indiggio

Although you never know what those RTMs are capable of?

I'll believe that when I see it...

I think of that too whenever I see antman12.

Fortasse

How can anything w/out alcohol be considered "manly"?

Lest he beg for a refund/voucher.

I complain about everything.

Someone needs to organize a PASR ski trip so we can all get together and do flips into the pool/snow.

Plus a multi-hour drive from the nearest airport to the resort.

The problem with the Canadian resorts is getting to them.

I was a PITA. Why they couldn't just give us a 5 day is beyond me. Luckily there were no lines at BS, but that's probably an anomaly.

Better how? A trip to JH is definitely in the cards. Extra GNAR points for taking your clothes off! People were cracking up when I turkey-tucked into the center of Big Sky, threw down my poles and yelled "I'm the best skier on the mountain!" Needless to say, this was after having a few IPAs.

I want to do Revelstoke and Kicking Horse. I loved Bridger and Big Sky. Guess I'll have to try JH to see what the hub-bub is all about.

I don't care. Luckily there's no video of me doing a front-flip off the side of the hot tub into a pile of powder...

Nope. So on the way home, I'm usually pretty scruffy.

Not that hammered. I love wearing my helmet on planes. People think I'm some kind of pro skier, unless I haven't shaved, then I just look like some old nutjob wearing a ski helmet.

Perhaps they'll read better!

Big Sky - Final Day Well the storm that's raging over the West decided to stay West of us. Day started out with flurries but the storm never materialized and flurries were the max we received. We're gonna try the South Face, but Dakota was in hold so we hung out for a while on Andesite. Took some runs down Blackfoot which was pretty good with snow, trees and bumps. Went back up Swift and saw Dakota was open, even though the big board still said it was on hold. Ran the trees over in Bavarian which were fun, but snow was wind blown and crusty, so we headed back to the Nirth side for lunch at the Burrito Shack at the top of Swift. I had a loaded tamale with black beans and guac which was quite good. Spent the rest of the day in search of good snow as most was wind-blown. Ran the bumps under the Ramcharger lift a few times as they hadn't been skied much. Getting late and need to pack, so made one final run down Spotted Elk which had some huge bumps, but surprisingly good snow. I REALLY like both Bridger and Big Sky except for the cost of flights. Had a real good time at both and would definitely return to either or both. Both have some serious steepness to them and would have liked to get to some of the more challenging terrain if the weather had cooperated, unfortunately it didn't on this trip. Perhaps the next.

Big Sky - Day 5 The morning started out cloudy with some heavy flurry action going on. The peak was socked in again, so we probably wouldn't be heading up the Tram. Since we hadn't got any snow overnight, it was gonna be a search for good snow. With the winds out of the South, we thought our best bet would be on the North side of the mountain, so that's where we started. From the Village we took Swift up and went down to the Powder Seeker, since that's what we were gonna be doing today. From the top of the lift however, we found it wasn't going to be a fun day. The light was flat and made the run blind. It was difficult just trying to see the traverse. After fighting our way down that and having enough of the flat light, we headed for the trees. We made our way down to the Challenger lift and down Midnight. Ran the Iron Horse liftline and made our way down Elkhorn to the Six-Shooter. Thinking that nobody goes out to the woods above Six-Shooter because it's a pain due to taking 2 lifts to get there, the snow would still be good. Luckily this paid off. We found some good snow and fun tree runs in and around the Jacks. We lapped them a few times since they were so good. After lunch we made our way over to Andesite to hit some woods that we didn't run the past few days. War Dance and Mine Shaft were my favorites, being freaking steep with lots of soft snow and big bumps. We also ran some perfectly sized bumps on lower Mad Wolf. For shits and giggles we made a run down Freemont's Forest which turned out to be a fun roller coaster ride. Seems as though they have their crazies out here too. On a ride up with a SP who had his radio up, a call went out for a lost person somewhere in some woods. The caller said he should be easy to spot as he's dressed in an Iron Man costume. We all got a good chuckle out of that. We made a final run down Spotted Elk which still had some fresh piles on the sides and headed into the bar for some apres beers. Had an interesting waitress from Cleveland so we had to mess with her a bit for some fun. Slopes were crowded today! Chicken Tikki Masala

Bummer! Our flight out is at 6:09am. However, with all the storms around, I wouldn't be surprised if we're delayed or cancelled.

Big Sky - Day 4 Off day, mainly because I bought a Maxx Pass which only provides 5 days at a mountain and I didn't feel like buying the extra day and also wanted to see the area a little bit. Hung out, drove into town which consists mainly of a single circle surrounded by mostly realty offices, a couple of ski shops, a small market and a few other trinket shops. The circle is surrounded by mostly townhouses and the further you get away they change to single family homes. There's some construction going on at the one end of town, but didn't investigate what they were building. Walked around the shops a bit, then stopped at the Lone Peak Brewery for beer and lunch. Had a Lone Peak IPA which was decent and a chili verde rice bowl which was quite tasty. Decided to go see what we could of the Yellowstone Club for shits and giggles. Drove out of town and up the road that leads to the club. Lots of multi-million $ houses line the road. Finally got to the gate which was pretty unimpressive, so we turned around and headed back down a different road. On the way down, we passed some new construction going on which will obviously continue down the road we are on. As we approached a turn, there's a moose standing right next to the road! The thing was massive! I tried to get my phone up for a pic, but the thing moves fast for such a big animal and headed down a culvert. We continued down hoping to cut it off, but the culvert got deeper and the road changed direction. Bummer! Headed back to the resort for a couple of beers, then back to the ranch for leftovers and then put on G.N.A.R. The Movie which most of the others never saw.

Yeah, that's where we stocked up an entire SUV worth of food and booze. Had to go to an Exxon station for the beer.

Plate is large and bought way too many potatoes and corn, so they were extra large helpings. Nice having a grill out back to fire up the steaks. Luckily there's plenty TP in the house!

Big Sky - Day 3 The morning started out pretty much the same as the others, get up, eat, write TR, etc., go ski. Today was the day after the storm bluebird day, unfortunately it was a bit windy, more on that later. Since it was bluebird, we could get up to Lone Peak with good visibility, unlike all the previous days, so that was the goal. Took the Otter up and then down to the base to see a pretty large crowd had already formed at the Swift. Looks like everyone has the same idea as to where to go. Headed up the Swift and down to the Powder-Seeker. Up the PS and down to the Tram to a small corral of people, not too bad. Took a bunch of pics and watched a skier come down the Big Couloir, followed shortly after by a boarder. Midway down the couloir the boarder fell and tumbled a couple of times. To the crowd's amazement, he miraculously popped back upright and continued the run down to the line. He was wearing brown pants for good reason, we thought! Up the Tram to the top where the winds were howling. From the top, the decision was made to head down the South Face, as they had been here before and found a nice powder field there after a storm. Well, that decision quickly came back to haunt us, as the storm's winds were out of the West and had blown Liberty bowl almost completely bare of powder. Oh to be a local! We picked our way down Liberty and down to Dakota and lapped the trees a couple of times. Riding up Dakota I was drawn to Kircher's Cliffs, looker's left. There were some avy explosion marks in the snow and a few tracks. I wanted to check it out but the others wanted to do another tree run. My curiosity got the better of me and I told them I was headed to the cliffs, but none followed. Headed down past the blue Badlands and the an avy gate and made my way out a traverse to the base of the cliffs and a wide-open Hanging Valley perder field all to myself. Skies down that and found the way back to Dakota and the others. Of course, they now wanted to check it out! Having done it once already, this time I pushed even further South, going around a cliff and further South some more to the avy pockmark to score some more Fresh tracks. We grew tired of South Face and made our way back around to have some lunch. Since the snow was better on the North side, we headed over to Andesite and lapped the bumps on Mad Wolf a few times. Departed Andesite by way of Spotted Elk which still had some freshies and made our way back over to Challenger as its close to the house. We lapped Challenger liftline bumps and the trees around there until we had had enough and made our way back to the house for some homemade guac and beers. One of the local bars supposedly had poker and a ping-ping table, so we made our way there after dinner only to be skunked on both fronts. Poker night was Thursday and the ping-pong table was no more. Yellowstone Club