Geezus...
And so the prophecy remains true - I come out and ski thin cover, and about a week later, DUMP. You're welcome guys. Next year, I'll come out in November. ;)
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Geezus...
And so the prophecy remains true - I come out and ski thin cover, and about a week later, DUMP. You're welcome guys. Next year, I'll come out in November. ;)
You must have forgot to go to Bridger, they got dick all from this last cycle. We'll save the shitty for ya if you want to come back out and give it another go...Quote:
Originally Posted by axebiker
Understatement of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunion
Got first tracks down The Bowl, sweet ! Several laps there, then switched to the tram. Should have brought a book to read in line... Once up top conditions were great though.
I like the sharper rocks on Lone Peak. Cleaner, deeper cuts. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by hick
I'm trying to line up something for March maybe. Likely a first-ever summer trip as well.
Nice, we also were on the first string of chairs. The Bowl was most excellent. The snow seemed to be a bit heavier than Saturday; almost chalky and creamy, depending on what exposure you skied.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
I'm not sure when you got in the tram line, but around mid-day, it was only about a three car wait. Gullies to Crons had far better coverage and skied rad. Challenger delivered yet again. I heard Dakota finally made it open and it was most excellent, but we never made it over there.
The whole weekend, I was surprised at how empty Big Sky was... I guess everyone was in Jackson.
It's amazing how those two days of fantastic skiing changed my mood. All is well ...
Also, check out the webcams at Big Sky right now. :yourock::yourock::yourock:
The forecast of "Snow Showers"
Music to Lone Mountain skiers ears. 3-5" new today, snowing hard when I left.
Early morning a/c already scheduled for tomorrow, going to try and re-open the N. Summit and open more new terrain in the Headwaters.
Now for the shitty part.
Ski it hard tomorrow because the wind is supposed to begin to blow come Wed. and may be a factor for several days. We need to staple this new bounty in place and keep it where it belongs.
Oh, how the elbows will fly in the riff-raff zone when the snow is flying. You guys sure have stepped it up from the mold house of years past. :biggrin:Quote:
Ahhh, you like that eh? Built it with my own two hands, serves its purpose nicely and allows us to keep the riff raff on the other side where they belong.
You want to hang out? Go to the bus station.
Anyway, that was quite a slide over there yesterday.. looked like it went top to bottom, all the way through direct.
Sleeper day today. Zero line and plenty o' snow.
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Originally Posted by Eleventy
Yea we are doing our best to keep the silver box inhabitable. The cool kids will always be welcome on the other side of the door. I might get a chance to escape the rat race of the lower mountain today and spend some time up top, looks to be clear and sunny.
Some of the more zany characters have been putting in bold lines in Lone Lake. Not sure I want to watch that.
That slide started right at the top of the snowfield and ran past the meeting trees so it was a solid 2000' vert. and 3 feet+ deep where it broke. It tapered down to about a foot deep, all new snow, but was a pretty good indicator that things can get very exciting up there.
Be safe and sane, we didn't get the big load needed to clean out the facets so a lot of the slopes just outside the area have multiple bullets in the chamber and are waiting for someone to pull he trigger.
dang old! its been good lately. i have a free bs day pass for... whoever wants it. just tell me a funny joke
What's brown and rhymes with snoop?
if the answer is poop, thats not very funny
Guy goes to the hospital to have his leg amputated. After surgery the doctor comes in and says he has good news and bad news. The guy asks for the bad news first.
"The bad news is I cut off the wrong leg."
"What? How could you do that?! What in the world is the 'good news'?"
"The good news is the other one is getting better!"
This look familiar to anyone?
http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/...d/0933b940.jpg
Found off Sheddy in the woods off of sunlight still flames going when I found it by the smoke coming up through the trees...good way to start a bigger fire is to leave your own fire unattended and burning in the middle of a forest full of deadfall. Granted, not likely a huge risk but seriously...don't be an idiot.
Dr Dre!Quote:
Originally Posted by nateski
....
Why can't Helen Keller drive?
Because she's a woman.
Big Sky was actually pretty good today as long as you managed to be above the Triple when it went on wind hold around 10:45...tram was nice smooth windbuff in the gullies/crons and almost nobody skied anything else. Shedhorn and Dakota never opened and the Triple was down from 10:45 on.
From the looks of things, after Wed. the long range FCST looks grim.
Another Rex-Block High Pressure Ridge seems to be in the future, leaving the SW Montana area, warm and dry......
Shit!
I saw that too. Here, I have a solution:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunion
http://www.navycs.com/gallery2/d/6396-2/fukitol.jpg
ftw. lemme know when yer comin upQuote:
Originally Posted by miker27
AAAAAAAAGH! More warm weather! Been seeing more temps in the 50's, and no relief in sight according to the local forecast. :(
I am still dreaming of the super fun line I laid down X-chute in early january. Man that was fun. work has been keeping me too busy (and far away), and I wish there was moar snow. what is up with this winter?
Ask the geniuses at NOAA who are sticking to their guns about a banner La Nina winter still in store for us. If March is big at least they'll be batting .250, not too bad. Meanwhile, maybe all the facets will wet out in the February rex block.:smile:And maybe I can get this fucking screw out of my femur asap so I can shred at some point this season. I'm positive that is what's fuckin me up at this point. Gonna try and talk the doc into it tommorow, if not him, then goin somewhere else. It will surely start snowing probly the day I go under the knife.
Wish I was able to get up in Hyalite in the meanime, can't be too bad up there. Fuck, what I wouldn't give to lay into some turns on a groomer even at Bridger right now.
Heading up to Bozeman February 24th for a couple days with the girlfriend. Picking up a 4 Wheel Camper for the Tacoma as well. Probably ski Bridger a couple days, one day at Big Sky or Moonlight Basin, and a day touring. Anyone going to be around to show us the goods :biggrin: :fmicon:?
Another day of Triple down, Tram spinning at Big Sky today, though the conditions were not as good as they were yesterday. Overnight the wind scoured the living shit out of the Yeti and the fences. This, combined with the windpocalypse and the complete whiteout made the skiing as bad as I've skied it in the last 10 years. When it gets that bad though, it's kinda fun.. just skiing to survive. Below the Yeti wasn't as terrible, actually rather reasonable, but that's not what I remember.
It was snowing like a motherfucker when I left at 130, but seems to have quit now. We'll see if tomorrow is good.
Tip of the day: Spin a Gullies lap first, cause the Triple just might stop.
bb also scoured with snow squall wind devils kickin up- survival at times... driftline on drcs was soft as was rightside of sluice and avygulch...wind has things very smooth actually but todays temps kept the carvy factor low, yesterday however had to be some of the fastest bronco runs of my yr- speed is fun /newsflash
shld be at bridger jtrue, happy to share the bb hardpack smooth lines thru the moguls p90x workout, heh...fun season as always but as shallow as ive seen-
wow, you must be fiending (@tone). get that robot shit out of you. and then make it start snowing. I was on the verge of quitting my job at the beginning of the season, but the weather never helped me out with that one.
hey. here you find a former new englander turned scandinavian transplant who is going to spend a few days in Bozeman feb26-mar2. had some avy training and skied bunch of off piste in alps.. going to buy some equipment for myself when I am back in the US as the price is much cheaper. how are the options in bozeman area price wise? or should I just search online?
anyone going to be at bridger or big sky during that period feel like having someone tag along (i follow directions well- such as stick right or dont go through there)? i spring for teh 3 B's (beer BBQ and bud) for services rendered.
If this weather pattern continues, there will be a lot of shops sitting on a lot of touring gear that they may want to liquidate.
If it does start snowing (it will eventually), the current snowpack is going to demand heaps of respect and caution. With your attitude you should have no trouble finding some friends here to show you around.
Sure! Depends on when you come. Admittedly, I'm probably not the best backcountry guide. I'd also advise you to switch things up and spend a few more days at Big Sky and/or Moonlight at this point; simply a better snowpack and conditions. Bridger will be worth a shot, but if you're coming tomorrow, it won't be worth a few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by JTrue
In the meantime, work on bringing some snow with you, damnit. :D
EDIT: Anyone in the valley have a Salomon jig that I can borrow for an evening in trade for some beers? I have a pair of 900s I'd like to mount and not freehand. Gracias.
i wish i could bring snow with me. but funny. finland had a black christmas for most of the country. we only recently started getting snow.. it was a few inches every other day for a couple weeks.
alas. this cuntry is flat however. so i hate snow these days.. nothing but slippery and cleaning the driveway twice a day. thanks snowplow.
i will try to contact the shaman spirits up north and get a storm brewing..a few caps of amanita muscaria will do the trick.lol. cross yr fingers!
Thanks for the offers, I'll be in touch as the time gets closer. Probably gonna wing it and go where the snow is. If Jackson is getting hit we will head down that way after a day somewhere around Bozeman.
Hey, to the folks in the Tram line today who were bummed that the MLB crew needed a cabin to themselves. We apologize.
We were running a bit behind due to some work/training we needed to get done in Headwaters. We cannot ride in a Tram Cabin with public if we are carrying explosives, we were today.
We need to carry shots to the Summit because we don't have a legal storage facility. Usually we get that done prior to the Tram being open. Today was an exception.
Today we had to carry shots to get the N. Summit open.
We don't mind if you flip us off, but pissing on the door of our posting station is juvenile and really weak Crap, so to whoever was the dog,:the_finge .
Wow, that's pathetic. Guys like Bunion and his patrol and the BSSP put their lives on the line on a daily basis so we can all ski Lone Peak safely. You will survive waiting the 5 minutes for the next cabin. And I know Tram Ops probably didn't appreciate cleaning your piss off the door.
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Originally Posted by Bunion
Wow. Seriously weak sauce... Karma can be a cruel mistress however... :FIREdevil
Every time somebody gets pissed at you guys they piss on your door. What's up with that? Maybe a suggestion box would work. Just a suggestion.
I love Big Sky and MLB, but sometimes the jaded, aggro dipshit locals really piss me off. Sorry to hear that, Bunion. To the guys that pissed on the door; they can go get fucked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunion
I know you guys work your butts of to get things open and make the mountain safe. It's a thankless job, but THANK YOU.
Quote:
Originally Posted by lolkl
Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for the laugh and while I am at it.
Thanks for the thanks.
You would be aggro to if all you did was ski on fuckin rocks all day long and jaded if you had to see our Tetons From there. Can you also see us get twice as much snow every season in a mountain range ten times as sick? As for them being dipshits, nothing says dipshit like making the conscience decision to live in a place full of jaded agro assholes where there are more stop lights then women. And we all know there is only one stop light, and just like you all have to wait at that light for your turn to take a left to come shop at Wal mart, you all also have to take your turn to depants the only member of the female race presently present. Why pee on the door? COuldn;t you wait to get back to the meadows to shit on each others faces like the average Pig stye ski bum does for jollies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcat Sig
STFU John. Your mom called from upstairs and said your hot dogs and mac'n'cheez is done. Fuckin' troll killjoy. Get laid or something, huh? Sheesh... :rolleyes: