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I have been looking into backcountry clinics for a while now. When I asked some friends if anyone wanted to do one with me one offered to show me the ropes. It turned into 6 of us going. 2 of the girls in our group have lots of backcountry knowledge and have taken avy courses. The girl in charge chose Jones Pass. The part of it we did has zero avy danger and there is a snowmobile company that guides tours there (more on that later). We arrived to cold temps and light snow. Gearing up in the lot We did a 2.5 mile skin up. Heard some avalanche bombs along the way. They were not coming from Berthoud Pass, which is close by. Would have to study a map to be sure. Don’t know if we would have heard them that clearly from Loveland or Abasin. Not sure if the elevation gain. We think somewhere around 1200 feet. Internet says 1600 but didn’t feel that steep. Don’t get me wrong, it kicked my ass. At about the 2 mile mark I was getting very worn out. My friend suggested I glide more instead of lifting my feet. That made all the difference and all of a sudden what I was doing felt much easier. The wind and snow were both picking up. When we got to our turn around point it was super windy. I tried to keep sweating to a minimum wearing only a very thin shirt under a wool base layer. But I was soaked. I decided I had to take off the shirt, holy shit that was a cold endeavor. Then put on a light puffy and a hard shell for the descent. Snow was kind of cruddy and wasn’t use to the boots. They were really digging into my shins. I couldn’t wait to get down and take them off so I said I would meet them at the bottom. The track we were on was not too wide. About the width of 2 snowmobiles. I came upon a large group of people and EMS workers. There was a body covered up and I knew by the somber scene he was dead. Not wanting to intrude I had to wait till they finished to go by which took about 20 minutes. There were 3 ems guys still there waiting for a transport I imagine. But they did not move him and he was lying long ways across the path. I had about 18” to ski around him. My friend asked someone at the bottom and they said he died of natural causes. He was with the snowmobile group. I am glad I went but it’s not quite what I expected. I would go again but am glad I didn’t spend $200 on a clinic. I made the mistake of not having enough calories or drinking enough and was cramping up by the time I got down. Brought some soup in a thermos and with that and another thermos full of tea started to feel better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Awesome lot day. Snow was decent but there is no where for everyone to go with only 3 trails. Thank you Enjorales for your meat in my mouth and Atomics friend with the great home brew. I now know what Kelis was taking about when she said her Milkshakes bring all the boys. She was talking about Milkshake IPAs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got to Blue at 845 this morning to sunny skies and lots of snowmaking. Still lots of sugar everywhere. Lazy Mile is closed for top to bottom resurfacing. Main St kinda sucked so I did a lot of Paradise runs and two down Burma. Blowing on Upper Tuts Lane, Middle and Lower Razors, Lazy, pole fan guns on main, midway, the chute, paradise, park next to lift, shuttle. Pipe Schiff and I were looking at seems to be leaking nicely. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The two guys under your desk?

Good morning 🙌

So good to see this again!

They’re still blowing at Blue. This is great!!!!!

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I got one of these this morning as well... beautiful

Steve's milkshake brought all the PASR's to the lot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Killer day in the lot, mediocre day on the hill but it was an all around awesome time. Can't think of a better way to celebrate 15 years than by shredding and drinking with all you guys.

12-18" by Thursday, possibly more up here. Gonna be deeeeeeeeeeeeep!

No, no plans for out west, I am going to Vermont in the next couple of weeks. I have been looking at real estate in the Salt Lake City area as a possible place to go when I retire.

Could be a shaved monkey....

If their under your desk you can't tell if it's a guy or girl so seems ok to me.

Fixed it for you

Later this week and weekend should be good for them. We’ll see new trails opening within the next week.

In my opinion, the snow was excellent for the majority of the day, at least until the legs gave out. As temps came up in late morning and the sun broke through the clouds, spring conditions arrived yet again. This allowed for a bunch of us to create another TBT, thigh burning bump line on the sunny side of Main Street. We also set a short line on the North side of Chute, just for the fun of it. By 1pm, lower Main Street was a ridiculous bump field and when the sun hit it, made for a wild ride of natural spring bumps. I was expecting to see Glen Plake come ripping through them at any moment, but it turns out he was up a MRG for the day. This has been one weird winter so far and never would have expected to be skiing spring bumps at the beginning of January, but when live throws you lemons... I thought there'd still be some Mango milkshake by the time I had to drop a layer, but I should have known better. Thanks @enjoralas again for the meat & shrimp samples, they were delicious as always! So ready for winter to return though!

I thought we were gonna play soccer:(

Barb, impressive as always. Super awesome pics and report. You're an inspiration to us here stuck in PA

killington, pico, sugarbush, as many of those three as possible.

And maybe you’ll update your stats.

That leaky pipe is kind of disappointing. They had it opened up yesterday, so someone didn't do a good job and then they reburied it. Dumb. Fix it when it's open, now they have to waste more time and money to open that up again and do it right.

This is great!!!

Would absolutely love to live in Alta.

Plenty of places in "SLC" proper that are not in the typical smog and still a 30-45 minute drive to LCC, BCC, PC or Basin/Powmow. Or just man up and buy above the smog, in the little town of Alta or something up by Brighton. Mill Creek is also an option....

Yes. Ogden is a fantastic town. Absolutely beautiful in that area.

I could see how that would be infuriating. I would have loved to have had the Spanish radio stream live... Haha check this out.

Today was what it's all about, if the snow is meh we still find our fun. I ask you good sirs who the fuck else has a cask at there post skiing shenigans ? That's a champion move there. Big shout outs to antman on the doughnuts and the og, the sultan of meat.

Fun times today! Thanks for the food and beer! Beer + sausage + beer + beer + no nap = me go early bed tonight

Hard to top today....5 gallons of Mango milkshake IPA on cask gone in 1.5 hours. Skiing was meh, but sun came out and the parking lot was perfect. Happy 15th anniversary!

Props to Steve for the excellent mango milkshake ipa. Glad I got to see some peeps I haven't seen in a very long time. Good day fellas.... More hanging out than skiing but it's all good with me. Just glad to be out there with everyone having a good time... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dress like an cosmonaut

Heavy wintry mix of sleet and snow just ended here.

Yeah, been looking for places after son graduates and I love Utah, but the air quality in Salt Lake area gets to unhealthy levels during inversions that can last for weeks. Salt Lake City is a valley surrounded by mountains and when the winds die down and cold air sets in, the smog just lingers over the city. Friends that used to live out there moved out because of it. I hear it's really bad for those with respiratory problems. Spectacular place to visit, but I wouldn't live there.

My buddy syncs it up with TiVo.

Jobs ruin everything.

I was planing to ski on thursday and saturday, but seeing all of the snow making taking place I may ski on tuesday too.

That's super dope. way to get out there

Correct

Nice report. The one lady has some really skinny skis. How was the run down!!!

Indiggio the five gallons of home brew got kicked in a hour. I had like a cup and a half but Salty put a major dent in it. New page Heidy Ho

headache is finally gone. time to look for a doc

I gotta get up there on a sunny day even if the snow is no good just for the views!

Guns on Lazy. Random fan guns going on all over. Snowmobile teams cruising around the mountain. You ma boi, Blue.

Snowmaking is underway. Right now just the fan gun on the trail next to tubing

Good crew and good brew.

That’s the only reason to post.

Mine too, eventually. With one I could run the Sous vide in the parking lot, dramatically increasing Sausage Sunday options, lol