2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

[Djongo Unchained]

° has to be a lithograph somewhere....

laffed...more like cave art. I was half my age back then and courting trouble.

Big sky had 2 gondys and the Huntley was the best lodging. Scissorbills and the Mall building were all I remember frequenting.

[raisingarizona13]

The steep dh riding here is insane. It may be my most favorite spot in the lower 48 for that kind of riding.

[406]

What trails are you riding?

[raisingarizona13]

Doing laps on M2M to the loamer trails toward the bottom. They just finished a new one called Jimmys Dad thats fucking SO much fun! Loamalicious.

[swimmy]

Are we back?

[Bunion 2020]

Sort of, maybe???? I tried quoting you to see if you were able to upload a photo and got this.....

laffed...more like cave art. I was half my age back then and courting trouble. Big sky had 2 gondys and the Huntley was the best lodging. Scissorbills and the Mall building were all I remember frequenting.

Nice shot as usual.

[skiJ]

yes, the quote function seems to be a bit off, but Thats a sweet pic., swimmy. skiJ

(( also apostrophes are still screwed-up ))

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

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Doing laps on M2M to the loamer trails toward the bottom. They just finished a new one called Jimmys Dad thats fucking SO much fun! Loamalicious.

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Jimmy is the man and the homie behind all those loamers. Have yet to ride the new Jimmy&#39;s Dad. If you think those are steep/gnar come back and ride Lobo/Elbow at the park in mid-summer. Same pitch except higher elevation, and zero dirt. All rock or rock dust.&nbsp;</p>

[swimmy]

Sweet hike today to a new-to-me mtn lake. Trying to get the body right as I have a couple of huge trips coming up.

[swimmy]

I had a day a few weeks ago where I saw 11 bears. Really cool experience.

[Trackhead]

Great trip of bears. Were you bacon coated at the time?

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Are there any actual trails in the Belts or anywhere else near Helena/Canyon Ferry that allow E-bikes? My lady got a class 1 e-bike (and before the haters come in she has burned way more calories in 2 weeks on the e-bike than she ever did on the acoustic bike).......anyway, you pretty much can't legally ride it anywhere that isn't a moto trail which is hilarious.

Around here none of the moto trails open until 6/16. Over the Helena way they all open 5/16. Gotta run up to Canyon Ferry to show some RE today and we were gonna try to ride some bikes. The MVUM for the area are from 2016, but I'm seeing stuff that in 2021 a bunch of motorized trails were re-classified?

I really would like to follow the law, but it's a stupid ass law that her dinking around on her 42 pound non-throttle e-bike is evil but thousand pound horses are allowed to blow holes in any trail they want year round.

[skiJ]

Dude, you re in Montana - horses have privileges. !

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

I know and I think horses are great. I would love to have a mule for elk season. I completely understand that they are part of the montana heritage/way of life. Class 1 e-bikes being the same as 750cc motos is straight up fucking stupid too.

See: Kingdom Trails in VT. They just opened up their entire 100 mile system to Class 1 E-bikes.

[skiJ]

I empathize - lots of great places I would like to go that say. "No dogs"
( I would keep 'em leashed, Not go during busy times, and pick up after them., but
'No dogs' is no dogs.

in the meantime, Lots! of Montana IS Open to e-bikes ( just Not those restricted bike trails -

Break new ground! You Will ! !!!


peace. skiJ

[raisingarizona13]

laffed...more like cave art. I was half my age back then and courting trouble. Big sky had 2 gondys and the Huntley was the best lodging. Scissorbills and the Mall building were all I remember frequenting.

Nobody cares anymore

[raisingarizona13]

laffed...more like cave art. I was half my age back then and courting trouble. Big sky had 2 gondys and the Huntley was the best lodging. Scissorbills and the Mall building were all I remember frequenting.

I&#39;m here for a little bit. Hopefully I can check out a bunch of stuff

[Trackhead]

Lots of fire roads in big belts and elk horns but not really much single track.

Agreed on e-bikes, I bought wife/kid e-bikes last year and we’ve done so much more riding than we would have otherwise. I don’t have a motor (yet) but I see the appeal.

Horses are far more impactful on trails than an extra 75-125 watts from an e-bike. But they are motorized I guess.

[byates1]

You know what is a sick deal- is the early late BS pass for 240$

You get April 1-12 at bs. Noone around, fat as can be snowpack etc.

Also get the first 3 weeks of the season. Got a sleeper storm day a couple yrs ago up there . Everyone slid off blocking the road. Was a good morning

Get it.

[yeahman]

Fuck Big Sky, that place costs like $300 a day. [emoji1787]

[m2711c]

I heard the sky wasn’t really all that big.

[byates1]

Cheap option for a mag week. Week of fools starting 4/1

[senior researcher]

Husker Du, yeahman scorning Supercomps & $300 season passes. I do. He had good taste in music though.

[2FUNKY]

You know what is a sick deal- is the early late BS pass for 240$

You get April 1-12 at bs. Noone around, fat as can be snowpack etc.

Also get the first 3 weeks of the season. Got a sleeper storm day a couple yrs ago up there . Everyone slid off blocking the road. Was a good morning

Get it.

Tram access is per ride extra or $500+ to add unlimited tram. Not quite the sick deal unless you just want to stay low. April tram laps are the shizz!


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[byates1]

I hear you but plenty of hill to ski for 10-20$ a day.

If it's snowing it'll be a good time. Sorta fits my season I'll probably pull the trigger.

Big sky is no silver I'll give you that