Wasatch 23/24 Stoke Thread: Red Snake Coverage coming at you live from tgapp's fartba

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by zion zig zag

Hey good to ski with you today, we’ll find better snow tomorrow. My expectations were so low that I actually thought it was pretty good, and it was my first day, so I was pretty stoked.

I’d say you’re right on the steepness at the crux of Lone Tree. From top to bottom, I’ll bet it averages mid to upper 30’s depending on the year.

---

Yeah today actually got way better when we were ripping around.

Until Wildcat anyway

Let's get out tomorrow;)

Sent from my Pixel 8 Pro using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by whyturn

Great day after the rime low vis went away. It was fluffy in spots and fast snow. Not a lot of people and the crust was only in certain spots. Fun fast day and got on the 99ti mindbender and realized why people ski sun 100 waist.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

---

I was on Billy’s yesterday. Still afraid of sharks, especially if tips are under the surface. I hit a few things but mostly rolled over them.

Kid wants to bring 98s today. I loaded Protests for him, sounds like I should throw the 98s in the car…???

I'm too much of a wimp to go ski when it's 2 degrees. Man Utah is making me soft

Here's some stoke from last week, even one for our pole-less friends

Attachment 480538


Attachment 480541

guess i'll go hit some Bird laps around noonish... cowboy tuxedo>ask 4 change ...may have an extra beer on me for a mag ;)

Backside opened - looks tasty!!
Attachment 480546


And… is that a new slide below 3rds??!! Didn’t notice it earlier this morning or yesterday when in that area…
Attachment 480547

Huge thank you to basin patrol for getting even more terrain open today. Wow.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c521783fb6.jpg

Sent from my Pixel 8 Pro using Tapatalk

Merry Christmas to us with a nice ballroom and backside opening this morning.

Attachment 480575

Attachment 480576

Attachment 480577

Clan Highmen, including at least son #1 and possibly Ma Highmen, should be passing through around January 1 or 2 en route to Silverton.

Another fun day on the hill. Played the grinch in all green but with good vibes

Attachment 480681


Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

Bird Sunday:) this darn picture is there>then disappears /did it twice nowLMAO.oh well

(was lazy w https://attachments.office.net/owa/m...animation=truecamera on xmas)Happy holidays!https://attachments.office.net/owa/m...animation=true

Another awesome day ripping around Alta with my favorite ski buddy!!Attachment 480757Attachment 480758Attachment 480759Attachment 480760Attachment 480761

Sent from my SM-S918U using TGR Forums mobile app

Adorable.

Not acting my age at the other place. It's nice to get in the air in a more conducive environment than chips for a changehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...841fdbedf9.jpg

Sent from my CPH2417 using Tapatalk

Made the most of 8 days of low tide. It wasn’t that bad considering.
The 5” was nice in spots where it blew in.
Christmas Day Santa gave me a rope drop for three honeycomb laps of untracked boot plus. I forgot how sweet it is.

got the furkid out for an xmass millcreek lap
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds
pow mows had way more empty chairs than full and still a bit low tide sharkey
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds
skinned up to james peak for sum slightly wind effected untracked pows
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds
they put up a carpe diem art piece.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds

^^^ RIP Ben: https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-ex...wder-mountain/


Sent from my iPad using TGR Forums

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by zion zig zag

^^^ RIP Ben: https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-ex...wder-mountain/


Sent from my iPad using TGR Forums

---

Beautiful story of a lover of the mountains and the family and friends who love him. RIP

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by zion zig zag

^^^ RIP Ben: https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-ex...wder-mountain/


Sent from my iPad using TGR Forums

---

Miss my ski brother! RIP Ben!
Attachment 480815

Attachment 480857

Has anybody been skiing PCMR or Canyons. Been away for Xmas and have friends coming into town for NYE so want to set proper expectations. I know runs are limited but interested to know how the snow is holding up.

Crowded and hard pack. We just don’t have a lot of snow yet

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TheK12

Has anybody been skiing PCMR or Canyons. Been away for Xmas and have friends coming into town for NYE so want to set proper expectations. I know runs are limited but interested to know how the snow is holding up.

---

Push SCUBA at the Midway Crater. ...:wink:

Could be better, could be a lot worse...

Attachment 480879

Attachment 480880

Attachment 480881

Attachment 480882

Grateful things are as good as they are personally- Jackson, Tahoe, EC threads show how much worse it could be. I'm gonna go ahead and punch a bitchticket here- almost feel bad for the open snow guy whose job is to obsess about fresh POW (where did that stupid all caps thing come from anyway). Im so glad they paywalled that website so I don't get sucked into hand wringing with them like I did 20-22. If anybody has a detox plan to not watch the gfs I could use it. Maybe need to quit this place too, I'm going up every day I can regardless so why stress it? It's just so nice to get stoked looking at people's posts here and seeing storms get closer in the models when it's not like this. Maybe it's all the experience, gotta feel the lows kind of thing.

Feel free to ignore my void yelling

Sent from my CPH2417 using Tapatalk

The chalk at the bird is all time.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Boissal

Could be better, could be a lot worse...

---

Looks pretty damn good to me.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by crankplank

just so nice to get stoked looking at people's posts here and seeing storms get closer in the models when it's not like this. Maybe it's all the experience, gotta feel the lows kind of thing.

Feel free to ignore my void yelling

---

If you can't have fun when the sun's out, groomers are smooth, lines are non-existent, and maybe the wind has worked some magic, well...bless you for staying home :D

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Yukonrider

The chalk at the bird is all time.

---

Now we're talking.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Dantheman

If you can't have fun when the sun's out, groomers are smooth, lines are non-existent, and maybe the wind has worked some magic, well...bless you for staying home :D

---

Im out there riding no matter what, and am very much not a conditions snob. I've enjoyed the empty hill and sunshine almost as much as last years mayhem this time, so why do I even care about checking the weather? I guess at the end of the day I'm just as obsessed with snowboarding as I was at 16 and winter weather is part of that. It's why I'm talking to myself in here, id rather be up there right this second.

Sent from my CPH2417 using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Canada1

Crowded and hard pack. We just don’t have a lot of snow yet

---

That’s what I assumed. They came last year so they were blessed with a couple storms and booked again this year thinking last year was the norm….


Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by crankplank

Im out there riding no matter what, and am very much not a conditions snob. I've enjoyed the empty hill and sunshine almost as much as last years mayhem this time, so why do I even care about checking the weather? I guess at the end of the day I'm just as obsessed with snowboarding as I was at 16 and winter weather is part of that. It's why I'm talking to myself in here, id rather be up there right this second.

Sent from my CPH2417 using Tapatalk

---

I'm in the same boat. Now stuck in Chicago until Jan 3 and I am absolutely desperate to ski again - even if it's icy moguls.

From the day before yesterday, my last ski day of 2023. Get some windbuff for me mags.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ea60803f6e.jpg

Sent from my Pixel 8 Pro using Tapatalk

No stoke, sorry.

But as a native Utahan, literally eat shit Stuart Winchester!
The Storm Skiing Journal is nothing more than a garish google sheet and a worthless pay-to-play PR rag for indy pass and big ski corp generally.

Quote:

---

3) Utah hates everything
With 500 inches of floofy white jamming the canyons, a dozen world-class ski areas, and a ski season that often stretches into July, Utah ought to be the happiest ski state in the goddamn solar system. Instead, a small but highly vocal population orients itself around reflexive opposition to pretty much everything.

---

Any day skiing is a good one, especially in the Wasatch. Back from a 14 day hiatus tomorrow and couldn't be more hyped [emoji2956]

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jackattack

No stoke, sorry. Eat shit Stuart Winchester!

---

Way to prove him wrong

I’m gonna cash in a bitch ticket because I can’t get a parking reservation tomorrow. First strikeout of the season.

jack you used one of your bitch tickets on yer 1st post of the thread.
See the OP rules.
Where is 3) Utah hates everything from anyhow?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by alias_rice

I’m gonna cash in a bitch ticket because I can’t get a parking reservation tomorrow. First strikeout of the season.

---

sent you a pm but if its alta, worth refreshing the browser from time to time. had luck that way last year in a couple situations like yours

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by telefreewasatch

jack you used one of your bitch tickets on yer 1st post of the thread.
See the OP rules.
Where is 3) Utah hates everything from anyhow?

---

I welcome the fart bag

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by alias_rice

I’m gonna cash in a bitch ticket because I can’t get a parking reservation tomorrow. First strikeout of the season.

---

Just go up early park at the bird and catch a bus to Alta.

I quit paying attention to the weather years ago, as I ski everyday the lifts are spinning there’s absolutely no point in wasting energy on forecasts. Can’t ski the forecast. Every remote worker/desk jockey is trying to do that. OpenSnow and better forecasting has certainly led to more crowds and don’t even get me started on Surfline (the creators of that website deserve a spot in hell).

The chalk in great Scott is primo, the access isn’t. No tram line during the holiday week is a bonus. Need a bunch of savy skiers on high rustler to spend a few runs turning on top of the bump instead of the trough to skier groom it.


Sent from my iPad using TGR Forums

The 68 mm life can also be a rewarding one.

Attachment 480985

I don’t come here often & I’m in another part of the Wasatch than most here but luv the posts from those skiing & appreciating how good it actually is, has been & the positives of low tide :).
Front row parking
Not compelled to battle for first chair
Easy to dress for
No lift lines
Good visibility
Stress free driving

Still some freshies
Attachment 481002

& if ya gotta do a groomer it’s still pretty damn fun!
Attachment 481003

Low tide approach:

Attachment 481032

High tide descent:

Attachment 481030

Both pics pillaged from a friend.
Getting harder to find good untracked and manage the various crusts and pockets of weirdness.
Makes for brainy skiing, it's nice to occasionally have to pay attention instead of mindlessly opening it up.

Apron @ Alta opened today

Tourists galore but still a great day

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk