Aspen 24-25

[whipski]

anybody willing to share some good bc spots for touring between town and Carbondale? we'll be up there for a week in January and will be splitting our time between the resorts and walkin' .

gracias de antemano!

Take Cnty Rd 108 due west out of town. About 2 miles up turn right on Cnty Rd 125. 5 miles to Cnty Rd 117. Turn left. Drive about another 5 miles to where the road is no longer plowed which is a mile past Sunlight Ski area. Skin track on the NW ridge to summit of Williams Peak. Popular back country skiing with low to no avy danger. Use Caltopo but almost any skintrack will take you to the summit nice views.

[Shredly von Whiplash]

have blizzard brahmas 178 with marker griffons i think 300
have ferox freebirds in 181 skied 4 times marker alpinist bindings no skin - 450
have various cheater 21m master race skis if u need a pair - cheap (blizzard firebird cheapest 150)
have ski touring boots various 26.5 and 27.5 if u need a pair (zero g orange 26.5 and green 27.5 for example)
before i make a run to replay let me know if interested...i'll wait a few days
have a pair of unused full blown rossi hero plug boots (i couldn't stand them) if anybody has an up and coming racer
these are not like heads - not really fun at all to ski off course
have a pair of nordica 26.5 something racey fit but 120 flex

i love scott flyrods

[Shredhead]

This storm is over producing and it's getting good!
Might want to catch last run.

[N1CK.]

Take Cnty Rd 108 due west out of town. About 2 miles up turn right on Cnty Rd 125. 5 miles to Cnty Rd 117. Turn left. Drive about another 5 miles to where the road is no longer plowed which is a mile past Sunlight Ski area. Skin track on the NW ridge to summit of Williams Peak. Popular back country skiing with low to no avy danger. Use Caltopo but almost any skintrack will take you to the summit nice views.

thanks man, I'll check into this.
everything I'm finding via online resources sounds fairly sketch and high risk, so far.

[grskier]

thanks man, I'll check into this.
everything I'm finding via online resources sounds fairly sketch and high risk, so far.

Most of the BC here is high consequence, the rest are pretty disbursed and not much between Carbondale and Aspen.

A lot of people skin up the ski areas here, there are some BC options from there as well.

[grskier]

Aspen looks to be the winner so far with about 2x the accumulation. I'm in meetings almost all day tomorrow. Enjoy

[funkendrenchman]

Almost [emoji637][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]]” on Ajax. Sometimes you just get lucky.

[Wes Mantooth]

thanks man, I'll check into this.
everything I'm finding via online resources sounds fairly sketch and high risk, so far.

Kinda the deal around here unfortunately. Especially with this recent dry spell we got massive surface hoar crystals so whatever falls on top will be sitting on potato chips

Some lower angle trees on Huntsman or Justice but can quickly end up in avy terrain if you go too far. Willies is the friendliest option for sure

[N1CK.]

Kinda the deal around here unfortunately. Especially with this recent dry spell we got massive surface hoar crystals so whatever falls on top will be sitting on potato chips

Some lower angle trees on Huntsman or Justice but can quickly end up in avy terrain if you go too far. Willies is the friendliest option for sure

Yea, thanks. Same conditions here on the front range. I guess we could do worse than a few days of riding lifts!

[Shredhead]

I'm sure Highlands was off the Hook!

But I prefer first chair of the year, on 1A. Followed by twelve laps of untracked on Norway.

[Wes Mantooth]

Highlands opening delivers once again. Not as deep as last year but an untracked morning in DT with zero lift lines

[allTandA]

dropping into highlands tomorrow with my 14 yo ripper. where is best place to find a good one day rental ski? Christy said they have KORE's. I am typically on M free 108 and he rides R10's. I thought we were going to being skiing hardpack and 90x rental ski would be zippy and fun. but it sounds like there is good snow out there and our typical mid fat freeride ski is best.... any info is helpful. especially related to a relatively quick rental turnaround.

we are leaving glenwood @7 am to get to a shop early.

[Shredhead]

Every shop has nice shit. I'd just use
the shop at Highlands for convenience and maybe to swap out a few different boards.
PM me your digits and I'll send you two 50% vouchers.

I'll be 1st chair at 1A again, if anyone wants to rip few?

[grskier]

Great chalky conditions on steep NE facing stuff still. Found some funk elsewhere though.

[grskier]

Still some great chalk to be found, but I'll take a storm any time now.

[JaytaeMoney]

Good conditions for skinning in the resort and skiing with the kids

[alpinevibes]

I finally got my ass out for a first real ski on Friday. Ajax was excellent for groomer ripping, as long as you have some edges.

Some Highlands laps and a Ozone/G6 on Saturday. G6 is full-on windbuff chalk down the tube. Super super fun.

Tiehack yesterday, nice and sunny and quiet.

[grskier]

I heard G6 was $$ but I was too tired to hike after skinning to MGR on Saturday morning.
The bottom 1/5 of the skin track in Highlands is.... sporty.

[funkendrenchman]

Some good chalk and the groomers are holding up nicely... but I'd take 2 feet anytime now.

[Shredhead]

Snowmass is only opening at 8:30, during Christmas this year. Coney Chair alleviates any lines, but funneling the jibbers thru Fanny Hill is scary. Get up and out of the village as early as possible.
High Alpine and Alpine Springs are skiing the best.

[grskier]

Haven't made it over that portion of Snowmass yet. We got last few chairs on Elk Camp yesterday (parked at two creeks). I was pleasantly surprised.

[JaytaeMoney]

Skinned from my house to Sam's this morning, fresh groom was money. Hopefully we can get another foot or so in the next few days.

[alpinevibes]

Ajax was not too bad yesterday once it started to snow pretty hard. Christmas Tree delivered.

I spotted RFK Jr cruising through the gondola line. That would be a strange single to add to your bucket


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[grskier]

Highlands was really good yesterday afternoon. Will try to get the kids up again today for a few late laps, maybe on Snowmass.

[grskier]

Recommendations on where to buy boots/get fitted. My nephew is out in February and plans to purchase. Probably touring boots, but TBD on that for sure.

Surefoot Aspen has a good crew, as does whatever they call upstairs at what was Stapleton's (above Butchers Block).