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  1. Soul of Alta

    in Other Mountains

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    On 1/17/2024 at 8:03 PM, Johnny Law said:

    Fucking stoke !

    I'll preface this by saying for the boarders I'm sorry they don't let you ride there, to be fair alot of the stuff worth skiing would suck on a board but still.

    I love to ask people what they think about Alta because it's the fastest question to know what they are all about.

    DV peeps for the most part don't like Alta, the other day when they had a 4hr redsnake up LCC all the ikons went to the bird which in some ways is a more challenging mtn but critically more comfortable. (Tram not included )

    Alta is for skiers, actual skiing, not taking pictures for the gram in a 4k Goldberg, you can get beer and shit but they don't have signature cocktails. There is no spa or 100000 endless real estate scams. All of the good shit you gotta work to get their and nobody is going to help you find it. The true Alta peeps are god damn Billy goats, a 85 year old dude will make you reconsider how good of a skier you think you are as he's faster on the traverse and downhill. 

    It's insanely beautiful, the opposite of telluride/Silverton which I still say is number one in the lower 48 but you get up on high rustler and sup is all big and gnarly in your face, the sun is going down behind the mtns perfect picture frame view all the way down to the valley. 

    You either get it or you don't and every true skier, the givers, the adventurers get it........ the nipple deep diamond dust that falls out of the sky seemingly constantly doesn't hurt but they are right it has a soul in an increasingly soulless ski industry. 

    Was only there once, need to get back. Niko and I rode with Indiggio and son on a boot deep day and had a hoot. I remember it was the first "big" day on the new hip and I was skiing a little tentatively, decided to break off after lunch and cruise with the girls. After a run or two Mrs SnoBunski was done so her friend Jan, who is a long time Alta skier and knows the mountain like the back of her hand, took me on a magic tour. I knew it was going to be good on the lift when she asked if I minded a few rocky traverses, lol.

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  4. Today

    in Blue Mountain

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    11 hours ago, mute1080 said:

    No sugar but plenty of scrap spots and the good snow was all rollers. I would have been happy with it being bumped up but I guess we didn’t get enough snow.

    Blowing on Chute and Widowmaker was noticeably new to me while still hitting the same trails they had going this morning

    yea kinda weird the new snow compacted into washboard pumps everywhere and coming soon was ....closed for racing.

    was gonna call it after 3 runs but then found some decent snow left side of main and did 3 last runs until they shut down the OG6 and the lines got too long

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  7. Ski Season 23-24 thread

    in General Chat

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    14 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

    Utah is getting dumped on like crazy. I saw something like 58-84” total predicted for Alta, prob enough for closures. Lucas videos always bangers. 
     

     

    Pops mentioned yesterday that his son in law(?) was out there but they were closed

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  12. 12/21…fourth opening day..a little slick.

    in Blue Mountain

    Posted · Edited by mbike-ski

    14 hours ago, DiMe said:

    Oh boy.... ski patrol has ding guns now!  What are the range on tbose things.  If we ever get an ikonic natty dump can they ding us from the chair lift if we go off piste? 

    Today was quite pocono packed powder conditions.  Midway to Main was far better than Nile Mile.  Park still super fun.

    more big brother shit than that, i read something last week epic(?) shut down some passes based on tracking apps linked to RFID cards for peeps skiing closed terrain... fuck vail

    last night was a *little* slick lol, 3 and out

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  16. 2023-2024 skison

    in Bear Creek

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    23 hours ago, poconoceancity said:

    I grabbed family season passes back in May since my daughter is at Kutztown. Looking forward to being there most weekends.

    Holy fuck I’m old, I remember your kids as , well …. kids

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  22. Zee Lights

    in Blue Mountain

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    22 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:

     no answer and don’t return calls 

    yea some turnover there, they let some good people go... anticipating a black Friday opening MrsSnoBunSki went to drop off her skis a few weeks ago for pick up the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and they said they *might* not be open that Wednesday?!?!?

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