2012 Montana Conditions, Stoke and Whatev Thread

[RegCT]

Heading to Red Lodge this weekend for a little stay-cation. Just me and the dog. Rented a cabin near town. It's my FIRST TIME other than driving through in the summer. ISO rec's for skiing the mountain, food and beers, and I'll probably bring my touring gear just in case.

[Trackhead]

Quad chair over on Cole Creek has the best steeper terrain. Lots of fun steepish gullies under the chair and in that area. Terrain in Headwaters can be fun if there's new snow, just keep traversing. Buckin Chute and West Side mine are fun lines (see map). I like Red Lodge, the quad has no lift lines and you can ski your brains out.

Fun long groomers for warm up off of Grizzly.

[yeahman]

I like the Beartooth Pale Ale at Red Lodge Ales. They have food too. Snow Creek Saloon downtown is a popular spot. You can't miss it.

[Castro's]

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Lazy M is a classic bomber cruiser. Depending on snow cover Drainage. Head over to Cole Creek. Can&#39;t beat the Snowcreek at night. One of my fav bars of all time anywhere. Carbon County Steakhouse can be extremely good or extremely miss - been all over the board with food experiences there.&nbsp;</p>

[RegCT]

Awesome. Thanks gents!

[Bunion 2020]

^^^ You may get a laugh out of this. The control team that released Bonecusher was the SS Dir. (# 58) and his Assistant..... CBz actually deployed the shot but wasnt able to see the runout or the slide hit the chair barn. Cold as hell down south today.

[jdub1313]

Heading to Red Lodge this weekend for a little stay-cation. Just me and the dog. Rented a cabin near town. It's my FIRST TIME other than driving through in the summer. ISO rec's for skiing the mountain, food and beers, and I'll probably bring my touring gear just in case.

Get the sticky toffee pudding at Prerogative while you still can. And like others have said just lap Cole Creek all day.


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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

I was out working in -26, fuck that shit.

[RegCT]

Those guys love to cherry pick the fun missions!

[Bunion 2020]

When I was SS Dir. I did too, so did Yunce when he was running the show. The trick was to get invited along.

[anotherVTskibum]

Get the sticky toffee pudding at Prerogative while you still can. And like others have said just lap Cole Creek all day.


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I'll strongly second the Cole Creek recommendation. There's some pretty good, down the fall line terrain off Grizzly Peak as well, but Cole gets you much more vertical per run and a faster turnaround, with a lot of terrain to explore (don't miss Headwaters).

Drainage is definitely fun terrain, but I don't know that I've ever made it through there without hitting something. I'd try to get at least one run down to Palisades and a run through one of the Mines on your agenda, although Palisades is probably best explored after getting a good filling of Cole Creek.

Foster and Logan's was my personal preference for a bison burger and draft cider; Natali's Front Bar is the grown up room for Red Lodge Pizza Co (shared kitchen and menu, solid pizza and a decent range of other options) and a pretty good spot to hang out and chat. Snow Creek can get rowdy and may or may not be compatible with early morning plans. The Blue is a classic dive and, last I was there, was cash only (but they have an ATM on site).

[swimmy]

Been dealing with unrelenting nerve pain in my neck and shoulder for two weeks now. Absolutely maddening. Ortho/physical therapy hasn’t done shit. Went back to the ortho yesterday and they prescribed medication which I started this morning. We’ll see.Going to give it a go today though as I’m totally fomo’d.

[Shredeagle]

Bummer Swimmy. Those weird pains that seem to be from nothing but getting old are the worst! Hope you are up and running better soon.




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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Yeah, my sciatica lit me up a couple of weeks ago and knocked me off my skis until yesterday. Never happened before. Getting old sucks balls.

[swimmy]

Yep, frustrating as this nerve thing could've happened from sneezing to hard. Oh well, back to some stoke. Sick ass morning on the south face before they shut it down due to wind loading.

[caderader]

Yeah, I can see how that would be confusing. Thanks for that offer but I need a kid size 1. It's no big deal tho, I'm just going to grab some on amazon.

[Shredeagle]

Chill vibes Mon


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[toast2266]

Fuck yeah

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[Whiteroom_Guardian]

Swimmy: Bummer on the nerve stuff! Have you tried acupuncture? Also, Kandice at Monarch Massage is REALLY fucking good. She has helped me with some nagging SI joint issues this fall. Can't recommend her enough.

Finally getting back to back to Bozeman today. Looks like it's been fucking DEEP.

[swimmy]

Thanks WRG. Next week my physical therapist said if it is not better then we might try acupuncture. I’m terrified of needles but she said it is no big deal.I’ll be in the lineup early tomorrow though.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

I really should work tomorrow, but if it's refreshed I'll be there.

[Trackhead]

Snow pushing the elk down this morning on south end of Helena.



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[Shredeagle]

Cool elk pic. Couple more pics from a fun weekend away from the Bozeman hustle and bustle. So much fun to get to ski with the whole family for a couple days!!








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[Mantana1]

Considering a little one night/one day trip up to Big Sky in early March, last time I was there maybe 2 years ago overnight camping was fine and I wasn't the only one (levinsky lot i think?) but I see on the website that overnight parking/camping is technically not allowed. Can anyone shed light on the current ability for a one night stay in a lot? Thanks.

[Norseman]