[Arizona Snowbowl 2024]

The mountain is reporting 7 inches. 

[Arizona Snowbowl 2024]

It’s 430 here. Woke up like a kid on Christmas morning except instead of running to the tree I ran to the window to a blanket of white outside! Now I can’t go back to sleep. Waiting for the official report from the mountain.

[the pics from today thread]

15 minutes ago, Benm said:

that song fucking blows

I'm not a huge queen guy either. Dont get me wrong. Ridiculously talented and Freddie Mercury is one of the best front men ever but the actual songs are meh. Can't get into the whole rock opera thing.

[Arizona Snowbowl 2024]

1 hour ago, indiggio said:

Good to hit the trees when it's foggy, so long as the snow is good.

That's what I ultimately ended up doing. Skied the glades off of spur catwalk for the first time and it was stellar (pic below) As were the north rim glades. White lightning (also pic below) was open so I ran that as well. I feel like @JFskiDan would be in heaven in the woods here. It's actually weird getting lost in the woods at a western resort without Dan.

Top notch ski day. Skied from 9 to 2. Didn't think I'd go that long but found some good stuff off trail that made me forget about the fog. Not to mention upper and lower ridge... any groomer for that matter was excellent as well. Weird cause it's sunny in town. But snows on the way. Lift tickets for Saturday are up to $300 lol.

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Gondi line to north rim glades is open and it's really freaking good. Snow is softer in that area due to what I'm guessing is a lack of sun bake. Ran that twice. Legs are screaming. Still foggy but a stellar day regardless 

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Taking a break but wow the fog is thick ... especially up top. Lightens up around 9k or so. Snow however is still excellent on piste. Tried to ski the gondi run but it was roped off. Lower bowl just reminded me how out of shape I am however. Low vis means more turns means I'm freaking tired. So an early lunch it is. Hoping the fog lifts a bit before going back out

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20 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Always enjoy the pics from out there! Looks great. Enjoy that snow tomorrow 😍

Thanks man. I’m not 100% sure what it is but I just really enjoy being out here. Snowbowl isn’t Utah, Jackson or a lot of CO. But I enjoy skiing here as much as anywhere. I like the terrain, layout, look and feel of the mountain and the scenery is up there with anything I’ve been. It isn’t 2000 plus acres, cliffs, pucker up steeps or anything like that but it is enough; and Flagstaff isn’t pretentious…just down to earth people who enjoy being outside (with a lot of good eats). Maybe it’s just the older I get the less I feel the need to venture out of my comfort zone. I think I just like being comfortable. 

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Looking like snow showers and maybe some sun today as the forecast is calling for the heavier snow to start at 8pm tonight. Supposed to get 2 to 4 in town tonight with up to 11 inches over 7k feet. Only 75 inches in so far this season so they need it. Unfortunately flat iron, white lightning and upper bowl are closed but some natural snow trails and tree shots are in play like the Gondi line and jeep trail etc. Looking forward to skiing some of that today. Solo today as my daughter is back on campus. Oh and Forgot to mention I won a free Smith Mission helmet yesterday courtesy of snowbeezy. Got entered into a raffle for answering a few safety questions my number was called. Pretty cool as I was looking at new helmets. Lady at the ski shop said I can switch it for another brand if I wanted but opted to keep it.

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Bluebird! Snow is excellent, chalk like on piste. Off is crusty. Excellent views today. Can see the north rim on the Grand canyon pretty clearly. Sunshine and groomers kinda day for sure. They do need snow though. Still fantastic... Demoing Nordica enforcers which I really like. May purchase after the season. Great day!!

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Arrived in flag around 12am local time. Ride up was smooth as always with a pit stop a del taco for a burrito (side note…del taco has the best fries. Sounds crazy but it’s true. They’re crinkle cut). Anyway…Since snowbowl road is a pain in the ass I asked the rental car place for awd and they gave me a pretty cool jeep gladiator.  No new snow today but sunny skies and highs in the 30s. Should be awesome. Stoke levels are a 10 out of 10.

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1 minute ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Have fun and safe travels!!!

Same to you coming home tomorrow 

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Posted up at EWR. Destination...Phoenix to pick up my kid, then drive to Flagstaff later tonight. Plan is to ski tomorrow, Thurs and Friday. Tomorrow looks like we'll be skiing under the Arizona sun while for Thurs and Fri it's looking like snow... forecast is calling for 1 to 3 for Thur and same for Friday. Should be fun. Pic from last year below!

[AHoles in JHole 2024….]

Beautiful pics again. Glad you guys had fun 

[AHoles in JHole 2024….]

Beautiful shots today sir

[Jan 28 - everything went better than expected]

1 hour ago, Benm said:

...you must have missed the song they play for the SPCA or whatever it is. I think Sarah mcglapotatohan. I can't spell it

Arms of an angel?  No I heard it and almost started crying

[Jan 28 - everything went better than expected]

Nothing says stoke like “Ba ya da….da da da da……da da…….ba da da”. At least it wasn’t beauty and the beast like yesterday.

props. Even if it was it raining I wasn’t getting there since I didn’t get to bed until 3:30. So Im selfishly glad it was raining as it gave me an excuse to stay in bed

[New Hampshire 2024]

On 1/26/2024 at 9:31 PM, indiggio said:

 

 

Super fucking human. incredible 

[AHoles in JHole 2024….]

11 hours ago, indiggio said:

I’ve been to the JH ER, really nice place!!

Same! I don’t remember it though 😔

[1-27 new terrain]

13 hours ago, theprogram4 said:

2 runs later the lifty said to me that he did it, and I quote, “to keep the masses happy as they were yelling.”  I re-iterated with him that another employee had literally told me I could go.

I think I speak for the masses when I say what would have made us happy is that they let you go. Sending you back was dumb. 

[the pics from today thread]

[1-27 new terrain]

Better than expected day today. In the house was JFDan, TP4, Law, Ben, MBike, Glenn, Schif, Boo, Nancy and lots of others. First run down NMDW was a carpet. 9.6 out of 10 on the blue scale. Was so nice we did it twice. The base on NMDW is huge. At one point you can probably touch the lift with your ski pole. No features... just NMDW in all it's glory. Challenge wasn't as good but not bad. It got bumpy right quick with race team and the ski patrol sled games. Curzis cabin to chute was anther really nice run with a little lip action on the right side of chute to spice it up. As the morning went in the snow loosened up... spring like etc. Cloudy with comfortable temps to start and the sun came out which was nice. Lines were a non issue. Good day today!

[AHoles in JHole 2024….]

The “mute getting silly” shot could make the cover of the next PASR…The Magazine. I’ll put a word in to the editorial staff

[1/24 throwback Wednesday]

4 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I just feel like you have unfinished business at Jackson hole…

I do. I’ll get back there.

[1/24 throwback Wednesday]

2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Sweet and next year you can return to Jackson hole when your kid is done with college!!!!

Nope. Grad school. Either way Arizona is home way from home at this point. Just home at some point 

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2 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

When’s Arizona snowbowl?  

 Next week. they're reporting a foot over the last 3 days 😀