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Gorgeous day. 0 but feels great with bright ass sunshine. Soft cord... Fan fucking tasic. First run off little WF, from approach all the way down. Gonna head over to lookout mountain for Wilmington and Hoyts. Life is good

A few of us from here, and others we know, are heading out to Jackson today and over the weekend. @mute1080 and I will be there around noon to meet Ryan if everything stays as scheduled. We’ll be sure to keep the updates coming! Lots of skiing, food, beer, and lifestyle pictures to follow! Think snow! jadip

Got in the lot at 8:50. Up gatehouse to lynx and a few runs down that side. Headed over to castle rock and now just lapping that double. Good snow, bluebird skies.

A few pockets of fresh in cloudspin

Started from the bottom now we here.

@tarponhead rope dropped on upper empire. A bit thin in spots but lots of fun. Narrow as hell

Hoyts High with it's double fall line goodness all to my damn self. Guess everyone's in Vermont? Works for me.

Let's go!

I'm done. Went just short of bell to bell; the legs were done. Finished with a 3000 plus vert Parons run to mid mountain to the base. Great ski day today.

Landed on time. Mimosa in hand. Let the party begin.

In flight beverage. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

On my first SEPTA this morning!

Just got to the condo at the bridges. Spicy drive up with steady snow from Albany on. Glad I bought a truck. Plan for tomorrow is to get first chair and mostly groomers to get the legs back under all of us.Probably about 3” new on the ground. Forecast is a balmy high of 15 tomorrow. I’ll try to update this as best as possible as well as take a few pictures. First time outside of PA on two planks, should make for an interesting few days.

Brewery tonight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is @toast21602's 3rd trip to Jackson Hole. You're still a pussy.

Rode cloudspin again to the lookout mountain lift for a long ass run on Wilmington back to the base. On the gondi now. Another cloudspin shot below.

Are they swapping out at intermission?

View from upper skyward and a close up of the slides. Doing laps off the summit right now

A warning? I doubt anybody is getting away with a warning this week. Their goal is clearly to patch some budget holes by the end of the month. No, he gave me a break and issued a $54 failure to follow signs and directions ticket with "an easy way to pay online". No points.

No breakfast. Not really a hotel. More like a bunch of cabins. In room coffee though and I stocked up on nature valley bars at the gas station last night so I'm good.

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You are correct. Tree density is determined largely by canopy width at full maturity which is related to 10000 things but quality of the soil is pretty major. The ADK's skiing region is mostly slope spruce with very rocky soils. ADK is part of the canadian shield mtns not the Appalachians. The mtns are not old, the Apps are worn down ancient mtns but the daks are stupid old bedrock that was forced up as a result of the last ice age (10k years). VT Green mtns are the apps and alot of skiing lies withing the southern and northern piedmont region where soil is better and there are more northern hardwoods which are slightly wider spaced because they get bigger canopies. Basically the upper portions of the Daks are spruce and balasm fir that are packed together because the ground sucks to grow in, 2500 ft and below in the Daks where the soil is better and there are more Northern Hardwoods which go all the way to the top in VT except Mansfield which has Krummholz. ADK Krummholz is much lower and there are large sections of lichen and non tree areas in the Daks which are way more rare in VT. ADK glades ski really well too it's just a much different place than the Greens or Whites. Here are some good resources about the trees in these regions - https://www.esf.edu/aec/adks/forestcomm.htm https://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/resource_bulletins/pdfs/2003/ne_rb158.pdf

Not many people here at all. Gore guy on the gondi was complaining about crowds here. I told him that he should ski PA if he wants to experience real crowds. Dude seemed pretty clueless

Only glades open are cloudsplitter (pic) skied them before but not feelin' it. Opted to stay on Empire.

I'll be in New Mexico, so out, but hope you guys have some nice weather, good skiing and sausages!

Looking like another 8-12 throughout the day and evening, then another brief refresher to fill some holes Friday night and Saturday night. Hoping for sleeper production out of those 🤞

So I picked the wrong day then. Oh well, at least the slopes were empty, and no enforced speed limits either. Btw, NJ troopers are really going nuts this week. Full front attack. Speed traps along I-278, I-78, and not just in their usual spots. Saw one yesterday standing on the side of the interstate in a random place shooting laser gun through a slightly open door back at the traffic. In 5 miles another one, standing on a ramp sideways and again pointing laser through driver's window. Was actually pulled over on empty I-287 on early Saturday morning for going just 73mph in 65mph zone. Path to Blue becomes more treacherous than skiing Paradise.

I thought I was riding shotgun today. I guess not.

A friend of mine used to keep just cases upon cases of beer in his garage. Like way more than what anyone would need for a weekend of drinking with 20 of his drinking buddies. When i asked him why so much, his response was "i would rather be drunk looking at it, than drunk driving around looking for it." Same can be applied for air travel. I would rather be looking a the plane, rather than running to the plane. Hope everyone heading out has good travel experiences. Have a shitload of fun, and keep it safe.

Sublette was the play this afternoon. Snowing hard and windy, so filling in nicceeeee. webt down buffalo bowl to close out the day and it was like Sierra Cement from there down Bird In the Hand

Sausage Sunday would never migrate to Camelback: 1) they don’t allow tailgating. It’s one of the reasons they suck. 2) the Value Pass isn’t good before 3 pm on Saturdays and Sundays until March. I would definitely still get a Blue Pass. I would only (maybe) get a value pass if I can verify two things: the weekends after March 1 rule is good this year as well, and that the $100 gift card I have that says Camelback Lodge could be used towards it. I suspect it can’t, and can only be used at the Lodge (hotel.)If so, no chance I would buy the pass. But if it is good, $100 off, factor in the $42 it would cost me to ski Monday, we’re down to $158. Wouldn’t mind one more visit up there this year, would cost me ~$50, down to $108 for a value pass (over possible/probable cash outlay this year) so would seriously consider it. Re: the weather thing, I can’t see is doing a NY mountain though I wouldn’t mind doing one. We’re not gonna drive up the night before, so it’s not that attractive a proposition. It will almost surely be Camelback or Montage for us

I remember these glades when we were there. Fun.

About 35 minutes out

Ski good or eat wood.

By this logic you should skip a year w/o passes. Because having two sets of passes for one spring is definitely wasteful, no matter whether it's for the same mountain or two.

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Looks absolutely incredible. Awesome report!

Weather depending I should be up AM Sat with some Yum Yums

Have fun guys!

A more challenging game is “would she do you?”

Ironton railroad which is now a rail trail. This is part of the spur route headed towards Egypt where there is an old passenger car and remnants of those old buildings.

I will gladly pay my way out of a speeding ticket any day, rather than get points.

Enjoy gents. Have a great time

Thanks! I’ll let Ryan know. Hopefully we can share a beverage or several out there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow, it's Matt Edge deep out there this morning!