Thanks B, but I’m stuck here for a couple of weeks.
How long you in CO?
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Thanks B, but I’m stuck here for a couple of weeks.
How long you in CO?
Got to get back to the pnw by the 15th, so I'm rolling NW on the 12th.
Yesterday was unreal, I need some rest days.
Good timing indeed. Looks like the last 2/3 days have been the best of the whole season. Took some time this year, but things are looking up for a nice February and spring.
Glad to hear you'll be around for a little while longer Buster. I am headed back from Mexico in a few days and was hoping to not miss you. I am not spending any time at the hill right now, but will be in the shop all weekend. Drop by and say hi.
And that's true for any Mag coming to visit. I am the only ski tech in town, so I am pretty easy to find.
Are you at CCBC?Quote:
Originally Posted by ASmileyFace
Sure am. I'll be back to work on Thursday. A colleague of mine was in town last week covering for me. Sounds like he hit the mountain yesterday and scored big time.Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
Glad to hear you're feeling better. I'll stop by.Quote:
Originally Posted by ASmileyFace
Here's an old man skiing Tony T:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2-UjHLJO67/
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SILVERTON, RICO, AND HESPERUS
215 AM MST TUE FEB 6 2024
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM
MST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON FAVORED SOUTH FACING
SLOPES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ABOVE 10000 FEET.
* WHERE...SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. PATCHY
BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TELLURIDE, OURAY, AND LAKE CITY
215 AM MST TUE FEB 6 2024
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 20
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50
MPH MAINLY ABOVE 10000 FEET.
* WHERE...NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
Buster trapped in Silverton. Sounds epic
I’m sprinting back from Baja hoping to beat the closures. Fingers crossed haha. If you’re coming down this weekend and are planning on taking RMP I’d make other plans.
Overnight, a little break this morning.
Forecast is another 10".
Crushing.laps on Kendall mtn? 2000$ parking.pass required?
Nope, taking it easy.
Buster , nice snow blower ! Get out there and ski some for us
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Best day of the year by far today with an 18" 2 day storm total. Some safer zones got skied yesterday, but the crew flew and blew, releasing a slide down Tiger Main that almost made it to the road.
That resulted in Tiger 0-5 being opened, and lawdee they skied great, first day of white room face blotting blasters. The first part of the storm came in moist and laid down a thick blanket over the crusts, then as the snow progressed, it laid feather light comforters over the hill. Ramped and raged 5 runs with a good group. RMYF, Tiger2, Dolores, Tiger 1, Tiger 0, the last being the best rack of snowhose to the face. Skied a little further right into the imaginary Tiger i.
Yeah, it's an odd place and easy to enumerate grievances, but it's quiet, low key, primo pow schralping in fall away terrain.
Once again, props to the crew, Fabio, Stan, Skyler, Calvin et al.
Another 5-9" tonight should smooth out todays trenches.
Noice!! FKNA!
Whoa.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
Still skiing fantastic yesterday, lots of waist deep pillows and unskied tongues of pow.
I'm thrashed.
This place chews me up like no other ski area. But it's quiet and relaxed. Weird.
Not exactly cruising blue groomers.
Chews you up more than Alpental? Dang. Congrats and thanks for the pics.
Yes, far and away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Self Jupiter
Here's after a 3" refresher. 0F
D33p p0w
.
Thanks to the best, most abundant, hardworking, heartfelt, positive team in the snow business: Fabio, Marc, Kim, Skylar, John, Calvin, Chris, Rob, Caleb, Stan, Emma, Maggie, Dustin, Emma2, Hilary, Tate, Doug, Wade, Kyle, Tate, Kurt, Zach, Emma3, Michelle, Ransom, Joe.
An idea borne of a slice of madness and bowlfuls of determination, I am beyond grateful to have basked a moment or two in the light.
All the best for your futures and may the world recognize your work.
You certainly nailed it buster, for however long you've been there. Killing it.
Just two weeks this time, strain of inlaw upkeep on my wife truncates this trip, I need to get back.
I'm still the fucking luckiest dirtbag ever.
Headed down in my truck camper for a few days around the unguided opening. Probably just a few days (Wed-Friday?) then heading to UT for some dirt biking.
Looking like I'll be solo this year as the rest of my group has bailed. So if anyone needs a partner, I can keep up with most. Also, if anyone has a driveway or campsite suggestions around town hit me up (PM). I plan on being pretty low impact/self sufficient.
^out past the Venture factory is a good spot to car camp
Yeah, that's the plan so far. I've camped out there in the summer before. Thanks. I used to know them Venture guys. They are the ones who got me into riding Silverton.Quote:
Originally Posted by SKIP IN7RO
No pass for me this year but hit me up if you need camping recs up this way on your way in or out. Peach valley is currently totally dry too.
Nice. Headed to matts recovery offfroad games in hurricane ut. Never done it but a friend convinced me to go and a few days at Silverton is really all i need unless it really dumps.Quote:
Originally Posted by snowaddict91
Peach valley has been on my list for a while. A friends wife broke her back and was heli-evac-ed from there so my crew doesn't go there much unfortunately.
CO Sun article with some more details on the sale.
https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/25/s...in-new-owners/
Bump for unguided season and the Grassy Bowl single drops. Storm lining up nicely, should be a good weekend!
Sorry asmileyface. Never made it into your shop. Be back in a few weeks and i will stop in.
Had a great trip now headed to UT. Snow didnt really hit till yesterday but every day had enough snow to be enjoyable. Crowds yesterday were a little excessive. Lift didnt open till 10 due to power outage. Longest lines i have ever seen there.
Mechanical issues with the busses meant long waits for them as well.
They were being militant about people not skiing the road this year, which was extra annoying due to the bus situation. I thought the bus driver’s head was gonna explode. Poor guy is probably a nice guy outside of work but they really put him in a shitty position and he kinda has to be a asshole all day.
I always have fun despite the really frustrating inequities of the place. I hope the new owners can figure out a better way to do things. Every year I consider just not doing it anymore but at the end of the day the mountain and the snow draws me back.
And if you need some hot water soaking while there, the Shangri La hot tubs are pretty great. Especially when living out of a camper. Totally worth the $20.
I heard that it was the most people on an unguided day ever, and I can believe it from how busy I have been for the last 3 days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
From what I gathered talking to folks... yesterday was one of the toughest days at the mountain ever for the staff. Power going out was just the shit icing on top of a difficult situation. They try their best, but when you are outnumbered 30 to 1 customers to guides/staff (there are only ~10 non-guide staff total) and everyone has to go through multiple bottle necks at all stages to get on the lift the situation is setup for failure. All of town is stretched thin with the number of people who descended on Silverton this weekend.
I truly hope the new ownership finds a way to stagger the craziness of unguided better. These first few weekends since the introduction of the cheap single drop have been nuts. In three weeks there will be less than a hundred people skiing daily. An idea I heard from my GFs dad last night is to make the heli drops more expensive the closer you are to opening weekend. If you want to come in mid-March for your single drop it is going to be $150 to ski Grassy. If you come April 10th it's $59. Or just get rid of the cheap heli skiing all together... but that ship has likely sailed, this is what Silverton is known for sadly.
I'll have a beer for you next time you swing around! See ya then.
I actually skipped the heli drop this year. Last year it too me half a powder day to get the heli lap in while my friends got 3-4 laps.Quote:
Originally Posted by ASmileyFace
For the record, most of the employees are awesome. I know a few of them from bitd. Even the bitchy ones i try to kill with kindness. Not their fault that the system is so broken.
Coming down an awesome run to a hour plus wait for the bus and signs telling us not to ski the road back to our car just almost put me over the edge. On one lap they would only fill the bus half way. Some of us just ganged skied the road, made it to the car in 5 mins instead of waiting an hour plus for a broken down prison bus to pick us up.
Those busses are a big part of the problem. Not sure why they cant just get trailers like Taos or WP.
And yeah, raise the fucking prices. Maybe extend unguided for more of the season too. Cheap heli laps are neat and all, but i have about a thousand hours in helis so the nuance is lost on me. I mean the run is ok usually, but i like the steeps and trees inbounds more anyway. Too much of a shitshow for me anymore.
It is just frustrating to see something that could be so great struggle with some basic issues year after year.
Bummer. We were kicking around catching it next week but sounds like too much of a shit show any more.
‘Call it paradise and kiss it goodbye.’
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Do they even bother to update their snow report? Did they really only get 3 inches in the last 48 hrs?
You should still come up. Skiing was excellent today apparently, and crowds cleared out after the first hour or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpinord
Nah, it's snowed more than that at my house where it's been 32+ degrees for 10+ hours each of the last few days. From what I have heard it has snowed more like 16-20 in the last 48. Snowing right now out my window too.Quote:
Originally Posted by BFD
It seems they intentionally under report during unguided season in hopes of reducing the crowd-related issues, as exampled above (and some iteration thereof that happens each year).Quote:
Originally Posted by BFD