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Oh yeah, had the blue Bugaboo with the zip out liner and matching shell pants. May still have it packed away somewhere along with some other old ski clothes the kid has inherited..

Not a heck of a lot better in Utah either, living off the residuals of the last couple of storms that luckily brought snowpack to median. Need this stupid big H to depart the West! Brighton

Back from another day at Solitude. The big H has settled over the area which means mad inversion yo. Left the house it was in the 20’s, up at the mountain it was 32 with a bit of haze obscuring the moon. Pretty much a repeat of yesterday, lapping groomers, furmish bumps and some stages of fresh in the woods. Did a little more exploring of areas that I saw yesterday, but there’s still so many places to roam and some of the lines people have came down are quite crazy. JADIP They groom right up to the doorway!

Nice now after the storm. Still could use another good storm to cover more sharks.

And then someone drives into the ski shop??

Lift line definitely looked spicy!

Back from another grate day at Solitude. Thought about going elsewhere but figured everyone was gonna head up LCC because of the recent storm, so decided to stay away from there. Arrived at the mountain to 9 degrees, crystal clear skies and squeaky snow. The place looked beautiful with the new coat of snow. Avy explosions were going off all around the area. Up the Moonbeam and down to the Apex on pristine groomed Western cruiser. Lapped the Apex until 8 when the other lifts start loading. It was cold, but running laps on the bump runs warmed me up each time. Pockets of fresh were still around in the trees and the bumps were firm and edgeable. Up the Sunrise and over to the Summit lift the just recently opened. Lapped the Summit lift a few times then back down to the Apex and out. Wife needs more ski equipment, so headed home to go shopping. JADIP

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Anyone hear anything about the kid supposedly airlifted out the other night?? https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C9kbbB8FT/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Hey all, Back home after the gratest day of skiing at Solitude so far this season. Arrived at the base at 7:15am to about 32 degrees and like 3” of graupel on the ground and some flurries still falling. Up Moonbeam and down Main Street over to Ajax, it was smooth sailing through some untracked powder. Lapped Ajax lift looking for untouched stashes. Made the short uphill pije to get to Blue Spruce that was mostly untouched bumps. The Powderhorn loads at 9 which I hadn’t rode this year yet, so I headed that way and got in line. For a Sunday, lines weren’t bad at all. I think all the LDS are in church, so that thins the crowds early on. Up the Powderhorn, all the runs were empty and looked superb, the start of the upcoming storm was trying to snow but it was just a tad too warm. Came down Paradise as an homage to Blue which held. 6-8” of fresh. Lapped the Powderhorn a bunch more times as there weren’t many people coming down the steeper runs. Had my fill as the light was getting flat and the legs were burnt. Supposedly a good storm inbound tonight forecasting upwards of 2 feet in the Cottonwoods. JADIP

Ditto!

My only theory is that I'm using dark theme and it's affecting the color of the font. Perhaps @AtomicSkier can help or I guess I'll have to try to remember to switch themes before posting.

Back from another fun day at Solitude. Decided to skip yesterday and wait for the big storm today and it didn’t disappoint. Checked the snow stake early and it showed 13+” wherever it’s located, so headed for the bus stop. The bus was more crowded this morning with other powder-starved sliders. Arrived at the mountain where it was 34’ and still snowing. The walk up the stairs I could feel the snow was very wet and stuck to the bottoms of my boots and only about 6” at the base. Lineup wasn’t very crowded and was delayed a bit with avy bombs going off above; a telltale sign of a good day. Up the Moonbeam and right back down to get a feel for the snow, which was packed and fast. Over to the Apex for a few laps in some fresh that I could find, nice! Thinking the Eagle should be starting at 9, so headed that way. This was a newbie mistake as the upper part is socked in and taking SP longer to clear it to open. Waited a good 20 mins. before SP allowed it to load and was lucky to get first chair for some untracked powder. Unfortunately at the top visibility sucked and it was feel your way down, so I headed for some shrubbery to help with visibility. It was definitely a full foot of fresh that if course am not used to and after getting going, tipped in and somersaulted into the snow. Good to get that outta the way! Made a few more laps and peaced out for home. Finally looking like winter, at least up in the mountains. JADIP SP actually help clean the chairs!

Hell yeah! Although I’m out West, there’s always a part that’s still back at Blue and always a PASR participant. Thanks!

40-45 mins in total silence. Everyone either sleeping or looking at their phones. I guess everyone would be sleeping prior to cellphones. Mostly workers on the first bus with only a few of the hardcores who get up early. i don’t know why the font would be light? I don’t do anything to change the color on purpose.

I miss seeing everyone, the parking lot antics and tailgating.

Hey all, I’m back from another morning at Solitude mountain. I arrived at the lot on the bus at 7:15am and it was 34 degrees with a big inversion with a big high pressure sitting overtop the area. Supposedly some low pressure waves coming through the next few days. Lapped some Western groomers off the Moonbeam, but with the lack of recent snow conditions are getting compacted and fast. Took a run down a bump line and it was firm and fast. Rumor was they were gonna open up the Eagle Express 6 at 9, so stayed in the area. 9 rolled around and they announced it was opening, so made my way over there. The Sunshine Bowl run was cookies, marbles and scraped off, bringing me back memories. Off the top, the East aspect was wind-blown crust but a little ways down it was nice powder. Lapped the Eagle a few times to find some freshies and then bugged out to get some stuff done at home. Hopefully the incoming storms dump something good. JADIP

WJW! One of the bumpers also got taken out the other week by a guy carrying his daughter down Barb’s from behind. He didn’t know what hit him! Messed up his shoulder pretty good. Y’all be careful out there!!

I didn't know how it was gonna work out, but the first stop on the run up Big Cottonwood to Solitude & Brighton is minutes from home, so why not? Don't have to deal with parking reservations, etc. and let the driver deal with the snow in the canyon. The busses have chains and get priority if there's a road closure, so I just sit back and relax on the ride. I want one of those shirts!

Hey all, I’m back from another morning at Solitude mountain, the only mountain I have unlimited IKON access. I arrived at the lot on the bus at 7:15am and it was 12 degrees with bluebird skies. In the house was me along with a few different cliques unknown to me. Up the Moonbeam, looks like a few more inches of fresh fell overnight. Took an easy run back to sample the Western groomer and some of the fresh along the sides, nice! Over to the Apex, lapped Wall Street to Main Street until 9 when the Sunrise would open. Lower Main Street center was scraped off, so stuck to both sides where there was still some freshies to be found. Rode up the Sunrise with a couple who said “Watch your head” as they pulled down the safety bar. Am I back East? After some chat, they’re from New York and I told them I figured you must be, pulling down the safety bar. We chatted about that and where they ski back East. SP dropped the rope on Sensation which was all fresh on bumps which was a ton of fun but my knee was annoyed from yesterday’s powder and my lack of exercise, so peaced out at 10. Caught some interesting parking lot tailgating going on on the way out. They had the tunes cranking! JADIP

It’s good to be King!

Forecast was calling for 8-10” up at the mountain, so it was off to catch the 1st bus to hopefully beat the crowds. It was raining with some snow mixed in when I got on the bus. By the time we hit the canyon road it was pumping down full-on snow, finally! Arrived at the mountain to heavy snow with about 4” At the base. Lined up at 7:55 to the announcement of a short delay on the open and some avy bombs going off. Up the Moonbeam to 5-6” and back down through the perder. Back up and down over to the Apex for a few laps until I couldn’t find anymore fresh. It was near 9 and they were gonna open up the Sunrise lift, so headed over there and waited for it to open. It’s a donkey triple, so a pleasant ride through the woods to give the legs some rest as I’m way outta shape for a pow day. Lapped the Sunrise a bunch of times and headed back to Apex and back down. Had my full and caught the bus back into town. Heard over the radio there was a car on its side in a gulch in LCC.

It's like someone else is doing it...

Yes indeed, goes without saying! Lemme know the dates and we'll definitely get together! Hopefully more towards the end of January so there's more opportunity for more snow to fall. Funny, riding with some locals and hearing them complain about conditions, yet we'd kill for those conditions at Blue.

It was back in 2020 that we were out here last and the first run down then was so grate it was at that point I decided I needed to move out here at some point before I die…. I finally got my ass in gear and decided the conditions were worth giving a go. A quick look at the webcam and it’s snowing up there, I’m going. I decided to do the ecological thing and see how this ski bus thing works. UTA runs buses every 1/2 hour up both canyons to reduce traffic and parking congestion. i futzed around and waiting too long to get my ski stuff together, so I missed the first bus. I didn’t need to be there that early anyway. 7 min ride to the P&R and a 40 min ride up the canyon and I was at the mountain with 20 mins till 8am open. Not bad at all. 32’ at the base, the snow was a little slushy and the air was warmish. Up the Moonbeam and into some groomer. Wow, no slush and soft snow. What is that silence? Back up the Moonbeam and across some ungroomed fluff field, nice. Ran into a bumped up trail that I really didn’t need first thing, but it was fun. Spent the next 2 hours lapping the Apex. Found a gated trail marked thin and expert, so had to try it. It was thin but not expert, but nobody was on it so worth lapping. The legs were shot by 10:30, so made my way back to the bus station. Busses run right on time. Of course somebody had to drive off the road and into a ditch. How they did it on dry pavement is anyone’s guess. A pretty good day considering the warmth and lack of snow out here.