Wasatch 22/23 - Gondolas, grooming highboy, and other comical anecdotes

**Shredhead** · 03-25-2023, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

I trust the Woody's Report

What's the best bang for your buck LCC accommodations? I'm having a hard time choking down The Cliff prices. I just wanna come ski AltaBird without the Gong Show like I have for the last 30years. Is that too much to ask?

Nordic room at the Peruvian.

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**muted reborn** · 03-25-2023, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Woodsy

Go to Snowbasin
Its a junk show up LCC.
No fault of either resort, jus too much snow to safely deal with

Bad advice, snowbasin parking was full by 10am-ish today, also a total junk show. I bet people were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic miles from the resort, not knowing parking was full too.

**Duffman** · 03-25-2023, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

I trust the Woody's Report

What's the best bang for your buck LCC accommodations? I'm having a hard time choking down The Cliff prices. I just wanna come ski AltaBird without the Gong Show like I have for the last 30years. Is that too much to ask?

For how many days?

**Foggy_Goggles** · 03-25-2023, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Duffman

For how many days?

3night ish? No plan

**Core Shot** · 03-25-2023, 02:07 PM

Ivy cottage vrbo

Don’t tell anyone else

Yeah, if you’re solo you could stay up canyon.
But for a few people it’s a sweet place to stay for the price.

**One (+) Sentence** · 03-25-2023, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Ivy cottage vrbo

Don’t tell anyone else

Wow. They’re claiming this place is less than 10 minutes to Alta and Snowbird?

It’s right around the corner from my house and it took me over 2 hours to get up there this morning.

Even in the summer it takes 15-20 minutes.

**Core Shot** · 03-25-2023, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by One (+) Sentence

Wow. They’re claiming this place is less than 10 minutes to Alta and Snowbird?

It’s right around the corner from my house and it took me over 2 hours to get up there this morning.

Even in the summer it takes 15-20 minutes.

Yeah. Canyon sucks ass.
Might be some exagermaration.

Cool chill owner. And fairly priced.

But it is right there at the bottom.
If the gondola goes in. You could walk there from the backyard.

**Buzzworthy** · 03-25-2023, 04:08 PM

99% of those posting here don’t want the gondola. So who gives a shit if that place is right close to it.

We’ve got our resident moron legislators piping up again saying the 1100+ people stuck in interlodge could’ve taken the gondola down. Say what??

**Duffman** · 03-25-2023, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles

3night ish? No plan

Reason i asked is the 5 day cliff deal through snowbird is still $$$ but it makes it a bit more reasonable. Less than that the per day cost is pretty high.

**criscam** · 03-25-2023, 05:08 PM

Today, I didn’t even have to use my AK…

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Although I did get swallowed up by a log..

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**RootSkier** · 03-25-2023, 06:16 PM

I had to drive from St. George to Missoula yesterday and it fucking sucked, so I hope you all enjoyed the interlodge!

**EWG** · 03-25-2023, 07:36 PM

Collins lift sign was throwing out "-40 degrees" today. So that was cool.

**ski_the_fraulein** · 03-25-2023, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by EWG

Collins lift sign was throwing out "-40 degrees" today. So that was cool.

Ha ha! Saw that too! It did switch to 22F after a cycle. Today was good but I honestly was expecting better. I know, I’m a “flipping” Jong bitching about 750”. Incredible!

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**tBatt** · 03-26-2023, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by EWG

Collins lift sign was throwing out "-40 degrees" today. So that was cool.

Did that for a week. Turns out I just had to unplug it and plug it back in.

**VTskibum** · 03-26-2023, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by jhyatt

You hit it just right

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Apparently Utah doesn’t want us to leave. Couple quick Sat morning laps were great

Got back to checkout and flight was canceled, so decided to just go bang around SLC w kids. Bought new skis from Lone Pine for my son, nice lunch and headed to pretty slick Ninja Warrior gym in Sandy for the kids to play

After 5:45am flight de-boarding after sitting on plane for 90 minutes. Rebook a red-eye for tonight and head back to airport hotel. Lunatic taxi driver had 3 almost crashed on the 10 min drive, then 1/4 mi from hotel completely blows a 90* corner and goes over the curb. He just missed the traffic light pole by 2’.

Fortunately we were all fine, but we all start laughing our asses off, driver excluded. I was really hoping he was going to ask me for a tip, couldn’t resist grabbing pic above.

Insane week of skiing and the insanity continues!!

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**whyturn** · 03-26-2023, 10:11 AM

Skied amazing yesterday. Deep and deeper in some spots. What a season and it it just keeps snowing

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Saw this cloud formation on the way home and it looked like a dragon blowing cold smoke

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**EWG** · 03-26-2023, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by tBatt

Did that for a week. Turns out I just had to unplug it and plug it back in.

Ha. Should have left it to scare the decent folk.

**tgapp** · 03-26-2023, 11:47 AM

Absolutely stellar sleeper morning. Fuck that was good

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**Lurch** · 03-26-2023, 12:13 PM

At Snowbird today. It is my first time skiing the Wasatch in 15 years. I don’t remember the snow being this heavy. The storm came in cold so I am not sure what is going on but the bird is not covered in the cold smoke I was expecting.

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**halliday** · 03-26-2023, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by whyturn

Skied amazing yesterday. Deep and deeper in some spots. What a season and it it just keeps snowing

Saw this closed formation on the way home and it looked like a dragon blowing cold smoke

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I was there Mon-wed last week. Pretty good for what it was. Its been a stellar winter....

**One (+) Sentence** · 03-26-2023, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Lurch

At Snowbird today. It is my first time skiing the Wasatch in 15 years. I don’t remember the snow being this heavy. The storm came in cold so I am not sure what is going on but the bird is not covered in the cold smoke I was expecting.

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Sorry, Steamboat trademarked 'Champagne Powder' 14 years ago.

**Phall** · 03-26-2023, 06:26 PM

Another stellar day. 4 walk on wildcats to keyhole, soft wind buff sunspot, supreme area is mighty filled in and skiing great, more pow in thirds…kind of ok with the rope tow being down preserving the experience.

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**GoosiePoo** · 03-26-2023, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Lone Star

kitty please don't die on us

Is there more to this story? Was riding Wildcat today and it seemed to be riding the struggle bus with multiple start/stops/running half speed.

**muted reborn** · 03-26-2023, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by One (+) Sentence

Sorry, Steamboat trademarked 'Champagne Powder' 14 years ago.

I thought the snow here turned heavier right around 2012 but my memory kinda sucks.

**Toadman** · 03-26-2023, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Lurch

At Snowbird today. It is my first time skiing the Wasatch in 15 years. I don’t remember the snow being this heavy. The storm came in cold so I am not sure what is going on but the bird is not covered in the cold smoke I was expecting.

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It's probably all the toxic China pollutants in the snowflakes weighing things down. Or, you know, you could just be getting older.