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Today was #1 or #1a on the list of deepest powder I’ve skied. Over the head a few times and all in the grill on most turns. Amazing.

A little tease … more soon. First is me, second is Doug and third is Tom. It was way more than reported 😂

Current view taking a breather.

Deep on deep on deep today. Bottomless faceshots…even on Amphi 😂

1/27/22 Jackson Hole day 3 of 7 Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Jackson hole mountain resort. Me, Atomic Jeff, NMSki and Mute left for the mountain at 7:25am…arrived around 8am and were in line by 8:15am and were about 12-15 in the singles line for the gondola. Due to avalanche control work, the gondola didn’t open until about 9:50am as there was 16” of new snow as of the 6am report and several more inches. Up the gondola and Amphitheater which at first was knee deep then even deeper…was more of a weekend type of crowd with a lot more females than normal and high school kids playing hooky..the stoke was higher than cheech and Chong in Up in Smoke. People were letting out some serious orgasm noises…oh yeah oh yeah yewwww woo woo hee haw hee haw lol. First run I had prob 30 face shots… Thunder wasn’t running yet but started a few minutes later and went down the left side of Grand where all the Perder pictures were from. It was truly fantastic..prob 20-25” deep is my guess untouched. While fun, it was a workout and I was using muscles I didn’t even know I had. While I’m a very competent powder skier, it’s not often I get to ski snow this deep. Up Sublette and ten sleep bowl to the cirque and only a handful of people had been in this area. Again deep deep deep the line NMSki and Mute took further left was pretty epic and I was a little more to the right which ended in a gully choke full of..no not nuts..powder. Instead of skiing amphitheater back to the Thunder chair which was now completely filled with people and I’m sure totally skied off, we went left a bit down Nez Perce traverse then right into the south facing steep slopes leading back to the Thunder chair. It was mostly untracked but not as bonerific as Grand and the Cirque. By now Thunder had a really long line… Up Thunder and back to far left of Grand again, while not untracked like 45 minutes prior, probably half my turns were untracked so still alot of face shots and powder poofs. Got to the Sublette chair and it wasn’t running due to high winds near the top. We wanted to take Sublette to get the the hobacks but that means the Hobacks will be even better tomorrow as most people who take the hobacks take the Sublette chair as it has 4 times the uphill capacity as the Tram. We then took the south pass traverse to the north Colter ridge area which was mostly untracked but getting skied up…I didn’t have a fall but I had a bit of a spin out where I ended up facing uphill with my skis in a reverse snowplow..I’m an agile mofo so no issues getting turned back around. Then near the bottom my legs were really starting to feel it so I sat down for a few, text the boys that I’d meet them at the bottom and took a few pictures. Then skied the rest like a fucking champion..for a moment I was Owen Leaper skiing that lower mountain hippie bowl or Jean Claude Killy…union pass had a massive line..went to the base and was about noon…me and atomic Jeff decided to end on a high note and NMSki and Mute took one more run off the Gondola. You all might wonder where was the star of the trip, NazarethSkier Jay, woo jay had a nice leisurely breakfast and took his hotel shuttle to the hill and perhaps got even more fresh than us off the Teton lift and Saratoga bowl..while eating lunch at the Alpenhof he even FaceTimed AtomicSkier and he was so giddy it was like he got the golden ticket and didn’t even fall into the chocolate river. These are the best of times in Jackson hole. It wasn’t as light and dry as the 22” day back in 2006 but we skied way more untracked powder today and it was deeper. Tomorrow might even be deeper than today. Today was one of those days where the afterglow will last for days and weeks. I chose a good time to come here I will say as I picked the dates. A week earlier or a week later would be totally different. JADIP

Grabbed first chair with a few other indy passers. Natural snow trail was pretty crusty. Pretty cold today. Groomers are fantastic though. Stuff off kennebago is still closed but hopefully will open later. I'd imagine its pretty slick right now but should soften hopefully

Oh Lordy 15” new ‍😶

Ermagerd Perder

First run nipple deep

@NMSKI slutted it up so much on the first round of pictures he covered my lens in snow and it wouldn't focus on anyone else.

I’m going to ban you soon

Razors was rotd. NM/DW close second. Main St was much improved from Tuesday. Lazy, paradise, homestretch and trails end got sugary from a good amount of traffic. Curzies (Widow maker, Raceway, whatever) to midway was good as well. The chute had several top to bottom groomer ditches on it. I agree with C1erArt, the entrance area to the new six gets rather spicey. Had conversation with Rodney, Slim and some of their crew, enjoyed that.

Hit some more groomers, getting a beer now. May leave at like 1 30 if nothing else opens and hit Black mountain of Maine for a few runs

Got in to the lot about 830, strange not seeing anyone in the ski and ride parking area. Did some runs on razors, nightmare, freefall. All in good shape although freefall was a little mixed with scraped off areas and snow piles. And then over to Main Street and Curzi’s cabin. Conditions were pretty good, not great, with brown spots and soft snow building up in the usual spots by the time I left at 11. The upper slopes in general didn’t get to cut up, and razors was a tossup with Nightmare for the run of the day. Upper main street was pretty empty the times I ran it, about the only place you could do once wide turns. The lift lines were pretty short, but you had to fight your way through the crowd at the bottom of the new lift to get to the gates. They closed the crossover coming from Main St. to homestretch, so the run out down to the new lift got pretty busy. I think they were running some park stuff there.

Bunch of pics from last hour...professor still awesome. Glades off of that...

Could be good today. Only 40 more minutes if lifts open on time. Bombs going off.

Fun day with the boys

I don't keep stats but thanks TP4. Black mountain is hilariously bad. On a powder day its probably awesome. Side hits, drops, and plenty of trees. Anything ungroomed is either ice or massive chunks. The hike to stuff looks cool but the lifty said it's not skiing well right now. Couple of the groomers are decent. Probably ride another half hour and head out, lift closes at 3 45

Make sure to post in stats as 2 separate days so you get credit for both places!

I'll post some additional pictures later from saddleback. At Black mountain now. Can't redeem 2 indy passes in one day but lift ticket was only $ 25

Nightmare glade and intimidator glade again. Nightmare runs into a trail called green weaver. Nightmare green weaver, sounds familiar

Thrombosis glade. Snow in the trees isn't bad. A little crusty but not icy

Awesome day even with low vis. Couple pics including the 49er breakfast

What @GrilledSteezeSandwich said, but @mute1080and I did a quick Saratoga bowl and then Washakie Glade. The snow was great and fingers crossed for some good cowboy pow. Some pics of @mute1080 and @NazarethSkier from the Hobacks and Saratoga.

Boner city, all of it Looks like an incredible day

Who's breaking out the Bermuda shorts and headed to a balmy Blue mountain this weekend? We got sunshine on Saturday and highs looking like me.... hot in the mid 40s. On Sunday we'll see some cloud cover with highs again in the 40s. Maybe we'll see some spring conditions as opposed to sugar. LFG

Human slalom gates that are moving.

Was up on Tuesday to use the Epic pass. Had been a few years since I was at Jack. Lodge hasn't changed at all. Not a whole lot was open, basically 7 trails. All were very firm and fast. Surprised that they skied off by noon with the light crowd. Best snow of the day was on Lehigh. Skied everything that was open except the Park. The 2 blacks were pretty good. My only complaint about Jack is that without the East side the trails are about the same, straight down, same head wall locations on all of them. Staff was all friendly, all in Vail coats. Was turning 10 minute laps (only 3 minutes longer than at BC). Worth the trip for weekday runs.

TRAIL REPORT 1-27- Rolled in at 8:30 to a fairly mild morning, nice blue sky. Extremely surprised by conditions! Somehow they keep finding snow. No bare spots anywhere. Snow to start was pretty firm and fast. After a couple of runs on Kodiak went over to F chair side. Polar Bear was sweet, Timberline fast, Broadway also fast. Snow started to soften but remained fast and easy to set edges. Sasquatch was nice and firm and the wife decided to lap it a few times. No real ROTD as all of the trails were pretty much the same. Last run was Black Bear Park and it did not disappoint. Was surprised at the crowd today, was more like a Saturday than a Friday. Called it a day right before 11. Looking forward to tomorrow early!

Maybe I’ll ski to the bagel place

Ate dinner at the pickford pub at loon lodge inn...Terrible pic but had duck breast and a marsh island ipa. Then a dark and stormy that was pretty much a pint glass of rum...maple ginger creme brulee for dessert (didn't take a pic). Great food and really cool place

Today was my 100th day skiing at Jackson Hole.

Blue is blowing!!!

I saw they installed a new sign with the new logo at the top lodge entrance..

You dirty pirate hookers, those are some deeeep slutty shots, straight snow porn. AS looking like Lee Cohen in the LCC. NM dude those are canvas worthy. Can't wait to see tomorrow's action

Good God! Nice work gentleman. Looks amazing x 1000

Should have listened to @saltyantand brought a snorkel.

Taking advantage of @mute1080being gone to catch up on sleep. Becky and I will be up Sunday PM instead of the usual AM.

Waiting for avalanche bombing to end.

Wao nice lifestyle shots, you boys look so excited to ski the perder. I hope both Mute and also Ryan are waiting in line and have snorkels on hand so they don't get the leftover sloppy seconds

That cord makes me hella jelly. There is nothing better than fresh cord on a blue sky or cloudy day. WTGAI

Looks like today will be a great day. Cams look sweeet.

But it mostly looked like this:

You guys take really good pictures. Love that one with the Black Crow skis in the shot.

January 26th…day 2 of 7. Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Jackson Hole. Today was in the single digits to start with a trace of new snow that skied more like 1-2”. Second civilian gondola today and I saw my snowboarder buddy from Florida who’s always here this time of year and exchanged a few pleasantries..then it was time to ski. Amphitheater was really good again and I milked it about because visibility was bad. Up Thunder and down Grand which was some of the best non pow day conditions..up Sublette and a run down Rendevous train then up Sublette again to Bivoac woods to Bivoac…the boys wanted to ski the Hobacks and I didn’t really want to do split up for a few runs and while they were in the Hobbers I did a quick lap off thunder the. Went all the way to the base via Nez Perce traverse, Casper area, south pass traverse and teewinot..I was at the base a bit early so went up teewinot and at the top of that had a text from atomic Jeff that they were on union pass so went back to the base and even on the lower mountain the snow was really good. The only bad snow was in Casper area cause it was busy there. Up Apres vous and some did saratoga bowl some St. John’s and buck and I skied a combination of stuff. I think Ryan, mute and NMSki also skied Moran area. It was supposed to be just cloudy but it snowed the entire day base to summit. Had a nice lunch at the mangy moose and some pitchers and left a fat tip for the waitress because she deserved us for putting up with a bunch of Chuckleheads. The old man at the next table even gave us some of his sausage..that was kind. Not many pictures today but I’ll post a few.

Finished off the day with a run down woolly bugger glades. Only rated a single black diamond but craziest glades of the day. They start off mild pitch but tight trees... But then... ends relatively flat and you can cut right or left to get to another trail (can probably keep going too) After that, I saw an untouched cut to one of the condos...not the one I'm staying in, but do I hit it anyway and walk back to the next trail? Back at the condo now, probably go to dinner in an hour or so

Still waiting for gondola to open. Reminds me of the @Johnny Styleyear.

This is grate. @GrilledSteezeSandwich I'm a Survivor, just like the song.