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Untracked pow on every run…some tracks crossed, some nasties below..lots of Herbs…gonna be some good action shots later.

We got in gondola singles line around 810am about 20-30 people back. Bombs going off hopefully not too delayed of an opening.

Bummer I missed you guys by a few days. I had a short trip there during the dry period and mostly did tram to side country (Rock Springs lines). I have a few friends staying up in Village this weekend and they texted me three inches at base already . I am jealous 😢 enjoy ❄️❄️❄️

From the JH Avalanche forecast. The approaching multi-day atmospheric river will bring widespread snow with periods of heavy snowfall of over 1 inch an hour. By Saturday evening (5pm) forecasted snow totals are showing over 12 inches of snow across all forecast zones. Areas favored by the storm in the Tetons and Snake River Range could receive closer to 18 inches of snow. Strong wind is forecasted to peak in intensity Saturday. Another strong pulse is followed on Sunday with continued snowfall into early next week. Powder season is back as we roll into February.

9” new as of 6am…

@Barb I successfully climbed a 5.8. not bad for a first tine climber. Was scared as shit the first time up and down. Lol was fun but climbing definitely ain't skiing

Oh, well that was fucking fun!!

I want to see a Moose!!! I depart EWR for Denver Sunday morning!!

Day 3 Woke up to low pressure again on the tire. Loaded the ski gear in my daughter's car. Drove to discount tire at 830. My daughter picked me up soon after got to the mountain around 915 while blasting lil yachti, future, Kendrick and logic for stoke. The tire had a screw in it and they repaired it for free. So glad I did that before heading down 17 back to Phoenix. Another cloudless bluebird day. First run up the grand canyon express, left at the catwalk to find a nice surprise....they dropped the ropes on volcano for the first time this season. The trail itself is groomed but there's a chute off of volcano that is natural. They had a sign marked thin cover and this week's snow fall was waiting. Rode that a few times. also ran another unnamed ungroomed trail near volcano. So some new snow goodness early on. But the theme for today was the bluest of bluebird skiing and primarily soft fast groomers. Not quite as good as yesterday but still a beautiful fantastic ski day where I didn't want to leave but the legs were done. Posted up in Scottsdale now before heading out to eat. Done skiing but what a great few days. I feel really lucky that I came this week. Just hope things turn snowfall wise soon.

A little wildlife this morning.

January 31, 2015 Day 3 of 7 Hey All, I’m back from another fun day at Jackson Hole mountain resort. In the house were me, Atomic Jeff and JfDan. We saw a couple moose right by the ticket office and were in line for the gondola around 830am. The temperature was about zero under mostly cloudy sky’s. First run on amphitheater had flat light and kind of stiff snow. Up Thunder and Grand was similar. Up Sublette and Bivoac still had some chalk. Next run was an empty rendezvous trail and pretty decent grooming. Over to Thunder and down the top of amphitheater over to Casper lift. Up Casper and down wide open to Teton lift then down wide open again back to the Casper chair. I skied the stash park area to right under the lift then up Teton again to Crags run which was pretty decent up Teton again to the base of apres vous. Up apres vous to Saratoga bowl which had the best snow on the mountain, it’s below and north facing where we skied so snow was chalky to styrofoam. Did a repeat of Saratoga bowl. Me and Jeff quit then and went to the mangy moose and JfDan got a few more runs in and met us at the mangy. Now back in town waiting for my weed pills to creep in. Nazareth Jay arrived about 2 hours ago and Dirtwolf is expected to arrive around 9pm. Everybody keep your fingers crossed that his plane gets in ok as it’s supposed to start snowing and blowing in a few hours. JADIP

Day 6 and final day of my trip...stayed in southern NY last night and drove to Shawnee this morning. Conditions were actually really fun. Fast firm corduroy...light rain but much warmer than the past week up north. Mostly did the blue/black trails near the lift, but Renegade was great so I skated over there 5 times. No lift lines and being a smaller mountain, the high speed quad gets you to the top pretty quickly. Now at Shawnee craft brewing...nitro porter, pale ale, and a cheesesteak pizza.

Pics...

More pics later but Timberline side at Bolton is incredibly good. Especially Adam's Solitude and @GrilledSteezeSandwich woods

Bolton conditions today range from deep powder to windblown ice on the upper groomers. Lower mountain groomers are great and the glades are incredible. Did a few groomers and natural snow trails, along with enchanted forest, then 2 runs down Vista glades. On the second run in Vista, I found a pair of sunglasses so I returned them to lost and found and heading out and over to timberline lift in a few

Does Matt Edge ski Camelback? That would be rad to split a hot cocoa with him after high fiving a camel. Maybe we can even share bunk beds at Verbier

Matt Edge doesn’t do lines anymore. He doesn’t do them any less either

Fucking sick! Slutty hobacks pics if your taking requests.

Yeah, Blue definitely rocks this year, esp. the last few weeks with the cold weather and with 3 expresses running in the middle of the week. WJW. I now have these occasional attacks of nostalgia remembering how there would be a mile long line in front of the only express, with the second one scheduled to open only in an hour 'cause there's no staff. Or how I'd go down from Summit lodge at 9am only to find that they're not loading any lifts yet. Those good old times...

The most important thing is have fun but number 2 is climb with your legs not with your arms. Super glad the snow worked out and you got some good turns in.

He said he is going indoor rock climbing with his daughter

Huh?? What does this have to do with Arizona snowbowl

I’m sure your daughter is a great belayer. My advice is, trust the rope. It’s hard to do when you are new to the sport. Hips into the wall, don’t stick your butt out. Try and use the power of your legs to push you up, not arms to pull you up.

I just never have good luck on a Friday though its probably all my fault. It wasn't bad but compared to previous and with a wicked fog it wasn't nearly as pleasant. Grip was as expected mostly excellent but there are a few icy spots coming through that could put you in the woods. Rotd was whatever you could see on. The new blown is a slop fest, falls had alot of horizontal speed bump type shit early and it wasn't very crowded in the drizzle.

Today is fixin to be another bright…. bright… bright shiny day with highs in the 40s. Western groomer city on tap. My daughter is now in town so lord knows when I’ll actually get to the mountain. Anything past 930 and she’s driving on her own. I must’ve had a crystal ball because despite the 9 inches we got this week the drought continues. Northern Arizona has no snow forecasted in the foreseeable future sadly. I really fell terrible for the people here as they love this mountain and love to ski. All of these systems that are coming through (so stoked for the JH crew) are staying north. Something about high pressure systems…idk. But either way I really really lucked out. Gonna enjoy what’s left of the fresh snow and the AZ sunshine today before heading back down south to phoenix. Indoor rock climbing is on tap for tomorrow. We'll see how that goes.

I heard the Burton headquarters is cool and they even have a bar. I rode the lift with Jake Burton at Stowe when I was in college. I knew who he was instantly cause I read pretty much every ski publication back then. I also so him at Piecasso in Stowe years later. He’s a legend and legends rule RIP

Got done riding shortly before 2...grabbed a beer from the car and back to the lodge for some pork belly and tuna onigiri and a Japanese coffee. Then headed to Burton headquarters in Burlington. Stopped at the retail store, who sent me to the repair shop next door. Chatted with the guy there for a bit, but after looking around their website, I already knew the boots were out of warranty. He told me to file an online warranty claim anyway and give him the details. I played with the shop dogs while I waited...he came back 5 minutes later and said a pair of boots is being shipped free of charge. HUGE mf'n shout out to Burton for being awesome. Then stopped at Foam brewers for a few beers. Took a walk along the marina along lake Champlain and getting dinner at Burlington beer now

Day 2. Just wrapped not too long ago. By far the my best day of the season. It started off with a scare though. when I went out to the car the low tire pressure warning was on. I immediately panicked thinking I may have had a flat and that I'd be late or worse, but there was plenty of air to get me to the circle k. $2.50 later the tire was back to 32 psi. That snafu cost me a few minutes however and the roads were dicey, especially snowbowl road which required AWD (they were checking). Climbing the mountain I passed some guy in a Kia Sportage who was going way to slow and got there around 9:05. What a day though. The bluest of blue skies, not a single cloud in the sky with freshly fallen snow from overnight, clear views of the surrounding area and the Grand canyon to the north. Started off on the Grand canyon Express which was the move since the gondola was on wind hold. It really wasn't that windy but windy enough to blow piles of new snow into deeper piles. The first few runs were $$$. Like the million dollar man Ted Dibiasi money. Shin deep in spots and a bit of flotilla. That didn't last long however as locals don't play when it snows here. That said, the gondi opened at noon so there was a chance for round two on lower bowl or upper ridge. I was there waiting in line but it was taking long so I took my chances and skied back to the GCE. when I got to the top I saw that the gondi was loading. I hauled ass down logjam and hopped on for a sloppy seconds run down lower bowl with a few more runs before calling it. I didn't want to leave but my legs had it. My face is red as I think I got burnt. By tomorrow (more sunshine) I'll look like Kramer from the episode of Seinfeld where he fries himself with butter. A 10 out of 10 day at snowbowl which is now officially my most frequented ski resort outside of Pennsylvania, taking over the spot previously held by whiteface.

After a quick stop at the lodge, I did Vista glades again. Some fun drops in there and deep snow. Then back to the top and did Cobrass to Five Corners, which had some nice snow. Up Timberline to Adam's Solitude, which was a fun glade...nice wind lip at the top to jump off, and a few cliffs (didnt do those). The runout is actually pretty fun, single track with a good enough pitch to avoid getting stuck in the deeper snow. Did Doug's woods twice after that. Really fun glades, hit some small drops. Also did Spellbinder twice, steeper bumps at the top and mellow powder field at the bottom. Show off under the lift was a fun intermediate that still had some powder. Did Adam's Solitude again and launched the wind lip at bit too fast and ate it...after that, I decided it was time to head back to the Vista side. Did a groomer down to the beginner double and hit a green trail with good powder but too mellow of a pitch as expected

1/30/24… Day 2 of 7 Hey all, I’m finished with another fun ski day at Jackson hole mountain resort. We arrived at the ski resort around 830am and it was -10 at the base and 28 degrees at the summit. First civilian gondola again and down amphitheater first which was decent eastern cord. Up Thunder and down Laramie which was groomed and kind of stiff. Then up Sublette and skied Bivoac which saw a rare grooming and was fairly edgeable chalky snow… We repeated Bivoac two more times then skied back to Thunder and skied Ampitheater to lower Tram line. We then took the Tram up and was basically a walk on Tram. Rendevous bowl was really bad refrozen crud and bumps…makes sense as it hit 49 degrees yesterday at the summit. Back to Bivoac a fourth time and up Sublette then down to the Hobacks. I really enjoy the spicy entrance but just like in R bowl, most of the hobbers got cooked yesterday but some decent snow along the boundary line…wow I got really sweaty on that run and then freezing cold as the valley was still about zero degrees. Then up union pass to teewinot and up apres vous and skied a random groomer and had my fill. Just like yesterday we skied about 12-13 runs for a little over 20k of vertical. Lunch was at Osteria I had some sort of Italian soup and margarita pizza. JFDan is now in town and tomorrow Nazareth Jay and Dirtwolf arrive. JADIP

Sunshine and snow LFG!!!

4 inches officially being reported for today…all of that happened last night as it appears the last of this most recent storm system has cleared out bringing in 9 inches since Monday. So sunny skies and fresh snow waiting for us at opening …

Snowing in town and the roads are a bit spicy. Hopefully means good things a few thousand feet higher on the mountain. Supposed to clear out however. Tomorrow looks like a straight bluebird day!

After lunch, back out for a few more runs. Did upper and lower bear den to Graham slam, which was a nice ungroomed intermediate. Then did power line again and also hit Sasquatch glade. Took a break to refill my Gatorade and book tonight's hotel, then back out. 2 runs down wilderness, then a few other runs after that, hit Doug's drop, borderline, lews leap, and a few others. Ski patrol did drop the ropes on a few trails that weren't listed as open this morning. A lot of the glades weren't open, but overall an awesome day. Left around 3, still snowing. Drove to Hill Farmstead after that for a Nelson IPA and picked up some stuff to go. Staying in Waterbury tonight and planning on hitting Bolton Valley tomorrow. Their report from this morning showed 3" and it's been snowing all day, so I'm expecting more by tomorrow morning.

Burke is a 15/10 east coast powder day. Not a huge amount of snow but soft and still some untouched snow after a few hours Pics probably suck because it's cold and my phone keeps fogging up. Started off on East bowl. Runout sucked with fresh snow but so worth it. Then hit upper and lower power line. Did a glade run and wilderness, both good. Then a groomer, big dipper i think...then shoot, a groomer, to ledges and something else to the bears den bar. Hill farmstead and chili for an early lunch

Went down muleskinner and off into the trees next to it, which were wide open glades and really good snow. Tried hiking another spot but it was pretty deep too. Didn't take any pics on the glades but took a few on muleskinner and lower peachys peril. Boot is done for at least for now. The part where the set screw threads into is totally ripped out. Back at the car for a beer and figure out what to do next

It's good this morning. About 3" up top. Did a few powdery groomers and then started to attempt the hike to the above treeline snow fields. After like 1000 feet of trudging through waist deep snow i felt something dragging at my boot...boa coiler hanging off. Shit...popped it back on but it's not coiling or loosening. Gave up on the hike after that. Heading out muleskinner and back to the base to see if I can fix it. If not I have a spare pair in the car although brand new so they are gonna hurt

Unless it rattles under your skis, which is what usually happens. But perhaps not at CB?

None of it makes sense though. Snowmaking quitting, water shortage, pass issues. Aren't these mountains under the same management?? And first tracks are overrated. It's all frozen anyway.

Welcome back @eaf Now if only @guitar73 would return Camelback has been a complete joke this season. Yes, now they have the majority of their trails open, but it took long enough. There are numerous issues at Camelwhack this season, so what you heard on the lift is 100% real news. The Stevenson Lift just opened for the first time two weeks ago. That's right, January 17. Meanwhile True Blue has been nearly 100% open since probably Mid December. Here are the various reasons I heard for this debauchery: Lack of water for snowmaking due to drought, and some government agency limiting their water access (they use a lot for the water park) Mass resignation of snowmakers; I heard there were only 3 snowmakers for the whole mountain a while ago, and they had to borrow some from Blue The Stevenson Lift failed inspection 4 times, rumour has it. When it apparently passed on 1/17, they finally opened it. It continues to malfunction sporadically a lot per rumors on the Face Books Needly to say, I will NOT be renewing my Peak to Peak pass next season, 2025/2026. I will stick to True Blue. That's my Boy Blue, I'm stuck on Blue, let's all go to Blue woooooohoooooo