canada opens back up.
Lost Trail, Maverick and others in MT as well.
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11-06-2020, 09:22 PM #45Registered User
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11-06-2020, 09:24 PM #46Registered User
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11-06-2020, 10:40 PM #47
Silver->Turner->Montana Snow Bowl->Lost Trail->Discovery Basin->Maverick Mountain is a great route.
After we got sick of the big resorts, we did variants of this itinerary for a couple of years.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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11-06-2020, 11:37 PM #48
Europe...all of it
South america.... especially the odd parts of Patagonia where its just a fishing village with giant peaks towering over
British Columbia hut skiing
San juans and the greater southwest
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11-06-2020, 11:43 PM #49
Hmm. Good question.
One or two places in the piemont which I didn't get to see last time.
France south of LA grave and the French main alpine ridge is also bit of Terra incognita for me. And I know that there are some interesting spots.
Oberwallis has one or two spots that should be worth exploring with the right conditions (which basically never happen because it's do dry there).
One touring farmers lift here in northern Switz which has potential, but hasn't had decent snow for years.
And a decent pillow cat skiinglodge in BC which is not too dentisty. (no clue which and no idea whether I would really spend all that money).
Going back to : AK, but not the Heli ops. Too much of a gamble for all that money. So Valdez in an RV and touring set up. (and this time with a sled.)
In conclusion: man... I've been places. (south America doesn't really tickle me to go... I go surfing in the summer...)Last edited by subtle plague; 11-07-2020 at 12:13 AM.
It's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.
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11-07-2020, 06:23 PM #50
PLEASE No talk of PEBBLE CREEK it blows.
Buster your words on Silverton were an understatement. We got a storm and an amazing guide. Classic ski/fire world our guide was NATE McCall jumper who knew lots of friends and it was on.
pRay for SNOW my FRIENDS AND if YOU Make pebble let us know we or some of the other assholes will give u a front/backside tour.
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