Beartooth Pass conditions?

[uglymoney]

fucking slide for life firm this am bud.. i'm dropping in and dude literally cartwheels to the bottom going 40 and is motionless. luckily ok..

looped back around to bozone via yellowstone. tourists are retards. beautiful all around though!

Yep. I went over to drop right after it happened and bailed back to the truck to wait for warmer snow. Word is two turns and a double eject. They had their hands full getting him out of there.

Was really good later though. Ha! That's Beartooth.




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[Djongo Unchained]

fucking slide for life firm this am bud.. i'm dropping in and dude literally cartwheels to the bottom going 40 and is motionless. luckily ok..

looped back around to bozone via yellowstone. tourists are retards. beautiful all around though!

FKNA, that first lap or two can be pretty sketchballs in the basin if it freezes up top overnight.
That's an even better story of the funny yet expertish skiing around there. Lotsa carnage for a small spot.
Driving the park can be stressful, even with the stunning surroundings. 25 in a 45 will create rage.

Yep. I went over to drop right after it happened and bailed back to the truck to wait for warmer snow. Word is two turns and a double eject. They had their hands full getting him out of there.

Was really good later though. Ha! That's Beartooth.



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Exactly, fucking exactly dude.
Sorry to have missed you and your'n. timing woulda been righteous. Ski ya next laps fosho.

Oh yeah, it’s also stupid windy.


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Truly one of the wonders of the Beartooth zone, both up on the plateau or down in the deep canyon, it can howl. It was damn windy, 35+ lunching in the lot, yet we had to ditch layers fast while down in the basin .

Then there was this junkshow up top while noshing...



They passed us then did a uturn and stuck the front right in the snow. Back left was just touching but spinning. He shovels the snow and it goes up, not down. 4 drunk dudes shambled past me to help him out which then took about 1 minute. We were all laughing to a man. Even the driver.

Good times.

Sorry to have missed you mags.

[uglymoney]

Sorry it didn't come together Djongo...would have been so cool to have a like minded ripper hanging with us. I had my fingers crossed you'd make it but it is so far for you to come with hit or miss conditions. For us it is a bonus week in the mountains but always touch and go with the weather. So much fun. I love the place. I skied super save my ass conservative mostly but today for a couple laps in zone 2 I threw caution to the wind and let them run. FKNA! So good. That apron can rival some of the best short steep sick lines anywhere.

Also...shout out to SUF for tracking us down in the lot and offering me a burger and change. Youngblood maggot adventuring. We should all be jealous. And sweet little rig he is driving.

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[uglymoney]

Winchcat going up 7:50 am Friday. So sketch.

Also picture of the broken engine shaft. These guys busted ass getting the new motor installed so quickly. Best run shoestring operation in America.

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[anotherVTskibum]

Anybody know how much of a pain in the nards it would be to make your way down the endless lines you see down the valley going down the Rock Creek trail, and maybe meet up with someone down off the trail for a return trip? Basically, there is (often) just line after line after line going toward the beginning of the big valley East of Glacier Lake. All across the South side of the valley between the lake and the Rock Creek headwall. Or maybe camp waaaaaay the heck down that trail and just hike for turns. I've trekked all over that area around there, and always pondered some of those couloirs and stuff. Also usually loads of snow across the way up on the also massively impressive Hellroaring plateau area, but that could be even gnarlier to access, although you can drive to the top of it and maybe go from there. With some touring gear, I'd be seriously tempted to scout out the region more. You could definitely find turns just about year round if you're sporting enough and not as lazy as I am. Can't wait to head back up there in a few weeks!!! Time to bet on some pigs at Bear Creek.

Lots of that stuff up Main Fork fails to retain enough snow to make the effort worthwhile, but there are a few good ones, and the photos I've seen from the Glacier Lake area look sweet. I never managed to make the effort, though, given the easy access to snow on the pass itself (and yes, that is true year round--October tends to be the toughest month to get, just because sometimes the pass closes early and doesn't reopen until May). There's a guy in Red Lodge who I think should be around 25 years of getting every month by now, assuming he hasn't missed any since I left.

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[glademaster]

tourists are retards.

Thanks for owning your fail. You sure are.

[uglymoney]

Shot of them lowering the old upper poma motor.

My 11 yo dropping in on slide for life conditions Friday morning. Dad was completely gripped watching and she was too. All campers got in safely.

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[MontuckyFried]

Rock on, ugly!!! You gotta be proud. I've skied there under those conditions and at the steepest part up at the top, it's puckering for real. Scary as shit. Same with some of the lines off the rock creek headwall. Your kids are rad and braver than I am these days, that's for sure. Rock on, lil groms. Rock on.

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[MontuckyFried]

Lots of that stuff up Main Fork fails to retain enough snow to make the effort worthwhile, but there are a few good ones, and the photos I've seen from the Glacier Lake area look sweet. I never managed to make the effort, though, given the easy access to snow on the pass itself (and yes, that is true year round--October tends to be the toughest month to get, just because sometimes the pass closes early and doesn't reopen until May). There's a guy in Red Lodge who I think should be around 25 years of getting every month by now, assuming he hasn't missed any since I left.

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That's awesome. Thanks for the reply. I've been there a ton, but I am not NEARLY done exploring that region. Nothing quite like it anywhere.

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[Lomax]

The Cooke City Museum has some decent free wifi, its saved me for some important work calls before

I closed on my house, using the visitor center wifi 6 years during a New Years Eve stay at the Zimmer yurt. glad it worked out

[byates1]

Thanks for owning your fail. You sure are.

sweetheart. i'll fuck you till you love me faggot.

[anotherVTskibum]

Owen Leeper (@o_leeps on insta) is currently in the area and posting stuff. Watching how much his POV video flattens stuff I have skied is moderately terrifying when considering some of the stuff he's posted from the same angle that actually looks steep, but I suppose that's why I'm not a pro.

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[yeahman]

^^Dude is a ripper for sure. One of the best follows on the gram.

[stuckathuntermtn]

That was fun. The wind goes away when you drop over the side. Didn't expect to park at the top, never done that before!
It's not getting too cold at night, so you can go do a few laps in the morning and then go do whatever else in the afternoon.
Anyone see me fail at the Poma?

[uglymoney]

I'm 6'2 and I missed two Pomas my first day. I think everyone takes a minute to get it. Were you there Thursday? Must have missed you.

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[anotherVTskibum]

I'm 6'2 and I missed two Pomas my first day. I think everyone takes a minute to get it. We're you there Thursday? Must have missed you.

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You're missing out until the disc fails under you while you're on the way up.

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[Djongo Unchained]

On opening day, It was quite a reach to grab the platter as it rolled past us. One kid needed some adult assistance a few times. He was a gamer though.
EoB said at one point a platter pulled of the metal sleeve and peeps were trying to use it by hanging onto it. The Basin Challenge it became.

I seriously gripped hard at the last 2 towers on the upper lift. Not interested in that backwards tumble, thank you very much.

Yeah, plenty to do in that neck when skiing is shot.

Great shot of the lil' Miss, skiing in with her pack on.

Going from not skiing for weeks to rolling up on that lip is a test of nerves.

[anotherVTskibum]

On opening day, It was quite a reach to grab the platter as it rolled past us. One kid needed some adult assistance a few times. He was a gamer though.
EoB said at one point a platter pulled of the metal sleeve and peeps were trying to use it by hanging onto it. The Basin Challenge it became.

I seriously gripped hard at the last 2 towers on the upper lift. Not interested in that backwards tumble, thank you very much.

Yeah, plenty to do in that neck when skiing is shot.

Great shot of the lil' Miss, skiing in with her pack on.

Going from not skiing for weeks to rolling up on that lip is a test of nerves.

It's kinda funny that the platters fail often enough that hanging on without one has a name (and, FWIW, I learned that sheer unwillingness to fail with an audience on those top two towers is a powerful force).

I carried some gates out for a high-school-ish camper one year, after her first two attempts to load with them failed. Thank dog it's a short ride, and further props to the folks working there who can pull that off with all manner of stuff (eg all the gear associated with the judges table from an IFSA event).

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[MontuckyFried]

You guys are making me feel better about my first try using the Poma there. Haha. That thing was a bit humbling.

[anotherVTskibum]

Watch your campfires. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7537/

Smoke plume is visible from the Basin at this point and not terribly far as the crow flies.

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[teleee]

Watch your campfires. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7537/

Smoke plume is visible from the Basin at this point and not terribly far as the crow flies.

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Its going to be a tough fire season in the region, things are as dry as I have ever seen it in my half century in the Clarks Fork valley. The fire is forcing out some of my family from their ranch

[CHAIR_97]

FYI closing day at the basin is tmrw

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[leroy jenkins]

I'm up here, I'll he around skiing the basin tomorrow and probably Gardiner headwall wed morning. Say what's up if anyone feels like it. Orange helmet legend 105s, silver highlander with utard plates.

[anotherVTskibum]

You guys are making me feel better about my first try using the Poma there. Haha. That thing was a bit humbling.

And the local race team just posted this:



Not so sure I'd have tried to get all of that in one trip.

[uglymoney]

I hauled a bag of salt down on my second lap down this year. It was so hot Thursday they needed a lot of bags and I figured it was part of my tip to help a bit. Definitely a wake up call for the legs. Those race coaches work hard and it gets hot down in that bowl.

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