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Thanks for all the well wishes everybody. I ended up going right into surgery and once they opened me up the surgery went from an estimated hour to over 3 hours. All the surgeons and staff all commented on how it was pretty freaking bad break. It happened on the jump at the bottom of comearound, did a 540 and landed on my feet but way way in the backseat. Thank goodness I was with my cousin and he handled the situation like a champ. My main objective personally was to be level headed, calm and respectful of others in a time of pain. Btw Jen the ski patroller was great. Took a loooong 90 minute drive (low pro tires for the loss dawg) to Doylestown hospital and I’m very happy I made that decision (no disrespect to other hospitals). Surgery went well, stayed the night and was released this morning. Looking at a potential 6 month healing process so it’ll be a long road back but I’m looking forward to the challenge. Heavily ace bandaged with a splint in a sling. No hard cast and they want me doing PT in as soon as 2 weeks. You guys are all awesome people and the comments in this thread prove it. Part of my motivation is to heal up and get back out there to see you crazy a holes in the lot.

Yeah, there's tons of new snow everywhere. Last time I've been here, off piste snow was only in select high elevation areas. Now it's basically all white, no matter where you are. Sunny all day. People on the lifts in the morning were talking about yesterday snowfall horrors with moguls THIS big. Well, today the groomers lasted until about noon, right when I got to Marmolada area. They still couldn't open the very top segment, but snowfall and clear skies attracted way too many people to that area. They trashed the soft groomers, and made lines unbearable. I guess, this is understandable given that often there is either fog, snow or wind on top, and today it was beautiful. Everywhere else where I went lines were non existent. Tons of off piste skiing opportunities today. Tons of avalanche warning signs as well, and personally I thing people were often skiing borderline crazy, esp in that Marmolada area. 8:20 to 4, I'm totally beat today. I'll need to stick to peripheral zones tomorrow. They're much less trafficked, and snow stays good all day long.

Only Salty would take a ski trip out west and use a potential ski day to visit government buildings.

People are saying about a foot fell yesterday...

Day 4: Highlands today was a semi powder day, still a lot of fresh and maybe more than yesterday as highlands gets a lot less traffic than snowmass. Covered most of the mountain and every lift. Rode everything from groomers to glades to bowls. Temerity lift was my favorite...a lot of fresh in the glades and some of the steepest glades I've ridden. Took the cat up to the highlands bowl and started my hike. 5 mins in i ran out of breathe and realized I'm too out of shape and old for hiking, so I went back down and rode the glade as close to the rope separating the lower part of the bowl...this was the best run of the trip as not many people took the cat up to ride the woods next to the bowl. After this I went to Olympic bowl for a few runs. Highlands has some legit terrain and I certainly recommend it. Rode from 9-3 with temps in low 20s with clouds. Im debating whether today or yesterday was better, but it doesn't matter cause they were both awesome. I have a decent amount of lifetime days out west, but can count on my hand the number of significant snowfalls. Definetly enjoying some fresh this trip. Probably the windiest day of the trip but nothing crazy. Temp has been great this trip...low 20s is perfect in my opinion. Quick 1.5-2 hour session tomorrow before early afternoon flight. 6 inches supposed to fall tonight.

We are all expecting to see you in the lower lot for the season end party. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Found one of Salty’s crew on Paradise.

Hey guys! Back outta surgery and relaxing for the night catching up on some Super Bowl coverage before falling asleep. Thanks for all the well wishes and I’ll be back to update tomorrow. I’m in good spirits so no worrkes!

Snowing hard at snowmass village right now. Eating at groovin bbq. Lady behind me has huge fake boobs hanging out to the point I can see areola.

Not the worst seats I’ve been in.

If they did, only use then as a last resort. The opioid addiction is fucking bonkers right now and it’s so easy to get sucked in when presented with the means to do so. As someone who works in healthcare I see this way too much, especially with orthopedic related injuries. The last thing I want to see is a PASR friend go down that route. I said it last year when @RidgeRacer got hurt - were a family of a bunch of assholes, but we really do care about each other, especially in tough times. Hoping for a quick recovery. Keep your positive attitude and you’ll be good.

Big brother Doug approves.

I can guess what the 9 minute delay in your reply was for . . .

Challenge is shit. Sidewinder is better, as the cookies are smaller. Main St is just ok. Dreamweaver has rollers similar to Sidewinder. Pics for likes

Keep your head high and your heart even higher. We may never ski in the Olympics or get dope movie footage but we play a dangerous game. Humans are weird, to describe snow sports to aliens or even other animals would be very strange. We aren't chasing prey or running from predators, while the occasional women or man may be interested in us for our abilities 99% are not turned on by making good turns or dope tricks. We get no medals or trophies and for the most part our triumphs are personal and difficult to describe to others. Injuries are the downside to playing this dangerous game, you go out time and time and time again and you roll the dice, from a certain perspective it's amazing we can survive at all but such is the wonder to be human. There is a human sort of purity to going out and risking your body for the simple pleasure of sliding on snow, putting ligaments and bones on the line to chase the ephemeral beauty. Most of the time we are so used to doing highway speeds or bad ass tricks its not even thought about in any real sense, today was a good day because the snow was good, the integrity of our bodies never enters our minds. If your mind is right and your will strong there is no injury that can keep you from getting back in the game before you know it. Rest up, hit the PT HARD and you'll be back ripping before you know it. While patting one's self on the back is the lamest of past times remember what it is you do and maybe more importantly why you do it, let it be that nagging little voice in the back of your head that says I fucking rip and I'm Matt Edge bad ass so lets do 5 more whatever you do for a busted arm in PT. The road may seem long now but before you know it you'll be back out there because attitude is everything and you got the right attitude.

You certainly march to the best of your own drum salty. Enjoy your trip

I like the picture of Heidi.

Currently observing democracy in person. This is fun!

I have a salivary stone, that I’m getting an Ultrasound on when I get back from Jackson. Will post pics when I get it.

Day 3: snowmass woke up a little disappointed as the projected snow hadn't fallen, but instead was sleeting at both the condo and snowmass village . Luckily, it was snowing at mid mountain. Prob 2-3 inches had fallen. All upper mountain lifts were on wind hold til early afternoon. No biggie, did some laps off SAMs knob lift, then went to campground lift. This area was great as it was empty and protected from the wind. Snow was starting to fall much heavier and glades were filling in a little. Upper mountain lifts were still closed other than elk camp lift, so we made our way from one side of snowmass to the other. By this time 6 inches had fallen and elk camp area was getting really fun. Soon we got word that the upper mountain lifts were opening. Made our way over there and got great runs off sheer bliss lift and big burn lift. I'd say these areas got about 8 inches (Not 100% on the accuracy of this, wind started getting rough after 2:30 and blowing snow everywhere). By 3:00 the visibility and wind at the top of big burn lift was getting pretty bad, so we took one more run up and made our way to base. Ended up riding from 9:00-3:30. Snowed almost the whole time, varied between light, moderate, and heavy at times. Probably my best day out west in years. Wind got tough at times but temps weren't bad at all. Pictures will be lacking a bit as visibility got rough at times and I only snapped a few during breaks in the snow

NS Jay and I did it in 22 minutes last time We even got help up at the rocks because a dad took his 10 year old and she was having a nervous breakdown. TP4...Oly bowl is pretty fun. Aerobie is great to lap over and over. Glad you enjoyed highlands...definitely a different vibe than the other 3.

And Newport’s.

Cabriolet. Not the 1970-something musical. Dotard.

Going on a tour of the mint in 2 minutes. Always wanted to go and finally have the opportunity. Skiing Winter Park the next 2 days and it's supposed to dump !!!

Fuck no. I got all weird when they told me they were going to test me for Gout and Lyme's with my knee thing. I would make your radio repeat Barbara Mandrell.

I would fuck your radio up so bad it would be stuck on the Bee Gees forever.

It is no more difficult than checking a regular bag. Not sure why Ski2Live gets all turnt up about it....

**Warming** X-ray with a broken bone below.

I’ve had to “work” the last 4 days but yesterday afternoon and today we finally got some time to get out and explore Barcelona and the surrounding area. I’ve had some amazing food and some great wine. Flying home tomorrow and back to the grind on Monday until leaving for JH Tuesday 😂 The last pic is from one of my pre-dawn runs up to the Olympic Village looking over the city. The first 3 pictures pics are from today where was visited a monestary at the top of a mountain. Even got a pic of the insane funicular for @toast21602

TP4 you crack me the hell up.

Each mountain has its own vibe which is cool. Aspen is a great ski town!

I actually couldn't stand the pain meds for more than 3-4 days after my ankle surgery. The dope/sleep/eat/dope cycle gets old fast. I'd take 1, stay awake for an hour, then pass our for 4-5 hours. Not to mention it really fucks up your regular shitting cycle.

There was a PT on one of my meetup hikes this summer. She works in Vail and said that the new trend is to get people doing Pt very soon after surgeries. Most of her patients have their operations in Vail and come for Pt the very next day. Good luck with your recovery. I feel like a positive attitude is half the battle and sounds like you have that covered.

Saturday morning at JF was rad. With the snow the days prior the whole mtn was in play. we even shot over to BB for an afternoon session which was the first time ive hit both in one day. Like BB the whole mtn was in play and we didn’t even touch the parks. All in all just a great day at JFBB.

Wow that looks like a nice place. They even have a pool. I hope you brought your swimming trunks.

It was a joke and I think it's really cool that he took advantage of his time out there to do something he's been wanting to do.

That's the year Atomic and I were born. The mint was cool, they handled out free samples ($0.02). Typing this from the Capitol building, maybe ill do a tour here also before heading up to the mountains. A lot of hippies and pot around.

Damn Antman.... Heal up soon my dude, this is not good for stoke. Never like seeing this. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Damn dude. You workout?

QFT

Back from another fun session at the largest mogul this side of the Mississippi. Pulled in the lot at 8:20 and had to park pretty far back considering the time, not a good sign of things to come. Booted up and went in to guest services to get my free ticket, the lady in front of me was asking the attendant if they had any covered lifts because she was worried about exposure? Anyway, got on the snow at around 8:35 and first run was down black bear to scope things out. The park setup right now is nice, but other than a two rails being switched out it hasn’t changed at all from two weeks ago. Lapped the park from 8:35 until around 10 then me and some of my buddies decided to go over to F side. Timberline was closed due to a race, back up F chair and down Sasquatch. Sasquatch at that time was virtually untouched and ROTD. Lapped the park for about another hour and a half. They had a “big air” contest going on so I was trying to keep an eye on that. It didn’t seem like they had too many people entered. By 11:30 is started to get packed so we ducked into trails end to grab a beer before heading back up to meet with out two fiends on ski patrol. They were grilling some meat up top which made for a nice (free) lunch. Downed a hamburger and a hot sausages then headed back to the park for a few more runs before calling it a day at 1:30. As we were leaving there were still people pulling in. Seems like it’s going to be a busy night for them. Didnt take any pictures today, they seemed to have good coverage but there were some bare spots starting to show in the flats, that’s been a problem for years. All in all it was a good, warm day. My knee didn’t fall apart, and getting my skis center mounted helped drastically in regards to park.

The ride to blue this morning was more eventful than the parking lot for me. Had a deer run out in front of me and had to Slam brakes on spilled my coffee. Than some super slow ass driver took the fun out of the blue mountain drive rally course. Skiing was good though.... Never hit paradise for my first run before but boots were tight so I chose that....blasting wide turns on that was fun but left me behind the crew. Sidewinder was interesting but fun... Main was main... First time on Switchback this season so that was nice. Lazy skied awesome as well... Falls needs a no parking sign at the top. No beers or sausage for me today.....was home by noon after flying home. I'm ready for Elk on Friday... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cross country skiing/dinner TR.. Drove to a lodge 12 miles into the middle of nowhere mountains (castle creek road between Aspen and highlands). Had to cross country ski 1.5 miles in the dark with a head lamp up a small incline to the restaurant. It fucking sucked and I was miserable. Walked with my skis half the time. Dinner was good. 1st course was these puff ball things, shrimp, and quail. 2nd course was a salad. Third course I got trout that was great. 4thcourse was brownie and ice cream. Real cool rustic lodge type setting. Skiing back was a lot more fun and I enjoyed it. However, cross country skis have no edges and I don't know how to stop, so since I was going down hill my only way to stop was to crash. I crashed hard 3 times in the way back but like 10 other people crashed multiple times as well, one lady broke her thumb. The first half of skiing sucked, the second half was fun. It was cool being in the woods in pitch black, the stars are so bright.

Pic of Phillycore slaying Parsenn Bowl.

You are right, that’s why I said everyone should go there to check it out. For me the town just feels phony. It’s a real town, not like Vail, but I personally don’t like the vibe there. I am glad you enjoy your time there. Like I said, it’s is a beautiful area and I still hope to ski there someday.